Ok, if you are not aware of how sad a loser I am, and would rather be kept in the dark look away now!
A year ago today, a good old friend of mine (Andy) introduced me to a website, that has changed my life forever. A year ago today I took over struggling Division V team Pigeons XI. Lingering at the bottom of the table they faced iminent relegation. Long faces filled the pavillion, morale was down, and the performances reflected that. And now a year on, it is a different team altogether. Only two players remain from the original line up, captain Ron Keane, and wicket keeping maestro Danny Lonergan. Alongside these two stalwarts for the team, are 9 young individuals all under 20, with a promising career ahead of them. Having finished 7th in the first season, the next two seasons brought 3rd and 2nd place finishes respectively, and now as I speak Pigeons XI are fighting for promotion at the end of this season, top on equal points with Nuig CC. The stadium has been vastly expanded, the team completely reshuffled, the sponsors are happy and it would appear that Pigeons XI have a very bright future ahead! So who knows what might have happened by this time next year? lol
It's been a quiet few days!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Of this and that
Is it bad that I am now procrastinating from procrastinating? I came to write a blog, to stop myself from working, but then could not think of anything to write about, so went on Wikipedia instead! It is a sorry state indeed. However my sightseeing trip to Wikipedia did serve a purpose. It helped me concoct this blog. Therefore this blog is going to be about two words, that are in many ways synonymous...well ok, maybe they aren't but that word is cool enough to warrant use without need. My first word is water.
Did you know that it is World Day for Water today? Well now you do! Not something that crosses our minds very often. Well make it cross back and forth for today at least. It is in many ways i think a sign of our general attitude. We take it for granted so much, whereas in some parts of the world a whole day might be taken up in pursuit of enough water to keep a family alive. As cliched as it is, it is true that many people worldwide have to walk for miles just to get clean water. And yet here we are, wasting it by the gallon!
My second word is communism. (Today's featured article was about the 'Fourth International')
Now many people are of the opinion that I am a communist in disguise. So I want to offer this rebuttal (another fantastic word probably used out of place). The problem is that we have two systems really, capitalism and communism. Neither are very good. Capitalism, because it is by nature wrong, and Communism because it is by nature impossible. For me to believe in Capitalism would be equivalent to saying 'Yes I love evil' and for me to support communism would be to say 'I think human flight is a viable low emissions travel option'. Now i realise that many would argue that Communism can exist, however i believe that human nature defies that.
So where does that leave me? There is no point investing in something that is never going to work, so I am not a communist, instead perhaps 'conscience capitalist with communist ideals'. How's that? As someone once said, let's start from the imperfect, and work towards the perfect!!
Oh and by the way, at some people's request I spent hours slaving away yesterday bringing you original audio versions of 'Springtime again' and other such poems. See www.pigeonboy.podbean.com
Did you know that it is World Day for Water today? Well now you do! Not something that crosses our minds very often. Well make it cross back and forth for today at least. It is in many ways i think a sign of our general attitude. We take it for granted so much, whereas in some parts of the world a whole day might be taken up in pursuit of enough water to keep a family alive. As cliched as it is, it is true that many people worldwide have to walk for miles just to get clean water. And yet here we are, wasting it by the gallon!
My second word is communism. (Today's featured article was about the 'Fourth International')
Now many people are of the opinion that I am a communist in disguise. So I want to offer this rebuttal (another fantastic word probably used out of place). The problem is that we have two systems really, capitalism and communism. Neither are very good. Capitalism, because it is by nature wrong, and Communism because it is by nature impossible. For me to believe in Capitalism would be equivalent to saying 'Yes I love evil' and for me to support communism would be to say 'I think human flight is a viable low emissions travel option'. Now i realise that many would argue that Communism can exist, however i believe that human nature defies that.
So where does that leave me? There is no point investing in something that is never going to work, so I am not a communist, instead perhaps 'conscience capitalist with communist ideals'. How's that? As someone once said, let's start from the imperfect, and work towards the perfect!!
Oh and by the way, at some people's request I spent hours slaving away yesterday bringing you original audio versions of 'Springtime again' and other such poems. See www.pigeonboy.podbean.com
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Springtime again!
That was the title of one of my first ever poems written at school. Needless to say i have since been subjected to much mockery relating to that poem! I thought it was good!
And so I am back in Harrogate! Back in the land of 'do-nothing', where wireless and tea rule my day. Though things are slightly different this time round. I'm a changed man! If only because nextdoors wireless network has now been secured! Not that I rely too heavily on their wireless, but our wireless gets switched off at 11 each night, so no more late nighters for me!
So what have I been up to in this last week since i blogged. Well truth be told-nothing. That is part of the reason I have not blogged-my mind has been devoid of things to write about!
The weather has been typically British, varying between bright sunshine that stifles the room with heat, and snow blizzards which bring with them icy blasts. Who knows, maybe rain later today...
I shall go now and try and make something of the day before it is too late
Hasta luego
And so I am back in Harrogate! Back in the land of 'do-nothing', where wireless and tea rule my day. Though things are slightly different this time round. I'm a changed man! If only because nextdoors wireless network has now been secured! Not that I rely too heavily on their wireless, but our wireless gets switched off at 11 each night, so no more late nighters for me!
So what have I been up to in this last week since i blogged. Well truth be told-nothing. That is part of the reason I have not blogged-my mind has been devoid of things to write about!
The weather has been typically British, varying between bright sunshine that stifles the room with heat, and snow blizzards which bring with them icy blasts. Who knows, maybe rain later today...
I shall go now and try and make something of the day before it is too late
Hasta luego
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