Delicious Dishes: Sunday Night Open Thread

Good evening, you caught me in a good time. I have a wide smile and a full belly after having my favorite dish: rice and beans and bistec encebollado. It what’s on the banner pic, except mine looked better and tasted 😛.

It was during lunch with someone I love and deeply admire, with ample wisdom and an unshakably sympathetic outlook on life. And we spent most of the lunch talking shit and laughing at people we know. God damn good gossip is delicious.

As long as I’ve understood words, there is no bigger attention grabber than “You can’t tell anybody, but [looks around nervously]…”

Why, betrayed confidence AND a likely juicy story?

There’s people who have no problem knowing stuff and keeping quiet. Those are good friend material, unless they never pick up the check. (“Tight wallet, loose maw”, goes a saying I just made up.) Then there’s folks who are usually prudent, but you can influence and cajole stuff from them. These are Fun Friend material, a much better option because talking about people behind their backs makes for better hangs.

For me, good gossip has to be about people I know, not people I know of. In fact, celebrity gossip encapsulates most of what I currently hate in real life: making terrible people famous (and therefore powerful), invasions of privacy, attention whoring, judging based on sexual innuendo, rapacious exploitative media etc. etc. Actors, royals, rappers—bleh. But tell me the neighboUr of a nephew of a snotty former boss of mine got caught running a stolen catalytic converter ring and

A tasty piece of gossip needs a specific person and another concrete element, like a place. “You’re not going to believe who I saw entering a [hotel lobby / urologist office / bondage conference / Weight Watchers meeting / Satanic Yoga]”.  The source is what distinguishes gossip from rumoUr: first hand is best, “I glanced”, “I hacked”… But there are also secondary sources of impeccable fidelity, like a lazy cop neighbor, or what’s overheard at doctor waiting rooms and beauty parlors. Some people just won’t shut the fuck up, hallelujah.

NFL NEWS

-The 49ers traded RB Jordan Mason to the Vikings for picks and giggles: Frisco gets #160, Minny #187 for ’25, plus tip.

-Falcons do nothing.

-RELATED: QB Kirk Cousins gets $10 million guaranteed to stay in Atlanta.

Re-signings:

  • FB Kyle Juszczyk – 49ers, “two” years
  • WR JuJu Smith-Schuster – Chefs, one year

-Resigning:

Me, on referencing NFL non-events like

  • Deals coming soon on X or Y receiver, or QB cranks. Wake me when signed or wound up.
  • Draft or trade projections. I dealt with more concrete stuff at my Linear Algebra class
  • Who’s in the best shape of his career
  • Which player is a good or bad system fit with a new team… That might be the speculation / #content line for me right there.

-According to the mothership, there is nothing

on the Operations schedule until the March 30 – April 2 league meetings at The Breakers VIP Vomitorium. What are ya gonna do. Lousy calendar [shakes fist at constant, unidirectional passage of time].

SPROTS TONITE

All times Central

NCAA SELECTION SUNDAY

Time for the star to shine

No, not you! Take your ominous humming elsewhere.

I’m talking about the real star, the bracket. O Bracket, you are the pathetic testament of our hasty decisions to carry around for public view and humble us. A Lent-Lite, for you unbelievers of the one true, guilt-trippin’, faith.

 

NHL

Oilers @ Rangers – 6:00

Panthers @ Islanders – 6:30

Ducks @ Blues – 7:00

Utah? Wtf! @ Canucks – 7:00

Jets @ KRAKENNN – 8:00

 

TRAVELIN 3s

Jazz @ Timberwolves – 6:00

Hornets @ Clips – 6:00

Thunder @ Bucks – 8:00

 

TOP PLIGHT FÚTBOL

Oh my Gaah everyone and their madre play tonight. Home team first, #Obvio

Argentina

Belgrano (Córdoba) v. Barrancas Ventral – 7:00

Lanús v. Instituto (Córdoba) – 7:00

 

Chile

Deportes Iquique v. Unión Española – 6:30

 

Colombia

 Independiente Medellín v. Deportivo Cali – 6:20

Llaneros v. Atlético Junior – 8:30

Go all the way: ¡Atlético Júnior estaba ahí! Junior seems like a half-measure, tch.

