Monday Post and Run

The Independent reports that an article to be published next week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters will show that the melting of the Greenland ice sheets are occurring more rapidly than previously expected. Example: "Helheim glacier, a river of ice that grinds down from the inland ice cap to the sea through a narrow rift in the mountain range on the island's east coast. Professor Slawek Tulaczyk, of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told the IoS that the glacier had dropped 100 feet this summer. Over the past four years, the research adds, the front of the glacier - which has remained in the same place since records began - has retreated four and a half miles." Nice eh?

Ronalihno is the greatest soccer player in the world. Had the good foresight to have Laura tape the Real Madrid - Barcelona game Saturday. Barca went into the Galacticos house and administered a monumental spanking. Ronaldihno's two solo goals on 60 and 30 yard runs were things so sublimely awesome that even Madrid's home fans stood and cheered. 23 shots by the Catalans to Madrid's five. While the result was never really in doubt, this was the most entertaining game of the year. Truly why soccer is the beautiful game.

Oh, and Celtic humiliated Rangers at home 3-0 to put fifteen points between themselves and the men in blue. This victory combined with the money-fueled resurgence of Hearts and and just plain solid play by Hibernian means that there is a very good chance of something happening in Scotland this year that has not happened since 1986: a member of the Old Firm may win the Scottish Football League.

More later if I can squash a few lingering bugs that have been giving me fits.