El Zen

We’re gonna win this thing.

This is massively disappointing.

Couldn’t be bothered checking for existing threads. The missus and I have booked flights to Lisbon for a week in July, and we’re looking for where to stay. The plan is to have two days in Lisbon, and five days in some small coastal town. Finding a place in Lisbon should be no problem, but I’m looking for a nice little town along the coast within an hour from Lisbon (either direction is fine.) Ideally somewhere not too touristy, nice sandy beaches, decent food. Ericeira has come up as an alternative, but it’s nice to have some options before we decide anything. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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The Swedes continue their absolute world class tifo game. Malmö FF this time, with a 3D display I’ve never seen the like of before:

They say money doesn’t buy happiness, but the missus buying 50% of my house and seeing my mortgage reduced from £315k down to £110k cheers me up a fair f***ing bit.

Injury free now, so can resume full traning. Haven’t done any pull lifts at all for months, and have done very little overall too. I have to force myself back into a proper routine now, as I felt like a f***ing newbie in the gym yesterday.

Lots of things, I’m sure. Golf. I used to be pretty good and would watch a fair bit on telly. Nordic events. I still like to go cross country skiing when I can, but used to watch it religiously every weekend as well. Haven’t watched a single race this season. International football. Haven’t watched a full Norway game in ages, I’m just not interested. Will be watching the Euros, though, even if Qatar caused significant harm to my interest in the big tournaments too. Films, to an extent. I was never the biggest film buff in the first place, but would always watch at least a couple of films a week at home. These days I might go to cinema twice a year tops, and at home I only watch Disney Pixar stuff with my son.

We had a good 10 cm overnight (KW.gif) here in Oslo, too. This word removed of a winter has lasted about four years now, f***ing sick of it.

AIK tifo from yesterday. Absolutely fantastic.

My dear late granddad couldn’t work out where the space button was on his old mobile, so he’d use + between each word of a text instead. Those texts read better than that FB post.

The struggle continues. 10 professional clubs are now officially, by membership vote, against VAR and their representatives are instructed to work for the discontinuation of VAR in Norwegian football. A year ago that number was 2. More importantly, those 10 clubs include all the «giants» of Norwegian football (in terms of membership): Rosenborg, Brann, Lillestrøm and Vålerenga. Well supported household clubs like Start, Bodø/Glimt and Strømsgodset and others too. Tonight there was a televised primetime debate on national television to discuss VAR. Our representatives argued our case very well. This is winnable.

Just finished Mario vs. Rabbids Kingdom. Great, great fun.

West Ham Volleyball Club.

He’s volleyballed it in. Can’t stand.