  

Costa Rica

Sporting San José v. Herediano – 7:00

 

Ecuador

Emelec v. Liga de Quito – 6:00

 

Guatemala

 Antigua v. Deportivo Mixco – 8:00

 

Paraguay

 Deportivo Recoleta v. Sportivo Luqueño – 6:30

 

Secsi Mexi

Pumas UNAM v. Monterrey – 7:00

Pachuca v. Tijuana – 9:00

 

Uruguay

Racing (Montevideo) v. Nacional – 6:30

 

U.S.A.

Atlanta United v. Inter Miami – 6:00

Reminder: You can still hate on Luis Suárez 😝

 

Venezuela

Deportivo La Guaira v. Estudiantes de Mérida – 6:30  

 

FINALLY,

the kind of gossip that interests me more is backroom maneuverings and financial fuckery. But of course my favorite is the stuff that humiliates and therefore humanizes persons who take themselves waaay too seriously—especially those persons who with a mere “Hi, what are you doing here?” makes your brain lock down into “You’re in a public place. Do NOT say ‘You think yer better than me?’”.

All of gossip on that and those, I dig. Not, NOT the sex lives of others. I’m not interested on how, when, why other people fuck. Not my bag, at all.

But with who, well, scoff. I mean, erm… More bearings more bearings OK. Let me just say: it’s a joyless experience to be the last person to find out, in your work, about a coworker’s tryst. And it also sucks being told, a year after it happened, that a friend-of-a-friend who’s a vocal Old Testament citer got the Sodom in his Gomorrah on a business trip to Orlando. Everyone knows already, so business trip gets no air quotes when told to you.

But 🚧 🚨OBVIOUS CRAP ALERT 🚨🚧 stale gossip is better than no gossip. If nothing else, old gossip brings you more up to date with the people you love, through shitting on other people behind their backs. For yuks and spite, what delights. Happy March Madness.

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Doktor Zymm

Been sitting near the gate for about 30 minutes now and they just came on to say the tow mechanism to tow the plane into the gate is broken and they have to go find another one. This blows. I hope I can still get home before 1am, the gym will be fun on 4 hrs or less sleep lol

WCS

(disembodied voice of Ron Howard):

“It wasn’t fun.”

Doktor Zymm

And it’s looking more like 3 hours. Airport is stupid busy for around midnight

Doktor Zymm

3.5, woohoo!

WCS

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m listening to OK Computer on headphones. It’s an excellent use of what little hearing I have left.

Brick Meathook

Here’s a home movie I took from the cockpit of my F-9000B Block-4 fighter-bomber as we did a coordinated strike on an illegal immigrant camp in Mexico near the U.S. border. Those flashes are from the B-52s hitting tents and lean-tos along a stream bed. Post-mission recon photos show we got a healthy 10% hit rate and we mostly missed some nearby schools and hospitals. Outstanding!

https://vimeo.com/1066391949?share=copy#t=0

2Pack

In local sports news…

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Jimbo

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WCS

Wait till Brown cuts Burrow tomorrow.

blaxabbath

He’s gonna trade off Burrow for cash just to remind Redshirt how things work around Cincinnati.

Redshirt

NFL Network: “Bengals trade QB Joe Burrow to Pittsburgh for a Penn Station coupon and a Conditional Amazon Gift Card.”

WCS

We’ll be fair. Yinz can also have our third 7th round pick. In 2034.

Doktor Zymm

It’s a St. Pats eve miracle for the Orangemen!

Redshirt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbiLwP-bktg

Early 2025 Bengals Season Preview

Gatoraids

Higgins is a jobber

2Pack

You sound like cool conversation around the water cooler Don T. Funny write up Buddy, well done.

blaxabbath

Don T is a very good live conversationalist.

Cannot speak to his relationship with Buddy…

ballsofsteelandfury

This is surprisingly good:

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Doktor Zymm

Mix it with the Swedish Fish vodka and see what happens

blaxabbath

Do you start the night by drinking that? Or do you have like a more conventional St Paddy’s inebriation (car bomb?) to get your pallet prepared?

And then can you go back to a classic Harp after drinking that?

ballsofsteelandfury

I had it after I got a birdie playing golf and one of the guys in the group offered to give us all shots to celebrate. You don’t turn down free alcohol.

It was a pleasant surprise in that it actually tasted good. I was not expecting much.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Gumbygirl

It’s zesty! I hate zesty.

Jimbo

Earthquake!

Brick Meathook

Don’t pee in your pants. It’ll be over soon.

