Another South American Side Cheats Its Way Into The Semi-Finals

by Russell on July 2, 2010

Uruguay should hold its head low,very low in fact, because like its its neighbour, Argentina, it has had its Hand of God (or more aptly, arm of the Anti-Christ) moment, not in this case to make a cheating goal, but to stop an honest goal.

Rather than be beaten by Ghana in an honest game, they cheated. And then had the lack of integrity to win on penalties. Shame on them!

Go on Uruguay, do the right thing, and withdraw from the competition. Be spectacular! Instead of losing against the Dutch ignominiously, go down in history forever as the team that put integrity before success and pulled out of the World Cup on a point of principle.

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Con and Labour both want to Father Lib’s PR Baby

by Russell on May 10, 2010

Liberal Democrats Swing Both Ways

It is a tough choice for Nick Clegg. He does not want to be the leader that failed to take that “once in a generation” chance to deliver a fairer voting system. So who is he going to choose as the father of his PR baby?

Firstly, there is the younger, stronger and more legitimate choice, the favourite of his family in the country. But David C is a reluctant father being unconvinced that a PR baby is affordable at this time. The future with David looks to be full of arguments and broken promises. Not a basis for a stable relationship.

And then there is older, more experienced and reliable but unloved Gordon, disliked by friends and family, but a much more willing father and someone with whom he shares commons ideas and values but no respect. And no spark of romance there.

So Nick goes out on separate dates with both David and Gordon. Neither takes his fancy. This is hard going. But Nick’s biological clock is ticking, and he must decide by Friday as that is market(s) day. If only there was a younger version of Gordon that his family and friends liked…

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How To Avoid A Wasted Vote In A First Past The Post Voting System

May 6, 2010

You are Crazy Not To Vote Tactically I want to spell this out. With the ‘first past the post’ voting system, if you don’t vote for the winning candidate, you may as well have not voted at all. Think about it. A vote for losing candidate results in no representation whatsoever. Nothing. Nada. Nada di [...]

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Infusionsoft Mastery Seminar Day 3

April 15, 2010

Learning Infusionsoft Mastery helps increase sales, improve customer retention and reduce support calls. But is pants as far as photo opportunities go. ziplining is much better.

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Look Well To This Day

March 19, 2010

A recent post by Chris Brogan on the importance of execution brought this old Sanskit poem to mind. I memorized it when I was ten and recited it to my mother. It is still there in my head. The poem (somewhat more poetically – no surprise there) refers to the “splendour of action” rather than [...]

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iPhone or Android – Need help

March 17, 2010

Help me to choose iPhone, iPad or Android

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Display your Flickr Photos in Slideshows using Slickr Flickr

March 15, 2010

If you have a lot of photos on Flickr and want to show them in a slideshow on your WordPress blog then Slickr Flickr is the plugin to use. Rocco Slideshow I tagged the following photos with “Rocco” and added the slideshow to my post using the line [slickr-flickr tag="rocco" type="slideshow"] Roma Gallery I then [...]

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Life, The Universe And Everything

February 1, 2010

It’s been a while since I have written on this blog. I have been focused on work and not had time or inclination to make some personal commentary. Right now it is 1:48 a.m., I am listening to Earth Wind and Fire (on Grooveshark) blast out ‘Reasons’ as I write. I didn’t run this morning [...]

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California Dreaming at The Harris Arms

November 26, 2009

My darling wife and I celebrated our 16th wedding at the Harris Arms ‘California Dreaming’ party. It was great. It opened my eyes and taste buds to a Californian take on Côtes du Rhône. The evening started with a Mumm Napa Brut Prestige: a bright refreshing opening gambit, with a lingering strawberry after-taste. With our [...]

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Put your Weight on your Left Foot when Chipping

November 17, 2009

Golf Lession Two: The Stance (again) At the lesson today, Matt quickly identified the cause of my inconsistent chipping. He started by asking me to use a pitching wedge to chip onto a green about 75 yards away. I hit the green a few times but there was the odd pull to the left or [...]

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