Not knowing how old the person was who made the corrections, but I need to say that up until just a moment ago (when I read the above) I, a man in my mid-50s, had never come across “e” and “eir” and for a moment legitimately thought this was a typo. But in the context of this piece I figured it out quickly, adjusted…

Remember, Josh, if you shake it more than twice you’re playing with it.

Okay. Liverpool and Manchester greater metropolitan areas probably account for about 10% of England’s population, and have 4 consistently successful (although Everton strained a bit last year) Premier League teams. I know it’s apples and oranges (cookies and biscuits? Boots and trunks? Tires and tyres?) but it’s still…

This always amuses me. London has 6 EPL teams, and there are other teams that have been there, to say nothing of teams just outside the boundary. Such a different world.

She paid her way to every game, flew coach (except one where she had to attend the NATO summit), sat with the fans. Until the final, obviously. I still have trouble with her party, but she is certainly trying to put a different face to it.

This, the big hugs from the Croatian leader, and the one rando guy in the lineup who had to hold his own damn umbrella were the high water marks of the award ceremony for me and my sons. Although glitter sticking to everybody and guys in suits getting in the way of the camera just as the trophy was being lifted came…

A few years ago I was in England with my sons’ soccer teams (two different trips), and besides playing they did the usual going to see games and touring stadiums. The home team change room in the Etihad (Man City) has these seats for each player, while Anfield (Liverpool) quite proudly still had plain old benches.

In Auckland, first time ever to use Air BnB, whenever we took a shower the drain on the bathroom floor would back up within 30 seconds and quickly flood out over the little ledge and into the kitchen. First time this happened we weren’t prepared, and clothes and towels were quickly and disgustingly soaked. The sink…

Paris, Texas is pretty steadily on my all-time top ten list.

People are sheep. Or at least stegosaurs.

What about an intelligent plot and script? Would that maybe be better than legacy characters?

Hence the name. And also why all sorts of sports facilities have banned them.

Would have been better if he’d started chewing on them and spitting the shells at the officer. That’s the dangerous shit.

Those aren’t chips. They’re Spitz, what was a Canadian brand of sunflower seeds but now owned by Pepsi and no longer being made in Canada. Thanks, Trump.

Harry Harrison also did it (kinda), with West of Eden.

+1, you American Beauty.

Maybe if he played for a team that had to work for their titles and did as well then, but right now being a big fish in a small pond does not make you 2nd-best player in the world.

Saudi Arabia was 2nd-lowest on FIFA’s (suspect) scale, at 67. Russia was 70. Egypt at 45. ELO putting Poland at 25 is better than FIFA’s 8, but both numbers prove Poland knew how to work the system.

The Saudis were better than that first game showed, and Egypt, while they had some quality and one world-beater, turned out to not have a plan. I really though the 2nd-place team would get out of that with 3 or 4 points.

Even though they were the host team, Russia were not favoured by many. They have way over-performed. And Argentina facing France in the second round is, on the face of it, unexpected (although I did pick it in one of my brackets).