There being no NFL whatsoever, a man is grateful for a full EPL slate, along with the conclusion of the Afrikan Euros’ Flacco Eight. Details? Here are a sparse few.
Everton is your wake and bake, home to Spurs (7:30, USA). Richarlison returns to Goodison again, he will get a nice bit of applause from the emotionally exhausted home support. Not even certain I will set the alarm for this, 2023-24 is merely to be endured (from a Toffee standpoint). 17th or bust, lads.
Trashbirds (fresh off a midweek thrashing) host Palace in the televised 10:00 match (USA), but one can also stream the White Power Derby (White Lives Matter against Mighty Whitey) or Geordie Arabia snuff filming Martin Prince’s Lutes. YMMV. I might just nod off for a bit.
Spotlight Dance is rather putrid, but Afrika will fill the gap (PHRASING) nicely. It’s Villa away to Team Knifey, just in case (12:30, Peacock). The visitors are struggling to maintain their early form, while Knifey are in that improved-but-still-not-sufficient mode. I doubt they have another gear to enable them to survive.
MOAR follows on Sunday, but I will skip it due to all the Klopp ball-washing.
From the Dark Continent, Nigeria and Run DRC are already through to Wednesday’s raging semis. Who shall join?
Mali and the home Cote d’Ivoire are the first Flacco battle (12:00, BeIn), and it should be tasty. Mali have never trailed in the tournament, as one of many surprise packages. The Elephants were left for dead, having sacked their manager after the group stage. But…they’ve clung on like the most wipe-resistant of dingleberries. You’ll start to get “Team of Destiny” vibes if they win this one.
Next, we get the perhaps-most-surprising-package Lesser Springboks, taking on the punching way-above-their-weight Cape Verde (3:00, BeIn). Their entire nation (a chain of volcanic islands) has less people than Hippo’s home COUNTY. Yet they are playing expressive, attacking, top-class footy. I hate cheering against the ‘Boks, but needs must. Perhaps we can at least get a sexual conquest story from R-T-D??
I was filling my weekly pill/vitamin holder this morning and found a funny. Whilst plunking 2 Divalproex pills into each “P.M.” holder with one eye on the Hammers game, I noticed one pill didn’t make the same “plunk”. I pulled it out, and indeed, a different medication completely; just one pill. I typed the markings into the pill identifier website and turns out it’s Sildenafil, a generic brand for a boner pill. Now I have to report some dummy at the VA before they get somebody killed.
Or laid.
Still light out cuz summer here and about to try some thai sweet chilli doritos which sound delightful
https://youtu.be/YtnBsvu72kY?si=b8yuDtA5O-WaG9VU
This is the second-favorite flashlight I’ve ever owned:
I’m prepping my AVN Awards prediction results post and I am starting to go down the categories checking the winners against my predictions and right off the top, I got the second category exactly right! This bodes well…
Well done with the #2 category!
That’s his specialty,
I gather that the Gonzaga fans pelted the floor with garbage today because the refs were so bad, and the refs didn’t call a technical, presumably because they knew how bad their calls were. There’s a video of one particularly bad call where a St. Mary’s player is clearly out of bounds and isn’t called for it.
Anyway, look: no matter how bad the officiating is you can’t throw garbage on the court. That’s not going to accomplish anything. Throw it at the refs. They’re the ones screwing your team over. Let ’em know you won’t put up with that!
Turn a colony of stinkbugs loose in the offices of the NCAA! CRISPR them with bedbugs so they’re itchy too!
Gonzaga vs St. Mary’s is the most Catholic thing ever.
Especially if they have sex standing up afterwards because you can’t get pregnant that way even without birth control as god intended because GRAVITY
Do you know why Baptists have sex lying down?
So God won’t think they’re dancing
My son is in Vegas and tells my his friend hit 00 in roulette with $25, winning something like $825. Which seems low to me, but I don’t play roulette. Anyway, he gave my son $100, and he turned that into $300 playing blackjack.
Then they took their winnings and left.
So when Vegas declares bankruptcy next week it’s their fault.
Smart boys!
No, that’s right, 32*25=800 plus his original bet of 25
I have no idea how roulette works, just that there are colors and numbers.
The numbers go up to 32 but there are 34 numbers with 0 and 00, so paying at 32-1 instead of 34-1 is the house edge
Or wait, 36 and 38 rather and they pay 35? I don’t really remember or care, you should only play roulette when the croupier is old enough to be able to hit stuff for big tippers anyway
Now they’re blowing all their winnings on hookers and blow, as one does in Vegas.
Coincidentally, that’s what the tip jar in this joint says the money is for
There’s been a lot of talk about the whole Israel/Gaza situation, but I feel I should point out that YEARS ago I predicted turmoil in the Middle East and no one in the mainstream media has given me credit for my very accurate prediction.
