I received this e-mail from Liam. I just have to share this with you. I love his spirit and young zest for life. Enjoy

Well guy's as much as I hate these impersonal all purpose multi
person e-mails I have had to accept that it is the best way to keep in touch with a large group of people!!!.
  Firstly I past my degree (yay me!!!) and have had a fucking wicked
summer of fun with my mates!!! ... (expensive mind you but that is what a graduate loan is for!!!).   Sooooooo well heres what's been going on in the crazy life of Liam (I so wanted to write "The Sectret Life of Us" then! ... it's a cool Ozzy show that isn't on TV anymore!!! grrrrrrrrrrr). Anyway ... onward with the e-mail!.
  I've been living in Newcastle for over a week now and I am loving it, my housemates are all cool!. In fact I think I've struck gold with this
house, it is in the 2nd nicest area in Newcastle, an a ...

Do you know how many people you know or had encounter in your life? Surely those of importance will remain in our memory, but what about the people that once was important? It's time we make a list and rekindle old (and new) acqaintances, don't you think?

I'm nurturing my creative side. I'm busy crocheting a blanket, a very big round one with lots of bright colours. Thomas also bought me a sewing machine last week and I hope to put it to good use. No, I won't be sewing garments and fancy clothes,but I will be fixing small rips and tears, making curtains and an equally colourful quilt. So, what have you done today? Lets start being 'doers' rather than 'planners'.

I finish today's marathon in 4hrs 2min. And it's definitely going down in my book as a tough one. One could argue that all marathons are tough, but this one really was. There were times that I was running by myself for kilometres on end and the lack of spectators surely made it worse. Will I do it again? Ask me in a month's time. By then the blister scars would be gone and the tiredness out of my legs. It was nevertheless a great effort by the organisers. The drink tables were well manned and enough for everybody. Today was my 13th marathon and I tribute this one to my mother (who passed away last year and was buried on this day - also her birthday) and my late brother who left us 6 years ago and was also buried on this day. I also made the Townsville Bulletin newspaper this week. Not the best photo ever published of me, but a good article.

What go through your mind when you run a marathon? Definitely not something I will prepare to think of beforehand. I'm hoping for a cool breeze, supportive spectators and lots of cold water on the way.  The date, 6 August, has special significance to me. It's the birthday of someone very dear to my heart, but it's also the day that we'd lay two special people in our lives to rest. So, I will have them to think of, 42.2km long.