Scooter Chronicles

This time it’s the men’s French Open champ and England’s lovable loser.

Rafael Nadal was beat by Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. It was pretty well known, as it has been for years, that clay specialists win the French Open and little else on the men’s side. Since 1982, only Andre Agassi has won other Grand Slam events along with the French Open. Nadal even said he didn’t expect to win Wimbledon this year, knowing his grass game was weak. Still an upset to not see him at least get to the quarters.

As for Tim Henman, he lost to Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Again, it’s a shame to realize that Henman may never win Wimbledon. He has played well in the...

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It has been a few months since Marcia and I have headed over to Pinball Parlour. For a time there we were going every Wednesday. Then after my surgery we didn’t do much of anything for a while. But now that we have gotten settled in with the move, and live closer to Pinball Parlour, we decided to head over there last night. And for the record, I played terrible. Very rusty. Still fun though.

We went out to eat at the local Applebee’s before. I am not a big fan of going and sitting down there or at places like them (TGI Fridays, Chili’s, etc.). They get so crowded and fast. But we got there early enough and got seated right away. The one thing I have always liked...

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