Random Thoughts with BFC, Volume 23

Remember that old SNL sketch “Fecal Matter with your host John Fecal”? No? Yeah I figured it was just me. It was a solid (heh) talk show format with a specialized host and topic. Well, we ain’t exactly doing Pod Flies Open around here, but what about in written form, maybe say like a mix between John Fecal, Jack Handey, Balls’ 25 questions, Rev’s take on Larry King, and I don’t know, my own fucked up mind? With that backdrop I present to you the twenty-third edition of a potentially sporadically recurring irregularly scheduled Random Thoughts with BFC! Now also (occasionally) in open thread form! If you want to make this interactive, drop a note/question/bon mot in the comments ala my old Mouth Flies Open  attempt at an advice column.

• In our last installment, I referenced being sick. Like any good Jew, that meant some matzo ball soup coming into the house, aka Jewish penicillin . Unfortunately, this particular order came with an overwhelming amount of dill People, we need to push back on the scourge of excessive dill, especially but not only in soups. It can add a little something in small doses, but if it’s even close to a dominant flavor, then it’s too much fucking dill. This place had dill IN the balls in addition to flooding the stock with it.  For shame.
• Now that Queen Elizabeth is dead and Charles is on the throne, is the phrase now “speak the King’s English”?
• As long as I’m spending like a third of these posts on travel ridiculousness, let’s talk about PK’s favorite form of travel. No one does delay notifications like Amtrak. Lady BFC and I were like 40 minutes into a trip to NYC when we got the text notification that our train was late. Not that it would be late, not an update on what time we’d arrive, but a notification that we were already delayed by 35 minutes entering into the station we had just left. Unreal.
• I popped into an art museum the other day and this older docent said to me “thank you for coming in, and I know you stop by a lot.” I hadn’t been to that museum in about 6 years, and this is not the first time this happened. By a long shot. Either I have a doppelganger running around town (again? I guess I’ll need to share my doppelganger story at some point) or I have a penchant for running into/promoting conversation with senile people. Or I guess I “have one of those faces” or whatever trite bullshit people say.
• There’s an old interview with Donald Glover that I love and reread recently, and my favorite part might be when he shares his views on Hansel and Gretl:

“The witch’s whole conceit for getting the children trapped is so elaborate it’s funny: you build a house made of sweets, then lure them to it, then promise them soft beds and warm baths. There’s better, more efficient ways to steal kids!”

• You’ll note I’ve made it this far without talking about the Bears continued shame. The way they played was godawful, but the really embarrassing part was reinserting Justin Fields after he got knocked to the head. He was visibly fucked, the team was losing by what, 38, and it felt very RGIII-y. Props to DJ Moore for being the only one who seemed to give a shit. Maybe the TD pass helps with his confidence, but odds are he doesn’t remember it, and the whole team sucked. Jeopardizing (further) his noggin was completely inexcusable. And covering the spread wasn’t in play anyway.

https://youtu.be/cU7Xb7HcyD4?si=YaSv5hYLm0PadvcV

• Kidding about the gambling part but I am seeing a surge of social media posts on “Vegas phone calls” explaining bizarre fourth quarter football decisions.
• Speaking of, that 4th down pass to AJ Brown totally fucked me Monday night. Not a bizarre decision, just infuriating.
• If you’re looking for something to do this morning, RTD reminded the back office that there’s a rugby match starting imminently, allegedly at 1045 DFO time. If you’re looking for insight on Uruguay vs Namibia, you’re looking in the wrong place.
• Also if you’re looking for something to do, shameless plug for reading my Aussie BOTG series from the past month. 9/10 DFOers recommend it. The other is now locked in the trunk of my car.
• Or do what I did the other day and go to s museum. It’s good for the soul.
• Alright, content monster is tided over til tonight, let’s wrap it up with a fill in the blank. “With fall upon us, what I’m most excited about is _________________.”