It turns out that Group C at the World Cup was a disappointment. The US team went down to Ghana yesterday and the UK team was trounced today by Germany. Won't be much English spoken at the World Cup this year. :)
Seen in a documentary last night: Somewhere in the south during World War II, nine black US Marines watched as white Army prison guards escorted German POWs into a restaurant that the Marines were told they couldn't enter. My guess is the restaurant owners probably fancied themselves as patriots, too. Enemy troops welcome, our own troops not? Patriots isn't the first word that comes to mind here.
LSU football and baseball star, Chad Jones, was injured in a horrific automobile crash in New Orleans Friday morning. He is one of two student athletes to play on a National Champion in both baseball and football. The other is his teammate at LSU, Jared Mitchell. The future was really bright for Chad. He was drafted in the 3rd round by the New York Giants to play safety. He's a fantastic athlete. He's a more polished football player at this point but I really thought his career was going to be in baseball. Although he's shown below playing right field, he surprised his teammates and head coach while throwing some pitches one day last year just horsing around. He's a left-handed pitcher that throws very hard (Low 90s). He's very raw and had almost no formal pitching instruction. I thought he was a great prospect. All of that is in jeopardy now. Good Luck, Chad.
Outfielder Chad Jones at Alex Box Stadium
Just for fun, I offer the "Girls with Glasses" below. The sound is great but the person who shot the video fooled around a little too much to suit me. I don't know much about them but I think they're four individual artists that collaborated for one tour. They are fantastic together. Enjoy.
I offer one from the backyard that I took just before the thunderstorm came.
CrabAppleLane Texas Star Hibiscus - June 27, 2010
74 days until football season ...
5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Five Star playlist starting with "S" :
- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream - Disraeli Gears
- Skateaway - Dire Straits - Making Movies
- Sucker Row - Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La
- Stone Cold Crazy - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
- Soldier Of Fortune - Deep Purple - Stormbringer
Quote of the Day
Jones was drafted in the third round by the New York Giants in April, and signed his contract with the team last week. He was also drafted by two Major League Baseball teams, the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers.
WDSU.com
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "We do a handful of things – create music, paint, dance, watch “The Biggest Loser” – that are not “productive” or “useful.” They’re the things we do out of sheer joy or fear or boredom."
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