Happy Saturday everyone! We are enjoying some unusually nice (so I’m told) late summer weather over here in Scotland and I bought some new houseplants and a cheap bottle of white wine to set the mood in the living room this evening.

Everything that happened before she said no was done without consent, so yes. Assault.

In middle school, my younger sister was in a rebellion phase and told my very liberal parents she was going to become a republican. Without missing a beat, my mom looked her in the eyes and told her that she couldn’t because they had put Democrat on her birth certificate. All the rest of us agreed that it was true, so…

Support the NWSL! All 23 of these champions play stateside. The NWSL just signed a tv deal with ESPN for the rest of the season and Budweiser is now an official sponsor. Not everyone in the league are allocated by USSF, in fact, bunned goddess Ali Krieger isn’t even allocated and she subbed in for an injured Kelley…

I haven’t read GFY in a long time, but my memory is that they were very affectionate towards a lot of ugly clothes and the people who wear them, and genuinely loved some of them. I remember them being surprisingly warm for a blog with such a catty premise, and it always felt like the target of criticism was the fashion…

Counter-point: as a Marquette fan who wanted to enjoy Ja Morant...this matchup is my literal nightmare.

I’m a journalist in this area of Wisconsin. Today is the first day since Friday I’m not in Barron. I had to go through the criminal complaint, carefully reading every word. It’s haunted me for days. For some reason, what gets me is that luckily her dad didn’t know what was going on - but her mom, her poor mom, died in…

More Markus fun facts:

My gal, the INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED AND SUPERBLY TALENTED BRANDI CARLILE leads the way for women with 6 nominations! It’s bittersweet as I’m sure that this will mean she’ll be more successful and make it harder for me to see her shows, but damnit if this isn’t incredibly warranted. The Joke is a true tear jerker, but my…

Tom and Lorenzo and Go Fug Yourself for celebrity fashion, The Billfold for personal finance. 

I love this even more now! I can’t imagine what this casserole smells like, but my best guess is sweaty socks...

I’m particular to Kroger’s own brand:

I’m particular to Kroger’s own brand:

So I recently moved to Charlotte. After spending last weekend cooped up inside hate reading Twitter (thankfully was not very affected by Florence), I did something I've never done and went on VoteSaveAmerica to volunteer to canvass for Dan McCready for Congress today. It was exhausting walking around in the 90 degree…

Yes, there are. It’s really not that unbelievable. It happens a lot in cities. It’s pretty easy to set up a weekly farmers market in the local neighborhood square or park. Much easier than building a new, permanent structure to house a grocery store.

Courtois was the man of the match. Amazing saves. And he single handedly denied Brazil the second goal. A great game.

Evening beautiful Jezzies...Craft Thread!

My favorite thing is when men ask you questions so you can “prove” that you actually know what you’re talking about instead of just accepting that you might know about sports.

My wife has been a football (and, to a lesser extent, hockey) fan since she was a little kid. She started going to Bills games with her father when she was in preschool.

Literally every time she tried to join in a conversation about football when she worked in an office she was stared at like some sort of sideshow…

That’s lovely. I just can’t get my mind around crochet, I know how to knit, but crochet? Where do the loops go when you’re not actively working on them?

That’s gorgeous! I love the gray ombré soooo much, what great colors for a baby blanket. Beautiful and not the norm.