I’m back from my vacation. My sister is married off and in Dubai on honeymoon, the Jerez region in southern Spain is full of cute bars serving Sherry and drunken policeman, and I’ve watched multo World Cup games, including perhaps one of the best goals of all time by Argentina against Serbia. My take on the World Cup is up over at Spot-on.

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