Jon in Pasadena

Weren't those on like season 3 or 4 of Star Trek Voyager?

Been driving (not riding -- pet peeve; I know everyone says "riders" and "riding" but to me "riding" sounds like you're just a passive participant not in control; I know, I'm nutso but "riding" a motorcycle is *not at all* like riding the bus!) motorcycles for >30 yrs, mostly in hellacious L.A. traffic, or on twisty mountain roads. Driven on coastal highways, desert dirt roads, mountain logging roads, L.A. freeways, 1000 mile road trips, Donner Pass in winter, through Firebaugh a few times where I almost got hit by a football traveling at Mach 2 ? , & many other places. Been down/fell off plenty of times, mostly early on in my biking career, in all kinds of conditions. Been down on sand, gravel, ice, wet leaves... Been hit by cars, trucks, and once by flying debris shedding off of a truck that was crashing creatively on the 134 freeway. Sum total of all my crash-related injuries: A few nicks and scrapes, and one probable concussion (my first year on my first bike, a Suzuki 550E road-racer held together with love and baling wire.) I will say this: motorcycling is not for everyone. If you doubt your ability to hold it together when **** starts going down, you probably ought not to be on a bike. Also, it is critical to *always* wear the best safety gear you can afford. I don't give a crap how "hot" the weather is. The cooling tech available now is incredible. They have vents that route cool wind through your helmet, and similar for jackets. I stay plenty comfortable. People who drive helmetless or shirtless or in shorts or in flip-flops are tools. They *will* get !@#$ed up. It's just a matter of time. If you decide to go for it, I highly recommend taking some AMA certified training courses. Totally worth it. Cheers!

ZFG.

I'm thinking we go 14-5, Josh Allen is Super Bowl LIII MVP, sunshine and roses in a perpetual summer in Buffalo, and then my !@#$ing alarm goes off.

That would be one cramped booth.

I was wrong -- they did it one match early... that defensive spaz that led to Croatia's 2nd goal was pretty sad.

Laguna Beach might have been Robert Woods. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/376407/monarch-beach-resort/

I have a Nexus 5 made by LG that's still going strong after 5 years. (Some mechanical wear and tear like the external power button croaked, but I worked around it.) Viagra?

They need a new booking agent.

2-1 Now it gets interesting!

Just imagine what the score would look like if Belgium wasn't "A dumpster fire of no talent."

How cool was Eric Dier on England's 5th kick? Talk about pressure...

England won a PK shootout. Pinch me.

Aaaannnd.... England concedes a goal in stoppage time, right on schedule.

Holy crap. Walker just practically gifted Colombia a goal, and Colombia said "Nahhhh. We'd rather go home."

Love that movie.

Sigh. I have no idea what the Japan defenders were doing on that.

Uh oh. 2-2

Ugh. Goalkeeper error leads to a Belgian goal. 2-1 Japan

GOAL! Inui makes it 2-0 Japan from the top of the box!!

Some exciting soccer here. If you're not watching, you're missing out. ? GOAL! Beautiful strike from Haraguchi! 1-0 Japan

I care. ? Go Samurai Blue!

Well, I'm locked into Japan for family reasons, but they have a tough row to hoe with Belgium, and then if by some miracle they win, next facing the winner of Brazil/Mex... I think that this might actually be the year that England manages to make it to the finals and then break their fans' hearts.

And still manage, somehow, to !@#$ that up...