tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86982442012-01-24T11:21:23.189Zwhy blog when i could guild wars it ... hmmm, I'll be back soon (Blogging in black in honour of blackle.com)nasdenoreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-62444233563878204182010-07-17T13:58:00.002+01:002010-07-17T14:08:39.167+01:00

Don't know if ppl still read this. Thought I might randomly post some ideas and after watching an unbelievably good doco about Waco (The rules of Engagement by William Gazecki) I felt inspired to share something.Injustice, corrupt governments, inequality, big business. issues that i admit don't cross my headspace that often, (and when they do, no clue about what it means to me, or what i could do

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-53557953097538214982009-03-29T11:32:00.002+01:002009-03-29T12:00:07.270+01:00

I recently launched Tan Hands - my own (eek!) physio practice, working in Carlingford Court two days a week. It's been exciting and really tiring at the same time. I've been flat out registering my business name, purchasing supplies, getting freebie Vista-print business cards done, (250 free cards - just $18 for delivery!) reading up on small businesses, as well as trying to brush up on

nasdenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-47990624380277946422009-01-14T20:11:00.002Z2009-01-14T20:54:32.742Z

What a busy last 4 months.For those who are still checking my blog (haardcore!) here is the quick update:* Visited Croatia and Turkey - our last European trip before heading home. Turkey was more amazing than I thought it would be - really beautiful, great natural wonders, fun experiences (hot air ballooning, staying in a cave, waiting in bus terminals like hobos in the wee hours of the morning,

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-68925416077611674062008-08-08T07:01:00.002+01:002008-08-08T07:20:30.988+01:00

Not sure if people reading this post will get grossed out forever, and not want to shake my hand again when they see me, but here goes.Never really believed in the 3 second rule. I think from very early on growing up, I always wanted to question all those things that people took for granted - if everyone had to tuck their shirt in, I wanted to have mine out; if everyone had to wear gay yellow

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-48452385998333043482008-07-20T21:40:00.003+01:002008-07-20T21:54:03.362+01:00

ages since I last blogged. Between working, holidaying, planning for holidays, general web surfing, xbox games, ps2 games (cheap cheap seeing as Woolworths is shutting), catching up on emails, watching the 70-100 GB of NBA basketball games sitting on HDD, exercising (Bring it P90X), touch footy, reading, household duties and lazy afternoons at the pub - the blog doesn't get much love.There's

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-65117641287811386952008-05-02T06:25:00.005+01:002008-05-02T07:01:31.046+01:00

I've noticed over the last few months that I'm ready to leave London. When we were working out how much longer to stay, it came down to a few things:* I really miss my family in Oz. Much more than I thought I would, and especially so because my family is generally super crap at keeping in touch via email and phone. Not sure about your parents, but I talk to them for 3 mins (every 4-6 weeks) and

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-75675220479026725212008-03-07T05:51:00.002Z2008-03-07T06:08:31.590Z

... i'll be back soon. Hit fire through January and had endless energy and writing spirit to get stuck into blogging each week. Have been struggling with time management, and finding it hard to get onto PC with the launch of ppdesigns.etsy.com! Oh, and found some websites to download NBA, NFL, EPL games and lots of old NBA games to watch ... it's soo awesome. Hail, the power of the web.Still

nasdenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-17656564211637212532008-02-13T06:23:00.004Z2008-02-13T07:08:31.661Z

I realised a few months ago that sometimes you can't change your true nature. In one "wild" weekend back in November 07, I managed to slice open my wrist - bad enough to require a trip to the local A & E - and lose my wedding ring. The actual story about what happened is not that exciting, so I decided to write a short story about myself in the 3rd person - ala Yr 4 creative writing classes :)--

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-83337853014657071202008-02-02T17:55:00.000Z2008-02-02T18:04:35.545Z

I am stressed. Not as much as my patients, but still it’s an uncomfortable feeling. The patients I talk to day in and day out say things like: my back is sore, my arms are sore, my neck is sore, and my ankles ache for no reason; my father just passed away, I’m looking after a bed-ridden mother in law, and my daughter has just started dating a boy that I don’t like. I’ve recently had problems

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-26912598026951093442008-01-16T07:12:00.000Z2008-01-16T07:10:24.137Z

Christmas means such different things for everyone. For me, it's always meant a time with family and friends, waking up early-ish to open up presents (getting later as I get older), and always always always a Christmas party at the Tan's.The Christmas party at our house happened every year, had about 60 guests, and in it's early days guests started arriving at about 12, with the last stragglers

nasdenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-79608059342197187582008-01-06T09:44:00.000Z2008-01-06T10:30:29.942Z

A great day yesterday - went for a 4.5km run with the boys, had fish and chips, sausages and spam afterwards, went to the pub to play the pokie/trivia machine, drank some beer and then cooked up a spanking (if i do say so myself!) pork belly and chicken curry dinner. Have cooked this meal a few times before, but was probably my best effort yet - Go the Ginger Pig! (mmm, leftovers for today!)

