Europeans are crying over Team USA getting Balogun back, America went hard for the 4th & beaches are overrated

How am I feeling this Monday morning after the holidays and the historic 4th of July weekend? Look, I’m not going to lie, I’m a little dazed and WE WILL BE SHIT by a historic rain event off Lake Erie today, but I’m excited for Monday Screenshots.

We’re officially in that dead period with the World Cup, the Tour de France, the MLB All-Star break, and if you’re desperate, a little bit of NASCAR before the NFL opens training camps at the end of this month. This is when the crème de la crème of the content world rises to the top.

With that in mind, let’s start this morning by lamenting the Euros’ USA team Balogun’s goal threat in tonight’s game against Belgium. I know many of you are angry that I dared to write about football, but we need to address this issue, because now the Euro in football is on a tear for the USA.

ESPN WRITER HATES Team USA’S BALOGUN BACK, SAYS THEIR WORLD CUP SUCCESS IS NOW ‘ESTABLISHED’

These guys never cared about American football, especially the men’s team. We were the team of idiots who wore rubber bands in our hair. We were the MLS idiots, with the idiot fans in the stands trying to do Euroism with our chants and those stupid scarves that woke the idiots up during the games.

Now Trump is possibly in the middle of a red card situation, which immediately causes laughing fans around the world to burst into tears.

What a turning point this was. Gone are the rubber band idiots. Scarf idiots are hiding. Trump’s political power is out there, and this country seems to be on a truly legitimate path in this sport. Will I care about football when this is all over? I have no chance.

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I love watching Megan Rapinoe, her fellow poor fans, and Euro whiners sit there and watch the men’s team succeed. I literally support these guys HARD like a giant f–you to Rapinoe and you should too. Trust me, it feels good.

USMNT fans across the country brought patriotism to the team’s World Cup opener. (Photo: Jose Hernandez/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Observations about life after barely touching my phone for about 9 days

• Screencaps Jr. He continues to surprise me with his love of running. He got us up at 5 a.m. Saturday morning so he could run a 4-mile race with his cross country friends on the Fourth of July, and then finished 61st out of 624 runners, placing 2nd in his age group with a time of 28:18. I don’t know anything about 4 mile times, but I have a Gemini and my AI assistant says the time is “phenomenal.”
• Let’s list Sunday in order of couch days: 1. Rainy late October/early November Sunday, low cloud deck, NFL Tickets on TVs in the basement, light rain outside and a pot of chili on the stove2. Sunday after Thanksgiving3. When the Sunday after July 4th falls on a Saturday Someone will email and say Super Bowl Sunday, but I’d argue it’s not a couch day. I think couch day is recovery day. Super Bowl Sunday is all about getting dialed in and getting some action. A day on the couch should be a day where you nap for an hour, eat, nap again, maybe leak, nap again.
• Is there more road construction in your area than usual? About eight projects are underway within a three-mile radius of our home. It feels like there is an abnormal amount of road construction right now.
• My 14U football team’s league tournament starts tonight at 20:00 with the first shot in a town 30 minutes away from here. Games at 8pm on Monday nights after the 4th of July weekend should be illegal.
• Our team finished the year with 4 consecutive wins. Some say we can make a run at this 16-team tournament. We’ll play baseball for another week and it will finally be over.
• How do so many emails in Gmail’s ‘Promotions’ folder suddenly get transferred to the ‘Primary’ folder when I go on holiday? Is Google selling ‘Primary’ access to companies? My email account is a complete mess.
• Screencaps 13 year olds could crush me financially if I let Jr. meet his friends more than once a month. I’ve never seen a box of Costco chocolate chip cookies destroyed so quickly.
• They will also bankrupt me financially due to the chlorine when none of them come out to leak during a 4 hour pool day. SMH.

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Wasn’t I having this beach conversation with you just 3 months ago?

I’m still not convinced that people read on the beach. I believe books are flexible as a social resume where people take pictures of themselves reading on the beach because it looks good on social media like when LeBron had those books in his locker room.

I don’t really know how to use gaslighting in a sentence but I’ll try – people pretending to read books on the beach sounds like gaslighting.

‘What’s in the bag?’ And what is your thermostat set at?

– Britt asks: Great golf trip summary! I think you’ve posted before, but we need a “What’s in the Bag” summary for you with a picture and the corresponding list (no headscarves). I also think it would be fun to hear (and see a similar picture) the clubs used by the best player making the trip. We guarantee most readers have played something more like what you did than what that guy did! I would also love to see other reader clubs.

Later in the golf trip, some of these courses are quite challenging. I shot the 106 at Ballybunion as 10 HDCP. I think the best player among us was a 2-pointer and I think he shot 94. We wanted weather in Ireland and we got it. (Fun fact: Karen T played about 6 times on the Ireland golf trip…and used one ball; I guess I had to buy more while I was there).

The thermostat upstairs in Northern VA was set to 68, main level to 72 (today it’s 102). No matter how much it costs. I’d rather spend my money on this than on something else. I’m considering getting a portable air conditioner filled with ice and water for my garage… because I’m an idiot with the most amazing basement ever, but I love watching TV in my awesome garage (Karen T designed both, so I can’t take credit for anything other than spending time in both). Best buy, there are a ton for anyone who might be interested in what I’m looking at (#notsponsored).

AMERICA! AMERICA! AMERICA! Great choices for ladies today. Ivanka forever, Jenna is amazing, Heather still does her thing and Megan can sing a little (awesome) and is also “kinda sweet” haha.

Thanks Joe. I’m glad you had a wonderful trip.

Kinsey: I use Cleveland irons and wedges (graphite shafts) and an unnamed driver I bought for $40 at the Toledo Golf Show six years ago, and an unnamed 3w I bought along with the driver. My last purchase was the Cleveland 7w with 23 degree loft, a great buy from eBay. He literally showed up at my door the day I left for the Up North.

What happened to the Reds?

– Jase extends his hand: What happened to the redheads? I thought they would at least challenge for a playoff berth this year, but it looks like they’ll be lucky to stay out of last place in the NL Central. Do you still think they can turn the tables?

-Kinsey: Jase, it was fun while it lasted. I had fun for a month until reality set in as the program got harder. No, they don’t come back. Have you seen what MY Reds are facing in the NL Central? Their offense is useless against shots that will leave them behind. MY Reds face the toughest schedule remaining in Major League Baseball (0.535%). This won’t be good at all.

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And that’s it this morning as we all try to get back into routine. There will be another break at the end of the month before we focus on the long road leading up to football season and winter break.

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