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We interrupt this regularly scheduled Jewish holiday today to acknowledge the second half of the Judeo-Christian Way of Living; it is the second night of Hanukkah, but it is also Dec. 8, which each year is a Holy Day of Obligation for the mystical Roman Catholics, lapsed & otherwise, who are commemorating the Feast of The Immaculate Conception, which celebrates God & Jesus, obvs, but maybe more important, the Blessèd Virgin Mary. Here’s Stevie Wonderboy with his take on the eternal melody, ‘Ave Maria’. Continue reading →

Waiting for the light…

For all our friends, enemies, frenemies & other assorted lurkers and lookie-loos who are observing the Festival of Lights this year, we say to yourself: ‘CHAG HANUKKAH SAMEACHA…SAMEACHA!’ Right now, the holiday feels more solemn than celebratory, but we nonetheless make room for the latkes, the gelt & the arrival of Hanukkah Harrie & Harriet nonetheless. We must, for the step-grandchildren; must… Continue reading →

Wednesday! Continue reading →

This match had it all. Howlers by the ’keeper, numerous equalisers, raucous support for the home side, seven goals and a stoppage-time matchwinner for your No. London Arse, courtesy of their talisman & big-money off-season signing, Mistah Declan Rice — Rice! All 13-plus mins. of these highlights are worth watching. #COYG Continue reading →

Fetch & catch…

Knows only one speed: top gear! Continue reading →

Shirtsleeve temps pretty much always…

The warmer bits of autumn attempting to make one last stand in the coming week here in sunny Southern California. The latter part of the warmup, occurring a week from now, should be a Santa Ana event, given the forecast low relative-humidity numbers for those days. Continue reading →

Good Saturday afternoon (PST), but not for your Tulane Green Wave Collegiate American Gridiron Throwball, which lost the AAC Conference Championship game to SMU today. Wave rippled-out, but it’s been a great year-plus for the program… Continue reading →

Kevork K. Kanine gifted us a nice speed-oriented bicycle last Father’s Day, a 20-speed shifter with the skinnie tyres, the kind with the newfangled Presta valve. It’s a smooth ride, surely smoother than the decades-old cruiser-beater with the pedal brake we used to have to labor on. Now that swimming season is well & truly over, maybe cycling will be the cold-month cross-training replacement. It felt pretty good today! Continue reading →

Last night was one for the books for your No. London Arse. The lads clinched the top stop in their Champions League Group B via a 6-nil larruping of Lens at The Emirates. Kai Havertz, much maligned during the first three months of his big-money move to the Gunners from Chelsea, has caught fire, and he opened the scoring here. #COYG Continue reading →

Quiet head, eyes still focused on point of contact, low center of mass…

You can tell it’s the cold season here, owing to the addition of the long socks and upper-body coverage…hit it! Continue reading →