Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

The episode means something different to Bill Parcells.

NFL Nuggets:

  • Ryan Leaf was arrested on domestic battery charges in Palm Desert on Friday – just FOUR MILES from my mom’s house! 
    • Given that ESPN has the coverage on it’s front page, I’m guessing his analyst’s job is now available for hire.
    • It’s not known what specifically happened, as the holiday weekend has suspended all court operations, but his booking sheet notes it’s Misdemeanor battery on a spouse or partner, and the bail was set at $5000.
      • He is due in court at 8:00AM on Wednesday, so maybe we find out then.
We have this; where the hell is the Kraft tape?!
Also, why have we never seen Kraft’s booking photo?

It’s Memorial Day, so you just know that that means exploiting the memory of Pat Tillman.

They’re all a poignant reminder that it’s never over unless marketing says it is.


MXC Monday:

Tonight, it’s Circus Workers versus the Travel Industry. “Frequent flyers versus Freaks”; what could go wrong?

I wish they had follow-up episodes where Guy, or Geek, La Douche showed up at their place of employment to check on a dude’s “ruptured groin” and such. Watching the translation of how she explained to her colleagues there was “a party in my mouth” would be worth the effort.


Tonight’s … entertainment?:

  • Wrasslin’:
    • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
  • NASCAR XFINITY Series:
    • Alsco 300 – 7:30PM | FS1 / TSN
      • Sidebar – did they ever finish the Coca Cola 600?
  • The Titan Games – 8:00PM | NBC
    • Season 2 premieres with host Dwayne Johnson revealing the competition’s new format, with regional brackets featuring professional athlete Titans.
  • Grant – 9:00PM | HIST
    • Episode 1: Unlikely Hero
      • In an unlikely American history story, Ulysses S. Grant rises from his humble beginnings to become the winning General in one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles.
  • Top Chef Canada – 10:00PM | Food Network Canada
    • “Eat Your Veggies”: In a special Quickfire Challenge the chefs get a helping hand from mini-sous chefs from The Boys and Girls Club of Canada; the chefs tackle the seemingly simple task of making fresh pasta, leading to an unexpected twist that rocks Judges Table.
  • Korea Baseball Organization:
    • Hanwha Eagles at NC Dinos – 2:30 AM | ESPN2

Well, after today the holidays have evened out for the year. Next up – National Founding Day holidays. Mr. Scott?

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rockingdog

Found a funny:

when we reopen, the little mermaid will be able to say fuck

Brick Meathook

Back when you could get a decent haircut in Los Angeles:

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ALXMAC

Swear to Jebus I went work today and this song came on the radio 20 seconds into the drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtgowLdOEo

ALXMAC

It was also my birthday (Wichita neutral time)

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Happy Kansas Birthday!

Brick Meathook

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ALXMAC

(Preview of Eyes Wide Shut?)

Brick Meathook

No, this is genius. Stanley Kubrick gets jack Nicholson to pose for a photo, while Kubrick is actually taking a self-portrait in the mirror with his daughter Vivian.

ALXMAC

Nice use of mirrors.

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ALXMAC
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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Things I would like to do right now–

–Get hammered
–Rub a few out
–Hibernate

Things I would not like to do–

–Work

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Rub a few out

“Already did that.”

-Scotchy

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

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Gratliff

It occurred to me that I haven’t heard this song on any radio station in the 15 years I’ve been in Michigan. We all know it’s a cynical game of marketing and geography now, but it’s still crazy how tight the playlists have become.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhCd1W2V0Q

BrettFavresColonoscopy

WELCOME BACK TO JACK FM WHERE WE PLAY WHATEVER WW WANT AS LONG AS IT’S SHIT YOU’VE ALREADY BEEN HEARING FOR FIVE YEARS

Gratliff

When I lived in the UP, classic rock stations were like 70% George Thorogood. I grew up in Wilmington, DE. I didn’t need any more fucking 3 chord George.

Viva La Tabula Raza

But for five years, she was so nice.
Loahd, she was lovey dovey.

