We have two games later so plop your thoughts down here while we wait. Speaking of, I’ve watched the highlights and looked at the box scores for the games yesterday and here’s a few observations which don’t mean much at all.
Caleb Williams:
He looked half-decent in limited play. The two times that the pocket collapsed (get used to it) he didn’t panic and made a play. The Bears staff would no doubt have been happy simply with him throwing the ball away but he wasn’t satisfied with doing that. He’s slippery-that’ll come in handy, yes sir.
Giants O-line:
Huzzah! They were cromulent. That’s a great step forward. They created passing lanes but still had a small amount of trouble pass protecting. Speaking of that panic-y pick six thrown by Dimes, fans just have this last year to endure him under center. Training camp superstar Malik Nabers looks good. His talent should lift that whole unit.
Josh Johnson:
That 38 yr-old dog was a perfect 11 for 11 yesterday. He’s carved out quite the career for a fifth-round pick that was drafted way back in 2008. God, we were so much younger then.
John Metchie III:
The Texan popped to the tune of 6 grabs and a TD. You’ll recall he missed his rookie year with an ACL injury and his second while recovering from cancer. He finally got on the field last year but played sparingly. He was a second rounder out of Alabama so the pedigree is there. If he continues to make progress Houston will have the deepest wide receiver room in the league. Btw, he was born in Taiwan and raised in Brampton, Ontario.
Laviska Shenault Jr:
He showed up on the box score for Seattle. Remember when he came out of Colorado he was a do-it-all Deebo type. That obviously didn’t pan out as he’s on his third team in five years.
The Colts:
I’ll stick by my notion that they’ll be sneaky good this year.
Later tonight you’ll have the Saints/Niners and Packers/Broncos to occupy your eyeballs. Enjoy your Sunday.
I was planning on going home and brain-pooping some Stillers thoughts, but I dumbassedly volunteered for a double.
So you know, I’ll get to it.
eventually
Kayleigh Mcilhenney, somehow still employed at FOX News, now offering insights and objective analysis of the DNC during a segment of Hannity.
The convention doesn’t begin for 16 hours before this originally. The graphic reads, “LEFTIST MILITISM AT DNC.”
The sound isn’t on, but I’m sure this a very engaging, nuanced piece of journalism.
My niece is there, she’s a journo major at Maryland. Writes for the school newspaper and also the Capitol News Service, and has been writing some stuff for NBC News’ website.She just finished a summer internship at MSNBC, she had a blast in New York.
I hope that environment doesn’t beat her down. Politics 25/8 can’t be healthy, regardless of where you lie.
I think it’s time for some Bjork.
https://youtu.be/p0mRIhK9seg?si=POTuJttgK80jLXgB
I forgot the dots! Björk!
Apropos of nothing in this thread, but my brain just took a long and complicated route to get to “Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in ‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ was infinitely better than his more highly lauded performance in ‘You Were Never Really Here'” between his two 2018 movies.
John Callahan lived in my neighborhood. I asked after I saw the movie, and, yeah, people would see him zipping around in his chair back in the day. I am able-bodied but fat and I cannot even imagine having the joie de vivre that man had.
Getting close to the season for this shit to start showing up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1NIf8GeeY
Oh, God. SNL. Jesus, God, man. Why?!?
Bill Burr. And that commercial take-off is hilarious.
I neither enjoy nor loathe Bill Burr, but that some funny stuff.
One of the comments is correct: This isn’t a skit, they just filmed him grocery shopping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VlC0QjdHU&list=PLFi9V6EFsFImuaVHJA2g3mChHkS6g51Yj&index=25
Good video too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utCjuKDXQsE&pp=ygUddGFtZSBpbXBhbGEgbG9zdCBpbiB5ZXN0ZXJkYXk%3D
Btw not to give ballsy too much PTSD from this weekend’s match, but the St Kilda Stickman jumper might be the coolest jersey in sports
https://youtu.be/P2dwto44jTo?si=8batjQMv7mu4OFli
Start this week of work, finish it, and I’m on 2 weeks of vaca. My plans… I’ll wander the countryside in a loin cloth and live off the land.
https://youtu.be/JGftIcp2SC0?si=0hjPOCd0aH8XwJ5A
I just started watching Nashville. It is mind blowing how different big movies have become.
It does appear that the Jesse Plemons physiognomy is timeless
If by ‘timeless’ you mean ‘Dollar Tree Matt Damon’.
I’ve heard him referred to as Fatt Damon and that makes me smile
I prefer “Meth Damon”.
I cannot begin to express how much I fucking hate that show and even politicians like the Albuquerque mayor (we went to high school together) riding the “let’s commercialize this horseshit about a sociopath drug cooker” bandwagon.
