LOL Leicester City. You go, Leicester City ( Read more... )

Things I have thoughts about but not the time to write about them:

1.) The 1st Eurovision Semifinal
2.) The NBC show "Parenthood"
3.) A season following Liverpool FC

So I was watching ManU and Liverpool and ManU make a double substitution. They replace Januzaj and Fellaini with Cleverley and Welbeck, with Welbeck slotted behind RVP and Rooney. My thoughts were "Why didn't they put Valencia on instead of Cleverley?" and "Why wouldn't you put Welbeck up top to stretch them?" Might as well go all out. So, yeah, I ( Read more... )

I know the Olympics are going on but I have very little desire to watch the events. I did enter a sort of "Fantasy Sochi Olympics" contest at work, not so much because I want to win the prizes for myself, but to keep someone else from winning the awesome prizes. Of course, that doesn't mean that I am some Olympics sporting oracle of any kind and ( Read more... )

1. Why did Russia choose a city so close to the Caucasus / Georgia to host the winter Olympics?  Was there some oil oligarch behind this?

2. Li Na is awesome in so many ways. First there was The speech. Then there's her rebellious spirit and general honesty to herself, which I think reveals itself in this Wall Street Journalarticle. Then there's ( Read more... )