On Sunday we (me, Jayne, Chrystal and Charlie) went up to Essex to see an American football game. We are not mad sports fans, it is just that Frankie has started playing for Sussex Thunder, they were playing an away game in Billericay, and my family live up there so there were several birds to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sport'
Sussex Thunder vs Essex Spartans
May 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Life
Tags: American football·Essex·Sport
Ashes
August 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I’m not really into the cricket, but even I have heard about this Ashes thing. Presumably there will be the now-traditional open-topped bus in Trafalgar Square in the next day or two. Could be interesting for whoever is on the 4th plinth at the time. Depending on their outlook they will either feel totally upstaged, [...]
Tennis
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
I think I would be more likely to watch tennis if the commentators were more like Richard Herring’s twitter feed. His comments on yesterday’s Murray game: This guy is all over Murray. No wait! What a comeback 30 each! First to 100 right? Now they’ve both got 40. Can’t be long now 1 nil. Murray [...]
The Year Of The Cat
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Life, Music
It is New Year’s Eve so I am casting my mind back over the past twelve months. If you have a blog it is compulsory. I think its a tradition or an old charter or something. So looking back, the international year of the frog, or 2008 as it is better known, has been an [...]
Lip Up Fatty
October 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
According to the Crawley News, the West Sussex PCT is spending £200 million a year extra because of obesity in the county. One particular issue the PCT has identified is childhood obesity, and they have launched a joint initiative with Mid-Sussex council to adress it. One thing that can help in the fight against obesity [...]
We Agree
September 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Life
I don’t know who Mike Collis of Worcestershire is, except that heand I agree on something. A while ago I stated an opinion that the Paralympics should be scrapped and the events integrated into the Olympics. Today the Guardian had a letter from Mr. Collis which said:
Anyone Can Play Guitar
September 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Music
Every time I pick up my guitar I prove Radiohead wrong. Some people just don’t have a knack for music at all. Unfortunately far too many of them find enough success in another field that they feel tempted to dabble in music too. There is a long line of actors who think that if a [...]
Shooting Star
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Life
The round-up of the Paralympics on the BBC tonight showed a bit of the shooting competition, where Matt Skelhon won a gold medal. I hadn’t seen coverage of Paralympic or Olympic shooting before – possibly because it is one of the least TV-friendly sports so doesn’t get shown much
The Chinese Way
September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
I have been watching a bit of the Beijing Paralympics over the last couple of days, although the coverage is not as extensive as it was for the Olympics. What little I have seen has been so exciting and enjoyable that I think the whole idea of the Paralympic games should be scrapped.
Weather With You
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Life
I am, perhaps surprisingly, feeling quite positive about the London Olympics. It is fashionable to don the traditional British cloak of cynicism and assume they will be an unmitigated disaster: the facilities will not be finished in time, and will be crap, there will be organisational chaos, and the opening ceremony will be underwhelming and [...]
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