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Posted by rags on September 20th 2005 in Sports
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A few weeks back, I went to the Anaheim Duck Pond-home of the mighty ducks hockey team-to watch the World Badminton Championships.

I returned after witnessing a miracle at the pond.

“What! Badminton in Los Angeles?” … You may ask.

Badminton is not exactly well covered by the US media. But it is immensely popular in California amongst the Asians … Popular enough that some rich guys had enough influence to get the IBF (International Badminton Federation) to hold it in LA.

In any case, I booked tickets for the entire week as soon as it was announced. Due to work, I could not go for all of that time; but decided to attend from the quarter finals onwards.
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Posted by rags on July 14th 2005 in Humor, Raves
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Not sure what the proper blogging etiquette is…

Is one permitted to reproduce unoriginal material while taking a break from trying to become the bard, accidentally, by following Papi’s method?

Anyway someone sent me this today and i wanted to share it before i forgot….

Thought for the day:

There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer’s research. This means that by 2040 there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them…. If you don’t send this to five old friends right away there will be five fewer people laughing in the world!!!!

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Posted by rags on July 04th 2005 in Raves, Sports
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It is somewhat fortunate that Wimbledon still sticks to referring to the Men’s championship as Gentlemen’s championship. Roger Federer is making the tournament his own and there no better player that fits the description. Almost everyone is in agreement that if he keeps up this level he will be the greatest player of all time. History is the only yardstick, when you so thoroughly dominate the next two in the ladder.

Rod Laver, is the measure that everyone pulls out when you encounter someone with historic potential. One does not have to go too far back in time when this was done. But Pete Sampras lacked the all court, all surface, all departments greatness that Laver and Roger bring to the table, although Pete was probably the greatest server of all time.

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