November 2011

21:30 Just to prove that I, too, can be dumb, I thought #TheHour would finish at 9.30. It doesn't. Tonight's episode goes for two hours. #abc1 #
21:09 Imagine Britain being chucked out of the London Olympics for non-compliance with WADA rules. Couldn't happen surely? - http://t.co/diQsgaX5 #
20:34 The Hour. #abc1 now #
20:27 I'm worried now that this talk of D/L in Tests will give ideas to the people at the Supreme Governing Body of #Cricket, ie ESPN Star Sports #
20:25 @FireUpOnFBI oh dear. #
19:52 To all those asking: What were you thinking? MT @OfficialCSA: To all those asking: Duckworth-Lewis cannot be used in Test matches. #cricket #

23:33 I pont. You pont. Tonight, we're all ponting. #cricket #savaus #
22:32 #cricket RT @ESPNcricinfo: Epic-stat: Lyon, Sunny, Bracewell, Philander, Ashwin and Cummins - six debutants have taken 5-fors since August! #
20:12 I was about to use #Dolly as a hashtag for the late Basil D'Oliveira till I noticed that it's in use for Ms Parton's concert tonight. #
20:07 What was Colin Cowdrey's role in the 1968 "D'Oliveira Affair"? - http://t.co/RFMErv1n #cricket #
07:07 All I hope is that Darren Lockyer isn't daft enough to do an Alfie Langer in a year or two. #
07:04 Sigh. Missed the Four Nations final. #

22:08 Looking forward to seeing Pat Cummins' bowling spell on iView... oh. #cricket #savaus #tinfoiltest #
21:16 A great primer on the life of Basil D'Oliviera, from the South African History Archive - http://t.co/FaTMmKIt #cricket #
20:13 #nswpol Nats retain Clarence. Labor gets a bounce back after March's massacre. Doubt you can read much into this by-election result. #
17:38 A truly great man of #cricket is gone. RT @News24: Basil d'Oliveira passes away http://t.co/nQAMrEwG #
12:00 Paging Mr Bolt. RT @AlertNet: How one Indian village has benefitted from climate change http://t.co/MluVqtNU #climate #agriculture #apple #
11:47 @upulie yeah. They made some great cartoons. #
11:39 vale the "Hall" of Cosgrove Hall. I loved Danger Mouse RT @NYTObits: Mark Hall, a Creator of ‘Danger Mouse,’ Dies at 75 http://t.co/56xI9bNb #
11:01 The company that runs the Quakers Hill nursing home has a disturbing record of non-compliance and is an AMP investment. http://t.co/6D8bgcZ6 #
09:49 So many obits/tributes to Peter Roebuck this week. This by Malcolm Knox is among the best. - http://t.co/cUr6F4lA via @smh #cricket #
07:39 Journalist suspended from US National Press Club for committing journalism against a Saudi prince: http://t.co/YwBp36H8 (via @JeremyScahill) #

21:15 (except that the @ph408 account, made famous during the 2009 Ashes, seems to no longer exist. Pity.) #cricket #
21:10 #cricket Seems amazing that Phil Hughes has accumulated 1000 Test runs already, but there he is. Congratulations @ph408! #savaus #
17:14 @InsideCricketOz My guess of the Aus total is 266. #
16:08 I read Bob Ellis' tortuous prose about Obama's visit to Canberra, so you can too - http://t.co/zfVzO73c #
12:39 @InsideCricketOz Slight money differential I'd think. Good luck to him. #cricket #
12:35 #cricket So Tom Cooper's selection for Australia-A will mark the end of his Dutch international career then? #
12:32 #cricket Aus-A team named to play NZ. First selection of Inverarity era. Alas, the NSP acronym remains. - http://t.co/EujNmIKn #
12:01 Guilty of assault. No conviction recorded. Oh but if we could all be senators. #auspol #maryjo #
02:31 #cricket Can Australia score the 67 required tomorrow to avoid the follow-on? #savaus #

