I present to you the winner of the Stinque Golden Vuvuzela for Hottest Hottie of the World Cup:

With 51% of the vote, Paul the Psychic Octopus crushed a field that included five sexy men and one sexy woman. Runner-up Jonathan Bornstein from Team USA mustered only 14% of the vote.

Congratulations, Paul! Enjoy your retirement from the hard work of predicting winners of soccer games.

The World Cup has come to an end.

It was a great five weeks, and we’re all relieved that it’s coming to an end, for no other reason than increased productivity around our offices.

In the right-hand column, there is a poll where you can vote for the recipient of the Stinque Golden Vuvuzela for Hottest  Hottie of the World Cup.

In the words of LBJ, Vote Early, Vote Often.

Reminders of who the nominees are, listed in alphabetical order…

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Longtime New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died this morning. He owned the Yankees since 1973.

I would have done the same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrQ_GoMMt4

Alright, Paul the Psychic Octopus has predicted Spain will defeat Holland. We’ll see about that…

And how do their hotties line up?

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World Cup madness is winding down with today’s third place match between Uruguay and Germany.  Action starts at 11:30 PT/2:30 ET/??? Nabeesco time.

Germany is heavily favored, though they are more even in their hottie matchup.

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