Englands World Cup Bid in Turmoil Shocker...

Anyone who knows me, also knows that I like my football and cricket and pretty much any sport. So football and cricket will probably be regular themes of my posts.

Anyway, this week Lord Triesman (head of the England 2018 football world cup bid) went to dinner with a friend who he used to work with, and said something stupid about the Spanish and Russian bribing referees. This so called friend taped the whole conversation and sold in to the Mail on Sunday.

Now if he had said this in public, he would deserve to be sacked. And actually as it has come out that he said it he has been put into an untenable position and resigned. What I cannot get my head round is why this "friend" taped and sold the story and what motivation the Mail on Sunday would have in publishing it. Although they probably got a slightly higher circulation last Sunday, they are now at risk of England fans boycotting the paper. There is no national interest in this story and all it does is damage the bid.

Anyway I'm adding my voice to the Mail on Sunday boycott call (not that I would buy that pile of c..p anyway).

Introduction

So I have had blogs before, one to describe my experiences of living in Chennai for a couple of years, another to try and describe my studies in IT security (didn't work out too well...).

This one is just going to be my blog to note down general stuff going on in my life or basically anything I want to talk (or rant) about.

I guess some people may be wondering about the name of the blog. It is actually a quote from Einstein: "We all must from time to time make a sacrifice at the altar of stupidity, for the entertainment of the deity and mankind.". I leave it to you to choose if it is me or my subject matter that is making that sacrifice...