Mick's World Tour

Big Bites

A shark was seen off Bondi yesterday;

Aqua Bumps Rocks

 

News article which says we are all going to be ok.

Back in the water!!

Goodbye Vlade

Vlade Divac has retired. Mourn people. Mourn.

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/051019/5/bicm.html

Some links;
http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/9771/vlade.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlade_Divac

I met him once. Or really he was on the plane I was on from San Fran to LA.
We were like brothers.

Boots back on

I put the boots back on yesterday for maybe one last time before heading off. We played 3 on 3 with people from work at Crows Nest Rooftop stadium. It was great to 'lace em up' again although I'm a long way from the old Cavs days. It took me up to my last shot to hit a three pointer, but at least I got one.

I miss basketball, but I think I miss the training, the discipline and the team mates more than being on the court and actually playing. I think I also miss defence more than offence, but I certainly wasn't fast enough anymore to stop Jonathan from work. He burned past me multiple times.

Anyway, great to be back, even if fleeting.

Making Deposits

I had dinner with some friends last night and, somewhat tongue in cheek, we had a discussion and much laughter about the possibility of a female person being impregnated by a male person merely for that purpose. A key part of the comments from the female perspective were based on whether the male was "deposit worthy". Despite no intention to be involved in such a sordid and base affair, I found myself defending my own "deposit worthiness" with some pride.

Was this instintive male herd dominance coming out?

Was this a call from the core of my genus?

How far was I prepared to go? (not that far!)

Regardless of any depth of this conversation, one thing was clear - the entire topic was enduring and entertaining due to the tangents and puns available.

Some of the puns:-
$ Making regular deposits
$ Making withdrawals too early.
$ Losing interest
$ Will you roll over?
etc....

from www.riddleware.com

Blue Horizon

Last night we went to see a surf film by Jack McCoy called Blue Horizon. It was at the Orpheum in Cremorne and is on for a couple more weeks.

Well worth seeing and lots of good waves. It's about Andy Irons and David Rastovich who are surfers and what they do in a year. Andy competes and David (Rasta) is a free surfer, which means he gets paid to surf and have his photo taken. I think Andy came across as a bit of a dick. Obviously very competitive, but his attitude to money, losing, competition, etc was really negative. He kept blaming other people for his losses. Anyway...

Here is a pic of our crew (Lars, Rowan, Me, Rasta and Tom)
(click for bigger image)

Thanks to Tom for setting it up.

Me Snowboarding

Hey, more using this magnet link thing (see below)

Here is me snowboarding (and falling over) - click here.

Rugby World Cup Final

England beats Australia in one of the best Rugby Union games ever. Brilliant. Extra time, nearly double extra time.

England wins with a drop goal from Jonny Wilkinson. A brilliant player who deserves what he gets.

Congrats to England. Well done the Wallabies, great effort.

I do think that the point system needs to be reviewed, and they should consider 'convert your own try'. But England did score a try, so, again, well done.

France vs Scotland

Last night I went to the Olympic park at Homebush to watch France vs Scotland. It was Caine and I - the ticket was a present for Caine's 20th Birthday. Birthday is in December, but they wouldn't move the game. Caine insists that this just means his birthday celebrations have started and will end in December.

After fighting the rain, it turned out to be a nice night. We started in Scruffy Murphys near Central. The place was packed with beer drinking scots. Lots of kilts, red head wigs and blue paint. Dinner at Superbowl with very good salt and pepper squid and tea drinks with little squishy fruits in them.

Train out to the ground and everyone is in a good mood. We decide to go hard and get four beers each for the game. We actually finished them by half time and got another four. When the game finished, so were we.

The atmosphere was great and we had good seats right on the half way line. Up high, but it was a good view. There were very attractive Scottish, French and Australian women, which also complimented the view.

The game was pretty good, but it ended up one sided, with France winning 51-9. Very dissapointing for the two scots sitting next to us. But they sang all the way through the game. After the game they held up their big banner which said;

"The french go hee-haw hee-haw and eat onions"

We helped them hold it up. I thought it would be funny to show my bum under the banner. I did and as looking ahead and smiling I noticed the police watching me. I quickly pulled them up.

Then we went and watched the after show band, which is gutaired by our old mate Dan Fabian!! It went off and we danced like crazy monkeys.

We got the last train home and we were singing songs all the way. It was great - Waltzing Matilda, Flintstones, Piano Man, Bohemian Rhapsody, etc. Great fun. Then we got out at Central and did more singing and dancing. Quick trip to Scruffy's (back to where we started) danced a bit and went home...

Yeah... What a great night!! Happy Birthday (in December) Caino!!

Busy Exercise

This is what I do when I want to do some exercise but only have 15 minutes.

5 minute walk or run to warm up

Then I do the following routine. Do between 10-20 of each. Or go until you can't do anymore and then switch.

1. Normal sit ups (Note for George: Try to keep your neck straight! :)
2. Normal push ups
3. Sit ups with knees to the left (leaning to the ground as far as you can)
4. Push ups with your arms wide.
5. Sit ups with your knees to the right
6.Push ups with your hands together in the middle (might have to do this on your knees, very hard - it's for triceps)
7. Backward sit ups - you lift your knees to your chest and get your bum off the ground. Leave head down.
8. Push ups low - just do the bottom half - do more of these as they are little.
9. Double sit ups - lift legs up so your lower leg is parallel to the ground and feet in the air. Do sit ups and bring your knees back slightly with every sit up. 'Double crunchers' - as Phil Matthews, my old coach, used to say.
10. Push ups high - just the top half. But don't lock your elbows (you should never do this with push ups).
11. Sit up pulses - do a normal sit up but when you get to the top give 3 extra pushes or pulses.
12. Slow push ups - do painfully (really) slow push ups. Normally only 5, but do them so slowly. It should take you about 10 seconds to go up and 10 seconds to go down.

And that's it. Yep, that's how I keep my body in the wobbly shape it is in....

WARNING: THIS PROGRAM WILL ONLY IMPROVE FITNESS IF USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAILY EXERCISE, A HEALTHY DIET AND NO MORE THAN 45 UNITS OF ALCOHOL PER WEEK.

(please note that I have no authority, expertise or training to be able to recommend an exercise program.)

Dunked on

Here are some pics of Steven Whitehead getting dunked on by Jason Strang at a recent game in Sydney.

Click here

"There, there old man, everythings going to be ok......"