We are taking our new-to-us 2001 Ford Windstar minivan on a two-week road trip from Oxford, Mississippi, to the Great Lakes region to see family & friends. This means about a week through the great state of Michigan (various points of interest) & a week in Chicago—with some stints in South Bend. Not sure how much blogging time I’ll have, but we’ll try to post some snapshots via Flickr.
After we return, I’ll tackle wrapping up two conference papers & prepping my fall courses. Expect to see something about those projects here.
And, don’t worry, I planned our travel itinerary around the World Cup matches. I may have to miss one quarterfinal (though I’m recording it to watch later). But we will watch the final match at Small Bar in Chicago (where I watched nearly all post-group matches four years ago).
Well it's over... and Spain are deserved winners. Not quite hitting their peak, but sticking to principle and playing it the right way by being patient and incisive. Compared that to the Netherlands, whose cynical tactics were appalling.
Germany were startlingly good at times and only a better team in Spain could knock them out. Brazil and Argentina capitulated pitifully, yet it was a good World Cup for South America where Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay all got out of their groups.
The World Cup is not that important. You should better focus on having a wonderful time with your family. I hope you had a good vacation. I need one too after working 7 months without a break.
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