the darkerside to rants

I want one too!

[Currently listening to: Callbacks Under The Sea from the album "Crap Attack" by We Are Scientists]

First real run in almost three months. I tried last week but the concussion literally made me want to throw up.

Anyway, most of Stanley Park is still closed thanks to the storm that hit Vancouver on the 16th, so I ended up just doing the small round along the seawall to second beach and then around Lost Lagoon before I headed back. Ran roughly half of this. But it felt good.

Baby I’ll be back!

Can’t help, I like this picture. Somewhat… odd? If that’s the right word. You can dive in that pool too!

Found by Warren Ellis

Two good shots from the World Cup (note, good means the photo, not necessarily the play / action involved)

First up: Netherlands vs. Argentina, who’d thought that Football has Martial Arts elements?

Next, Brazil, once upon part of the Portuguese empire, can play that way too:

So unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, this years tour is wide open again:

Germany’s Jan Ullrich, out of the Tour de France because of his connection to Spain’s blood-doping scandal, has become a fallen hero just one day before the start of an event he was tipped to win.

And not only him, Ivan Basso is out as well, as well as all riders that is associated with Eufemiano Fuentes, a doctor in Spain who seems to have performed blood doping on a couple of riders (over 30) who were slated to start at the Tour.

The decision, btw, was not made by UCI but by the teams, probably in an attempt to get some faith back, nothing has been proven, but who really doubts that there is doping?

So, who’ll stand on the podium in Paris at the end of July in the first race in the post Armstrong era?

So,

Germany is on to the half final after defeating the Argentineans in a penalty shootout. Both teams would have deserved to win, but Germany had the nerves and so they move on.

Bummer for Argentina but in a way I am delighted.