Well thats it, the Commonwealth Games have finished and will be reappearing in 4 years time in Delhi, India. When it comes to sport, nothing makes us Australians happier than to be winning at sport and thanks to the outstanding performance of our athletes our ego is soothed nicely in shades of Gold. I [...]

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I’ve been spending a lot of my time in front of the tv lately watching the sports of the Commonwealth Games including sports like bowls and diving that don’t usually get my attention and basketball which just isn’t on tv here normally. I’ve sat on the edge of my seat watching some tight contest and [...]

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I must say its a little embarrassing looking at the Commonwealth Games medal table.

Its almost a case of Australia vs the rest of the Commonwealth although being an Aussie i’m always happy to see Australia crush opposition and while the critics point out there isn’t the sporting giants that you find in the Olympics, [...]

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I have a problem. In everyone’s life there is a puzzle that no matter how hard you try, you will never solve. It bugs you, drives you mad. You stay up late until you can’t focus on the problem at hand and it haunts your sleeping hours. For different people its different things but regardless [...]

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I’m just watching the Womens Final of the basketball in the Commonwealth Games and keep having the same thought. The basketball they are using is stadard basketball but with white criss cross on it and to me it looks like a big round hot cross bun. Just needs to be toasted and a little butter [...]

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Its the one day of the year, St Patricks day where its socially acceptable to be plastered on guinness before the end of breakfast. As a decendant of Irish Ancestry i intend to be taking full advantage of guinness and having myself a fine time although it might get rough. All that drinking and all!.
I [...]

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I spotted this article on my web travels which says in part:
Ramirez is blind, yet she and dozens of other visually impaired sophomores in Chicago schools are required to pass a written rules-of-the-road exam in order to graduate — a rule they say takes time away from subjects they might actually use.
What it means is [...]

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