2b.jpgServes me right for asking, now I get to do it. Here’s the news!
-David Culley (Team Not Found) is fired after one season. Even though a nonexistent team went 4-13 with a nonexistent roster not expected to compete after their one good player was asked to not show up ever again, the coach was shown the door. P*ts LB coach Jerod Mayo is considered the frontrunner for the job.
-After a horrific bed-shitting against the Fulham Clowns, Colts GM Chris Ballard “won’t make a comment on who is going to be here next year and who is not going to be here next year. That’s not fair to any player.” That includes Dakota Jeebus after the shit he pulled.
N-GCP WR Amare Cooper was fined for breaking COVID protocols going to a Mavs game and not wearing a mask. He is unvaccinated. Please note that after the game against the Eagles, he said:
“You don’t want to get sick. This is the tournament. We train so hard in the offseason, OTAs, camp, to get to this point. We accomplished that goal thus far. We’re going to do everything we can do to not get sick. If that means isolation, then that’s what that means. Hopefully we can isolate enough to not catch it.”
Clearly he’s doing that. Speaking of COVID protocols…
-There are no plans to move the Superb Owl away from glorious Inglewood. I forget, did we have a nickname for that stadium?
-Injury news: Stillers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster participated in practice, starting the clock for him to return for IR, as did Packers LB Whitney Mercilus. The Packers are also hoping to get back Randall Cobb, Jaire Alexander, Za’Darius Smith, and Billy Turner, after David Bakhtiari and Josh Myers returned last week.
-NHL All-Star Game captains: Alex Ovechkin (WAS), Auston Matthews (TOR), Nathan McKinnon (COL), and Connor McDavid (EDM). I have no idea why they’re still playing the game because I thought that the Olympic break was going to be used for make-up games, but apparently it’s in Vegas. Also the unis are simple red vs. blue. And I regret not voting for Foxy the MSG Network Fox (or any other of the Ice Giants). Would it have done anything for captain? Probably not, but he does have his 1st All-Star nod regardless.
What’s on tonight?
Currently (all times DFO)
NBA Jam
GSW @ MIL (Now, TNT)
POR @ DEN (9:00, TNT)
JV Jam
Fightin’ Redshirts (OSU) @ Badger Badger Badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM (WISC) (Now, ESPN2)
IU @ Fightin’ Clint Bartons (IOWA) (8:00, FS1)
Monald Muck (ORE) @ UCLA (8:30, ESPN)
Big Love (BYU) @ GONZ (10:00, ESPN2)
COL @ Bear Down for Midterms (ARIZ) (10:00, FS1)
BattleBots (7:00, Discovery)
I’m still hoping Cecil Rhodes is available for Afro Footy previews, wherever he is. I’m already working on my (fake) countries for World Cup previews later this year. No, we’re not doing Wakanda. Latveria, however…
Go do the thing!
Goodnight my darling dears!
Wife went and got tested after not feeling well today. So, there is that. Hard to find a place with tests so she wound up at the department of public health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozeuu0PaOxg
Evening folks, imma headin to the coal mine here. Bout half of our folks got da Vid, most with no issues thankfully.
Fuck. Hopefully those with symptoms are mild and get over it quickly!
A few have flu like issues. For most it’s… meh… 5 days isolated and then test out on day 6. Pain in the ass is that we are all vaccinated but to travel you still need a negative test. So its biggest effect is on our ability to just move around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orIy18qIaCU
In two hours time two trucks are headed north to offload to a few other trucks. The weather up there is estimated to be about -45 Celsius which is -49(!) in Farfegnugen. We’ll be lucky if one of our trucks starts tomorrow at 5am.
C = F at -40
The way I know that and the reason I have no desire to move back to Chicago full time are one and the same.
Godspeed and long woolen underwears to you sir
I’ll be ok, nestled next to the space heater in my office tomorrow morning. I’ll be scurrying back home and working in front of a roaring fireplace as soon as possible.
Will you be Riding With Death?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW-mSEKC-s
TURKEYS, HO!
What time do they pass each other?
Asking the important questions.
High school me is having PTSD with this.
Depends on how fast they’re going, and how much meth the driver has snorted.
I’m assuming you just keep them running, don’t you? I can’t imagine taking the chance of turning the engine off.
With respect to the trucks way up north, they’d be running for about 12 hours straight and we don’t have a closed yard up there. Also, the price of fuel per liter would make you pee your pants.
People!
How are ya?
I’m officially on lock down.
Just like me to join a fad 2 years too late.
Missives to come.
Goddamnit.
Hang in there.
Do you or Taj have any food allergies? Tossing some snaxx into your puzzle package
Hell yeah I’m all about snacks.
“How do you feel about a ‘gently used’ snack?”
-Balls
We’ve sadly found the opposite of Rod/Tod. Stupid Bob COVID.
Be well. Kick its ass!
Odds about 50/50 that Wolven HippoSpawn and I also have our Round 2: #TransformerNuAIDS Boogaloo. I am not willing to drive all over the county trying to get a test, though. Seems…counterproductive?
And we may get an ice storm on Sunday. That’ll be fucking fun!
