I'm not a strong union supporter. I feel that if employers act reasonably - which is in their best interest - then there isn't likely to be any need for a union. The days of unreasonable employers is gone.
Or so I'd like to think. But then I see something like this, and I think we're in 1919 all over again.
And this is from an academic institution! WTF.
October 29, 2007
October 22, 2007
A fine day for sports
Congratulations to Mike Weir and David Nalbandian for their victories on Sunday.
As a Canadian, I was very happy to see Weir win another golf tournament. He hadn't won one since 2004, so it had been a while. But after playing well in The President's Cup earlier this month, he added a few more tournaments to his schedule to end the season. Clearly, it was a good idea.
I was also happy to see Nalbandian beat Roger Federer at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament. I have nothing against Federer and nothing in particular in favour of Nalbandian. But I'm of the belief that it's boring when one person or team wins too much in a sport.
Federer is the king of the tennis world with people talking of how he might be the best ever. Even better is that he seems like a quality guy all around. Never getting upset or too full of himself. A class act as they'd say.
Nevertheless, I think it's good if he loses every once in awhile. And this week it was Nalbandian, who got his first championship of the season and first ATP Masters title ever in the most unlikely of manners. Nalbandian had to defeat the top three players in the world to take the title.
In the quarters, he beat number two Rafael Nadal and then number three Novak Djokovic in the semis before offing Federer, the world number one. It even seemed unlikely that he'd do so after the first set, which Federer won 6-1 in about 30 minutes.
But Nalbandian came back by breaking Federer's serve in his first service game of the second set and didn't look back to win the match 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The unlikely is an inherent attaction of sports, and when it's diminished - that is, when the outcome seems likely - a sport's attractiveness suffers. Of late, I've begun to think that the English Premier League is losing some of its attractiveness, because the last few years it has seemed so likely that the 'big four clubs' - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool - would be on top at season's end, and only their ordering was in doubt (i.e., who'd be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th).
That kind of certainty is boring and unattractive. It makes the EPL look like the Italian league, and no one wants that.
As a Canadian, I was very happy to see Weir win another golf tournament. He hadn't won one since 2004, so it had been a while. But after playing well in The President's Cup earlier this month, he added a few more tournaments to his schedule to end the season. Clearly, it was a good idea.
I was also happy to see Nalbandian beat Roger Federer at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament. I have nothing against Federer and nothing in particular in favour of Nalbandian. But I'm of the belief that it's boring when one person or team wins too much in a sport.
Federer is the king of the tennis world with people talking of how he might be the best ever. Even better is that he seems like a quality guy all around. Never getting upset or too full of himself. A class act as they'd say.
Nevertheless, I think it's good if he loses every once in awhile. And this week it was Nalbandian, who got his first championship of the season and first ATP Masters title ever in the most unlikely of manners. Nalbandian had to defeat the top three players in the world to take the title.
In the quarters, he beat number two Rafael Nadal and then number three Novak Djokovic in the semis before offing Federer, the world number one. It even seemed unlikely that he'd do so after the first set, which Federer won 6-1 in about 30 minutes.
But Nalbandian came back by breaking Federer's serve in his first service game of the second set and didn't look back to win the match 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The unlikely is an inherent attaction of sports, and when it's diminished - that is, when the outcome seems likely - a sport's attractiveness suffers. Of late, I've begun to think that the English Premier League is losing some of its attractiveness, because the last few years it has seemed so likely that the 'big four clubs' - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool - would be on top at season's end, and only their ordering was in doubt (i.e., who'd be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th).
That kind of certainty is boring and unattractive. It makes the EPL look like the Italian league, and no one wants that.
October 3, 2007
Mediocre day at golf
I was mediocre on the links today. Shot 51. It was disappointing after last week when I hit the ball really well off the tee, although I wasn't so good around or on the green, so I was only two shots better than today.
But I did win two holes last week, one with a birdie. This week, I had a chance to win a hole, but my second putt that was going straight for the hole jumped off line and rolled by. And I was long enough to get on the last green, but was just a bit off line so no money chance there.
Not sure how many more golf days there will be this year, but it was a lovely day to play today. Heck of a lot of leaves on the ground though, making it difficult to find your ball sometimes.
But I did win two holes last week, one with a birdie. This week, I had a chance to win a hole, but my second putt that was going straight for the hole jumped off line and rolled by. And I was long enough to get on the last green, but was just a bit off line so no money chance there.
Not sure how many more golf days there will be this year, but it was a lovely day to play today. Heck of a lot of leaves on the ground though, making it difficult to find your ball sometimes.
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