Heroines

Salute to the England ladies' team, who've just held the mighty Germans to a 0-0 draw. Like commentator Lucy Ward I find it hard to pick a man of the match, but I'm going to give my nod jointly to Rachel Brown and Casey Stoney, who both foiled a lot of dangerous goal attempts during the second half.

We just need to beat Argentina by two on Monday to be sure of getting to the quarters. Go for it, girls.

That careers meme

1. Go to www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the results.

I was just going to post the top 20 but couldn't resist including #22:

1.Legal Secretary

2.Archivist

3.Corporate / Commercial Lawyer

4.Politician

5.Medical Secretary

6.Criminal Lawyer

7.Lawyer

8.Civil Litigator

9.Editor

10.Actor

11.Auditor

12.Bank Teller

13.Federal Agent

14.Court Clerk

15.Administrative Assistant

16.Paralegal

17.Bookkeeper

18.Casting Director

19.Judge

20.Health Records Professional

21.Postal Clerk

22.Comedian

23.Telephone Operator

24.Composer

25.Quality Controller

Funnily enough friends and relatives always reckoned I should have been a lawyer. I was in fact offered a place at Liverpool University to study law - provided I got two Bs and a C. Alas, I failed Maths, so it was History at Queen Mary College, London for me, followed by 15 years as a general dogsbody...