Seems like a good day to announce that my book, The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics, comes out January 11, 2022. It's about how maybe we need to unplug some of our machines.

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This has been a month of every possible emotion. If you have been kind to me here, please know that I appreciated it very much. If I have not replied to a DM, please forgive me. I have been far from perfect, but I have tried my best. Thank you, friends. I wish you safe journeys.

Sample size of two.

That's the greatest game any of us will ever see in our lives.

When I am an old man and someone asks me what was the best game I saw in the flesh, I will know my answer.

Well, there is some good news for Argentina: Historically, when they give up a 2-0 lead late to a European team in this tournament, they go on to win on penalties, 4-3. This is based on a sample size of one.

This is my fault, Argentina. I'd written a lede I quite liked. I can only apologize.

@je_andersen Well done.

Wish you were here, Grant. Thinking of you buddy.

@andree_e I will be honest. I would like to see Messi win.

@PaPfe23 He's been fantastic.

John Herdman’s “Eff Croatia” comment, in hindsight, was perhaps ill-advised.

@bruce_arthur He’ll be two years older than Atiba is now.

My preview of the men’s World Cup final: blah blah blah, more than 1.5 billion people will be watching, and it’s gonna be batshit. This is Chris Jones, for @cbcsports, from Doha.

@ziplamak Eric, you don't know me, but I'm one of Grant's journalist friends here in Doha. Your reaction was totally understandable. Had I not been there that night, I would have had the same thought. You should be as kind to yourself as your brother always was to me, which was very.

@FootYouCanada @SebiSalazarFUT I don't think you know what freeloader means.