Your “Sup?” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Hmmmm, youtube clips don’t count toward the word count?  I call shenanigans!

As has been previously noted (by me), we don’t have a regular Thursday evening offseason writer.  No, I’m not answering the call, I’m not even looking for squatter’s rights. But the content must be mined, so I picked up my, well, pickaxe I guess and volunteered to cobble some thoughts together.

• Took my first Acela ride since the pandemic this week.  Honestly, it was lovely, especially now that there are assigned seats.
• Work has been super stressful lately, and while my immediate team (thankfully) has been pretty stable/consistent amidst the “great resignation“, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I’m fortunate in that I genuinely like (most but not all of) my colleagues, and like so many other places, there are a handful of folks in sometimes unexpected places where if they leave it would make a MASSIVE impact.
• Going to a wedding this weekend (hence the Amtrak love) and am placing odds on getting COVID at 3:1. Neither Lady BFC or I have been hit with the ‘rona yet, which has got to be a diminishing likelihood event approaching impossible over the long haul
• Speaking of, is it Lady BFC or Mrs. BFC if she kept her last name?
• I didn’t watch last night’s Celtics-Warriors game, but kept seeing the score go back and forth when I checked while working. As a result, I have nothing of substance to add nor any idea if the Celtics should close it out or the Warriors have the upper hand when the series goes back to California.  This is what happens when we don’t have a regular open thread writer and I’m trying to hit a word count threshold!
• Balls pointed out today’s date, and I’m embarrassed I hadn’t noticed.  That is not nice. May you all get to celebrate with a mutually satisfying evening.

What’s on Tonight–

NBA:

Nothing

College Softball:

Sooners v Longhorns, Game 2 of the College World Series, 6:30PM on ESPN2

NHL:

Lightning v Rangers, Eastern Conference Finals Game 5, 7PM DFO time on ESPN

MLB:

Lots of games, allegedly the only ones on “TV” are:

Rays v Twins, 7:10PM on AppleTV+
Mets v Angels, 8:38PM on AppleTV+
Dodgers v Giants, 9:15PM on ESPN+

(Yes you can get other games on MASN, YES, whatever, but that’s on you, bub)

AFL:

Essendon v Carlton, 4:40AM on WatchAFL app

FUTBOL:

A bunch of CONCACAF action on Paramount+, but I’m beyond out of my depth even making fun of either Paramount+ or CONCACAF.

TO THE KEYBOARDS (and possibly liquor cabinet) YOU GO!