Matty’s Chronicles

Stories and photos about people I know personally (or just know of) and the things they do. These stories are for entertainment purposes only. The findings and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily mean anything more.

21 December 2005

Winter Solstice


Sunrise on the Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The Winter Solstice is today December 21, 2005 and everyone living in the northern hemisphere can now look forward to 6 months of days that gain day light each day.

Charlie Brown's 40th Christmas


A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted on TV in 1965.
For more info about "A Charlie Brown Christmas" click here.

Business of being Santa


Greg Mohl as Santa Claus, a recent graduate of Santa School. For more info about Greg Mohl click here. For Santa job Opportunities click here.

14 December 2005

Olympic Flame tour


Italian sports journalist Marco Mazzocchi makes his way up the Spanish
Steps in the opening stages of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Flame tour of
Italy. The flame is planned to cover 11,300 kilometers throughout Italy involving 10,000 torchbearers, gondolas, a Ferrari sports car and a cavalry regiment before arriving in Turin for the opening ceremony on February 10, 2006. For more info on the
Olympic Flame tour.

Sciopero dei giornalisti di RAI

Last Saturday's match between Fiorentina and Treviso the journalists
of Rai were on strike therefore there were no comments, graphics or extra
productions shown on television. This match aired live in its entirety
around the world with just the audio and video feed from the stadium. It
was such a refreshing way to view a soccer match one felt almost as if they
were actually there, in Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze.


For more info on RAI http://www.rai.it/


Fiorentina's Emilov Valeri Bojinov escapes from Treviso's
defender Marcello Cottafava. Florentina won the match 1-0.

For the table of results click here.


Fiorentina's Luca Toni, and Treviso's Hernan Dellafiore during the Italian Serie A top league soccer match Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005.

Chadwick brothers in the bath


Ian and Ralphie are two Canadian kids trying to keep clean and having fun while doing so.

09 December 2005

Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006


Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA President Sepp Blatter walk on stage before the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals draw in Leipzig Germany. For more info click here: http://www.fifa.com/ or click here: http://wm2006.deutschland.de/EN/Navigation/Home/home.html

Pele smiles at the 2006 World Cup draw in Leipzig. World Cup holders Brazil and the other 31 nations competing in next year's finals will learn their first-round opponents when the draw today.

Winner of the Talente 2006 competition to design an Adidas ball, Seren Yanilmez, holds her winning design while standing for a photo beside Franz Beckenbauer.