Daily Archives: October 16, 2006

Book and Movie Roundup [Me]

I’ve got a bit of reading and movie watching done lately–partly due to all the traveling I’ve been doing.  Here’s a bit on each. Books The Known World by Edward P. Jones won the Pulitzer Prize back in 2004.  As … Continue reading

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Soccer Roundup From 10/12 And 10/14-15 [Soccer]

Layla’s team is on quite the little run–emphasis on little.  Nevertheless, progress is relative.  Following their first tie last week, they opened the scoring on Thursday and just avoided giving up a goal before half as the shot bounced off … Continue reading

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Helsinki Is Italian? [Travel]

It’s been a very busy month for me. Following the Madysen’s and Speed’s games a week ago last Saturday, I went off to the airport for a flight to Helsinki via Frankfurt. My flight was (im)perfectly coordinated to takeoff at … Continue reading

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Not Perfect Luck Though [Soccer]

Though I’m obviously good luck for the kids’ games, apparently I can only help one child a day.  On Saturday the 7th, Speed played first–against his old Texans team.  I attended and brought him very good luck.  They won 5-0, and Speed … Continue reading

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