Tomorrow sees us come up against our rivals, Arsenal, in their own backyard. Let's not beat around the bush with this one either; this is our biggest match to-date this season.
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UT coach Adrian Bush was able to rest several regular starters in this afternoon's match against Webber International and still keep his team unbeaten in 2009. Leading assist man, Dan Ingvarsson, goalkeeper Ryan Thompson, and Brian Fekete all started the eight previous matches but were give the afternoon off. Click to continue reading...

Some good food for thought as we start the week.
Tom Englelhart asks an important question this week in his excellent article "Is America Hooked On War?"
And lest you think this is a jab at either major party, you'll find that Engelhart finds this addiction started long before Bush and seems to have broad approval by both parties. Click to continue reading...

An interview that can't happen is Greg Lalas talking with Gavin Rossdale over a scotch about the mixed blessing of having a close relation who is a bit more famous than you. Perhaps at the end of said conversation they would have boded over their shared place in life, become BFF's and agree to start a Slade-influenced metal band called Lesser Icons with Greg on drums, Gavino on guitar/vox and Jamar Beasley on bass. Click to continue reading...

Well hello there.

I see you've caught me standing like a statue. You see, since no one has built an actual Berba statue yet aside from the time my cousin Timitar attempted to make one out of mayonnaise and hair I have taken it upon myself to fill that void by standing here outside your window.

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Queens Park Rangers Football Club (also known as QPR, The Rs or The Hoops) are an English professional football club, based in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, West London. They play in the Football League Championship, and their honours include winning the League Cup in 1967, and being runners up in the old First Division [. Click to continue reading...

C'mon Fergie... don't beat around the bush. Give us a name!

"I do have a decision to make over the goalkeeper for Sunday," reflected Ferguson. "Both Ben and Tomasz have outstanding qualities. Tomasz made two great saves last night, as he did against Boca Juniors, so we will see.

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Let's not beat around the bush here. Real Madrid now own the rights to Cristiano Ronaldo.

That news comes on the heels the announcement that Kaka will make The Bernabeu his home. Reports out of Madrid list David Villa, Frank Ribery and Xabi Alonso, among others, as additional targets of the club during the summer and in advance of the August 9 friendly against D.

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Will Juan Carlos Osorio's head roll this week? Clamoring up in New York, after two losses in the past four days, is heating up. It's with good cause as well, with the 2-9-3 record equal to the worst in the league. From day one in Seattle, the 2009 season has seemed doomed from the very first kick of the season.

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Read Naomi Wolf's thorough and absolutely horrific article about the sexual perversity perpetrated by the Bushies in Iraq and elsewhere. I do not understand why Obama is rationalizing and temporizing about releasing the photos and really going after these sadomasochistic pricks.

The activities of these dudes so speaks to the fruits of the kind of self-righteousness and repression that is so often the hallmark of Bible thumping fundamentalism.

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It's finally Friday, and after work today I'll be driving over Hogback to HollyCornblog's house! She says she'll have the chiminea going and some homebrews ready for sampling when I get there!

In soccer news I see that, apparently, a share of the LA Sol is going to be up for grabs soon. Any buyers?

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Not sure what the big deal is. I mean US President Barack Obama might be the commander in chief but he can also be a regulate soccer dad too.

After naming a new U.S. Ambassador to China, Obama jumped into his bullet-proof Silverado and skipped out to his daughters soccer game. Some may think that a president should just do president work all day long but come on, how much of that can anyone take.

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Morning everybody! It's looking like a good reading day here in New Hampshire, although it's early yet!

The Bookeaters had an excellent meeting at the Exeter Inn last night, where we broke bread and discussed The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage. We all loved (and most of us read) the book, and I would highly recommend it as a portrait, not only of a marriage but of a period of time.

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In a bit of a rush this morning, as usual. Our black lab Willie came up lame yesterday. He has a chronic shoulder problem which something seems to have exacerbated. This morning he seems a little bit better, but still not himself. He'll be turning 10 this summer, so it's worrisome to see him hurting.

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Queens Park Rangers Football Club (also known as QPR, The Rs or The Hoops) are an English professional football club, based in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, West London. They play in the Football League Championship, and their honours include winning the League Cup in 1967, and being runners up in the old First Division [. Click to continue reading...

Wow - what a race! I've watched the video twice and still can't quite track how it happened. Red Sox, Phillies and Celtics all won their respective games yesterday ... and the Breakers came back after a disappointing and lackluster performance against the Red Stars to beat Marta and her LA Sol at Hahvard!

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I've been remiss in not posting this picture of HollyCornblog's Hop Trellis circa April 2009!

As you can see, she's done an awful lot of work (backbreaking work, I might add) to give these hops a fighting chance at thriving.

I for one am quite interested to see how hops do under the Obama administration.

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In what sounded like a wild and wooly second half, Christine Latham and Kristin Luckinbill were major contributers in a decisive 3-1 win for the Boston Breakers.

