Welcome to the Sunday Evening Open Thread, the closest thing some of us have to attending a service. So, let’s start with a hymn,
Now, with many of us being somewhere being agnostic and DGAF – because atheism is its own religion, and most of those people are just as nuts – on the religious scale, it seems somewhat fitting on a Sunday evening to devote some time to the great musical traditions that come out of heritage. Because religious people are certifiable these days.
For example, a song you will hear repeated during [DFO]’s Euro2021 previews this June, and hopefully after many victories this summer.
Hopefully, it drowns out this reminder that Brexit was forced onto the other regions,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5Nbp_gmgQ
Seems apropos considering they put Prince Philip in the ground yesterday.
The French have a national anthem, “La Marseillaise”, that is both a hymn and a battle cry.
Of course, we can’t forget the good old US of A. There’s many a fine song to be found extolling it’s great heritage. Two primary anthems come to mind – one white,
and one black.
Of course, the South will have it’s own interpretation of what it means to be true to one’s heritage,
But I think we can all agree on the fact that if you are going to have someone attempt a classic, you get the finest to sing the finest.
Feel free to argue or chastise in the comments. I just wanted a theme for the evening.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Islanders vs. Flyers – 6:30pm | NBCSN
- Leafs vs. Canucks – 7:00pm | Sportsnet
- NBA:
- Thunder vs. Raptors – 7:00pm | Sportsnet1
- Kings vs. Mavericks – 7:30pm | TSN4 / NBATV
- T-Wolves vs. Clippers – 10:00pm | Sportsnet1 / NBATV
- MLB:
- Braves vs. Cubs – 7:00pm | ESPN / TSN2
- MLS:
- Columbus vs. Philadelphia – 5:30pm | TSN3
- Whitecaps FC vs. Portland – 10:00pm | TSN
Relax, for the work week starts anon. Be well, fair Commentists. Be well.
Time to make a batch of my signature hamburger sauce. That’s some real Americana right there:
That’s some good fixins. And a noble pursuit, the dressing of god’s meal. The hamburger.
So, I’m used to being able to tell the venue\home team of a sportsball game by the order of the teams listed. Y’know.. the 2nd team being the home team, as in: “Bears \ Packers” automatically denoting that the game is at Green Bay & the Packers being the home team. Seems to be the norm for all sports EXCEPT MLS \ soccer \ footy…
So what’s up with footy being the exception? Anyone know?
We were just talking about that today during the LA Galaxy/ Miami game. I have no explanation. I am, however, still traumatized from seeing Tom Brady in the wild. And Posh Spicegirl was smiling.
Yech. Brady is like the Posh Spicegirl of the NFL.
The rest of the world uses home team first. It’s the same in AFL.
To hell with the rest of the world. Once the American television money gets flowing they’ll change their tune. They’ll change it real good.
This is one of the few times where I’ll actually argue that the American system is better. Bears at Green Bay just make good sense.
Three hours of gardening today means everything hurts.
Why you pushing that shoulder?
I am having a weird allergic reaction to something. I get hives once in a while, but these are like puffy scratches on my neck. It’s gonna be some benadryl and an early bedtime for me. Smoking some weed to make the bennies work better. I’m pretty sure it says to do that right on the box.
Cant hurt to try!
That seems entirely reasonable, and it’s probably a good precaution just in case it turns out you’re allergic to benadryl
Logical
Weed makes almost everything
workbetter.One of these days Im gonna move to Silicone Valley and start an app or website or something to disrupt the frame industry.
Move somewhere way cheaper and disrupt the disruptive Silicon Valley startup industry
But that’ll just put a target on my back, for someone to come and disrupt MY disrupting disruption.
How many disruptions need to rumpered before you either get back to the original or end up with some 2nd law of thermodynamics shit going down?
I really don’t think it is the time for monkey-human chimera experiments.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7760167/human-monkey-chimera-embryo-hybrid/
Paging Dr. Moreau!
It’s not THAT big of a breakthrough, they’ve been making geep since the 80s and they’re kinda adorable in a weird way.
Ligers too. And I am all for scientific research to grow organs for transplantation, but if you are also growing hybrid critters to do it, please don’t let them escape from the lab. I don’t want to die in some shitty 50’s sci fi movie, thanks!
I think we should get Korean schoolchildren to do it, the ones on the STEM tracks probably have the expertise already and I would be totally down with K-pop inspired chimeras
It’s steak and egg time, again!
Still working through those Vons steaks? We had the last of ours on Thursday.
Still working it! I vacuum seal them and they can keep for three years frozen with no loss of quality that I can tell. But this is a New York Strip that I also got on sale.
Apparently there is both a movie (2020) and a hip hop group called Combat Wombat (not to be confused with Combo Wombo)
Shit, Wombo Combo, I’m already confusing them and only just found out they exist
They remind me of that band i posted for request line this week, Wumba Chumba
Been working on some beers. Finally finished them.
This beer is feeling very heavy in my stomach. I should probably send a comrade down to see what the heck the problem is.
Ah, the Zaphod Beeblebrox strategy
& perhaps a 3rd for moral support
This is so true
I hope the fellow cat owners I shared this with get as much joy from it as I did.
Indeed. However, attempting it in anything less than a sweatshirt is unwise to say the least. Trying it in the buff like Herc there is just asking for some serious blood loss.
We’re at the beach. Don’t make me come home and start working.
No worries. I’m not your supervisor.
Would never try to deprive you of sweeet slack. That would be fundamentally wrong.
Euro futbol is exoding due to the all mighty dollar and the reactions online are amazing.
I’m wondering what new, useless streaming service I’m going to need to watch.
Every supporter of every club has their opinion and it’s chaos.
I have many opinions about The Spearmint Rhino and its chaos, so, yes.
I really wish they had a bitter rival called The Peppermint Tapirs
The Wintergreen Lemurs 4eva, yo.
From perusing Spurs reactions, I might have to become a full time Brighton supporter now.
What I hate about atheism is the militant wing. It’s self-defeating. Being chill is the best part of godlessness. Or Not-Catholic anyway.
I find “lapsed Catholic” to be a spiritual sweet spot. You get all the good philosophical underpinnings with none of the horse shit.
Aww but the Norse shit is fun.
Prolapsed Catholics are the best though. They’re (wide) open to new experiences.
I have a video from the 90s, World’s Funniest Prolapsed Anuses, but it’s on VHS so I can’t watch it anymore.
Still too much guilt, but I’m working on it!
Cleanliness is next to godlessness.
I’m apathnostic, I don’t care if there’s a god or not, makes no difference to me either way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhQ5678cJU8
Hey scientists! We need to start working on that teleportation shit immediately! I wish I could beam every one of you good folks over here to taste this gloriousness I made today.
The weather is perfect for grilling and dear Lord and Sonny Jesus did this shit ever exceed expectations.
God damn.
I wish you were here to see it!
Shit ain’t changed in 30+ years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VufacXIcHuA
Vernon is a great follow on Twitter.
If Scotland beat England at Wembley this summer it will be a National Holiday.
/stupid Rona means I can nae go pals.