There is a saying that football (soccer) is the beautiful game in the world. But after watching the extreme violence and brutality of football fans in the movie “The Football Factory,” I was left to wonder if that saying was an irony.
This movie unfolds the dark world of British Hooligan culture thats replete with booze, [...]
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The Official FIFA world cup is approaching the 100 year mark since its beginning in 1930 in Uruguay.
It took forty years before the world saw an African country participate in the world cup. Morocco became the first country to qualify in 1970’s Mexico City world cup. The team lost in the first [...]
When I was 22, which was 6 years ago I read a book called Quarter Life Crises. Although I don’t remember which one, it was true stories of young twenty something’s that committed suicide or other atrocities on themselves based on stress caused by life after college.
Student loans and perplexity on the [...]
I love dabo very much, that is why I prefer to get a sandwich to a plated meal.
I eat a sandwich at least five a week I think, whether it’s a philly cheese steak, to a chicken pesto with roasted red pepper in olive bread panini. They have one called the Manhattan [...]
I love my mother. She’s a strong and loving person. But sometimes she is unbearable. As long as I can remember I have translated things, filled out forms, and made phone calls on behalf of my mother.
Although never discussed it was always assumed anything that involved speaking English would be handled by me. Oh I [...]