Month: October 2016
Cologne
In Köhln, a town of monks and bones,
And pavements fang’d with murderous stones
And rags, and hags, and hideous wenches ;
I counted two and seventy stenches,
All well defined, and several stinks !
Ye Nymphs that reign o’er sewers and sinks,
The river Rhine, it is well known,
Doth wash your city of Cologne ;
But tell me, Nymphs, what power divine
Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ?
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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21st October – On This Day In History
Born:
1772 Samuel Coleridge Taylor (poet)
Died:
1805 Admiral Horatio Nelson (English admiral and hero)
On This Day:
2014 Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend
Have a good Friday, 21st October
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Sportsmanship Award
What grace
in bowing out
from
that sure thing,
the hype
and
expectations –
you,
standing tall,
no Gold again
around your neck
to hold you
back
from
rising
to applaud
the next
in line,
and humbly win
the fans –
‘lord of the rings’,
with more
than fancy
Silver
and a
smile.
– LC Vieira
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20th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1632 Christopher Wren (architect – St Paul’s Cathedral)
Died:
1994 Burt Lancaster (actor)
On This Day:
1822 First edition on The London Sunday Times published
Have a good Thursday, 20th October
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Ahh…Sports
Life’s a bore, here’s some chore
Pick up your gears, join the tour
Tag your spouse, break a sweat
Grab a tutor, take the heat
Swing a club, hit or miss
Play poker perhaps with a jest
Tiger and Stew were on the run
These guys were really having fun
A thing or two, I’d like to express
Give me a deal and I’ll do the rest
Projects and tasks from day to day
I work when I work, play when I play
– Noel A Medina
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19th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1962 Evander Holyfield (boxer)
Died:
1745 Jonathan Swift (author – Gulliver’s Travels)
On This Day:
1960 Mauritania is granted independence by France
Have a good Wednesday, 19th October
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Sportsmanship
To game is to live.
When thee ceasest to game, then youth is gone.
‘Tis the heritage of youth, left to age only as a memory.
Youth leaps with joy
Like a young fawn plunging expectant.
Urged with valor, itched with desire,
He flings him like a discus toward life.
‘Tis a leap and a wager with life,
Until Age hath come, and he knows then
The Score.
– Patience Worth
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18th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1926 Chuck Berry (musician)
Died:
1931 Thomas Edison (inventor of the light bulb and holder of around 1200 patents)
On This Day:
1867 USA buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
Have a good Tuesday, 18th October
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Sports Fan
I love baseball and football.
basketball, and hockey too.
Boxing, golf and wrestling,
but not as much as I love you.
Never think I put sports first.
You’re more important to me.
Now bring me a drink & pretzels,
and get outta’ the way of the TV!
– Ron Tranmer
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17th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Peter Stringfellow (Nightclub owner and entrepreneur)
Died:
2015 Howard Kendall (English footballer & manager of Everton)
On This Day:
1918 Yugoslavia proclaims itself an independent republic
Have a good Monday, 17th October
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