Hey, it’s almost the weekend! One more day to slog through-and if you don’t punch a co-worker you’re free and clear. Punch that dick in your mind, it’ll feel better.
Is there anything really going on? My bet is ‘no’ but let’s take a gander.
-Justin Fields, he’s just so sick and tired of all this trade talk and wants it to be over with. Well Justin, all you have to do to avoid it is to turn off the TV, radio, your phone and cut off contact with friends and family. Just hide in a dark closet for the next, oh, three or four months and you’ll have peace and quiet. He insists that he wants to be a Bear, despite the fact that Chicago hasn’t had a franchise QB since the 40’s. Your odds of succeeding in this league increase the further away you travel from The City of Big Shoulders. (no wonder Hippo hates that town)
-College Basketball Update: Rick Pitino insists that his childish tantrum was justified and that he didn’t call anyone on the team out. Knowing what we know about him now, I’m glad that Jim Boeheim forced him to travel and scout a player during his honeymoon.
-More College Basketball: The Fightin’ Horatio’s, who had battled long and hard to grab the overall #1 spot, were blown out by Creighton. Was it a trap game? Nope. It was just another road game against a Top 25 opponent. You see, UCONN has lost 21(!) straight road games against ranked teams. That’s…impressive in it’s own way.
-Do You Believe in Anniversaries?: It was 44 years ago today that a less than cromulent bunch of college kids under the guidance of Kurt Russell squeaked out a W over the Soviets. Where were you? Not watching the game, I’m sure. But I was watching it for you on about 20 screens because my mother had dragged me to a furniture store for some reason. It was so hard to wrap my brain around what was happening-the kids sticking with The Other Big Red Machine. Did the Cincy Reds get the nickname first? No one will ever know…
-Now. Do We Have Your Attention?: The Canadian Women’s Soccer Team (defending Olympic Gold Medalists, motherfucker) are suing past and present board members of Canada Soccer for incompetence, basically. The popularity of women’s soccer in Canada has exploded since they were robbed by refs in the 2012 Olympics (yeah, I will never let this go) and not a single team member has benefited in a commensurate way. Respectful inquiries into the business of Canada Soccer have been met with total silence. So, here we go. At some point this deserves a stand-alone thread but perhaps not just yet.
Where were you during momentous events? Sports or otherwise.
This one is for Hippo. From the city of big shoulders and the Great Lakes Drag-a-way.
I’m watching some clips of Leland Orser and drinkin’. You might remember him as the guy from the “Lust” part of Se7en (I always thought it would work better if they had turned the 7 on its side) but he’s had some other small parts where he was also really good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1xtiuqWFCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDfECfLlF8
@Redshirt you might remember him from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k45FlSk0mFc
My sister-in-law gave us one of these: The Vidalia Chop Wizard. https://www.chopwizard.com/ . As the official dishwasher, my verdict is that this thing is a gimmicky POS. It chops okay, but is a bear to clean. You know you’re in trouble if it comes with a ‘cleaning tool’.
So one of the toilets that the LADWP installed is leaking (just a little; from the tank into the bowl, not a huge deal but kind of defeats the purpose of “low flow”) and since the nice fellows who installed it said they would deal with any issues within the first three months, I’ve been trying to penetrate the LADWP bureaucracy for the last three days, and the customer support person just tried to tell me that there’s nobody I can contact, because “that program has ended”. I guess this is what being scammed feels like, except for the fact that we’ve emerged from this with three brand-spanking new toilets.
“Spanking toilets”? Balls is intrigued.
Add another one to the list. FLY Lynx has gone under in Canada. Just flew them last week. Had tickets to fly with them to Phoenix in March.
Hope you get your money back, that sucks.
It is on my CC. I have gone through this 3 times. Seriously. It takes time and you get it back.
Guess you gotta stay winter in Sunnyvale.
I just read a mock where Donks (hold the WOO) trade UP in the draft to take JJ McCarthy. So help me God, I will buy a gun and learn how to shoot it.
Oh, so now the Second Amendment is all hunky-dory?!
wut kin ah say, Fredbird showed Hippo the light
You guys want to see some dead bodies?
https://twitter.com/HurleyMania/status/1760832850973139435
I mean the entire SMU team.
Me, the last defender: “Sir, the basket is right this way, please enjoy your visit”
Hot damn that was beautiful.
AND OOOOOOOOOOOOONE!
Even better than advertised
Another final round interview today, and anyone who feels good after 4 hours of interview is some sort of psychopath. I’m treating myself to being fancy tonight, so for the first time ever I spent money on things that I normally only get as complimentary from airlines, namely a tin of caviar and a bottle of decent champagne (Piper-Heidsieck). Also got some blinis and creme freche, and naturally I’m pairing this with Futurama reruns. Already feeling better!
Enjoy every bit of that. You earned it!
