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SCM v STWM 27 Jun 2013 | 08:35 am
Hi. It’s been a long time. Anyway, today I signed up for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM). Not the “marathon” part of it, but the 5K run. 5K may not seem like a lot to you, but it i...
Football Philanthropy 31 Jan 2013 | 07:56 am
Note: I never say "football," but I can never pass up on alliteration. Here’s a little fact you may not know about me: my career, my profession, my 9 -5, is in philanthropy. I work in a Foundation w...
Round and Round She Goes... 10 Jan 2013 | 10:42 pm
Sonja has come down with a case of nasopharyngitis (to quote her, “I’ll wait while you wiki”) and so I am going to blog today to pick up the slack. Because God forbid 90 Minutes of Hopp doesn’t get u...
A Swiss Soccer Sneak Peak! 12 Nov 2012 | 06:18 am
It's been a week since I have returned from my Swiss Soccer Sabbatical (you can read my travel journals on Soccer Newsday here and here) and I plan to give you a full write up on my adventures. For th...
Allez 16 Oct 2012 | 08:18 am
Tonight, during dinner (this was before the blue-cheese-in-the-eye incident), I found myself humming “we’re going to Brazil” without even realizing it. The truth is, I am excited and nervous and terri...
A Missio Thanksgiving 6 Oct 2012 | 07:37 am
The following is an email I received from my father this morning: "Simply unbelievable. Couldn't watch the second half - went to Markham Library. Couldn't stand it - got on the computer there. Let ...
90 Minutes of Updates 6 Oct 2012 | 07:30 am
Darling, You may have noticed some changes to the blog. This is because I am an idiot, fucked around with the settings, and have no idea how to fix it (I spent an entire night crying about it, it was...
Sonja Not Sepp 24 Sep 2012 | 06:12 am
Well, it’s finally happened: I have booked my ticket to go to Zurich. I am going for a few reasons: to see Young Boys play Udinese in Europa, as a break from the disastrous “Summer of Sonja,” to see ...
OMG JDG 18 Sep 2012 | 07:05 am
Hiya. So I am back after a mini sabbatical. Well, a sabbatical from 90MofH, I still did scribblings for The Guardian every now and then (plug!: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/sep/14/mls-...
CLQ: Part One 23 Aug 2012 | 08:27 am
“I nostri colori splenderanno per sempre Alè Udinese” is what's stitched into my scarf (the one that hangs above my bed, or, during games, is wrapped around my mouth to prevent me from hyperventilatin...