I went to Hopkins sports on the net. I clicked on ' the little bird ' icon. The first tweet was ' thats the quarter , 7 - 1 for JHU '. I followed throughout the game , the BJ s smothered the Cavs of Virginia. The final 19 - 7 apparently ,was a representation of what went on at Klockner Stadium , UVA.
The Js avenged an earlier 1 goal loss to the 'Hoos of UVA.
I've been wearing the very gaudy , JHU lacrosse jacket for days.
There is a ' bird , Jay ' plastered on the back and crossed sticks on the sleeve w/ JHU written large everywhere
Go Jays !
This game , yesterday , was the first round of the NCAA tournament. Next ,only the #2 ranked Syracuse Orange. They beat us already at the dome , their home field.
Alright , Bath. We were on the road , yesterday , and drove to Wales , kind of. We crossed into Wales , stopped for a coffee and turned around. Oops ! Not quite what I thought and it was my idea.
The day was saved when we jogged down the coast to Weston - Super - Mare , a seaside vacation spot. Sunday , the English seek out a carvery and do the whole roast beef thing. So , did we.
Weather : If you are a duck , this is for you. As for humans , cool and damp. BUT , the English and Welsh , are in short sleeves and shorts , not everyone but always someone , out on the street.
These dudes and dudettes are tough
Monday, 11 May 2015
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Bath , the Experience
Why choose Bath , Somerset , UK , for a vacation ?
The town is Georgian , architecturally. New buildings try and conform to the style of surrounding buildings. Of course , in this country called England , much is old and references to the 1700s is not un common and having once been a Roman outpost and trade centre , England can seem very old.
Walking in the town , on stone streets , viewing buildings made of local stone , the past calls. The past calls from doorways and windows interspersed w/ modern franchise names.
The old mixes w/ the new.
The weather : cool and rainy or damp - here you get no choice
The sun breaks through and you feel glad
We can say that we've been to Wales. We drove over the Severn Bridge that spans the Avon Estuary. We stopped for coffee and the loo in Tesco s and drove back across the bridge to England and Weston Super Mare , by the sea. Our lunch was a Sunday carvery meal by the sea.
Walked about a bit and headed for Bath the long way , winding through the Somerset country side.
We are home.
The town is Georgian , architecturally. New buildings try and conform to the style of surrounding buildings. Of course , in this country called England , much is old and references to the 1700s is not un common and having once been a Roman outpost and trade centre , England can seem very old.
Walking in the town , on stone streets , viewing buildings made of local stone , the past calls. The past calls from doorways and windows interspersed w/ modern franchise names.
The old mixes w/ the new.
The weather : cool and rainy or damp - here you get no choice
The sun breaks through and you feel glad
We can say that we've been to Wales. We drove over the Severn Bridge that spans the Avon Estuary. We stopped for coffee and the loo in Tesco s and drove back across the bridge to England and Weston Super Mare , by the sea. Our lunch was a Sunday carvery meal by the sea.
Walked about a bit and headed for Bath the long way , winding through the Somerset country side.
We are home.
Friday, 8 May 2015
Good Choices
... rare or luck dependent ?
The EE airtime deal : includes 500 Mb data. When would I ever use 500 Mb ?, recall the hotspot at home provides 200 Mb per month. Looking down at the i Phone yesterday , I finally realized..... the iPhone is checking e - mails , all through the day.... using up those Mb s , uh huh , says the wise boy.
Here in jolly ol' Eng. , the Brits do not use the term ' jello ', of course its a brand name back home and stands for flavoured gelatin.
The Eng. term is ' jelly '. When the Brits do home made ' jelly ' , the jelly is bought as gelatin cubes , approx 12 per package. Then you add boiling water to the separated cubes and dissolve the suckers.
Or , the lazy , can purchase pre - made individual containers , some w/ fruit inside.
We drove from London , our base , toward the West. The lunch time destination was Lacock village. Lacock is famous as the filming site for ' Downton Abbey ' scenes and ' Harry Potter '. The village theme is ' no you don't ', as in , no satellite dishes or above ground wires. All the homes and buildings are traditional stone roofs and stone walls. the streets are mostly unpaved. Quaint is the ' descriptor ' - untouched is the motto.
Then on to Bath , where the good choices title comes in. We reserved a place called ' Kensington Chapel '. The places , all have names. The chapel is modernized or re - fitted. Two en - suite bedrooms ( 2 couples ) and full kitchen. wood floors and WiFi and TV. Perfectomundo , dudes and dudettes.
The EE airtime deal : includes 500 Mb data. When would I ever use 500 Mb ?, recall the hotspot at home provides 200 Mb per month. Looking down at the i Phone yesterday , I finally realized..... the iPhone is checking e - mails , all through the day.... using up those Mb s , uh huh , says the wise boy.
Here in jolly ol' Eng. , the Brits do not use the term ' jello ', of course its a brand name back home and stands for flavoured gelatin.
