Tuesday Tunes: Mixtape Vols. 1-4

On Facebook, I linked songs every Tuesday throughout 2017.

Here's the full playlist - burn it onto four CDs and put it on high rotation in your Discman immediately...

All The Hats I've Eaten - 2017

The release of the 2018 Good Food Guide in mid-October means it's time to tally up All The Hats I've Eaten.

Last year the tally was 21 hatted restaurants. This year I've got to...

The Art Gallery

In the last few months, my twin boys have started drawing things that actually look like what they are supposed to be. Here is a selection of the best and most interesting...

Review: Cost-Co

This is the blog that reviewed family trips to Taronga Zoo, the Easter Show, Big Bash cricket, and the Footy. Yet nothing prepared me for the toughest and most ambitious adventure yet.

On a Saturday afternoon, just before Christmas. Pray for me.

Rugby League World Cup - Earth Team

Possibly the longest rugby league season in history just ended at the start of December (!), with Australia defeating England 6-0, a result that might be mistaken for a soccer scoreline except that the Socceroos rarely keep a clean sheet.

Anyway, back in May I named a hypothetical Earth rugby league team. The end of the tournament presents a good opportunity to update this side.

So here is the EARTH TEAM v2.0...

Ranking Some Of The Australian Cricketers, 2017-18

Two years ago I ranked all the current Australian cricketers, following the 1st test of the summer.

Last year, I did it again.

This year, I just couldn't bring myself to do it a third time.

It just didn't seem fun. And I didn't start writing things of very limited appeal for a tiny audience with no monetary reward to not have fun.

I think the main reason it was no longer fun lies in this question: how can you make sense of Australian cricket currently?