Your “Is It June-uary Where You Live?” Wednesday Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

  • Pete Carroll says it’s cool that Nate Robinson wants to try out, but has a slim likelihood of making a team, let alone the Seahawks. Kind of a strange look for a guy who normally looks at all the facts before rushing to judgment.
  • Still with the ‘Hawks, Michael Bennett wants a new contract, and says seeing other guys get big deals is like “seeing your favorite girlfriend get married to someone else”. Since the GM was willing to freeze out Kam Chancellor, Bennett’s not really pushing that hard.
  • Profootballtalk swept up the pencil shavings of ESPN and Deadspin reports about Jameis Winston to parse out the claim by Buccaneers wide receiver Louis Murphy that criticism of Winston is race-based, and claims Johnny Manziel gets better coverage because he’s white. Aside from being wrong on its face, Jameis Winston is considered a bad person because he has done some very bad things.
  • According to ESPN, “Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has said the National Football League is involved in “every aspect” of the club’s new stadium project after holding discussions with NFL executives this week.” Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent. Also, who knew “Levy” was Cockney for “Kroenke”?
  • ESPN also has a story about James Harrison, and how Deebo wants to keep playing until he’s 40. Also included – he got drug tested at his mom’s house during a visit. I bet that woman has a death stare for the ages.

Remember: it’s only 53 days until the Hall of Fame Game, and 84 days until the start of the regular season.

Soon, our days will be filled with meaningful content. Soon.


A brief rant – IT FUCKING SNOWED IN VANCOUVER YESTERDAY!

It s snowing on the North Shore — in June British Columbia CBC News

Granted, it was up in the local mountains, and was gone by noon. But still – June fucking 14th; it only got up to 10 Celsius / 50 Fahrenheit. That’s goddamned bullshit! It brings to mind an old Drew Carey routine:

Which then reminds me of classic Colbert

Colbert - global warming

Of course this leads, inevitably, to God-Emperor Trump

Science!

Speaking of science, I found this gif on SPLOID. It’s mesmerizing.


Tonight’s sports action: Just baseball. Orioles @ Red Sox is the national game on ESPN2 (7:00) Seriously.

At least tomorrow brings us the first round of the US Open, USA vs Ecuador in hot Copa action from the CLink, and Game 6 in Cleveland, with the following questions:

  1. Will they lose at home?
  2. Will the sadness be sweeter or more bitter?
  3. How many balls will Draymond Green hit?

But there’s nothing of significance tonight.

So, I’m talking movies. I could’ve put this on BringBackMatt, but the main page seems right for a light content day like this.

I’ve seen, in the last month, “Captain America: Civil War”

“X-Men: Apocalypse”

And “The Nice Guys”

While none stood out, each served their purpose of being delightfully entertaining.

Captain America was what “Age of Ultron” should have been, and was in every way a superior film. It handled the role of setting up future films quite well, and didn’t make the connections seem as forced as “Ultron” did. It was actually a nice conclusion to the Cap trilogy, and on their own worthy of the three-pack purchase, if you’re into that sort of thing. And – to repeat the answer I gave in an open thread a week ago – it was far-superior to “Batman v Superman”.

I would posit, however, that “Apocalypse” was a better film than “Civil War”, mostly because it was truer to the source material. People got bent out of shape with all the death and destruction, but that’s what those X-Men comics that helped raise me were all about. I hardly expect Captain America to be a documentary, but I also don’t expect them to have the accuracy & aim of The A-Team. Seriously, in Marvel movies, only the bad guys seem to kill; good guys wound or incapacitate in order to allow a soliloquy. X-Men movies accept their “fantasy” aspect and go overboard with the destruction, because it’s not the real world. (Unless Alex Jones is actually correct.) Willfully ignoring the “think of the children” crowd made it a fun movie, in the same way that the “Independence Day” movies love destroying landmarks.

People will call this “fun” and “irreverent”.

The next step up from “Apocalypse” is “Deadpool”, which was the best superhero movie of the year. There was more violence in “Apocalypse”, but less gore; I guess that was the PG-13 difference, aside from language and a couple of boobs.

