I find the results of the first three rounds quite confusing as a fan of the Packers & Seahawks.
The Packers look like they have just initiated the Favre Protocol again; if Aaron has any sense of humour, he’ll show up to camp wearing a #4 jersey. And at least they got him a running back & tight end (NO GAY JOKES!) to help on the offence. The telling stat was the fact that Rodgers’ cap hit in 2022 is only $17 million, when former 70s porno star* & Utah State QB Jordan Love will be in the third year of his rookie contract, so if he becomes the heir apparent by then it might be “Aaron Rodgers, Las Vegas Raider”.
(FYI – A quick scan of PornHub brought back results of “Jordan Lover”, “Jordy Love” & “Jody Love”, and babesource lists 349 “stars” with the name “Jordan” & 6098 with the name “Love” – none of which will be linked to here.)
As for the Seahawks, it seemed like they consistently picked guys one round ahead of where every other team had them slotted. Jordyn Brooks, based on the spelling, sounds like the nom de plume for most authors of the Hallmark Channel movie scripts. They at least drafted an actual offensive lineman at #69 (nice!), which is a refreshing change from trying to convert speed walkers & stock boys into starting NFL players.
My one overall takeaway from the first three rounds is that LSU doesn’t have anyone left with which to defend their title. If this was Alabama, I’d expect them to have 300 redshirt freshman to drop into the lineup.
Tonight’s … entertainment?:
- The Great British Baking Show (Season 1) – 8:00 PM | PBS
- The remaining 10 bakers are tasked with baking rye bread rolls; ciabatta loaves; and filled centerpiece loaves.
- Classic Boxing – 8:00 PM | ESPN
- It’s Manny Pacquiao night, so if you enjoy solid boxing brought to you by Filipino homophobia, here’s three hours for you.
- Playoff National Championship: LSU vs. Clemson – 8:00 PM | ESPNU
- We know how it ends, but it’s still nice to see Dabo sad.
- Who Killed Caylee Anthony? – Parts 1-3 – 9:00-12:00 | Investigation Discovery
- Three hours? It was her fucking mom, Casey.
- Who continues killing by defeating an attempted defamation suit brought against her by the guy who found her daughter’s body, because he claimed her lawyers defamed him by making him a target during the trial.
- Three hours? It was her fucking mom, Casey.
- Bull Durham – 10:00 PM | FS1
- Having worked long enough at a minor league park, I can tell you this movie is about half-documentary.
- Saturday Night Live – 11:29 PM | NBC / Global
- It’s another “Live” social isolation episode, so who knows what is in store.
- No word on a host.
Well, it was nice of the draft to at least give us a facade of normalcy for a few days. I look forward to hearing about virtual training camps for the next few weeks, and why Green Bay will only go 11-5 this year.
A holiday in the Andy Reid household.
Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, September 28, 1937
I miss date night.
“So do I.”
Is it too late to add this Myley Cyrus version of “Wish You Were Here” to the unnecessary covers request line?
No, it was unnecessary. But they didn’t butcher it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUYo8xQf4PY
Fuck, where’s the Clorox?
Lita Ford – Highway to Hell – 1991, just great cinema.
“Fuck you, blondie.”
—Joan Jett
(BTW, I think history comes down heavy on the side of Joan. At least she didn’t stoop so low as to do a duet with Ozzy Ass-Bourne).
That is actually one of the scenarios.
I guess I did not realize:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285753/
Sometimes one learns enough to stay even on the internet brain rot.
By far. I just thought Lita went off to a meth lab, but she actually had a career.
Jesus H Christ, Chiefy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrMdQhz53Q
Love knows no bounds.
SNL leading off with What’s Up With That. Go on…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_WEP9ZkpS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKFYTFJ_kw
Did they finally get to Lindsey Buckingham?
Hotdogs!
Dino Bravo seems an object lesson as to why you should invest early in a retirement fund.
I know it’s a Facebook meme but fuck it I’m bored
Hot Pockets?
We’re just about on the cusp of having lost more people to this virus than we lost in combat in World War I. Next milestone: number of troops who died of the Spanish Flu. From google query “how many americans died in World War I?” Answer:
116,516 deaths
American losses in World War I were modest compared to those of other belligerents, with 116,516 deaths and approximately 320,000 sick and wounded of the 4.7 million men who served. The USA lost more personnel to disease (63,114) than to combat (53,402), largely due to the influenza epidemic of 1918.
trump supporter:
Something something population growth, something something black people weren’t part of the war effort!
American losses in WW1 were still shamefully high even though we only jumped in at the last moment is because Blackjack Pershing was a goddamn fucking moron.
You tell em, General!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UFyNy-rw4
Last Crusade is on again. I am responding by singing the other movie about the Holy Grail’s music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDycUXzNs0
LOL
Found a funny:
A Spoonful of Clorox
https://twitter.com/RandyRainbow/status/1254062239595859975
Honestly, this rules. Anyone stupid enough to do it deserves the consequences.
In all seriousness that Dark Side of the Ring on Benoit is a tough watch, but worth it if you are or ever were into pro wrestling. Greatly increased my respect for Chris Jericho and Chavo Guerrero. Seem like two above-and-beyond decent guys in an industry that has way too few of them.
Also Vince McMahon remains a huge piece of shit.
Chris Jericho is Joe Rogan if Rogan had started a shitty Ozzy cover band instead of doing stand-up. He does that thing where he constantly alternates between doing smart and incredibly stupid things.
Oh, he’s also the greatest wrestler of all time
I’ve never seen a standup comedic performance of his, but I am aware of him due to his appearance on some Motor Trend Car shows. Joe Rogan may or may not be funny, but he has some really cool fucking cars.
He has his moments, but a lot of his comedy seem aimed at aggro twenty-somethings with few brains, less money, and more grudges.
Fuck it, it’s working for him.
No shit, just Google Image Search”joe rogan car collection”
Fuck it, I’ll do it for you.
https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+rogan+car+collection&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihlvbsh4XpAhVHC6wKHTP2DTwQ_AUoAXoECBAQAw&biw=1280&bih=568
Yeah, he doesn’t do it for me. The podcast was fine until he started entertaining the “space is fake” crowd in a not joking way, but since then he’s walked that back.
Space is fake, Moose. (takes really huge bong hit) It’s just more sky, when you think about it.
#lockGalileoGalileiUp!!!
Awful quiet in here.
He has some really good bits, but about 60% of it is just him talking about getting high, so it’s basically the same as his podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8R5ZlDiJg
So tonight, after dinner, my mother decided she wanted to make “Taco Meat”. We don’t need taco meat tonight I told her. But she insisted she needed to be in the kitchen and do something. But Mom we’ve already had dinner and don’t even have any taco shells anyway. Well her argument was that we could use it for this or that or whatever. My argument was that we have leftovers that need to be used before they go bad so please don’t waste the meat. It’s frozen it will keep. She seemed to finally agree.
I lied down on the sofa watching a documentary and fell into a semi-sleep. Then I heard the pans clanging. Fuck.
Now, to her credit, the taco meat did make the house smell kinda nice. The deed was done by then, no use fighting it. But Mom was nowhere to be found. I went looking for her and found her in bed. Asked her if she was ok. She told me yes but she was tired from being in the kitchen. But I should eat all that meat I want or it would go to waste.
No fucking shit.
And now I have a pound of taco meat and a fucked up kitchen. It’s like fricking kindergarten around here these days.
Anyway, it’s BYOS (bring your own shells) taco night I guess. Come one, come all.
The threat of sending people to nursing homes carries a lot more weight these days
It worked really well over 20 years ago when my 80-something granddad was giving me some grief about keeping his side of the house somewhat sanitary. I had gotten a home health care giver to come out twice a week and bathe him and clean his side of the house. During the first nurse’s visit, my mom (his daughter) had come in (about a 2 hour drive) to assist in any way she could; I had to work. I get a call from her in tears saying he won’t get into the shower for the nurse to bathe him.
“Mom, tell him if he doesn’t get in the shower, he’s going to have to go to a nursing home. [(He had no income aside from $1200 a month Social Security and a 25 dollar a month pension check from one of the machine shops he worked for back in the 1960s)]. Ask him if he would prefer to be in one of the predominantly black nursing homes on the Southeast Side, or one of the predominantly Mexican nursing homes on the Southwest or Southside, because he can’t afford to stay in one of the predominantly white nursing homes on the Northside. Call me back and let me know how it goes.”
5 minutes later, phone rings, it’s mom.
“He’s in the tub.”
We did much the same with my grandfather years ago. Although I think the language was more “Look old man if you don’t straighten up we’re gonna have you committed”.
BYOS also standing rule at the turtle club I go to
The same at the gun club.
JESUS! IT’S NOT TUESDAY!!
Give it here, dammit.
An interesting problem. One of the many things I love about tacos is their versatility. You can basically throw anything edible onto a tortilla and call it a taco as long as the flavors complement each other.
Limiting yourself to “taco meat” isn’t necessarily the end of the world. Assuming it’s just ground beef spiced up, you can improvise sloppy Joes, mix it with some pasta, or simply try it with tortillas.
As always, listen to judy:
Just freeze it. Not a great solution, but better than trying to eat a pound of taco meat at 9:15 pm.
/He said at 11:37 pm
You would just give up?!? WINNERS DON’T SURRENDER TO TACO MEAT!!
Three percenter dipshit from the draft is trying to say it was from his awkward militia phase in high school that everyone has, so his old teammates are happily sharing photos of him without it
Sweet.
If you want to read about an American president, read “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom” by Canadian author Conrad Black. It is probably the best written of the many biographies of FDR.
Just the period from 1938 to 1941 in FDR’s presidency dwarfs everything before and since, and his deft handling of it (and he was under more duress than any other President) is amazing. Black tells it very well, with every fact footnoted and verified.
Buy it just for the story of how FDR asked Joe Kennedy to the Oval Office and made him drop his pants.
1329 pages for only 7 bucks on Kindle?!? That’s definitely going into the queue. Thanks for the recommend…
I should correct that and say that 1938-41 in FDR’s presidency dwarfs everything before or since EXCEPT for Abraham Lincoln.
purchased.
Looked this Conrad Black guy up on the wikipedia. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Yeah he’s got some baggage. But his FDR book is outstanding.
I saw many games at that park before they moved. Was at the opening of the new one too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85RZMIAL7vM
Are catchers soft because they need to know the pitch ahead of time in order to catch it? Why cant’ they just adapt like the rest of us smh
Catcher is the most important position on the field. A catcher who can call a good game makes all the difference. Presuming his pitcher isn’t an idiot and position players listen to him.
Are we still talking about baseball?
Maybe?
Considered just posting a series of GIFs were Benoit takes a seemingly endless number of unprotected headshots and dangerous headfirst dives, but that’s just overkill. As I’ve said before, in an industry run by people notoriously unwilling to provide safe working conditions and guarantee healthcare coverage, where your life depends on the care and skill of hundreds of other people who may or may not have been trained properly, may or may not be already injured, may or may not be high on a combination of painkillers and who knows what else, may or may not be covered head to toe in baby oil, it’s almost miraculous that anyone survives the industry at all. Benoit certainly didn’t survive it. His brain was broken beyond repair and who the fuck knows how much of that contributed to what he did, but at the end of the day:
Every now and again I run into some GWB apologist online who says they think it was totally fine that he sat there like a deer in the headlights reading a book about a pet goat while terrorists crashed airplanes into buildings because “he didn’t want to scare the children.”
It pisses me off SO FUCKING MUCH.
He’s the fucking President. He has important shit to do. When he hears that “America is under attack” the only thing to do is to get up, tell the classroom “sorry to leave so early, kids, but we’re running behind and I’ve got some important work to get to” and then leave and start gathering information as to what the hell is going on. As though he’s never had to cut a meeting short before in his life. No. Fuck that.
He didn’t sit there with his thumb up his ass because he didn’t want to scare the children (and I’m sure it never fucking occurred to him that by sitting there he was putting them in jeopardy as human shields in case the terrorists had gotten a hold of his schedule and HE was a target too). He sat there because he didn’t know what the fuck to do.
So you’re saying Bush did 9/11?
Obviously it was those kindergartners (suspicously german word by the way) who did it, and he was just their puppet and was tryign to keep it cool
Steal Beams, man.
As of today, we reportedly have had over 17 9/11s over the past month or so. I’ll bet it’s even more than that.
That reminds me. I’m rearry fucking ronery these days.
I’m adapting this post as lyrics to this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
https://vm.tiktok.com/7KMRSh/
Of course you would post this
Watching the Vice TV thing on Chris Benoit and I have to say, it isn’t half as funny as I expected.
Stealing a joke from The Bodega Boys, but if Costco ever has a multi-coffin sale it would be The Chris Benoit Collection.
‘It’s a very bizarre weekend”
YA THINK!?
Outside of some internet dipshits, most people are content in acting as though he never existed, which unfortunately is perfect for Vince who’s edited him out of most of their official history.
Benoit was going to be considered an all-time great if everything just kept proceeding smoothly. It’s telling that 13 years later, most people can’t even watch him perform. Objectively exceptional at what he did for a living, and almost completely wiped out of the public memory aside from the horrific end. Super convenient for the industry in general and WWE in particular to be able to completely omit maybe the most damning series of events in its history and have its fanbase never want to talk about it either.
One of very many CTE moments:
I fucking loved benoit. I saw him live at the united center.
As I got further into the teenaged years and understood what goes into the wrestling business I began to appreciate his work even more. I was even kicking around the idea of pursuing wrestling training myself.
The Benoit tragedy came at just the time when I decided to take a break from my fandoms. Killed my enthusiasm for it. (pun unintended)
I checked out of it around 05-06 for 6 years when my kid got into it, and I got back into it, and then he grew out of it, but I didn’t.
How is online grocery shopping a worse experience than in person?
Seeing my entire Kroger shopping history is really, really fucking depressing.
I did the online thing for a couple months while recovering from foot surgery. For the most part the deliveries were smooth, only a couple of times was the driver late. The drivers were happy to bring my order into the kitchen due to my incapacity. To me the most annoying thing was if they were out of a certain item, they would text you and tell you what they were substituting. You had the option to decline the substitution, but were never offered a second option. I wanted Hanover Butter Snaps, they were out and told me they were substituting Hanover Pretzel Rods. I fucking hate pretzel rods. First world problem, right? This was all BC, but I continue to go to the store so if they are out of something I want I can choose my own substitute, or elect to do without. From what I have been told by a couple folks I know that work there, the HEB grocery chain here in Texas apparently planned for a pandemic, have warehouses full of non-perishable necessities, and they are keeping up (for the most part, WTF is up with hoarding paper products?) with mostly fully stocked shelves. Too bad they weren’t in charge of the White House response.
I had a shitty situation with a pick-up order last week, but I’m refusing any substitutions and hopefully I’ll know before they arrive if they are out of something, especially when I made the order TWO weeks ago with the hope that if they were out of stock that they’d get more, but they didn’t and didn’t let me know.
Anyway, yeah, mostly first world problems.
I also hate that they use Instacart because I know they fuck over their delivery people, but I’m ordering enough large items that it is worth the cost and not having to lug them all uphill and while wearing a mask since my neighborhood is filled with fucking idiots.
HEB went to porch/patio deliveries only a while back, therefore with no face to face contact. I’m good with that, since my foot has healed to the point I can get around the house and the yard with only minor discomfort (podiatrist told me it might be another 6 to 9 months before I am back to “normal”, FUCK!) But since they can’t check your ID, that means no beer/wine can be ordered for home delivery. Yet another reason for me to have to drive over and jump into the petri dish.
I say we rename them to “Eggs Allen” to honor a real patriot instead of that traitor.
How about Eggs Woodhouse:
https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/2017/8/22/eggswoodhouse
I don’t see what over-priced furniture has anything to do with this.
Hard to imagine being as optimistic as the doomsayers were *checks notes* 12 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RYBDTnS7dg
Bogart tip of the week for all the young uns out there: put ice in your cocktail, it keeps you hydrated.
Bogart tip of the week #2: When the waiter offers expensive bottled water, ask what water the ice cubes are made of.
Weinstein (Just the) Tip #46: Ask the waitress if she wants a movie career.
There’s no sense being a movie mogul if you can’t fuck any job applicant you want. This is just common sense, folks.
When a young Quentin Tarantino went to Weinstein with a script he wanted to direct, Weinstein asked “how bad do you want to direct it?” Tarantino directed that movie.
Speaking of Bull Durham, the guy who was apparently the inspiration for Nuke LaLoosh passed away this past week.
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/steve-dalkowski-1939-2020-the-inspiration-for-nuke-laloosh-in-the-movie-bull-durham/
So I went down to pick up dinner and a bottle of cab at the wine bar’s curb service. The Trumpista Branch Covidians were out in full force in the parking lot again, no masks or distancing, playing Darwin Roulette. Not quite ready to jump into that petri dish, thanks. Waved and said hello as I drove by. At least they are buying their wine and takeout food there, so maybe the wine bar will hang on through this.
Just picked up food from our local Japanese place. Aki was telling me that the gig delivery services take 20 percent of sales so he decided that if anyone went to their website which offers free delivery he would give the customers the 20% as a discount.
Aki 100% has my business going forward. Good lad.
I always pick up myself or have the place deliver directly. GrubHub and UberEats gouge the restaurants. Fuck ’em.
Same. We’re cutting out the middleman when we order out as well.
Some of places here have wait staff doing deliveries.
Can you do me a favor and ask Aki why I am Mr. Sparkle?
. . . as a fan of the Packers & Seahawks.
. . . as a fan of the Packers & Seahawks . . .
. . . as a fan of the Packers & Seahawks . . . . .
I was at the Fail Mary game. It was insane.
As was I. Section 306.
HOX!!!
Well, grew up before the Seahawks existed, and picked the Packers to aggravate my Vikings-loving old man.
So you’re confirming my suspicions that deep down all green bay fans root for them for the wrong reasons?
Other than that, love ya rob!
If our blood isn’t 75% cholesterol, probably.
You Canadians are all border huggers: Seahawks, Packers, Vikings, Bills, Lions (closest team!), Patriots (fuck the King George III! oh wait that don’t work).
In Montreal they are Saints fans but they loved the Chiefs this year because a Quebec guy was on the roster.
That’s “Dr. Quebec guy” to you, sir.
Heh, somebody (well, a kicker) from Miami OH got drafted.
At least two UConn players were picked, (although one finished at Ga Tech), which boggles my mind.
Fuck the everyman shit. I’m ordering groceries and a pizza. I can’t decide where to order from, but anyway, I just did laundry for the first time in a month so I wouldn’t have to go into the laundry room and instead it just became a fucking ordeal and I’m treating myself.
Do it man, then vote Republican!
#winning
I’d sooner vote for Trump than Biden.
Do it, man! Unleash your inner Republican! All real conservatives started as bleeding heart liberals! You know no middle ground!
#patronage
That’s a Hollywood quality toupée
“So play us a song, you’re the cadaver man…”
This joke doesn’t need any more meat.
Tonight on Svengoolie- Attack of the 50 ft Woman!
“Say what now? How many feet?”
-Rex Ryan
“50 Gates of Impurity.”
“Yeah, I kind of want to get a look at this too.” – David Cronenberg
Okay; I L’ed.
I can’t LI.
LXIX.
Nobody likes number puns like the Romans used II.