40 years ago, GT & Destroyers was one of my primary jams, even down here in South Texas. Saw him in Corpus on the 50 Dates in 50 States tour. I love that guy.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I haven’t been able to get away from this song for the last 20+ years. Jack or Bob or classic rock.

ALXMAC

That’s ALXMAC and BETHMAC (my sister) pretending to hug it out at Crystal Lake, Michigan at :28 seconds into the official video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GskUom0z65M

Senor Weaselo

And then you both got hacked to death by a guy in a hockey mask?

WCS

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Senor Weaselo

Fun fact: My ESPN fantasy hockey team is called the Crystal Lake Machetes.

ALXMAC

How’s that goin for ya bud bud??

Senor Weaselo

I won last year! This year I had Stamkos and Crosby both get hurt.

ALXMAC

Haha – Wrong Crystal Lake. I bet there is a Crystal Lake in every state but none of them compare to the one in Michigan.

Gratliff

It’s the PFAS that really stands apart

ALXMAC

We take care of our own, but have never been able to completely solve “Swimmers Itch”
http://crystallakewatershed.org/water-quality/swimmers-itch

Gratliff

I lived near Camp Grayling for 3 years and shortly after I moved downstate, all the reports of “Whoopsy. We’ve been poisoning the ground water lolz” came out.

ALXMAC

Over the past few decades, most of the NW LP “Lakies” have done a much better job of taking care of their environment. Ironically, the largest compound directly on Crystal Lake is owned by the Dow family.

ALXMAC

My favorite singer/songwriter of the past 2 decades (besides Aimee Mann), Sondre Lerche put out a request to his fans a few weeks ago to send in their most treasured (or bizarre) photos from childhood or growing up:
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/sondre_lerche_shares_fan_sourced_video_for_new_song_thats_all_there_is

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Rewatching Mad Men and drinking Manhattans. Why do I have to go back to work?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Go with what you got…..

ALXMAC

Ask Sally to make you an “Old Fashioned”

Gratliff

It’s kind of annoying that it’s harder to find physical copies of anime now than it was when they were on VHS. All I want is Samurai X on Blu Ray for less than a car payment. Take me back to the days when us nerds would defend our loves of gundams and gokus by throwing Trust & Betrayal up as proof that anime was high art.

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WCS

For the life of me, I will never understand anime. Or techno music.

Sharkbait

House/techno is my guilty pleasure. It helps at work for sure.

WCS

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I don’t mind House.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

ha ha same here! I mean, I liked Speed Racer but gimme a break.

Also, they produce filthy videos of Japanese anime school girls being spanked, spanked until their shapely firm young asses turn bright red and they squeal in delightful pain, as their hormone-driven minds are confused by the sensory input. Somehow that got banned in this joint. A fucking cartoon.

Techno reminds me of co-workers I don’t like.

Gratliff

While I’ve been watching the shit since I was 3ish with Voltron and Speed Racer and whatnot, the explosion came when Cartoon Network needed something to fill it’s after school time slot in 99-00. Everyone who was 10-20 at the time is 30-40 now, and most of our childhood memories were somehow framed around powering up for a big fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJbzgjNiE34

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

A mosquito bit me on the ear TWO DAYS AGO and it’s still swollen and itchy. This is the worst…

[looks up coronavirus stats for the day]

I mean, it’s not *so* bad. It’s fine. I’ll live.

Sharkbait

What about malaria? You better start drinking copious amounts of gin and tonics for the quinine. Just to be sure.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Shouldn’t I just take chloroquine?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Are you a Nazi?

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Brick Meathook

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Mr. Ayo

Nice try, jjfozz

Dunstan

That cat has recorded more tackles than the entire Bengals defense.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

As good of a uniform too.

Dunstan

Unfortunately, the cat was flagged for an illegal horse collar tackle on the play.

Brick Meathook

Cats can punch way above their weight.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They do. I’ve got 100+ lbs on my cat and she still isn’t shy about taking a swing at me. Pretty much on a daily basis.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

Is there a porno music cover of “Everything is Awesome” yet? (Edit: It’s apparently called porn groove!)

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Everything is Assome?

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Brick Meathook

And then she drove off the cliff and died.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ballsofsteelandfury

OMG that #1 elimination was so great!

I LOVE MXC MONDAYS!

Gratliff

Here we have photos of dogs who wouldn’t leave me the fuck alone to go somewhere and their response to ten (10) minutes running around in 85 degree heat
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

So they were extremely GOOOOOD DOGS!!

Gratliff

the best

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

They look like it. I love GSs.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

FuckYap.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Let’s have another one…..

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Sharkbait

Don’t mind if I do

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

I still can’t think of anything to say. tWBS showed more concern to me on behalf of himself and DFO than most people I know IRL, especially when things were really shitty. And I never really thanked him for that.

ballsofsteelandfury

The greatest thanks you can give him is to stay positive and live a good life. When you’re down, as we all get from time to time, remember him, his words, and how he cared about you. Use that to pick yourself up.

scotchnaut

This little bunny rabbit is headed back to his warren for a snooze. Later, fellas.

SonOfSpam

Tell Warren we said hi and to be gentle with you.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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litre_cola

Do you vibrate like the other rabbits?

Sharkbait

Down on the Cape for a holiday weekend? I’m watching Jaws of course. The Mayor of Amity Island would definitely be elected today

Unsurprised

Remember, he was still the mayor in Part 2.

Viva La Tabula Raza

He had a nice plaid jacket, if I recall correctly.

WCS

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Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Are you The Batman?

Sharkbait

No comment.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The Wayning moon.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That’s such a terrible joke, it is more like an un.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

There’s a Top Chef Canada? Needs more u’s.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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litre_cola

Yeah the chefs are a lot younger than the US version, these ones are in their 20’s and just starting their solo careers.

scotchnaut

/his eyes are glued to the screen
//the young teen servicing his peen makes sure to never make eye contact
///he can barely hear the screams of the unbelievers as they are flayed alive above his head

-Tom Cruise, watching Top Gun for the thousandth time*

*a special celebration

Brick Meathook

I thought the “Slippery Slope of Slanted Death” was the Tet Offensive. Or Pearl Harbor.

SonOfSpam

/nods knowingly

B. Parcells

scotchnaut

Maybe Unit 731?

Gratliff

Spending Memorial Day…Night fixing a corrupted OS on a critical HVAC system that apparently got infected 3 years before I started working there and half-assedly fixed by a sysadmin that was a glorified intern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamRjDJNDds

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

#ArrestObama

Sharkbait

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Senor Weaselo

The Senor Weaselo Memorial Day burger: Ketchup, Curbstomp, pickles, pickled jalapeños. If I learn how to properly pickle, people are gonna fucking HURT.

By people I mean me.

Sharkbait

Worth it.

Senor Weaselo

Reminder: Next Expo pick up a thing of these.

Sharkbait

Can you buy seeds from pepper plants there? TWBS has me interested in growing my own

yeah right

There are a couple of Sunday Gravy posts that focus on pickling. Pickled jalapenos are fucking amazing and really easy to make.
You can do it!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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litre_cola

Please don’t curbstomp anyone. I saw that live during a brawl at a bowling alley. Did not look good.

scotchnaut

Ra: “I am the god of creation. I am the god of light.”

Ka Ren: “Of course you are. [rolls eyes] Can I speak to your manager? Your sunsets leave a lot to be desired.”

Redshirt

I’m thinking that U.S. Grant may be a DFO Working Hero. Worked and lived in various levels of drunkenness, and capable of writings that are universally acclaimed.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

If we ever print up our own currency we can put his face on the $6 bill. (tWBS goes on the $12).

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Antonio Brown’s Massage Therapist = Pearlback

Sharkbait

But what was his stance on pants?

Redshirt

I just did the research and we may have a deal breaker. He allowed no one to see him naked and that includes his wife with whom he had four children with.

Senor Weaselo

Wore blue and was a never nude? Tobias Fünke approves!

Unsurprised

To be fair, Mark Twain “edited” his memoirs.

ballsofsteelandfury

Btw, the Coke Cola DID end sometime this morning Eastern time.

Chase Elliott was a half lap from a victory when his teammate cut a tire that generated a yellow flag. Chase pitted from the lead and the #2 through #5 cars didn’t.
In the end, Brad Keselowski won the race on the restart.

Incidentally, it was the longest NASCAR race ever by distance.

Incidentally #2, my sister in law has flown in Brad’s private jet to their headquarters in Charlotte. So… family victory?

Kyle Busch is still my driver.

Gratliff

Did they hit the over for drivers suspended for racial slurs?

ballsofsteelandfury

Incidentally #3, Kyle Larson (the guy suspended for the racial slur) won a World of Outlaws event this weekend.

SonOfSpam

That’s the tour for all the racists?

ballsofsteelandfury

Well, I mean, look at the name.

SonOfSpam

Yeah, Elliott got boned; easy to say now, but do not pit when you’re in the lead.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I remember your sister-in-law, I think. Assuming you only have the one.

ballsofsteelandfury

I do. Only one.

Senor Weaselo

24 Hours of the Nurburgring, NASCAR race: O/U how many cars crash out on Lap 1?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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scotchnaut

Wilson’s inner-city cousin has seen some shit.

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It’s fine.

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Viva La Tabula Raza

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yeah right

Omega man!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

It’s fine.

-Omega Man

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Do they fucking remember Tillman was killed by a huge fuck up “friendly” fire mistake and then the US Army brass tried to fucking cover it up? Maybe talk to his relatives about that shit snack.

I guess not…. or maybe they just have the hubris to think everybody else forgot and the fucked up thing is they are apparently right.

Sharkbait

It’s probably both. They know, and they don’t care.

Every time I see his name, I think of his funeral where his brother put people in their place, by calling out how they didn’t even know him

SonOfSpam

The important thing to remember about Tillman is JESUS FLAG AMERICA GUNS FREEDOM

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Apparently he was an Atheist too. Another reason to like him.

ballsofsteelandfury

Thank you for saying that.

I guess the definition of war hero has changed…

Gratliff

They also tend to leave the part about him turning against the war and becoming a fan of Chomsky out of the narrative.

Redshirt

Friendly Fire is considered a part of war. If your orders are “shoot on sight” or if your commanding officer orders you to fire, you do it. If you hesitate, you risk getting yourself and your fellow soldiers killed.

It sucks, but that’s war.

Its perfectly fine to honor Pat Tillman for setting aside football and answer a call to serve his country.

As for covering it up, I’m on your side. A family is getting a folded American flag instead of a loved one’s return. They need to know exactly what happened so they can get closure. Anything less and it’ll be a wound that will never heal.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I would fucking suggest reading up on this incident before you poo-poo it off as a side casualty, it was a major fuck-up. I am not saying don’t fucking honor him; I’m saying don’t use him for your fucking hyper-nationalism. Jesus fucking christ.

Viva La Tabula Raza

My financial advisor was an AFSOC intel officer and was on radio duty the night Tillman got zapped. He thought things sounded a little fishy, and when he saw the cover up, he went from previously being president of the College Republicans at Princeton to an avowed anti-Bush guy that attended Drinking Liberally meetings, where I met him.

scotchnaut

The narrative that carries the day is the one that is repeated the most by media sites that have the most viewers. Get with the program, soldier.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The army and certain media organizations put down his family which makes the whole thing even fucking richer.

Sharkbait

I’m a huge history nerd, so the Grant series has me intrigued. I’m wary as to the production value and how “MURICA!!1!” it’s going to be.

Viva La Tabula Raza

“Circus Workers”
I was just thinking about this today. Maybe I was triggered because of somehow remembering Navin Johnson joining the circus. It seems that there was some kind of meme 40 or 50 or 60 years ago about a young kid running away from home to join the circus.
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SonOfSpam

To find his special purpose?

Redshirt

To hide from a crazed sniper who picked you name out of a phonebook?

Mr. Ayo

Meth

Viva La Tabula Raza

Also, Cup o’Pizza.

yeah right

“She tattooed my name on her ass. Under the ‘J’s'”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

It was gallows humor for child abuse.