Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Who Can Count To Three?

Former Hogans Heroes star, Richard Dawson (who played Newkirk), is remembered also as the host of America’s Family Feud. In this particular episode, we find possibly the dumbest family of contestants ever. The questions are not hard – in fact, they are simple – but that doesn’t stop this family from making a fool of […]

One Last Memory

Essendon champion James Hird retired from the AFL last weekend. Hoping for a fairytale win as a send off, things didn’t look good at three-quarter time when the Bombers were down to the Eagles by 50 points. At the huddle, Hird pleaded to the players for “one last memory” before he retired. The players, and […]

Beating The Old Enemy

There is almost nothing more important for an Essendon fan, than for the Bombers to beat Carlton at every possible opportunity. After losing to the Blues in dramatic circumstances earlier in the season, the Bombers were out to make sure the same did not happen again – and so it eventuated – with Essendon running […]

Larrikin Larry Wins Bathurst

Another one from the archives, with Australian racing legend Larry Perkins winning the 1993 Tooheys 1000, along with the late, Gregg Hansford. As a Perkins fan, it was a great weekend for me – the #11 Castrol Commodore was the fastest car in almost every practice and qualifying session, took pole position in the shootout, […]

Dick Johnson Spreads His Wings

Australian Marcos Ambrose is currently making something of a name for himself in the NASCAR Busch Series. However, while he’s the first Australian to get a full time ride in any of the NASCAR series, he’s certainly not the first to have a go “stateside”. Both Allan Grice and Dick Johnson dabbled on NASCAR front […]

Sheedy’s Reign Comes To An End

After 27 years at the helm of the mighty Essendon Football Club, it was announced today that the club would not be renewing Kevin Sheedy’s contract when it expires at the end of the season. End Of A Bomber Dynasty “They’ve been absolutely fantastic as a club. You don’t often get to coach the club […]

Do Spiders Get The Munchies?

Have just come across this video on YouTube. Now, it’s difficult to understand the motivation behind wanting to produce such a video, but I think the results speak for themselves. A Canadian study into the effects of alcohol, THC, crack cocaine, and caffeine on the common wood spider has shown that just as in human […]

Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart?

The Simpsons movie is out in a couple of weeks, and the promotional bandwagon is in full swing. Kwik-E-Mart Seattle, WA This 7-Eleven in Seattle, Washington has gotten into the spirit of things, and re-branded itself as a “Kwik-E-Mart”, the legendary convenience store run by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in the show. Complete with Squishee machine, and […]

The First Saviour Of The Screens

The much-loved and much-missed TechTV didn’t feature on Australian screens for a long period. No sooner had it hit our screens, after many requests to subscription television providers in Australia, than it disappeared just as quickly, thanks to the buyout by G4. Of course, the early shows never were seen over here, but here’s a […]

Agro-pedia

I love Wikipedia. The ability of the internet community as a whole to develop such an extensive knowledgebase on just about anything – (and everything!) – is something to behold. But of course, like any community, it can breed people with petty motives, and childish ideas on what a community really is. Here’s a funny […]