Porqua Zizou Porqua?

A great soccer game, and a fun World Cup was marred by Zinedine Zidane getting himself kicked out of the final against Italy.

Zidane still got the Golden Ball as best player in the tournament.

Zidane scored the first goal of the game early on a penalty kick, that hit the cross bar and came straight down, right behind the goal line.

Italy tied it up a few minutes later and the two teams didn't score for another 100 minutes or so.

The game got very boring at the end as neither team had enough stamina or onions to try to make something happen and risk losing the World Cup.

We had a wedding to go to so I watched the second OT and the penalty kicks in a hotel lobby while an annoyed Kate waited for me. Luckily, I made it before the ceremony started.

Italy made all five of its penalties, and France only missed one, when it hit the crossbar and bounced almost straight down, but unlike Zidane's it came down in front of the goal line.

I really enjoyed watching World Cup but I won't get into the EPL (English Premier League) but I will look forward to 2010 in South Africa when expectations will be high and the U.S. will flame out early again.

It's a real shame that Zidane went out the way he did. The story of the whole World Cup was that he is retiring from international and club play. I must have heard Dave O'Brien say that 1000 times. He just completely lost his cool.
I think the Italian guy flopped a little bit, even an Andre the Giant headbutt to the chest shouldn't send a grown man sprawling. It'll be interesting to see if Zidane is still remembered as one of the best players ever, or if this incident mars his whole legacy.

Everybody Loves Ethnic Diversity

Mike & Stacey's Wedding: The Ceremony

Mike & Stacey's Wedding: The Bride & Groom

Mike & Stacey's Wedding: The Dance-off

Mike & Stacey's Wedding: Pictures of Paul

Mike & Stacey's Wedding: The Cake

Happy Birthday

To my old best friend, The Concierge. Hard to believe but he and I have pretty much been friends our entire lives. Famously, I attended his Bar Mitzvah and have the shirt to prove it (somewhere). Whether he's fishing or eating braised short ribs, he is always a good source of material for this blog, even though he refused to follow up on my Ask the Concierge column idea. And no, I didn't mean aficionado. Also, I'm a few minutes later with this post, his birthday is July 8th.

For Pat Kiernan Fans

Pat Kiernan's VH1 quiz show finally hits the air on Monday July 10th. The "World Series of Pop Culture" will run every night next week (July 10th-14th) at 10 PM (Eastern and Pacific) and then on Thursday nights only for the next three weeks.

Mrs. SCZA Gets a Push

The Fox station in Boston finally, put up a profile of Sharm aka Mz Scz.

The Funky Bunch Helps Austin

DWM (Driving While Masturbating)

Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin was served with a civil suit accusing him of crashing his Escalade into a parked car in front of a supermarket because he was drunk and watching a pornographic DVD.
Griffin said a day after the accident (which occurred in May) that he crashed his car because he was reaching for a cell phone that had fallen off his lap. The complaint alleges the crash occurred because he was "under the influence of alcohol" and masturbating while watching pornography on a TV set in his dashboard.

The suit alleges "Defendant Griffin was under the influence of alcohol and negligently not paying attention to the direction of travel ahead of him due in part to the fact he was watching a pornographic DVD which was displayed on a mounted in-dash DVD player, located near the steering column, in his Escalade video. He was manually manipulating his genitals which he described to a witness, after the accident, as “jacking off.” DVD jackets with pornographic titles “Anal Action” and “Privates” were seen in the driver/passenger area of the vehicle. The items were viewed by the officers at the scene, whereupon they laughed."

The plaintiffs claim the cops didn't conduct a sobriety test even though Griffin was visibly drunk. He can allegedly be heard and seen on the store's video and audio recorders saying "I'm drunk" and "I'm fucked up" and saying "whatever" 69 times in 24 minutes. He also put his sweatshirt on inside out.
The plaintiffs also blame the Timberwolves claiming they tried to get his Escalade out of impound to remove to the porn.

Trying to Keep Up with Jeff and Bill

Excessive Flatulence

It is well-known around CNN that Larry King has a farting problem. Reportedly, they keep a fan under his chair to blow his noxious fumes away from guests. Watch this video and tell me if you think he rips one as he is saying good-bye to Star Jones.

And So She Grows

My littlest niece, Jenna is almost a week old and she already has her own website. My brother-in-law promises to track her progress on andsoshegrows.com.

More Dancing Videos

Happy Birthday

Happy 2nd birthday to my new best friend, Diesel. I know a lot of readers find it weird the transformation I've undergone from fear of dogs to love of dogs but you can give 90% of the credit to this beloved pooch. It's been two great years with him (minus 7 weeks from when he was born to when we got him). At first I thought I could never live with him, now I know I can never live without him. Even though, he wouldn't pose for these birthday pictures.

Worse Than Hatch

Survivor Thailand winner Brian Heidik shot a puppy with an arrow in his backyard.
You may remember him (if your name is Pizza Parlor Derek) from his soft porn career, before Survivor.
At about 3 a.m., his wife called to report that he was outside and that he had shot a puppy that was on his property with an arrow and planned to shoot another one.
Heidik told a judge he thought the dog was a coyote that has been harassing his pets.
When police arrived Heidik fled in his car but was quickly caught and taken back to the home where the incident occurred.
Both the wounded puppy and the second puppy were turned over to animal control officials to determine who they belonged to.

Jeff Vs. Bill

I Love the Hora

Look for my left hand on the back of Stacey's chair, supporting her and preventing a fall.

Finally

After 2 days in the hospital my sister finally had Jenna Ryan at 5:50 PM on July 1.