FIFA World Cup

How I Traced the Stupidest, Biggest Thing Ever Made of Paper I started this whole investigation last week, not because I have any great love for paper products, but because I was scrolling through some random list of useless world...

Man, I was totally fried. Five years staring at the same spreadsheets, same desk, same sad office coffee. I needed a break. I needed something big, something shiny, something I could talk about for the rest of my life. That’s...

Man, I gotta tell you, trying to watch the World Cup Skiing? It’s a total headache. You’d think in this day and age, finding the schedule for a massive global sport would be easy. Nope. It took me weeks of...

The Itch I Couldn’t Scratch Man, the thirst for the World Cup never really goes away, even when the tournament is months out. I was sitting here last Friday, trying to distract myself from watching paint dry—I’d promised the wife...

Are World Cup Seattle Tickets Hard to Get? You Bet Your Ass They Are. Look, the straightforward answer is yes. They are hard to get. But not hard in the way a math test is hard. They are hard in...

The Weekend Nightmare That Forced Me to Become a Quick-Draw Expert You know how it is. You think you’ve got everything under control, and then suddenly, a simple Friday night idea turns into a full-blown organizational emergency by Saturday morning....

Man, I got burned bad last year. I’m talking about a €400 hole in my pocket, all because I thought I snagged a killer deal on that limited-edition Argentina jersey—the one they dropped just before the tournament kicked off. I...

The Hunt for the Holy Grail of Greens You wouldn’t believe the hoops I jumped through just to answer the seemingly simple question: “Where the heck is the World Cup Golf Center, and when can I actually get in there?”...

The Day I Fought the Bots for a Seat at the Finals I gotta tell you, scoring World Cup finals tickets isn’t about luck. It’s about preparation, patience, and a serious willingness to ditch work for half a day. When...

Alright, so I’ve got this trip to Waco coming up, and before I even book the hotel, I always nail down the essential infrastructure: where the heck am I going to drink good coffee and actually get some work done?...