Do not forget the tWBS memorial no dying rule. Don’t make me come down there! Seriously, don’t make me come down there. I had to drive to Corona today, traffic was horrendous. But… I did see a guy drive off with the nozzle in his gas tank! Arco is charging him 600 bucks. Dumbass!
That’s the thing. I’ve never felt better.
Now if you’re still feeling compelled to drive off the mountain then I’ve got a bar-B-Que place that will set you and Mr. Gumby right!
Oooh, ‘que!
Whiskey Flats barbeque. I’ll stand by it.
My word’s all I got in this life.
The one in San Pedro?
You are correct my good friend and fellow Ralph’s shopper!
We should get a beer sometime when I’m less viral.
This guy?
This fucking guy?
This is a good fucking guy right here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm1UhzcJrtw
Hang tough. Catch up on some reading. And be well Buddy.
Fun fact: The advice of Kenny Rodgers to ‘never count your money while you’re sitting at the table’ only applies to limit poker. In no-limit it is important to know how much money you and your opponent have so you can estimate implied odds, i.e. how much you could potentially win
Play poker against Dok at your own risk.
You’ve been warned.
Robot Fighting Time has come to an end. Later, Taters!
Is there a dataset tracking sports betting lines and their movement over time? Thinking it could be an interesting test of the efficient markets hypothesis
That would be interesting to see
There’s a fella out there by the name of Rufus Peabody that does that sorta stuff and a lot more on https://unabated.com/. I know, I know-but I listen to him weekly on a rotowire podcast and the amount of data he uses to determine the bets he places just might impress you.
I call it Payday Loan Field
Satan’s Anus.
Fedex Field is Satan’s Personal Toilet
I thought Atlanta was the butthole stadium?
Megatron’s Butthole, yes.
At least Megatron’s Butthole’s plumbing works.
Oh I am not disputing your name for Fedex. If anything the idea of indoor plumbing is too good for it.
Maybe that’s what fertilized the soil for the dirt chips Lays put out
Don’t give Danny Boy any ideas…
“Pay toilets, you say…?”
Dan Snyder in Urinetown the Musical.
The part of Dan Snyder will be played by his understudy tonight, as Dan Snyder has drowned in not his own urine.
Best. Notice. Ever.
“Remember, it’s not about what your bot does to J. Neilson, but what J. Neilson does to your bot.”
Choose Red or Blue-THERE IS NO THIRD PARTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAILud-X58U&ab_channel=TheMuseumofClassicChicagoTelevision%28www.FuzzyMemories.TV%29
I bought Rockem Sockem Robots for Gumby for Christmas a few years ago. That’s one of the many things I’m looking forward to when we finally get our stuff out of storage.
Rockem Sockem Robots is a better game than 80% of video games.
There’s occasionally the green “square.”
There are some things the internet is bad at, and one of those is confirming my memory that there was an episode where they made popcorn in tom servo’s head. I found one blurry pic in non-imbeddable format so I still Believe
Anyone staying up late to watch tonight’s Richmond-Melbourne women’s Aussie footy match?
Only if every one of the girls lines up to kick Novak Djokovic in the balls.
Fuuuuuuuck that guy
I would pay per view that.
Wait, could that actually happen? Is there someone I can bribe or something to make that happen? Can we get a Make-a-wish kid on this? Can I pretend to be a make-a-wish kid with a disease that makes me look like a middle aged woman so I can kick him in the balls too?
I noticed on the espn scroll that “Athletic Club” lost today. Did they lose to ‘Ball Kickers’, maybe ‘Net Stretchers’? Any ideas?
They lost to the “Athletic Supporters” and now have no shot at the cup.
Inglewood Stadium Nicknames:
The Dog Track
Runway 24R Approach
Forum Adjacent
Glamorous Hollywood Park
Stan’s Gaping Hole?
Thanks for the banner image, whoever.
“You’re Welcome.”
-Not me, someone else
Tell Señor Weaselo. I want him to know it was me.
You’re Gumbygirl’s favorite, but don’t tell anyone else!
She told me that I was her second favorite, actually, and that I’m welcome to tell as many people as I like.
This is true. Balls is my all time favorite, but you are very very close. Actually, I’m putting you and Balls in my favorite Hall of Fame! Everybody else is still eligible to be my favorite at any time, tell the others.
WhooHoo!!
Adam Fox is so god damn good.
Also really glad this is the last 10pm start for the Ice Giants. It is a goal of mine to do the west coast trip and follow the team to LA/SJ/ANA
Old Man Alert:
I’m bothered by the word ‘bougie’. I will not take any questions.
It does seem a little… erm…bougie!
Do you prefer frou-frou or shi-shi?
Or yuppieish?
Look what Lady BFC found around the house.
Don’t bet drunk, kids.
Bah, image wouldn’t upload.
$30 on the Bears to win the NFC championship, from back in June when they were 30/1
You going to banner this one too, or you got something special saved for later?
Culley definitely got the short end (he has that in common with Deanna-HEY-OOO!) but I’m glad he’s been released and can maybe find a job with a functional franchise.
Great hustle, Senor!