Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - Funniest video of the World Cup

This wins it hands down. The guys who put this together even came up with two versions. This is the more up to date version. You can find the originals here: http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_football/2367907.html

Things I Like - Mediamonkey

In general I have always been fairly late to the party where digital music is concerned. In high school, I only had one disc of music that had been lent to me by a friend, and I played it on the most basic version of winamp there was. No different skins, no apps (though I don't think apps really existed then). My stay in digital music purgatory lasted until college, where I discovered the glory that was Napster. Backed by the power of the colleges T1 servers, I went on a music downloading binge. 24/7 that program was running on my laptop. I was still playing it all on winamp, but at least I had some quality music to play. After college I got my first iPod and iTunes has been a constant and often frustrating companion since then. Recently though I have been getting truly fed up with it. The software is bloated, taking up massive amounts of ram and constantly tries to get you download Safari and Mobile Me. You also never truly get rid of the feeling that you are somehow Apple's bitch. The worst aspect of the program however, was how difficult it made sorting, relabeling and adjusting your files. Most of the time, changes had to be made to individual tracks, and when your library is in excess of 5,000 songs and podcasts, that is just unacceptable. So, spurred by the fact that my girlfriend needed a program that would allow her to rebuild her library from her iPod, I searched for a suitable alternative. I found Mediamonkey.

Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - Germany vs. England

It is hard to put into words the significance of this match up to those who have never followed international football It is the classic rivalry of the football world. I will try my very best to explain why.

Imagine two nations that are utterly football crazy. The one nation invented the sport and is home to the best professional league on the planet. This nation is extremely proud of its footballing tradition and at having produced some of the best footballers in recent times. However, international greatness has proved frustratingly elusive, having won only one World Cup title so far.

The other nation took the sport invented by the first and married it with the works of Sun Tzu while parring away anything supercilious like flash and style (and fun some would say). While that country's home league may not be the be the best in Europe, internationally the county's team has been one of the most successful, garnering three World Cup titles and more final appearances than any other team save possibly Brazil.

Now imagine the most intense sports rivalry you know of. Think Yankees-Red Sox or Celtics-Lakers. Now multiply it by 40,000, feed it a heady mixture of tequila, schnapps, PCP and meth, dip it in gasoline, set it on fire and point it in the direction of Fallujah circa 2004 and you might approach the level of intensity that surrounds Germany vs England friendly matches.

As with all things, the reason for the intensity of this rivalry can be found in their shared history.

Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - ...and now for something completly different...

For the first time on this blog, a genuine moment of Schadenfreude.
*ahem*
MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT YOU TOMATO SUCKING, HAIR GEL ABUSING, BITCHY PRIMADONNAS??
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR KICKING US OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT 4 YEARS AGO IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!!!
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!
NO MORE FLOPPING AROUND AND CLAIMING YOU HAVE BEEN MURDERED WHEN A DEFENDER LOOKED AT YOU SIDEWAYS!
GO ON GET OUT OR WE'LL BRING ZIDANE BACK FOR A FAREWELL HEADBUTT IN THE NADS!!
SUCK IT LONG AND SUCK IT HARD SPAGHETTI FRESSER!!
GO HOME TO YOUR MAMA! 
Thank You

Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - I Love Football

I love football. I love it in a way that I cannot possible love other sports. Don't get me wrong, I love basketball and there is nothing more relaxing a game of baseball in the late summer. But football truly is the beautiful sport. No other sport can have me nervous before the game has even start. Screw biting my nails, I was way past the cuticles for this Germany vs Ghana match, I was chomping on my knuckles. And the match proved to be be worth the name "Preliminary knock out game".

Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - Make up

In order to make up for my missing a week of posts I now present you a few pictures of the games:

Irish pub in Frankfurt called Waxy's where I watched the US vs. England match. I have no idea why it was called Waxy's.

The American Flag with which I proudly proclaimed my allegiance. There was an even mix of US and England supporters and the atmosphere was fun and collegial rather than barely contained rage. A nice change of pace from English fans.

Chicken wings! The most American of foods!!

Kilkenny!

Place was packed by the time the match started!

Flips less than glorious World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza - WTF^10??!!

WTF??!!! 9 yellow cards?? Sending off Miroslav Klose for a neglible foul?? Podolski misses a penalty?? No yellow card when a Serbian player basically hugs the German goalie??? The Lakers won the NBA Finals after being down 3-2?? If the US loses against Slovenia I will willing go into exile!

---Addendum----

So the wave of what-the-fuckery continued well into the US-Slovenia match. In a instance of egregiously bad refereeing, the arbitrator of the match ruled our a perfectly legitimate goal that would have assured victory for the Boys in Blue and made their ascension to the next round all but assured. No I am not kidding, look at the tape the only way anyone was offside in that scenario is if the four Slovenian defenders turned out to have been photo-shopped into the picture.

I am still too angry and disappointed to talk about the Germany-Serbia game. Schadenfruede, while thematically appropriate to my blog, will be met with harsh reprisals!

An to all you out there who are reveling in the Celtics loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals rather than celebrating in a Lakers victory. I have plans for you. Oh yes you know who you are, and now you know I am coming for you. Be afraid!!!

---Additional Addendum----
England vs Algeria, 0-0...really, I am no longer sure what to think. Both England and America will be desperately needing a win in the next go around, and it would seem they both have their work cut out for them. Those games will be the ones to watch.