NFL Roundup: plenty of news today
- Ugh. Fresh on the heels of the good news that Kenny Easley has been chosen by the Senior Committee for possible Hall of Fame consideration comes Jerry Jones & Paul Taglibue being nominated for the Hall in the “Contributor” category.
- The League has given the “Al-Jazeera Four” of Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, Packers linebacker Julius Peppers, Steelers linebacker James Harrison, and free-agent defensive lineman Mike Neal until August 26th to submit themselves for interview in relation to that PED report also tied to Pey-Pey.
- the NFLPA has asked for third-party arbitration to determine if the players have to testify.
- the League says refusal to testify will result in suspension for “conduct detrimental to the game”.
- Deebo reiterated his position that he’ll talk, but only
- at his house; and
- if Rog will join him on the couch.
- the NFLPA has asked for third-party arbitration to determine if the players have to testify.
- Potential disasters, Bills category:
- Tyrod Taylor got a $92 million contract.
- Accidentally caught Jim Rome in the car while searching for the Brazil-Sweden match. His salient point was that “$100 million is a franchise quarterback. $92 million is a franchise unsure about its quarterback.”
- Marcell Dareus faces a four-game suspension over “missing or failed drug tests related to his use of marijuana”.
- The Bills’ response: “We are very disappointed Marcell chose to put himself first, before his teammates, coaches and the rest of the organization through his recent actions.”
- Manny Lawson faces a one-game (possibly more) suspension for a domestic “incident”.
- Tyrod Taylor got a $92 million contract.
- Good news, Cardinals category: the Honey Badger is off the PUP list and ready to practice.
Coincidentally, here’s the Niners new media rep. - Hilarious news, 49ers category: It’s all been fixed in San Francisco, because they just signed Christian Ponder to a one-year deal.
- Violence update: Patriots category:
- mark February 13, 2017 on your calendars, because that’s when Aaron Hernandez’ murder trial for the two 2012 nightclub shootings will begin.
- Center Brian Stork was tossed from practice after throwing punches at Bears linebacker John Timu during a joint practice.
- Always learning: Ted Karras – nephew of Alex – is a Pats backup Center.
Albert Breer, who is much easier to read than listen to, has a good column on how Marv Lewis is trying, trying, to get the coaches to impart anger management techniques to some of their more ‘competitive’ players.
Finally, Washington police chief Cathy Lanier, “the first woman to lead the department and one of the nation’s longest-serving and most popular big-city police chiefs”, announced Tuesday that she is stepping down to become head of security for the National Football League. She’s got a hell of a bio, including being a teen mom and completing two Masters degrees. I don’t know how the League will deal with such competence, but I’m sure it will try and break her.
Look what the UPS fairy brought me today:
Oops, I meant something actually important.
THAT’S RIGHT BABY!!! My season’s tickets arrived. This year’s gift was a digital receiver so I can hear Steve Raible and Warren Moon whilst in the stands. And the usual brochure brought some actual surprises:
Walk-through metal detectors? You mean, no more pegging from a revenge-filled woman in a yellow poncho? NICE!
Craft beer corner? Overpriced? PROBABLY! But, actually trying? ACCEPTABLE!
Upgrading the in-stadium food & beverage selection? ‘BOUT TIME!
I look forward to providing reports on all of these.
Tonight’s sports:
- Nationally, it’s all Olympics.
- Regionally, good luck.
Preseason Week 2 is almost upon us. SOON, ALL WILL BE RIGHT!
Why is Moose up so early really trying to get one good gif up out of three?
I don’t have a good answer for that. Also; I thought the internet sound joke was fantastic, albeit too true.
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Soooo… I guess we’re done here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROPcZ8S_nwE
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https://youtu.be/gY1WyUIabCc
I need to go to bed. So last of the Avetts (at least for tonight).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pre7bINBps
I love that they fuck it up in the live album but they leave it in instead of cutting in a version from a different show. Live albums should show the flaws too. That’s part of the experience.
Agreed. What’s the point otherwise. 🙂
https://youtu.be/IvG3is7Bm1w
Time for chow break. Back in a bit.
