Your “Wait – I Thought I Didn’t Do This Anymore?” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

I guess Jake’s sick.

The first week is already going swimmingly:

  • anti-racism training – “Wait – people still use that word?!”
  • anti-sexism training – “Wait – people still use that word?!”
  • language trigger training – how to avoid “micro-aggressions”
    • Really, they should be concerned by my general aggression than the odd word I might slip in.

And today was the actual first day of teaching. It was remote learning today, then half the students Thursday – A through L – and the other half Friday. Then a full class starting Monday.

On top of that, I’ve already had to initiate three (!) grievances related to class schedules for teachers who were assigned to things they can’t necessarily fulfill.

Tonight’s sports:

  • There’s baseball
  • There’s men’s World Cup qualifying
    • Go Canada!
  • There’s wrestling – AEW is on TNT right now!

I hope everyone’s doing well. I’m already losing my mind.

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Brick Meathook

Before the pandemic I worked for seven months in Montreal. I was born and raised in Arlington VA and highly educated in Washington DC and was working out of Los Angeles, so I’ll be honest that I did not consider them my intellectual equals. And they weren’t. But most of the Québécois were some of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life, and I’m still telephone friends with quite a few of them.

Gumbygirl

Tomorrow we have real football. Try not to drop dead from the excite. But if you do, here’s just the thing!

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SonOfSpam

SUZI QUATRO UNO

Dunstan

/hears Suzi Quatro reference
//stumbles in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGaF4tKUl0o

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh! I totally forgot why I had such natural antipathy for Djokovic! Cause he hit that lineswoman in the throat.

Mr. Ayo

Nail. Coffin.

Collision course!

TheRevanchist

Notice the US plays better without Pubelessdick.

TheRevanchist

And they continue to prove that point with another score.

Mr. Ayo

You appear to have a point.

SonOfSpam

TRES UNO LOS BITCHES

TheRevanchist

Boooo!!!!

SonOfSpam

Take that, um, Honduran sympathizer?

TheRevanchist

Only when they play the US. The IS doesn’t belong in the World Cup. They just suck too much to even pretend they should have a chance.

Mr. Ayo

Thanks for coming out HondurASS.

TheRevanchist

I wasn’t going to drink tonight, but here we go.

TheRevanchist

Now Pubelessdick is just laying on the ground like the bitch he is. What a useless asshole.

Mr. Ayo

He was VICIOUSLY attacked, sir.

TheRevanchist

A viscous attack in soccer is a bump. And he is on the ground again.

Mr. Ayo

They are clearing targeting him. A straight red should be awarded as soon as possible.

Mr. Ayo

USA! USA! USA!

Brick Meathook

When I lived in Venice CA I had huge spiders in my back yard who each night at dusk would build enormous spider webs that I would study and they were engineering marvels.

I was just afraid of accidentally walking into one of the webs with my face.

When a fly got caught in one of their web they would immediately go into action and wrap the prey up in spider web, like a mummy.

It was astonishing and very impressive. As long as they didn’t do it to me I left them alone.

Live and let live.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Speaking of critters, did you guys ever have any problems on your boomer with stuff like rats and roaches while on board?

Brick Meathook

Never. The radiation killed them.

Dunstan

Right, but not before one of them bit a crewman, and he developed superpowers, I hope?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Glad you made it out of there upright.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The plan was to have steak and cauliflower for dinner tonight but I forgot to cook the cauliflower.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[grabs own flesh-and-blood son, shakes him]

“WHY CAN’T YOU BE MORE LIKE RIKKI?”

– Andy Reid

TheRevanchist

Life is so much better when you substitute potato skins for cauliflower. Try that instead.

Brick Meathook

I own my own one-man California corporation. I’m the chairman of the board and the only employee. I went on strike today. So I fired my ass. I don’t put up with that commie shit.

SonOfSpam

As your union rep, I can tell you that you will be sorry for firing you without due process or just cause. You just opened a can of worms that you cannot shut.

Brick Meathook

I just filed a lawsuit against myself. I guarantee you that I will win.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Ronald Reagan gives standing ovation from the afterlife (hopefully in Hell).

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I can’t confirm that, but I <i>can</i> confirm that he was standing on Rush Limbaugh’s genitals, so feel free to draw your own conclusions.

Mr. Ayo

lol USA.

Just withdraw now.

TheRevanchist

Amen, sister!

TheRevanchist

Gooooaaaallll!

TheRevanchist

This guy who plays for the US, I call him Pubelessdick, just really isn’t that good at scoring.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I haven’t looked at youporn in several years, but as I recall, just about all of the thespians acting in the shorts on the site were all pube-less. I think the EPA has moved crab lice to the Endangered Species list.

ballsofsteelandfury

Cory Chase dyed her pubic hair blond in some videos.

I just report the facts.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I hope she dyed her eyebrow brunette just to match.

