Not waving but...

I appear to have fallen off the planet somewhat of late - 2/10, must try harder...

Normal service will be resumed shortly, but in the meantime, here's a picture of the world's most ugly shoes. Just because.

Scotland's World Cup Hero

So there's some football tournament going on in Germany, Ing-ger-land are there, and they're obsessed with someone called Rue Knee (or something like that). But we don't care about that up here in Scotland, because we're there too!



This young gent is Jason Scotland, St Johnstone striker and Trinidad and Tobago squad member, and he's the latest cult hero north of the border. Because, right, his surname is Scotland, so it's as if the country is at the World Cup, geddit?!?!?!?!?!? Yes, I know, but when your national team is as dismal as ours, straw-clutching is as good as it gets.

It's all rather amusing though. He's currently starring in an advertising campaign for Scotland's other national drink, Irn Bru, and has even been immortalised in song by the Trinidad and Tobago Tartan Army (you can hear it via the Scottish Quest "How Scottish Are You" Quiz). The fact that T&T are lining up against England today doesn't hurt of course, what with the traditional teams supported by many being Scotland, and whoever England are playing (it's all the meeja's fault, honestly, the overkill can be downright unbearable).

Right, back to the football, after all there's important England team talk and English-based player discussion to listen to while watching Costa Rica play Ecuador...