At tomorrow's Netherlands v Tunisia game, Katia Itzel García will be the first Mexican woman to be the main referee of a men's World Cup game. Here she is as the assistant referee at a Liga MX Femenil game at Estadio Azul in Mexico City in 2018

obvious joke that someone else has surely already done

To test myself, to see how consistent I am at picking the "right" colour, for the last 25 days, I put the cursor thingy in the top right corner and tried to pick what I felt was the purple with a perfect 50/50 split of blueness and redness. My bias definitely seems to be towards the blue end

Oh for fuck's sake...

Hopefully I can find a towel with a picture of a toilet on it, too

Added to my "insults to be used" list

Some other cross stitch and embroidery stuff from the last year or so

13,442 stitches done, a little over half way finished

A Quaver with 7-Eleven Brand Coloured Waves

Portuguese (performative) man o' war

U2: same four members for nigh on half a century Coldplay: same four members since the 90s Radiohead: same FIVE members since the 80s Any bands with six or more members for so long?

Menu prices listed as, for example, 4.5 instead of 4.50 is mildly irritating to me. It shouldn't be, but it is.

The new stadium of Guerreros de Oaxaca looks so wonderful

The US embassy in Germany posted this on Instagram.

Rory Sutherland

Sir David Attenborough

Some buildings in Ecatepec de Morelos, Estado de México

Hollow Cornetto

For whatever reason, Nick Johnson crossed my mind while I was making a cup of tea. I did a chart about him back in the day:

I think I hit middle age like a perfect hammer hit to the nail this evening. Went into the kitchen, asked and answered a question (out loud) to myself: "Glass of sherry?" "Yeah, why not?"

Went to see some horses which was an entirely pleasant way to spend the afternoon

Calle Bajío

Un edificio y parte de otro edificio y dos nubes en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Taqueria La Esquinita

Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz

A building in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz

With Lincoln City being promoted to the second tier of English football today, here's the UK number one single the last time they played at that level: Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley

Mosaikpflaster Matterhorn Gouache and ink on a paving stone that I borrowed from the street

My only time at Dodger Stadium, 2008

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

Tennis Borussia Berlin 3-1 Tasmania Berlin at Stadion Wilmersdorf

Charité Bettenhaus, Berlin. The doctors and nurses here saved my life seven years ago.

Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, Kenny Dalglish, and Sir Kenny Dalglish

Corona

Angine de Poitrine

S-Bahn Berlin DB-Baureihe 484

Made a TeBe shirt for my own enjoyment

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané

A jar of Marmite and a MoYu AoLong v2 cube

La Costeña Salsa de Habanero

Orangina

Four drawings of bottles

Fanta

Checo

One Direction

Blankety Blank, Play Your Cards Right, Pop Quiz

The Uniqueen

Cocteau Twins, the Double-A farm team of the Minnesota Twins

Even German TV is anticipating the haircut: “Magical corner gives hope for a visit to the hairdresser!” (Forza West Ham, obviously)