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My old mate, Barry, up in Newcastle rang me out of the blue last week. Said he finally tracked down that stupidly rare, early 90s vinyl I’d been hunting for years. The catch? I had to go pick it up...

Man, sometimes you just gotta stop trusting the easy apps on your phone. They mess everything up. They really do. I got burned hard back in April, trying to set a crucial kickoff meeting with a few clients across the...

The Absolute Chaos That Forced Me to Hunt for the July 2024 Calendar You wouldn’t think tracking down a basic piece of paper with 31 boxes on it would be a major engineering feat, right? I sure didn’t. But let...

Man, let me tell you why I even dove headfirst into archiving the USWNT’s win history. It wasn’t just because I love the game; it was pure, unadulterated annoyance. The kind of annoyance that makes you drop everything and spend...

Man, sometimes just finding a simple phone number feels like you’ve got to fight the whole internet. I swear these mega-corporations just love playing hide-and-seek with their contact details. This whole mess started last week because my neighbor, old Miguel,...

Man, let me tell you about the rabbit hole I went down last week. I was just trying to sort out a quick weekend trip, aiming for something proper authentic, not some big-city tourist trap. Albacete Balompié popped up. Segunda...

The Day the Paywalls Won (Until I Fought Back) You know how it is. It was the big one. Pompey versus the Saints. A derby. I hadn’t seen a proper grudge match like this live in years, and I was...

SETTING THE STAGE: WHY WE WENT CHEAP You know the drill if you manage a local amateur sports outfit. You spend half your week trying to get the grass cut just right, and then you realize the one thing absolutely...

Why is Guatemala in World Cup Qualifying tough? See the reasons now! I hear people talking all the time about CONCACAF qualifying, right? They look at the US, Mexico, maybe Canada now, and then they look at Central America and...

Let me tell you, if you live in Barcelona or if you’ve tried to visit any place that shows up on those glossy travel influencer feeds, you know the drill. It’s a total mess. That famous corner—you know the one...