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  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #8

    On another visit to the National park, daytime this time, we were rowing a boat around the river. You often found ropes tied to trees all along these rivers. It was great fun to climb up to them and swing into the water. We found one such rope, so we tied our boat to a…

  • THE COMMERCIALISATION OF CHRISTMAS: 2 SANTA FILMS 40 YEARS APART: Movie Musings #2

    The later film was made 40 years ago from today what’s more! That film was called “Santa Clause: The Movie” (1985). It begins with an origin story, but the drama takes place in the present – or that present – the present time the movie was released – 1985! The other film was titled “Miracle…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #7

    Walking down to Tempe reserve to participate in another night of underage drinking beer and sharing stories with our mates; Wayne and I had just withdrawn our share of the beer money from the service station on the Princes Highway. We were standing on the median waiting for a part in the traffic. Our timing…

  • THE SEEDS OF DECAY: Rise of the Tycoons #6

    Now we enter the infancy of the monstrosity we live in today. Enjoy as we watch the ancient ancestors of the elites take their baby steps. There was no textbook available on ‘how to fuck-over your peers by creating an air of superiority’. These OGs were literally beating a new path from scratch. Running on…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #6

    This one is another story from the same National Park visit I wrote about earlier; apparently we hadn’t been dare-devil enough and needed to put our lives into further jeopardy. Pitch black; and Corey, Jonno and I head off on a bushwalk to God only knows where. We found a path and we just followed…

  • A BRIEF DETOUR DOWN PSEUDO-PSYCHOLOGY STREET: Rise of the Tycoons #5

    Carl Jung called it our shadow. George Lucas called it the Darkside. We all have it, whether we choose to accept it or not. Anger, hatred, greed, fear…the lot. Side by side with love, kindness, courage and compassion. Those selfish scammers are one side of the same coin, or maybe one of those dice with…

  • WHY THE CLIMAX OF BLOODSPORT (1988) IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ONE IN KICKBOXER (1989): Movie Musings #1

    ***SPOILER ALERT*** (Only if you actually believe Van Damme loses) I have been trying to understand why I find Bloodsport enjoyable after uncountable rewatches, yet I have only watched Kickboxer again a few times; and that was only because someone else wanted to watch it. After watching it in the cinema I remember feeling somewhat…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #5

    Kevin’s bucks night; plenty of alcohol and pot had been consumed. At some point in proceedings it was decided that Kevin would be tied to the clothes line and spray painted. After this he was tied to the headboard of a flatbed truck and taken for a joyride. The rest of us jumped on the…

  • MOVIE MUSINGS

    This is where my film fanatic status shines. Random rants about films I love, hate, don’t understand and anything else that pops up. I do not plan on writing reviews at this point. Although if I find that people are actually reading and commenting I would love to swap recommendations. For now, this will just…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories # 4

    Ah the bravado of youth; gung ho antics that border on a death wish. As we were driving through the National park on our way to Bundeena, where we were planning to camp the night, there were many sick of living antics to partake in or observe. A bong was liberally being passed around and…