Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Hazard Pay

In that I don’t get it for having TWO gigs last week outdoors, in November. I instead get to play in poorly-heated tents. I’m still sick. I’m pretty sure Wednesday and Thursday I had bronchitis. Ain’t nobody got time for that!

How did I get to spend my Thanksgiving? At home, alone, while the rest of the family Weaselo was at the hospital tending to my grandfather. (Things are not going well on that front, and I hate to say that I’ll have a greater piece on him in the coming Wednesdays.) I didn’t shower, I didn’t brush my teeth, I didn’t leave the apartment until about 9:30 to do laundry (and I forgot to take out the socks I usually put in the side pocket of my “Go to Senorita Weaselo” bag). Hermana Weaselo has said that I never get sick, and she’s mostly right. I rarely get sick, and as House of Pain’s showed us, I have a pain tolerance somewhere just short of Monty Python’s Black Knight. So it takes getting hit with a figurative elephant gun to keep me down, and that’s basically what I got hit with that I slept all through Wednesday morning on the train and at work (thank goodness nobody showed up for tutoring) so I could play Wednesday night, where the ceremony was again outdoors and the heater in our tent wasn’t working. Also, the ballroom was colder than outside. Just casually chattering my teeth while wearing a heavy coat over my suit while on break, as you do.

Anyway, if you were wondering what the musicians think of outdoor weddings, we hate it and you. Best case scenario, the wind always picks up just in time for the ceremony. Worst case, it’s either a million degrees or zero degrees, neither of which are pleasant. Please have mercy for the wooden boxes. They do not like the direct sun because then the glue melts and our sweat strips the varnish. They do not like the cold because that’s how shit cracks.

Anyway here’s some music. One of the professors I assist for’s a Brazilian jazz pianist, and here’s one of his favorite artists:

I’ll be honest, I don’t know too much about Pascoal, but that hair/beard combo is baller as all fuck. Anyway, with that, the news.

NFL News

-The big one is noted massage enthusiast Deshaun Watson returns to the field Sunday, making his #ThePauls debut against the team he started with, Houston. Some of the accused women may be attending the game.

-Falcons TE Kyle Pitts had knee surgery, he is out for the year.

-Bills DE Von Miller is looking for the team’s Week 14 game against the Jets as a return date from his knee injury. Also he said Odell Beckham Jr. will be visiting the team on Friday.

-DT Brandon Williams to the Chiefs practice squad.

-Giants S Xavier McKinney hopes to return this season from his bye-week ATV injury. I’ll be honest, I’m surprised that didn’t void his contract.

Non-NFL News

-In the NHL, Penguins D Kris Letang is out indefinitely due to a stroke, the second of his life. Not experiencing lasting effects and it is not expected to be career-threatening.

Marble League Rolldown

Well, with five events left in this year’s Marble League, it seems like a handful of teams could win the championship, but the top two might be the biggest surprise. On one hand, the Pinkies have been the most consistent team and lead the medal count with 5, but they’re three points behind Team Galactic. Galac-fifth? Right now it’s looking for a Galac-fifth medal, and fifth gold, as the other four have been gold for the 2020 hosts (climbing, balancing, block pushing, and triathlon). If they can have one more string of back-to-back golds like they’ve done twice so far that could be enough to give them their first title. Meanwhile, lurking five points back, it’s guess who, but the Savage Speeders. They haven’t owned the podium the way the other two teams have (just gold in the 5m relay, silver in block pushing, bronze in the 5m sprint), but if they’re in the thick of it at the end, like a potential super-GP at Greenstone, watch out! (The Bumblebees of all teams are 4th, 20 points back of an overall podium. The hosts currently sit in a respectable 9th.)

What’s for sportsin’?

Iceball
Slugs vs. Wheels and Wings (BUF vs. DET, 7:00, TNT)
Eulers vs. Chi**** (EDM vs. CHI, 9:30, TNT)

JV Roundball
#25 THE… Ohio State University vs. #17 Duke (7:15, ESPN)
#5 Whiskey in your beer vs. Flo Rida State (7:15, ESPN2)
#18 P/NC vs. #10 Indiana (9:15, ESPN)
#20 Michigan State vs. Notre Dame (9:15, ESPN2)

Face-Punching
UFC Main Event: Holm vs. Shevchenko (11:15, ESPN2)

Mostly ESPN’s doing Jimmy V stuff before all the sports. Check local listings for other things. Now, write things! We’re apparently closing in on ONE MILLION COMMENTS! We can get closer to it, and the winner will get, at best, a gently-used fleshlight.