February 19, 2006 17:46

What a fantastic day. My totality of achievements today have been to read Stephen Kelly's biography of Bill Shankly, subtitled It's Much More Important Than That, refering of course to the relationship between football (soccer) and life and death. It's a great read. I also read much of another recent acquisition: The Official Liverpool FC Illustrated History. Yep, it was a Liverpool day, appropriate after their 1-0 defeat of Manchester United in yesterday's fifth round FA Cup clash, which I enjoyed at the Brewhouse. In unrelated sporting news, the Wellington Hurricanes spanked the Western Force (from Perth, Australia) 29-5 in the Super 14 (rugby).

I also made breakfast today. That is an accomplishment, I guess, although I tend to do that every day. I have not left my apartment, because it is simply too cold outside (38F/3C). I really am ready for winter to be over, even though it must be stated that this January was apparently the warmest on record for Atlanta. The things that didn't get done today were getting a photo printed at Wolf Camera and going to the gym. There's always tomorrow. Things that will get done later today include the making of dinner (pork, mushrooms, veggies) and the folding of laundry.

As I mentioned above, I watched the Liverpool v Man U game yesterday. That required me to be at the Brewhouse for a 7:30am (EST) kickoff. After the game I returned home and did some chores. Midafternoon I headed out to Conyers for dinner and conversation with Herb and Eileen and Russ. It was a good afternoon/evening and the food was great (you can't go wrong with steak, mushrooms, salad and baked potato). I excused myself when they got ready to watch a movie, as I was already yawning. There had originally been a plan to catch up with Lauren and Matt later in the evening, but I pretty much just went to bed when I got home.

On Friday night I dined at the Local and played darts. John was in town so it was good to catch up and play darts against him - we haven't played darts together in some time. I'm still pretty much at the bottom of the ranks of the people I dart against, but I like to think I show improvement. I left relatively early (11ish) since (a) I was getting up early for the football, (b) I tend to get a little negative in mood with everyone else drinking around me and (c) the cigarette smoke gets to me a lot more when I don't drink (which may also contribute to (b)).

Thursday's poker went well, with me coming out ahead after having to buy in a couple of times. Makes up for my poor recent performances, although I'm still down for the year.