Very much. Very, very much.
No internet this morning – and of course my e-mail account problem has still not been addressed, despite much time spent on hold listening to muzak … and many e-mails at varying pitches of irateness.
You know how Bush kinda made Nixon look better? FairPoint has had the same effect on my [...]
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Okay, of that group, which one(s) would you put your money on?
Citi had a good day and the market bounced … meanwhile, Newsweek has put out a great piece outlining the warring amongst the rich – a greed-fed battle they dub “the war between the estates.”
In the past two years, since the market peaked, investors [...]
I read through the post-match quotes re. yesterday’s USWNT win over Norway at the Algarve – and continue to just love Pia’s detailed and forthright comments … for example:
(On the ebb and flow of the match) You can imagine that you have a team running at you the whole time and doing everything to win, [...]
The USWNT defeated Norway 1-0 on the strength of a goal by Megan Rapinoe and what sounded like at least one save-for-the-ages by Hope Solo.
Now Pia and crew face her homeland (gaaaa – I hate that word – can’t believe I used it) in the final. Sweden held on to defeat Germany 3-2, coming on [...]
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Tasha scored in the 90th minute – on what sounds like an absolutely brilliant goal (assist from Rampone). This pulls out the 1-0 win for the USWNT who continue undefeated in the 2009 Algarve. Hope somebody posts video of this goal soon – it sounds like a stunner!
“A spectacular late goal from substitute Natasha Kai [...]
Whoo hoo! I got up early enough to do a little working out before hitting the computer – and all looks brighter. Amazing what a little circulating blood can do, eh? I am raring to go now …
But first, a few snippets of news as the sun begins to color the eastern horizon …
Here is [...]
But first, a poem — because any collection of words that includes the phrase “the high arc of midsummer” deserves to be repeated today. (As pretty much always, this is from The Writers Almanac):
First Cutting
by Susie Patlove
(from Quickening)
What is the hayfield in late afternoon
that it can fly in the face of time,
and light can be [...]
In women’s soccer news, there’s the fact that the USWNT posted its final win of 2008 last night, downing China 1-0 in Detroit on the strength of a Heather O’Reilly goal. Pia’s team finishes out the year with a record-setting record: 33-1-2. And maybe the even better news is that there were more than 11,000 [...]
Well, after slip-sliding down the driveway and dodging the downed trees and getting to the credit union and the bank and then to work, it turned out that we were closing. I made a few calls, got a couple of things done (whatever could be done sans network and internet connections) and headed on home [...]
Andrea Canales has put up her previews and predictions on ESPNsoccernet. And here’s Marta talking about the Brazil-Norway match-up tomorrow. European women’s soccer is showcased in the Sweden-Germany quarterfinal, and here’s a nice piece about Pia from the FIFA site.
Finally, here’s a link to the bracket for the second stage of the women’ tournament. (Go [...]
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Wow, wow, wow. Even the Phillies’ loss has not dampened my amazement and feeling of great good fortune. The USWNT is through to the quarterfinals (not too surprising) and has won their group (pretty darn surprising) and is starting to score some goals (excellent news). To date, five different people have scored, and I’m hoping [...]
I’ve been taking some time this morning to catch up on Olympic soccer news and, in particular, how the Swedish team is doing. Their performance at the Olympics has paralleled that of the USWNT in ways that have surprised me, as I thought they’d be one of the stronger sides coming out of the preliminaries.
The [...]
After Carli Lloyd’s goal in the first half, the score held and the USWNT defeated a good Japan squad 1-0 to gain three points and move into second place in their group. Next up, New Zealand on Tuesday at 7:45 AM ET. Here are some comments from Pia et al (from the USSF site).
Here in [...]
Kudos to Nancy Lieberman who, at age 50, showed her stuff in an appearance for the suspension and injury-depleted Detroit Shock last night. She scored no points, but made a no-look pass that brought the house down!
The Shock and the LA Sparks were both seriously understaffed due to suspensions and both lost their games last [...]
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McCain’s Geography (and Internet Travels), Hillary’s VP Chances, and (Of Course) Some USWNT Soccer …
John McCain made another Bush-worthy geography gaffe yesterday – this time on “Good Morning America.” Sorry, John, Iraq and Pakistan don’t actually share a border. (As an aside, I’ve always wished that some brave member of the press would ask Bush, during a press conference, to point to Iraq on a map. Now that would [...]
In what could well be their biggest challenge to date, the USWNT face Sweden in Sweden for the first time ever! (Check out the USSF article linked above – there are lots of interesting tidbits to peruse!) They’ll play just below the Arctic Circle (!) at Norrvalla Stadium in Skelleftea. The last time the USWNT [...]
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The USWNT defeated Norway 4-0 yesterday in Fredrikstad, and Abby Wambach scored her 99th career goal! Next up is Sweden on July 5th. Interestingly, the US had not defeated Norway in Norway before – losing and tying their two previous matches there. The Norwegians must love it that the USWNT’s first win on their home [...]
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