This will hurt me...

Hip hop bush-strutten gangsta stylee.

Go for it Ez. Go hard.

Carn the Bombers! Home, Geilston Bay. September 2012. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and RSS feeds.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning... What industry uses 30 billion watts of energy (the equivalent of the output of about 30 nuclear power plants), wastes 90% of that and pollute the environment by belching diesel exhaust, all while cloaked in near total secrecy? A clue? You're on it! Have an idea but not a word for it? You can bet that the Germans do! (It might even be eisenbahnknotenpunkthinundherschiebershäuschen ...) How to teach your child to love reading... The doctors prescribing the drugs don't know they don't do what they're meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they're not telling. Ben Goldacre explains in The Guardian. Reconstruc...

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Big Hen had a prang at school and came off second-best in a clash with the asphalt. On the bright side, his battle scars went down very well at Auskick later that day!

In the spirit of multiple photographs, have another two...

Ezra crosses codes and demonstrates that the might of the Essendon Football Club is felt even in the wild and woolly field of table soccer !

Alright, maybe Essendon won't be winning the flag this year ...

What a big week in footy! The Bombers flying high after thumping North Melbourne , the Tigers spoiling cheating Carlton's party , Melbourne appearing to throw in the towel for the 2008 season about seven minutes in, and the Sydney Swans endeavoring to lift the ratings for SBS's bigamy melodrama Big Love with their special brand of "football" . The sense of excitement has only been heightened with a strong start to the tipping season for our mob, with four tied all on top with a very impressive six from eight, with the inexperienced Henry, pregnant and fatigued Jenry and the unfortunate exile in the city of sin Good Parson Edgar Freelove hot on the heels only one tip behind. This could turn out to be the closest tipping year on record. A scan of the post-round wrap up in tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers has thrown up an early candidate for comment of the year. The newcomer to footy coverage, the Herald Sun's self-professed girly-girl Miss Saints aptly captu...

All right, with the mighty Bombers flying high in the pre-season cup , the time is upon us to gaze into the crystal ball and try to pluck this year's chumps and champions. Regular readers (all one of you) may recall my tremendous foresight in picking Geelong (that ragtag cluster of misfits best known for their extended premiership drought), for glory this time last year. On the back of this, I managed to win my regular tipping competition, see the magnificent Tasmanian Tigers win their first ever Sheffield Shield AND the Ford Whatever-it-is Cup, impregnate my wife again , see the back of John Howard and (hopefully) win a Nobel Prize. I'm not even fussy about which one, any will do. That just the sort of bloke I am, humble to a fault. Anyway, with this form, I'm tipping that at least three people are eagerly anticipating my forecast for this year. First, I shall put the kiss of death on the Essendon Football Club and tip them for pre-season glory! HURRAH! See the Bombers f...

A black day for Bombers fans. I'm not happy, and hope that they get someone good. I'll post more when I finish morning the loss of a champion.

I cannot believe that Collingwood are trying to spin the Alan Didak story as one with him as 'victim'. The same thing with Ben Cousins, by all accounts, he'll be playing next week. I support the AFL's drug policy, but the key point is that Cousins flouted that policy by deliberately avoiding his drug test. Anyone does that, you are obliged to assume that they're on the worst substance and whack 'em with at least 18 weeks. Anything less, and your drug testing proceedures mean nothing. Essendon won last night and sit fifth, we haven't had any scandels which is good, but by got footy is in a crappy place right now.

Two wins on the trot for Essendon. I could get used to this. Good to see the top two on the ladder are the two teams that actually play real footy these days. Also very nice to see the Catters get up. Things are looking good when Ablett times two, Travis Varcoe and Tom Hawkins star.

Big win for Essendon today, it may well leave me with just one correct tip for the round, but I'll happily take that trade off. Listened to the game on ABC radio, and was very impressed. Sounds like we've got a good, positive game plan, and work to our strengths. Very glad to hear Davey and Jetta get good reviews, and it's always nice to have Scotty Lucas star. Well done Bombers, the finals are well and truly within reach this year!

Setting up the tipping comp this year has forced me into a few predictions: In another bold, and probably stupid move, I'm tipping Geelong to end years of heartbreak with a win over West Coast in the Grand Final. Not so bold is my prediction that Matthew Lloyd will be a runaway winner of the Coleman medal. Again, a safe bet that Chris Judd will win the Brownlow. More boldly, I predict that post-celebration he will announce his intention to sign for Essendon. In a stab in the dark, I'm going with Alwyn Davey will be awarded the Rising Star award. I'm sick of top picks getting it, so here's hoping Bryce Gibbs does his knee by round three. The surprise packet this year? The Catters. Both Abletts will run amock, and I reckon that they'll kick a few more goals this year with a more direct game plan. Sydney must be due a few injuries, if they get even three of four to leading players, I don't think they have any depth to cover them. There's no way they'd cope ...

They should bring that little ditty back, far more appropriate now we're top of the table and hosting the final! I'm calling it now, Tassie to win the shield! Bugger it! Essendon to win the flag this year as well! No I'm not getting carried away. It will happen, I feel it in my water! Watch for Jaques to get a pair, Paine to get 300 and the New South Welshman get a run in the next test team. Here's hoping the Hilfenstud will do the business as well. And I'd like to see Clingeleffer do the job and remind the selectors that he's the best keeper in the country and should be playing every game.