Col. Duke LaCross

You’re doing the lord’s work sir.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Evening

SonOfSpam

(checks outside)

Yes.

Thank you!

montythisseemsstrangetome

Odding

Redshirt

I swear to God, this Cincinnati Reds is the most frustrating team I’ve seen, and I’ve been following Cincinnati teams since the Early 90s,

SonOfSpam

Shoulda started in 90. Rijo was a stud.

Gumbygirl

Again with the bears!

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montythisseemsstrangetome

Can I get the print version of DFO at my local newsstand?

Redshirt

Don’t blame us. Blame those greedy newsboys!

Anthony In TX

“Dick jokes, cheesecake pictures, and lightweight football analysis! Getcha dick jokes, cheesecake pictures, and lightweight football analysis right here! Extra! Extra!”

Viva La Tabula Raza

*puts newsie beret on backwards*

Redshirt

Is the Suicide Pool working for anybody? Its not showing the picks and I want to get my first pick in before I do something stupid and pick the Bengals.

Mr. Ayo
Redshirt

I hate technology. Thanks!

SonOfSpam

No I’m still alive. Pls clarify instructions so I can end this existence thx.

montythisseemsstrangetome
SonOfSpam

But do I deserve to be?

Gumbygirl

Is that the question?

montythisseemsstrangetome

And if so… I answer no, SoS does not deserve to be.

But he already knew that.

Brick Meathook

Here’s a link to the most amazing concert film ever.

It’s the “T.A.M.I Show” which in this version is called “Teenage Command Performance” (that’s because of rights issues and ownership changes) but this version is the complete film and pretty good quality.

The music line-up is extraordinary and the house band is “The Wrecking Crew” from Phil Spector’s studio sessions. The music director is Jack Nitzsche, who chose all the acts.
All of these artists are in their prime; some would have long great careers, and some would have tragic lives.

Everything (picture and audio) was shot live. Nothing is faked or “sweetened” so what you see and hear is authentic.

It was shot over two days in October 1964 (that’s why you’ll see the audience change) and the only editing they did was assemble the best performances. This was not a TV show, it was a concert film for theatrical release, yet it was shot with pioneering HDTV cameras that were then converted to 35mm film. When each act starts they get about ten minutes and is absolutely live.

James Brown’s performance is legendary, and The Rolling Stones follow him and you can see how they were.

I could write a whole post about this film.

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

Viva La Tabula Raza

A very good choice, but unfortunately it was only the greatest concert film ever until this was released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53dikqNZLgA

Brick Meathook

This might be a tie

Viva La Tabula Raza

T-Heads movie came out when I was 25, TAMI came out when I was 5. It probably explains why I prefer the Heads. I didn’t even know what concerts were in 1964…

Brick Meathook

Well then watch it.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Oh, I have seen it, and agree that it’s great. I think that the impact of things upon you based upon your age and the particular time in which you are exposed those things has a definite effect on how important it seems at that time. SMS hit just at the right time and place for me.

Brick Meathook

These are astonishing good performances. That’s why they were recorded, and very well. That attitude is like not liking The Wizard of Oz (1939) because it wasn’t made in 1980.

Gumbygirl

I had older siblings and cousins. I was totally into this kind of stuff. We used to dance in front of the tv when good bands came on Ed Sullivan!

Viva La Tabula Raza

As an only child/military brat whose cousins were pretty inaccessible due to my dad’s duty stations, I had a different experience growing up. I had to discover rock and roll by myself (with the help of my schoolmates).

Gumbygirl

I will watch it later, haven’t seen it in years. Thanks for posting it!

Downfield Matriculator

I am gonna vote for a third party here and go with Last Waltz, which I could not find for free on the Youtube, but you should find on your streaming/torrent site . . . here’s the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKlkR0B5aw

TheRevanchist

Waiting to watch Honduras kick some ass. Game needs to start already.

Senor Weaselo

Evening lizard people. We’re officially into the “family asking “Why don’t you and Senorita Weaselo get married?” phase.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

You could probably silence them by responding “Marriage? I’m still trying to get her to go all the way!”

Senor Weaselo

In fairness it’s just my grandfather.

Anthony In TX

Oh, boy. Sorry, man. Mrs. In TX and I were thankfully spared that, even though we lived together for 5 years before getting hitched. Take your time, man. No need to rush what’s good.

SonOfSpam

So…why not then?

You ain’t gettin any younger.

Gumbygirl

Response: Nunya bizness!

montythisseemsstrangetome

Hey, don’t insult me by calling me “people”.

Redshirt

Suggestions:

“Why? I’m already nailing her.”
“Nah. Seven is my limit.”
“I was going to propose, but then we compared ancestory.com profiles. We’re waiting for the DNA results.”
“I’m using her to get to you.”

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ballsofsteelandfury

I KNEW IT!

yeah right

My work has instituted a vaccine mandate!

