Cat with Books, Soccer Betting Scandal & Christmas Tree

Manny with Adrian Phoenix loot. The Nightkind mug. There are actually about 10 bookmarks, but here are two so you can see the front and back. As for the book…I’ve had it for months, but still haven’t got around to reading it yet. (The shorter your books, the quicker I’ll get to reading yours.) But it’s in the photo for…you know, not-so-subliminal advertising. Because I’m good at that

Manny looking surly with Jennifer Rardin’s Bitten to Death. May not be the book’s fault. Have you heard about the A-League betting scandal? Players aren’t supposed to bet on League matches, and the punishment is even worse if you bet on your own team, whether you played or not. Queensland Roar’s Craig Moore and Melbourne Victory’s Kevin Muscat were both fined $5000. Another of our Victory players, Grant Brebner, made larger bets, and one of them was on a Victory match. So he’s been fined $5000 AND is suspended from playing for four matches. Word on the street (Channel Ten) is that he’ll be in counselling for gambling addiction. Hopefully Brebs can get over this, as he seems really keen on finishing his career with another year or so with Victory, instead of going home to Scotland…

Okay, so most of you dear blog readers of mine aren’t familiar with this A-League and Melbourne Victory of which I speak. Here’re some helpful links:

A-League
Melbourne Victory
Soccer betting scandal (article from the Herald Sun)

And if you read this far…see my Christmas tree. It’s real (not fake). It is also wonky, and a Skinny Bitch tree. Or a bitchtree, if you prefer There’s also a fibre-optic tree (switched off) atop the bar.