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The 2010 You-Know-What is Almost Here

June 2, 2010

Less than 11 days until the 2010 World Cup. Four years of waiting is almost over…
This week’s NY Times Magazine has an interesting article about Ajax’s youth system. The author does a good job of pointing out how America’s pay to play youth soccer system does disservice to our player development system. On the upside, [...]

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Tough Guy™ Nettle Warrior Training: Day 1

May 18, 2010

The ToughGuy™ Nettle Warrior is little more than two months away, and I’ve started training. I’d been putting off the running to get used to my new running shoes, pictured above. (What a convenient excuse!)
My New Running Shoes
It’s actually not that accurate to describe the vibram KSOs as shoes…mitts might be more like it. The [...]

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Out The Window

May 17, 2010

I’m lucky to have an enormous window in my flat. Now that the weather has warmed up (into the 50’s!), I try to keep it open as much as possible. The desk is under the window, and though I can’t smell the sea, there are birds to listen to and it’s usually quiet enough to [...]

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The Nightmare, by Luis Alberto de Cuenca

March 12, 2010

Another translation effort.
The Nightmare
by Luis Alberto de Cuenca
Javier has decided to kill himself.
He chooses to do it far away from his house,
where the furniture doesn’t recognize him
and the walls don’t talk to him about Marta.
He travels to disaster on the highway
which draws things out too much. He knows
that he won’t make the return trip and [...]

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