Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Yesterday I was lucky enough to get tickets to the second game of the 2014 Major League Baseball season opening being held here in Sydney and I must say it was a great day out. When I first heard the MLB would be coming here I was very excited, until I saw the ticket prices […]
A Tribute to my Grandparents
Recently my paternal grandmother passed away after a very long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Whilst obviously the passing of a family member is always sad, her death would not be considered tragic, given how long she lived and especially the state she was in the last few years of her life. Losing her in body […]
The Biggest Loser Australia: Now a Loser?
I’m almost shamed to admit that I still watch The Biggest Loser Australia, but it’s more out of tradition than anything else. I first watched the show during its 2009 season, which was a tremendous series that held a great deal of personal value as it played out during my own weight loss journey. It […]
Dredd 2: Why It Must Happen, And Can
Talks of a Judge Dredd reboot occurred for years in the shadow of the poorly-received Sylvester Stallone version, which is fun on its own merits but awful as a Dredd adaptation. At last a faithful big-screen version of the graphic novel series arrived in the form of 2012’s Dredd, which was masterminded by a creative […]
Sympathy for the Wicked?
It’s all over the news right now: Schapelle Corby was finally paroled and is coming home from her Indonesian gaol cell. I remember when Corby was first arrested and convicted in 2004/2005 – it was all over the media, and people at my high school were discussing it. People assumed she was innocent, and wanted her […]
The First Residents
Since moving to the beautiful paradise known as Central Queensland last October and calling Mackay home, I have been interested in exploring the local and surrounding areas. I have been pleasantly surprised with the vast diversity that the region has to offer and in the neighbouring Whitsundays. Having spent 29 of my 31 years living […]
Ethical or Simply Untouchable? What’s Right, Wrong and Grey in Journalism
Rightly or wrongly a United States journalist named Caleb Hannan wrote a published piece for Grantland in which he effectively outed a transgender woman named Essay Anne Vanderbilt. In the same week some UK ‘news’ sites wrongly labelled One Direction star Liam Payne as being anti-gay because he tweeted his support of hit television show […]
Cal’s 2013 Movie Wrap Up
Before I start, I must stress that I haven’t seen every release this year, and there are a few Academy Award contenders that are simply not available to me at this time. So bear in mind, I have not yet had the chance to watch films like 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall […]
Tomic May Have Given Up but the Future for Aussie Tennis Looks Bright
Heart. Everyone has one, it’s just some are bigger than others, and although I would say I’m not casting aspersions in this column, in reality I am. If perception is reality then Bernard Tomic might have simply pulled a heart muscle last night at the Australian Open, that he had an injury there is no […]
The Debt-Ache of the Bolton Wanderers
English Championship football club, Bolton Wanderers, have recently announced that they are in dept of £163.8m (AUD$304.35m). Parent company, Burnden Leisure PLC, have released a statement containing its figures for the year that ended in June 2013. In the club’s first season in the Championship (after being relegated from the Premier League) the group made […]