Let’s not forget that even if England win against Norway on Saturday they will then immediately have to march 200 miles south and play France without so much as a hydration break
It's the long breaks between seasons, the low amount of episodes, and the binge release model. People would stick with shows - even just okay ones, or after a drop in quality - because familiarity and comfort was burned in year after year, week after week, episode after episode.
82 years ago, 14,000 Canadians landed on Juno Beach, many of whom would never come home.
On the anniversary of D-Day, we pause to honour those who served and sacrificed. We remember that our rights, our freedoms, and our way of life were fought for and were won by those who answered the call.
Shout out to THIS guy who decided to take a spoonful of his mashed potatoes while ducking and covering after tonight's WHCD shooting. No way he was passing up on that free food, even with Secret Service having their guns drawn out. 🙌 😂
These astronauts are just a balm: impossibly cheery, down to earth, committed, decent. They are clearly extraordinary people, and yet reassuringly normal. At a time when the news is dominated by people who are either cruel or corrupt or insane or incompetent or all of the above, they remind us not all is lost.
Makes such a good point: “the whole point of a shared universe is to tell different kinds of stories, some that may even be aimed at different kinds of audiences. After all, if we just make the same show over and over, what’s the point?”
Last thought on the subject before I go in the studio:
Those who seem to think you need legislative power to effect change forget all the people who never had a
ANY political power and generated tons of change. Martin Luther King jr anyone? (Or even just Martin Luther)?
ITALY: Haha, we drink espresso in the dugout!
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Haha, we’re having so much fun hyping each other up!
TEAM USA: We’re listening to a man describe in detail the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden to prepare us to play Canada in baseball.