Julia Roberts vs Sally Fields: Jimmy Kimmel Live's Celebrity Curse Off
Y'all gotta see this. Lol
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
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Monday, 5 May 2014
#BringBackOurGirls
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This was trending on Twitter about an hour ago
The names of some of the abducted girls are in the pix above
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." - Nelson Mandela
Protests worldwide are been staged to ensure the release of the girls abducted in Northern Nigeria about two weeks ago.
Boko Haram insurgents, who want to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, had stormed a secondary school in the village of Chibok in the north-east of the Nigeria on 14 April and took the girls away in lorries.
On Sunday, Nigerian authorities arrested one of the leaders of a protest, Naomi Mutah Nyadar, calling on them to do more to find the girls (more than 200 ) abducted by Islamist rebels-
The arrest was apparently on the orders of the wife of the Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan
( unconfirmed reports say that the arrested woman has been released today, Monday, the 5th of May)
The First Lady didn't deem it fit to comment on this matter until very recently when there was worldwide interest. She had met with women from the community involved. The meeting was a travesty and a mockery of her Office ( a Travashamockery )
In a televised media chat late on Sunday, President Jonathan pledged that the girls would soon be found and released, but he admitted he had no idea where they were. *smh*
( When will this lot stop embarrassing Nigerians? )
Bringing this ineptitude of a nation to the attention of the world can only be a good thing. Hopefully, the clueless government will accept help from developed countries in rescuing these poor girls
Bring Back Our Girls
Game of Thrones S04E05- First Of His Name
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Game of Thrones S04E05- First Of His Name
***Spoiler Alert**
In this episode:
Tommen was crowned as King
Cersei - “everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls” was Apt! In the real world ( read e.g. Nigeria) men can kidnap more than 200 school girls and their country’s leaders don’t bat an eyelid.
People also showed that they could get along pretty well when they try. Margaery and Cersei, Tywin and Cersei , Oberyn and Cersei
Lysa Aryn- must be one of the villest people in Westeros now . She did reveal that her lover, Lord Baellish was behind the murder of Jon Arryn- which was the precipitating event for pretty much everything that has happened on Game of Thrones. By killing the Hand and framing the Lannisters, Baellish sowed dissent between the Lannisters, Baratheons, Tullys, and Starks, leading to chaos we've witnessed for 4 seasons now
Her loud shrills in the throes of passion with Baellish were just eeeeeew!!
Lysa and Sansa scene was also great- the former flip flopped between maternal compassion to jealous rival ( she felt Baellish might be interested in her sexually) at breakneck speed that it left the docile (and gullible) Sansa in tears
Daenerys had to make a choice on: whether to stick around and sort out the growing mutiny among her liberated subjects or take a pass and sail for Westeros, she opted for the former.
Brienne and her clumsy squire, Pod, added some comic on-the-road side attraction
Arya and The Hound's camp scene was also intriguing- we got to know that Arya's murderous anger includes him as well. She sees their arrangement as temporary and functional.
The Battle at Craster’s Keep occupied the last 15 mins of this episode:
Jojen’s “I saw you die tonight” to mutineer-in-chief Karl would be a Meme's delight
Hodor manned up for once ( with Bran's 'spiritual' help ) snapping a man's neck (Locke's) like a dried twig
I liked Jon’s bringing-a-sword-to-a-knifefight tussle with Karl ; the fact that he was rescued by one of Craster’s wives was apt
A few people must have clapped when Jon's sword passed through Karl Tanner's skull exiting through the mouth. The mouth exit was poetic- he talks too much anyway
Bran also took the difficult choice to continue on his journey up North- with his rescued crew rather than reunite with Jon Snow, his half brother.
Jon and his long lost dire wolf, Ghost, reunited too
GoT is a show you'll find difficult not to like
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Chelsea 0 Norwich 0
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Chelsea 0 Norwich 0
( I'm not going to waste my time ( or yours) describing this one!
Another toothless performance from Chelsea
At least Jose is restarting his undefeated home record :P
Mourinho said at the end, with a shrug, "It will be a long summer for us." IT HAD BETTER BE!!
Not even going to waste time on this one
Chelsea was ponderous in the first half, that suited Norwich, who lacked ambition and sat back, well
Here's the only stat you need: 23 shots, 4 on target. Story of the season! :-(
There were at least 2 penalty shouts in this: 1 for Chelsea ( Ryan Bennett appear to have sent Hazard tumbling in the box) and 1 for Norwich ( John Terry returning the favour on Martin Olsson)
Ref Neil Swarbrick ignored both
André Schürrle and Nemanja Matic each struck the woodwork for the home side, the latter having been introduced at the interval along with Eden Hazard in a desperate attempt to enliven proceedings
Once Torres was introduced for Matic with about 20 mins left, there was a deficiency for the home team in central midfield, and ironically the attack became weaker. The game just petered out with not so much as a whimper thereafter
What a bummer!