Both should be seen on a big screen, if only because it’ll help with the immersion. It’ll be fine on the 48″ at home, but I like seeing that stuff large.

“The Nice Guys” was a good story that could have used about 15 minutes trimmed off of it. It wasn’t as funny as the commercials made it seem, but it had good humour and a nice pace. I found the girl a tad annoying, but mostly because she had character traits that made her both the streetwise one and the naive waif, and the switching kept her role from having the consistency to be believable. But it was worth the price of admission to see Crowe & Gosling interact with each other, and setting the movie in the 1970s gave those scenes even more kick. It’ll be a good Netflix Saturday night.

Next up for me is either “Finding Dory” or “The Secret Life of Pets” with the nieces, or ID: Resurgence” or “Ghostbusters” by myself (since those aren’t wife-accompanied-type movies). Looking at this list, I’LL REGRET SOMETHING!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I just went out for a cig before I went to bed, A spider landed on my face on his assweb. I want to burn the house down right now

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Not gonna lie. I really hate the ginger fucker that got to grope her in the scene

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Has everyone else really left for the night? Like 9 or 10 more pics then I am out too

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8QwVdn9gH9E/VK9QcOZoLBI/AAAAAAAACCw/s1JL__yoDsI/s1600/%EC%A0%9C%EB%AA%A9-%EC%97%86%EC%9D%8C125.gif

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

http://67.media.tumblr.com/2f037b661990a9862f3d66273d5bb69f/tumblr_nmbb60Fa5D1qaa8cro2_250.gif

I fell asleep earlier and have nothing to do tomorrow. Hayley Atwell pics might keep coming

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Full size that picture is more amazing. I have no idea what that bra is made out of. I am assuming magic

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Evening/morning

JerBear50

Yep.

Wakezilla

Wife has finally agreed to let me buy a new gen console. I don’t remember who told me to sell it to her as an entertainment system, but I owe that person a bottle of whiskey. Wooo!

So, PS4 or X-Box One?

Why is the X-bone considered a better entertainment system than the PS4?

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Gratliff

Wait for it. They’re releasing more powerful versions of the new consoles shortly.

Senor Weaselo

Backwards comp-ahahahaha you won’t get that from either of them.

Gratliff

Xbox One is definitely getting there. Pretty solid chunk of my 360 games are running on Xbox One now.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

This seems so fake to me. Give me a girl wearing a hoodie she stole from some guy, wearing glasses because she is too lazy to put in her contacts, shoddy ponytail covered in cheetos dust and frumpily laying down while playing

Senor Weaselo

So… 3/10 or 2/10, would not bang?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

She is busy playing FF7 for the 40th time, let her enjoy the game and then try to bang her later

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I obviously tell her the spot in Junon where you can level up to 99 in a couple hours vs disc 3 enemies on disc one. If she comes up with some other awesome trick I welcome it, don’t feel ashamed by her figuring it ot

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

What I am referring to is you can turn the alarm on in the hallway meant for much later in the game leading to the sub. Easy leveling if you got Beta or Aqualung on your enemy skills materia. Not only can you level up quick it is probably the best place to level up Materia in the game

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’ll take some credit; I remember pitching that a while back.

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Well, it’s been a pleasure.

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Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

/takes note. Remember to post more Hayley Atwell in the future.

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Wakezilla

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They broke off their wedding the day before and got back together at Whitley’s wedding. . . to a congressman. A guy even Dwayne admitted was way better for Whitley. True love!

Senor Weaselo

So hopefully I don’t go to bed tonight at 5:30 like I did last night. Even though I have you guys, I felt… lonely last night. I mean I know why and hopefully I can start rectifying it in earnest next week, but… with her busyness this week and mine this past, I know I need to talk to her, keep patching it up, it’s just that now I’m nervous, like a “Hey you” or something that I want to say, but don’t want to come back on too strong and make her start worrying, even though she honestly should, because I still would do anything.

