World Cup 2006: England v. Paraguay

[Thanks to Mike and Patti for inviting me, Vinny, and Stein over for an early Saturday morning World Cup viewing.] Great start for England as Paraguay hits an own goal on a header! Paraguay’s keeper injured, earliest keeper change in World Cup history. Terrible...

World Cup 2006: Poland v. Ecuador

I’m not going to be able to blog the game concurrent with the action (thanks, kids!), so let me just pass along my general impressions. First, neither of these teams will beat Germany. Second, I think today’s result, 2-0 to Ecuador, probably moves them...

World Cup 2006: Germany v. Costa Rica

Germany 4, Costa Rica 2: OK, here we go! 40 seconds and we have our first foul. Huh, looks like the ref has a headset of some kind. Looks like something Britney Spears would wear. Fortunately she’s not calling the game. Germans with early run of play and a...

World Cup 2006

Yes, sports fans, this is the post you’ve been waiting for. First off, Mac users go get yourself a copy of Germany 2006 – World Cup. This will let you track the standings and, ultimately, see just how improbable a US advancement past the second round...

Happy “Monday”!

Some fundamentalist Christians are in a bit of a twist over the ominous 6/6/6 abbreviation of today’s date. I don’t know that it would make them feel any better if I said that I renounce Satan and his evil ways inasmuch as I can, given that I don’t...