Good day to you, I hope you said your prayers and took your vitamins. This is the second last week that you have to deal with my ridiculoUsness. Honestly hat tip to Yeah Right, the absent BeerguyRob, and all of those who do a weekly post here. Your creativeness and hard work is amazing as this is the 1st year I have tried to do it every week and it’s difficult. I drink wine, smoke weed, sleep very little and can’t be damned to remember which one of my stupid travel stories I have told. I hope I didn’t repeat any.
That does count for my usual opening thought so I’ll blend in a couple music vids as I seem to have stopped doing that week to week. Yes these dudes look like pinheads that you would hate to meet at a house party but Holly Walker is amazing.
From wikipedia “Maribou State are an English electronic music duo consisting of Chris Davids and Liam Ivory. To date, they have released eight EPs and two studio albums, Portraits and Kingdoms In Colour. Besides their own material, the two producers have also done remixes for the likes of Alpines and Lana Del Rey”
Which Holly Walker hairstyle do you prefer?
Travel story.
Full Moon party in Thailand? Have I told you about that dumbness?
So, I was in Ko Pha Ngan for a few days which happened to coincide with a full moon party. I loved to party but I was on my way from Scotland to Australia and decided to spend a couple weeks on the islands. I was staying on the north side of the island and it the full moon party takes place on the south side. No fear, the hotel proprietor would drive us there and would pick us up at 6 am. For reference the notorious party is in Haad Rin and I was staying in Thong Nai Pan. It was about a 90 minute drive through the jungle sitting in the back of a pickup truck.
The pickup truck picked up a bunch of backpackers from a few different hotels on our beach and headed into the jungle. I made some friends on the truck and we decided as a gang to head out together for the madness, safety in numbers and all that.
Southeast Asian Redbull and mushrooms, not legal, but available everywhere were taken after the sunset. The set up is a dumb amount of clubs set up on the beach with incredibly cheap drinks and loud dance music emanating from each venue. The gang of eight went at sunset and decided to indulge with some mushroom tea.
If you have ever been to Thailand you have probably had a “bucket”. A bucket consists of a half mickey of Thai Rum, 2 cans of coke and a bottle of the Thai medicinal Red Bull all in a kids beach bucket. It. Is. Rocket. Fuel.
There was an English couple among our group of eight, who seemed like great folks. They were chatty, engaging, nice and friendly. We all partied until the wee hours, dance, drank walked along the beach. At some point we had to jump off the 2nd story of a bar to the beach but to this day I have no idea why.
At this point it’s 4 am in the morning, very inebriated we grab some more buckets and head to the beach for sunrise. Sitting around, having a couple darts, some buckets, I suddenly notice my watch had been lifted. I start to freak out (drunk, high) as I had purchased it in Geneva and was my only souvenir as that place is expensive as hell. To calm down I went for a wee swim (smart!) I then came back to no shirt and no sandals where our gang was gathered.
“What the fuck? Where is my shit?”
English broad – “What shit.”
“Well, now I have no shirt, no shoes, no watch. Who stole my shit?”
Silence. Uncomfortable.
EB – ” Probably my boyfriend he is a kleptomaniac.”
“What the fuck?” (Rage rising as she is still sitting with us and he is gone)
So she sighs and seems bothered as hell to find her boyfriend to get my stuff back. Apparently this is a regular thing for them?!??!? I didn’t get my shirt or sandals back but I did get my watch. I had to go to the middle of town at Haad Rin at 5 in the morning to meet up to get it back. I made the truck home with my shorts, and my watch, Nothing else. No money, no shirt, no shoes, just my watch, and my shorts. I slept for 20 hours after that and woke up not having any idea where I was.
Full moon party? Recommend. Also that island has backyard thai kickboxing nights where you can gamble!
Wine time!
Next week I will give a wee breakdown of what we have learned this offseason to help you in a wine store, trip, restaurant, or all of the above!
Today we hit Chile, and more specifically Carmenere as it was requested by a DFOer.
