Sports wise. World cup of course this week. The USA pulled out a well deserved win inspite of the atrocious officiating.
And the longest tennis match ever happened.
That was maybe the biggest story of the week, maybe the month. Should have been anyway. The determination and stamina and all that to keep going that long over 3 days was amazing.
Sadly the 6'9" 245 pound Isner showed up today and promptly recorded the shortest match of the tournament so far.
That's tough - to win so big and then just fall apart. esp in a tournament like Wimbledon.
beyond sports - hard to get wrapped up in that when the reality of life is that we aren't here all that long, well we can all hope to be here as long as my grandmother and to live as full of a life as she did.
I thought maybe there were a few quotes from her out there. I found one great one. And then a handful of ones from her husband, Grandpa Kenneth. The pair of them were amazing and left an unimaginable legacy.
There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.
Elise Boulding
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.
Elise Boulding
but on a lighter note check this image that G-ride showed me so true... so true...
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Poor Isner had no chance! Can you imagine playing 3 matches in a row and then having to start over the next day? This is why they installed the tie break rule, its not fair to the player. Can't blame the guy. His server was 20mph slower than normal (still 110).
At first I thought that was a can of chelada in the lower right corner. It wasn't, even hipsters aren't _that_ stupid....
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