Not anymore. Ozempic is a Hell of a drug.
Let’s be honest – he’s a much better actor than Damon.
I saw Corrosion of Conformity in a dive bar in New Haven back when I was 17 or 18.
I am currently 55.
As I recall they opened for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, a punk band of some note. It was an incredibly loud show. Not sure what happened to DRI, but a couple of years ago I saw COC again, this time at Foxwoods Casino, playing in the Wolf Den or some shit, to a few dozen fans and a lot of oblivious people trying to find a men’s room and/or open slot machine.
Apparently the band loves the casino and doesn’t give a shit how cheesy the show comes off.
Which it does, to an unbelievable extent. Fuck it, they’re getting paid and having fun.
Anyway, I tell you that story to tell you this story. When I was in law school, or shortly out of it, I was back in New Haven with some friends who knew of a great strip club in New Haven. As a healthy male I like both alcohol and naked women, and this promises to combine both! Off we go.
To my distress we wind up at the same bar I had seen COC at lo these 7-8 years earlier. And it was a dump then. Not only is it now not hosting punk bands, it is very much not a strip bar, it is instead a higher end music/social club and the bouncers, who could not have been nicer to a bunch of dipshit law students from Hartford, suggested that we were perhaps a tad underdressed.
We thanked them and took our slovenly selves elsewhere.
The Fockers still perform every Tuesday night at Canter’s. The show is the juice.
I’ve never cared about anything in my life like that.
Maybe one in a thousand people do, if that
If you use Pandora and tell it you want a Clutch channel you get a lot of Corrosion of Conformity. Which suits me fine.
Wow, this just keeps getting stupider and stupider
https://consequence.net/2024/08/donald-trump-claims-taylor-swifts-endorsement-garbage-ai-posts/
I saw that earlier. It’s fantastic, because it almost ensures that Swift will come out with something like “I never said that and I want all my fans, (who Xenu bless them are more fanatical than ISIS), to vote for Harris”
He’s trying to lose.
“If I can’t have it, no one can!”
He’s rage-quitting in real time.
I don’t know that he’s trying to lose, (he knows he’s fucked on multiple felony charges if he does), so much as he only knows how to do one thing, (be an unbelievable asshole and hope all the other unbelievable assholes come with you), and that one thing isn;t working right now.
Of course we can never underestimate the power of unbelievably stupid assholes when they get into a group with each other, so let’s not forget that we’re in mid-August and the election is in the beginning of November, and given that the American electorate has the attention span of a fruit fly,
Have you seen the latest fad amongst the MAGAts?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/die-hard-trump-fans-start-33490105
tl;dr People are carrying JD Vance semen samples because Tim Walz and his wife used IVF.
Ultramaroons.
A drone strike on a pile of those assholes would do wonders to improve the gene pool.
Not weird. Not weird at all.
Anyone who is a fan of any politician is a fucking waste of space.
Speaking of sucking dick, I never went back to check on my Kamala take.
Most powerful cocksucker since Alexander the Great, amirite folx?
I do think that he’s decided he doesn’t want it and he’s too far along the track to back out. This is his exit strategy. He will blame the Democrats and claim shenanigans, as always, and then will continue to extract money from the MAGA nuts.
It’s always been about money.
Would agree with that, except his motivation is mainly to stay out of jail. But he’s frustrated because he really wants to run against Biden. And he’s not able to pivot or change and can’t figure out why the world’s not bending to his will like it normally does. Dunno how this ends, but it should be stupid and spectacular.
Hopefully with a massive coronary event that leaves him shitting himself into a coma in front of dozens and dozens of his cult.
When Trump was President a bunch of us were talking about Trump and I said, in front of God, everyone, and a bunch of kids I was coaching in Little League at the time “If that motherfucker keels over and dies you’ll find me jerking off in the middle of Main Street” and one of the kids laughed until he choked and told his father “Coach Cornblower is so funny” and his father looked at him and said “Yeah, he’s not joking.”
I had to be talked off the ledge from damn near throwing a party when John McCain died. By the time Kissinger died, I understood that there’s no celebrating the point. Evil won. Evil always wins because Good is dumb. And thus it will be with W and Cheney and Obama and the Clintons, and yet of all these fucking cunts, Trump isn’t even in the running for people who I’ll even give a fuck about when he’s gone.
I don’t think he cares about that. Beyond the charges seeming to this socialist duck to be political horseshit that will inevitably come to bite leftists in the ass a million times harder (see also, J6 prosecutions of people who dared to have the balls to literally put people in the People’s House), it just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny that it will result in incarceration time. Also, because this is the kind of thing that would absolutely be appealed all the way to SCOTUS, and all of those fucking shitheads will inevitably fuck this up in the worst way possible.
