"In his domestic administration my father had this system . . . to keep a journal and insert in it all occurrences of any note . . . A record very pleasant to look at when time begins to efface the memory of events, and very well suited to get us out of perplexity: When was such and such a thing begun? When completed? What retinues came? How long did they stay? Our trips, our absences; marriages; deaths; the receipt of happy or unhappy news . . . An ancient custom, which I think it would be good to revive, each man in each man's home. And I think I am a fool to have neglected it." (Montaigne, Book I, Essay 35 (publ. 1580))

Monday, September 05, 2005

Muller loses one on his own

In the interest of journalistic integrity, it must be reported that Gilles Muller got his butt kicked in the very next match following his incredible coup (see post of August 31, below). Straight set defeat against a pedestrian opponent: 1, 1 and 4. But in my opinion this does not reflect on Luxemburg as a country, it was just an individual shortcoming. I think he just needs to eat more, since he's 1.96 metres tall and only weighs 75 kilos -- how can he expect to compete at the highest level? More data on our ex-hero is at http://www.usopen.org/en_US/bios/profile/ms/atpma30.html.
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