Day: January 2, 2008
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Movie: Goal
A 53 might be the lowest Metacritic score of any movie I’ve watched. Goal “earned” its way to the bottom. The movie was on my Netflix queue because it was a pitched as a Rocky on the soccer field. In its outline, yes, that’s true. Other than making Newcastle seem scenic, Goal is simply trying…
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Checkmate!
My chess is limited, but until tonight, it’s been enough to hold off the boy. I got sloppy. The boy, playing black, got his first ever win (one stalemate previously). He didn’t realize he’d won until I pointed it out, but he sauntered off to bed with a buoyancy that’s rare. Click on the thumbnail…
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2008 San Bruno Hill Climb
First bicycle race under my belt yesterday, and I’m happy enough with the results. Official time, 20:03, which put me 115th out of 228 overall. I was 21st out of 37 in the Master 35+…which seems less competitive (slightly) than the Elite Men 5 results. I don’t really understand these groupings yet, but it was…