Hey, if leftists steal gov’t docs and refuse to give them back and keep them in country club bathrooms, then leftists would deserve whatever they get. And defending the J6 assholes is a choice I guess.
I’m not going to defend them unconditionally, but the original sin was decades of Congress making the Capitol and Capitol Hill increasingly inaccessible to the public they ostensibly serve in the name of security.
I think J6 merely demonstrated why accessibility needs to be limited.
HAHAHAHAHA
Indeed.
Jesse Watters is practically in tears during his screed right now. He’s talking to Lara Trump on why Donald Trump’s the very aura of virility and God-fearin’ MURCIAN right now, interspersed with still clips of him smiling and point.
These images are then followed by Kamala looking tired and stressed.
Ol’ Jesse then proceeds to say that based on her body language, she can never match Trump’s FREEDOMNESS.
What a tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzbb82_3tw&list=PLFi9V6EFsFImuaVHJA2g3mChHkS6g51Yj&index=2
Cliffnotes version:
Pretty sure this is princess’ cell phone ringtone for me, it could be..
I love her and Lil’ Duke so damn much, but all I ever do is screw up.
At least I have a jorb her highness supports, and I’m still sober. Otherwise, I don’t know why she puts up with me. I really don’t. They both deserve so much more than me.
Thanks again for being here for my brain shits, you horrible, wonderful denizens of Earth and, more specifically, DFO.
You help other people out of worse situations then most of us will ever be in. Take a deep breath, give yourself a break, and reset. You’re good people, you’re sober, and you’re focused on your family and kids.
The regeneration of the Hapsburg dynasty can wait. You’ve got this.
I appreciate it. I’m not freaking out or anything, let me be clear.
I’m just pissed at myself because I keep doing the same mistake, and I know better. Just my own stoopity. There’s nothing wrong with a good deal of self-loathing if one harnesses it correctly. I’m trying to do that.
If I could stay out of my own way, I’d have been on a moon of Neptune by now. As it is, I’ll settle for Allegheny County.
Thanks again, and really don’t worry. I’m fine, just happily slamming my dick in the car door like always. It’s what I do. For some reason, people find it endearing to an extent.
Trust me, fellow dickjokers: if there’s one place I’d feel completely open to really speak up if I felt I genuinely depressed, yinz would be among the first I’d do so.
“extent”
“I keep doing the same mistake, and I know better.”
Listen man, if you haven’t figured out by now that Napoleon is going to seize the high ground with more mobile artillery than you have then I simply cannot help you avoid another Austerlitz.
I still look up to you. You’re good. It’s all good.
“Same here.” – Lowratio
There it is.
I mean if you do ever need cheering up, I find this always puts a smile on my face:
https://streamable.com/2no3w
I thought snuff films were against dfo policy
Since when?
You going to Moon Township?
There right now! Like I said, Allegheny County’s gonna have to do.
Here’s what you need to do. Take the young Dauphin and Her Majesty to Storybook Forest. You’ll feel better
One thing I always love is finding out about kick-ass bands 5+ years too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydo4VS87hBE
I’m blaming having children for this.
At least you found out
Just texted a friend of mine who is way into music and who undoubtedly knew about this band when I still could have caught them live, (or bought a T-shirt in my actual size), and told him we’re fighting the next time I see him.
Kids kill brain cells. It is known.
It’s more that they take time away from going to concerts.
Thai duck. Japanese beer. American football.
Eh. Two out of three ain’t bad.
Yankees have the best or tied for the best record in the AL East and they are embarrassingly bad at basic baseball.
Can Mo drop the car dealership for a few weeks, possibly in October? I know he’s 54, but I’d still rather him than Clay Holmes.
Having a closer who pitches to contact is certainly a choice.
Below reminded me of a joke.
A guy comes into a bookstore and asks the proprietor for the new book living with a small penis.
Bookstore owner replies, “it isn’t in yet”
Customer says, “yup, that’s the book I’m looking for”
Okay remember that shortrib lasanga I posted about earlier? I just cooked it and ate half of the whole thing. It’s meant to feed six.
“ate half of the whole thing”
Pussy.
Just getting to the current season of Shoresy. Died laughing at–
We gotta get ready for the Italians.
I hear they’re fast.
If they’re Italian, they’re fast.
Is that racist?
Probably.
The Italian goon being a dirtier player than Shoresy was probably more racist.
Good season. May have to watch it again.
6-12″ of rain today in Connecticut.
(Deanna Favre joke goes HERE)
Is it in yet?
I was thinking a Ben Shaprio joke.
“Sounds like a hoax to me.” – Ben Shapiro and Deanna Favre, simultaneously
New Haven PD puts out an APB for Black Rain
More southwest than that, although New Haven got hit pretty good.
