Charlie

Unfortunately for tennis, Tennis Australia is probably most at fault here. If they had simply said that every participant in the tournament had to be vaccinated, period, Novak probably would have opted out of participating rather than deal with an argument over his vaccination status. By setting up a procedure for exemptions, without getting a written commitment from the government to accept the results of that procedure, they gave the government leeway to make their own decision about who would be allowed into the country to participate. Claiming that allowing Novak to play would give ammunition to Australian anti-vaxxers is obviously a political decision, made after the government realized that Novak would be one of Tennis Australia's exemptions. I expect that heads will roll at Tennis Australia in coming weeks. Novak must realize that all this is a preview of what may happen at the other major tournaments this year, in light of the fact that he is the only one of the top contenders who is not vaccinated. The longer he maintains that status, the harder it becomes for him to retain his top ranking, or to surpass Rafa and Roger as the GOAT in major titles.

Probably just showing off his newest abdominal tat.

Sadly, the Kokkinakis match wasn't even shown on US television, although all Barty's matches in Adelaide were.

I have old friends (a straight couple) who can't get enough cruising. They had several cruises already booked when the pandemic hit, and all of them were cancelled, but with future credits. As soon as the ships started sailing again, they were off, and they have already done two, in Europe and the Caribbean. They just came back from one which they said was great because the ship was much emptier than usual, since they had to jump through so many hoops just to get clearance to go, and some of the original stops had been dropped. They had to wear masks in the public areas, and there were noticeable changes in traditional things like buffets, but on the whole they found the experience satisfying. Of course, that was before the first reports of a couple of cruises returning with passengers who had contracted COVID during the cruise, even though all of them were vaxxed.

This looks like a Rubens painting.

All hat and no cattle? Nah, he's got plenty of beef.

That means that the final decision will be made only two days before play starts. What about the others, like Renata Voracova, who were told that they were exempt and then kicked out? If Novak is allowed to play, they deserve some kind of compensation (I understand that Voracova is already suing Tennis Australia). I doubt that Novak will give in and get vaxxed now; that will make him look weak back in Serbia. Roland Garros and Wimbledon are still five months away, and the COVID protocols could change before then. I wonder, however, about the big tournaments in Spain before then; I understand that the Spanish govt is already looking into his appearances there in December, when he supposedly had been tested positive but didn't reveal that.

I saw her with the Ronettes at one of Murray the K's concerts at the Brooklyn Fox in 1962. They were a back-up act, however: the featured performers at that event were Martha and the Vandellas singing "Do the Mashed Potato." (Does this date me?)

There was no explanation given for the delay of the draw, so most observers assumed it had something to do with Djokovic, but that was never confirmed. I don't envy Hawke, who is going to be criticized no matter what decision he makes, or what reason he gives. The whole mess insures that they will not be referring to the AO as "the Happy Slam" this year.

In fact, the draw ceremony did take place only a couple of hours later, and Novak was seeded #1.

Those of us who have been here for a long time do feel somewhat possessive towards the site. For the 10K+ of those who are already members, I Iove "Hooville.org," but it means nothing to newcomers looking for a site like this. "Guysroom" has the advantage of mentioning the relevant topic (guys), a play on a familiar term (men's room), and a reference to Bill (Guy Fawkes). Kudos to @JEC for that suggestion.

A wonderful artist. I especially remember seeing her in "Dialogues of the Carmelites" at the Met in 1977.

That certainly is not the image I have of a Vandy student.

That may have been copyrighted by Arby's.

There are many phrases, sayings, etc., in other languages that many readers understand, that certainly don't need to be translated. A long passage in another language, however, does make extra work for our poorly paid moderators 😉, not to mention a reader who doesn't know the language and doesn't know how to use a translator app. What probably should not be allowed is commentary in another script (a possible exception might be Cyrilic), where the moderator might not even be able to identify the language (do any of our moderators read Urdu?).

Given everything else on his ad, it seems unusual that one of his hashtags is #mormon.

While all this legal wrangling goes on, Novak has been sitting in a hotel, not able to practice for a tournament that starts at the end of this week. If he does get to participate in the tournament and doesn't do well, he will have a good excuse. BTW, I have heard nothing about the visas for his team. Were they vaccinated, or did they have the same kind of exemption he had?

Someone doesn't have spell check.

Man-to-Man (or Man2Man) The male room workers Men Talking about Men The Men in the Band

Well, he doesn't actually know how to use a comma properly.

Funny new icons are gone!! All the old ones are back again!! I can sleep soundly tonight.😴

I just did clear my cache on Firefox, shut it down and restarted Firefox, but I still have the funny new icons.

Djokovic made a choice not to be vaccinated, which he had to know carried a risk for his participation in the tournament. Whoever handled his visa application made an error by choosing the wrong kind of application. Tennis Australia and the Victoria government made an error in choosing a procedure for exemption from the vaccination requirement to get into the state and the tournament grounds, without getting assurance from the federal government that the procedure would also allow the player to get into the country first. Choices have consequences, and these choices turned out badly for Novak, but ultimately he has to face the fact that he was responsible for the initial choice. Now there is the possibility that because he arrived without a proper visa, he could be banned from re-entering the country for three years. If he accepts responsibility for the debacle, I hope the government will choose to waive that requirement next year. The Serbian President is not doing Novak any favor by turning it all into an international incident.

I'm getting that on my desktop.

Whatever the name is, it has to be clear to someone searching for a site like this what the site is like, and discourage someone searching for something totally different (Rentboy was a superb choice for that). I am surprised that no one has suggested the obvious: the-men's-room. However, that would seem to exclude members like Fresh Fluff. I am wracking my brain trying to think of something accurate and easy to remember.