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Comment on Wimbledon, Women’s Tennis, and Sexism by Tadhg

Tadhg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:41:59 +0000

Yes. For example, Mary Carillo is one of the commentators for this clip. It's from the 2003 Tennis Master's Cup, but was just the first one I could find, and I'm pretty sure she's done commentary for men's matches at the US Open.

Comment on Wimbledon, Women’s Tennis, and Sexism by Radegund

Radegund — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:25:47 +0000

It is pretty shocking to have it so baldly stated, yes.

Out of interest, do US channels ever have female commentators on men’s matches? I’ve never encountered this in the BBC coverage of Wimbledon – members of the fairer sex don’t seem to be considered competent to comment on the performances of their lords and masters.

Comment on Random Bay Area Photo 2 by Tadhg

Tadhg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:52 +0000

Nicole: This was taken in Union Square, San Francisco, facing West.

The images at the top of the page rotate, but the one I’m pretty sure you mean isn’t a painting, it’s a photo of me that’s been run through an image filter to look painting-like. I guess that filter works pretty well!

Comment on 1000th Post by Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:22:39 +0000

well done on the 1000th post good sir. I reached my thousandth photo on flickr last week – nothing like as impressive. it’s an amazing body of work you’ve created here.

Comment on In Memoriam by Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:17:35 +0000

Was thinking of you and of Edward all day on the 15th. He’s missed. Peace and love.

Comment on Random Bay Area Photo 2 by nicole

nicole — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:06:02 +0000

where was this taken? is it in san jose? and is the top of your page a painting??

Comment on In Memoriam by G man

G man — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:18:35 +0000

Our thoughts are with you, he was a lovely human being.

Comment on Swan by the Grand Canal by sandyd33

sandyd33 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:22:08 +0000

Hi Tadhg,

I love this pic, it’s unusual for a swan to let you so close to it’s nest! The fact that it’s adjusted to it’s surroundings is amazing yet it’s oblivious to it’s vulnerability from what you describe! Or has it got the bold Dub air about it!!!

Comment on In Memoriam by Eoin

Eoin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:32:20 +0000

Thinking of him. Thinking of you.

Comment on In Memoriam by Tadhg

Tadhg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:50:14 +0000

Helen: thank you.

Stephen: thanks. 1 year ago.

Comment on In Memoriam by Stephen Casey

Stephen Casey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:38:28 +0000

Didn’t know he died, sorry Tadhg. How long ago?

Comment on In Memoriam by Helen

Helen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:14:58 +0000

Oh, love. Thinking of him.

Comment on A Week of CrossFit by Niall O'Higgins

Niall O'Higgins — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:43:43 +0000

BTW the max rounds in 20 mins of pull-ups and 400m sprints is another benchmark WOD, “Nicole”.

Comment on Pensecola Christian College Regulations by jake

jake — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:59:57 +0000

I definitley see where your coming from. But when your there its really not that bad. 90% percent of the rules are outrageous and most students will admit to it, but it creates a great atmosphere for Christians

Comment on Squash Miscellany by monsun

monsun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:06:20 +0000

“apparently good players often have rallies lasting 30 shots. We don’t tend to have that, with many rallies lasting about three or four” – I just wanted to clarify (for those who do not know you well enough) that our rallies are so short because you are competitive and mean to me :P

Comment on Squash Miscellany by Stephen Casey

Stephen Casey — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:12:11 +0000

My guess is that you’ve picked up the hybrid english/american scoring as a result of playing as a teenager in some summer camp or other. We played to 15, score a rally, you’ve forgotten the latter part and retained the former.

For what it’s worth, 9 points, server scores works very well for 45 mins of exercise for two reasonably matched players playing best of 5 games. 9 points, score a rally works very well if you’ve got sponsors and advertising time to sell.

Cock your wrist, keep your racket up at all times, play to the corner aiming for a first bounce just behind the service box. Here ends the tuition of someone who’s consistantly beaten in his league games.

All that said, how the hell did you manage to start playing squash in The States? Raquetball seems to be by far the dominant variation, I couldn’t even find a squash racquet in the shops there.

Comment on The Tennis Scoring System by babygurl

babygurl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:11:16 +0000

do you think tennis is a great sport. i really don’t know because i’m working on it on physical education