Now, the Fairfield PD is undoubtedly on the lookout for black rain, or anything black, but that’s just a day that ends in ‘y’
I didn’t respect Amy Winehouse’s game when she was alive.
Rehab is a great song, and perhaps one she should have reconsidered the moral of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmZp8pR1uc
Although the narrative arc is classic
There was almost no chance she was beating the curse of age 27
You owe her an apology. As do I.
Back when I was writing for Popdose we did a “bands” draft (i.e. draft musicians to assemble a band) and mine was pretty good (“The Irrevocably Damned Rhythm and Blues Band”) but I didn’t think to pick her, which was a majore misstep.
Too bad. She had things to say.
[notices that he has been assigned the Raiders season preview] – RTD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1S3Gj8fao
Flat Earth people are really missing out on the much more interesting Hollow Earth pseudoscientific theory
How does that relate to the hollow Moon theory, and do those two groups get into brawls?
Seems like the two theories are quite complementary!
Hear me out: It’s flat AND hollow.
And on the back of a turtle
The third track on “A Brief History of Rhyme” is a dis track aimed at that lady. There’s a remix of it on E = MC Hawking that is even better.
The new Godzilla movies are documentaries for them
Oh neighboUr lady does nae like me now
Outkast, very underrated
She just needs the D
I just bought 5 seats to see Danny Elfman at the Hollywood Bowl on November 2nd.
Me, Taj, eldest right and two eldest granddaughters are going to the Bowl.
/Lowratio’s hearing aid needs to be adjusted
I once again would remind you that watching replays of Aussie footy matches from this weekend is better than watching NFL preseason games.
Goddamn right!
The game between your teams was pretty great
Yeah but about that final score…
It was perfect
Yinz are stuck with me for another couple nights.
I just want to sing the praises for Red Zone again. It’s nice of Peacock/NFL Network to show it for the games atm
Holy shit. I need to at more attention. Anyway.
Can I get a Hippo ruling here; is this Donks Woo! or Donks Poo?
I’ll hang up and listen to your answer.
Just came here for the same reason!
Can we compare and contrast that to Alex’s opinion?
Okay, the BC Liouns offense is starting to be Steeleresque
Uf! Napoli got its ass kicked. I’m off to console Marika…
No notes about how shit the Steelers’ O line is?
That’s in the works…
My ass has to get in gear.
Just take the 911 phone off the hook so you can concentrate on the Stillers Preview?
HI I’M MARK DAVIS!
Current state of my Cincinnati Reds:
What in couchfucking Christ is wrong with these people???
https://x.com/Esqueer_/status/1825147908561289276
This is what happens when the amount of Family Trees that branch inward reaches critical mass.
That is why it makes sense, to bring in new genetic material.
It’s a new product, still in the trial stage: Couch In A Cup!
Mental gymnastics that would make Simone Biles stare in awe.
But they don’t like it when you call them weird
I need to completely redo my election season bingo card
Why is professional pickleball on my TV? More to the point, why is professional pickleball a thing?
Pickleball : Tennis :: Paddleboarding : Surfing
VC money
I didn’t realize that the Viet Cong still existed, much less were making speculative investments in fringe sports.
The Viet Cong weren’t inherently evil like Sand Hill Road vampires
A Republican politician from Washington invented pickleball. So I consider it a war crime.
I like my neighboUr’s, but they played country during my nap yesterday. NoFX, Pennywise and Face to Face it is as I am.Sunday tipsy.
No RAGRETS
Watching a special on Jim Joyce blowing the call on Galarrage’s perfect game and it just reinforces what a hapless dipshit Bud Selig was.
That was fucking egregious.
And it’s such an easy fix, too, since the next guy up was out as well. Just add his name to the list of people who threw a perfect game and be done with it.
If I was the base runner, I’d get myself picked off 1st on purpose.
I was actually watching that game when it happened. I was just completely flabbergasted that he mad that call. If it was me, the next fastball is to his throat.
Mrs. Horatio is on the phone with her father and step-mother and I can tell because, even though she’s out in the backyard and I’m in the house, I can hear her yelling loud enough to wake the dead because they are stone-goddamn-deaf.
HI MOM!!!!!!
We just finished visiting my mom, who am never sure is in the same conversation as I am after a few moments, great visit though, the main thing was to get her away from the TV to talk.
I haven’t done anything yet today and I already feel like a bag of smashed assholes.
Remember, the difference between smashed assholes and mashed assholes is that the skin stays on in the case of the former!
/This would have been better in Sunday Gravy, I know
It rained here last night. Felt under 90 this morning. Also, we are noticing kids are back in session — first impression, looking like a complete alien may be not gaining influence in the autumn ’24 catalog. So that’s good.