Archive for the 'Sports' Category

JANUARY MORN

Monday, January 9th, 2012

There it is, a new year–with no snow, no water, very little of anything noteworthy aside from that gruesome trial running its way down at the courthouse. So sad, and so much a part of another culture not known to us Canadians, save through the kind of atrocities we read about in Middle Eastern countries [...]

ON A LAZY SATURDAY IN DECEMBER….

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

With Christmas fast sneaking up, time to think tree, presents, food, jollity. Fun time of year for most, tough time of year for some–like Orientation at Queen’s, at Christmas you are expected to be happy, joyous, uplifted, et al. Otherwise, you can assay Scrooge, or just get depressed. More people struggle around Christmas time — [...]

A Great Autumn — Weather spectacular, until now

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

So, we had a splendid time looking back on all the comments made here over the past few months, and recognizing how a blog is a spam outlet, and of course readers will have difficulty sometimes telling the difference. But the big news around here, aside from the salubrious (ha ha got you — if [...]

A COLD COUNTRY SEEKS WARMTH…

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

It’s cold here in Kingston, and yet, we have a handle (I think) on athletic decency and fair play. Hope that I am right…….

A CHIP SHOT…..WARDROBE MALFUNCTION?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Stenson’s strip tease actStenson’s strip tease act Tiger’s opening round By Simon Evans MIAMI, March 12 (Reuters) – Swede Henrik Stenson briefly took the limelight from Tiger Woods when he stripped down to his underwear to play a shot at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Thursday. Stenson’s wayward drive on the third hole landed [...]

FIND BONDS’ NUTS? THEY’RE DIMINISHING IN SIZE……

Friday, February 6th, 2009

APOCRYPHAL, SOMETHING THE ONION MIGHT DREAM UP, BUT WITH ITS WEIGHT IN INSIGHT…… (reprinted without permission — The Brushback knows……) Public domain after 5 minutes AMES, IA–Members of the Make-A-Wish Foundation struggled to come up with a response to a dying 9-year-old boy’s request that they punch slugger Barry Bonds in the nuts repeatedly. The [...]

HOOOPS?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I AM REALLY VERY TIRED WATCHING ADENOIDAL PRAYING MATISES RUNNING AROUND A COURT THAT IS ABOUT TEN SIZES TOO SMALL. THE PHENOMENON IS A NEW VERSION OF PLANTATION SLAVERY. BLACK KIDS PLAY, WHITE KIDS JUMP UP AND DOWN IN THE STANDS. ATROCIOUS!