Not one of those groovy hippies, I’m more a wannabe hippy who tends to have an opinion on pretty much everything

I lol’d.

I’ve just been reading about Joey Moss, the locker room attendent for the Edmonton Oilers (they’re an Ice Hockey team, you phillistine), who happens to have Down Syndrome. It’s easy to be patronizing about & to Downs sufferers so I hesitate to use the word “heartwarming”, but really it’s the best one for this story.

There’s potential for high drama in the Barclay’s Premiership today as Liverpool face Man U in a clash that we may well look back on as being the season’s biggest decider.

Liverpool trail United by 7 points and the mancs are in stunning form. Liverpool have struggled for consistency but have shown they can beat anyone on the day – a solid win over Man U earlier in the season and Tuesday’s steamrolling of Real Madrid demonstrates that.

I’ll be rooting for ‘pool of course, as all right thinking people would. If we can beat the mancs today the title race opens right up again, and while the maths would still be in United’s favour Liverpool have shown time and again they can come back against all odds. It’d be crazy to confident of a win at Old Trafford, but I think Liverpool will take the day through sheer heart. My prediction: 2-1 Liverpool.

Full time update
4-1 to Liverpool. My prediction was well off. Damn

This morning the confirmation paperwork for the cruise holiday I mentioned a few weeks ago landed on our doormat, and with the day off work (man flu) I had nothing better to do than flick through a load of brochures, excursion timetables and deck plans. Fun times.

Opening the big packet of info from Virgin Holidays was a bit of a surprise at first: Mrs. Hippy & I had done most of our planning around Mediterranean cruises and I thought we’d settled on one of those, so I was a bit confused to see a bunch of Royal Caribbean brochures spilling out into my lap. Turns out the “C” in “RC” isn’t mandatory, and the ship we’re sailing on, “Independence of the Seas”, actually cruises the med.

The brochures & leaflets were boring but I did spend an entertaining afternoon plotting our route on Google Maps, so the second stage of Operation: Cruise hasn’t been a total wash. I’m almost beginning to look forward to this ridiculously expensive boat ride.