I also predict that I will enjoy this beer that I just bought. Hey, no one ever said prophets have to prophecy about things far in the future.
Predicting “turmoil in the Middle East” is like predicting a Buffalo Bills failure in the post-season. You know it’s going to happen.
Invading Iraq but going wide right and accidentally stomping the crap out of Kuwait.
SEINFELD VOICE: “And how about those Houthis? What’s up with that?”
That’s one of the tricks, yes, then once you get a decent following you can switch to predicting stuff far in the future but with resonance to today’s issues. Like about how global warming will affect AI blacksmithing
The nuclear war in the near future will cure global warming.
You heard it here first, folks.
Everyone forgets about nuclear winter. I’m gonna seize control of the nation’s vitamin D stockpiles
Iodine is what you really want. And some lead.
Easy enough to get those, just need sushi restaurants and water mains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi
There was at least one survivor in Hawaii when they had that “this is not a drill” fuckup
Well shit. It’s raining.
Batten down the hatches and stay safe folks.
Here’s the street I live on in Los Angeles. Just on the other side of that tree line down the street is the Pacific Ocean.
Target store, Carson California
Stage 1 at Hollywood Center Studios (now called Sunset Las Palmas Studios)
Stage 1 is the oldest sound stage in Hollywood, in continuous use since actually even before synchronized sound in motion pictures.
The sets being built are for Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place television series. I worked on the TV movie of the same show.
I’m standing up where the audience seats will be placed.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles
Tough shadow to work with. You got to be there at dawn for the right light.
Beautifully framed shot.
I just watched the first three episodes of Masters of the Air. Do you like B-17s? Then this is the show for you.
Thanks for your kind words amigos y amiga. I will be getting home next Sunday, just in time for the Owl.
Be safe out there.
A storms a coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z50YltuXW-Y
Travel safe child of the Clubhouse
Smoked oysters (in oil) on saltine crackers.
I thought it was the most disgusting thing ever until I tried it, and then I kept asking for more.
I still can’t eat sardines (which is very healthy) because it smells like cat food.
I haven’t had those in a long time. I might have to get a can and gross out everybody in the house but me and the cat.
Lucky cats!
Turns out I like pickled herring, but I think that’s just because of the type of vinegar they use.
Have you tried with onions?
Anyone got a bagel?
Smoked oysters with onions?
Yep, haven’t tried it myself but sounds like it might be excellent
Give it a try and then report back to us.
Will have to wait till I get back to the NH
NH?
Northern Hemisphere
New Hampshire?
You know I can’t go back there
I thought you couldn’t go back to Rockville
Made a big ol pot of meaty gumbo for me, and one of veg gumbo for The Good Mrs. Reefer for Superb Owl Sunday. Test tastes are positive.
BIL died today. Heading to Yinzburgh on Monday. Dreading it big time. Time to smoke a bunch of weed and pity myself!
RIP
Aw jeez. My condolences, GG. Hope the trip and interactions with the fam go as smoothly as possible (& YUP – Indica time)
My condolences.
Sorry to hear that!
So sorry to hear that. Grieving is a healthy emotion at a time like this.
Sorry to hear it, we’ll all be here to distract you when needed!
I’m sorry to hear it.
Sorry to hear that. 🙁
Sorry, Gumby Clan.
Oh no.
Be well our dearest.
All the best to you and Gumby.
Vaya con Dios.
Metaphysical question, which is why I ask here:
Star Trek…transporters. When are You not You anymore?
Your physical self isn’t there…just your relative “You.”
You agreed your body just went…poof…and reappeared perfect. Is that version YOU?
How many times before you lose yourself?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIJ3hgkIDY
There has to be a brain scrambling moment and I guess you have to trust that the math works right for reassembly.
It’s not like you would know if you came out different, so does it really matter?
Spoken like someone that already has a transporter…
It’s all fun and games until you come back with your toes in the wrong order, really mucks up your balance and then you think you should probably quit before your small and large intestine get swopped
Ship of Theseus and all that.
Since they can do a holodeck, they can make copies of anything. So why not you? Why don’t you have backups? Redshirt BugEye is dead? Just bring him back from yesterday’s backups and tell him not to stand in fire.
/shoutout to World of Warcraft dumbasses who stand in fire.
Las Vegas (a few years ago)
Going to be there next week. I’ll check this out!
That’s inside The Venetian hotel. That “sky” is a painted ceiling (look close you can see two fittings up there).
What a coincidence! I’m staying at the Venetian!
Aww, sad bing bong.
My Bolex H-16 camera with the Angenieux 25mm f/0.95 lens attached.
Also my Sekonic L-508 cine light meter (both incident and spot)
The camera sits on a shelf now like a museum piece even though it works perfectly