Its really exciting as my team has won 17 in a row now and is undefeated. There are only 22 rounds in the season and then the finals . I still can’t believe we have done this well and although we haven’t won the finals yet it has still been an amazing season. Fingers crossed for the rest of the year.

The Tour de France is almost over for another year and I’ve enjoyed staying up to watch it although I’m looking forward to getting back to a somewhat normal sleeping pattern. The TV coverage has been a bit disappointing this year with ad breaks taken at vital moments in the race. For example , one stage the commentators had spent the entire stage of the race talking about a mountain climb coming towards the end and just when they hit the climb they went to an ad , of course when they came back the damage had been done and the top riders had broken away. There is no excuse for the timing of the ad apart from trying to make money by the TV station. The problem is that the TV station used to be government funded as it is a multicultural station and used to have no ad breaks but government cutbacks over the years has recently meant they have had to start putting ads on . Very frustrating , as they show a lot of great foreign films on there that the commercial stations wouldn’t touch. Oh well, that’s life I guess.

Just watched it and whilst I did enjoy it they have left so much out from the book as well as changing major scenes . I wont spoil it for anyone that hasnt seen it yet but there were some major bits left out which disappointed me a lot . Maybe the book had too much to put into one movie and I see that for the last book they are actually making two films , parts 1 and 2 . For people who haven’t read the book they might be a bit confused about some bits but they should enjoy it anyway. For fans of the books , like me , they will be upset at the changes and stuff left out . If only they would film those bits and then include them as bonus features when the dvd comes out like the did with the Lord Of The Rings extended versions.

The copy I downloaded was only average quality so I’lll still download the good version when it eventually comes out to go with the rest of the collection.

My Aussie rules football team , St. Kilda , is on top of the ladder after 15 rounds of the competition , undefeated !!!!! Unbelievable . I have followed them since I was a kid and most of that time we have been on the bottom. Our club has been in the comp for around 100 years and as won the premiership once , way back in 1966 . I’m not counting my chickens before they hatch but it would be great if they won it this year. I would like to be able to celebrate it at least once. I was two years old when they one it last time.

The doggies are giving me unhappy looks because I won’t take them for a walk because it looks like its about to rain and its cold too . But , in my condition , I can’t take them every day anyway. Coco really pulls hard on the lead which can hurt my back. In fact usually after walking them I have to lie down for awhile to recover.

The new Harry Potter movie starts today so I’ve will have to try convince my wife to take me to the movies , I’d like to see it on the big screen.

I feel tired because I have been staying up watching the Tour de France every night so my sleeping patterns are all jumbled up. There’s still two weeks to go too.

Time to feed the dogs then I might lie down for awhile.

If anyone is wanting some relaxation music I suggest Tony O’Connor , I have about 5 of his cds and they are great to drift off to sleep to, or just to relax with.

I have put an example up that I found on you tube which includes an amazing video of seahorses.

well I’ve seen the specialist and I don’t have to have an operation . Turns out I have chronic hayfever so he gave me a script for a spray to take once a day for the next two weeks and then whenever I need it. Unfortunately the spray costs $42 , so I hope it lasts for awhile but the bottle isn’t very big. But it seems to be doing the job so far .

The Tour De France starts tomorrow night and I’ll be watching as much as I can , I love it, it’s a great event. I’ve really got into it over the last 4 years and it’s one of  the highlights of the sporting year for me now.