It’s finally Friday, and after work today I’ll be driving over Hogback to HollyCornblog’s house! She says she’ll have the chiminea going and some homebrews ready for sampling when I get there!
In soccer news I see that, apparently, a share of the LA Sol is going to be up for grabs soon. Any buyers? Any [...]
Phew – I feel like it’s been a long time since I sat down with some good strong coffee and just caught up here.
There’s lots of news in the soccer world as the WPS season kick-off is just weeks away! March 29th, to be exact. (I should probably think about taking a day or two [...]
The USWNT plays China in snowy Detroit today (while the UAW and the rest of us wait for news of the auto industry bailout … and snow falls in Michigan, and here in NH .. and presumably pretty much everywhere in between)! After what Pia did with this team in the Olympics … Obama might [...]
HollyCornblog is back on line and sent along some photos of what it was looking like in her world yesterday. Here’s a beauty!
In the meantime, I had the occasion to drive over toward the Monadnock region of NH (actually Antrim, Peterborough, Greenfield, etc.) and was absolutely shocked at the devastation. There were trees and power [...]
Continue reading about Storms, Soccer, Streep (and Maybe a Touch of Strep) on Sunday
First and foremost, you need to know that Joe the Plumber was appalled by McCain, but kinda almost felt a “presence” when he was around Ms. Sarah Palin. Okay, so call me prurient or nasty or sick, or whatever, but my first question to Joe Wurzelbacher would be, “And exactly where do you feel that [...]
Continue reading about Things You Need to Know This Thursday
I opened up MSNBC this morning and saw the news that Obama has picked Biden. Probably a smart move … experience and gravitas and whiteness and all. I was kinda hoping for something more interesting – but would rather win. So Biden seems good. Biden I can live with. (But wouldn’t Pia have been fun?)
I’m [...]
The news wires are now full of player profiles, match reports, you name it, as the US women’s soccer team gears up for its gold medal match versus Brazil on Thursday morning. This team is living up to the Nike Women’s World Cup hype of several months ago … the greatest team you’ve never heard [...]
Continue reading about Tons of Good USWNT Stuff as They Go for the Gold versus Brazil!
Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz’ gold medal record last night -an amazing feat, indeed. I don’t know about you, but I find such milestones diminished by the hype … the marketing … the hoopla … the commentary. The events and the raw footage about the events is enough. The look on Michael Phelps’ face (or [...]
Continue reading about Of Phelps and Other Phenomena (Like the USWNT)!
Norway 2, USWNT 0. The laments and wailing, the recriminations, the rending of clothes and gnashing of teeth have all begun and will continue until the USWNT plays like they can. Norway did it to us again … or perhaps more accurately, we did it to ourselves. According to many on-line pundits, the US program [...]
I’m back from my quick road trip … which was very successful and included a drive through the Delaware Water Gap region – an area I haven’t visited in years. It was quite beautiful – more so than I remembered (from driving through in my childhood). Much of it has been reclaimed as park land [...]
First off, I had a great day at Coolidge Corner celebrating my friend PB’s birthday, seeing a nice-but-ultimately-unremarkable movie (Radio Cape Cod), doing some shopping, and having dinner at Zaftig’s. Over dinner, we wondered about what had become of Craig Benson – the Dubya-esque ex-Gov of NH. Turns out he’s a Seacoast supporter of John [...]
Continue reading about Danny O’s Art, Soccer and Other Sunday Sundries
In the run-up to the Oly’s it’s interesting to read the analysis being posted about the whole Solo-Scurry-Ryan episode at the 2007 Women’s World Cup. Following on the heels of the SI piece by Grant Wahl, we have commentary from:
Sideline Views – in which Andrea Canales cites Anson Dorrance and the way he tapped into [...]
Continue reading about Solo, Scurry, and the USWNT – JordanCornblog Weighs In
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 [...]
Continue reading about USWNT Plays Sweden Today, Bushies Do More Dirt, and So On
Sports Illustrated has come out with a more in-depth article than I’ve seen to date on Hope Solo, Briana Scurry, and the USWNT’s World Cup Loss to Brazil. Basically, though, my response to this piece is, “Yada, yada, yada.”
Not articulate enough for you? Okay – well I still find the explication unsatisfying and demonizing of [...]
Continue reading about SI on Solo, Huffington on Nearly Everything Else!
It’s a beautiful late-spring morning and no one should be indoors reading (or writing) blogs. But on the off chance that you are, here are a few tidbits to mull as you garden or relax and play …
First … a nice illustration of how the rich are different! In an environment of high gas prices [...]
Continue reading about Romney and Robber Barons and Recluses (Oh My)
Hey – the Phillies are in first place as of last night’s win over the Giants – and Chase Utley is chasing a Hall of Fame kind of season with the best April he’s ever had – and almost the best in Phillies’ history! Now, if only Ryan Howard and a couple of pitchers could [...]
Continue reading about Utley Utterly Awesome … and Other Sports Stuff
I’m starting off very randomly today … we’ll see if some shape emerges.
First, I see that the Flyers went to OT and won their game 7 (unlike the Bruins … oops) and move on in the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they’ll next face top-ranked Montreal. Rock on, Broadstreet Bullies! (Tells you the last time I [...]