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-399144754534862142007-12-28T10:30:00.000Z2007-12-28T10:44:14.461Z

Four weeks ago, my job went from being a cruisy 2.5-3 days of work, to being 4.5 days of full-on work. Though it isn’t a full time job technically (it's 4 hours short of being FT), it’s hardly easy going – the work is difficult, the patients are very tiring, and the organization I am working with isn’t very well organized. A lot of paper work, a lot of emails and liasing with managers and narky

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-21942294905046565612007-12-05T06:37:00.000Z2007-12-10T21:58:46.271Z

Since coming back from Africa the last 8 weeks in London have flown by. Thinking back to what's happened, it's a blur of meeting up with London friends, dinners, hanging (ie drinking beer and playing the trivia machine) at the Hobgoblin, getting re-acquinted and hearing Mushie get progressively more excited about her pending unemployment.Being so busy with all these other things and maybe due to

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-89020117342422301762007-11-26T17:08:00.000Z2007-11-27T08:51:13.040Z

Just finished watching Al Gore's movie about Climate change and felt compelled to blog - what an intriguing movie! To give you the brief background:* Movie released 2006, based on Al Gore's long running slideshow lecture about climate change and global warming. Al Gore explains in quite a scientific way the current theory of global warming - with presentation of graphs of CO2, temperature,

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-59099255805215374722007-11-20T15:00:00.000Z2007-11-20T17:27:34.695Z

Looking after babies is hard! We had babysat our niece the other weekend – for 3 hours and we had to feed her lunch. How hard would that be?Really how hard?? That was when all the random thoughts began … what do we feed her for lunch? Will she choke if I feed her some of my meat pie? What do we do with her? What happens if she suddenly gets a fever??? What if she collapses suddenly?!!?!Well, I

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-24033490971882434362007-11-10T15:37:00.000Z2007-11-10T16:55:19.860Z

So much of my time gets eaten up by sports - reading about sports, thinking about sports, playing sports, training for sports, watching sports. Spending this much time on anything is made even greater if:1) You can turn it into skill, or money2) If you have someone to share/debate/watch the sport withNow I haven't (yet!) been able to turn my sports watching into any money - not through lack of

nasdenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-13300542796495554022007-11-03T07:54:00.001Z2007-11-05T07:23:10.221Z

Gee - it's so easy to get lazy and not blog! soo easy ... but then you talk to friends who say things like "I used to read your blog but you never update!" and you know other people that blog regularly (maybe once every sunday, and have have gay-Kerri-Anne Kennelly related reasons for doing so) and that little voice inside you starts to fire up again.There feels like lots to blog about right now

nasdenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-81491865173402919892007-05-18T22:13:00.000+01:002007-05-18T22:43:08.987+01:00

We just found out about another close couple of ours is pregnant! (not sure about the wording of that) All together that makes it 4 couples that have recently announced pregnancies in the last 6 weeks ... ! Congrats you soon to be parents!! Ahhh, the miracles of life!When to have kids and how long to stay in London is a question we have been struggling with for the last 2 years. I guess for

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-39215073410651883992007-02-14T19:16:00.000Z2007-02-14T19:24:57.459Z

After spending 20 months in London (not including time spent overseas or back in Sydney) and enduring ½ a winter, I can officially say that I’m starting to understand Brits and their mentality. While this winter hasn’t been that bad, (and surprisingly pretty snow for 2 days) the length of the winter coldness, which lasts approx 6 months Oct to april, and the dark, cold mornings and the dreary

nasdenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1166434533989731582006-12-18T09:26:00.000Z2006-12-20T13:48:43.735Z

Having a free subscription (thx to our previous tennant) to Time magazine has made me painfully aware of how ignorant I am re: things happening in the world. It really is scary learning what is happening around the world right now, that living in our precious, cosy homes, we can be completely oblivious to.Should we care? Mushie has always been of the opinion that watching the news is "too

nasdenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1161120623724450892006-10-17T21:58:00.000+01:002006-10-19T08:01:38.896+01:00

