So I read somewhere that snails are very curious and will play with any new goodies you put in the aquarium. Thinking it would be cool and funny, I put a fake coral thingy in there – expecting the snails to maybe crawl around it, cover it with snail-snot, that sort of thing.

After installing it, the snails ignored it for a few hours. Then – Speed Racer headed on over.

He didn’t crawl around it though.. Instead, he started digging down underneath it… Then he got his shell under it, and gave it a good solid header… he got it loose from the gravel, then gave it another header… got it up into the current, so it was shoved off into the corner. Then he followed it to the corner, and started work at pushing it into the very back corner.

Eventually he got it into the back right corner, where there is a blue night-light. It actually looks great at night, all a-glow with blue light. It seems the snails have a better idea of what looks cool than I do.

Still, I can’t help but imagine that in Speed Racer’s mind, this was going on…

Here we are with the score nil-nil, Snails versus Fish… and the Snail’s top striker, Speed Racer has the ball! Excellent header there, he’s got it loose and is moving for the goal… only a minute left in this match folks, at this point the next goal wins it… Oh and look at that footwork! Speed Racer has it past the Zebrafish defenders – he gives it a kick – GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL!  Speed Racer has done it! He’s done it! Yes, this is why Speed Racer is the top-paid striker in Aquarium Football! There he is, getting the game ball, he has done it! The Snails win the Aquarium Cup!

Just 10 minutes to kickoff of the final match of World Cup 2006. Call me crazy but I think I was having more fun in the first round.

Back then, you had 2 or 3 matches a day, and you had all the countries playing, and you had the different groups each with their separate struggles for position.

The quarters, semis, and finals, you just have the one game, one result, and that’s it. Tense, exciting, emotional…but not as much fun.

Well, that’s my opinion, anyhow.

Who am I cheering on? Well in the semis, I had to weigh the four teams like this:
My alltime favorite wines right now are Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Sylvaner. So Germany was my #1 favorite.
I am fond of Bordeaux, some Burgundies, and much of the Midi wines. So France was my #2 favorite.
I do enjoy my Ports now and then, especially a nice Madiera, so Portugal would have been my #3, except they beat England!
And finaly, Italy makes a lot of wine, but I only really like the Valpolicellas and Amarones.

In other words, yesterday I was cheering for Germany, and today I cheer for France.

Enjoy the match!

FIFA World Cup 06

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England beats Ecuador to get through to the quarter finals!

All Right!!!

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Iranian Extreemist? Or just another football fan?
I came across this photo during a recent first-round World Cup match.
I don’t know what my point is, but I feel that there is a point to be made.

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