Peter D'Souza

Chronically gruntled. Goan in Kentucky. Third-world America-loving import. Passed the citizenship civics test.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas Rooting for Portugal here. Hoping that they don't keep Ronaldo on the chain as they did in 2022. If there was one heavily "managed" player in WC22, it was Ronaldo.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@LARGOESPN @SecRubio Thank you! 💙⚽️

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@LARGOESPN @SecRubio Please, sir. Thanks!

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@LAD_Back2Back @AlexiLalas I was rooting for them. They need a little pick-me-up. :-)

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas Vozinha has gained 3.85 million new followers on Instagram in the past 3 hours. What a brilliant performance.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@WNGdotorg Loved this story by Grace Snell, perhaps because my story mirrors that of Abel Carriço—right down to Mozambique.

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Spain against Cabo Verde

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@adamwehib @FOXSports I was thinking the same thing, from a different angle—

It's a loss for those who think like you.

The game was a thriller. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, won the hearts of everyone who watched the match.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas Parabens, Cabo Verde!

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

Stunning, truly! Draw or not, this is a huge victory for Cape Verde!

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

A STUNNING DRAW TO KICK OFF SPAIN’S FIFA WORLD CUP

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas That goalie is something else

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas On second thoughts, they are getting the first part right—Verr. Maybe just drop the AY at the end and they'll be good. Verrd.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@AlexiLalas Could you please get your colleagues to not say "Cape VerDAY"? It's hard to write it phonetically, but it sorta rhymes with "bird." Thanks!

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@Tunnykvng That goalkeeper should be player of the game. He is phenomenal, and phenomenally busy.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

It's a good time to explain to your kids the difference between greed and envy, jealousy and admiration.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

"That's cute. That's very cute."

Ian Darke just announcing goal #7 by Germany against Curação.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Stateside, a gas station. I drank a frozen blue beverage too quickly, and was struck down by a punishment this entire nation knows, and accepts, and has named.

The drink is called a slush. Ice, sweetness, and a blue that does not occur in nature. The day was hot. I was thirsty. I drank like a soldier at a river.

The pain arrived in my skull like a war horn.

Behind the eyes. Above everything. Total. I gripped the roof of my car. I may have made a sound.

"Brain freeze," said the cashier through the door, with no urgency whatsoever.

It has a NAME. The affliction is so common it has a household name, like a cousin.

"Tongue on the roof of your mouth," called a man at the pumps. He did not look over. He prescribed the remedy mid-pump, casually, the way one mentions weather.

I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. The war horn faded. The healer nodded at his pump, finished, and was gone in a Chevrolet.

In my land, punishment follows crime by way of courts and seasons. Here, the sentence is instant. Drink with greed, and the ice strikes the mind directly. No trial. No appeal. Perfectly fair.

And here is what moves me. EVERYONE has felt it. The cashier. The healer. Children. Elders. An entire nation united by the same small lightning, all taught the same cure, all passing it on to strangers at gas stations, free of charge.

You cannot fully distrust a country once you know it shares one pain.

The freeze does not punish thirst. It punishes haste.

I finished the slush slowly, like a scholar. Blue tongue. Clear mind.

Then at the door I forgot everything, drank deeply, and was struck down again.

"Tongue, hon," said the cashier, without looking up.

Discipline is a journey.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@DineshDSouza "..dividing line between US and the Protestants..."

Dinesh, are you identifying as Roman Catholic?

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@megbasham Alright, they seem to be following my recommendations. :-)
https://t.co/Js3apgXkWo

[Fox News @FoxNews]

World Cup tourists fall in love with middle America — raving about Waffle House at 1 a.m., Buc-ee's gas stations, and strangers driving them to stadiums in the rain. Oxford Economics expects 1.24 million international visitors for the tournament, and their viral posts are showcasing a side of the country most foreign media never covers.

[Peter D'Souza @PeterDSousa]

@megbasham Sorry if this sounds too pedestrian, but a trip to Buc-ee's is one they won't forget. ;-)