The Eng. term is ' jelly '. When the Brits do home made ' jelly ' , the jelly is bought as gelatin cubes , approx 12 per package. Then you add boiling water to the separated cubes and dissolve the suckers.
Or , the lazy , can purchase pre - made individual containers , some w/ fruit inside.
We drove from London , our base , toward the West. The lunch time destination was Lacock village. Lacock is famous as the filming site for ' Downton Abbey ' scenes and ' Harry Potter '. The village theme is ' no you don't ', as in , no satellite dishes or above ground wires. All the homes and buildings are traditional stone roofs and stone walls. the streets are mostly unpaved. Quaint is the ' descriptor ' - untouched is the motto.
Then on to Bath , where the good choices title comes in. We reserved a place called ' Kensington Chapel '. The places , all have names. The chapel is modernized or re - fitted. Two en - suite bedrooms ( 2 couples ) and full kitchen. wood floors and WiFi and TV. Perfectomundo , dudes and dudettes.
Thursday, 7 May 2015
The Bitter...........
...........truth
I shouldn't fly. Some people are not meant to be great pianists... I'm not a flyer.
Massive jet lag , I can't sleep on a plane.
Here , in London , history is all around you... and old history. The guide yesterday announced ruins from 46 AD - that was way before I was born
For a guy , looking for deals re: cell phones , this is the place
We brought our iPhone 4s s to prove the 4s was truly a world cell phone (the term is ' mobile ' here )
It is. A company called the Car Phone Warehouse sold us an EE SIM card for $2. That came w/ 25 min , 50 texts and no data , good for 1 week. The counter guy was patient enough to pop in his own SIM to test our 4s and express his uncertainty.
He knew ' unlocked ' meant different things for each phone.
Well , mine was unlocked , unlocked
We added $20 as a top up and got : 150 min , unlimited texts and 500 Mb data , good for 3 months for each phone
I'm over the moon w/ the deal.
I shouldn't fly. Some people are not meant to be great pianists... I'm not a flyer.
Massive jet lag , I can't sleep on a plane.
Here , in London , history is all around you... and old history. The guide yesterday announced ruins from 46 AD - that was way before I was born
For a guy , looking for deals re: cell phones , this is the place
We brought our iPhone 4s s to prove the 4s was truly a world cell phone (the term is ' mobile ' here )
It is. A company called the Car Phone Warehouse sold us an EE SIM card for $2. That came w/ 25 min , 50 texts and no data , good for 1 week. The counter guy was patient enough to pop in his own SIM to test our 4s and express his uncertainty.
He knew ' unlocked ' meant different things for each phone.
Well , mine was unlocked , unlocked
We added $20 as a top up and got : 150 min , unlimited texts and 500 Mb data , good for 3 months for each phone
I'm over the moon w/ the deal.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
If............
............you can keep your head about you ............ " the words of Rudyard Kipling , Victorian balladeer
Always sounds good , until you are rushing around or running in circles
Yes , seems to be us to - day
Frustration mounting
lost heads
Settle down
#1 , as in the B1G Champions in lacrosse
First ever B1G title awarded
Somehow the JHU BlueJays found a defence , they've held opponents in the last 2 games to under 3 goals in the last half of the game
The Black and Blue won over OSU by 13 - 6
Thus ,we come to the bad
Yes , the Jays get the automatic qualifier , they have punched their ticket to the ' dance '.
Now , the fun part. The NCAA Selection Committee has figured that the AQ allows poorer teams into the round of 16. The Comm is right. Some AQ s come from easier leagues.
The solution as mentioned previously - take the 4 teams w/ the poorest records as AQ s and have them play in.
This method means 18 teams as announced for qualifying are winnowed down to 16
Ah , you know the number as the ' sweet 16 ' from BB
To - night , the committee broadcasts their 7 AQ s and 11 at - large teams , which are chosen by record and quality of opposition.
At 9 - 6 Hopkins may have had difficulty qualifying this year , the Jays would be a bubble team , sort of in / sort of out
Their quality wins would be OSU and Maryland
We shall see said the Zen Master
Weather : warm , blue sky and gentle breezes
Always sounds good , until you are rushing around or running in circles
Yes , seems to be us to - day
Frustration mounting
lost heads
Settle down
#1 , as in the B1G Champions in lacrosse
First ever B1G title awarded
Somehow the JHU BlueJays found a defence , they've held opponents in the last 2 games to under 3 goals in the last half of the game
The Black and Blue won over OSU by 13 - 6
Thus ,we come to the bad
Yes , the Jays get the automatic qualifier , they have punched their ticket to the ' dance '.
Now , the fun part. The NCAA Selection Committee has figured that the AQ allows poorer teams into the round of 16. The Comm is right. Some AQ s come from easier leagues.
The solution as mentioned previously - take the 4 teams w/ the poorest records as AQ s and have them play in.
