Love your ability to find cross connections with your passions.
My barbecue study (which I never completed thanks to a divorce wrecking my head) was rooted in Edward Schiappa's work on definition and the right to define. If I brought anything out of my rhetoric masters program, it was that.
I never finished my masters, but my thesis proposal was based in studying claims of authenticity within the diverse barbecue community.
I'll never cheer for City, but Arsenal are choking this thing away.
Nothing worse than a bad news update from a kid's tournament while at work. Apparently we're down 1-0 in the first half.
Read that whole fucking Reddit thinking, “this is so interesting.” Then hit the last line like a wall at 70mph.
If anyone is at the USWNT match and wants to say hi, I’ll be there!
I thought it was like a Jason Statham type serious movie. Sadly no.
youtu.be/zgzxY4RtxBg?...
What? That sounds awesome!
Congratulations! Well deserved.
Was worried I couldn’t pull it off. But I love a cool corduroy jacket.
Yessir. Spotted it on eBay.
Decided to try out my new adidas jacket. I’m in love.
This interaction sparked me to order this on Discogs. If you haven’t heard these tracks, def check them on Spotify.
Sorry, geeked out a little.
I also have the 10 Bazan monthly pressings. One of which has the best version of Sparkling Water but is not available on streaming (sadness).
Here’s all my Pedro the Lion, David Bazan solo, and side projects vinyl.
I came up in the same environment and had a similar deconstruction. Bazan's own journey from christian artist to a more agnostic perspective and his rejection of Christianity mirrored my own and helped me express my own feeligs and experience. His album "Curse Your Branches" a masterpiece.
The cover art is a photo of him performing in my old apartment about 10 years ago.
Made a playlist of my favorite David Bazan tracks. Sort of an introduction to nearly 4 decades of albums that impacted my life.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1S2...
Arsenal losing to Bournemouth this morning? Yes, please.
While my representative, Congresswoman @repescobar.bsky.social, has been an outspoken critic of Trump, I called her office using this script. Call yours too.
Trump is escalating an illegal war, threatening massive war crimes and targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran. In the last 48 hours alone, the rhetoric has crossed every line. Pete Hegseth is complicit. I’ve called for the 25th Amendment and am introducing Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth.
I am once again reminded of how pretty much every sports media outlet fell over themselves to condemn the world cup being hosted in Qatar due to their human rights records. Relative silence this time.
Nope. The cancer is the US.
New eBay find. Fucking love it.
These two matches have been so underwhelming. Outscored 7-2. Yikes.
Picked up one of the rereleases adidas put out for the WC. Banger.
Front cover of FIFA's official report from the 1930 World Cup Text reads, top to bottom, in French (and Spanish?): La organizacion de la COUPE DU MONDE (Montevideo, Julio 1930) La Inntervención del Football Uruguayano En Las Olimpiadas de Paris 1934 Y AMSTERDAM 1928 Negociaciones Internacionales Bruselas, Marzo de 1932
It's a long shot, but what the hell... as Michael Scott quoted Wayne Gretzky, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
I'm scrambling to find a copy of FIFA's official report from the 1930 World Cup.
Anyone know where to find a PDF of this document and/or have a PDF they could send my way?
If you think I’m going to not send a text to a podcast host talking shit about Ricardo Pepi, you don’t know me.