Exhausted, broke, and almost blind. My devotion to the game is starting to put major strain on relationships, work and life. But we do what we do. It was a damn fine thing to stay up till the sun began to rise to see the US trounce the Mexicans. I’m just amazed that in a world where US embassy’s are shut down because of the real fear of fanatical retaliation after a soccer match that Tiger Woods winning another round of golf can still be the number one sports story.

My friend Elizabeth has pointed out how terrible it is that I continue to link book and media selections to the one -click union busters over at amazon.com, when a perfectly viable, friendly and unionized (ILWU local 5) book store exists at Powell’s books. So as soon as I stop watching soccer and start reading again I will link those selections to Powell’s and other employee friendly alterna-bookstores whenever possible.