Right after this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS8nJSsnzQ
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I’ve been gone for like a week so even though it is like 1:30, it looks like a lively 1:30 so I decided to check in now instead of at a reasonable hour tomorrow. I have mostly been playing Mass Effect 1 and 2 in my absence, but also got myself signed up to take a bunch of programming classes this fall since I still don’t have a job (assuming my financial aid goes through, got preliminary acceptance and amount, waiting on that second confirmation before I actually lock in my schedule)
1:30am???
Another DFO Time lackey.
Dammit.
Old 97’s- Salome Been listening to them a lot again lately. Them and the Jayhawks have been popping up on my Spotify and Pandora.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocD93gbq2A
Oh goddamn, I finally got a video to embed! Hooray for my tech impaired ass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt41qwc5ADA
Double shot!
https://youtu.be/3TRF2q-zrj0
Outstanding!
Had to be done, once you opened the door.
Jer…
I think I probably put this one up, maybe that same night. But I can’t get enough of these guys lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Pt7M0weUI
Yeah, I remember this one because I remember getting mad at his dumb fucking hat.
Possibly my favorite Avett track.
But again, this probably has more to do with it’s significance to my personal psyche. Tho I do also think the arrangement and lyrics are pretty fucking good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVM4AxzxCE
Don’t like picking favorites, but if I had to it would probably be this one. Let’s see if I can get it to embed this time…
https://youtu.be/LpwaikUTLYY
Yeah, I shouldn’t try to pick favs either. When I do, I’m always proven wrong. As you just did prove that I’m wrong to try. Absolutely love that one.
2 more faves….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGk506ucEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihf9A9g6pck
“Pantry staples.”
Oh, God. I have like five non-fridge food items and a handful of things in the fridge. I hate spending money. I’m terrified of spending money. So I never took the time when I did have a little bit of money to do something simple like buy staples or anything like that. I have no idea how to be an adult.
/read that as “panty staples”
//thought shit just got weird
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lol Thought the exact same thing.
Beer
Water
Whisky
Peanuts
Jerky.
Jeopardy answer…
What is yeah right just had a stroke?
That was my ill placed reply to the 5 pantry staples.
As far as panty staples?
I advise against it.
Looking at that, you’re also going to need TP.
Dammit!
I always forget TP.
You stole a season intro?
Shame!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roxxhOxnupM
The Falcons WYTS was so sad and boring I couldn’t finish it.
I like the new butthole stadium!
I wasn’t aware one needed to be in a stadium in order to…
Oh sorry, I misunderstood.
Ok, directions are posted below. It should be pretty close. I’ll let you know if I think of anything I missed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmoXCTPdBEE
Here’s a guy I’ve been trying to explore recently.
This isn’t his best effort, but it’s the one that turned me on to him. This was used in The Walking Dead, which is where I of course heard it first bcuz….Zombies!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuJzivuF1o
“a guy I’ve been trying to explore recently”
That sounded way better in my head.
Reminds me of the singer from Lucero. Also a little of Ryan Bingham.
Howdy campers.
I wish I had more available time during the week to contribute but the way my job works is on a 5 year contract. We’re past the RFP stage and work actually expects me to, you know, be productive.
We should know the results of the bidding process within a few months, I feel confidant since I’ve been there for 15 years but…
The good news is I have folks at work offering to throw money at me to cook for them, this is based off of the upcoming Sunday Gravy.
One of them said, “I couldn’t stop eating this and it was 9:00 at night!”
I shared with about 3 folks and everyone wanted a recipe.
Oh yeah, this week is going to be epic.
How the Hell are you folks!
If they expect you to be productive, then it’s time to find another job.
Ppl forget this.
Seriously, good to see you my friend.
Always good to see you too good sir.
Hope you came away from the (unpaid) move relatively unscathed.
Ha!!!! Tired, but all my limbs and both testicles are intact. We’ll call it a win.
Already starting with the SG teasers and it’s only Tuesday night. Killin’ me.
I made some kick-ass corn chowder with chicken that I’ve been slurping down all week though.
Oh man, you have to share.
I’m a sucker for chowder.
I don’t have an exact recipe but I can give you estimates. The biggest thing is making corn stock instead of just using chicken stock.
And…
Oh. Well, for the stock, take a half dozen ears of corn and strip the kernels. Throw the cobs and also the husks and silk into a pot, add a few quarts of water, and simmer for a couple hours.
As for the chowder, in a separate small pot simmer a couple chopped yellow potatoes in some of your corn broth until it’s all absorbed, mash them well and set aside. That’s your thickener so you don’t need a roux.
