Posts from ‘November, 2008’

I don’t want to be last
For the majority of children growing ‘picking teams’ for football, or various other sports/activities, was not a pleasant experience. Everyone would stand on a line while a captain would judge your qualities and possible contribution to his or her team in comparison to the other kids on the line. The [...]

No Respect, No Game
The FA has decided to introduce ‘respect barriers’ as a way to help fans, players and coaches improve the quality of the game for everyone. I watched a short interview about this program this morning on news and was impressed that associations and companies are starting to think outside the pitch when [...]

Here are links to the first few posts of this blog… some of my favorite posts

Justice on a Pitch?
This Hallowed Ground
Does Football have a Spiritual Reality?
Speech Time!! (2004)
More than just a game?

Official Opening of The Terraces
As I was playing online today I found this article about the official opening of the Baha’i Terraces in Haifa in 2001. When I was growing up i saw pictures of the construction Mount Carmel, i remember asking my mother how something that looked like that could ever be made beautiful. [...]

“Your from Alaska?!”
A few months ago whenever I told people I was from Alaska i would get a number of “ooohhhh”s and “Ahhhhhs” but now I always get the question, “What do you think about Palin?”. I have grown tired of a question that I don’t feel I can or want to answer. I find [...]