This method means 18 teams as announced for qualifying are winnowed down to 16
Ah , you know the number as the ' sweet 16 ' from BB
To - night , the committee broadcasts their 7 AQ s and 11 at - large teams , which are chosen by record and quality of opposition.
At 9 - 6 Hopkins may have had difficulty qualifying this year , the Jays would be a bubble team , sort of in / sort of out
Their quality wins would be OSU and Maryland
We shall see said the Zen Master
Weather : warm , blue sky and gentle breezes
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Amazing
Of course , the advent of YouTube has brought many astounding views into our grasp.
Yesterday , while watching ' Wild.... something ' , I watched a sequence where a village worker brought out a basket of meat pieces and proceeded to put pieces of meat on a stick held in his mouth. Surrounding him was a pack of hyenas - waiting to be fed.
The hyenas apparently take turns grabbing the meat. The individuals wait theri turns and then step up and grab.
Crikey ! the pack waited ... and took turns !!
Weather : temperature was 64 F at 10 AM. Blue sky and still air.
What did you watch on the ' boob tube ' ??
Expanding your horizons ?
Should do.
Yesterday , while watching ' Wild.... something ' , I watched a sequence where a village worker brought out a basket of meat pieces and proceeded to put pieces of meat on a stick held in his mouth. Surrounding him was a pack of hyenas - waiting to be fed.
The hyenas apparently take turns grabbing the meat. The individuals wait theri turns and then step up and grab.
Crikey ! the pack waited ... and took turns !!
Weather : temperature was 64 F at 10 AM. Blue sky and still air.
What did you watch on the ' boob tube ' ??
Expanding your horizons ?
Should do.
Friday, 1 May 2015
Cyber This
There is a new TV series , all set to rev up your paranoia
The scenario , you charge your phone for free at the airport charge station. You board your flight and your phone disables the WiFi system on the plane.
On landing , you are arrested. Only to find , your credit card and bank account are cleared out. and so is everyone else's on the plane
the show is called ' CSI , Cyber '.
I'm jittery enough about using information storage ( cloud ) and using my phone for anything but a phone
As I've mentioned before b/c of this blog , I must be leaving a information trail thats titanic.
Weather : gorgeous to very gorgeous. Balmy and sunny
This is sGWN ????? Tell me about it
You've been waiting.... YES , the boys in Blue and Black took out the solid Blue of PSU. The Lions staged an alarming rally , down 5 - 1 , the Nittany monsters reeled off 5 straight. Hop tied and moved on. unlike other games this year , they fought back and went on a 4 - 1 rampage sealing the victory
In the other semi final , the UM Terrapins looked to have the game going their way. But lax is often a game of runs, the Buckeyes got game and scored 6 to win the game.
Thus , Satruday the Johns Hopkins Bluejays take on the Ohio State Buckeyes , in the first ever B1G Championship in lax.
OSU has beaten Hop already this year. A total Hopkins disaster , that was.
Go ! HOP Go !
Maryland despite the loss will qualify for the final 16.
OSU , winning the B1G takes the monkey off their back and w/out the B1G AQ , might still make the 16. For Hop , this is : You'd better have game Saturday. the B1G AQ is their ticket to the play downs.
" the summer breeze came rolling in
across the bay
it touched your hair and lingered there
and called to me "
lyrics , for the ' Summer wind ' by Frankie S
The scenario , you charge your phone for free at the airport charge station. You board your flight and your phone disables the WiFi system on the plane.
On landing , you are arrested. Only to find , your credit card and bank account are cleared out. and so is everyone else's on the plane
the show is called ' CSI , Cyber '.
I'm jittery enough about using information storage ( cloud ) and using my phone for anything but a phone
As I've mentioned before b/c of this blog , I must be leaving a information trail thats titanic.
Weather : gorgeous to very gorgeous. Balmy and sunny
This is sGWN ????? Tell me about it
You've been waiting.... YES , the boys in Blue and Black took out the solid Blue of PSU. The Lions staged an alarming rally , down 5 - 1 , the Nittany monsters reeled off 5 straight. Hop tied and moved on. unlike other games this year , they fought back and went on a 4 - 1 rampage sealing the victory
In the other semi final , the UM Terrapins looked to have the game going their way. But lax is often a game of runs, the Buckeyes got game and scored 6 to win the game.
Thus , Satruday the Johns Hopkins Bluejays take on the Ohio State Buckeyes , in the first ever B1G Championship in lax.
OSU has beaten Hop already this year. A total Hopkins disaster , that was.
Go ! HOP Go !
Maryland despite the loss will qualify for the final 16.
OSU , winning the B1G takes the monkey off their back and w/out the B1G AQ , might still make the 16. For Hop , this is : You'd better have game Saturday. the B1G AQ is their ticket to the play downs.
" the summer breeze came rolling in
across the bay
it touched your hair and lingered there
and called to me "
lyrics , for the ' Summer wind ' by Frankie S
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