There are three main wine regions in Chile, the Colchagua Valley, the Elqui Valley and the most famoUs one the Maipo Valley. From what I have red they consider this valley the Bordeaux of the Southern Hemisphere and looking at the varietals that they grow I can see that. Due to climate Chile is more well known for their red varietals like Cab Sauv, Merlot, and Carmenere.
Carmenere is rich in fruit as most reds are in the New World but you do get an unmistakable pepper taste from them. When you see a Carmenere bottle keep in mind that it can contain up to 15% of other grapes for blending. There definitely are 100 % Carmeneres out there but blending it with old school french grapes gives it a bit more smoothness and softens the tannins.
Carmenere originated in France but really was only used for blending whereas it has taken off in Chile and is incredibly important for their wine community. Think of it like Sauvignon Blanc for New Zealand which is their flagship grape and they are known around the world for it.
With food due to the softness of the wines it produces it pairs well with pork, lamb and will not be overpowered by fatty steaks. Personally I love Carmenere paired with duck, which makes sense as usually I would go for a Grenache with Donald as it is not too big to overpower the meat.
Weird fact that I ran into is that up until the 90’s people just thought that Carmenere was Merlot as their leaves look almost identical, they are both quite soft and grow the same way. That being said it was found out due to the fact that it seemed to take some Merlot a lot longer to grow (A month or two). They then did tests and found out a whole lot of what they thought was Merlot was actually Carmenere.
One more week to go gang then it is football time!
Mike Tyson guest starred in an episode of Law and Order: SVU? What’s next? Bill Cosby as a celebrity spokesperson for sleeping pills?
We are already in the preliminary rounds of World War III and that is simply a fact.
The next president of the United States needs to be a rich white guy in a wheelchair. That’s who I’m voting for.
Or a seven foot tall hillbilly who’s both crazy AND ugly.
Just no Eleanor Roosevelts, please. Let’s try to win the war.
Mary Todd Lincoln was no prize either.
Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?
Madison Cawthorne isn’t rich, so I assume you mean Greg Abbott?
He ain’t rich either, not rich enough anyway, and they’re both southern. We need a crippled Yankee blue blood, preferably a cigarette smoker too.
ALSO: If they ever change the $20 bill from Andrew Jackson (who I happen to like on that bill), the top answer is Franklin Roosevelt, hands down. It should always be a President or a founding father, and none of this Hamilton reboot shit. If it’s ever going to be a non-President/founding father the only answer is Neil Armstrong.
There is a pug themed store here
DID YOU GO IN??????????
Not yet, but it’s on the plan for tomorrow!
Oh please let me know all about it.
Wine, weed, futbol, pugs. That’s my list.
While walking the dog we passed by a guy standing on his front stoop wearing a Strokes t-shirt and from inside the house we could hear some of their music being played pretty loudly. So I checked to see if they’re having a concert tonight and…no. It was actually yesterday. I am having fun imagining that he messed up the date and is headed to an empty venue.
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/embed-test/7d7fc3c6-f4aa-4f95-85db-f64d18d2e3ef
Greetings from tomorrow morning! Got caught in the rain on my morning walk, and had a bunch of coffee and carbs for breakfast. Plus no meetings until like 2 am cause of the time difference, so it’s gonna be a good day!
That’s all great and all, but, it seems like you’re burying the lede here by not telling us how you traveled through time.
The usual way, forward. The real trick is coming on Thursday when I cross the international date line and skip backwards
When I came back from Sydney, I landed at LAX 2 hours before I took off.
So I’m back from an overnight trip to fancy Montecito for a fancy party – something of a local wedding reception (the actual wedding and reception were in Brooklyn). There’s a very attractive woman at some of these events who looks – in my opinion – very much like Zina Bash (pictured throwing up a white power sign at Blackout Brett’s confirmation hearing). Do you think she’d be insulted if I actually told her this?
Stupid 4chan. https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/okay-hand-gesture
I was thinking about this the other day – if trolls *want* you to react to it as though it’s a white supremacy gesture, doesn’t that make it into one whether they are using it “ironically” or not?
