Money Money Money

So I changed the by-line of my blog to "Pretensious but with a hint of knowledge" after a long and variously humorous conversation over a bottle of Whitehall Sugar Ridge White, during a very entertaining weekend in Abingdon, VA. I think this by-line might stick, who knows. Now to more reasonable and weighty issues.... I have what seems to be nothing to do at work, obviously.

Warren Buffet is giving away ~87% of his fortune, some 37 billion dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I can't help admiring that.

In the 2nd of yesterday's WC games there were 4 red cards and 16 yellows, thus adding more evidence to Terry's assertion that this WC will be remembered by a 2x4 inch card in a primary color...