Monthly Archives: June 2006
Eng-a-lund! [World Cup Soccer]
Speed and I watched today’s World Cup matches at The Londoner with likely more than 800 England fans. What a rousing good time–signing, cheering, jeering. All in all, a lot of passion. Quite possibly a hundred times more passion than … Continue reading
US Crashed Out Of The World Cup [US Soccer]
Overall, a very disappointing display by the US team players and manager. Needing a win over Ghana and an Italy win over Czech (Italy won 2-0)(because it was winless in it’s first two games), the US couldn’t pull its own … Continue reading
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Softball Star? [Layla]
You may recall that Layla is trying out softball this summer on the Purple Power team. Well the regular season is over, and playoffs started today. Layla hit a home run!–her only big hit of the season. And she made … Continue reading
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Not Quite The World Cup [Soccer]
Last weekend, Speed, Layla, Emma, and I went to see FC Dallas play Chivas USA as part of a summer associate event with my firm. We went early to watch the Portugal-Iran World Cup game at the Verizon Wireless Club, … Continue reading
From Disappointment To Near Euphoria [US Soccer]
Following the US’s team dreadful opening World Cup performance against the Czech Republic, they nearly toppled Italy in their second match. The US took it to Italy for sustained periods of the first half but gave up a set piece … Continue reading
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Speed Is No Clapton [Speed]
Speed and I were in Best Buy for a moment yesterday–drowning our World Cup sorrows with electronics! We played a quick game of FIFA that ended in a tie (he still cannot beat me at video games, ha!). Then he … Continue reading
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Monopoly Fun [Funny]
Madysen is away at soccer camp this week, and Layla wanted to play a board game last night. She chose Monopoly, which we had never played before (the kids have played Monopoly Jr. though). It took Layla and Emma quite … Continue reading
World Cup Disappointment [US Soccer]
The opening day of the World Cup for the US team was very disappointing, losing 3-0 to the Czech Republic. I was somewhat disappointed with the starting lineup. Beasley hasn’t been playing well, Pope is a reach, and Mastroeni should not … Continue reading
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Layla Skates [Skating]
Layla took a couple of skating lessons back in our Cleveland Heights days, but that was three years ago. From the looks of it, she’s still pretty timid, but at least she doesn’t need a walker on the ice. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Emma Is Learning To Skate [Skating]
Swimming lessons aren’t enough. Emma and Layla have been taking skating lessons for the last couple of weeks. Emma has done really well, though the first time she fell on the ice without gloves on was dicey! Learning-to-skate videos are … Continue reading
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