but also pretty disgusting.

Michael Douglas’s ex-wife Diandra Douglas wants a cut from Wall Street sequel

Wow. Has she already gone through the $ 45 million divorce settlement?

’70s board game contains eerie BP oil spill scenarios

The game BP Offshore Oil Strike, which came out in the 1970s and is adorned with an old BP logo, revolves around four players exploring for oil, building platforms and constructing pipelines – all in the name of being the first to make $120 million.

But like the real-life oil game there are some big hazards, too. Players have to deal with the possibility of large-scale oil spills and cover cleanup costs. You struggle with “hazard cards” that include phrases now part of our daily vernacular, including: “Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick cleanup costs. Pay $1 million.”

After calling Germany’s midfielder Thomas Müller a “ballboy” and asking, in a mock German accent, “What’s the matter, Schweinsteiger? Are you nervoush?” and just generally behaving like a cheap imitation of a WWF announcer, I have no pity for prima-Maradona.

That said, what an amazing game. After 1:0 for Germany, I jokingly said: “4:0 would be really embarassing, wouldn’t it?” And then it really happened!

Here are some short vids of the reactions in Cologne, Germany:

The street I live on. This went on for hours…

Downtown mayhem

Bild is the equivalent, I’d say, to Englands “The Sun” - no quality reporting, but colorful and fun to read.

“Fresse” is German slang for “mouth” (kind of like “gob” in British English), so this means Messi will be gobsmacked

Advertisement for the department store C&A

No explanation necessary…

I’d like to think that this is just in reaction to Maradona dissing the German team, but who knows…

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

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.

(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?