JR Reynolds' game winner...in Italy

Triple wha?

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Brazilian super stud Ronaldo, who plays for AC Milan, made headlines for some off the field action the other day.

Seems that the man whom women love hired three prostitutes for what ESPN is calling 'fun' and got caught. The shocking part, however, is that the three women turned out to be men. Uh oh.

What what what?

Here's the link.

Six warriors and a dream of water

Great story this morning about six Maasai warriors who will be running the London marathon to promote awareness of their village's need for a water source.

According to this news story, they "survive on fresh blood drained from the neck of a living cow, they often run for days and nights on end to find water and their shoes are made from car tires cut up and strapped to their feet. So running the London Marathon should be no problem for six Maasai warriors who have come to Britain from Tanzania as part of a campaign to raise money to find a vital water source."

Fresh blood from the neck of a living cow? Car-tire sandals for running shoes? And they're running in their traditional red robes, complete with spears and their shields [with their race number on them]. Makes our little jaunts around the neighborhood [complete with Brooks shoes, special sweat-resistant clothes, and IPods blasting music] seem as trivial as...well, as trivial as they are.

Charlottesville's running season is well under way, and we are certainly hoping they make it and raise a ton of money for their village.

Here's their website.

And here's their youtube video:

5 seconds of embassment

Went to the Downtown Mall last night for dinner with friends. Along the way I was crossing the street when the Mrs. pointed out that I was walking slowly while a car was coming quickly. Speeding up a bit, I was pushing the limits of my coordination as I was chomping on some Orbit gum. She took this moment to point out that my barn door was open [XYZ]. Trying to be nonchalant, with one hand in my pocket [Alanis], I casually went to close my door when I encountered one of those circular water access points that was embedded into the roadway. I tripped, in one of those uncontrolled moves that sent me crashing towards some parked cars. It was a bit hard to correct the fall, as I had one hand in the pocket and the other one beginning to pull the zipper to its rightful place. Somehow I managed to right myself without falling flat on my face, but it had to look unbelievably funny to the couple in the car, who were driving past me as it happened. Needless to say this wasn't one of my finer moments, but it was fairly funny.

Sunday soccer

Played 39 minutes in our 3-2 loss on Sunday. One minute before half I got kicked [or kneed] in the knee and went down like a sack of potatoes [or potatos if you're a youthful former VP]. No trip to the ER (though it was a bit scary and hurt like the dickens) and thus no change in the funds.

money updates

With another impressive performance and win on Sunday, the season is looking bright in soccer. And, no injuries.
The cash flow status: Soca $70, UVA ER $0.

Unfortunately the dodgeball team, Swayzehorse, was unable to bring home a trophy yesterday in our 1st season. Good times, though, were had and I'm eager for next year. More reflections on dodgeball coming soon...

Three funny, time-wasting sites

Sitting in class yesterday, trying not to cat nap during endless rounds of (yawn) PP presentations, I heard about a couple of great website from a friend in class.
A couple of clicks during break and I was able to keep focused enough until the end of the session.
What are the sites, you ask. Et alors, voila:

This site is all about things that are overheard in New York City. While I'm not a huge fan of the NYC, this is pretty funny:

This site is all about passive aggressive notes that are left for others. Think 'I hope you enjoyed my sandwich that you stole from the office refrigerator. I'm pregnant and now I'm starving. Have a nice day." It's pretty funny.

Finally, this "site" is all about "unnecessary" quotations. This one goes out to Mitch, K-Man, and JP for "years" of working with "someone" like "this."

Enjoy.