Wait. There are AMERICAN readers here?

Or “just about,” which means it was actually done in Britain, as opposed to a near miss on this side of the pond.

Draw, not tie. A tie is a match. You must get your lingo correct it you are to be a true footy fan.

Michael Nasser (now Netzer, I see) also did some excellent work.

This list is a sign the apocalypse is already upon us, frankly.

Unlike the World Cup, the Olympics is actually a city event, not a country. It’s why the Vancouver winter games tried but couldn’t call itself the Vancouver/Whistler games. Now, the 15 hours drive from Rio to Brasilia is certainly better than the 59 hours by road to Manaus (all figures according to Google Maps), but…

I was a college DJ at the time. But everything else sounds the same.

Now I have King Missle’s “Detachable Penis” going through my head.

Allow me to drop in a little brag about my oldest son. He’s anaphylactic to peanuts as well as soy protein and soy flour, the last two of which have tossed him into emergency the majority of his visits, including on his 18th birthday. Goddamn soy protein is a filler in all sorts of shit, and many places have no idea…

Sadly, the beret is not worn ironically. Sliwa was founder (and, I see now, still CEO, as if it’s still a Thing) of Guardian Angels. Their schtick was to be in “dangerous” areas of NYC, mostly around the subways, and make citizens’ arrests. Thing is, he founded this in 1979 when I was the same age as my youngest son,…

I was 10 when my grandpa took me and my little sister out in a boat to teach us how to fish (well, how to fish better than what my dad was able to teach us). I think it was my third cast when I heard him say “Jesus Christ!” I had, of course, caught him with a barbed hook through his neck. I tell ya, the perp walk when…

A long time ago I picked up the Cooking Vinyl compilation Hot Cookies, which includes the Mekons doing “Robin Hood.” But somewhere along the way I forgot I had that damn album and never thought to go looking for more music by them. Now I will. But I’ll also put on this disc, because it’s full of some awesome memories…

I haven’t lived there since 2000, but it’s still home. And while I have to say that every city I’ve lived in or visited has had negatives, as much as possible I prefer to look at the positives. Most important? Talk to people who know and love a city and you will find usually their enthusiasm is infectious and make the…

Metro area of over a million people, a downtown that actually has stuff happening and will only get better when the new arena is finished, some outstanding restaurants, what was once (I can’t speak to it still being this) the most parkland per capita of any major city in North America, fans who love the game and are…

I have a son going to his first fest this summer, flying to Montreal for Osheaga. Much as I trust him and know he’s kind and decent and smart, I also know he’s a teenage boy with requisite brain cells to go. You can bet your ass he’s going to know about this before he leaves. Mind you, I suspect his girlfriend would…

Mine was worst place just by bad luck and inattention on the part of someone else. 13 years old and flying to the Bahamas to visit family, my stomach suddenly convulsed and I grabbed the air sick bag to puke in. Only to discover someone else had used the bag for the very same thing, I imagine on the flight before, and…

You forgot to put "news" in air quotes.

Check the freezer. There are some big Ziploc bags down at the bottom, under some Werthers from 1975.

FWIW, it might be that your husband's ability to visualize without actual visual cues is somewhat limited. I know I'm often in that boat. The difference being, of course, that when I don't understand what my wife is saying I suggest it sounds like a good idea and we try it so I can see exactly what she means. If I do…

And what the hell was up with Moreno? He was largely complicit in both goals, completely wayward on the first and slow getting into place on the second, as well as passes as crisp as uncooked bacon.