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it took a few months in 1989 to unify germany, but it didn't feel unified until after a few days of the world cup. it does now. there are flags everywhere, mostly german. this taxidriver from ghana i know drives with a ghana flag on his merc, he says every day people give him friendly shout-ups (&qu...

what's nicer than watching a game with french girls, when the french win well enough to qualify for the next round!?!

this, without doubt, is one of the finest times of my life

the city has changed its color: 50 thousand dutch fans are here, and they are everywhere

everybody here is surprised how loveable the english are. they came here in hords (50k at one point in my town), they are constantly drunk, they sleep by the riverside, 160 of them dove into the river after the first game, they are fat and sunburnt... but they are pleasant and fun-loving. it's quite...

i watched the poland/german game last night with a lovely couple originally from eritrea but now naturalized german, and a fine 87 year old jewish lady whos family had been murdered in auschwitz, spent 1943-93 in Brazil but likes it better here. our team of course includes two swell polish guys and ...

summarily speaking marky, it is john paul young's, and is a highlight of the 70s in my book. just like george mccrea: a sound once ridden, forever smitten. getting back to the games: so much i could write, so little time! so i will economize and write at least one little thing a day, but not much mo...

i won't be writing much about the individual games. i don't have the time and i don't have the ability. for those of you who wnt to know what is going on, let me steer you to the excellent guardian/observer football blog at

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/index.html

there is such an atmosphere of pleasure and well-being everywhere, it's just great. i went to my croatian grocer a few minutes ago and talked shop and we exchanged jokes and some passerbyes joined in and it went hilarious. i live in town center and i hear the faint sound of tv's on with sports hacks...

overworked and overpaid that i am, i haven't even done the obligatory trips to the local team headquarters. brazil is staying in königstein, a nice castle town about a half hour from here. they say the team's hotel (and vincinities thereof) is a place of virgil for the nicest brazilian girls. i wil...

your interest is appreciated, good friend. however -- as coincidence has it, i am currently working 16-hour days, which really sucks. there is this 100-aspirin job that is really costing me my nerves, but what can you do? anyway, i can only post here sometimes, which may or may not be often. sorry! ...

he usually has some interesting things to say...

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/interna ... 15,00.html

Ringleader Of The Tormentors: howzit?!?

tom: whathappentohim?!

there is so much disagreable to be said about germans. their rudeness, their naivity, their unthinking idealism, their love of animals and dislike of children, how they think ugly things are less superficial than beautiful things... 'talent-killers' is what volker schlöndorff calls his people. i co...

ok i know this is not new. but it really does have legs (on my playlist, at least). i have been listening to it since around easter. the songs are great -- strong and varied, lyrical and foul, and recorded in a nice clean sound. the musicians are superb, especially bass & guitar. and doherty is ...