Holiday Essential facts:* 8 weeks and 4 days of holidays, 3 weddings, 10 seperate flights* Places visited - Norway, Denmark, Sydney, Fraser Island, Thailand* 2 Halo nights, 3 spring roll nights, 1 new nephew* 960 photosThanks to everyone in Sydney for what was a very very enjoyable 5 weeks in Sydney. Time went by incredibly quickly and as always it was really hard to leave Australia again (though

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1150197550817903772006-06-13T09:56:00.000+01:002006-06-13T12:19:10.876+01:00

I cringe every time i see this show - and not just due to the abundance of bad teeth, disjointed noses and ugly melons. Even though I have to agree with the Mushie sometimes that "it really makes a difference in their lives" and sometimes their surgeries are really required, there's something about the whole premise of the show that just makes me a bit uneasy.I can see how easy it would be to

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1149173245851518152006-06-01T09:34:00.000+01:002006-06-04T22:39:52.080+01:00

In the last 2 weeks we've celebrated my birthday (all of 27 years now - and feeling old too!) , Trish's b'day and hit our one year anniversary of being in London. It was a time for celebration and reflection - a year filled with European travelling highlights (that I can now list off like a seasoned traveller) - Greece, Italy, Dublin, Paris, Barcelona, Sydney, Southern Spain, Poland, Vienna, NYC,

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1146914195891426192006-05-06T10:40:00.000+01:002006-05-06T12:16:35.946+01:00

I must say that I am an absoloutely terrible decision maker. When it comes down to two options, I can too easily see both sides of an argument and see that they both are valid and both have merit.When visiting Amsterdam last weekend, we were bombarded by the plethora of "coffee houses" (to get hash/weed) and "smart shops" (for your magic mushrooms) - as well as sex shops and red light district

nasdenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1122893060012047612006-04-27T10:58:00.000+01:002006-04-27T21:40:41.576+01:00

Gee it's been a long time between blog updates. Almost got to the point of forgetting my password to get into my blog. My comments have been reduced to "Nonez" all round due to my lack of payment to blogspot. Is it laziness? Have I nothing left to say?Personally I've found that I started writing mostly about sport before realising that there were lots of people (Boston Sports Guy in particular)

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1128124737675704732005-10-01T00:55:00.000+01:002005-10-01T09:51:39.226+01:00

My first step (i think) down a dark path leading to metrosexual-ness was taken in Paris earlier this week. And before you start thinking that I went and got my nipple pierced or went to a tanning salon - I'll let you know - I bought a bottle of "Clinique's skin supplies for Men" range of maximum hydration moisturiser cream costing more than $50 Aussie dollars. This bottle which promises to

nasdenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1122375977644101032005-08-01T15:02:00.000+01:002005-08-02T14:00:17.233+01:00

It's the middle of summer over here in London now, though you might not have known that due to the 16 degree weather and people wearing jumpers. It is quite pleasant though - and we have had a mini-heatwave of consecutive 24 degree days, and that co-incided with random british dudes and gals getting down to their jocks and bikinis in the park (no water within 100kms but ppl in their bikinis ...

nasdenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1120140288606539092005-06-30T06:46:00.000+01:002005-06-30T15:04:48.613+01:00

Have u ever been homesick?? I never knew what people meant when they talked about it, but lately I think I can relate to what ppl mean. It's been 6 weeks now away from home - travelling through Greece and Italy, and now finally settling into London. It's been a great time really, and we've been really lucky being able to travel with the honeymooners, the newly engaged, and the recently marrieds.

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1104386436708329452005-02-12T05:58:00.000Z2005-02-11T01:42:51.293Z

It has now been six weeks since the Boxing Day Tsunami - the most recent death toll is stated at 295,000 with a massive 250,000 reported dead or missing from Indonesia alone. Though it feels like such a long time ago, I wanted to go back and write some thoughts about the event. The tsunami and the grave destruction that was brought down on evoked a lot of different emotions in people. Some

nasdenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1105526554218218232005-01-12T10:40:00.000Z2005-01-19T01:14:59.100Z

As the NFL playoffs have reached the Conference championships (ie Top 2 teams from AFC and NFC play off) I thought I should update everyone on the NFL tipping race. NFL Wks 8-14 saw some furious competition as Mushi took an initial lead in the tips before Nasde (spurred on by the addition of Gobbo) came charging back to level the scores. The final 3 weeks of the season started with Mushi and

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1104100515922185052005-01-12T09:28:00.000Z2005-01-12T10:28:19.553Z

