Limping Gibby is going to be all World Cup, all the time, from now until the Final, and probably for a couple days after. If you have noticed, the gap between the last post and this post has been 9 months. Lack of inspiration, mostly. It's not sports' fault, it's my fault. But the good news is, inspiration is coming/has come in the form of a month long tournament where the whole world will be watching. Other things claim the superlative "the whole world is watching" but this is the only case where that is genuinely true.
I love the World Cup probably more than anything else in the world that is not a real person. I quit my job in 1994 when the World Cup began (I was 16, and A Portrait Park by J didn't miss me much). I woke up my kids (6 and 4 respectively) at 2:30 in the morning (Beijing time) to watch the USA v. Ghana match 4 years ago. Four of the 5 greatest sports viewing moments of my life involve the World Cup (the other is the inspiration for the name of this blog).
Inspiration is here, so it is time for me to dust off the old keyboard and help America follow the many narratives that will be a part of the greatest event on earth. 20 days and counting!!!
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