Seen today: second half of England getting by Paraguay. I thought England looked okay, not stunning. Reaction on the UK sites I've been reading was somewhere between horror, disgust and resignation ("oh not, not again..."). Missed the Soca Warriors of T&T laying a 90 min. beatdown on Sweden to get out w/ a surprising 0-0 tie. Have been watching on and off (while working on building some tomato cages) as Argentina is getting past Ivory Coast (or Cote d'Ivoire, or Costa de Marfil).
Moving on from futbol to Vegas, here (via scrubbles.net) is a selection of menus and programs from swanky oldschool Vegas in the 60s. I was esp. impressed to see the Congo Room.
Ah, so sorry you missed the Soca Warriors. I now know I have made it as a soccer fan - from early on I was rooting for a nil-nil final. Everything I forgot about past WCs is coming back, like Sweden always plays dirty and I hate them. Costa Rica actually gave Germany half a game, all of this boding well for us. England looked awful, like they were mailing it in. Which means Paraguay is even worse. At least it's not Columbia.