Oh My Omar

I have an Omar Vizquel Cleveland Indians t-shirt jersey (basically this, but blue) that I picked up at a thrift store (charity shop) probably four years ago now. I figured that he was probably about to retire and when he did I'd start wearing it around in honour of one of baseball's best defensive shortstops. We'll Omar is still going and while he does, the Indians have another fantastic fielding SS in the form of Asdrubal Cabrera. He made the play above (not sure if you can see it direct from the blog) a few nights ago and I immediately thought of Omar.

(Sorry about the bad quality. Plus skip to :35 to see the good stuff).

QE II

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne dontcha know?) with an extra long weekend.

It was a pretty big deal. She's only the second English monarch to reign for 60+ years. Her great-great-grandmum Victoria reigned for 63 years and 7 months.

In honour of the Queen I have composed a song to the tune of 'God Save the Queen' or 'My Country Tis of Thee' whichever you prefer.


God save the good queen Liz.
She's the best in the biz.
God save the queen.

She's reigned for a long time.
I'll celebrate with rhyme.
Now, I've run out of lines.
God save the queen!