soapbox

Of many wonders I’ve just found while rifling through the massive pile on my desk, I found my broken cell phone with charger, and, dammit, my spare car key!  If I had only known that it were here a few weeks ago when i called the police to come break into it.  Now, if only my OSX Panther installation dvd would resurface so i can finally get iPhoto back on my laptop and download the recent pictures (including a nice shot of the rainbow the other day, over the stadium as i was on my way to the jewel to pick up dinner).  Also hoping a new battery will resurrect the wounded cell phone.  It sure ain’t pretty but i’m still holding out hope that it will be useable.

“I honestly can’t remember the last time a Germany team played football like that,” said a delighted Jurgen Klinsmann (German coach) after his side beat Sweden 2-0 in Munich.

Go Germany–all the way this year!

Germany became the first team into the quarter-finals of the World Cup as two early Lukas Podolski goals secured a comfortable 2-0 win against Sweden in Munich.

Watching the Italy-US match again, I am further enraged at the incompetence of the referee, he-who-shall-not-be-named. Not only did he rob us of a chance to get all three points, but he stole key starters from us for the Ghana match, since a red card means they’re suspended for the next match…

Moving on: Croatia-Japan’s match this morning was awful. A couple nice saves, a missed penalty, and two teams who don’t look like they belong. Why couldn’t we be in this group? Not to jinx the Aussies, but they may not even need a result against Brazil to advance. If they tie or win, they can win the group!