Sun night
Had dinner with Christina and her friend in the West Village, good stuff. We hung out for a while, just got home. Super chilly out, like 50 F, crazy, doesn't feel like are in Spring at all.
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Monday, 22 May 2006
Sunday, 21 May 2006
World Cup 2006
The World Cup finals start soon, it will be exciting. Over 160 national teams from six geographic zones compete in regional qualifying tournaments for a place in the finals. A select group of 32 make it, of which only eight teams are seeded. The tournament, which takes place every 4 years, is in Germany this time. The seeded teams are:
Germany (Group A)
England (Group B)
Argentina (Group C)
Mexico (Group D)
Italy (Group E)
Brazil (Group F)
France (Group G)
Spain (Group H)
The US plays in Italy's group, with Ghana and the Czech Republic. Won't be easy. Here's the complete list of the 32 teams that will be playing.
Barbaro
If you watched TV last evening, Barbaro, the colt winner of the Kentucky Derby, was terribly injured in the Preakness Stakes:
"The Preakness Stakes was supposed to be a walkover for Barbaro, the undefeated colt who had looked every bit the superhorse when winning the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier. Ever since the first Saturday in May, his name had been conjoined with the words "potential Triple Crown champion.
Those hopes ended horribly Saturday in the first sixteenth of a mile at Pimlico Race Course when Barbaro suffered potentially life-threatening fractures above and below his right hind ankle. His jockey, Edgar Prado, felt the colt's pain immediately; he slowed Barbaro gradually to a standstill in front of a clubhouse brimming with stunned onlookers."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/21/sports/preakness.php
Italy soccer scandal
As you may have heard, there is big soccer scandal in Italy. The president of the Juventus ( the Turin-based club) is being investigated for fixing games and controlling referees, etc.
Italian TV and radio stations are consumed by the events surrounding the country's national passion, and offer non-stop around-the-clock news. Here's are several related links:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/21/news/juve.php
http://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2006/05_Maggio/12/juve_cda.shtml
http://www.repubblica.it
Saturday, 20 May 2006
Sat night
I guess I will go out for a bit after all. Getting ready. Haven't decided exactly where. Maybe the Village. A bit chilly out. That means I can still wear on of my super-cool racing jackets 
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