Week 2 of the Preseason starts this Thursday, and there will be games all through Sunday. I am looking forward to those games as much as updates from incoming packages. Right now, we’re at the Sorting Facilities, where I’m sure each and every worker is masked, washes hands every ten minutes, and must rush to an isolation booth to sneeze. So no, I’m not worried at all.
The NFL crammed a full season last year, without vaccines. I trust their eagerness to be even more cavalier this time around. Not that the NFL needs to; back in July, the league announced that Covid-19 outbreaks among unvaccinated players will be grounds for a forfeit and players from both teams will not be paid. Best case scenario, these measures will result in movie-style, boot-camp peer pressure, complete with pillowcase soapings.
Full attendance by fans at the games is still in force. Howevah, the NFL does not require fans at games to be vaccinated; this is from July 20, but the best source I found.
Yeah… I bet the games will look great on TV / computer during the 2021 regular season. Hell, I can’t see myself inside a 20%-full movie theater—not even for Dune ffs. BUT, going to a January, 2022 post season game will be evaluated in due time, omicron-variant permitting.
Today in Personal Decisions:
Lamar Jackson: He returned today to practice after contracting Covid for the second time (1st time was in Nov. ’20). Whether if he’ll get vaccinated, “it’s a personal decision … I’m just going to keep my feelings to my family and myself. I’m focused on getting better right now. I can’t dwell on that right now … how everybody else feels.”
Do I have a take on that?
There is an “approved medical or religious exemption” for vaccination in the NFL-NFLPA Covid-19 Protocols for 2021 Training Camp and Preseason. Maybe your control-F skills are better, but I didn’t see what would be an “approved religious exemption”. I do know a guy who can attest “I, as your Spiritual Pastor, am unconcerned with your physical health. Glory to Moloch”.
Still, it’s quite the Kids’ Table for the unvaccinated, which is fine by me. Serious public health concerns should trump individual rights. Make no mistake, this is not a principled stance, but a spiteful one in light of the smoking ban in bars and restaurants. You pro-health nuts have condemned movies to rely on sound direction and idiosyncratic tics for tense scenes indoors. Damn monsters.
And no, I haven’t had a cig in months. Months!
Practicing Today:
–Deshaun Watson. The important stuff: his trade request remains in place and the Texans are willing to hear offers. Watson is a defendant in 22 separate lawsuits for sexual misconduct, two include allegations of sexual assault; no criminal charges have been filed. My opinion on that legal situation?
The NFL is still reviewing what to do with Watson, per PFT. Would link to it, but part of the Florio charm is seeking him out—and I do not want to deny you of that.
Also Practicing
–Saquon Barkley. “The time has arrived” declares the NY Post. “The wait is over”, the NYP whispers over your ear in a sultry, Harvey Fierstein voice. Top chaff.
The grain: today, practice; tomorrow, 🤷🏼♂️. The RB will not be playing in preseason games. As to Week 1, “guess we’ll see” said Barkley.
Out of Practice
–Patriots TE Hunter Henry (shoulder). MRI pending today.
SPROTS TONITE
Returning Olympic Medalist To Have Pick Of Cameos For 2 Lines Of Stiffly Delivered Dialogue https://t.co/IZ6ofq6Bd5 pic.twitter.com/aGgMtC0beC
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 9, 2021
With the end of the Olympics, the pickings are slim. All times Central:
Major League Béisbol
Medias Blancas (Giolito, 8-8) @ Twines (Burrows, 0-0) – 7:00 PM
Cerveceros (Peralta, 8-3) @ Ositos (Mills, 5-4) – 7:05 PM
NY Y*nqu*s (Taillon, 7-4) @ Reales (Hernández, 3-1) – 7:10 PM
Marlins (Thompson, 2-4) @ Padres (Musgrove, 7-7) – 9:10 PM
Fútbol – Secsi Mexi (Apertura, 2021)
Pachuca (1-0-1) hosts Atlas (1-1-0) – 9:00 PM
NBA Summer League
Yeah, something this momentous deserves a listing
Just ribbin’ ya. They’re playing in Las Vegas. Here’s what’s on tap:
Magic v. Warriors – 7:00 PM (ESPN3)
Clippers v. Bucks – 8:00 PM (ESPNU)
Suns v. Jazz – 9:00 PM (ESPN3)
Finally, I watched an OK movie yesterday: “The Last Letter from Your Lover”. Two things stood out. First, what makes a good love letter during courting. There’s gotta be emotion, maybe even some reverence. (Counterpoint). But there’s gotta be passion and communicating the intent to act on it. Something more obvious than a “I’M DTF” acrostic, but nothing worthy of a restraining order. It’s a delicate balance.
The second was a scene of a lovelorn guy sending a text, and then staring at the screen while the other was [typing animation] for some seconds, but no text was received. Nice drama-by-tech moment, could even be relatable.
I burns for ya, fitbaw. Come back to meeeeee.
The answer to each question is B.
Later taters! Here’s a bedtime snack
No doubt it was gargamel’s life goal to eat that smurf tuna.
Watching the first episode of Reservation Dogs. Pretty good thus far.
Btw who was saying the MCU hit home runs with all their casting? Because i could have done without vagina candle as pepper potts.
Yeah, but she really is an okay actress. And they needed someone who can play the calm role perfectly. Don’t get me wrong, she as bananas, dare I say worse than Jenny McCarthy, but she really is a good actress. I despise her but absolutely fell in love with her in Shakespeare In Love. Then quickly read another Goop related crackpot idea, which flip-flopped it back to hating her.
That was me. To be fair, I said “by and large,” because no movie will be 100% accurate on casting (especially one based on such a well-established and beloved franchise as Marvel comics).
I don’t like her public persona very much, but didn’t really have a problem with Paltrow as Pepper Potts. She didn’t add much, but she didn’t detract from any of the movies, at least not for me.
At what time is it ok to complain about the music volume in an adjacent hotel room?
/get off my lawn
Join the swinging party! Don’t be a square
If it isn’t the opening credits of Laugh In, I’d rather get some sleep
Any time really, but otherwise I would say it’s okay in the 8 pm – 10 pm range, and after 10 pm you get to be super angry about it
Alfredo Rivera is my new favorite comedian
https://youtu.be/XFoXmnBuLw0
I lost it when he talked about the passenger grabbing his titties.
He don’t play that!
Looks like next week at this time my BA flights from Europe back to the US for my September trip will be cancelled! Then I’ll be able to get that flight refunded, and I’ll be able to consider whether I want to find a flight KBP – VIE to take my backup points booking in Emirates business, try to snag one of the Lufthansa 1st awards that have been opening up out of Munich, or spend an extra day in Kyiv and book a points flight direct from there on a less nice airline (probably SAS). I think I’m starting to get the hang of international travel during Covid
Moron
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At some point there needs to be a montage of Rod and Todd’s greatest Covid hits
Was the REDACTED a bitch or a cunt? It’s not [*Redacted] s, is it?
Duh! It IS your damn fault.
Maybe you feel that way because it is your fault they are gone.
“Sadly, her parents had already managed to reproduce before they died of their stupidity.” — Charles Darwin
“I don’t know how I could have saved their lives says nurse who knows about a vaccine that saves lives”
I dated a nurse that worked in the oncology department and smoked. Sometimes there’s a mental disconnect there where they’ve seen so much death that they don’t care anymore.
I know. Step mom is a nurse and won’t get it.
She thinks vaccines caused the development issues in her first daughter. Her other three children are just fine of course.
I am angered by how difficult it is to buy women’s pants that
a) Have usable pockets
b) Fit people who are not tube shaped and have hips that are larger than their waist
and
c) Don’t have a drawstring, especially one inexplicably made out of a stretchy material that renders it useless
I hate buying pants. My problem is that I’m pretty much a bowling ball with legs, so everything that fits in the waist is huge everywhere else, and anything with a stretchy waist immediately rolls to my hips.
I have the opposite problem. I think we should chop all our pants in half and swap the waists and hips/legs and then we’ll both have pants that fit, with no thanks to BIG PANT!
Or we should just boycott pants entirely!
NOW YOU’RE TALKING LIKE A DFOER!
I’m pretty sure I’ve been doing that all along. Exhibit A: my dickhair pictures below!
This is clearly the best answer
Stay strong, JJD. These are but road humps on the path to career greatness.
Gumby worked for a bunch of different contract companies in his telecom career. Pay issues the first month or so are a given. Don’t sweat the small stuff Jake, it will get better!
Shoutout to Yeahright and Sunday Gravy –
Yesterday I cooked up a bunch of bacon for a BLT, and then made a sort of pan sauce with the rendered grease that was based off the sauce from last week. Quick sautee of some green beans I needed to use in the sauce and those are now some tasty green beans!
thats ROCKING!
Is it just me or does the banner pic look a little like tWBS?
I really hope you made a joke about the 1980s calling and wanting their shitty telecommunications technology back
I am in negotiation to rescue another pug as Decilitre loved Mexsci Pug visiting this past weekend. What am I thinking…
You are thinking that pugs are awesome?
And you have love in your heart and room in your family. Do it.
It will be happening. Have to go back to see my fam in 2 weeks so probably rescue him once we get back!
Yes I am. I do miss Oxipug and Deci wants a dog real bad!
I think Lamar! was going all galaxy-brain with this most recent Covid infection, and getting it out of the way when the resulting natural immunity is likely to cover the entire season. If he was treated with monoclonal antibodies then that’s a bonus, since he gets a 90 day buffer period before he can be vaxxed. I’m surprised more NFL antivaxxers weren’t out there trying to get infected before the season starts so they could avoid the possibility of forfeits.
And may their lungs know the fluid weight of that decision
Who has two thumbs and is attempting to learn javascript to write a dumb discord robot that posts a Mike Dean yellow card gif?
This guy!
javascript is possibly the worst programming language in the world.
Lisp
IMO javascript is worse than fortran, labview and basic. I haven’t used ada so can’t speak to that one. And javascript is newer than all those, so it SHOULD be better overall, not just better at being infuriating.
I’m inclined to agree with you there.
“Them’s fightin’ words!”
[programs fightin’ javascript robot]
[robot fails silently]
I suspected I had/have COVID on the mind, but me neurologist says nothing would show on an MRI anyway.
(shrug emoji)
“Not racist, but #1 with racists!
Ha ha ha ha, just kidding, we’re totally racist!”
Foxnews gonna fauxnews.
Remember when they castigated Kamala Harris over a non-rah-rah Memorial Day tweet, right after posting something about Memorial Day cocktails?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Ummm anyone want an apple pie hot dog?
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/guy-fieri-apple-pie-hot-dog
Yes, yes I do.
Balls, you’re an admin. Gumby sent me two pictures of women with their hair styled to look like penii. Is it ok to post them? It’s not actual dicks, it’s hair, but they are pretty spot on. They made me laugh!
As long as it isn’t actually real I think it could fly.
I don’t want to go to timeout! Ok, here’s one
Don’t ask for permission, only forgiveness. Post those penis heads!
And number two
I guess blondes DON’T have more fun!
Clearly.
Yes, of course!!
found a funny:
https://twitter.com/Hegelbon/status/1424750524600102919
Well lizard people, Senorita Weaselo and I were off to get Vietnamese sandwiches after she finished teaching for the day.
They’re closed on Mondays. So we’re getting tacos instead. Because the “Weaselo date restaurant list” is two pages long and as much as we try, it ain’t getting any shorter.
I had a muffaletta today and thought my coworkers were going to have a stroke.
Can’t even imagine if I told them “I’m thinking of having a banh mi for lunch.”
Got some more musics for ya:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7p6myleiHzYgFZ4eyRT2qI?si=Tjye4sdKSG28X5-lyXu_TA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
Here’s part 1 if you missed it:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GRhlZN2lwCv2e2du2QuU9?si=lbJXBY7GT8SV2_jgXIhafg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
And part 2…
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25XqasCgwswelHSgoYPeuO?si=uHPb2xMQR4OpSrI_X6L56A&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
I went back and read your answer to my Mighty Whitey (nawt raycess) question and you poor bastard have been a Fulham supporter almost as long as me. What a ride it has been the last 20 years! Nice to have another glutton for punishment in the clubhouse.
Plus your playlists are good too.
It’s tough being a Fulham fan (not to mention hollering “COME ON YOU WHITES” feels a mite uncomfy in 2021). It is certainly nice to have a fellow sufferer around. I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world (even if they can’t close out a match they should win… looking in your direction, Middlesbrough at home yesterday).
And thank you for your kind words re: the playlists! Side note: Will Courtney (in part 3) is my cousin and just an all-around stand-up dude.
Ringo Deathstar is a great band name!
Yes! That they also make good music is a nice bonus!
As a fellow veteran of a ruptured ACL, my wholehearted wishes are with Barkley to have the bravery and confidence he’ll need to trust that reconstructed knee. No snark. Just want to see the young brother tear it the fuck up this season.
Agreed
/checks TEN’s schedule
Definitely
I have no rooting interest in the Giants, nor do I wish them any ill will.
As much as this is becoming an air-first league, there’s still something really sexy about a well-executed running game. Hopefully Saquon is ready to go and the Giants road-grade the shit out of some teams (specifically the Cowboys and the Redacteds).
Which is exactly why I want young Najee Harris to go completely ham this season.
That, and he seems like an awesome dude.
This evening’s underdog parlay:
I wonder if an NFL player dying of COVID would actually change anything.
I was wondering that today as well. I imagined an O-lineman succumbing. Be a helluva crossroads…
I nominate Richie Incognito!
Oh yeah. Suuuper fuck that guy. It’s incredible that he’s still allowed in the league. What a piece of work.
HES JUS NAWT TUFF NUFF FOR THE NASHONAL FOOBALL LEEGUE!!!!111!!!1!
I don’t think so. My guess is the anti-vax by-stubborn-reasons collective will only burrow in deeper.
DM for rates regarding a face-saving martyrdom scenario media offensive.
Short answer: nope.
Long answer: noooooooooooo(inhale)ooooooooope.
I feel the same with Anthony Rizzo, because the Yanks all got the J&J vaccine back in April (which is why they all have the rona now), except for new addition Rizzo who is a cancer survivor but isn’t taking the vaccine for… reasons?
That’s bullshit. I know a cancer survivor that got the vaccine. He’s only sprouted one tail and he actually kinda likes it!
Can be handy, if prehensile.