This isn't some kind of amazing personal discovery, or even that unusual or funny. But Aki Riihilahti's online diary is one of my favourite things on the web.
Aki is a first division footballer with Crystal Palace. He's from Finland, and has a very different attitude to most professional sportsmen. He also writes wonderfully down-to-earth yet moving diary entries in not-quite-perfect English. These two pieces are among my favourites. What a gent.
Posted by biondino at April 29, 2003 12:20 PMYou make me sick, with your 'amusing' banter. You were a spunk stain at university and you are still now. What sort of fool has a beard anyway? Belle and Sebastian are the worst band ever, like Gershwin.
Posted by: Sergio Sokota on April 30, 2003 01:42 PM