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It’s annoying… truly ANNOYING that the U.S. had so many “fans” of soccer come out the woodwork for WC 2010 (”bee bam bam bay” – WC South Africa ESPN Theme). Last Saturday’s losing effort against Ghana was the highest watched U.S. soccer game ever… why?! We don’t really give a lick about soccer. And now that we are out of the World Cup, our true colors will shine brighter than ever- we are not really soccer fans! Sure, we want to see our country win whether it’s in soccer or badminton but let’s not pretend that we are soccer aficionados… we don’t follow the DC United or Kansas City Wizards during the MLS season do we? Didn’t think so. The only player we know is Landon Donovan. I’d rather be a real, right-thinking American and root for Donovan McNabb.

What annoys me even more is the fact that Korean-Americans, born and raised in suburbia with the whiteys were saying if the U.S. and South Korea played, they would pull for the team with shorter legs and their first names on the back of their jerseys. ANDDD, get this, a lot of Korean-Americans were pulling for North Korea! Let me remind you… they are the enemy! Seems to me the lines have been blurred when it comes to who you root for. If you are a citizen of a country that offers you freedom and a great life, you need to F-ing root for that country.

All the Asian teams are officially out with Japan’s shootout loss today so if you are Asian American you have no reason to be tweeting about World Cup anymore. In fact, now you can focus on tweeting about what really matters… Eclipse comes out at midnight! Team Edward > Team Lionel Messi.

No new podcast this past weekend because if we don’t get comments I assume no one has heard the previous week’s episode. No more World Cup action for you bandwagoners means more time to comment and stroke the J and D ego. Lego my ego.

This week, Danny and Jon pay tribute to all the dads out there. No chance any dads listen to this show but hope you all are enjoying the World Cup. As we mention on this episode, some dads don’t get the privilege of watching soccer without being killed.

Jon is also a proud new father so hear about his new family. It’s scary that he has a life to provide for when he can barely take care of his own.

“Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do”… wise words from John Mayer but you want some wise words from Jon Kim? Vuvuzelas are the instrument of the devil.

Congrats Kobe on another NBA Championship! Perhaps we can finally put to rest the debate “who’s better, Kobe or Lebron?” Clearly Mr. Bryant takes the cake… but is he as good as Michael Jordan? We talk MJ vs. Kobe a little too.

Q. Are you angry about the questionable foul call by the referee in the USA/Slovenia game on a goal that gave the US team the lead in the final minutes?
A. Not really. The US team was down 0-2 and made a great rally to tie it. That’s good enough for me. If they had lost, I would’ve been really angry at them for losing to a team that wears Charlie Brown shirts (even though that diagonal stripe on the USA jersey makes them look like Miss America contestants).

Q. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday. Did you get a gift yet?
A. Nope. Not even close. Its so hard to shop for dads. It’s even harder now that I have two dads after getting married. I’m all out of ideas for gifts. The current front-runner as of this moment is a 36 pack of Coors Light from Costco. That’s really the best I can do.

Q. On the last show, you and Jon said that you were in love with Justin Bieber. What other guys do you have man-crushes on?
A. First of all, I wouldn’t say that I have a man-crush on Bieber. I don’t consider him a man yet. If you don’t have pubes, you can’t qualify for my man-crush list. With him, its more like puppy love. Anyways, currently on my man-crush list: Chef Gordon Ramsay, Adam Richman from Man V. Food, John Wall, and John Marston, the main character from Red Dead Redemption (I’m sure you’ve seen the commercial for this video game billions of times now – unless you watch TLC or Bravo).

Q. Bros before Hoes, right?
A. Yes. Bros before Hoes. Dicks before Chicks. Bro-varies before Ovaries. Dude-eruses before Uteruses.

Q. What movie are you most looking forward to watching this summer?
A. Toy Story 3. I read all the reviews this morning and it received a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I’ve never seen that before. 100% fresh! I’ve never cried during a movie but after reading all the reviews of how touching Toy Story 3 is, I have a feeling that might change when I watch this one. It took the strength of a thousand suns for me not to cry in the fist 2o minutes of Up when Carl Fredrickson’s wife died. How come only Disney/Pixar movies can do this to me? They’re freaking cartoons! Oh, and I have almost zero interest in watching Eclipse. I’d rather chew Eclipse gum. Zing!

Q. Now that Kobe won his 5th ring, is the Kobe/Jordan debate legitimate?
A. No! Never ever ever ever ever ever. The Lakers won Game 7 in spite of Kobe. He was horrible. No doubt that he’s probably a top 10 player of all-time. I like Kobe. He’s great, but he’s no Jordan. Imagine if you switched Kobe and MJ (if Kobe played on the 90’s Bulls teams and MJ played on Shaq’s/Gasol’s Lakers), the 2000’s Lakers would’ve easily won 10 straight titles while the 90’s Bulls would’ve lost to the Knicks every year in the playoffs. Everyone quickly forgets how good Jordan was. By the way, I love how Kobe copied MJ’s title celebration from 1992 (jumping on the scorer’s table and screaming at the crowd). That was annoying.

Q. Are you happy its Friday?
A. No, because we’re only 3 days away from Monday.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Don’t forget to tell him you love him so that you can experience 5 seconds of genuine awkwardness afterwards.

This post is not about football… no, it’s about having integrity and decency as a human being. Albert Haynesworth is a defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins… check that… he is SUPPOSED to be a defensive tackle for the team. He was one of the most dominant football players in the NFL prior to signing a seven-year, $100-million contract in February of 2009. That’s right, thats $100,000,000! Of that 9 digit salary, $41-million was guaranteed meaning even if he decided to quit trying and refuse to practice he would still be paid a hefty sum. Well, that’s exactly what happened! Albert Haynesworth was supposed to report to mandatory mini-camp today and he decided that he’d rather be fined $10,000 than break a sweat. Fat Albert, as we call him, has been the only player absent during voluntary workouts during the entire spring season. Even players without contracts have been there to work out and get in shape for the new season. To add insult to injury, Al wants to be traded from the Redskins.

Now I am no stud nor Haynesworth but this week has been a PAINSworth… in my eye. I woke up Monday morning with a corneal abrasion on my left eye. What does that mean? That means it hurt like S everytime I saw a glimmer of light. So yes, I didn’t go into work, just like Fat Al, but atleast I put on my Ray-Bans and worked from home. The only abrasion Haynesworth is familiar with is in between his fat folds because he’s fat. He’s a fat bastard. I hate him! I’m back in the office today and I should get a bonus for doing my work. If only I could get paid a $41-million guaranteed contract for being fat. Is it football season yet!??!?!

Are people still visiting this site? No chance. Anyway, we need to start again SOMEWHERE so we start with this mediocre podcast in honor of the start of World Cup 2010. We skipped episode 23 in honor of Michael Jordan… NOT Lebron James. Lebron would be a great goalie for team USA but he won’t play soccer because he’s smart.

In this episode we talk about Danny’s fortunate meeting with the Wondergirls. We talk summer movies and other nonsense. Spread the word that we’re back and please support the J and D because we are coming out of hibernation for you guys!