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I've been in a tournament predictor pool with some friends. Leading since the 2nd day of group matches, I'm now tied for 2nd after England beat Netherlands. I have to get a bit crazy to reclaim 1st and win, so I'm picking England 1-0 with Foden scoring the goal.

I'm already mourning the end of 2 tournaments Sunday. As a teacher, it's been a glorious football-filled summer. The Olympics will help, then BOOM! right back into the Premier League season. Everton seems to be showing some hopes of stabilizing their future with a solid new owner. Hope springs eternal, but it's the hope that kills.

I assume the drone at the end of Less Than You Think just went on between sets?

Oh shit, I was there too! Guitar wizard. Fantastic show!

2011 movie starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter. Very good. On Hulu if you're interested. Those two have now done this movie and George & Tammy together. Very different characters, but they really play off each other very well.

Baby Reindeer, like the rest of the world, apparently. 5 episodes in. 4 wrecked me.

An exceptionally easy one too.

MiB became one of my favorite pods during the pandemic. Roger Bennett is a truly special person. So enthusiastic, positive, empathetic, funny, smart, and hard-working. Check out his memoir (Re)Born in the USA. He spent a summer in his teens in Chicago. Changed his life.

I became an Everton fan because of Tim Howard's presence on their side after the 2014 World Cup. I often rue that decision, but not last Wednesday. #UTFT

I'll allow it since Dortmund is still alive in the Champions League.

Last night. Living Colour in a high-end cocktail bar in Omaha, adjacent to a Bentley dealership which doubled as the band's green room.

What's it called? I'm in Des Moines and find myself in Iowa City a few times a year.

Yet Don Henley lives

Lake Street Dive with Monica Martin opening. Listening to Martin now. Beautiful vocalist.

Mike Doughty & the Ghost of Vroom