Since it is unbelievably, extremely, shockingly cold in some areas of the country, I figured today I'd provide a little warm-up... and I'll be the first to admit that things haven't been terribly cheery and/or motivated here at W&C lately... so there's nothing better to cure that than with an infusion of "Fine Wine'.
The good news is that it's the middle of summer Down Under (I will refrain from any mention that the expected high here in Phoenix today is 73 degrees and that's just the start of a warming trend thru the weekend) and that is certainly better news when it comes to what tennis players are not wearing during practice sessions for the Australian Open (starting here in the States, this Sunday evening)
Now these three players aren't really my favorites (some anything but, bunch of cry babies!), but I have to admit that they are all looking good. From left to right... never got the Andy Roddick thing, but his "core" is certainly looking solid... Andy Murray is looking like he may have negative %s of body fat... and this may be one of the few times you see the enigmatic and fiery Russian Marat Safin in a good mood these days.
Unfortunately, this ends the shirtless portion of this post.
I am guessing you can believe that our city is just orgasmic over the Cardinals being in the NFC Championship this coming weekend. I find it all quite amusing. A couple of years ago, it would often be the case that at Cardinals games there would be more "fans" cheering the opponents than the hometown team... but these days everyone is marching around in Cardinal red and their bandwagon likely resembles a clown car at the circus.
I have to admit I have watched the last couple of games... and while the Matt Leinart was all the buzz when he was acquired by the Cardinals a few years back, it has been vet quarterback Kurt Warner that has excelled and brought the team to the brink of the Super Bowl (ok, I've officially put the jinx on now!). Much like Roddick, I didn't quite sign on to the whole drooling over Leinart thing... just too much flash, bravado, pretty boy thing for my taste... and really there is not much to quibble with this...
Kurt has certainly made it easier to to watch Cardinals game! If the Cards do make it to the Super Bowl, let's just say for me personally "Go Daddy" will have more to do with Mr. Warner than any provocative commercials for an Internet web hosting company.
But back to the tennis world, if Kurt did have a younger, hotter, Spanish cousin... who doesn't mind taking off his clothes for a good cause... I think Fernando Verdasco fits more than the bill
... and at least in tennis, there is no such thing as a penalty for "excessive celebration"
Go ahead and guess just how excited I am to be flying home to Melbourne in less than 10 days! Go on, guess ;)
Happy Belated New Year to you both :)
Posted by: Craig | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM