The boys

Paula Radcliffe, London Marathon 2008

Here is Paula Radcliffe, an incredible athlete success story if ever there was one. Her career is quite incredible, not taking up the marathon until late, and then blazing a trail for all women distance runners everywhere. I was disappointed to see her drop out of the London Marathon 2008 on Sunday 13 April. But Paula will be back. She seems to specialize in dropping out through no fault of her own, only to come back and win. That's a champ.

Check out her cool website at http://www.paularadcliffe.com/ where you can see her brilliant smashing of the world record at the Chicago Marathon in 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/2324197.stm Good luck in Beijing next month!

P.S. I just signed up for the London Marathon 2009. Go Fullerty!

The Secret Life of Snooker Tables

Gotta love this picture! Is this what really goes on at night there? So that's what happened to Joe Johnson!

Beach and bars, Miami

Here's Katie and me at New Cafe, one of the coolest places to relax in Miami Beach, nicely set back from the road, where you can look out and watch the ocean roll in. Check out News Cafe's sweet website at http://www.newscafe.com/welcome.html Open 24 / 7!

The Bachelor is a Brit!

Dear England, Yes the American TV station/network ABC's reality TV show/program (phew!) has clearly reached its zenith with the introduction of a Brit to play the lead. What an odd show. Mr. Matt Grant has decided he wants to settle down, so what better way than to date 25 women simultaneously. What will the happy couple have in common on their honeymoon? How they spent their time around 24 girls, how you kissed them all, and how your wife was forced to live with them? Well, it's down to 2 girls, and now the destination is London, where one will lose - Matt Grant's hand in marriage - and the other will win. Are you excited? Fatigued? Bored by such strangeness? Am I taking it too seriously? I seem to remember there was a successful pairing on Cilla Black's Blind Date in the 80s that resulted in a marriage. So far the Bachelor has produced one marriage too. So many casualties, so many pointless fired emotions, game-playing, and dumb pretending to be in the running, and getting all upset when cut from the race. Oh well, we can't get enough. Of course I'm missing the point. But what more sexist show is there that has one men field a herd of women like the bull in the field while they all fight for his simulated affection. Go TV!