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If evolution has favored children who view their parents as godlike, then my son represents a significant mutation.
Posted by: Joseph Slater | Apr 21, 2011 4:36:38 PM
Marc — Good luck in your match. If you want to bone up on strategy, go to http://www.zonalmarking.net/. If you want more inspiration, watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1H2hOHu_s. Very short, and worth it.
Posted by: Brendan Maher | Apr 21, 2011 11:48:41 AM
I recall in an obituary of a famous American photographer (I don’t remember his name) a statement made by him that there is a sense of “fraud” in photographs. The same might be said of videos. I recall noting at a local library the extensive volumes of Thomas Jefferson’s writings, which I bring to mind when I read a quote, usually out of context, of Jefferson that someone uses for his/her advantage. Perhaps in Jefferson’s mass of writings, there may be countering quotes that the quoter is not aware of or chooses to ignore so as not to dilute his advantage.
As for belief in parents, back in 7th grade a girl in my class made a statement that my parents had sex, which I could not believe (especially since I did not know much about sex at the time). Despite the reality of this, there was no detraction from my love and belief in my parents based upon the many years they were in my life. Of course, if they had been God-like, where would I be? (Unless the Gods, like birds and bees, do it.)
Posted by: Shag from Brookline | Apr 21, 2011 7:14:53 AM
Brendan — fantastic video. And as the captain of a public interest auction soccer team that has a date with destiny against a team captained by our dean, an ex-Holy Cross soccer star, I need all the inspiration I can get.
But for me, a different kind of inspirational Zidane moment was when he head-butted that jerk on the Italian team (and I love Italy!) who insulted his sister, and then had the good sense to say BOTH that he’d rather die than apologize *and* that he had no business on the field with his team after that. Red-card nothing.
Posted by: Marc DeGirolami | Apr 20, 2011 9:30:13 PM