Mayor of London, Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson Is In Town – It’s not everyday that one of Britain’s greatest characters, Boris Johnson, comes to town. London’s mayor has cruised into town to check out the World Cup football as well as to drum up support for London’s own 2018 bid. If you are confused as to why Boris is a legend, look at this, this, this and this. [fifafanfest]

The Parlotones Live On 2oceansvibe Radio Today – After this week’s nasty little spat between 2oceansvibe and SA band The Parlotones (over a music video suggesting the group were supporting Germany in the World Cup), we thought the best thing to do was get it out in the open. So make sure you tune in today, online, between 8am and 10am. [2oceansviberadio]

Mexico Sinks France: COME ON BAFANA! – Remember our first game, where we drew with Mexico? Ja well that team just cleaned France two nil. And we’re playing France next. All we have to do is clean their pipes and hope that Uruguay draws or loses to Mexico. Which is possible, given the high Mexico is on after drilling France. It all depends on how positive you are… [fifa]

Sepp Blatter Destroyed On Twitter – The first mistake Sepp Blatter, his spin doctors and marketing team made was going on Twitter. The rest are equally damning. Local social media mavens tell “Team Blatter” how to stop making twits of themselves.Once Sepp and his gang entered the Twitterverse the second mistake was inevitable – completely underestimating the medium and its audience. [thedailymaverick]

Sadie Frost Blasts Sienna Miller On Twitter – Dear God this is emboerrissing. Ok, so Sienna Miller (back with Jude) took Jude’s daughter Iris for a haircut. That’s when Jude’s ex, Sadie Frost (mother of Iris) decided to let loose on Twitter, “”I think ya should get ya own child and then cut their hair!” A couple hours later she deleted her account. Sigh.. [metro]

Family Kills Man For Trying To Watch Football – Basically, a South African man was beaten to death by his family for trying to watch football on TV. They wanted to watch a gospel program. Not the best story, but in terms of international press regarding the World Cup, I’d rather this shit was happening at people’s home, rather than on the streets. God 1, Football 0. [thisislondon]

New Megan Fox Armani Campaign Lingerie Pics Are Out – Dang diddy-dang. Despite her recent excommunication from the Transformers series, and despite re-engaging herself to a long-term unemployed actor, you can never take away the hella sexy from Megan Fox. In the latest round of Megan Fox lingerie pictures for Armani. Megan just dares you not to find her hot. [egotastic]

Who Really Invented The Vuvuzela? – The horn’s power to pack an ear-splitting rasp, and the ease in which it can be customized by its owners, means the instruments have been snapped up by football supporters from Port Elizabeth to Polokwane. But despite the controversial coronet’s recent popularity, the history of the bugle’s origins is a matter of passionate debate (and lawsuits). [cnn]

New Plan To Save US Coast From Oil Spill: Flood The Mississippi – BP has tried just about everything, kind of, to keep the oil spill from spreading. But the US Army Corps of Engineers is considering an interesting plan to keep the oil spill from causing further damage to the Wetlands. Scientists propose that flooding the Mississippi river could help prevent the oil from penetrating deep into the wetlands. [gather]

Massive Shipment Of Human Heads Found On Plane – Sure, why not! Southwest Airlines found a shipment of 40-60 human heads (are they that hard to count?) on one of their planes and no-one is claiming them. “We’ve come to the conclusion that there is a black market out there for human body parts for research or for whatever reason,” said Pulaski County coroner. Stunning! What are they asking? [nbc]

Chihuahua At The Center Of Million Dollar Estate – Her name is Conchita, a thin, spa-loving, diamond-draped heiress, and she’s at the center of one of America’s nastiest estate battles.She is also a dog—a chihuahua who was the favorite of the late Miami heiress Gail Posner, a daughter of the corporate takeover artist Victor Posner. The dog and her staff got 26 bar. Her son got one. [wallstreetjournal]

New Photo Site Presents Random, Anonymous Stream of Images – Anyone and everyone with a camera phone and email is invited to upload images anonymously to the site yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah.com. Images are then displayed in a continuous, seemingly eternal stream. They’re blurry, funny, ugly, sad, voyeuristic, boring and even mystifying. [mashable]

Marisa Miller’s ‘Guitar Hero’ Ad Banned for Being Too Racy – When does the instanet really comes into it’s own? I’ll tell you when. You know when one of the hottest US Sports Illustrated swimsuit models goes and stars in a Guitar Hero commercial and it gets banned on TV? That’s when the instanet comes into it’s own! [video]

SuperEna Lotto Hits The R1 Billion Mark – If you’re not too busy playing other online games then you might be interested to learn that the SuperEna Lottery has hit the R1 billion mark. The next draw is on Saturday, so you better get your tickets pronto! Play the Superena and all other overseas lotteries safely online. [2oceansvibelottos]