The Decade In Review?

It's hard to believe the first ten years of the decade are coming to a close. I would have missed it, had it not been for the media. After all, 2010 is a nice round number.

Most of it has been colored by September 11, 2001, and its aftermath, n0t to mention the Great Recession. It's a grayier time, and leaner time, a meaner time, and a ME-er time. At the end of it, we've become tougher and more resilent because of it.

The World In World Cup

A few weeks ago I left work a bit later than I should have, so I ended up catching a later bus. When I arrived at the bus stop, a gentleman who looked unsure about whether he was at the right bus stop, approached me. He me asked how to get to Porter Square, Cambridge from the stop. I told him he was at the right bus stop, and that from it's destination in Harvard Square, he could take a train to Porter Square. It turns out I was headed the same route, one train stop further.

Then I asked him about his accent? He told me he was from Germany. I told him I was originally from Nigeria. Before you know it we were talking about world football (soccer in the U.S.), the different international leagues, their politics, pros and cons, the World Cup, and the future of the sport.

By the time he got off the train at Porter Square, you'd think we'd been long time acquaintances.

Memographs

While doing file restores, I came across all the photos I had backed-up over the years. It took me back to face and places, that had passed. They made me smile. They all did. They are snapshots of my life, a live lived smiling.

Winter Memories

Just had a lovely flashback to when I did nothing but ski winter weekends, nothing hurt longer than a day, and people would look at my snowboard on the train and look at me like I just introduced fire.

World Cup Draw 2010

Nigeria, Argentina, and Greece are in the same group they were in World Cup 1994.