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High School Librarian. NH guy. Cricket fanatic in the US. Oldish beginning cricketer. Open minded. Fantasy sports loon. Jazz kind of owns me at the moment. Go Heels!!
Someday I will be too old and too tired to play cricket 🏏 Today is not that day
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Someday I will be too old and too tired to play cricket 🏏 Today is not that day
I just saw a post that suggested that to have a happy and healthy life, I need to avoid dickheads and not carbohydrates.
Accurate
Accurate
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I just saw a post that suggested that to have a happy and healthy life, I need to avoid dickheads and not carbohydrates.
Accurate
Accurate
Just tried to schedule an appointment to get the Covid vaccine. Apparently I'm not eligible.
September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Just tried to schedule an appointment to get the Covid vaccine. Apparently I'm not eligible.
Today we level the front garden.
Fresh start next year.
Fresh start next year.
September 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Today we level the front garden.
Fresh start next year.
Fresh start next year.
Just an absolutely perfect morning cricket. Good group of friends. Gorgeous weather. Solid play. Lots of fun.
Not much makes me happier.
#Cricket #PlayCricket #HeavyTennisBallCricket #CricketSky
Not much makes me happier.
#Cricket #PlayCricket #HeavyTennisBallCricket #CricketSky
August 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just an absolutely perfect morning cricket. Good group of friends. Gorgeous weather. Solid play. Lots of fun.
Not much makes me happier.
#Cricket #PlayCricket #HeavyTennisBallCricket #CricketSky
Not much makes me happier.
#Cricket #PlayCricket #HeavyTennisBallCricket #CricketSky
About to draft my eighth fantasy football team. To be fair, each team is in a league with a different for mat so it's not that crazy.
Except it is.
#fantasyfootball
Except it is.
#fantasyfootball
August 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
About to draft my eighth fantasy football team. To be fair, each team is in a league with a different for mat so it's not that crazy.
Except it is.
#fantasyfootball
Except it is.
#fantasyfootball
My older cat rolls around happily when I sing to her. She seems to especially like Jonathan Richman songs,
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My older cat rolls around happily when I sing to her. She seems to especially like Jonathan Richman songs,
Given the current drumbeat to not hire from India, and the desire to eff with H1B's, many of my cricket playing friends are rethinking their decision to live here.
I can't blame them.
I can't blame them.
August 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Given the current drumbeat to not hire from India, and the desire to eff with H1B's, many of my cricket playing friends are rethinking their decision to live here.
I can't blame them.
I can't blame them.
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Barney Ronay is one of the finest sports writers and, if you've ever wondered about the elusive appeal of test cricket, this is worth a moment of your time.
Well done to India & England.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Well done to India & England.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Are you not wowed? Bazball, India and a one-armed man deliver drama and beauty | Barney Ronay
England’s Baz-era has been maddening to many but this was another moment it gave us utterly thrilling cricket
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Barney Ronay is one of the finest sports writers and, if you've ever wondered about the elusive appeal of test cricket, this is worth a moment of your time.
Well done to India & England.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Well done to India & England.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Siraj gave Duckett a spray and shoulder-checked him
Probably cost him a match-fee fine 😜
Meanwhile Bumrah is making it spit like a cobra from the nursery end!
#ENGvIND 🏴🏏🇮🇳
Probably cost him a match-fee fine 😜
Meanwhile Bumrah is making it spit like a cobra from the nursery end!
#ENGvIND 🏴🏏🇮🇳
July 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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This is just the ninth time in Test history that scores have been tied after both teams' first innings 😯
The last time was between England and New Zealand at Headingley in 2015 #ENGvIND
The last time was between England and New Zealand at Headingley in 2015 #ENGvIND
July 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is just the ninth time in Test history that scores have been tied after both teams' first innings 😯
The last time was between England and New Zealand at Headingley in 2015 #ENGvIND
The last time was between England and New Zealand at Headingley in 2015 #ENGvIND
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Recorded this day, 1984: Audio from Pori Jazz Festival. This is probably an FM recording, and very good too, although the mixing engineer seems oblivious during the first few minutes.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis- July 12, 1984 Urheilutalo, Pori
YouTube video by Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive
youtu.be
July 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Recorded this day, 1984: Audio from Pori Jazz Festival. This is probably an FM recording, and very good too, although the mixing engineer seems oblivious during the first few minutes.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Who are your favorite contemporary jazz artists? I am partial to Samara Joy, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau, Defeayo Marsalis, Bill Charlap, and Chris Potter for openers
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
July 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Who are your favorite contemporary jazz artists? I am partial to Samara Joy, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau, Defeayo Marsalis, Bill Charlap, and Chris Potter for openers
#jazzsky
#jazzsky
Why is a universal care ethic so radical in a nation rife with followers of the poster child of a universal care ethic?
July 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Why is a universal care ethic so radical in a nation rife with followers of the poster child of a universal care ethic?
I can't even imagine how much my hands would hurt keeping wicket for Joffra Archer #cricket #cricketsky
July 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I can't even imagine how much my hands would hurt keeping wicket for Joffra Archer #cricket #cricketsky
England Cricketers: We're in the entertainment business. No draws.
English weather: Hold my beer.
#cricket #cricketsky
English weather: Hold my beer.
#cricket #cricketsky
July 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
England Cricketers: We're in the entertainment business. No draws.
English weather: Hold my beer.
#cricket #cricketsky
English weather: Hold my beer.
#cricket #cricketsky
Today, life got worse.
July 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today, life got worse.
Selling something on FB marketplace for the first time. Been ghosted three times so far. Is this typical or am I just lucky like that?
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Selling something on FB marketplace for the first time. Been ghosted three times so far. Is this typical or am I just lucky like that?
Just a week out of school and I already look and feel so much healthier.
Sometimes I forget how draining education can be.
Sometimes I forget how draining education can be.
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just a week out of school and I already look and feel so much healthier.
Sometimes I forget how draining education can be.
Sometimes I forget how draining education can be.
Best day for cricket so far this season. Im sweaty AF. Also happy AF
June 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Best day for cricket so far this season. Im sweaty AF. Also happy AF
Glad midsommar!!
June 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Glad midsommar!!
Oh, hi summer vacation!
#schoolsout
P.S. The kids were a tiny bit feral today. Such is life in June in a public high school. :)
#schoolsout
P.S. The kids were a tiny bit feral today. Such is life in June in a public high school. :)
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oh, hi summer vacation!
#schoolsout
P.S. The kids were a tiny bit feral today. Such is life in June in a public high school. :)
#schoolsout
P.S. The kids were a tiny bit feral today. Such is life in June in a public high school. :)
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Yup lol 😆 🤣 😂
June 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yup lol 😆 🤣 😂
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Truly one of the most transformative artists in American musical history, who merged Rock and roll with R&B and created something new. RIP Sly Stone , your music will live forever!!!
#JazMusic
#JazzSky
#SlyStonr
#STAND
#JazMusic
#JazzSky
#SlyStonr
#STAND
Sly Stone, visionary funk frontman of the Family Stone, has died at age 82
The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.
www.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
