Updates

The World Cup has finally started and the US team has already managed to embarrass. They played the Czech Republic yesterday afternoon and were made to look like a bunch of ten years olds playing against grown men. This is a direct result of the problem with American soccer; for sometime now international soccer has been focusing on the development and recruitment of larger young athletes for both club play and international levels. This is a trend that the US can't even pursue even if it were to do so, for the obvious reason, most American athletes are recruited to play the major sports, baseball, football, and basketball. These sports deplete the American athletic stock of coveted large athletes, usually six foot plus, around 200 pounds and able to run a 40 in 40. The American team yesterday looked like a bunch of frail boys compared to the more solid and put together Czechs.

It was possible for me to go to a game, the Italy vs. US game this weekend in fact, but could not get myself out of prior arrangements. I suck.

CNN.com is reporting that drinking coffee along with excessive alcohol abuse is beneficial to ones health, this is very exciting news for me, now I can continue to drink like a fish as well as continue my addiction to coffee and in the end everything will even itself out.

I am currently looking for a new job, which is really not going the way I expected it. I want to move into a new field, but it helps to have an idea of what field that might be.

Alberto, the season's first hurricane managed to surprise the hurricane center yesterday by reaching winds of up to 70 mph. The authorities spazzed and issued evacuations for parts of Florida's west coast. I can already tell that this hurricane season is going to be wrought with over reacting based upon last years disastrous outcome. This is going to piss people off and cause more problems in terms of motivating people to evacuate. How many times can you cry wolf? Look at how Floridians reacted to this one, they called it a "mosquito breeze."

Oh, and in case some of you are wondering what those really crummy images are? They are from the Pearl Jam concert I went to on the 3rd. I took them with my pathetic excuse for a camera phone. I had brought my digital, but was worried it might be confiscated or not allowed in which would mean a trip back to the car. So I resigned to leave it in the car. I now regret this decision as just about every single person entering the gates had cameras and all were allowed into the Meadowlands. Either way Pearl Jam rocked the house. They are bonafide rockstars and the type of band that can enjoy this level of longevity and a devoted fan base, and I challenge you to find a band in the last 15 years that can claim this.

Greatest graduation prank ever.

I hate idiots, and this guy is a big dumb idiot. Moron without a helmet.

And the Mets are awesome!