It’s the last day of 2008 and, overall, I can’t say that it was a fabulous year.
The highlights of the year were undoubtedly our trips to Spain (here) and Costa Rica (pictures forthcoming). We hadn’t planned for two international trips in one year, but our Costa Rica trip got pushed back a year due to [...]
Giving out pot shots, of course.
If I was the kind of person to burn someone in effigy, I would be constructing a dummy resembling Mike Sherman. Once again, the Packers were winning and were successfully coached into the ground. How many times did they have the game won on Monday night, only to snatch [...]
Recap: About twenty-two guys and two women today, meaning we had two full fields for a short time until a few people left, then we were left on one large field with too many subs. The quality of play was generally pretty good, although for streaks there was too much long ball.
Health Report: Good. I [...]
I finished my remaining school work yesterday and submitted grades from my English 101 section. That means I’m done with official school business until January 26th. Yay.
Obviously, one of my great passions is to watch live football and, perhaps unsurprisingly, this is best done when you’re not actually reading or writing and only looking [...]
Another co-ed indoor game last night. If you remember, I missed the first game where we lost 10-2. Last week, my first game with the team, we lost 11-2. Last night, we had a 10:30 pm kickoff (ugh) and lost 11-5. In case you’re not counting, that’s 9 goals for and 32 goals against for [...]
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It’s gotten mighty cold here in Wisconsin, as we haven’t seen double-digit temps for a few days now. Yesterday I’m not sure it got much above zero and today isn’t much better. I neglected to take the dog to play yesterday, hoping (naively) that today would be warmer. It isn’t.
As I was dressing [...]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this season, it’s that I’m unwilling to watch the Badgers play god-awful football week in and week out whereas I feel it’s almost an obligation to watch my beloved Packers stumble to a losing season.
Mike McCarthy is not a good coach and unfortunately Ted Thompson, the man who [...]
I was invited to play on an indoor co-ed team by one of the guys I play fall soccer with and had my first game last night. I found out that the first game, which I had missed, they had lost 10-2. Last night’s result with me in the squad? That’s right. 11-2.
The problems [...]
Two headlines from soccer sites I read daily. One of these is funny and right on the mark, the other is stupid and apparently employs people who don’t understand how the sport works. You be the judge.
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Recap: Twenty guys pretty steady for 90 minutes, meaning one field with two teams and four subs a piece. Teams were uneven, and I was on the worse one. The quality of play wasn’t that high, at least for my team.
Health Report: Poor. I attribute this to the demographic, but I was fouled hard enough [...]