Here's a fun T&T fansite. I'm loving the music. Alas, it doesn't seem to be downloadable. Hey, there was even a story about World Cup music on NPR yesterday. Amusing, except the host pronounced it "socka" while introducting the T&T segment of the story -- egregiously stupid since the lyrics quite clearly said "soh-ca" only seconds after her mispronunciation. Big ups to Team USA for hanging on to draw Italy today. And bigger ups to Ghana for beating the Czech Republic. I'm pretty sure that group is still completely up for grabs going into the final games.
So there's this meme running around the internets -- go to wikipedia, enter your birthday and then write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths and a holiday.
Here's August 2nd:
events
first underground tube railway opens, London, 1870
sinking of PT-109, 1943
Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990
born
Wes Craven, Mojo Nixon, Kevin Smith
died
Fritz Lang, William S. Burroughs, Fela Anikulapo Kuti
holiday
Our Lady of the Angels (Costa Rica)
I love how there are now 4 scenarios which allow us to advance. As long as we beat Ghana, of course. I am soooo livid after the Italy game, which we should have won except for the worst officiating ever. At least he stole a goal from the Italians too, so I can't accuse him of favoritism. Go Sock Hop Warriors!
OK, I hate this meme thing - 'meme' being defined by me as "I am constantly speaking psuedointellectual doggy doo and I love the smell of my own farts" - but hey everybody loves their birthday, right?
Three of the greatest gaffes in American history were uttered on my bithday: Lyndon Johnson said "we are making progress" in the war in Vietnam, Nixon proclaimed "I am not a crook," and NBC cut away from a rather spectacular Raiders-Jets game so "Heidi" could start on time.
Births: Gordon Lightfoot, Howard Dean, RuPaul.
Deaths: Bloody Queen Mary, Robert Owen, Jorge Larrionda (though earlier would be acceptable).
And hey, it's Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day commerorating the beginning of the Velvet Revolution.