Why did the chicken cross the road?
According to FIFA, it didn’t.
The Christian Science Monitor’s take on the ridiculous referee blunders during this World Cup:
World Cup referees under fire as FIFA evades calls for new technology
Read this. And then feel foolish.
The Origin of the Word “Soccer”
For all you out there who love to complain when Americans, and certain others, call “Football”, “Soccer”, you should know that it was the British that invented the word and it was also one of the first names of what we now primarily know of as “Football”.
Update: My friend Tom says:”That was definitely written by a yank and is complete rubbish!”In fact, the article linked to above really doesn’t list any sources.
Wikipedia, however, might not exactly be a respected source in general, but it does list plenty of references on the origin of soccer.
I’m not saying any of it is true or not. I call it “football” myself, anyway. Just thought you might want to think about it. Why else would we call it “soccer” in America? We had to get it from somewhere and it certainly wasn’t from American Indians.
Another update: Here’s John Cleese’s input:
Thanks, Hans! I’ll think of you when Holland loses…
Jim Fallon, a neuroscientist at the University of California-Irvine had been studying the brains of psychopaths for nearly 16 years when he discovered that he himself has the “brain of a psychopath”. Not only that, he discovered he is related to quite a few murderers, Lizzie Borden being one of them.
Very interesting article. A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret
You can’t make this shit up.
The actual story isn’t even that interesting, but I think the headline is pretty funny.
Oh well, that was it then. USA lost against Ghana 2:1. I’m crushed, but it was a very exciting game and the Ghanesians certainly deservedly won. Better luck in 2014!
This article just about sums up how I feel today… 
America: F–K YEAH! A Historic Win, On the Front Lines
There is only one headline that fits this story: Holy fucking shit.
I’d say our team’s win today was also an elegant “fuck you” in the face of that referee who called the first goal “offside”. Where do they find these referees that couldn’t count to 21 if they were barefoot without pants?!
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Trapped Drunk NZ Driver Cracks Another Beer
The newspaper quoted defense lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, ”he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer.”
That takes balls. Or idiocy.
(Pardon my French, Mom)
Should be titled: Rant of the Day
So here’s some douchebag named Adam Hood (I had no idea who he was until now - apparently some *cough* singer) telling us he is a “converted gay man”. While sounding and acting faggier than a handbag full of sparkly rainbows and wearing a scarf with shiny gold threads. Um…ookay…
Here’s what I don’t get. Well, there are many things I don’t get. But anyhow. Christians believe that God created the human body, and generally just about everything. Homosexuals enjoy sex with a same-sex partner. So if God created their bodies, isn’t he logically responsible for this enjoyment? Why would God make something enjoyable that he is against?
What should you do if you find an Atheist?
If you find an atheist in your neighborhood
(you’ll notice them by the huge black triangles they wear on their sleeve)
tell a parent or pastor right away!
That is, if the parent isn’t busy drunk-beating their wife and the pastor isn’t busy molesting an altar boy. But hey, at least they’re Christians!
USA - Slovenia 2:2, not bad at all.
