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Athletics: Heading to the Commonwealth Games

Athletics: Heading to the Commonwealth Games

The 92nd Australian Athletics Championships, held last week in Melbourne, took on extra significance as the official Selection Trial for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. .

  • Changing seasons.

    In the past month, I have attended a farewell for an old job and a new job overseas, an engagement party and received 2 invites for upcoming weddings. Maybe it's because I'm in my mid-twenties and my friendships are changing, or maybe this is a change of season.

  • Silences of life

    \"...silencers make an unwarranted assumption of their own infallibility: all silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. They not only deny the truth of the opinion for themselves; they also presume to know for certain that the opinion is false, thereby deciding the question for everyone else. But nobody can have such absolute certainty in complex moral issues. By acting as if he had it, a silencer merely reveals his desire to impose his judgement on others, without letting them

  • Finding Heaven in the present – Part 22

    If someone was to offer me an opportunity to go back and live in the perfection of the Garden of Eden, I would take it in a heartbeat. Why? Because in the Garden of Eden, the presence of God - arguably God himself, would walk with Adam of an evening. To me, there would be no greater life than to walk in the tangible presence of God in a perfect world.

  • I like to party! And by party I mean read books

    It's no secret to those that know me that I would quite happily take up a life of wandering in the wilderness in the hopes of becoming some sort of spiritual guru. People would have to find me in a secluded cave where I would be clothed in a single loin cloth with a torso length beard eating roots and wild berries. And I would raise a wolf and name him Rafiki.

  • Tick-tock goes the biological clock.

    By no means am I old but, I'm not getting any younger either. There is no denying it. My biological clock is ticking.

  • Why the Westboro Baptists scare me

    Infamous for their slogan: "God hates fags," and for staunchly protesting against all their hobby horses from homosexuality and soldiers' funerals to Lady Gaga and Billy Graham.

  • Central Asia and 'The New Game'

    Central Asia is a very unique place in the world. This region has a rich and long history but unfortunately, there has not been much attention focused on the history and civilizations of this region. This region is as important and has contributed significantly to the cultures of the world, like the Middle Eastern ancient civilizations, ancient India, China, Egypt and Greece.

  • Because I'm happy... Kind of

    I have too many clothes. I tried to cull my wardrobe, but I have too many nice things that I can\'t bring myself to get rid of. I just moved house and the sheer volume of clothes to move was a royal pain in the derriere.

  • Sport – who determines the sport news?

    Have you ever wondered as I have, as to who determines what sport should be given real estate in the newspaper (hard copy or on-line). I\'m a rugby league man, I even a run fantasy rugby league competition with a bunch of friends. I know that any major newspaper will have rugby league news.

  • You want me to do what God??

    "God, are you serious? No, there is no way that you would want me to do that. I couldn't, I shouldn't, I can't! It doesn't make any sense or logic to me. No!! It must not be you. Really, is it you God? God why does this seem like such a crazy idea but I have such a peace about doing what you asked me to do.

  • I am done with feminism...

    A conversation with a friend over lunch brought up the topic of men. It started off innocently enough. She asked me what I had done over the weekend. I had lain prostrate, in a dark corner, recovering from a week of hard work and late evenings. She had been on a date that weekend and rapidly started to criticize the opposite sex.