Ultimately I think Seattle should be able to use their speed, fitness (Metapan are about to start their season) and tactical discipline to move into the knock out stages where some big games await. This is when the real fun should begin.
Ferrari make their team orders a little too public
Very interesting German GP today. Not the racing, it was rather processional as is typical with the high downforce tracks. Obviously there is one big talking point, Ferrari instituting team orders despite the idea being “banned” by the FIA. May as well make sunrise illegal, the team employs the drivers and everyone is fully aware of their place in the pecking order. Alonso had caught…
A new toy in the drive way…
Dad hauls stuff home from the DIY store. OK not recently what with the whole in hospital thing, and certainly not in his tiny Hyundai, but he used too and he’s old…
Still cool, still desirable
Today I learned that the Chopper is 40 years old, for the initiated The Chopper is a wedge shaped bike made by Raleigh in the UK. With odd sized tires (16 inch front, 20 inch back), a long banana saddle and three gears shifted with a stick shift it was unique and 10 year old Dave, like many boys growing up in the UK, had…
One Year On
This week brings up the first anniversary of davekean.com blog in its current iteration. When I started this I did not really have an aim or goal for the sit, I was not even sure if I had enough to say, but that’s not been an issue. Somehow here we are a year and something over 80,000 words later, and as ever the constant churn…
Now it’s the US teams turn…
I’m leaving the rotting corpse of the England team where it lay and turning my attention to the US team and what happened there.
Rubens Barrichello on Top Gear
Something fun, Rubens Barrichello takes the reasonably priced car around the Top Gear test track. If you are not familiar with the concept, the TV show puts various drivers into a standard car, gives them a little tuition and sets them out to make a fast lap on the track laid out at Dunsfold in Surrey. There is also a separate list with a number…
A fun way to spend a Sunday.
Big day for live sport yesterday. It started with the first real, all day long Alpine stage on the Tour De France. There is something just awe inspiring about cyclists doing 20KPH along steep alpine roads, and I mean inspiring in a “WTF, are you serious” kinda way. The end of the live coverage of Le Tour dovetailed nicely into the start of the live…
Spain v’s Holland
The final is tomorrow morning Pacific time, neither Spain or Holland have ever won the tournament. Holland has been close as defeated finalists twice under Cruyff. A lot of new ground has been broken over the last four weeks, most notably the success of the first tournament in Africa, it seems fitting that it will end with a new name will be added to the…
It’s July 8th…
Todays WTF moment is coursesy of Sears in Alderwood Mall. It’s July 8th (and only 169 days until the big day) and Sears has Christmas decorations on the shelf, WTF… Not reduced, not on sale, but at full price…