A wave’s as good as a nod when driving (Mothers Day)
Saturday morning, the day before Mothers Day and the roads are chock full of offspring. The golden child, the black sheep, the time poor, and the forgetful, all merge into one…
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Guaranteed strategy to access popular gym equipment
If you’ve ever been a member of a busy gym, especially a serious one frequented by ‘Grunt Brothers’, you’ll know how hard it can be to get onto the gym…
True commitment to goal setting (The Worlds Most Tattood Person)
Last weekend I witnessed one mans lifelong commitment to goal setting. © The Ponder RoomWhile juggling fire, a machete and an apple, Lucky Diamond Rich relayed the story of his…
The Domino Project update
News has come through about The Domino Project competition. If you remember a friend entered me into the competition with a piece called Live Life Well. Thanks to John…
ANZAC Day 2011
As a Kiwi living in Australia…. © The Ponder RoomWaking to a crisp blue ANZAC dawn, and seeing 5 biplanes flying over head, it’s very easy to give thanks…
Working Bunnies….really? (Segmentation gone too far)
While walking around the supermarket I came across another stand. Is it just me, or does this one seem a bit well….wrong. The sign read Working Bunnies…..really? © The Ponder RoomI stood…
Happy segmented Easter especially to the Easter disadvantaged (Vegan, Lactose Intolerant)
If I’ve learnt nothing else in my 25 years working in consumer psychology I’ve learnt that society insists on segmenting itself over, and over, and over, again. Not a bad…
Playing Tennis With God (Motoring #3)
This article first appeared in Mazda MX5 Magazine.Last year someone or something had really upset God. Maybe he’d heard that Australian criminals were being glorified in yet another Underbelly series,…
Damien Hobgoods early chances pay off in Telstra Drug Aware Pro 2011 Margaret River
In the end the final came down to US born Damien Hobgood and a local West Australian. © The Ponder Room But that local was Yadin Nicol, not Taj Burrow…
Grey fins & the Kelly Slater, Billy Stairmand battle at Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River
Today the Margart River surf looks cleaner, so clean infact that this morning grey fins were seen in the water while Paige Hareb and Courtney Conlogue competed. Thankfully they were only dolphins enjoying…
Billy Stairmand takes out Kelly Slater in Margaret River (Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
Breaking news21 year old Billy Stairmand from New Zealand rode a perfect wave scoring 9.0. In that one moment he not only created the upset of the event, but also gave…
Slater surfs it up at Margaret River (2011 Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
© The Ponder Room It’s not often the biggest names in sport come to your backyard, especially when that backyard is the most isolated city in the world. The…
Crossing the line with Billy Connolly
The other day I witnessed yet another act of generosity, I love hearing about these. One of the girls behind the Cottesloe Lifeboats installation gave her mother two tickets to…
Ralphs Revenge (Motoring #2)
This is the second piece in a series published in Mazda MX5 Magazine. The first wasCutting the umbilical cordThe day before Christmas Eve, the presents wrapped, a drink left for…
Cutting the Umbilical Cord (Motoring #1)
This is the first in a series of articles that appeared in Mazda MX5 Magazine. Hope it helps with your Grand Prix withdrawal. thanks to zbyszko666There’s no denying the noughties have given…
Australian Grand Prix Withdrawal Test
Thanks to thewamphyriAfter two full days watching countless flashy cars race around Albert Park, this morning I was left pondering whether you, like me, found yourself driving a tad faster,…
Thank You (Domino Project votes)
Well what an interesting few days that was. Thanks John Ashcroft On Wednesday morning I woke and contemplated taking the day off. The plan was to sleep in, dawdle…
Friendship above and beyond
A very good friend of mine entered me into a worldwide competition, eekk!! Thanks to Ross Hong Kong After the initial panic of realising what she’d done, I can’t tell you…
