Archive for February, 2011

Vanity

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 15, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

Photo courtesy of Terry Vorg

https://lifestyletrainers.com.au/blog/2010/12/in-the-spotlight-jarrod-boyle.html

This is a link to an interview for the Lifestyle Trainers website. I got the opportunity to dilate on my philosophy about life and fighting.

"Taking the Pulse of Aussie Masculinity"

Posted in Reading with tags , , , , on February 13, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

You know what? There’s an unquiet voice inside me that says I should give up trying to be published. Continue reading

Real Men #3: Aron Ralston

Posted in Real Men with tags on February 12, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

Aron Ralston, while hiking, fell down a cravass and found himself trapped with his arm beneath a boulder. After five days, he decided it was better to break the arm and hack it off with a leatherman than starve to death in the wilderness.

God, give me some measure of that kind of strength.

Madame Bovary Pt II

Posted in Reading with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 1, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

According to my oft-quoted list of ‘Time’s 10 Best Books Ever Written’, Madame Bovary ranks number two, coming in just behind Anna Karenina. Continue reading