Day off work yesterday. It was great...relaxing. I needed it. I maintain that everyone should be on a four day work week - with alternating Mondays and Fridays off (staggered so that half the staff is in on Monday and half on Friday). Further, if you are working in an office, your hours should be 9 am to 3 PM to coincide with school hours. I truly ( Read more... )

Poor Rafa...what a dreadful way to have to end his tournament. Shame on the Paris crowd for booing him. Well they paid for it in the end - stuck with a Tsonga/Nalbandian final. How tediously boring for them. Real Madrid managed a tie today which is all right. I would have preferred a win but I'm far more concerned with the game on Wednesday against ( Read more... )

I can't even begin to remember all the things that have happened over these past few weeks. Suffice to say I'm still rather busy at work...busy enough to not have posted to LJ in over two weeks. I think that is a record for me. It certainly has slowed down since September though. I'm hoping the bulk of transfers are done with and I can get back to ( Read more... )

With the 12 hour time difference between China and the East Coast of  North America the majority of the Olympics are being broadcast time delayed in Toronto. The live events all take place pretty much while we east coasters are sleeping. Add to that the fact that the Canadian coverage naturally focuses on Canadian athletes and you can see the ( Read more... )

I normally could care less about American politics - the political races, the state percentages and voting majorities, but for the first time I found a poll that truly warrants my attention. ESPN is conducting a survey as a follow up to Wimbledon, the key question being 'Who do you like better - Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?' As I post this entry ( Read more... )

David Villa, I could kiss you right now!!!

Remind me never to watch futbol if Ray Hudson is not calling the game. It didn't help that Casillas and Gago were not playing. I was bored to tears without those three. And the Rome final was even more painful. The last thing I wanted to see was Djokovic win. He didn't deserve that victory - it was literally handed to him on a silver platter. :( ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in ages and of course have a backlog of things to post.

Friday night I was watching Star Wars, Episode IV, which I prefer to call the original Star Wars. It made me realize two things. Notably, it was the first film I ever saw in a theatre. And although I was but a wee lass at the time, I do recall enjoying Han Solo - he was (and ( Read more... )

I was scarily busy this weekend. I hate weekends like that - you can never really enjoy them. Next weekend I have four full days of relaxation on order. In fact, I'm thinking of taking next Tuesday off as well!! Why not? But before I get too excited, how about a quick recap...

Friday night I finished reading The Mystery of Simonetta which now puts ( Read more... )

Dang!! It’s snowing…AGAIN. *runs and hides*