Girls - let's set something straight. #1 Guy playing xbox =/ (does not equal) guy avoiding girl #2 We want to be with you #3 We like to play xbox Now why is that a problem? Can't women and the xbox co-exist? It seems to me that complaining about the xbox, and guys playing the xbox, has hit an all time high. Along with Mushi using her talents re: the xbox (to quote Mushi: "Complaining's one of

nasdenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1103457749056620672004-12-19T11:42:00.000Z2004-12-19T12:02:29.056Z

This year I'm finding it hard to generate that "christmas buzz" - that feeling of expectancy before Christmas, that eagerness for the day ... It's taking a while to get fired up about it all. Now don't get me wrong - Christmas is great - the big dinners, the public holidays, the significance/importance of Jesus' birthday - but I just feel like it's missing some spark this time round. Maybe it's

nasdenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1101250336711978522004-12-01T02:47:00.000Z2004-12-01T03:05:50.666Z

Just when I thought all was lost, a bounce back week! The addition of Gobbo as our guest tipster has resulted in the NFL tips falling to form and the margin between mushie and myself shortening! Interestingly enough Arizona has lost the last two weeks - hehehehe! The "Rod Tidwell theory" appears to have run its course! Wk 11 finished: Gobs: 10-5-1 Nasde: 9-6-1 Sportsline: 8-7-1 Mushi: 6-9-1 Wk

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1100675938729642222004-12-01T02:35:00.000Z2004-12-01T02:39:54.606Z

I read an article in the Reader's Digest about Happiness a few weeks ago. It had found in a survey of hundreds of people that various factors influenced how happy you were. They ranged from social life, being married/single, pay rates; but the two factors i found most interesting were that: 1. Higher paying jobs 2. Higher scores on IQ tests were two factors that were "risk factors" for

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1101034348667279452004-11-21T09:59:00.000Z2004-11-21T11:23:46.456Z

When I was growing up, we played a lot of sports at home. Being a family with 3 boys and one sis, a big back yard and an age where there was no such thing as the xbox or the internet meant we'd make up games. My brother was awesome at thinking up games to play. We'd have a tennis ball and we could've played about a dozen different games. Now some of these games we made up didn't really make

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1100054265397526112004-11-10T02:22:00.000Z2004-11-18T01:47:30.656Z

Kostya KOs Sharmba See this great article for the fight breakdown courtesy of the Gobbs Kostya disses Sharmba in this article article - SWEET!

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1100048906817415312004-11-09T23:57:00.000Z2004-11-10T04:35:45.226Z

As time ticked away on Sunday night, the tipster pores over the previous weeks results. He compares win-loss records, absorbs stats on defensive rankings, offensive rankings, yards made on the ground, yards made in the air. He looks for trends in the team's histories against one another, home records, away records and weighs up the importance of injuries on a team. He attempts to take in to

nasdenoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1099225803496846352004-10-31T12:19:00.000Z2004-11-10T04:37:57.940Z

The NFL season has reached wk 8 - just about half way through the season. There are quite a few surprises this season as the NY Jets and Jax Jags have emerged as solid contenders for the NFL title, while the NE patriots and Philly eagles continue their strong play from last year - currently standing unbeaten. Pittsburgh (in the AFC North) and Jacksonville (in the AFC South) are my outside picks

nasdenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1098252430881400702004-10-20T05:56:00.000+01:002004-11-10T04:38:42.936Z

6 nba championships. 7 time all Star. 8 time All Defensive team. 2nd all time in playoff games played. One of the 50 Greatest players in NBA history. Scottie Pippen retired on Oct 5, 2004 after 17 seasons in the league. Often labelled Michael Jordan's "sidekick" and part of the Chicago Bulls "supporting cast", Pippen consistently showed that he was more than that. His ability to read the game

nasdenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1097723868903768992004-10-14T04:08:00.000+01:002004-11-10T04:39:17.906Z

I'm back .... ok, maybe i'm starting to sorta like this whole thing with the blogger business. I admit it is kinda fun having this blog even if no-one has the address yet ... I've decided that my blog will be dedicated to all the things i like: * NFL * American Sports * Sports Betting * Rock Climbing * Girls * Touch footy * Physio journals And other topical issues such as is who is a better

nasdenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698244.post-1097638137149632492004-10-12T21:30:00.000+01:002004-10-13T04:28:57.150+01:00

Oh ... Wassup! What started as a gentle stroll down the lane to post a comment on someones bloggie has somehow led to a blog called "Mmm Tasty" being created ... very bizarre. Always wondered what it'd be like to have my own blog ... would I tell people? would it be for myself? What would I write about? Would people enjoy what I write?? So here goes I spose - the blog's mission statement is:

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