It’s the Rule of Goats: if you fuck a goat ironically, you’re still a goatfucker.
What is the goat catfished me? Is there a gray area?
Uh, I mean “+1”.
Nah, symbols only have meaning by consensus.
Consensus of two in this case, though – if the person throwing it up wants a viewer to think it’s a WP hand gesture, and if the viewer thinks it is, it is.
If I’m the viewer and I think the person intends it that way, I’m more likely to think they’re an internet dumbass than a white supremecist
You only give them that power by accepting their premise in the first place. I much prefer my premise that it’s the ‘okay’ symbol, and they are dumbasses that no one should pay attention to
I’m not letting some white power asshole tell me what signs mean. That means ‘OK’, no matter what that twat’s intent was.
Get your own signs, Nazi fucks.
It still pains me that we lost “okay”. Is it possible we can trick the New Age Illinois Nazis to coop this phrase? Personally, I hate the word but I’m willing to set aside my reservations if we can pull this off.
Sign for RETARDED (signingsavvy.com)
It’s still in use for the normal meaning by everybody who scuba dives, and I’m pretty sure there are more divers in the world than there are very online white supremicists
Whenever someone is rude to me, when walking away I’m sometimes use the sign for “Okay” and then turn it upside down, so I’m saying…
“Okay…asshole.”
I would hope so. If she takes it as a compliment, run!
Are you going to tell her she’s a hotter version of her or a less hot version?
Oh, she’s definitely hotter. You should have seen her on the dance floor. Your wife definitely should not have seen you seeing her on the dance floor.
I may lose some well-earned goodie points with some of you, but Elizabeth Warren is full of shit. If I hadn’t already been immunized by Trump’s shit, I’d join MAGA purely out of spite.
I’m sure the Democratic Party has people who can solve problems and who care about all Americans and not just the small faction that supports them. I’m also equally sure Elizabeth Warren is not one of them.
(puts on 1970s BENGALS helmet; and flame retardant jacket)
Welp, can’t emotionally afford to get banned from here, so I’m going to log off. God, I can’t stand where we are right now. Night all.
No, stay on. I’m in the minority. I’ll suppress the rage and stick to football and dick jokes
I’m a big Elizabeth Warren fan. Here’s a libertarian riff on her policy ideas that I thought was a thought provoking read.
Would help if I pasted the link:
https://www.niskanencenter.org/building-a-better-warrenism/
I have blown hot and cold with her over the years, but I am certain she doesn’t (and won’t) “sell” as a national candidate, so I really no longer need to have an opinion.
Look my lesson from 2016 is that the American people are still sexist enough that any woman costs 5% points, even when they’re the best candidate for the job (my assessment of Elizabeth Warren).
Yeah, this was pretty blatant during the primaries. Most Warren supporters were happy to go Bernie when she dropped out, but there were tons of BernieBros ranting about how they would vote trump before voting Warren.
That’s the lesson you got from 2016?! My lesson was “Maybe we should bring back the Smoke Filled Rooms from the 1800s to avoid this from ever happening again.”
It didn’t help that Bernie Sanders was also running, too, which counterfeited her position as the Far Left Candidate. She was Clinton in 2008; she may have been the better candidate, but you can’t beat that popularity and charisma.
Oh she absolutely is competent and capable of solving stuff, just look at her past careers. She’s just taking what seems to be the quickest path to viability as a progressive candidate, which is basically rehashing Bernie’s nonsense with a small twist.
Agreed, but it just out of taste for me.
I have no problem with Medium Spicy Democratic Sauce, but Democratic Socialism is just a bit too spicy for me.
Just don’t swallow the Republican treason as the alternative…
Yum. Treason Taffy.
They’re the minority of the party, about 20%. And even less among democrat leaning independents
My primary FF team’s chosen name…
Dave Gahan’s Collapsed Veins
The freezer vodka league is going to be a thing this year right?
I re-logged in and it told me draft-y poo is at 8p EST on Sunday 4 Sept
https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/610212/10
That’s what I figured. Still a lot of white claw team names there.