There’s a daily test option but basically if you don’t have the vaccination you lose badge/access rights to the entire campus.

Holy fucking HELL YES!

‘Bout damn time!

Senor Weaselo

I’m having Everbridge issues right now. I’ve gotten confirmed by both aspects of my job, but the app won’t even show the icon to show the vaccine notes.

Anthony In TX

That’s AWESOME.

My current job has stopped short of mandating the vaccine, but they’ve repeatedly *strongly* recommended it. Since my new job technically makes me an employee of the state of Texas and our governor is an asshole, they won’t have a mandate there any time soon.

Anthony In TX

If anyone is looking for a new show to dive into, I can’t recommend Reservation Dogs highly enough. It’s a look at a bunch of ne’er-do-well teens living on a reservation in Oklahoma and trying their damnedest to get out. It’s funny, poignant, smart, and just really well-done.

https://youtu.be/RoHewFAkrWU

Anthony In TX

Oh! And for my Canadian/fellow Letterkenny fan friends, there’s a really cool Auntie Tanis cameo.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’ve watched a couple of episodes of The Unusual Suspects and found it to be quite interesting.

What’s up with these lazily titled shows actually being good?

Anthony In TX

They’re finally putting more effort into the show’s writing and less time into coming up with a clever name (although Kevin Can Fuck Himself is pretty good).

Brocky

This bruce arians bio on nfl network is pretty good.

He’d probably have some profanity laced commentary about this pic

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Anthony In TX

Sweet jaysus

ballsofsteelandfury

Go Canada!!

King Hippo

It is hard for me to lose (ie, mind) what I ain’t NEVAR had in the first place, nohow.

Brocky

I feel ya. I’m sitting in an office after years of doing retail. somehow I’m more tired now

Gumbygirl

You’re my favorite, Rob. Don’t tell the others.

Brocky

I made up a word today.

Blark

I have no idea what it means, but I keep giggling at it

Dunstan

It’s when your dog tries to bark but ends up barfing?

Brocky

Nah, that’s blarfing. Completely different concept

Brocky

Bless brian jr for sticking up for his city, but my god, its fucking Cincinnati.

Also, I still can’t my head around a guy named flying playing nosetackle

Redshirt

I loved and agreed with everything he said and I am from Cincinnati.

King Hippo

This is a great song and great album.

Anthony In TX

Modest Mouse is one of the many things that brought me and Mrs. In TX together. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Had I been born ten years later, they would have occupied the same space in my life that The Smiths did.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He was right! He won’t be getting the vaccine!

Gumbygirl

They should turf his dumb ass out and give that bed to someone who deserves it.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh, he’s not taking up a bed anymore.

Gumbygirl

Good riddance.

SonOfSpam

One less person who can’t differentiate breathe and breath?

Cool.

Mr. Ayo

Are you getting paid yet?

Gumbygirl

At least we aren’t bees!

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Dr. Mrs. has developed a crush on Djokovic’s opponent.

jjfozz

You tell them teachurs this is ‘Murica and we do our jobs without complaining!

Anthony In TX
Gumbygirl

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. Apparently Texas has a backlog of 20,000+ rape kits that haven’t even been tested. I think what will happen is that they will “end” rape by making it illegal to report it. Problem solved!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

…by making it illegal to report it. Problem solved!

That’s basically how DeSantis beat COVID in Florida.

Gumbygirl

Stable genii!

Anthony In TX

I had heard it was 6,000+, but regardless: that’s too many!

Gumbygirl

You’re right, I had old numbers. They got it down to 6,000 after they passed legislation/were shamed into it, in 2019.

Anthony In TX

Abbott’s words were those of a man realizing he signed an indefensible, WAY-more-unpopular-than-he-realized, possibly unconstitutional bill into law, and has likely hurt himself politically in a way *all* of his other bullshit somehow hasn’t.

Gumbygirl

He is a sniveling piece of shit who should be one of the first up against the wall.

Anthony In TX

He’s worse than Rick Perry, who was worse than Dubya.
And his Lt. Governor is worse than all of them!

Gumbygirl

The next one will be an unapologetic Nazi Proud Boy Oaf Keeper. You should get out, Viva too. Things can get worse.
Wow, I’m Susie Sunshine today, sorry!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“I’d vote for an Oats Keeper.” – John Elway

Viva La Tabula Raza

I don’t want to live in an America where I have to relocate to live in a state in order to avoid right-wing nuterry. I’d rather take my own life.
COME ON ASTEROID!!!

Gumbygirl

I get it. And we certainly have more than our share in the People’s Paradise. I just can’t believe that so many of us are incredibly fucking gullible and stupid. It feels like we’re being punked.

Viva La Tabula Raza

“Here’s the deal, Abattoir; You stand up and run the 40, and we will let your keep your wheelchair.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiwKb-x7wXQ