Archive for November, 2010
A Summer of Cricket
Three weeks back, on a warm and hungover Saturday morning, I pulled on the whites and dusted off the pads and adjusted the box for the first time in a few years. When you’re always on the move like those of us in the journalistic community are, well, it’s hard to lock yourself down for […]
A Brief Moment in Time and the Post-Cup Hangover
She Listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; And she forgave me that I gazed Too fondly on her face! -Samuel Coleridge, "Love" It's not too often Coleridge comes to mind these days, but when the mighty Makybe Diva was being led around not ten minutes after the finest moment in […]
Melbourne Cup Preview
This time last year, I was steeling myself for the biggest bet of my life. Sitting in a dank hotel room on Toorak Road- no balcony and no room service- chewing slowly through a small bag of licorice all sorts, I was pondering when watermelon season actually starts. It had to be soon, but I […]
Spreading the Spring Wealth
If you are a warrior of The Racing Game, it is time to lock yourself down and prepare for the wild frenzy that is Spring Carnival racing. Fasten your doors and board up your windows. Keep your ear to the ground and your lips pursed tight. Make those necessary phone calls. Bunker down with The […]
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