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In tennis usually the top seed does alright. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (2), Australia, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (1), Italy, 6-0, 6-1. But not yesterday. Tennis is trying to promote the value of women’s doubles, by saying it’s exciting, and the new no-ad scoring (to make it faster) is better and so on. But yesterday, the 2 took out the 1 in nothing flat. It was a 43 minute pathetic effort by the top seeds who just had no skills whatsoever. Exciting? No. I heard moans of people wanting money back for the quality of this match. It’s definitely not worth having on television. However, Rennae Stubbs is pretty fun to watch. She’s a Aussie who’s sort of like the Yoda of women’s doubles. 56 titles now, and counting. A few grand slams, so she’s for real. She’s in her mid 30s, born in 1971, gets hyped up, and is an outspoken lesbian. She has a hard serve, handles volleys well, and overall, is pretty tough, but according to her wiki entry, as only got as high as 64 in singles! Read this article on her.
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In tennis usually the top seed does alright.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (2), Australia, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (1), Italy, 6-0, 6-1.
But not yesterday. Tennis is trying to promote the value of women's doubles, by saying it's exciting, and the new no-ad scoring (to make it faster) is better and so on. But yesterday, the 2 took out the 1 in nothing...
Awesome journalism. Syringe font? Amazing. Barry Bonds did his thing, broke the 755 mark, that from when I was a little kid thought was impossible. I remember the Hank Aaron baseball cards which I couldn’t get, were the most coveted for me. More than Mantle, DiMaggio, Ruth, Pete Rose, George Brett, all of them. The record is now in the hands of Barry Bonds, and guess what? I have his rookie card. It’s too bad, I care more about the graphics of the NY Post than Bonds, the record, or even the controversy. I also no longer care about the Hank Aaron card as well. He’s now number 2, soon to be number three when A-Rod does his thing in a number of years. But don’t forget the number you should care about? 868 That’s the real number. As the Beastie Boys said in “Hey Ladies”, “And I’ve got more hits than Sadaharu Oh.” It should be homers, but oh well, they’re close enough.
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Awesome journalism. Syringe font? Amazing. Barry Bonds did his thing, broke the 755 mark, that from when I was a little kid thought was impossible. I remember the Hank Aaron baseball cards which I couldn't get, were the most coveted for me. More than Mantle, DiMaggio, Ruth, Pete Rose, George Brett, all of them. The record is now in the hands of Barry Bonds, and guess what? I have his rookie card....
Comicon photos. Mostly around the booth. I swear, we didn’t get out much. See David Horvath, Nanospores, Jeff Soto, Mark Murphy, our booth, Tom Devlin, Guy Delisle, Dan Nadel, Scrappers and Bwana, and many others. Here’s some more photos, including the GR sponsored bonfire pics via Anne Ishii
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