Today, I went sea kayaking off the coast of Dubrovnik. The water was blue and the sun was a blind hole in the sky. The surface of the Adriatic sea was like a set of chrome and lazuli tiles pouring out of the sun. Continue reading
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Sea Kayaking off the Coast of Dubrovnik
Posted in Observation with tags Adriatic sea, Angus Nice, Dubrovnik, ferry, James Brotch, nudists, sea kayak, The Sound and the Fury, time, William Faulkner, wristwatch on June 19, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
First Blood: Goodlife Backs Down
Posted in Goodlife, Journalism, Observation, Statement of intention with tags Armadale, Arnold Schwarzenegger, blood, david Brent, Goodlife, Head of Fitness, Lance Williams, Personal Training, Predator, Ricky Gervais, Samurai, The Office on June 4, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
“The cut worm forgives the plow.”
– William Blake,
Proverbs of Hell.
I received an email today from Lance Williams, so-called ‘Head of Fitness’ at Goodlife gyms, Australia-wide. Continue reading
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Goodlife Rapes the Fitness Industry
Posted in Goodlife, Journalism, Observation, Statement of intention with tags accountants, Ardent Leisure, baphomet, Coles, Crossfit, deadlift, Doherty’s Gym, Domino's Pizza, Fitness First, freelance, Golden Glory, Goodlife, Goodlife Armadale, Goodlife Glen Iris, Goodlife Prahran, Hammer Strength, ironedge, Jim Morrson, kettlebells, Kickboxing, Kickstart, Markos Markopoulos, McDonald’s, Mercedes-Benz, occupational heath and safety, Olympia Gym, Performance Training Center, personal trainers, pilates, ronin, Samoan lawyer, sociopath, spills, squat, Street's ice cream, The Corporation, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, weight training, William Blake, Workcover, Worksafe, writer on May 29, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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‘He who has suffered you to impose on him, knows you.’
– William Blake,
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
It is time to dump the bucket. Continue reading
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Possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Ridiculous curiosity with tags drag, embarrassment, Ernest Hemingway, Good Guys, Hell's Angels, Housewives on Fire, Hunter S Thompson, Mardi Gras, selfies, Spanish Civil War on May 16, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Many readers of this blog would no doubt believe I am inured to embarrassment. Continue reading
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Taylor Swift – Corporate Whore
Posted in Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Ridiculous curiosity with tags Gore Vidal, Hottest One Hundred, Jet, Joy Division, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Nirvana, Taylor Swift, Triple J on January 26, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
#tayforhottest100 was a storm in a teacup. Now she’s been disqualified however, there seems to be a pattern forming in the leaves that remain silted at the bottom. Continue reading
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Malheureusement, je suis aussi Charlie Hebdo
Posted in Jokes, Journalism, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of speech, mohammed, Paris massacre on January 14, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
‘Are You a Satanist?’
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Albert Einstein, blasphemy, Christianity, Ernest Hemingway, Hunter S Thompson, John Milton, Letters to a Satanist, Lucien Greaves, mysterious, mythology, Nikos Kazantzakis, Oklahoma Satanic Temple, Paradise Lost, religion, Salman Rushdie, Satan, Satanic Verses, sigil of Baphomet, Spanish Civil War, The Last Temptation, William Blake on December 15, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
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I feel responsible. I feel that I must do something like Flanagan, or Tolstoy. Anything less is a waste of everyone’s time – both yours, and mine. If I think about it too much, there’s not even time enough to go to work. Continue reading
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‘Are You A Satanist?’
Posted in Observation, Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Alfred Kazin, Catcher in the Rye, church, Desperate Romantic, Ernest Hemingway, genius, Gustave Dore, hell, Hell's Angels, Hunter S Thompson, John Milton, Leo Tolstoy, Letters to a Satanist, Lucien Greaves, mystic, Newton, Paradise Lost, priest, Richard Flanagan, Satanic Verses, sigil of Baphomet, Spanish Civil War, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, The Viking Portable Blake, War and Peace, William Blake on December 14, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
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The last twelve to eighteen months have taught me that if you put something on the internet, everybody will see it. People rarely comment on-line, but I seem to get all kinds of bizarre responses when I see them in public, ranging from facial expressions that look like they’ve swallowed a bullfrog (and are struggling to keep it down) to, ‘What’s with all the leather gear?’ Or even, ‘Are you a Satanist?’ Continue reading
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‘Blood is Proof of Life’
Posted in Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Observation, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags cage fighting, Ken Lay, mixed martial arts, MMA, Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, The Age Newspaper, Tim Boyle, UFC, Victoria on December 6, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Your humble narrator was fortunate enough to be quoted in The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald today on the subject of cage fighting in Victoria.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/blood-is-proof-of-life-20141206-121oze.html
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Desperate Romantic: My Life as a Stalker (A Lamentably True Story)
Posted in Acts of devotion, Love letters, Observation, Real Men with tags Gerald Manley Hopkins, Hafiz, Humpty Dumpty, Richard Wagner, Tristan and Isolde on December 3, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Epilogue
“Forget everything anybody says or does; everything is a cry, please love me.”
-Hafiz,
Sufi poet. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 