Caitlin Lawrence

PhD candidate at Mizzou interested in politics, partisanship, & 'Aliens' in the Early Republic. Very Iowan and proud alumna of the University of Iowa. (She/Her)

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

You can hear the ex-defender in the Dude as he complains about refs calling too many fouls.
Him: "That's not a foul!"
Me: "He hit that guy in the *face*."
Him: "It was just a flick of his wrist..."

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

Well, I'm sorry Germany lost, but at least the Dude's blood pressure will be more manageable.
I swear he heaved a sigh so heavy it should have thrown his back out...

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

The commentator isn't kidding about German fans not appreciating the fact the Referee for the game is Dutch. The Dude is quite salty...

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

If you're wondering what being married to a German soccer fan is like...

[James May @MrJamesMay]

Es ist zu stressig.

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

The last time we visited the Dude's family, one of his cousins' kids heard me attempting to converse in German. She not so quietly tugged on her father's hand and said: "Daddy, she talks funny. Is she Swiss?"
Anyway, I've never been prouder to be "Swiss" #EURO2020 #FRASUI

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

[Just to be clear, my knowledge of the sport hasn't remotely changed between these two combinations. It's just that my colleagues either don't know anything about soccer, or don't care].

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

Me, talking about soccer with anyone who knows anything about soccer: *Blithering idiot*
Me, talking about soccer with my colleagues: *Wisest elder, genius, can name players and everything*

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

My Dude just had an article published!
Checkout Armin's discussion of America's influence on the development of the political concept of "Europe", in Amerikastudien: https://t.co/WkLt50rfAv

[James May @MrJamesMay]

Wo ist Jürgen Klinsmann wenn wir brauchen ihr. Ihn? Ihn brauchen? Wann? Mein Deutsch ist scheisse und ich bier trinke im pub. Entschuldigung.

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

The Dude: Spouting all kinds of theories about how Germany is going to wing the Euro Championship.
Me: Wow, you can justify anything with enough mental gymnastics
The Dude: YEP, especially when it comes to football.

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

@NOLAHistorian Counter point: Fresh salsa and guac all yours now.

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

The Dude and I have lived in our house for going on four months now and I *still* get our house numbers flipped around in my head. I swear I know where I live, I just can't say or write it out correctly the first time...

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

A pretty successful weekend. #IhaveBread #andRoses #Pumpernickelbread

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

Oh to be a Corgi lying in the sun on a brewery patio...

[small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snurp) @haragoochie]

garlic is to cooking as vanilla extract is to baking in that the amount i add to my food is guided by reckless extravagance and utter disregard, verging on mild contempt, for the recipe as written

[Caitlin Lawrence @CaitELawrence]

@DanielGullotta Apparently so. But if you feel better I got a 15 minute rant about different types of wursts versus 'weiners' (said with a completely straight face).

[Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot]

Every academic submitting work done in lockdown