If you’re not Ashton Kucher or C.C. Sabathia please put your hat on correctly. I don’t know about you, but this trend needs to die a quick and painful death. I wear my hat to keep the sun out of my eyes, to cover up my bald spot and when I’m having a bad hair day.
OK, so it’s the first qualifying game for the 2010 World Cup on Wednesday night. Let’s forget a couple of things. Like …
1. The current FIFA ranking of 31. I understand we’re a bit down, but 31? Honestly.
2. The last minute tie we GAVE to the Netherlands in Beijing.
3. Altidore and Adu fever.
My money’s on Michael Bradley (even with his ho-hum showings in Beijing). And I think if we can wrap up an early entry to 2010, I like this team given more development from Altidore (Villarreal), Adu (Benfica/Monaco) and Bradley (Heerenveen).
I think we had high expectations and poor execution in 2006. In 2002, we just got hot at the right time (DAMN THAT HANDBALL! DAMN YOU TORSTEN FRINGS!) but couldn’t close against the Germans. I think 2010 will be a good year for us, I hope it is. We need to turn this thing around sometime.
In other news, I think I’m learning to hate the Twins more than the Cubs at this point. What a dogfight of a race in the AL Central.
Here’s a link to my blog which I am using to post pictures and video of the cherub
Don’t know how many non-nerds caught the Adrian Holovaty/Every Block article in Chicago Tribune magazine. Great article on his background, the development of Django, the crossover of journalism and technology.
My favorite Adrian quote:
“There’s the dot-com, Silicon Valley, blow-all-your-money-on-booze style,” says Holovaty, 27. “Then there’s the Chicago thing: Do something, do it well and be modest about it.”
I think that accurately sums up the ethos of the majority of programmers I know in Chicago. But not only that, I think it also sums up most of the music, film and art around these parts as well.
Further reading:
* Django
* Every Block