Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 86

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FILM: What percentage of a crew for a major film is female ? Hint: it is not high. BASEBALL: An argument for a mid-season title game i...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

AFL Power Rankings: Round 18 2014

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RISING UP Adelaide continues its late-season surge up the rankings (and the premiership ladder), even edging out its hated co-tenants the ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

‘Velvet’, And More Words About The Portrayal of Women in Comic Books

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Image Comics’ ‘Velvet’, by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting – the team that originally concocted Captain America’s ‘Winter Sold...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

The Wooden Finger Five – July 2014

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Well, it has been a long, circuitous route through punk, post-punk, prog rock, Britpop, American indie, Christmas songs, and Eurovision, b...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Who Has Ended Up With The Easiest AFL Draw in 2014?

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With a split round in the AFL I am not posting any updated AFL Power Rankings this week. To fill the gap though I thought it might be intere...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Blog For This Basketball Assessment

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With the return of former Miami Heat forward LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Vegas have installed the Cavs as the new favourites t...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

AFL Power Rankings: Round 17 2014

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RISING UP The Sydney Swans won their twelfth game in a row on Saturday night, giving them their equal longest winning streak ever, and eas...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 85

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BOOKS: Which of this year’s bestselling books are least likely to have actually been read? I am 25% of the way through the least likely,...