OK…there really aren’t fireworks. Our budget doesn’t allow for that. I am tired because I had to take teenage daughters to the new Twilight movie at midnight and got called in to work on 3 hours sleep. Your picture is after the jump. Have fun and make as much noise as you want. I’ll be [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Last Call – This Week with FIREWORKS!!
Posted in Last Call on June 30, 2010 | 45 Comments »
MLS Pick’Em – Week 14
Posted in MLS Pick'em, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houtson Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, PPL Stadium, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC on June 30, 2010 | 18 Comments »
The return of MLS after a short World Cup Break saw the New York Red Bulls continue their winning ways, had the Philadelphia Union winning their inaugural game in PPL Stadium, and had two of our pick’em players going 6 out of 8. It also saw more than a few of us go for 1 or [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers…will be delayed.
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010 on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If I’ve learned anything as a teacher it’s that your students will hold you to what you say/write even if- especially if- you make a mistake. What you “meant” doesn’t really carry any weight with them even if they know- especially if they know- that you made a mistake. Guess what? I made a mistake.
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal, Cacau, Chilean National Team, Controversial Referee Decisions, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Silva, Fernando Torres, Food That Will Kill You, German National Team, Japanese National Team, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Paraguayan National Team, Portuguese National Team, Rafa Benitez, Spanish National Team, Valencia, World Cup 2010 on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while perusing the fattiest foods in all fifty states…
The USMNT – Where do we go from here?
Posted in USMNT, World Cup 2010, tagged Bob Bradley, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 29, 2010 | 18 Comments »
The United States men’s national soccer team went to South Africa, won their group, advanced to the Round of 16 and lost a close, hard-fought match to the best African side in the tournament. Glass half-full? Glass half-empty?
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: The Orphans
Posted in General, Ross County, Turkish Super Lig, Western Mass Pioneers, Whimsy on June 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
There are all sorts of reasons that a shirt might go without the ubiquitous “sponsor’s logo” emblazoned across the front. Perhaps the club feels that its shirt is so iconic that they would not consider sullying it with crass advertising as was the case at Barcelona until 2006 when, much to their credit, they decided [...]
“When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people’s throats.” – Frank Lampard
Posted in USMNT, Weekend Open Thread, World Cup 2010, tagged England, Germany, Sunday open thread, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I know you’re all expecting a post-mortem on yesterday’s festivities in Rustenberg, or a massive preview of today’s England-Germany clash, but I just don’t have it in me this morning. As I said last week, it really takes me some time to sort through my emotions and feelings toward a match and yesterday’s will be [...]
“All you can do is play how you know how to play.” – Clint Dempsey
Posted in USMNT, Weekend Open Thread, World Cup 2010, tagged Ghana, Saturday open thread, USMNT, World Cup 2010 on June 26, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Now that we’re FINALLY through the somewhat interminable Group Stage of World Cup 2010 (Did you SEE the second half of Brazil-Portugal and Spain-Chile yesterday? Brutal.) we get to the matches that will determine the outcome of this tournament. The Round of 16 starts today with no rest for the wicked. The United States and [...]
