What a game!

The Bulldogs thrashed the Eels in the first half of the game, 20-0. How could we recover from that? One of my companions, a died-in-the-wool Doggies supporter, let me know in body language (if not words) how dire things were looking for my team. “I’m so glad I’m came,” I said sarcastically. “It’s humiliating.”

And yet somehow… miraculously… the Eels came through, totally dominating the second half to win 28-20. Can you believe it???

To quote the Sydney Morning Herald:

The Bulldogs had looked to be coasting to an upset win at the break but the Eels came from the clouds to score five unanswered tries and record their second biggest comeback ever.

It was the biggest lead the Bulldogs have surrendered in their history.

The strangest thing is that the game took place almost entirely in one half of the field — the opposite half to the one we were sitting in. Clearly, the players were trying to avoid me. Maybe they could sense my lack of footy fanaticism.

Photos:

After getting negative feedback from a few different over-50 types on the (un)readability of the previous ChaoticSoul/KaoticControl theme, I’ve switched to Talian 1.0 as my blog’s new theme.

It’s actually not a bad theme, though I might tweak it some more later.

Thanks to my mum for taking the photo below of the bush in our area — I turned it into the header image above.

Here’s the photographic evidence that, yes, I did meet Toto…

Left to right: Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, vocals), Dion “Dee” Detterer (hanger-on, sunburn victim), Bobby Kimball (vocals)

(Note that Bobby’s wearing a VB T-shirt. Rock on!)

Left to right: Simon Phillips (drums), Steve “Luke” Lukather (guitar, vocals), Dion Detterer (long-distance backing vocals)

Thanks again to Greg, Bobby, Simon and Luke for hanging out with me and thanks also to John for sending me the photos. You guys are all very special and I’ll never forget your kindness.

Meeting Marcia Hines:

Sting:

Zoomed-in:

Andy:

The Crowd:

The End: