He didn’t look any different than any of the other broken fellas that jumped into the back of my pickup in the Home Depot parking lot that sunny but chilly Tuesday morning. He had steel-toed boots and what looked like a strong back and that was good enough for me. We were pouring concrete that day for a buddy of mine that happened to end up doing a lot better than I did in the contracting game. Thing is, I saved his ass a few times when his ‘aggressive’ approach to managing folks resulted in his workforce disappearing. So, he paid me regular-unlike more than a few of the other guys. Maybe he saw something in my eye…
That first day the sweat was pouring off us like we were in a shower. One by one the other hired help dropped away and wandered over to the shade. This guy was made of stronger material. I told him, “if you’re there tomorrow, you’ve got yourself another day’s work”. He just nodded. Of course he was there. I imagine he had a few mouths to feed and the prospect of more pocket cash made him eager. Not that he ever showed it though…
So there we were-it was a few months down the road and we’d got to know each other about as best as two taciturn fellas ever would. By this time I’d hired a foreman that would take the rest of ‘the dailies’ back to the parking lot and would sit down with-he said his name was ‘J’. Just ‘J’. We’d sip beers and talk about what needed to be done the next day, week, whatever. It got to be a habit.
This time around we’d started a bit of a fire to warm our hands by and I threw out the idea that ‘J’ might be in line for a foreman job at another site he knew that I’d been overseeing. I could tell he was interested. I got up to grab us another round when I saw the sledge hammer leaning against the pile of concrete blocks. I grabbed it, felt the weight of it in my hands. It felt good.
He never had a chance. The squishing, cracking sound that was made as I crushed the top of his skull almost made me sick. Almost. I drove off to the dumping ground thinking, ‘here’s another that I first seen climb into the bed of my pickup and this is where I’ll see him for the last time’. Taking a man’s life away from him is one thing, but doing it in a symmetrical manner makes it seem like art to me.
TO THE GAME!
Cowpokes/Schmeagles:
Second-most I’m rooting for a tie here so that when the Giants go on an 8 game win streak they’ll win the division. What? I want what Odell pretends to want. First-most it would be great if Philly caught their stride and humiliated Dallas on a national stage.
Don’t bother with the bleach, just burn the clothes afterwards.
We’re just one short of an apocalypse.
But enough about tonight’s game! lol
It would be so Dallas for the Eagles to go to half with a lead
Chuck Bednarik killed Frank Gifford like a Jap on Okinawa
United States Coast Guard Academy
“I never forget you.”
-P. Escobar
Are there people that these ads are actually targeted to?
People who watch CBS dramas on the broadcast schedule?
Oh right. They’re Dallas.
I don’t blame Zeke. I blame society. Society made him what he is. But he’s still a shit and society should flush its goddamn mistakes.
I’m thinking of starting up the idea of the Diaper Pail.
Stay with me.
Like tonight is a diaper pail game for Dallas.
You fail?
Into the pail!
Tampa got tossed in the Diaper Pail!
If ever an athlete was gonna rap “Tell me how my ass taste” it should be Zeke.
Grab his goddamn ankle when he does that. Faceplant his shit.
Gotta go back to the super bowl tapes
That’s a legit powerbomb
Leading with the head. Half the distance to the goaline.
The defender or the runner?
Pretty sure you’re allowed to lead with the head to the crotch
What sport are we talking about again?
Yep, like that, but you don’t even need that much traction. That’s being nice.
That was damn impressive
Nice hurdle, just couldn’t stick the landing.
Da fuq was the defense?
ah fuck that’s a gif
I wonder if Gallup knows what people think of him?
So I’m in the kitchen fixing dinner, my roommate is in the living room watching “Riverdale” or something like that, and I hear in the show one of those semi-familiar riffs. I walk in and there’s a teenage band on the show playing what I can only describe as a Kidz Bop version of Dokken’s “Dream Warriors.” Of all the songs to feature on your teen drama show in 2018.
What a time to be alive.
I don’t think teens actually watch tv anymore, CW shows seem to beaimed at people who were teens in 2003
Good call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noLPhZvcBpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKq_dkapY7k
That worked?
what a weird fucking game
trickeration!
Pita chips and a pretty good garlic hummus. I approve so far.
Solid snack move.
Local Middle Eastern deli here has some seriously good shit, best tzatziki I ever had.
The more garlic the better. If everything I ate included whole roast garlic cloves, or raw grated garlic, I would be better person.
I chew my garlic supplements, if that tells you anything.
You a good man
Some solid Cowpersons defensing!
meh, the solidest Cowpeople are from Montana
Like they have anything else to do?
That didn’t work at all
throw it to Ertz!!!!!
Me: These goddamned fans! They see there’s no N there but add it anyway! WHAT THE FUCK?
Welshman: Trubywllmbywllymsky
That’s not consistent with Welsh pronunciation, but I think you did very well with the frequency of w and y. Not enough n though.
Don’t forget LL, or the sheep fucking.
You only fuck with a Welsh sheep if you’re desperate, they’re tougher than some of the people who look like sheep
Dallas sure knows how to dumb-ass their way into the loss column.
It makes them watchable. One of my favorite moments was when they got an excessive celebration penalty cause a big dude lost his balance and fell on his ass
lol
Anybody else watching random NatGeo North Korea stuff at commercial?
Here’s a fun game. Open Google Earth and try to find a parking lot in N. Korea with a car in it. Harder than it sounds.
jesus christ never defend from that formation again
Me: WHY DO YOU KEEP ADDING POINTLESS CONSONANTS TO HIS NAME, DAMN IT?!
Bears fan: *weeping* I’m Polish.
Me: *raises hand to strike but pulls back* Oh. You’re free to go then.
Yeah, that’s not a Polish thing. And that’s coming from someone who almost got hit by a Canadian for repeatedly correcting their pronunciation of the Polish currency.
I live in a Polish area and create user accounts for a school district. I dispute this claim.
“Hi, I’m Zbigniew Brydsjejdjsixxjrhfski, NSA for Jimmy Carter. Watch my daughter on TV.”
In Bawlmer they call the town to the south “Warshington”
I’ll bet your local Sears wishes they were as open as Beasley on that play.
They must have confidence this is just a little slump for DAK! Given that they has like the best backup QB in the League in Cooper Rush.
I think Cooper Rush is for sale at your local dispensary.
A cooper makes barrels!
I’m kind of tempted to go back and watch reruns of “A Different World” to see how many cultural references I missed when I was single digit ages
That was back when it mattered which ear a guy got pierced.
Oh yeah! I remember that! Just get each pieced 3 times and watch idiots try to count and figure it out. And who the hell knows how gauge translates….
Was it this guy (or somebody on this show) who killed somebody in a drunk car wreck and went to jail? His father was big executive at AT&T I think.
Even Cris is just outright calling Dak bad
When did DAK! Stop reading through his progressions?
When he realized…eh, why bother?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DSeYePrEoI
Bears NFC Champs? or will Rodgers ruin the fun?
Give me a win over the Packers and Vikings and a strong showing against the Rams and I’ll bet every mistaken constant uttered in Trubisky’s name on it
I’m tired. Sitting outside takes a lot out of you.
Cheering for Non-gendered Cowpersons feels super gross. Dunno how some of y’all manage this on the regular.
Good ass play to hold onto the arm. I thought for sure that was another whiff into a long pass.
Me: Tru-bis-key
Bears fan tied to chair: Tru-BIN-skey
Me: (punches Bears fan in face) TRU-BIS-KEY
Bears fan: (bleeding from mouth) Tru-BIT-skey
Me: (smashes chair against wall, jams broken leg into Bears fan’s neck) TRU-BIS-KEY!! SAY IT!!
Bears fan: (weeping) Tru-BIB-skey
Don’t you mean “Ditka”
I’m saving the waterboarding for those fans.
Eh, these are the same people who couldn’t stick a damn ‘s’ on Jeffery
I gave up on correcting my childhood best friend–who is a doctor–after three Trubitskys
Fine. Let the terrorists win.
Me (serenely): Tru-bitch-skey
*raises whip ready to strike*
I SAID IT’S–
Oh. That’s kinda funny. lol
I can use the huskier meatballs as a counterweight! Good thinking!
Creed 2:Rocky 4 part 2
I watched Rocky 4 last night for the first time since it came out, and I was surprised how good it is. It’s a simple morality tale, plot #7 with Soviets, but the visuals were fantastic. Every single shot was loaded and drove the story.
Thanks a lot, Merriman commercialism. You done made me hate Jeebus’ fake birthday.
Oh hai Amari – player I liked on another team but don’t feel nearly as betrayed as Alfred Morris because while I like the Raiders I’ve avoided forming any sort of emotional attachment to – Cooper
That’s a longer middle name than a South American drug lord’s granddaughter.