The link is for the article at Slate. A good teaser paragraph. How Brazilian soccer players get their names. By Nick Schulz: Brazil’s affinity for nicknames might stem from the country’s historically high illiteracy rate. As such, shortened spoken names are typically used more often than longer birth names. In Brazilian society, the use of…
The next 30 days will probably have highlights of my love, the World Cup. Many fantastic teams have come together to compete for the title. Game one started with a bang. Germany plays aggressively (though their back line is shoddy). Catching the start at lunch (, brother supplied the play by play over IM,) and…
Have I said before that I like news from the state of Florida? Order of the court – Jun. 7, 2006 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of Gordian knots that…
Have I said before that I like news from the state of Florida? Order of the court – Jun. 7, 2006 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to designate location of a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition (Doc. 105). Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of Gordian knots that…
C’mon people. Don’t do anything that will make me miss the biggest sporting event in the past 4 years! Maybe I need to go back and set TiVo to record both showings? World Cup matchup: FIFA vs. the hackers | CNET News.com Roger Jones, Avaya’s business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa,…
Josh Billings – “Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”
My heartfelt prayers go out to the Baha’is in Iran who are undergoing the latest wave of persecutions. Iran’s Bahai Religious Minority Says It Faces Raids and Arrests – New York Times Members of the Bahai religious minority in Iran said this week that the government had recently intensified a campaign of arrests, raids and…
Its a Thursday night. Am I at the club? Nope. No loud music and alcoholic beverages for me. I am at home watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee!