Rioting in Holland averted, for now. The Not My Fault daughter is visiting a cousin in Holland during the spring break, so I'm following this story very closely...

Some thoughts on the endless American sports calendar, and how international soccer fits in, captured in a terrific interview with the author of The Ball Is Round.

Here's an in-depth article with lots of background on the imminent riots in Holland...

Some of the commenters seem a bit sanguine about what might happen, thinking it's much ado about nothing, or at least little. Given recent European experience I'm not sure I agree.

BTW, think you might see anything about this in major media? Of course not; you've got to go to places like Brussels Journal and No Pasaran, among others, to get your Europe-Off-the-Rails (TM) news.

Riots in Holland are a near certainty...seems to be a freedom of speech issue. Or a freedom of religion thing. Or whatever....

Winners Only Nick has got a website off the ground for his latest artistic venture: The Pixel Pals!

Next stop -- obscene wealth and ridiculous fame!

Nick also reports that there was a light drizzle around Hollywood today, so the few remaining WGA picketers didn't show up. The moisture in the air disturbs the fine vinegar on their designer sushi...

Preparing for trouble in Holland...(Europe off the rails TM)

(via Instapundit)

The Consent of the Governed, a Connecticut based education blog, is hosting the most recent Carnival of Homeschooling. Stop by to check it out for lots of great ways to keep informed and involved, whether you homeschool or not...

Radically unrelated, here's the latest (9th edition!) Carnival of the Men's Guide to Women. Quirky? Yeah, maybe a little...but desperately necessary.

It's the Not My Fault progeny!

Basegirl is throwing a party, on the occasion of Doug Mirabelli's resigning. The feature item will be pupu platters. Man, I haven't had one of those deep-fried abominations in decades, so I may just go...

I'm often asked when heading out to the Cape on those many summer weekends: what exactly is it you do out there? Why, we have Tea Parties, of course. Er, I mean Tea Par-tays...

"We'll serve smirnoff, raw tea, and finger sandwiches...we drink raw tea on the south wing veranda"

Ya, me and the Kennedy brood...