"GER... ARG"

As Dave Relyea has pointed out: For all Buffy fans: The world cup final has a scoreboard, and it reads: "GER... ARG".

I approve!

Update on Paul the Octopus

Paul the Octopus (yes, he has a wikipedia entry, and a rather thorough one at that) continues to do well, having correctly predicted the outcomes of all of Germany's 2010 World Cup games thus far. It's silly, but the whole thing is awesome (and also "awesome"). Paul is now apparently even getting death threats and has also joined the 'Downfall of Hitler' meme. I love how Paul's wikipedia entry lists his occupation as "oracle".

In other news, I actually almost bought a stuffed octopus today. I'll figure out what souvenir to get later.

Here is my other blog entry about Paul. I first found out about him almost 13 days ago when I saw a blurb on CNN Saturday night after my garden party. (I delayed a bit before actually posting the blog entry because the whole thing gradually started amusing me more.) The article that I first noticed was this one (about Paul's prediction of Germany over England), and at the time I immediately sent it to a friend of mine who is German and was planning to watch the game the next day with her English boyfriend.

"Psychic Octopus" picks Germany over Argentina

The "psychic octopus" (who lives in Germany but was born in the UK) has now picked Germany over Argentina. If the octopus's winning streak keeps up, the family is not going to be happy.

The octopus apparently took 45 minutes to make its decision this time, whereas it chose Germany over England in seconds. And then, sure enough, England got trounced.

We shall see what happens this time.

The Wacky World of Sports

First, we have spontaneous concert-disrupting soccer matches breaking out and now this? At least we can still count on Jamie Moyer...

(Tip of the cap to Zifnab.)