Daughter has her pic taken every year with a player. This year she chose Patrick Bordeleau, as who knows when we’ll have an NHLer with us again.
In case you were wondering – he’s tall, not her short
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Hockey
Daughter played hockey today against a wet, mountainside backdrop
Walton Hall in autumn
I think I do this shot every year, but it sure is pretty
Broooooce
As a teenage boy, I listened to a lot of Springsteen (it was my only nod to non-punk). I sort of stopped around the time of Born in the USA, but Nebraska remains a favourite. I bought his autobiography today which has been getting good reviews.
Voth jerseys
The Devils retired Brad Voth’s jersey today, so the team all wore Voth number 26 jerseys in warm up. We beat the [url=http://edtechie.net/lostsharks/devils/act-now-without-delay/]Edinburgh Capitals 5-2[/url].
Fading autumn
Down the Bay
Popped down the bay for a cheeky Wagamama tonight
The Cranes of Ibycus
Travelled up to Birmingham today for an ALT strategy meeting. I was on the train at Cardiff when it was announced that all trains were cancelled. By coincidence my colleague Simon Horrocks was also on the train, heading to Milton Keynes. He drove us to Bristol.
Here are the cranes on the Cardiff station redevelopment. In the story of Ibycus the killer gives himself away by pointing to the cranes. I’m not sure what these ones mean
The food of farce
After the tragedy of June 23rd the country has very quickly descended into farce, as Marmitegate attests. 2016 is so Kafkaesque now that Kafka would have dismissed it as too injust and random. I am practically snorting this stuff now by the hour to get through.
Win some, lose some
The Steelers came to town today, and the [url=http://edtechie.net/lostsharks/devils/you-can-play/]Devils were pretty poor,[/url] losing 5-4 (that flattered us). But I post this two days later, and yesterday (Sunday) we went to their place, and won 5-2. Sport eh?