Thoughts
It has been the footballing version of Groundhog day this season.
( Groundhog Day-a situation in which a series of unwelcome or tedious events appear to be recurring in exactly the same way. You might also want to see the hit 1993 comedy flick starring Bill Murray. You'd love it http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSVeDx9fk60 )
Game after game where Chelsea play against poor teams and exactly the same thing happens; they don’t make enough genuine chances, they don’t get enough shots on target. They don’t score enough goals. That costed them the league despite the stellar record against their major rivals
It has happened too many times for them to write it off as one of those things you get in football. It is as if Chelsea have given a template of how to play against them to every team in the bottom half, and they then spend 90 minutes playing to that template perfectly. I don’t think Norwich ever really felt threatened during that game!
As frustrating as it was to watch, you simply have to see the irony in it. Mourinho sets up his team to play exactly like this against teams that attack.....and it works!
However, 21 pts from possible 33pts vs. bottom 6 teams is just unacceptable.. Mourinho need to fix this next season while maintaining the solid edge in head to head over direct rivals..
Dropping points at home to West Ham, Sunderland and Norwich in the back half of the season is completely unacceptable
Ba didn’t do much right all day. Lampard was an absolute ghost, infact I possibly had more touches than he did!
The back 4 were strong but we just lack that final ball. William was like Torres… lot of hustle and bustle and not much else.
Football is defence and attack. Last season Chelsea had a decent attack but the defending caused them issues. Mourinho has reverted that to the degree that the defence is solid but the attack is now bad.
Read: The attack (not just the strikers) is bad.
We've talked about the gaffe all season so I'm not going to rehash it again. Mourinho should take the blame in this regard
Chelsea’s attacks frequently breaks down in the final third? Everyone just stops, converges in the middle and do clever one-two flicks and random dribbling?
There's a lack of width and competent crossers in this team
Did Ivanovic make a single good decision today? No!
He is a CB not a FB- I'm saying this for the umpteenth time!
His attempts at shots and entry passes were pathetic. Next to a striker that’s the biggest need to address this summer ( get an effing Left FB who contributes intelligently to attack! ..one in the Zabaletta, Leighton Baines mode. Let Azpilicueta do the same at RB. You need width to break down a packed bus! I should know, I support Chelsea! :-) I hope Mourinho does too! )
Incompetent movement in the box compounds those problems as well
Torres is a tree!
Ba is a falling tree!!
Eto'o is an old tree!!!
So, changes are needed in the summer. The main one being getting a striker who actually makes the opposing defence feel like he is a threat, which should open up more space for the AMs.
Chelsea lacked creativity, pace, better combination in front of the box and better final pass.
Chelsea aren't direct enough on the counter attack either . The players stop running and think too long what to do next and then opponent players are back in their places for defending. Willian and Hazard have this problem with decision making in the final third.
Positives:
things will surely get better next season. They have to. "Remember: "judge me in my second season? "
It already feels weird going one season without a Trophy. Spare a thought for the fans of that club in North London-who've gone 8 seasons without one! Now, that's long-suffering :-) . The irony: they may break the hoodoo this season...or No?
I leave you with some of the cute Legend & family pixs at the Bridge today. This should improve your mood a bit, if you're a Blues fan
Warning: if Chelsea's dog died today and you invite Liverpool fans to the funeral. They might attend, but they won't be sitting in front row. ( I hope you saw what I did there?)
Friday, 2 May 2014
Remember him?- Mattias Sammer
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Remember him?- Mattias Sammer
Remember those trademark lung-bursting runs from defence to attack in Germany's triumphant campaign at Euro '96?
Ottmar Hitzfeld converted him to Libero( sweeper) at Dortmund and he never looked back
Sammer was named German Footballer of the Year in both 1995 and 1996, he was named Player of the Tournament in Euro '96, was named European Footballer of the Year in 1996, making him the first defender to win the Ballon d'Or since Franz Beckenbauer in 1972.
The pic frame shows the clubs he played for in chronological order:
Dynamo Dresden ( East Germany) '85-89
Stuttgart '90-92
Inter Milan - 92-93
Dortmund- '93-98
Check out this YouTube clip below for both of his goals at the Euro '96 tournament. There are other fine players spotlighted in the clip
( Some of the Jerseys were pure joy at that Tournament too )
Mattias Sammer= Player!
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