Somebody Stop Me: I had hoped to have some original content, but the best I can up with is yet more curious links. Plus, it'll probably be around ten days or so until my next post but at least you have a lot of reading material to keep you nice and unproductive.

• An English expat football fan hits an Irish bar in New York to catch a football game and gets nasty grub and loads of Guinness all before 10AM, plus some insight into American football fans. By the way, we're not talking about proper football here, this is soccer or, more correctly, metric football.


• If you know how many halves there are in a basketball game, then you are well on your way to a University Diploma. Guys, at least pretend it’s a real education. Of course, you can get your kids an early start by encouraging them to do nothing.


• Comical quotes from Murray Walker, who is the Yogi Berra of Formula 1 auto racing.


• A French study approves of the Big Mac over Quiche Lorraine. Vive le malbouffe!


• Speaking of Mickey D.'s, they are running a no purchase necessary, just be in the restaurant to win, contest after losing a lawsuit over previous contests being misrepresented.


• A short list of books that should never have been written. One author even selects one of her own. This is one list I'm happy to not be on.


• A fascinating series of photos from a Ukrainian woman who rode her motorcycle through the 'dead zone' of Chernobyl.


• The Sopranos starts tomorrow, but here is some advanced info -- nothing so detailed that it will ruin the season for you.