Malcolm is a very good boy. As you can see.
Malcolm is a very good boy. As you can see.
Barney Ronay, speaking the sad truth:
There will be those who feel Walker should have been sent off. In isolation it looked like an outlawed duck of the head, a strict liability offence in freeze frame, never mind the provocation. But then, who really knows? The answer, of course, is: no one knows. There is nothing to know. There is no objective truth, no definitive answer. Other than the fact poorly applied VAR is the same as poor refereeing, only slightly worse because it takes longer. All we really have are opinions, and endless wearying debate.
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The Panenka: Not for Everyone: twitter.com/torontofc… ⚽️
Caitlin Flanagan channeling Tom Wolfe is utterly inspired.
Thore Haugstad on Marcelo Bielsa:
When Bielsa studies footage, he can follow two games at once. He believes seemingly fluent aspects of the game have limited scope for variety. He says football has no more than twenty-nine systems, for instance, and that there are exactly eleven ways to approach the goal. There are exactly thirty-six types of passes—a short pass, a long pass, a one-two, a pass between the lines, etc. These variations form part of a matrix in which the number of patterns is finite. “I’m certain of that,” Bielsa says.
Bielsa really is crazy, in a wonderful way. ⚽️
Huge if true
Sydney Smith coined the term “anemocracy” – “a people governed by wind.” That’s America today: the world’s largest anemocracy.
Can’t really believe, now, that at the end of 2016 I was planning to move to Linux. I was so much younger then, I guess. So much more ambitious. So full of hope.
I wrote a brief post summarizing what I do when I get a new Mac.
Il pane è il bisogno, il vino è la gratuità. – Enzo Bianchi
In C S Lewis’s letters there’s a story about a man named Phelps who was the Provost of Oriel College (Oxford) and one evening hosted at high table a visitor named Jenner, a fellow of Jesus College, who was, unbeknownst to Phelps, a fanatical teetotaler. When Phelps poured him a glass of wine, Jenner said, “Sir, I would rather commit adultery than drink a glass of that.” To which Phelps, in a low, stern voice: “So would we all, Jenner; but not at the table, if you please.”
I posted a newsletter. This one is for the print/design nerds.
The third thing I do when I get a new computer.
The second thing I do when I get a new computer.
The first thing I do when I get a new computer.
Lovely morning at Lake Waco Wetlands — though the wetlands are still waking up to springtime.
Apple News vs. RSS. Yay RSS.
Looking forward to watching Wales-Slovakia ⚽️, but the truly key thing is to tune in in time to hear a stadium full of the Welsh singing their national anthem. Gives me a chill every time.
“Next time you read denunciations of systematic racism in society – or the churches – do listen closely. You might be surprised how few words have to be changed to be in the world of camp meetings and revivals.” — Philip Jenkins
