Posted on February 21, 2008 by JH
There seems to be some misconception amongst you lot about my post yesterday, in which I said something along the lines of:
Julia Gillard: there’s something about her…
Now, it’s true I may have embellished the truth slightly, as I am wont to do, but as they say in the classics, many a true word spoken in [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008 by JH
In retrospect, Sunday’s post was an unnecessarily petulant, foul-mouthed display, which should and could be avoided. If I was thinking properly I would have realised I didn’t do that badly considering:
I hadn’t done anywhere near enough hill training and
the longest run I’d done was just over 2 hours
Still, it was disappointing to finish a run [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by JH
I was going to describe my first attempt at Maroondah Dam 30km this morning as a “car-crash”, but that’s clearly inadequate. Car crashes aren’t nice by any means but, unless the Blues Brothers are involved, they usually only involve minor carnage. This was more than minor.
So, train-wreck it was.
I enjoyed the first 600 [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2008 by JH
You know something’s wrong when you’re in your early 30s, it’s Saturday night, and you’re sitting there, watching Ghostbusters on TV. AND, that’s the height of the evening’s entertainment.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Funnily enough, I did enjoy the movie. I’m a fan of Bill Murray, although I completely understand why he could [...]
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