Have you signed up for our World Cup "pool" yet? It's free to enter -- all you need is a Yahoo account (also free) and some time to predict the winners of the various games in the premier international soccer tournament, which begins this Friday the 11th. You can guess, and I'll bet you still won't come in last.

The winner of our game gets beverages and glory. Everybody else gets a reason to follow the Cup, if they didn't have one before. If you bet on the side, I'll be looking the other way. And you can cheat by following what the experts have to say!

To join in the action, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll get an invitation out to you lickety-prindle. As they say in South Africa (I think), Laduuuuuuuuma!