Sorry, Arkadiusz. Your time atop the standings has been cut short by an ABSOLUTE THUNDERBOLT.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sivasspor's Manuel da Costa.
Bring the rain.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Inigo Martinez Speculative Rip of the Week: Arkadiusz Piech
WHO????
Arkadiusz Piech, that's who.
I had never heard of him, either. Mainly because he plays for Zaglebie Lubin, a (Wikipedia....) top-level Polish professional team based in the undoubtedly historic and prosperous city of Lubin.
Anyway, the guy sees a defender in front of him and, rather than try anything strange like passing or dribbling around him, he just uncorks a long-range missile attack into the back of the onion bag. Good on ya, Arkadiusz. Early contender for Name of the Year.
Arkadiusz Piech, that's who.
I had never heard of him, either. Mainly because he plays for Zaglebie Lubin, a (Wikipedia....) top-level Polish professional team based in the undoubtedly historic and prosperous city of Lubin.
Anyway, the guy sees a defender in front of him and, rather than try anything strange like passing or dribbling around him, he just uncorks a long-range missile attack into the back of the onion bag. Good on ya, Arkadiusz. Early contender for Name of the Year.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Inigo Martinez Speculative Rip of the Week: Benny Feilhaber
An absolute peach of a goal from former USMNT/ New England Revolution player Benny Feilhaber. Kids, that's the way you pull off the outside of the foot half-volley.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
I'm Getting Kind of Worried About the Environment
Not a new subject. Everywhere you turn, there's another study/article/blog post/news item/massive fundraiser. Basically, we're destroying the only planet that we're able to live on because we've created a lifestyle that demands machines with extraordinarily high levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
This is changing the chemical makeup of our atmosphere to such a degree that the average air temperature is heating up.
This in turn makes ice melt in large quantities and seawater expand as it warms.
Which directly contributes to more (and more violent) storms, rising sea levels, and unpredictable weather conditions.
We know this.
The question is, what do we do?
Now, on a large scale, I have no idea. I'm not a scientist or politician or mover and shaker of millions of people.
But I read a quote from someone somewhere (that's how all inspiring quotes are attributed these days) that said something like: "Just because you only make a small difference does not give you an excuse to do nothing."
We can't expect to just wait around doing the same shit every day, wasting electricity/water/gas, and then have some celebrity coalition or summit of multibillionaires decide to swoop in and save the world. It's not going to happen like that.
It's the most cliched thing in the world, but it's true. We need to change the way we act in a bunch of small ways every day. If you do a little bit, and you tell your friends to do a little bit, and they pass it along, eventually most people will be imperceptibly contributing to the planet's health, instead of its destruction.
What do we do? Simple shit. Don't drink out of plastic water bottles. Turn lights off when you leave the room. Unplug your phone/computer charger when you're not using it. Don't drive like a fucking maniac with your foot stapled to the floor. Don't sing the entirety of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the shower.
To be a bit over-the-top for a second, the Earth is dying. No, wait, let me rephrase that, because it's not a passive thing. We are killing the Earth. It's not going to stop any time soon, but we can slow it down in a million ways every day. Just keep it in the back of your mind as you're going through your day.
It's important.
This is changing the chemical makeup of our atmosphere to such a degree that the average air temperature is heating up.
This in turn makes ice melt in large quantities and seawater expand as it warms.
Which directly contributes to more (and more violent) storms, rising sea levels, and unpredictable weather conditions.
We know this.
The question is, what do we do?
Now, on a large scale, I have no idea. I'm not a scientist or politician or mover and shaker of millions of people.
But I read a quote from someone somewhere (that's how all inspiring quotes are attributed these days) that said something like: "Just because you only make a small difference does not give you an excuse to do nothing."
We can't expect to just wait around doing the same shit every day, wasting electricity/water/gas, and then have some celebrity coalition or summit of multibillionaires decide to swoop in and save the world. It's not going to happen like that.
It's the most cliched thing in the world, but it's true. We need to change the way we act in a bunch of small ways every day. If you do a little bit, and you tell your friends to do a little bit, and they pass it along, eventually most people will be imperceptibly contributing to the planet's health, instead of its destruction.
What do we do? Simple shit. Don't drink out of plastic water bottles. Turn lights off when you leave the room. Unplug your phone/computer charger when you're not using it. Don't drive like a fucking maniac with your foot stapled to the floor. Don't sing the entirety of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the shower.
To be a bit over-the-top for a second, the Earth is dying. No, wait, let me rephrase that, because it's not a passive thing. We are killing the Earth. It's not going to stop any time soon, but we can slow it down in a million ways every day. Just keep it in the back of your mind as you're going through your day.
It's important.
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