And it looks like nobody’s coming with me to things tomorrow, and that’s not nearly as fun.

Covalent Blonde

Poor Weaselo.

Wakezilla

Stay strong. It does get better. . . eventually.

JerBear50

Uh oh. Haven’t been on the last two nights. Did I miss a breakup?

Senor Weaselo

No… actually yes, but that’s Low Commander. My fuck-up happened a few weeks ago.

JerBear50

Oh shit, sorry man. I’m only on here while I’m at work so I tend to miss a chunk of the goings on.

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Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I did a reverse image search on this gif to try to find out who it is. Google gave me only “Shoulder”

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Anni Haase. In the title bar.

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From her instagram

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Gratliff

Well, being laid off is good for one thing. It only took a week to catch up on 5 seasons of Veep.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I still need to catch up from Season 2 or 3. I have no reason to not be caught up

Wakezilla

As much as I enjoyed A Different World, Dwayne Wayne and Whitley were absolutely horrible together.

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Covalent Blonde

Right? I fucking hated her!

Wakezilla

She was good in Seasons 2 and 3. Then when she got with him the first time until her character unravelled. By the time they got together the second time, it was just terrible and nobody could have possibly wanted them to get together.

They were so toxic to each other.

Wakezilla

She was good in Seasons 2 and 3. Then when she got with him the first time, her character unraveled. By the time they got together the second time, it was just terrible and nobody could have possibly wanted them to get together.

They were so toxic to each other.

She was actually on the mend and rebounding as a character in Season 5 and then they had to go ruin that by forcing Dwayne and Whitley

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I liked blonde Allison Brie, after I posted it I noticed it looks like she just has to pee

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

Alison Brie because I still had the search tab open

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Covalent Blonde

My first reaction was, “I need to buy that basque!”, and then I realized I will also need to buy a lot of plastic surgery to look as good as she does in that.

Senor Weaselo

/Googles that a basque is a real thing and not just a certain province of Spain

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I say go for it, you are a lovely woman and anyone would be lucky to have the chance to see you in that

Covalent Blonde

Daww

Wakezilla

Is Allison Brie still a try-hard with her quotes to the press? It’s not nearly as oft putting as J-Law, but, it’s like, lady, just chill and relax a little.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

J-law has lost me. Alison Brie I don’t see as a try hard as much as she will lean into whatever the interviewer talks about which is something people absolutely love male comedians for

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

You guys actually listen to their dealings with the press? Why?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I had a quick power blackout, Wisconsin is back to how you imagine it. Cold, dark and humidity free. For me that works so I am happy

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Are you sure you didn’t just blink hard?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
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Wakezilla

How does one make a gif?

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The easiest way I can put it is in a simplified list specific to these:

1. Download MP4 video from Youtube
2. Import to iMovie
3. Edit out everything but Karlie and then arrange the scenes together
4. Save as a .MOV
5. Edit and trim down to 15s MP4 in Photoshop
6. Upload to gfycat.com

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Oops. It’s supposed to be at 1/8 speed. https://gfycat.com/HarshScrawnyHusky#?speed=0.125

Wakezilla

DAMMMMMMMMMM!

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

WUUUUUUUUUUUT?

Unsurprised

Why are you ruining my one safe space, you monster?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That thought process is just depressing. We’ll never be ahead of the stupid.

Wakezilla

But. .. are we impressed that a dog can type or depressed that a dog has a horrible thought process?

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No

Spanky Datass

“June-uary”? Not in my little corner of fly-over-country. Heat index of 110F and simultaneous ‘Heat Advisories’ and ‘Flood Warnings’. FUCK!

Covalent Blonde

Not so much the floods for me. Yikes. Mine is just “death from above when leaving the house”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Well, shit; it was a cool breezy 95F here today. Time to get out the sweater.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

*Wanted a moaner instead.

Wakezilla

Do you have a dog that can do this? Because if you do, I’d imagine it’d be like owning a Porsche

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Covalent Blonde

No, but mine farts incessantly. What is that worth? Like a ’98 Corolla?

