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Australian Hockey League – a new format – the wrap

Australian Hockey League – a new format – the wrap

My son Wesley Tronson usually writes this sport column on the EPL for this week in the five week cycle, but was unable to due to other commitments – he text me:\' Write one on hockey Pop!\' So here is is!.

  • Nylon muscles: as seen on a "Catalyst" TV program

    I was intrigued by a recent ABC \"Catalyst\" program that showed Professor Geoffrey Spinks from the University of Wollongong making artificial muscle fibres using nothing but normal nylon fishing line, an electric drill and a heat gun.

  • A sniff, a glimpse, an echo, a touch

    When a warm easterly breeze glides through my hometown of Cambridge, a regular surprise welcomes me around midday. As I walk out the front door, heading to my car (usually to make my pilgrimage to Subway), I am caught unaware by this alluring sensory delight.

  • Fight for now

    In 65 days I am packing up 20kg worth of my life, hopping on an air-conditioned plane and moving to London. Just like that.

  • I'm 26 and I can't stop thinking about dying.

    I have no real reason for this preoccupation other than a few early grey hairs and a growing tendency to drive my car into stationary objects. Other than that, I would probably have to assume that I\'m in my prime and still perfectly fit and available for All Black selection.

  • K.I.S.S

    Everyone loves a good kiss right? And what about a good acronym? Combine them and you have the K.I.S.S. The KISS principle has been around for a while now and you may have heard it stand for various phrases such as \'Keep It Simple, Stupid\', \'Keep It Short & Sweet\' and \'Keep It Simple & Straightforward\'.

  • Truth and lies – liar, liar pants on fire

    Is honesty really the best policy? Can the truth actually set you free? Is a half truth just a whole lie?

  • Lessons from the grave

    The reality of death is something that we all know too well. It has no favourites; it does not respect age or care how close we are or were to the departed.

  • The silent truth of selfies

    For those of us who live in the world of facebook / twitter / instagram, the thing that dominates throughout social media is a thing called selfies. Selfies are a fast self-portrait of yourself, taken with a smartphone\'s camera and immediately distributed and inscribed into a network.

  • I touched paradise in Fiji

    As we descended into Nadi airport I glanced out the window and saw tiny green islands with perfect borders of sand nestled amongst beautiful bluey-green water.

  • "Miley, no!" - The false empowerment of women in the music industry. (part 2)

    Am I saying all this because I am some kind of sexually repressed prude? In no way! I\'m saying this because as a man I know how hard the struggle is to stay pure towards women in mind and heart these days.

  • How Tumblr ate my life

    I have a friend that\'s recently been getting into role playing on Tumblr. It bothers me, because I\'ve been there before and I admit it\'s a hard trap to get out of. For those that don\'t know yet, Tumblr is the place online to be if you just happen to be fandom crazy.