So… the Steelers have been installed as 7 point favorites and according to the sports pundits the Cardinals need not even bother to show up.The Steel Curtain is going to shut down the Cardinal offense , knock Kurt Warner silly and the Pittsburgh offense is going to do it’s part as the Steelers wallop the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
SuperBowl Predictions and Menu
Posted in Food, Sports, Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cricket RoundUP: S.Africa-Australia, All-rounders, The confectionery Stall, Cricketnirvana.com
Posted in Cricket on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SouthAfrica – Australia: The Proteas series wins over Australia in the Tests and the ODI’s are as impressive as the Australian shellacking of England a couple of years ago. True, the South Africans did lose a couple of matches but one was after the Test series had already been decided. When one considers that the Springbok’s victories were won on [...]
Men, Women, Stress and Longevity
Posted in Daily Life, Life, Thoughts on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was having breakfast with my wife this morning when she mentioned that ,at the hospital where she works, the oldest patient was a woman aged 102.I said it wasn’t surprising that the patient was a woman rather than a man, since it’s well known that women live longer than men. The discussion took off from [...]
George W. Bush’s SAT Score
Posted in Daily Life, Life, Random, Thoughts on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was going through some old clippings when I came across an aticle ” “Should SATs matter ?” in an issue of Time ( March 12, 2001). In exploring the subject, Time listed the SAT scores of several prominent Americans. They make for some interesting reading.
Many of these scores were earned more than 30 or 40 years [...]
The NFL Championship Round: by a Giants Fan
Posted in Sports on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a terrific game . Football at it’s best. I am referring , of course, to the Arizona Cardinals-Philadelphia Eagles Game . It had everything a football fan could ask for. A potent Cardinals offense which looked as if it would run away with the game; a terrific comeback by the Eagles which saw them [...]
A Marvelously Simple Solution
Posted in Culture, Humor, Random on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About eight years ago I used to teach a course on the N.Y.C. Building Code. The lectures were for three hours each and the Code is not exactly fun. Besides my students were dragging after a full days work.To sustain their interest, I would try to come up with anecdotes such as this one…
For obvious reasons,the [...]
NFL Playoffs : from a Giants Fan’s Perspective
Posted in Sports on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And so it ends. The Giants are out of the playoffs. I had been expecting it because , purely from a statistical point of view, a repeat Super Bowl triumph seemed unlikely. When the G-men beat the Carolina Panthers in Week 15, I allowed myself a brief flicker of hope but it was not to be. [...]
Australia – S. Africa Tests, Graeme Smith and Captaincy
Posted in Cricket on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Australia – South Africa Test Series: Wasn’t it a humdinger ? When the statisticians mentioned , before the series, that S.Africa could take over the No. 1 spot by beating Australia 3-0, I thought it was a foolish speculation and an impossibility. Guess what ? South Africa came awful close. Had it not been for the [...]
