looking at mens tennis best runs in grand slam:

laver won 5 of 6 between 69 & 69 but was shortchanged because most of his career pros could not compete in open events. he won 5 of 6 as an amateur between 61 & 62 prior to turning pro.

borg won 7 of 13 between 77 & 80

lendl won 5 of 8 between 85 & 87

sampras won 6 of 12 between 93 & 95

federer won 11 of 16 between 04 & 07

nadal won 7 of 13 between 08 & 11

djokovic won 6 of 8 between 14 & 16

feel free to talk away about the games, we will avoid looking at DMT as we will watch Th/F games in the evening.....
IMHO its safe to say Poland and Belgium will move forward, but we want Portugal and Wales at this house.....
And we (or I should say I'm) are very much hoping for Italy/Iceland on the weekend....

iron pans

What oil do people use for sautéing? I use grape seed because it has a neutral flavor and I have an unscientifically weird feeling about canola but maybe there is something better? Just curious.

cereal offender

Are we in radio silence about the England / Iceland game because of Skinny not watching until later?

Thirty-seven years ago, Lamborn created the first sugar snap pea; today he grows more than 200 types of snow peas and snap peas on his farm in Twin Falls, Idaho, and sells seeds across the world.  Surprising colors of butter yellow, maroon, deep purple, and chile pepper red relay a kaleidoscope of flavors.  Many of the rarer varietals, coveted by chefs for specialty dishes, sell out quickly at the greenmarket.

twenty minutes until argentina thrash.... wait, that was tuesday. ill still be surprised if argentina loses especially since chile beat them last year in this tournament albeit in chile. messi has never won a major (or in this case, less major) tournament for argentina. they seem primed. no major injuries which inhibited them in the world cup finals in 2014. plenty of motivation. the only concern is that theyll be overconfident after the walk in the park against us. or maybe theyll get distracted by the game of thrones finale tonight at halftime. the lord of light though is surely on their side. 

"Ugh, the new Matthew Barney movie looks fucking terrible"

RIP Bill Cunningham

Brexit! Obviously it's massively complicated and I don't think anyone has a real grasp on what the ramifications will be. I think this article is an even handed look at the range of possible economic implications, and it shares (mostly) my general pro Brexit feeling at least insofar as it represents a strike against the clearly failed policies of neoliberalism (failed, that is, for all but the very top of the economic ladder.) Interesting times and all that....

explain to me why we cant vote with our phones yet?

Art and money. Value and worth. How does art get from studio to museum? Journey back to the early sixties, to the beginning of the market for contemporary art, when the art dealer and tastemaker Dick Bellamy (1927-1998) made history but chose not to make money. At the fabled Green Gallery on Fifty-Seventh Street, Bellamy launched the careers of Pop, Op and conceptual artists, as well as mavericks and minimalists, artists such as Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, Donald Judd and Dan Flavin, Mark di Suvero and Lucas Samaras, and Robert Morris and Larry Poons. The story of Dick Bellamy, a beatnik with a legendary eye, unfolds as postmodernism elbowed the past aside.

twenty minutes until the us vs argentina in the copa semi-finals. an hour before its effectively over.

doing rt 66 in a tesla

ginger beer recipe 

game 7 nba finals. last licks, people! i got a beer so you know its serious.

BEGIN Japanology is a series from the only Japanese public broadcasting company, world division. I've watched rain, department stores, tempura and wood joinery. but there is a tuna one queued up that wont go well for the tuna im afraid. looking forward to charcoal and storehouses. on YT.

usa not nearly as athletic or talented as this ecuador side. would be fun if they held on to this slim lead to see them thrashed by argentina.

Yay a creepy new winona series! 

finally my people have a home.

always thought i went to soccer camp at 11 in the 6th grade but photo is dated at 1978 which means i was 9.

Great News!! Ryley and I will see USA play in the COPA AMERICA quarter final!! Now for crazy odds tomorrow can Ecuador Tie Haiti and Brazil Loose to Peru PLEASE!! USA vs BRAZIL if so!!

New shirt coming for the match!!

Game 4. Alright, so far so good...

From the Notify NYC mailing list: A solar powered plane is scheduled to conduct a flyover across various parts of NYC tomorrow morning, 6/11, from approximately 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM. The aircraft will enter NYC near the Verrazano Bridge and travel northbound to the Statue of Liberty before turning east to travel over JFK Airport. A helicopter will accompany the aircraft to take photos of the operation.