18 eighty 5's Blog - Operation Sports

Friday, November 2, 2012

The Less We Expect the More We Appreciate

Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:05 PM.

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My favourite sport on these forums is NHL. It is also probably the one I am most critical of. But this seems to be a theme across the boards. The sports games (or non sports games) we look forward to the most are prone to receiving lofty praise and scathing criticism by the same posters. I am guilty of this.

When NHL 13 came out I loved the new additions so first impressions were good. Playing the game over and over in BAGM and the cracks appear that get me offside and I post about ... Read More

Monday, October 15, 2012

Church, yeah this is a bit different.

Posted on October 15, 2012 at 02:40 AM.

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Went to church for the first time in a while yesterday morning. Though I have known church culture pretty well in the past it was really something coming back after being away from it all. It almost felt like seeing things for the first time all over.

Experiencing a heap of people in contemporary style worship singing the name of Jesus frequently was a little weird. Weird not in a bad or uncomfortable way, but in a way that had me thinking why do they keeping singing about Jesus ... Read More

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Richmond Football Club 2012

Posted on October 2, 2012 at 12:08 AM.

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The AFL (Australian Football League) season has just concluded with the Sydney Swans winning the premiership cup for 2012. No one should have picked that before the season had started. But this aint about the Swans, this is about the mighty Tigers who certainly appear to be on the way up.

To anyone curious, the AFL is aussie rules football a sport only played down here on the sunburnt land. A game consists of four quarters lasting between 25-35 minutes each. It is high contact and ... Read More