20:34 Sepp Blatter in his own words - http://t.co/D4fHzRUR He's got to go. #
20:30 @mrtiedt still way too small a statistical sample to be taken seriously, just like most trending topics #
19:38 Add to my earlier list the T20 franchises who secretly wish for Test players to be dropped just in time for the #BBL season. #cricket #
19:35 Maybe longer? RT @SixersBBL: Congrats to Sixer Pat Cummins! Well deserved selection and great to see him in the whites...until 16 December! #
19:33 @dg79 I reckon he'd be just the man to bring it at 9-21 #
19:30 ROFL. I had 1 #ff last week. RT @followfriday_us: @rickeyre was #750 last week in the Australian FollowFriday Ranking http://t.co/xRHCKogV #
18:45 #cricket Of the changes I would have made to the Aus team for T2, rushing Pat Cummins into the team would not have been a priority. #savaus #
18:18 Oh and isn't it good to see channel 9 mastering the art of digital multichannelling yet again? #presidentscup #hotseat #fail #
18:11 2/2 ... or when one of their bowlers takes Sheffield Shield wickets, having bowled many more than 4 overs. #cricket #
18:09 #cricket I love it when Twenty20 franchises jump on the bandwagon when one of their players scores a Sheffield Shield hundred... 1/2 #
17:51 On the other hand, the "Blow Up The Pokies Penrith Panthers" would sound pretty cool. #
15:53 I'm sorry, but however noble the cause, the "Alcohol Think Again Perth Heat" just doesn't cut it as a sports team name. #baseball #abl #
15:36 My daughter is home, with a level of energy and activity that belies having had surgery four days ago. #
10:11 I can confirm that The Cartoon Network is not showing President Obama's address to Federal Parliament. #

21:47 I need to correct a tweet from this morning. Brett Lee only has 7. It's Tim Cahill who does 9. #
19:44 @InsideCricketOz how quickly we forget Roger Woolley #
18:10 A #charityweds shout to the Sydney Childrens Hospital Foundation @Sydney_Kids supporting a great hospital with great staff #
18:05 @Deuces2you has = had, past tense #
17:59 @Deuces2you Thanks. She has her appendix removed Sunday. Hopefully heading home tomorrow #
17:21 My daughter and I are watching the Cartoon Network on her hospital room TV. Is anything making news today? #
17:07 When I find myself looking through the Coke bottles in the shop for "Share a Coke with Rick", then I know the terrorists have won. #
13:07 #cricket NZ names 13-man squad for Test tour of Australia. - http://t.co/gbTAGYbv #
11:32 I suppose eating a few toxic fish is the perfect antidote for nine Weet-Bix every morning. #
11:29 Hmm http://t.co/B71oU9IM MT @BrettLee_58: Had a quick fish, caught a few good ones. Best fishes, binga. http://t.co/nHOLwbI8 #

23:06 What portfolio is this? Infrastructure? RT @AlboMP: With #DollyParton prior to her concert tonight - she is a star!! :) http://t.co/ia9183OB #
22:49 Welcome back, Activity-less Twitter :) #
22:43 So if Australia's uranium won't be used by India for weapons does that free them to use more from other countries in their missiles? #auspol #
19:08 RT @JustinianNews: I love the Storification of the #OWS clearance by NY cops http://t.co/5hEpCK2e #
18:49 Sounds like India are close to scoring as many runs as they have spectators. #cricket #indvwi #
17:26 That all? RT @WeatherAUS: Brisbane recorded its warmest November day today in two years, reaching a maximum of 32.4°C at 11.51am EST. #
16:27 To lose one president is careless. To lose two... RT @RAPacific: #Nauru gets three presidents in a week http://t.co/6oHb4Rk9 #
16:09 Oh. My. Dog. The BBL is fast turning into a freak show. RT @danbrettig: MacGill to duel Warne in BBL http://t.co/IyZ6vIFo #cricket #
15:41 The hidden agenda. #cricket RT @SpiceBoxofEarth: No Test championship till 2017. That's assuming the five-day game is still around then. #
15:39 #baseball RT @NYTObits: Irving Franklin, Maker of Batting Gloves, Dies at 93 http://t.co/5RWa557R #
09:13 Australia's Sporting Shame! #kabaddi http://t.co/vXHd6tIw #
09:10 Don't you hate those brain fades when you can't remember whether kabaddi is spelt with a double-b or a double-d? #
08:03 Cricket's supreme governing body tells the ICC it can't hold a Test championship until 2017 - http://t.co/1byNEHJR #cricket #

