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Good On You, Cheeks

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I was watching the NBA game between Portland Trailblazers and Oklahoma City Thunder and discovered this inspirational vision. I thought it was live but found out later it happened three years ago. It’s a clip of former national baksetball association star player, Maurice Cheeks, helping out a young girl. All I could say while watching […]

Filed Under: Basketball, Inspiration, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Act of kindness, Basketball, Inspiration, Maurice Cheeks

92 Years Young

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Just finished watching an inspiring interview with 92 year old movie actor Ernest Borgnine. He is still active despite his age and for those who are old enough to remember Borgnine was McHale in the 1960’s television hit series McHale’s Navy. He won an academy award for his role in ‘Marty’, 1956 and   he appeared […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Actor, Ernest Borgnine, Inspiration, Movie Star, Passion for life

Mike Wrubleski – “I’m Not Frighten Of Dying”

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Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given 3-6 months to live, 63 year old Mike Wrubleski, Australian basketball identity,  gives an emotional speech. He talks about his passion for basketball, his family and life. Some of the sound and camera work are average but the four clips below are definitely worth seeing. It’s not  a farewell […]

Filed Under: Basketball, Inspiration, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Basketball, Inspiration, Mike Wrubleski

Roy Boy

My memoir about growing up in the working class slum of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Sandringham Sabres – The First 25 Years – 1974-99

Fast break your way through 25 years of history of the Sandringham Sabres (now known as Southern Basketballl Association)

In this e-book, snippetts, stories, photos, raw prawns, stats, results, awards, articles, reveal a community of dedicated basketball enthusiasts who shared their dreams, achievements, frustrations and disappointments to help create a large basketball association where 1000’s of children and adults now play in a eight-court stadium.
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Chris Chats .. about the good, the bad, the sad & the funny - selected short posts - vol. 1 Chris Chats Volume One

Books I’ve Read

Chris's bookshelf: read

Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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Current Writing Project

A second memoir. Roy Boy was my first published in 2023.

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