Belated congratulations to Matt Boyer and his fair wife on the arrival of their son, Henry William Boyer. He was born on May 24, sharing a birthday with Bob Dylan, Queen Victoria, Tracy McGrady and Heavy D. According to Matt he's a big fella so the next generation of Portland rugby players is well under way.
Also congrats to Matt Burgess for completing his run up Mt. Washington, and for shaving 30 minutes of his previous best time (of 4 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes). Just kidding! There's a picture circulating of Matt approaching the summit, and that expression on his face is pure joy!
Thats all the news for now. Stay frosty.
Friday, June 25, 2004
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Hola Amigos. This posting lark was getting the better of me and I've been seriously out of new material for a long time. Besides, the Spring season (and I use the term loosely) is over, so there isn't a whole hell of a lot going on.
Unless of course you count Euro 2004, where just yesterday England inflicted a crushing defeat on Croatia and Wayne Rooney scored two fantastic goals. I swear, that boy is the next Gary Linekar (who hell he?). So next stop Portugal in the quarter-finals. If we win, the only certainty will be that many innocent English fans will get knifed by those crazy Latin bastards. They love their football down there, but only in a gay, man-kissing, crime-of-passion kind of way. Of course, the Portugese people I've met over here are a much more level-headed bunch....
Meanwhile the England rugby team continues its free fall, getting kicked up one side of New Zealand and down the other, and getting all chippy about it too. I think we should've refused to play again after we won the world cup. Not that they're alone mind you, Scotland got their asses handed to them by Australia and South Africa used up Ireland. Wales on the other hand beat Argentina, which really isn't much to write home about.
I'll tell you what though, the cricket team looks pretty good. The boys beat New Zealand 3-0 in the test series and look to do the same to the much diminished West Indies. When will they make cricket and Olympic sport again?
Alright, that's all the sports news that's fit to print. On to a fine new links. Apparently this craigslist.org thing is a phenomenon that has passed me by, until today. As with most of the internet it is a pile of boring, self-indulgent shit interspersed with a few gems. Fortunately they've done much of the sifting for you in their "best of" section. My own favorites inclulde this little warm-up test; a note from my ex-girlfriend; a shout-out to the neighbors; some love from the girl at the front desk; my own confession; and a note to the wife.
Go on and explore the whole lot for yourself here.
Unless of course you count Euro 2004, where just yesterday England inflicted a crushing defeat on Croatia and Wayne Rooney scored two fantastic goals. I swear, that boy is the next Gary Linekar (who hell he?). So next stop Portugal in the quarter-finals. If we win, the only certainty will be that many innocent English fans will get knifed by those crazy Latin bastards. They love their football down there, but only in a gay, man-kissing, crime-of-passion kind of way. Of course, the Portugese people I've met over here are a much more level-headed bunch....
Meanwhile the England rugby team continues its free fall, getting kicked up one side of New Zealand and down the other, and getting all chippy about it too. I think we should've refused to play again after we won the world cup. Not that they're alone mind you, Scotland got their asses handed to them by Australia and South Africa used up Ireland. Wales on the other hand beat Argentina, which really isn't much to write home about.
I'll tell you what though, the cricket team looks pretty good. The boys beat New Zealand 3-0 in the test series and look to do the same to the much diminished West Indies. When will they make cricket and Olympic sport again?
Alright, that's all the sports news that's fit to print. On to a fine new links. Apparently this craigslist.org thing is a phenomenon that has passed me by, until today. As with most of the internet it is a pile of boring, self-indulgent shit interspersed with a few gems. Fortunately they've done much of the sifting for you in their "best of" section. My own favorites inclulde this little warm-up test; a note from my ex-girlfriend; a shout-out to the neighbors; some love from the girl at the front desk; my own confession; and a note to the wife.
Go on and explore the whole lot for yourself here.
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