Golly. It is very hot today. Thankfully, the UK Government has told me the solution: Stay out of the sun. Keep your home as cool as possible. Shutting windows during the day may help. Open them when it is cooler at night. Keep drinking fluids. Now I would never have dreamt of thought of doing any of those things. Superb advice. May I suggest a couple of additional top tips. Avoid alcohol. An ice-cold beer may seem very tempting but does tend to dehydrate the body. Particularly if you have 7 pints of ice-cold beer. ...

Did my eyes deceive me or did Jamie Carragher come on as an England substitute specifically to take a penalty in the shoot-out ? Beckham’s ‘retirement’ as England captain is interesting. I suspect he will play on until he has 100 caps (currently has 94) and will then ‘retire’ completely from international football. John Terry will be awarded the captaincy for two reasons. Firstly, no-one would be able to understand Steven Gerrard in press conferences. Secondly, Terry reacts in the precisely right way (openly weeping) to defeat in penalty shoot-outs. ...

Sshh. Please don’t tell my therapist but BlogPulse matches the tone, content and links of this blog with ' Laura’s Playground' which is dedicated to ‘Transsexual and Transgendered News’. I think I need to put my favourite pink panties on and sit down with a cold drink.

You were good but not that good otherwise you wouldn’t have needed extra time against Mexico and would have beaten the Germans in two hours of football. Still, at least this will finally end to the (UK) media love-in about your fantastic football and the two best goals scored ever. You know; the one with 24 passes in the buildup and that superb, dipping volley. Refreshing to see Gabriel Heinze attacking FIFA officials instead of lying on the turf and sobbing uncontrollably which is the proper way to face defeat in a penalty shootout.

Maybe I am obsessed with dead pop stars but I agree with the sentiment of this blog (skip the comments).