Archive for 2011

Frank Giorgi – Streetfighter!

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , on September 6, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

 

International Kickboxer Magazine, Vol. 19, no.3

“When I fight, I don’t look at it as a sport – I fight with intent and anger. Like a streetfight.” Watching footage of Giorgi on the internet is about as much convincing as any Australian fight fan needs. Continue reading

The Internet is for Porn!

Posted in Music, Pornography, Ridiculous curiosity with tags , , , , on September 2, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

…as if we didn’t know.

Marital Advice from Russia, circa 1860

Posted in Reading with tags , on August 27, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

 

‘If we are to have made-up stories,’ said [Zinaida], ‘then let everyone quite definitely invent something and tell us that.’

Byelovzorov again was obliged to begin. The young hussar was acutely embarrassed. ‘I can’t think of anything to say,’ he cried. Continue reading

Romanticism

Posted in Love letters, Pornography with tags , , , on August 25, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

Every time I’m wounded, I bleed in romantic colours. Continue reading

Tuning Your Brain

Posted in Fitness with tags , , on August 20, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

I made an amazing discovery recently; the brain can (and needs to) be tuned, just like a car engine. Meditation is the practise of tuning your brain. Continue reading

10,000 Paper Planes

Posted in Real Men with tags , , on August 8, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

 

“Ross Coulter is a hero, a rebel and an artist.”

Indeed he is.

http://thethousands.com.au/melbourne/make/paper-planes/

Zen in the Art of Archery

Posted in Fitness, Kickboxing, Writing with tags , , , , on August 1, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

More than almost any other book, Zen in the Art of Archery has shaped the way I live – and experience – life. Continue reading

The Riders

Posted in Reading with tags , , , , , , , on July 22, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

This is probably the last Tim Winton novel I’ll ever read. Continue reading

T.C. Boyle – 'After The Plague'.

Posted in Reading, Writing with tags , on July 12, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

 

T.C. Boyle is a modern master. 

Anyone who has been following my book and film reviews has probably, as a result, primarily formed a picture of me as a critic; embittered as a result of his own frustrated attempts to be published, etc. etc. Therefore, it comes as a great relief to be able to say that I have finally read something I really liked. Continue reading

S.C. Pannell

Posted in Wine with tags , , , on July 3, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle

http://www.pannell.com.au/index.html

I attended a wine tasting yesterday, courtesy of my excellent friend, Brad Williamson. Continue reading