Today begins my countdown to the end of my full-time status here at [DFO].
General stupidity plus changes at work mean I cannot be counted on to do the minimum I was responsible for going forward. The union gig was always going to take up a significant amount of time, but I figured I could still manage things with my posting. But schedule changes at school mean that I now start three hours earlier, and I have to teach a traditional course with 30 students at a time with a marking load to match, not manage a self-paced program where students come & go, and I can do the marking as I get it, or put it off in order to more deeply research a factoid I’m putting in an Open Thread. So my carefree days of sitting at a desk & reacting to students have come to an end.
That’s not to say I won’t be around occasionally. Once the school year gets started, I’ll be able to figure out what’s what with my timetable. But it’s better to rip off the bandaid now & then work my way back than say I can do something & then constantly have to beg someone to spell me.
I just figured I’d say goddbye today. I’ll be around until Thursday. Like a selfish bastard, I’m running away before the long weekend. I’ve just got to be me.
Tonight’s sports:
- Olympics: (not bothering listing specific networks & times)
- highlighted events:
- early Canadian block (8:00pm) – Rugby, Volleyball & Field Hockey
- late Canadian block (midnight) – Field Hockey, Basketball & 3×3 Basketball
- highlighted events:
- MLB:
- White Sox at Brewers – 7:00pm | ESPN / TSN3
- Futbol:
- Gold Cup: Quarterfinals
- Costa Rica vs. Canada – 7:00pm | FS1 / Univision
- USA vs. Jamaica – 9:30pm | FS1 / Univision
- MLS:
- New England vs. CF Montreal – 6:00pm | TSN5
- DC vs. NY Red Bulls – 8:00pm | TSN5
- Gold Cup: Quarterfinals
I’ll miss you all, and I hope to be back sooner than later.
Team USA is not up by 20 over France in the basketball. Tre deez-zah-poynt.
France up 6 at the end of the 3rd. Not going well.
I hate to tell you how this ended last night.
Yeah. I got that after the replay was over. I suck.
I would consider myself rich when i could buy a vintage Chris Craft without worry
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBAf8yegNEg
Once I spend a full day biddy biddy bumming, I’d say I was there.
Ah the pilot of Burn Notice, when Fiona had an Irish accent
This is 15 years ago south beach? Time capsule
Korean corn cheese is brilliant. Especially considering that neither of the main ingredients are native to Korea
Michael Phelps looks like the dude at the brewery that you can’t get far enough away from.
No, dude I don’t want to play Jenga.
“i have an un-aquadynamic beard! I’m a hipster now! Let’s discuss bands we will disown when they make it big!”
-Michael Phelps
“You probably like The Aquabats right?”
I’m actually not feeling cynical about Phelps at all. I’m happy to see him.
All the girls competing in the skateboarding are 13 years old except for one who is basically their mom who was spending enough time at the skate park she figured she might as well learn how to skate, too.
I haven’t seen a girl this young bleed since I first met my step sister.
Got to spend some time with dude, he’s less gimpy now but still quite gimpy. Gave him a set of keys so maybe he can let Fedex in if the sofa gets delivered super late, and there is no reason he shouldn’t have keys anyway, unless he loses them and i gotta get new ones made.
And why the fuck do people care about statues? The local news is festuring some italian dipshits who are all offended about a columbus statue coming down. Seriously, why? Is your life so sad that you have to derive value from people who were born near tour ancestors?
When you’ve always been the majority, you question why people don’t just accept that social order as permanent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOgqGGJ1v0w
I think it’s considerate of White’s parents to have named her <i>Rhyan</i> instead of Ryan so the other swimmers wouldn’t worry that they’d catch AIDS from her.
But I bet her mom would really love it if Elton sang at her house.
There’s a swimmer named “Fairweather” which makes it seems like it would be tough to build up a fanbase.
How is your weed doing? We went out last night and a gal brought some she grew at home. It was great.
Not very well – I’m letting it go to seed. I’ve got more than I’d ever end up smoking in storage, so I don’t need to bother harvesting this summer. I’ve had lots of problems with bugs in my garden this year anyhow.
Probably the god damn cops.
When Katie Ledecky pulls 5 teenagers to their best times, she’s a role model and a hero, but when Matt Gaetz takes 5 teens out for the best time of his life, he’s a creep. How is that fair?
I bet if Michael Andrew had been vaccinated he would have won a medal.
The nanobots make you faster!
The American is good at Rifling? Makes sense.
They’re advertising for a Minion movie that won’t come out until <i>next summer?</i>
Listen, I like James Wolk. But I’d much rather watch Joe Schmo reruns than this new “Ordinary Joe” show.
What happened to Pros vs Joes?
Everyone wants to root for a guy named Kieran from Ridgefield, CT.
Is “Felix” the German equivalent of Kieran? That was the name of my friend from Ridgefield, but he was actually a very cool dude.
Man, this isn’t helping my abandonment issues.
This is all your fault!
David Spade Reunites the Cast of “Just Shoot Me” – Lights Out with David Spade – YouTube
I couldn’t find the Just Shoot Me Gymnastics joke I was looking for but I found this. Holy shit, no one explained the concept of aging to Wendie Malick. They did explain it to Laura San Giacomo, but she only barely understood the concept.
Just consider this post a reminder that “Just Shoot Me” was an underrated show.
David Cross pretending to be ‘challenged’ made me laugh out loud. “My Pants Are Tight!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7dkaU_qP8k&ab_channel=ThrowBackTV
This has aged very badly by the way. Scotchy feel bad.
Here. Watch this scene to make you feel better:
You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream – YouTube
Simone Biles doesn’t seem to be having a lot of fun. Her talent is undeniable but it looks more like an obligation.
