Oh my God. South Africa are eliminated from thh Cricket World Cup because of a tie against Sri Lanka. This is the second consecutive World Cup where South Africa has tied a match and been eliminated. In the intervening four years, they have only tied one, a heartstopper against Australia. What are the chances? Tough day to be a Proteas fan…sigh. You didn’t know I was a cricket fan, did you?
From Moxy Fruvous, a song written during the last Gulf War Gulf War Song We got a call to write a song about the war in the Gulf But we shouldn’t hurt anyone’s feelings So we tried, then gave up, ’cause there was no such song But the trying was very revealing What makes a person so poisonous righteous That they’d think less of anyone who just disagreed? She’s just a pacifist, he’s just a patriot If I said you were crazy, would you have to fight me? Fighters for liberty, fighters for power Fighters for longer turns in the …
See all those blogs to your left? I cruise those on a daily basis. The reason I do is because they lead me in directions I never intended to take. When I sit down to a blogroll full of asterisks, I’m like a seed: all potential, ready to grow. For the most part the folks on the left (no pun intended, and anyway maybe Reflections in D Minor should be on the right!) speak my language but they speak it about things I’m not currently talking about. So they are my teachers. For me weblogs are all about learning. You …