soccer update

5/6 - in City Finals @ 1645h Friday

7/8 - in City Semifinals today @ 1645h today

 

5/6 reached the finals last year, and it's great we have  achnace to do it clean this time.  I'll be crushed if we lose again.  7/8 are just SO GOOD, such a pleasure to coach during games, so talented and driven. 

 

I'm hoping 7/8 advances to the Final as well.  Friday could be one of those days that'll flash through my head as i lay dying - we have to win both to make me happy.

The Beatles, and again.....

Broken lp, je sais, mais after the Smiths Spring I just went through, i've now  devolved into the valley of the Beatles once again.  That giant new bio of the group - mark Levistan (?).  I'm on page 450 of volume one - and i'm only in the SUMMER OF 1961.  Incredible.  The only thing (well, besides coaching both of my soccer teams during the game - i love to scream and yell and all that just to make shure everyone knows how smart i am about grammer school soccer ( well, actually, the reason for the yelling is actually to teach the girls the game, to give them positive feedback, and to have them feel good about themselves and how they play) i want to do these days is get home and crack that tome.

The fucking detail.  I've read well and Ive heard heard every beatle story a hundred times maybe less, maybe more - until this book.  The Fooking detail. 

So - one exciting beatle discovery for me was this song I first heard in 2005.  Here is the crappy original, and then - I wish i had a tardis so i could go to the carvern and weep while watching their version.

Here 'tis