It's been a good day for the England cricket team so far. After their disasterous/pitiful performance at Headingley I wonder if the Australians thought they were within spitting distance of taking the Ashes back home with them. But the last test match of the series is shaking things up a bit. Australia came in this morning after taking just over a ( Read more... )

Just about two weeks' ago, I was grousing about Tom Boonen being allowed to take part in this year's Tour de France, despite having tested positive for cocaine out of contest.

I woke up this morning and learned that he won't be starting todayGranted, I wouldn't want what he has, and I do admit the reason sucks. But overall I am happy that this ( Read more... )

I don't know if it's the 6:00am starts, or reading fic in the evenings, or something else, but I am just so very tired these days. The other day I was napping before 9:00am! I wondered out loud to hubby this morning, who suggested I might have that Chronic Fatigue thingy. My response is, "Feels more like Lazy Arse Syndrome." I slept through the ( Read more... )

I think I got a bit into that Tour de France Team Time Trial today! Astana was the last team to start and everyone wondered if Lance Armstrong could get the coverted Yellow Jersey. Well, Astana won the event, but Fabian Cancellara retained the Jersey. It came down to tenths of a second apparently ( Read more... )

Yes, folks, the Court of Arbitration for Sport of the French Olympic Committee has announced it's okay TO TAKE COCAINE, just so long as you do it out of competition.

Boonen can start in the TourIn short, the CAS overruled the organiser of the Tour de France, ASO. Normally, I'm fairly anti-ASO because of their anti-Armstrong tilt. But in this ( Read more... )

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It's always interesting to see how drug-taking is handled in cycling, especially when compared to baseball. Manny had to miss, what, 50 games? So what? It's only part of a season. In cycling, it appears the discipline is much tougher.

Eight-year ban for rider Hamilton

Hamilton, who has been fighting depression brought on by a divorce and his ( Read more... )

To those who serve and who have served, THANK YOUTo Captain Jason West, we will remember your sacrifice ( Read more... )

M for Mirror is now complete :)


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Despite the lunatic putting in an appearance, yesterday was mostly a good day. Sadly, however, I feel I've been paying for it slightly today ( Read more... )