I started out the main pot by browning some chicken breasts (prefer thighs but breasts were on sale) hit with some salt and pepper. I also sauteed a handful of shrimp and then threw them back in the fridge because nothing is worse than mushy shrimp after it sits in stew for too long. Sautee an onion and a red bell, then added a few cloves of minced garlic, some chili flake, old bay, thyme, salt and pepper and a couple bay leaves. Add a quart or so of corn broth and deglaze really well. Add in a few chopped red potatoes along with your mashed potatoes and let it go on a hard simmer for maybe 10 or 15 minutes, adjusting your broth thickness as you go. Add the chicken back in (chopped or shredded) and add most if not all of the fresh corn that you stripped. Let it go for a few, then finish it with a few TBS of butter and about a cup of heavy cream. Adjust your seasonings and your broth thickness and you’re good to go. Dish it up and toss the shrimp into your bowl.
Fuck yeah!
It sounds amazing but have you considered a fresh herb or two?
Start with parsley
Maybe some fresh tarragon not too much.
You’ve got some solid gold working here.
Final report!
California corn sucks!
I said it!
Give me some golden corn please!
I meant to buy fresh time but forgot to grab it so I used dried. Ended up buying some the next day because I made chicken with 40 cloves. Tarragon I’ve never really messed with. Yeah, parsley would have probably been a nice finisher but I didn’t think of it. I also have to watch somewhat because I don’t have an herb garden and those little packets get fucking expensive, and I don’t have much of a budget to work with. That’s a big part of why I cook so much.
I grew up on kick-ass Indiana summer sweet corn. The stuff down here in FL’s not bad, but it’s definitely not the same.
Dried thyme is a solid choice.
It’s one of my first go to herbs.
Who Wants Chowder????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHUMaJphBdE
And I’m beginning to become jealous that you didn’t being any good eats when I had the opportunity to see you eyeball to eyeball, you lazy no knee having shithead.
Hoping to get back your way soon tho. So start planning the menu dammit.
😉
*bring
I would destroy an episode of “Chopped” apart from the fact that I don’t make dessert.
“This is why I won’t do two shows a day. Just won’t do it!”
This is when the seeds of youth finally begin to bear some fruit.
My oldest daughter and her oldest daughter, (Eldest right and Next Generation right, guess that would be my oldest granddaughter) did the pasta from scratch.
I gave them my badass Mixmaster2000 and let them get busy.
I am equal parts jazzed for the recipe and equal parts sore.
I need to hire me a sous chef stat.
Yo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJSsAr2iu0
Yes…she is who you think she is.
Barbara Streisand? It’s Barbara Streisand, right? Has to be Barbara Streisand.
I think you posted a different one of theirs the other night. I like this track better.
By the way, how do you embed, just regular url copy/paste? I tried the embed code and obviously that didn’t work.
Yeah, their track “Better Love” is one I can’t stop listening to lately. That’s probably the one you mean. Sadly, it was engineered for pop appeal…it was in the recent Tarzan soundtrack.
But that’s for personal reasons why that one with me resonates currently.
Here’s another one of theirs that resonates, which is probably better arranged than that one you’re referring to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI0wUoCLnLk
Embed seems to be up to the permissions.
WCS finally stopped hating on me and made it such that….
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(seriously….I’m talking out my ass usual. Truthful answer, I don’t know. I couldn’t embed this time last week)
That’s what it was because I remember it being from a soundtrack. I thought the embed ability was because of the new layout or whatever you call it.
That could be as well, I suppose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LndPQw0-lA
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That’s awesome.
I fucking love John Prine. I got to see him a few years ago and it made me really, really sad how empty the theater was, especially since he has a house 15 minutes from there. Him and Kristofferson did a solo acoustic tour around FL a few years back but I didn’t find out about it in time. I was not a happy man.
I’ve seen the Avetts a couple of times (I think I’ve told you this already probably), but something like that is like a once in a lifetime.
Yeah, we’ve discussed it a couple times. I have the advantage of only being on here when I’m completely sober, so I tend to recall stuff fairly well. Though it takes away my easy excuse for the awful jokes.
Prine also toured with Ani Difranco a while back which would have been a cool show, though I would imagine an odd blending of crowds.
