Tuesday, 26 September 2006 On This Day : Sep 26 September 26: European Day of Languages 1580 - The Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth, England , as Francis Drake (pictured) completed his circumnavigation of the globe. 1687 - The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed during an armed conflict between Venetian and Ottoman forces. 1907- Newfoundland and New Zealand became dominions within the British Empire. 1957- West Side Story , a musical written by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim , and produced and directed by Jerome Robbins , made its debut on Broadway. 1983- Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Union averted a worldwide nuclear war. [listening to: Pyramid - Wolfmother ] 8:09:20 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Brownlow Medal 2006 Actual So, the Brownlow medal went to Sydney’s Adam Goodes Goodonya Goodie Here’s the final leaderboard Adam Goodes - 26 Scott West - 23 Daniel Kerr - 22* Chris Judd - 21 Brad Johnson - 19 Matthew Pavlich - 15 Shaun Burgoyne - 15 Brendon Lade - 15 Paul Chapman - 14 Well the rumour mill wasn’t too far from the truth, as it predicted Adam Goodes too. The Saints had a crap showing. No player made it in the top 10. ST KILDA 12: Robert Harvey 10: Nick Dal Santo 8: * Lenny Hayes, Nick Riewoldt 6: Fraser Gehrig, Brendon Goddard 5: Jason Gram 3: Luke Ball, Leigh Montagna 2: Samuel Fisher 1: Matt Maguire, * Max Hudghton, Brett Voss What I found amusing has been the coverage of the “fashions”. The Saint’s players did well on this score [listening to: Human Jukebox - Sandi Thom ] 8:05:58 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • My Hobbies Rigo has a new blog My son Antony (or as he prefers to be know as ‘Rigo) has started a new blog http://antonyarrigo.wordpress.com He’s tells me that he is going to start a videoblog too. I’m curious to hear what he will have to say [listening to: Mind’s Eye - Wolfmother ] 11:03:29 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Family © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/10/2006; 5:09:51 PM.