Cricket, Music and Wimpdom

Yes okay I know Wimpdom isn't really a word but it does sum a certain part of my day up.

Started the morning by flicking through the Sky Sports channels and came across an absolute gem. Australian cricket opener Dave Warner hit the fourth fastest test century in the history of the sport - 69 balls. He destroyed the Indian attack and reached his century with a huge six.

The programme was only spoiled by the commentary team who seemed obsessed with getting Tony Greig to agree to wearing a Mankini. There's something very unwholesome about Middle Aged men trying to regain their youth and be trendy whilst they are just being sad. The image of 6ft 7in Greig wearing such a garment is too painful to think about.

Felt in rather reflective mood during the afternoon by playing one of my favourite all time albums - just an Old Fashioned Love Song by singer songwriter Paul Williams who is relatively unknown but wrote many of the Carpenters' hits such as We've Only Just Begun and Rainy Days and Mondays. Also re-visited Sweet Baby James, a very patchy album by James Taylor but one that contains one of my favourite all time songs "Fire and Rain." Some pieces of music just hit the spot with stunning lyrics. They don't come much better than "I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain, I've Seen Sunny Days that I thought Would Never End, I've seen Lonely Days When I could Not Find a Friend, But I Always Though that I'd See You Again.

As for the wimpdom well I should have gone to the gym but it was cold and wet so I chickened out although I did manage a two mile walk.