Archive for March, 2010
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
OK, so I took a blatant paraphrase phrase from Ice Cube's venture into family comedy ... when I use the word family, my thought is that I'm not quite ready to watch the Friday Trilogy with my Grandparents!
Having said that, what I really meant to ask was 'Are You Bored ...
Posted in Danielle, Football, Guest Bloggers, Liverpool, Update |
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Here Comes The West Indies - David Rudder
Posted in Cricket, West Indies |
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Malcolm Denzil Marshall - three words guaranteed to strike unparalleled fear into even the greatest of batsmen through the 1980s. Known throughout the cricket world as 'Macko', I am yet to see as complete a fast bowler as this wonderful West Indian. Of the 24 bowlers who have achieved the ...
Posted in Beyond The Rope, Cricket, Sport, West Indies |
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
The first time Dani told me we were going to see The Edge, I truly hoped that we were going to see U2! This was not to be the case!
When she corrected me by saying that we would be going to Alderley Edge, I took the assumption that we were ...
Posted in Bereavement, Danielle |
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Until a few minutes ago, I had not decided whether to write this post or not. Until Wednesday 18th November 2009, it was not a post that I ever expected I would have to write. That was the fateful day that I lost my best friend, soul mate and fiancée, ...
Posted in Bereavement, Danielle |
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Perspective is a funny thing - we evidently have it as we constantly seem to be putting things in it. On the flip side, the fact that we keep on having to put things in it evidently mean that we never have it. Confused dot com???
per·spec·tive (pər spek′tiv)
adjective
of perspective
drawn in ...
Posted in Bereavement, Cancer |
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
A Chinese Restaurant on a rainy Taunton evening, hardly the prelude to one of the more memorable innings that I have seen. Looking across the table at my dad, it was probably the last thing on his mind as he tucked into his Crispy Duck, never one for superstition ahead ...
Posted in Beyond The Rope, Cricket, Family, Sport, West Indies |
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Many of you will be aware of my love of a good book ... quite frankly, I can happily waste away hours on end turning pages, the only downside of course being when I finally put the book down, look at the clock, and realise that I have to be ...
Posted in Beyond The Rope, Cricket, Sport |
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
As I write, French Captain Thierry Dusautoir is being presented with the RBS 6 Nations Trophy at the magnificent Stade de France, after a narrow 2 point victory over England added the Grand Slam to the Championship which had been clinched 3 hours previously, after Scotland's victory against Ireland. It ...
Posted in Rugby, Six Nations, Sport |
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
If, like me, you are intrigued by insignificant trivia, you may wonder about the origins of the title phrase above. According to Wikipedia, its origins can be traced to 15th Century, where "Mum" was a Middle English word meaning "silent", possibly derived from the "mmm" sound made when one tries ...
Posted in Family, Prayer |