Sounders 2 – San Jose 1

The home regular season finished tonight, and it’s been a great year hasn’t it? Unfortunately for the first 75 minutes or so the Sounders were not at their best, there was little creativity and only one chance worth the name, but how quickly things change in this game. The headlines will be dominated by two things, a crowd of a little over 64,000 and Keller….

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They will race anything…

The first car race probably happened when the second car was built and the first one had something to race against. It’s just how it is, people will race anything with a motor. Lawnmowers, Bobcats and the usual range of cars. One the butts of all jokes is the Robin Reliant. For the non-enlightened it’s a three wheel, one wheel drive, fiberglass bodied deathtrap of…

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Big days like this…

It’s been a fascinating few days. My lawyer is Lorna, and she is a total professional and deals with the more drama filled part of my life. And it’s been interesting, in part because of the way she called what would happen. There is a lot more about actions and choices made, but I’ll be sharing that at some time. When this process started Lorna…

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And it’s all over now…

Sebastian Vettel finally tied it all up last night in a fascinating Japanese Grand Prix. Lets be clear, it’s been a while since there was anything other than mathematical doubt as to who was going to win the drivers titles this year. It’s been another compelling season of racing and the comfort of Vettel’s championship, won with four races left, had taken little of the…

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The view (once again)

OK, so I’ve missed a couple of months of the view from my window at the beginning of the month, but here is this months. The trees at the back of the house are hanging on (but you’d never know it looking at all the leaves on the deck) better than the ones on the front. Another week or two and I’m sure the deck…

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