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I've been remiss

Ok, clearly I've not been keeping up. I do, however, have a perfectly legitimate excuse. First and foremost, it's the end of the fiscal year here at Sun and for a product manager that tends to be a very busy time indeed.

(Apparently, deep product knowledge comes in handy near the end of the quarter/year. Whether you actually have that deep product knowledge or not is a different story.)

The other thing keeping me busy is what seems to be a growing trend - goofing around with Ubuntu. Dapper Drake was released at the beginning of June, so I've got that up and running and am starting to play. First order of business is getting my iPod to work, followed shortly by getting AM7.1 and Netbeans to work. Then it's onto my laptop, wireless, printers, and mounting the digital camara, and we are pretty much set to be Windows free in my house.

Tinker, tinker, tinker. I've definitely caught the bug. I am not very good, but at least I am having fun.

On to important matters - bold predictions. I am in America, so I realize huge swaths of people are completely ignorant of the fact that the Fifa World Cup is set to begin in a few short days. Most Americans, being total football ignoramuses, also probably don't know that the US is currently ranked fifth in the world. (Ok, well, equal fifth with Spain.) That is, erm, ahem, five places better than England.

So, the bold prediction. The US is going to win the world cup.

Yes, I know there are about 5 teams with names like Brazil, Argentina, Czech Republic, France, and Angola who could run away with this thing. (Ok, maybe not Angola.) But I think the ol' YOU-ESS-AAY has a mighty good chance. They play some pretty spirited, determined football, they run hard, and they are smarter as a team now than they ever have been. If they can get past the Czech's in the first game of their group stage on June 12, they are sure to make it to the knockout stage.

And from there, victory!

Posted at 09:15PM Jun 06, 2006 by carlericleach in Football  |  Comments[2]