Always be Griftin is in!
I changed mine, but not sure if I’m gonna stick with it.
For your viewing pleasure:
https://vimeo.com/514109692
Brian Robinson gets the RB1 job for the clit commanders, immediately shot and robbed.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1564026230718009344?t=ZTHPt4ikfDRUYYrAdlhuzg&s=19
So Antonio Gibson stock rising again?
Who do you think shot Robinson?
/is immediately fined by Danny Boy for misuse of team’s health “insurance” policy
Poor kid. Hope they catch the bastard that did it, because that sentence is probably “see ya!”
Poor kid, that sucks, even if it does get him out of having to play for Snyder
Big life moment coming tonight. The training wheels come off of Deci’s bike. Will he fall? Yes. Will I stumble while running behind him? Also yes.
Hippo wants to know what the line is on who gets hurt worse.
I think it is about evens. God knows I come home with weird bruises when drinking.
I can vividly picture jumping out of that window with the others in Haad Rin, but for the life of me I don’t know why we did it.
Just do what my parents did and do it on a hill. That way they don’t have to focus on cycling, just balance.
Also, tell them to steer away from cars and mailboxes. Bushes are good, but grass is a good place to crash, especially if it just rained.
He got it so damn fast. He didn’t fall and once I did the downhill thing as you just mentioned and got his centre of balance he was off. He will never want to stop. He just got freedom.
That’s how I “taught” my little brother. He crashed hard into a cinder box by the side of the road. Sorry, Guy!
Fuck that “chase your kid around on their bike” bullshit. They’re just going to fall down and everyone will get frustrated. Make sure the bike’s seat is short enough for your kid to push the bike around with their feet, and take the pedals off. Let the kid go nuts. Pretty soon they’ll stay balanced, and you can put the pedals back on.
Boswell is going to get drafted high in a lot of FF leagues this year.
AFC North is the kickiest Division in foobawl!
I think Redshirt’s Bengals will win but they do have a swaggy kicker too.
PRO TIP – All leagues should abolish kickers in favoUr of an extra WR or flex spot
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I am totes recruiting you and Boris for our auction League in 2023. Scotchy and Spam have played the last several seasons.
Herschel Walker is fully Trent Green now. What the fuck is he talking about?????
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1564018257937539079?s=20&t=gMWy_28CkD4sdQ90otgcpA
Making George Dubya look downright average.
No, we’ve long since past that once we made Dick Cheney the voice of reason and morality.
I was referring to Dubya’s… let’s say, proclivity, to conjure creative phrases. Herschel makes 43 look like Walt Whitman.
Walker is Reagan if he ran for a 3rd term when the Alzheimer’s was starting to kick in.
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“Hey, I take offense to that!” – Trent Green, while vacuuming his family room with a riding lawnmower.
Ok, firing up the grill. Maybe we shall bust out some vino? (Probably just beer or booze though).
Has Zach Miller been given the Milfhunter nickname yet?
I do love the fact that we get crazy stories of insane parties from the same person that educates us on fine wine.
Kenny Pickett sounds like a shitty country music crooner.
Or the nickname of the kid that used to eat his boogers.
More like Chris Blockwell
It’s good to have you as a regular weekly contributor. The wine and travel stuff is fucking fantastic.
It’s funny but every year at this time I tell myself, I’m not sure I can keep doing a weekly Sunday Gravy.
Then every year as the Superb Owl approaches I’m all fucking in.
Eight fucking seasons and hundreds of recipes later here we are.
While I’ll enjoy my offseason I’ll be ready for next year come February.
It did fly by, now I know I will never run out of wine content as the more you know the less you know. Just not sure how many dumbass stories about travelling that I have.
I will have to document which stories I have told this offseason in order to not double up.
You two are both my favorites. Don’t tell the others.
You’ve got a future prince coming. He can throw me in an oubliette!
Finding new drinks to try is getting harder and harder, that’s for sure.
Cough cough Letterkenny Caesar Episode cough cough.
I think I have bet on Deportivo Maipo! So I recommend that wine obvs