I hear all the negative reviews of @Airbnb hosts that want you to deep clean the place after you’ve paid a cleaning fee. Been there. Done that.
But I just stayed at a home in Annapolis that literally told me that only thing I needed to do when I left was lock the door.
On this day in 2006, we released the Here It Goes Again music video. This video cost less than $5,000 and was shot in 17 very sweaty takes, but it took us to the Grammys, the VMAs, and to the email inboxes of millions of people (you couldn’t share videos to social media back then).
20 years later, we actually now can share this to social media. Enjoy!
Liverpool 4:4 against Norwich. 3 mins played into the 5 added minutes, Klopp losing his head in the touchline on Liverpool inability to kill the game. A shot rebound and there goes Lallana iconic hit. Klopp goes wild 🤯
I can't stop listening to this song. Best thing that came out of the World cup being in the United States this year. 🇺🇸
Watching this compilation of fans from all over the world at the 2026 World Cup in America is so heartwarming.
USA USA USA 🇺�
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.
@WoodyWhite13@deaninserra Equating England and Tennessee. I’m not sure if that’s an insult to England or Tennessee. But I know it’s an insult to one of them.
I almost hesitate to promote this, because it wasn't really intended to be a piece. I just sort of sat down and it came out. Maybe someone else out there has the same type of day today, and it'll speak to them.
https://t.co/xSMUDOrHcC
Yes iPhone autocorrect, I really meant Amazon Proms. 🙄 Prime not even being an option on autocorrect should be the weirdest thing my phone has ever done. But it’s not in the top 10, maybe not even top 100.
We are excited about VBS this year and can't wait for the date to arrive. VBS is for ages 4 years (potty trained) through 5th Grade! Visit https://t.co/9NPFdVdJpm and sign your kids up today!
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