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(Shrinking at having a 96 Accord)

Covalent Blonde

I DON’T KNOW CARS!

Unsurprised

Neither do I apparently

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Mine is a crop duster; walks by wagging the tail and lets an SBD out.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Now that I see it in print it describes a woman I dated in the late 90s too.

Covalent Blonde

So this “June-uary” thing, I find this fascinating. Tuesday it will be 121-degrees where I live.
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/112/843/killcrab.jpg
This kills the Covalent

Sill Bimmons

That’s how you kill frogs in bio lab, too.

It’s called “pithing.”

Gratliff

Shit like that is why I can’t hunt. All my food needs to be pre-deaded. I don’t have it in me to snuff out life. Except for insects. Fuck those things.

Brocky

Step 1: allow your child to wade in alligator infested waters

Step 2: this kills the child

Brocky

As in horrible taste as this is..
how wrong is it that I kinda want to shop in a gator’s jaws in place of the scissors and a kid in place of the crab

Gratliff

See, I thought my gator crack below was too soon, but I should’ve known half the internet was tripping over itself to make worse jokes.

Wakezilla

WOW! Get ready for a scorching hot taek!

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That’s some hot fire.

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Wakezilla

Digging the torso theme someone started earlier

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montythisseemsstrangetome

We bought a new doghouse for our dog. She won’t go in it.

Brocky

How I’m picturing your dog right now:

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montythisseemsstrangetome

Yeah, pretty sure she’s playing us.

Wakezilla

Step 1: Cook a pound of bacon
Step 2: Eat all but one strip of said bacon.
Step 3: Put bacon in new dog house.

Fin

Brick Meathook

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Gratliff
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Wakezilla

Gotta love a woman who loves to squat

Unsurprised

Only to eat dicks, I guess. She’s notorious for not working out and only doing yoga and hiking.

Unsurprised

I only said the first part because I’m envious as Hell at her boyfriend.

But I’ve thought about it more often than I should ever and it seems that the biggest problem that I have always comes down to “he asked her out” and I never would.

Sill Bimmons
Gratliff

“At some point, they’re just asking for it.” – Gatorgaters
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/hungry-alligator-17592537.jpg

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Sill Bimmons
montythisseemsstrangetome

I found the Heavy Melon beer that snow reviewed over the weekend. It was in my local liquor store tonight. I liked it, it’s a good summer beer. Just sweet enough but not too sweet.

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JustStopDude

@ Low Commander of the Super Soldiers –

I realized I never answered your question about what motors I work on. Basically medium voltage motors, typically 4160V AC. Mostly Induction but about a third of the time its megawatt Synchronous motors.

They are fun as shit to install…and absolute nightmare to order. I get to deal with a wide variety of regulations depending on the application and our factories are all based overseas. So plenty of very late nights.

http://imgur.com/a/nDQb3

That link is an album for the last induction motor I commissioned and installed…

JustStopDude

On the carrier, our life preservers were called “rubber duckies”. When someone would show up to the boat for the first time, the command would send them to “School of Ship” classes for a week. There, your individual safety gear would get handed out. Except if you were in Reactor Department, you didn’t get a rubber ducky.

The new kids to the department would always ask why they didn’t get the life preserver. It was then when we would have to explain that during an “Abandon Ship”, reactor department musters in the Reactor spaces like the engine room and the doors padlock us in. So we either save the ship from flooding..or we go down with it.

Wonderful morale boost…

Unsurprised

“You’re in the Reactor Department. By the time you hear an alert, you’re already dead.”

Sill Bimmons
King Hippo

I am ready to go home. I miss my cats and civilization (ie, better cable, my own bed, reliable WiFi, home shitting advantage).

Unsurprised

Use this when you leave:

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Better WiFi can sometimes enhance loss of HSA. A road game is much easier when you’ve got mild distractions.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Also true for hookers and pro athletes as well.
Ppl forget that…

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ballsofsteelandfury

OH FUCK YEAH!