I feel very powerful eating so many potential fish in every bite! Take that, fishkind!
I love caviar. And champagne. I had a meatball sub and a salad for dinner. Mini churros with caramel sauce. It was good, but you win obviously!
We are both winners!
We certainly are, Zymm!
Did your GrubHub thingy work later?
It did! I got a shwarma bowl!
Fancy!
UConn has lost 21 straight road games against ranked teams because the game this year against Gonzaga was in Seattle and therefore considered a neutral site.
Although I have to admit it sort of makes sense, since it seemed like literally dozens of people showed up to watch #5 play #10.
They also thumped UNC at Madison Square Garden, but that’s almost a home game for UConn.
All that said, holy shit did Creighton wipe the floor with them.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/philboas/2024/02/21/arizona-diamondbacks-owner-ken-kendrick-stadium-threat/72684476007/
https://theathletic.com/5293681/2024/02/22/chicago-white-sox-stadium-jerry-reinsdorf
Billionaires: MY STADIUM IS OLD ENOUGH TO LEGALLY FUCK AND YOUR LIFETIME ATTACHMENT MEANS LITERALLY NOTHING TO ME.
Crowdsource the expenses, privatize the profits.
Billionaires should be summarily executed by high school students in districts where they don’t get free lunch.
Billionaires don’t become billionaires by writing checks.
Some of them billionaires is really fat fuckers, make a GREAT community BBQ!
Lord knows I miss the Whalers but I’ve never blamed Hartford for telling Karmanos to get bent when he demanded a new stadium.
They absolutely should have reworked the concessions/parking deal, although I think he was bound and determined to leave no matter what.
Anyway, fuck Peter Karmanos.
You tell him where he can stick an entire brass bonanza!
Chicago is great at making financial deals that are horrible for the taxpayer but great for corrupt assholes, so I wonder when the White Sox will start construction?
All star break is over so it’s time again to Release the Kraken!!
Sir, this is an Arby’s.
Fun fact: “The Kraken has been unleashed!” is a code phrase at Arby’s to inform the staff that Coach Reid has pulled into the parking lot
That would explain all the flaps and folds around here.
Well, it took about 50 years but we’re back on the moon. That’s one good thing about society being sent back a century I guess.
But does it really count if it was unmanned? I mean, I’m pretty sure Mexico has landed in the moon by now.
Seeing how there was two failed attempts due a gas leak and landing the craft upside down, this should count.
It made the entire stock market go bananas, so I think we should land on the moon every business day!
Was having a crazy day at work just fucking slammed with work. Then I realized I’d also forgotten my lunch at home.
Just that kind of day.
Then I remembered that there is this legendary Pakistani halal place a few blocks away.
So I ordered lamb qorma, hummus and garlic naan and holeeeee shit was that awesome.
Now I’m having a really good day and I don’t give a fuck if it wasn’t vegetarian.
The place is called Al Noor and it’s been featured on the Food Network.
Turning the short term loss… into a win. Nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyhAJEPEHk4
So I flew back east to see my mom today. I picked up a rental car at the airport, a neat little Nissan Kicks crossover.
I spent 30 minutes in the rental car facility adjusting everything but mostly looking everywhere for the button to open the rear lift gate. I searched all over the dash, under the dash, the door, everywhere. I went through the quick start guide but that didn’t help. I eventually brought out the thick main owner’s manual, indexing and searching for the location of that button.
Turns out you unlock it and then lift the gate up with your hand.
Welcome to the Twenty First Fucking Century.
The first time I drove my parents’ fancy new car I had to call to find out how to open the hatch to the gas tank
Fuck the Kicks on principle (the principle being crossovers, and also it has a stupid name.) They tried to put me in one in the Argent uncertainty period and I said no, fuck that, and waited for a Malibu instead.
Old Skool… Yeah!!!
This. This is why Cincinnati doesn’t deserve happiness.
In L.A. that’s called a Tommy Burger
Food of the gods
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I could get down with that Redshirt.
Worlds reaction to pouring chili con carne on spaghetti vs. World’s reaction to using chili con carne as a dipping sauce (Artistic Interpretation).
You’re Full of Crap Futurama (youtube.com)
There seems to be a dearth of high quality video and/or images of this incident, which makes it hard for me to issue an opinion on the subject other than stomping on the accelerator of my Ford F-150 and chanting “U-S-A” while simultaneously decrying Megan Rapinoe as one of the worst traitors in American history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6AWCN6Irjg
Yeah, that’s a handball. She’s got her arm extended away from her body, albeit slightly, with her hand elevated. It’s unfortunate and I doubt she intended it but that’ll get called every time.
Unless you’re Diego Maradona, of course.
I watched the game live on TV when it happened. Last quality sports call Al Michaels ever did.
Maybe Putie was watching, too. And is why he’s such a giant, rancid bag of dicks.