Month: July 2010

Pictures of the Week

After the recent visit to Wimbledon, the following Murray fans (you know who you are) were spotted by the Media. Here are a couple of Images to prove it!

The Guardian said: ‘The fans at Wimbledon are really making an effort today for Andy Murray’s tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Top marks to the guys and girls in colour-coded outfits … not quite so sure about the laminated A4 posters, though..’

Many thanks to the BBC for the interview 30/06/10, with Murray’s ‘most colourful fans’, The Daily Telegraph, which said they put their shirts on a Murray victory. Thanks are also due to The Guardian, oh, and I almost forgot, Andy Murray for winning the match! (PS. It was only a rumour the shirts inside out said T S O N G A !)

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger

Rating: ★★★★★

The Perfect Storm [2000] [DVD]

For those who have seen the film, you need to read the book. It represents all that is best about non-fiction. Judging from the hundreds of individual comments on Amazon and elsewhere, this is one book that makes a big impact on its readers. Some are unhappy about the technical detail, well just skim over it! Ultimately, the book celebrates the finest qualities in man, the selflessness of the coast guard and other emergency services who go beyond any reasonable job description in order to save lives, and sometimes paying with their own, the qualities of the fishermen themselves, and why they fish. This is why I searched for a comment from someone ‘in the know’, and I give his comments below. I cannot give a name, perhaps which is appropriate in that the thousands of men working against the elements do so largely unrecognized. In a small way, maybe, but this is my ‘thank you’…

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