Oh Europeans, you and your crazy little quirks. Like your teeth and your smell and your love for disgusting foods like liver and tripe and your driving on the wrong side, no not the left side, the WRONG side of the road. And did you guys know that there was an octopus- I’m sorry, an […]
Truth time: No, I did not wake up at 6:30 this morning to watch the USA vs Slovenia World Cup match, but from the screams of agony I heard from my living room, apparently there is quite a stir going on surrounding a foul called on Maurice Edu, USA World Cup player, that cost USA […]
Do you ever experience second-hand embarrassment? When watching a particularly terrible American Idol audition do you cringe and occasionally have to leave the room? Does watching the horrific acting on Grey’s Anatomy make you ache for the time when actors knew how to cry and didn’t just smoosh up their faces like they have to […]
Sorry, readers. I got your hopes, dreams, and probably a certain tangible body part up when I promised you a post featuring the hottest South African Exports yesterday, and then I failed to deliver. You have every right to flog me via angry comment. I’d like to say that I burned my fingertips off on […]
Day one of the World Cup is like Christmas as a kid, except that this Christmas involves heavily drinking before noon and spouting obscenities at the TV. Actually… now that I say it out loud, yes. The World Cup is exactly like Christmas. We’ll all lay in bed tonight, trying to fall asleep, with images […]
Bad news, Ivory Coast fans. Didier Drogba, your inspiring captain who I most recently described as “big, strong, and fast” has… *sniff*… a broken arm, and will most likely not play in the the World Cup. According to the AP, he’s had surgery and has returned to training camp, but the team will wait until […]
I happen to have a good friend whose birthday falls of day one of the World Cup, and because of my new found love (confused curiosity) of “footy,” I casually suggested we throw a World Cup themed party for our friend — record the first game in the morning and then watch it at night, […]
I’m going to admit something that may well get me beaten and shackled within the confines of my cubicle here: This weekend, I forgot about the World Cup. I just forgot it existed. There was basketball on, and drinks to be drank, and I just plum forgot that the world’s most watched sports tournament was […]
