{"id":11506,"date":"2022-12-13T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:37:22","slug":"random-thursday-the-tuesday-browser-tab-clearing-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2022\/12\/13\/random-thursday-the-tuesday-browser-tab-clearing-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thursday: The Tuesday Browser Tab-Clearing Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve recently been taken to task, in a passive-aggressive fashion, for the unreliable way that I post Random Thursday articles. In my defense, I hadn’t realized that anyone was actually reading those posts, let alone counting on them. That kind of following is a foreign concept to me. So, I apologize for my haphazard scheduling, and simultaneously assure you that, well, nothing is going to change. I’m as wild as the West Texas winds and I can’t be tamed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know about you, but I have a bad habit of opening browser tabs for subjects that attract my interest, fully intending to write about them but never getting around to it, and so they accumulate. What’s worse, I do that on all my devices: desktop, phone, tablet, coffee maker, etc. It adds up, and stays that way, usually until a system crashes and I lose everything. So, in a rare display of determination, I’m going to share the contents of those tabs before they completely disappear from my screens and my memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I suspect that you’ve seen examples of Liz Climo<\/a>‘s comics via your favorite social media addiction<\/s> application. I had never bothered to look up her Tumblr website<\/a>, but I lost several hours of my life going through all 51 pages (as it currently exists). Liz is an artist and author, and her cartoons are sweet, comforting, and funny. She has the gift of minimalism; I strongly suggest letting her share that with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been following the World Cup action a bit, mostly online although I did catch the last 25 minutes of the live broadcast of Saturday’s quarterfinal match pitting England against France. I don’t understand a lot of what goes on in soccer\/football\/futbol, but after watching Ted Lasso<\/em><\/a> and Welcome to Wrexham<\/a><\/em>, I’ve been sucked into the passion of those who do follow the sport. And I confess that there’s some pretty cool things that happen along with the 99% of the time where nothing does (it’s sorta like baseball in that regard).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago, Morocco beat Spain — an upset apparently akin to a high school team beating the Dallas Cowboys, although maybe that isn’t such a stretch given the way the Pokes played last Sunday — on a penalty kick, but not just any<\/em> penalty kick. The kick was unusual enough that it has its own name and Wikipedia page: the Panenka<\/a>, named after the Czech player who first used it in 1976 in another upset against West Germany. The technique is akin to an extreme change-up pitch (another baseball analogy) in which the batter is expecting one kind of throw and the pitcher does the exact opposite, causing the batter extreme embarrassment and loss of respect. I’m not doing it justice, so just watch the replay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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