23:42 My hero is my brave little 8 year-old girl who had her appendix taken out this afternoon. Night all. #
23:11 Climate scepticism is an "Anglo-Saxon phenomenon" - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism report http://t.co/rG1erkk1 #
22:27 Whatever you may say about Peter Roebuck as a player, writer and commentator, his disgraceful abuse of power as a coach shouldn't be ignored #
22:02 Hokay. What a weekend it has been. My beautiful daughter no longer has an appendix. #
19:53 In everything I have read today about the late Peter Roebuck, no one has mentioned his 2001 assault conviction: http://t.co/245PnLp9 #
11:42 Shocking news about Peter Roebuck. #cricket #

Peter Roebuck, cricketer, coach, writer, broadcaster and advocate, died tragically on Saturday night in Cape Town at the age of 55. Much has already been written about his acclaimed legacy. Much more will be written about his complexities. I just want to share one anecdote.

17:34 @TEDxAdelaide thanks. Looking forward to seeing some great talks! #
17:32 It's been fascinating following #tedxnewy and #tedxadl in tandem on Twitter. Will there video-on-demand of either? @tedxnewy @tedxadelaide #
16:43 Life after the bid RT @hambantota2018 Sri Lanka to use Commonwealth Games Bid as catalyst for life-changing development http://t.co/gWgqVvRL #
12:46 How would you be if you ran for election and lost to a dead man... oh hello, John Ashcroft! #
12:41 Klout says I am influential in 6 topics. Australia, Sydney, Cricket - ok. Typos - oh yeah! But Mexico? And cars???? #
11:04 Of course the other big sports event news this morning was Doha not getting the 2017 World Athletics Championships :) #
10:24 Sad to see that @Hambantota2018 has gone quiet since the #CG2018 decision. Commiserations on the result. Try again in 2022? #
10:09 Gold Coast Bid's "We Did It" press release talks long about jobs and economy but barely mentions sport - http://t.co/aroPToGk (PDF) #cg2018 #
10:01 Sports program for #CG2018 per Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Bid site - http://t.co/8fWv5KJp #
09:55 No #cricket in 2018 Commonwealth Games. RT @SixersBBL: Here's hoping they've included T20 by 2018! #
09:40 #TEDxNewy is under way in Newcastle. Ironic event at a time when the local council is imploding over the issue of tree management. #
09:33 Australia hosts the Empire/Commonwealth Games 1938, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2018. Five out of 21. Fair share? #cg2018 #
09:26 So is there any rational reason why, in 2011, I should have ActiveX plugins installed on my PC any more? #
09:09 The crowd at the Gold Coast live site are extremely subdued in comparison to the 1993 Sydney crowd when they won the Olympics. #
09:05 Gold Coast wins. I feel a little sorry for Hambantota. Anna Bligh looks happy, but no repeat of John Fahey 1993. #cg2018 #
07:48 My blog post from October 2010 on the 2018 Commknwealth Games bid - http://t.co/aGXJyeNw #cg2018 #
07:16 Oi! Channel 7. Where's "Beyond Tomorrow"? @sunriseon7 #
07:06 Call me un-Australian but I don't back the Gold Coast for #CG2018. Why should Australia get the Games again after just 12 years? #