She’s said, pretty much word-for-word “I can’t wait for this to be over so I can have a life.”
I’m torn: In one case she can just go home now. There are tons of ladies that would kill to be in her place.
On the other with Social Media the way it was today, she can’t have a day to be herself. If she orders a Diet Coke with dinner, complete strangers are saying she’s starving herself. If she orders a Regular Coke, complete strangers are saying she’s letting herself go.
I suspect that the enormous piles of money being shoveled at her will disappear if she doesn’t compete, and that she knows that this is her one chance to really cash in.
Anytime you say “cash in” it need to be prefaced with the words “ching ching ching”.
But she wasn’t in the Beijing Olympics.
I can respect that.
Rugby Sevens is a lot of fun to watch. I’m very glad it’s now an Olympic sport.
Beat the Coastal Rico’s 2 nil!
Next up Canadia v SecsiMexi in the Coupe d’Or semi. We are very undermanned with no Davies, David, Larin, Cavallini, Akinola due to injuries and suspensions but fuck it Huzzah!
Nice job!
Almost ready to start thinking about watching some Olympics, the only thing that could sink my interest is if they’re still doing that “Russian Athletes of Russia” bullshit…
It’s now the R.O.C. (short for Russo Organized Corticosteriods)
Gotta admire Pete Davidson-85% of his career is dependent upon him talking about being a fuckup. And he’s made it this far? Good for him.
He’s currently 27 years old, so if you are looking to fill out your roster in a death pool…
True Story Time:
Certain folks in our ‘Death Pool” were super pissed when I drafted Frank Sinatra back in 1997. What. The. Fuck? Apparently he was ‘hands off’ for some reason. He passed a year later and I made sure that everyone in our now dis-banded league knew all about it when it happened.
That’s the same reason no one let me pick tWBS.
Too soon?
Only if you make the pick and personally killed the pick to win the Death Pool.
You could have made that joke at his funeral and we would have heard muffled laughter from the casket.
Followed by the giggle of a Hardee’s waitress.
Honestly I don’t how he’s still employed and gets more airtime that Melissa Villasenor. He’s single-handedly destroying my “only LGBTet.al. are protected in Hollywood” theory.
His uncle Harley really looks out.
If any Ultra Righteous Patriot Conservative says the world is getting unquestionably political correct with anything that could be considered remotely racist is cancelled without question or debate, remind them that “Blazing Saddles” airs on IFC completely unedited.
Yeah, that’ll convince them. [rolls eyes]
At this point, if Jesus Christ Himself descended down from the Heavens and spoke to the entire world all at once, Tucker Carlson would denounce the Greatest Commandment as Critical Race Theory and Jesus as a pawn of the pawn of the Far Left Agenda.
Well, of course-Jesus is one of those Browns that would be taking the job of a hard-working white evangelical.
_87264971_jesus_bbc.jpg (976×725) (bbci.co.uk)
Pictured: A lot of Conservative Christian’s Worst Nightmare
I like to imagine Jesus sounding like Wallace Shawn, who is also Jewish.
Thanks Rikki. You just guaranteed me laughing out loud in church whenever they quote Jesus.
Caroline Marks v Maeda is a great heat because…. let’s just say Balls-related reasons.
Me: [types in Simone]
Google Search: “Arrgh! What to do with the first result? Biles? Nina? Sonofabitch!…”
LOL
found a funny:
https://twitter.com/SamRo/status/1419357221494956032
Let the word out-a human will never, ever win an autographed basketball again.
Space Jam 3: Judgment Day
Absolutely amazing how many people fell for this. Barry McCockiner is a national treasure.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has left training camp and says he "not play another down in the NFL" until the team changes their name.<br><br>(via <a href=”https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@AdamSchefter</a>) <a href=”https://t.co/ynCWYAlpyo”>pic.twitter.com/ynCWYAlpyo</a></p>— BarryCenter (@UltraWeedHater) <a href=”https://twitter.com/UltraWeedHater/status/1419394219001659403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>July 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
His nephew overdosed on weed eh?
GOOOOOLLLL CANADIA!!!!!
It’s the Pierre Maguire of football hires.
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1419422421950545922?s=21
“This is a tremendously good hire. I’m not concerned about his use of nouns and prepositions, that’s for the aNaLyTicS peOple to decide.”
-Pierre Maguire
Please. Get vacCinated.
Do you think her “O” face has both eyes the same size or she is permanently Thom Yorke’d?
That’s g0od.
“You lost me at ‘read'”.
-Republicans
This.
“First there was one fish. Then there was two fish. Next thing ya know there was a red fish. And then I saw me a blue fish. Them’s too many fishes! Gov’ment handouts have gone too far!”
I just started A.P. Bio (Peacock streaming) this week, so I got that non-Dennis-Reynolds-but-still-Dennis-Reynolds-mostly gif!
It’s a good show.
I am enjoying it. A nice, simmering quirky.
I play poker with the guy that plays Marcus (Nick Peine). He’s a cool dude and funny as fuck. Hope he’s doing okay, he hasn’t shown up in quite a long time.
Well I guess it’s time for the customary DFO severance package, (winds up to slap ass, hard) but… we’ve had to cut back in the current challenging times, so a half-hearted shrug is all we can offer at this time.
The finger in the ass is always free.
If the commenters were unionized several wiggles of said finger-after having been inserted-would be obligatory. Alas, a lass willing to do this was not included in the collective bargaining agreement. smgdh…
Our Quebecois counterparts get that perk regularly.
I’m a Republican so I’ve been conditioned to accept unions as evil because…um….um…I don’t know, something about freedom or some shit.
Whoa! An institution that is inherently evil? Aside from the Catholic church and the Republican party and a few other organizations, I can’t think of many others.
“Hey! That’ll cost you a co-pay, at least.”
