January 2012
4 posts
“When you get to the end of all the light you know and it’s time to step...”
– Edward Teller
Arsenal up to game 20
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vom
Monday, 2 January 2012
Premier League
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal FT (HT 0-1)
Sidwell 85
Zamora 90+2
Koscielny 21
December 2011
5 posts
Rockaby. She sang.
everyoneswaiting:
till in the end
close of a long day
to herself
whom else
time she stopped
let down the blind and stopped
time she went down
down the steep stair
time she went right down
was her own other
own other living soul
so in the end
close of a long day
went down
let down the blind and down
right down
into the old rocker
and rocked
rocked
saying to herself
no
done...
“time she stopped
sitting at her window
quiet at her window
only window...”
– Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1953
“this dirty game that the British are playing - wanting to stay with one foot in...”
– Massimo Riva
wtf has my life become. need to change.
“A birthday card that sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to you — that birthday card has a...”
– Physicist Michio Kaku on Moore’s Law. (via marenarasauce)
November 2011
15 posts
“Some predictions:
He’ll play on into his mid-thirties - roger federer
He may...”
– predictions by sagamix, bbc blogs 28/11/11
just one more grand slam please roger...
High up in the stands at the 02 Arena, a father sat with his daughter and pointed to the elegant man hitting slow, lazy forehands to Mardy Fish in the warm-up.
He wanted his little girl, who was no more than five or six, to appreciate the fact she was in the presence of a genius so he began to lecture her about Roger Federer.
He tried to restrict himself to the highlights. He told her that...
Federer through after crushing Nadal
The head-to-head record is still heavily in his rival’s favour, but Roger Federer savoured the most emphatic victory over Rafael Nadal of his career here at the O2 Arena last night. Federer became the first player in the eight-man field at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to qualify for Saturday’s semi-finals thanks to a remarkable 6-3, 6-0 victory over an opponent who had won 17...
Nadal v Federer as it happened - i was there. woo!
2121: That was vintage Federer, whatever the state Nadal’s body might be in. Asked if he can play any better, Federer shrugs and says “I don’t know”, which is basically him saying “no”. By the way, Federer, the five-time champion at the season-ending championships, is now through to the semi-finals, while Nadal must beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to have any chance of...
Roger Federer masterclass stuns Rafael Nadal in...
Roger Federer rolled back the years with a truly astonishing performance to destroy fierce rival Rafael Nadal and storm into the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals.
Federer had lost nine of their last 11 meetings - and will end the season without a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2002 - but subjected the Spaniard to an indoor masterclass in front of a spellbound full house at...
Roger Federer thrashes Rafael Nadal in ATP World...
It took precisely 60 minutes to stretch to near breaking point the sinews of genius that have connected Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for seven memorable years at the summit of their calling.
The Swiss’s lop-sided win in the round-robin stage of the ATP World Tour Finals not only allowed the 17,500 fans in the O2 Arena ample time to drain away from Greenwich in good time on London’s...
Commentary of the ATP World Final match between...
SECOND SET
Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-0 Uncharacteristically wayward from Federer in those first two points - his first serve is closer to the baseline than the service line, but he still wins the point with a good wide second serve. Then a forehand balloons off his racket and into the ether to bring Nadal back to 15-15. But a whipped forehand down the line moves him back to...
Roger Federer shows no mercy in Rafael Nadal's...
Roger Federer savoured one of the more special performances of his career after crushing great rival Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-0 at the ATP World Tour Finals in London to book his spot in the semi-finals.
Roger Federer’s matches against Rafael Nadal are so often duels to the death that a straightforward, straight-sets canter for either one of them seems wrong, somehow. Like watching Germaine Greer...
boom time
Sharjah’s die-hard cricket tragics waited eight years to see their favourite team in one-day action. They went back, sated by five unforgettable vistas of Shahid Afridi’s trademark arms-aloft celebration, as he single-handedly pipped Sri Lanka in a dramatic finish. Chasing 201 to level the series, Sri Lanka were on course with Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara reducing the...
““I’ve never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened the...”
– muhammad ali 1971
“Given Bergkamp’s unashamedly aesthetical nature, the moment was almost too...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/nov/11/joy-of-six-first-touches-bergkamp
“The third agency of government I would do away with - the Education, the...”
– Rick Perry
“And I still think Arsenal are the most beautiful club in England. At Man City...”
– marco van basten
“We don’t need Batman, we’ve got Robin”
October 2011
106 posts
Mario Balotelli: why always him?
.. the sports cars he’s written off, the unauthorised visits to women’s prisons to see what they are like, the cash gifted to homeless people outside casinos at 2am, the fights with teammates on training grounds, the fight with his bib when he couldn’t put it on, the £5,000 in cash found in his backpocket when stopped by the police (“Why are you carrying so much money,...
C-H-3-L-5-E-A
Dear A
Re: Caseworker (Part-Time) – north Westminster
Further to your recent application for the above role, I regret to inform you that your application was unsuccessful.
We received an incredibly high volume of applications and are therefore unable to provide specific feedback on your application. I am extremely sorry to disappoint you and would like to thank you for the interest you have...
Unfortunately your application for the role of Secretary/Administrator has not been successful on this occasion.
The role attracted over 200 applications from many able candidates and the process of shortlisting was very difficult, the fact that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion should not deter you from applying from similar roles in the future.
Due to the volume of applications...
Dear Applicant, I regret to inform you that we are no longer recruiting for the role you applied for. We had been preparing to conduct a nationwide customer research survey on behalf of a major petrol station company. Unfortunately we have just been informed that we had been been unsuccessful in obtaining this particular contract, therefore the surveying is no longer taking place. We often...
Thank you for your application for the internship position at Political Intelligence.
We had a very high number of high quality applications and I regret to inform you that
on this occasion you have not been successful in making it to the interview round.I wish you all the best with your job search. Best wishes,
H
and so it continues..
Dear A,
My Feedback will be quite straightforward as you were an excellent candidate, we had 7 really good candidates all of whom would have been more than capable of doing a good job. Your CV was excellent and your letter well written. You came across very well in the interview, very personable and competent if a little hesitant at times, somewhat normal in an interview situation.
In making our...
