09 June 2006
T minus Zero
The Day is here. Let World Cup Fever reign and productivity plummet dramatically in every industry, every economy.
Costa Rica vs. Germany at 12 noon ET. For those of you who read Spanish, or even those who don't (what the hell) check out this Tico blogger who will provide some impassioned commentary (maybe?) about Costa Rica's World Cup run.
Making me think, "Wow, I really wish American news media gave this better analysis" is a pretty cool graphic from the Costa Rican paper Nacion that outlines their country's match-up vs Germany. Who knows, maybe the NY Times will come up with something similar for the US game. Anyway, you must be thinking, "what the hell is a picture of a sloth doing in this post?" Well, the answer is this: I took that picture of a sloth last summer in Costa Rica. He is a Costa Rican sloth. He is rooting for Costa Rica today, as am I. Pura Vida! He is also exhibiting the productivty rates I mentioned above.
What else do I have to celebrate opening day? How about this great Joga Bonito clip on the US team's new center of media attention, Oguchi Onyewu. Gooch is awesome and has been a favorite of this blog for a long time. As I said back then, if the US is going to be successful in Germany, Gooch will be a big part of it. Here's the clip:
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The Day is here. Let World Cup Fever reign and productivity plummet dramatically in every industry, every economy.
Costa Rica vs. Germany at 12 noon ET. For those of you who read Spanish, or even those who don't (what the hell) check out this Tico blogger who will provide some impassioned commentary (maybe?) about Costa Rica's World Cup run.
Making me think, "Wow, I really wish American news media gave this better analysis" is a pretty cool graphic from the Costa Rican paper Nacion that outlines their country's match-up vs Germany. Who knows, maybe the NY Times will come up with something similar for the US game. Anyway, you must be thinking, "what the hell is a picture of a sloth doing in this post?" Well, the answer is this: I took that picture of a sloth last summer in Costa Rica. He is a Costa Rican sloth. He is rooting for Costa Rica today, as am I. Pura Vida! He is also exhibiting the productivty rates I mentioned above.
What else do I have to celebrate opening day? How about this great Joga Bonito clip on the US team's new center of media attention, Oguchi Onyewu. Gooch is awesome and has been a favorite of this blog for a long time. As I said back then, if the US is going to be successful in Germany, Gooch will be a big part of it. Here's the clip:
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