Weird Week

This week isn't even over yet but it has been an extraordinary one in local news.

Magpie lists his five biggest items for the 'How-The-Fuck-Does-That-Happen?' award...

1/ Carl Williams, the baby-faced kingpin of a vicious gang war in the Melbourne underworld in jail for 2 years of a 35 year sentence... beaten to death by another prisoner - on CCTV in a maximum security prison at Barwon Heads.

2/ National Rugby League club Melbourne Storm stripped of two major and three minor premierships and fined $1,600,000 for salary cap breaches in one of the biggest scandals ever in Australian sport.

3/ Nearly 300 allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in this state since 1996, perpetrated by approximately 100 priests.... and in all that just 1 priest has been defrocked as a result.

4/ On the day of the worst bushfires in Australian history the state police commissioner got her hair done and went out for dinner. She now heads the reconstruction authority.

5/ Crown Casino in Melbourne has confirmed that gamblers leave about $4000 a week at tables and poker machines. After 2 years it goes to the State Revenue Office.

Intercode Learning

A confluence of the two major football codes in Australia:

Australian Football League legend Nathan Buckley - former captain and future coach of Collingwood - demonstrating kicking skills to National Rugby League team The Melbourne Storm during a training session in January this year. The Storm won the premiership.

Today my wife recieved a thank you certificate from Nathan for participating in Australia's Biggest Pie Night, the fund raising event to help children with cancer. He is a patron of the organisation.

We met Nathan once. Impressive guy.