The Breakers scored first, on a PK by Kelly Smith in the 54th minute after Scurry fouled Hucles in the box. Lori Lindsey equalized soon after, and Abby had a chance to give the Freedom their first lead of the new season on a second PK (after a handball).

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It's Breakers Game Day. Freezing, and quite possibly wet - but hey, we're hardy folk right?

Before embarking on this new chapter in Breakers' history - a pause to remember good times past. Maren? Dagney? We miss you!

No sound with this video - but that kinda makes it all the more resonant, doesn't it?

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Queens Park Rangers Football Club (also known as QPR, The Rs or The Hoops) are an English professional football club, based in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, West London. They play in the Football League Championship, and their honours include winning the League Cup in 1967, and being runners up in the old First Division [. Click to continue reading...

Very much.  Very, very much. No internet this morning - and of course my e-mail account problem has still not been addressed, despite much time spent on hold listening to muzak ... and many e-mails at varying pitches of irateness. You know how Bush kinda made Nixon look better?  FairPoint has had the same effect on my [. Click to continue reading...

Okay, of that group, which one(s) would you put your money on? Citi had a good day and the market bounced ... meanwhile, Newsweek has put out a great piece outlining the warring amongst the rich - a greed-fed battle they dub "the war between the estates." In the past two years, since the market peaked, investors [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday morning ... last morning before we go back to daylight savings time.  I'm having some smooth, dark coffee and catching up on the news of the world while the sun comes up here. Scary times, as the economy's woes seem to be accelerating with no end in sight.  Maddow had a great explanation of the [. Click to continue reading...

First off, our friend Alice (who suffers good-humoredly my unrelenting pressure to become a JordanCornblog contributor) is off to tour Florence today.  Happy travels, Alice! Happily, she will not have to leave before the USWNT faces Iceland in their second game at the Algarve.  She (and the rest of us) will be able to follow it [. Click to continue reading...

Happy Saturday everyone! Looks like it's going to be one beauty of a day. HollyCornblog and CharlieHopbrew should be on their way in another couple of hours and if I disappear for a while after they arrive, well, you'll know what I'm up to! Let's see what's happening in the world of soccer, first. I see [. Click to continue reading...

Spoken like a true Phillies phan, I know.  There's lots of news this morning on the Boston Breakers front, starting with the fact that an agreement has been reached between the Boston Aztecs and the Boston Breakers. Under the agreement the Aztecs will become the reserve team of the Breakers. Seems like a positive [. Click to continue reading...

Oh my god.  All I can say is "Oh, my god!"  We added a wireless access point on the third floor of our house yesterday (where I am writing) and it has opened up whole new vistas!  No longer do I wait for seemingly interminable minutes as screens open or posts get saved.  No longer [...] Click to continue reading...

Phew - I feel like it's been a long time since I sat down with some good strong coffee and just caught up here. There's lots of news in the soccer world as the WPS season kick-off is just weeks away!  March 29th, to be exact.  (I should probably think about taking a day or two [...] Click to continue reading...

I believe that the answer to that question is a resounding no.  Oklahoma might have the slimmest of chances ... but barring injuries, I don't see anyone getting in the way of the Huskies' march toward a national championship.  The battle will be to see who the other three teams are in the Final Four. Click to continue reading...

Pat Summitt's Lady Vols gave her a solid, at-home victory over Georgia ... and her 1000th win last night!  She wanted to hit the milestone at home on the court named after her - and she did - thanks to her "Baby Vols" - a team that includes 7 freshmen! How does she do it?  Leadership [...] Click to continue reading...

First off, is Andrew Card crazy?  He's tweaked about Obama disrespecting the office of the Presidency.  Why?  Because Obama changed the dress code at the White House.  Good grief.  Is that what Andrew Card really thinks?  Is he a grown-up?  (And I loved the comments on this piece ... especially the one about how the [. Click to continue reading...

First off, the UConn Huskies are a scary-good basketball team! The women, I'm talking about.  They played Louisville last night.  While the Cardinals  stayed with them through part of the first half, by the second half the Huskies had blown open a huge lead. Louisville's Angel McCoughtry is certainly an amazing player to watch, with [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday President Barack Obama repealed the Mexico City Policy - the infamous gag rule that pulled funding from health care providers who offered (or even just talked about) certain health care options for women.  Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.  Obama's Day Three ... was a mixed bag, reminding me that change is a process [. Click to continue reading...

First off ... has anyone noticed that it's cold?  Damn cold.  (Just needed to say that.)  Imagine crash landing in the Hudson River on a day like yesterday and living to tell the tale.  Miraculous indeed! I listened to a bit of Eric Holder's confirmation hearing yesterday and was annoyed to hear the old hypothetical question [. Click to continue reading...

Fingers crossed here for another good NFL day for the bird teams.  The Ravens I had with a win.  But the Cardinals?  Wow.  I just hope they didn't steal the Eagles' mojo.  (Nah ... an unworthy thought to be having this snowy NH Sunday.)  If Ravens can bring down Titans, certainly Eagles can bring down [. Click to continue reading...