I’m not sure, but I think you might have just called me a drunk. 😉
And sadly I have no good defense.
lol no, but it’s usually late when I’m on here and others tend to be drinking and/or assorted imbibing. I’m always at work though which means I’m always completely straight. I don’t really get online when I’m off work for the most part.
I wasn’t saying you were wrong, fwiw. Due to circumstance, I’ve been overindulging myself lately. But that ended tonight….for various reasons.
I know the feeling brother. I’ve had to pump the brakes a few times as well. It’s really pissing me off because I’ve been eating pretty well lately (above mentioned chowder excluded) and really pushing hard on the workouts, and then I go and fuck it up by killing a ton of beer on my night off. Then on top of the beer calories I toss back whatever shit food is available because I’m drinking and hungry.
Ouch Tony
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Goddamn Square made me look like a piece of shit in front of some lawyers I went to dinner with by rejecting my card four times.
Ouch. Sorry man.
/realizes that liking that might send wrong msg
//the world sucks, I feel your pain
It’ll be funny when Hillary sweeps all 50 states plus DC and PR
Ahoy-hoy
Have you guys seen this ad for the meningitis vaccine? It’s this wonderful piece of scaremongering that ends with you finding out that the kid caught this fatal case of meningitis from THAT LITTLE SLUT SALLY MORTENSEN!
Menin’ginas?
And I think I may have found a fantasy team name:
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Dirt Cowboys pull out (PHRASING!) another one run, extra inning, hit by pitch walk-off win against the Dirt Raiders ! WOOOOO!!!1! Shit, they are gonna get destroyed in the post-season… … … shit.
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Olympic Team Table Tennis is the just the worstest thing that was ever the worstest … except for cancer. Fuck cancer.
@Col Duke LaCross,
Sadly, I may never swing a club again. I’ve got some weird nerve thing developed in my left arm/hand. Can’t grip for shit. Have tried to compensate….but everything flies to the outside now. It’s getting so frustrating that my bag and every club might end in the bottom of a lake.
Haven’t broken 90 since this happened. Barely came in below triple digits a couple of times. I took 2 snowmen yesterday. 2 fucking snowmen, dude. And I am NOT a happy person.
I’d rather rather quit the game. It’s done nothing but frustrate me for years anyway. Masturbation is way moar rewarding. Well, usually at least. And I only need one hand to grip foar that.
It’s also fucking up your reply button skills. At least you have an excuse for it though.
My reply fail ability has always been screwed.
Coincidental.
Fun fact: there’s a town in Indiana called frankfurt. their high school’s mascot? The Hot dogs:
http://hotdogsathletics.com/
Man there’s just something different about women’s volleyball when it’s indoors, I can’t quite put my finger on it
http://guyspeed.com/files/2014/04/beach-volleyball-cheerleaders-sexy-volleyball-gifs.gif
if you did put your finger on it you’d probably get arrested
http://el124.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mejores-ejercicios-para-gluteos-sexy-ass.jpg
That is a really nice pair of shoes.
Jesus Christ. I just listened to a man grunting repeatedly while using a urinal. It’s either time for some serious cardio or one of those famous John Coffey handjobs.
Lindsay Vonn isn’t available?
Gotta admit I’m not getting that reference, and it probably wouldn’t make for the wisest of google searches while at work.
http://unofficialnetworks.com/2016/07/a-joking-lindsey-vonn-says-that-handjobs-kept-jj-watt
Oh shit, that’s right. Thanks.
The more you know.
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I really miss the earlier days of that show.
This China Brazil womens vball game is very intense. WITH TALL BRAZILIAN ATHLETES!
http://cloudfront.sportsgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/giselenypost.jpg
Why does Hollywood hate Tim Curry? Remake Rocky Horror, It, remake of Clue now likely coming, and there’s long been talk of a Legend reboot. Show the man some respect instead of pissing on his empty grave.
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2/10 soccer.
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During the 04 election cycle, there was a strip club down here that had a marquee with “We lost our Bush, now you lose yours.”
http://67.media.tumblr.com/3877b3633d8c54ba5e3b5e2c29e77f40/tumblr_o7oz4lFhuP1qd438eo1_1280.jpg
“Can I offer you some hot pepper flakes to help take your mind off your loved one’s impending death?”
Shaved parm or GTFO
Fucking Cubans, man.
(LMFAO, btw)