march 2nd
You will all be glad to know that young José managed to call to my house today and take my scooter away for reparation, a mere 4 days after he said he’d be here. Perhaps he stopped for a sandwich and a weekend of debauchery on the way? Either way the bike is gone, and I’m not holding my breath until it’s fixed.
Also, some of you might have noticed a few problems with the site over the last day or two. Those problems should be fixed shortly as I move my server to a new data-centre that isn’t run on solid fuel and tin cans with string to carry the data.
In the world of Arsenal there’s a bit going on this morning. An interesting piece in the Telegraph from Henry Winter (who is an Arsenal fan you know) about Arsene Wenger driving off on two goal hero Edu while he was trying his best to piss into a paper cup. Seriously. Thierry Henry talks about how much he owes the boss (presumably for not driving off on him when he was trying to piss into a cup), and the recently rumoured link-up with Dutch side Willem II has been put on hold for the time-being because Willem II can’t piss in a paper cup, or something. This all-in-one article from The Sun has Henry on being a Streetfighter, Platini on how Arsenal are a beautiful team to watch, and Rami Shaaban (bless you) on his desire for showdown talks with AW.
Meanwhile young José – the classy footballer and not the tardy motorbike mechanic – has spoken about how much he wants to win trophies at Arsenal, and how the biggest adjustment he’s had to make to life in England is the weather. He says “It is very cold here in London. I had seen snow before when I played abroad with Spain. But in Seville — never!”
Those of you who remember May 26th 1989 might be interested in this bit on Arsenal World. They’re putting together a book of people’s anecdotes, stories and reports from that night with all proceeds going to the Mark Fisher Trust which raises money for people with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Hodgkins disease, the disease from which former Gunner David Rocastle died. It’s for a great cause, and it’s about probably the most nail-biting, exciting, arse-clenchingly brilliant night I can remember as an Arsenal fan. Get busy though, they want to get the book out to celebrate the 15th anniversary coming up this May. I’m currently finishing my story about how I was pissing in a paper cup, Mickey Thomas scored, and well….I just don’t want to go into the rest of it.
