Thanksgiving 2025
It’s Thanksgiving and also the First Sunday of Advent. (1) 2026 FIFA World Cup pots: December 5 draw structure announced for groups in next summer’s tournament (CBS SPORTS) (1a) Southampton Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Soccer
Relegation Day (Southampton FC)
For the second time in three campaigns Southampton FC is relegated. The once venerable club and pride of the south has clueless/greedy owners (SR), poor managers, and lazy/turgid talentless players. Continue Reading →
Weekend 606.0 (Chalk)
“Only the dark grey umbrella, raised incongruously against the sun, reminds us that this scene is set in August 1939, on the eve of war.” — James Russell A placeholder Continue Reading →
UK Trip (Christmas 2023)
It was predominately a trip for FOOTBALL. I saw the Saints play two at home in Southampton and one on the road in Norwich. They won their home matches against Continue Reading →
2022: Year-in-review
A couple of paragraphs to close out 2022. This is the year I said goodbye to London and put an exclamation point on Kingdom Hearts. I spent a night in Continue Reading →
Weekend 548.0
Apologies for the radio silence. I was in Sunderland and Norwich the last couple of weekends for football. I saw matches at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and Carrow Continue Reading →
Weekend 517.2
Did you watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? I was in Oxford on Saturday to see Morecambe play Oxford United. The Shrimps lost 3-1, but it was competitive, and Continue Reading →
Weekend 513.0 (You, moonlight, you’re my starlight)
“But you, O you, So perfect and so peerless, are createdOf every creature’s best.”– William Shakespeare (1) Ward-Prowse nets for England (2) Essential London Sites (2a) Tube, Overground, TfL Rail, Continue Reading →
Southampton…
…denied the chance for three points against Man City because of VAR. (1) Man City 0-0 Southampton: Penalty drama denies Saints as hosts record one shot on target (Sky Sports)
Weekend 505.2
A crazy weekend trip to Morecambe for some League One football. It’s a bear to get to from London BUT a night in the Midland Hotel and a Shrimps WIN Continue Reading →