Houston just shook from that SIUUUU

Maradona si hubieran existido las pausas de hidratación en México 86.

“Ay no, tarjeta gris otra vez”.

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.

Your never gonna believe this

buddy, I was writing 10 page papers without having read the book.

Webgems

Not the first time a Frenchmen was bailed out by a Castle

The Royals tonight were the first team in major league history to: 1) walk zero times 2) strike out 17+ times 3) hit zero home runs 4) win

With the @Royals down to their last out, Jac Caglianone absolutely CRUSHES a homer to tie the game 😱

LeNeverADoubt

41 YEAR OLD LEBRON JAMES IS STILL DOING IT TIE BALLGAME IN HOUSTON

LeTurnover

Lakers losing with Durant out is inexcusable

It’s always darkest before dawn

You’re telling me a member of the Chiefs coaching staff got arrested on or before a big day? Shocking

Bobby Witt Jr. delivers a perfect relay to nab the runner at home 🎯

The craziest part about LeBron putting up 28-8-7 last night in year 23 at age 41 and 73,000+ minutes is that it wasn't a great game *for him*. In terms of GameScore, it was tied for 198th out of 294 playoff games. That's right, 28-8-7 in a win might not even be a top 200 LeBron playoff performance.