About Sputnik

Just making this thing called life up as I go along. Trying to steer clear of ordinary whenever I can. Mostly I'm thinking about stuff, writing about stuff, and taking pictures of stuff. I believe in the Relentless Pursuit of Wow. And that Awesome is Possible.

Goals that make you feel shit.

I really struggled with which fuck that to kick this project off with. I started writing about 20 different ones but was feeling the pressure of needing to start with something that was useful, but not too wanky. In fact, it’s been one of my major blocks to this whole project because the last thing [...]

By |2020-04-30T17:28:00+09:30March 22nd, 2020|Fuck. That. The book., Homepage, Life|Comments Off on Goals that make you feel shit.

Shit that isn’t cancelled.

If like most of us, your calendar is looking decidedly fucking empty for the next three or forever months, welcome to the Covid Club. And we’ve all seen the announcements about things being cancelled and fuck, we get it. It’s all cancelled. Everything. But not really. Some things aren’t cancelled. There’s plenty of awesome things [...]

By |2020-03-20T14:06:18+09:30March 20th, 2020|Adventure, Birds, Current Affairs, Homepage, Life, News, Running|Comments Off on Shit that isn’t cancelled.

Finally some good news for runners.

Amidst all the upset, angst, frustration and yes, for some, even anger and outrage amidst a shit tonne of event cancellations, I’m here to deliver you some good news. “What the fuck? Good news?!?!?” I hear all you lovely little runner people cry out in unison. Yes, good news. The good news is… you didn’t [...]

By |2020-03-17T16:07:00+09:30March 17th, 2020|Adventure, Current Affairs, Goals, Homepage, Life, Running|Comments Off on Finally some good news for runners.

Ever wondered how fast change can happen?

Ever wondered how fast change can happen? When shit goes tits up, all sorts of people will tell you all sorts of things about why things can’t change. You'll hear all sorts of rational explanations about why it can't change or how much time it will take or people will resist because change is uncomfortable [...]

By |2020-03-13T22:38:55+09:30March 13th, 2020|Current Affairs, Homepage, Life, News|Comments Off on Ever wondered how fast change can happen?

How to keep your knickers un-knotted this Easter

With Easter just around the corner, I thought I'd share this little piece I wrote a few years back when the annual "They're trying to ban Easter!" outrage kicks in. Sometimes our greatest enemy isn't 'them', it's 'us'. It's us believing the bullshit. It's us agreeing to be divided and conquered. It's us being hateful [...]

By |2020-03-12T12:45:36+09:30March 12th, 2020|Current Affairs, Homepage, Life, News|Comments Off on How to keep your knickers un-knotted this Easter

The Half Marathon Price Controversy

I remember when I first got into running and I thought what a great, inclusive, and inexpensive sport it was. Because I can be hilariously fucking naive at times. I actually still remember saying to someone on one of my early runs “oh wow, everyone is just so nice” and them replying “oh, you just [...]

By |2020-02-11T11:03:48+09:30February 11th, 2020|Current Affairs, Homepage, Running|Comments Off on The Half Marathon Price Controversy

How Durianrider became my No 1 fan.

All good stories have an unexpected plot twist in them, that part you simply didn’t see coming. Like in Dusk til Dawn when all of a sudden there's vampires and what the actual fuck? (Sorry, no spoiler alert cause if you haven't seen it by now tough shit. Also, Darth is Luke's dad.) But even [...]

By |2020-02-21T07:53:28+09:30January 26th, 2020|Life, News|Comments Off on How Durianrider became my No 1 fan.

Setting the record straight: I refuse to be a victim.

OK, here goes: As a few of you may know from other social media channels, I have become the latest target of a well known sociopath who has a long and public track record of attempting to destroy people's lives. That sounds a bit dramatic, but it's sadly 100% accurate. Some of this person's actions [...]

By |2020-01-20T22:33:45+09:30January 20th, 2020|Current Affairs, Homepage, Life, News|Comments Off on Setting the record straight: I refuse to be a victim.

Bushfire Fundraisers for Runners

So we all know how completely messed up the Aussie bushfires are. Lives and property lost, environment decimated, animals and potentially entire species gone forever. We're all doing what we can in our own way, at whatever level we can. I know we're all being bombarded with fundraisers left, right and centre and there's only [...]

By |2020-01-18T12:42:43+09:30January 8th, 2020|Adventure, Current Affairs, Homepage, News, Running, South Australia, Travel|Comments Off on Bushfire Fundraisers for Runners
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