Vive la France – NOT
If the French National team managed to accomplish one thing during the 2010 World Cup, it was too reinforce every negative stereotype against France. Putting the final touch on a truly classless performance on the field and off was French coach Raymond Domenech, who refused to shake hands with South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, following South Africa’s 2-1 victory over the French. From... [Read more]
Futbol, futbol, futbol, 2010
This has been an incredibly good World Cup for Latin America and, yes, for the USA. As Father Orthoduck looks at the World Cup standings, he is quite surprised at the number of Latin American teams that are in the top two slots of their groups. Meantime, this has been a very bad year for the European teams. It is as though Europe has been falling in a soccer black hole. The current standings are: Group... [Read more]
Neither England nor Algeria score, a scoreless tie
June 19, 2010
| by Fr. Orthoduck | 1 Comments
Incredible! England and Algeria tied yesterday in their group World Soccer game. [For those of you expecting serious Orthodox postings on days of important World Soccer games, uhm, you might be disappointed.] This means that the USA is actually in second place in their group with Slovenia being in first place. It also means that they have a rough job coming up for them. In order to advance, they need... [Read more]
Posted by Fr. Orthoduck on Saturday, June 19, 2010
Tags: miscellaneous
USA and Slovenia tie
USA 2 and Slovenia 2 Who would have thought it? Actually more than one commentator thought that the USA had won the game, except our third goal was taken away from us by the referee. As usual, this will lead to a lot of debates as to whether there ought to be some type of instant replay allowed, given the possibilities of today’s technologies. Nevertheless, this was an unexpected result. And,... [Read more]
USA and Britain tie in futbol (soccer)
Okay, I agree that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with Orthodox theology. But, THE USA TIED BRITAIN IN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD CUP!!!! There are no heavenly choirs singing, but certainly quite a few happy residents of the USA, whether they are here or stationed abroad. Britain is in a state of disbelief: Goalkeeper Robert Green suffered a World Cup nightmare as England were forced to settle... [Read more]
Memorial Day 2010
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informationPosting suspended for a couple of days
My stepfather passed away around midnight yesterday. My father died when I was seven, and my mother remarried a few years later, so he has been the “dad” in my life since then. I spent all of yesterday involved in the inevitable set of rounds one must make, church, funeral home, cemetery, etc. Now I swing into the weekend services that every priest has. On Monday is the funeral, but I will... [Read more]
OrthoCuban and granddaughter
For those of you wondering why OrthoCuban has been a little irregular in his posting lately, see the photograph at the right. Yes, that is OrthoCuban with our family’s newest grandchild. She was just baptized this past Sunday. I would think about posting something on the blog via my laptop, then I would look at my granddaughter and . . . . Well, what would happen is that my laptop and this blog... [Read more]
Posted by Fr. Ernesto Obregon on Monday, April 19, 2010
Tags: miscellaneous
Earthquake in Papua New Guinea
A 6.3 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea yesterday morning. This continues the string of earthquakes that have been hitting populated areas on a regular basis for the past several months. The volcano in Iceland continues to spew ash and lava, grounding nearly 20,000 flights in Europe and making it necessary for the President to cancel his flight to Poland for the funeral of the President of Poland.... [Read more]
Grandbaby road trip
April 16, 2010 | by Fr. Ernesto Obregon | 0 Comments
Just made it in to North Carolina today. Tomorrow our youngest grandchild is being baptized. Yep, I get to baptize our grandchild. Will try to post something tomorrow. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Grandbaby road trip", url: "http://www.orthocuban.com/2010/04/grandbaby-road-trip/" }); Read More →
