If you’re reading this, you undoubtedly know that, in the US Women’s National Team 5–0 victory over New Zealand in the She Believes Cup, three of those goals were own goals by New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore, two of which were in the first ten minutes of the game…

I get it. It’s lost its charm. It’s no longer amusing. Once fine, twice eh, but three times (thrice?)? Way too much. (For the record, the stats for my second installment vs. my first, 80 (literally, 80) views vs. 11,300 (actually) bear this out in stark and unavoidable terms. Though…

Honestly. I feel like Ted Lasso (the show) is mocking me. Last year, I wrote a moderately successful (as Latin-focused pop culture articles go) piece about the Latin motto of Ted Lasso’s fictional AFC Richmond. …

As a soccer coach and with a free trial to Apple TV+ I’ve been watching and enjoying Ted Lasso, about a bumbling (soccer-wise) but good-hearted (understatement) American football coach who is recruited to take the helm of the struggling EPL team AFC Richmond. I’ve been able, now four episodes in…

Why Can’t They Just Be #Teamcommonsense? So I notice now that Team #nopajamapolice is showing up as remote schooling starts up and teachers and schools grapple with whether or not rules of appearance should be imposed on students when they attend class remotely (via Zoom or similar). Implicit in the #nopajamapolice is the implication that Team…

Our assistant principal talked to us about the evaluation process and how his focus this year would be on the beginning of class and how class opened. …

Last spring, I was able to pilot the (big) iPad Pro and loved it. The keyboard had a great feel and the size made it practically laptop like. But the key word there is practically. It wasn’t laptop enough to be a laptop and wasn’t iPad enough (largely because of…

At the 2016 European Cup Championships, Italy was the surprise darling. Winning the first two games of their group against first Belgium and then Sweden, Italy entered the third game of their group with the confidence and ease of a team that believes in itself and the tactics of its…

Written from the Most Relaxed Setting Possible — Please Excuse Any Typos First there was email. Then there was texting. Then emailing from devices. Then the perhaps inevitable final step: the e-disclaimer, the disavowing of any responsibility for typos that frequently appears at the bottom smart phone emails. When the…