Summer's arrived in England, at least for now. It's got that annoying humidity level that I hate though. As a result I'm spending my nights not sleeping and sitting bed either reading or playing poker online.

Now the fun part of late-night online poker means I can sit in bed and play. Not quite as much fun as playing with real people but as technology progresses the old style 2D poker tables will become 3D and then onto video.

Meanwhile the World Cup occupies my days. I've discovered that spending 6 hours a day watching football can be somewhat taxing. All good fun though. Life and work have to be sorted out in the morning with the entire afternoon and evening spent, mostly, in front of the television while getting some exercise and fresh air between games.

It would probably more fun to be in Germany right now. Previous World Cups haven't had quite the same exuberance that the current one has. The parties going on make a trip to Germany worthwhile whether going to a match or not. The usual "If you don't have a ticket then stay away" message has been lost as the Germans have laid on one great big multi-national party for the masses.

Perhaps it's time to see what Last Minute have going on and get myself over there…..

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