hahaha is this Karmic or what ?

Bull fighting is an abomination of a passtime (this post is categorised ’sport’ very loosely) and I’m glad these spectators got some of what’s owed them.

Mark Schwarzer is god:

For the first time since 1978 (no that’s not a typo, it’s been 32 bleeding years) Australia has finally qualified for the world cup, good on ya boys.

I’ll not bother with a full roundup, a good one can be found here, as well as IJ’s succinct leadup and coverage at world inverted a dodgy one by the BBC can also be found here.

Very happy, very hungover.

wow is about all I can say to this, even if you’re not into parachutes or jumping off cliffs wearing them this video has some breathtaking/heartstopping footage.

http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=2895

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well that might be a slightly unsporting way of putting it but I am now officially a spectator for the finals round(s) the Korean National University Taekwondo Championships.

I went down 5-5 this afternoon to a 3rd dan black belt (who should be ashamed of himself for letting a lowly yellow-belted upstart like myself get anywhere near him…

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“Everybody out - we’re walking!”

The bus could move no further, the space between the power poles was just too narrow, and so with nothing more then the jerseys on our backs and boots on our feet the Mighty Men of INTS* made our way into the wilds of rural Korea.

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