As we quickly approach the 50th year anniversary of Apollo 11’s remarkable feat of touching down on the surface of the moon (July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC), I wanted to relay this stunning recreation of the event by the…
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Low on Fuel and Off Course. Relive Apollo 11’s Touchdown
Tagged with: 50th anniversary, ABC news, Apollo 11, Touchdown
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
Reflections on The World’s Toughest Man – David Goggins
The World’s Toughest Man – David Goggins I like watching interviews like this while I have my feet up on the couch, still in slippers at 4 o,clock in the afternoon and sucking back on a block of chocolate. That’s…
Tagged with: David Goggins, motivational, The World's Toughest Man
Posted in Health, Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Health, Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Longevity Expert Peter Attia is My New Hero! Nutrition and Health
Apart from Dr Paul Mason’s highly illuminating dietary myth busting videos at the UTS, I think longevity specialist Dr Peter Attia’s advice concerning diet is second to none. He undoubtedly suffers a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding his personal dietary…
Tagged with: diet, Dr Paul Mason, exercise, health, ketogenic, Longevity expert, Nutrition, Peter attia
Posted in Health, Science, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Health, Science, Sport and Adventure
Moneyball and Wallstreet
One of my favourite sporting movies is Moneyball. Those outside of the US may not have watched it or even heard of this Oscar nominated picture. It’s a movie about the adaption of innovative saber-metrics which changed how the game…
Tagged with: baseball, bill james, billy beane oakland athletics, michael lewis, MLB, saber, sabermetrics, scouts new york yankees moneyball, wall street
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Did the RIO Olympics Deliver?
Just finished reading this article on BBC about Rio Olympics 2016: Did the IOC’s gamble pay off or did Brazil fail to deliver? What are your thoughts? I personally feel the Olympics didn’t pay off. Sure there are always stellar…
Tagged with: Athletics, catholic, corrupption, IOC, latin america, marathon, rio olympics, south americ
Posted in politics, Sport and Adventure
Posted in politics, Sport and Adventure
My Review of the Mayweather – Pacquiao Fight
I haven’t seen a more technically proficient performance than what Mayweather gave last night. As much as I despise what the man represents, his boxing prowess was about as close as you are going to get to THE perfect boxing performance. Anyone that tells you…
Tagged with: Amir khan, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather - Pacquiao, Money Mayweather, Rocky marciano
Posted in Sport and Adventure
Posted in Sport and Adventure
The Telegram
A school-friend kindly sent me a telegram after I won at the Australian Schools Athletic championships, admitting I was good enough despite wearing cheap sneakers called ‘Trax‘. I still have the results of the event which show my Australian record just below Cathy Freeman who also…
Tagged with: All I want is you, Athletics, cathy freeman, Charles Bukowski, telegram, trax, U2, U2 All I want is you
Posted in Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Few People Know What it’s Like
You give it all day long and it’s a real grind, and don’t get paid diddly, struggling to just to make ends meet, you also try to keep your colleagues level headed, just so they don’t leave us, sometimes they make the cut,…
Tiger Woods back for this years Masters
I’m licking my chops waiting for the Masters to finally arrive on Thursday. I read this article from the BBC News about Tiger’s comeback woes since his back surgery last year. It made for interesting reading. Then there were the plethora of comments about…
The World Golf Tour
I was meandering about the web a week ago trying to find games for my kid. I fell upon a golf program that I thought might be fun, not knowing in 24 hours I would be ‘like’ totally addicted. Wow,…
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