Random thoughts

- Netherlands defeated Uruguay 3-2 today to advance to the World Cup final.  I have been rooting for them all along (they have long been my favorite international team) and now they are just one step away.  My 2nd favorite team, Germany, plays Spain for the other spot in the final.  Germany is playing brilliant soccer right now and if they get by Spain they will be favored to win the Cup.  Netherlands was quite sloppy with the ball today, especially late in the first half through midway in the second half.  That will not get the job done against either Germany or a very talented Spain.  I am hoping the boys can tighten things up a bit before the final.  As for my other 2 favorite teams, England and the United States, well, the less said the better.

-NCAA Football 11 is one week away from release.  I am totally amped up for this game and have very high hopes for it.  I have my 4 custom teams all ready to go (go to username Quint75 on the Xbox 360 version of Team Builder to find them) and of course the Maize and Blue of Michigan will get a thorough workout as well.  It will be a little while before the community rosters are finished being named and adjusted, but once that starts it will be Dynasty Mode city.  Especially nice is the ability to do all of your Dynasty Mode stuff online now, including over your iPhone.  Hot tamale!

-My wife and I have started a new 4th of July tradition which I am embarrassed to say should have started about 25 years ago: we will now watch Jaws every July 4th.   After all, a great deal of it takes part over the July 4th holiday.  Plus it's been my favorite movie since I was 9 years old.  I give full credit to Barb for the idea of making this a tradition.  And I smack myself in the head because I did not think of it first.  As a certified Jaws fanatic, I hang my head in shame.

-Watched a few more movies in the last couple of days.  Here are some quick ratings, on a scale of 1-10:

• Jaws - 10 (duh!)
• Cobb - 6.5
• Session 9 - 7.0
• Zombieland - 7.5 (but quite entertaining)
• The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made - 5.0 (ironic, huh?)
• Tales From The Script - 7.0

That's it for now.  Go Germany tomorrow and Go Netherlands on Sunday!