Thrills and chills

Day two of homeward bound continued and it was...fine?  We are a little busy at work, so I just put some extra time in.  I will definitely cut the grass tomorrow, and hopefully there will be some Behemoth news.  Rah.  I went through a pile of the paperwork, and went through some SVDP stuff, always a good thing.  I also treated myself to watching "In Which We Serve," the Noel Coward film from the 40s about the Royal Navy, or, as I say, "Mrs. Miniver On a Boat."  There is something about it I find cheery, even if it is quite the period piece, if you get my drift.  It is also the straightest role he ever played, but, a war was going on, and he even soldiered on, if you get my drift.

Explained: Argentina’s anti-England chants and why players sing about the Falklands War - The Athletic

This is the stuff about soccer that makes it watchable, for God's sake!  Fan-trolling is where it is, and if you think about it, this is just as good as "Two World Wars and One World Cup."  I realize of course I think differently about things compared to most people, but if I was in charge of FIFA, I would encourage this.  

Speaking of soccer, I am still reading all the articles about how we don't have the youth soccer programs other countries do.  I don't think that is it... I think we just have so many other sports kids play.  Football is king, hoops and baseball, and then soccer?  Hell, LAX is hugely popular now, too, and I suspect a lot of kids who could play soccer play LAX, if you get my drift.  Soccer is also not football -- no cheerleaders, if you will -- so soccer has to compete with everyone else.  This is not a bad thing, but for all of the hand-wringing, I think it is just economics and choice.

‘This Was a Black Eye’: Progressives Face Reckoning Over Graham Platner - NOTUS — News of the United States
If this is what they consider a reckoning, I wish I would have similar such reckonings!  To be sure, they are Democrats, so it's not like they have any morals about this (or anything), so...