SonOfSpam

3.9, centered near Malibu.

ballsofsteelandfury

I didn’t feel anything.

Jimbo

Obligatory.

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WCS

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— Deanna F., MS

Doktor Zymm

Or alternately,
*attributed to D. Favre

yeah right

Me neither and I’m sitting right here.

Gumbygirl

I didn’t either, but I’m in Riverside. Nobody feels anything here.

Brick Meathook

A lot of rookie dumbshits out tonight.

ballsofsteelandfury

Gonna be horrible tomorrow…

ballsofsteelandfury

This is very timely. I just spend a couple of hours at a Clippers game with a high school buddy catching up on all the chisme.

To give you an idea of the level of chisme, I discovered that one common HS friend is now married for the fourth time, has moved to Tennessee, is now the oldest cop in his department, and his wife is constantly cheating on him.

He still wants her to move to Tennessee with him…

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Sigh. What to drink tonight, what to drink tonight…

WCS

The blood and tears of your enemies.

Jimbo

Irish Whiskey

Gatoraids

what not to drink tonight

Brick Meathook

Here’s a home movie I took from the cockpit of my F-9000B Block-4 fighter-bomber as we did a coordinated strike on an illegal immigrant camp in Mexico near the U.S. border. Those flashes are from the B-52s hitting tents and lean-tos along a stream bed. Post-mission recon photos show we got a healthy 10% hit rate and we mostly missed some nearby schools and hospitals. Outstanding!

https://vimeo.com/1066391949?share=copy#t=0

Brick Meathook

Excuse me, a -1?

Explain yourself kid.

Doktor Zymm

Missed the schools and hospitals? Doing better than the IDF then

Brick Meathook

Sorry, Ma’am, we did our best. You come along next time.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I mean even the name of the institution is a tiny little bit rapey. The canonization committee frowns on young women who give up their virtue willingly.

BeefReeferLives

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yeah right

Annual group bracket created.

DFO Bracket Insanity on ESPN fantasy.

If you played last year you should get an email.

yeah right

Password is DFO.

ballsofsteelandfury

In!

I have watched zero basketball so go ahead and give me my Gently Used Fleshlight already.

Gumbygirl

I watched a couple of minutes of the Big 12 tourney, that floor sent me to an alternate universe. I’m already mathematically eliminated, and I haven’t even made my picks yet.

Gumbygirl

I think I did?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The Fightin’ Horatios are the #8 seed in the West region. The Creighton Blue Jays, who beat the Fightin’ Horatios in the tournament semifinal, are the #9 seed in the South region, playing against Louisville (who is ranked around #14 in the country) in Lexington Kentucky, which is about an hour’s drive from Louisville.

I guess the selection committee didn’t trust karma to take care of business after one of Creighton’s players dunked just before the buzzer against UConn, and took matters into their own hands.

Doktor Zymm

“How dare that basketball player put the ball in the basket!”
– some old white guy probably

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I don’t like to think of myself as old, but I was definitely like that. Mainly because I was looking for a reason to be mad at Creighton for beating UConn.

Horatio Cornblower

Creighton is 2-3 against the Fightins, but hasn’t had a particularly good year. Even their win against UConn lose some luster thanks to UConn’s habit of losing to teams like Seton Hall.

Not a great year overall for the Big East.

Gatoraids

Florida rolling number #1 Seed can only wait to see how we choke

Horatio Cornblower

One of the talking heads picked UConn as the team with the best chance to knock Florida out. before the Final Four. That’s great, but the problem is UConn is also the team with the best chance to knock UConn out during the first weekend.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Having watched three of UConn’s most recent four games I feel comfortable assessing them as simply “not very good”. They don’t have a star. Karaban is fine but he’s not carrying this team, and nobody else seems ready to even try.

yeah right

The Irish gathering is warming up.
Had boxty, Corned beef, soda bread, shortbread for dessert and now we’ve got Guinness and Jameson.

We’re minutes away from poker and the Wahini brought her cash.

She’s twelve. Consider it a life lesson.

One of life’s great lessons is humility.

yeah right

Since I was sharing the Irish photos earlier, here’s one from the Shankhill district in Belfast.

Stop your whining you pansies and take that Union Jack shit back to England!

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Horatio Cornblower

Mrs. Horatio made her corned beef tonight. My daughter’s boyfriend heard about it late and drove an hour each way, at the last minute, so he could have some for dinner.

It’s that good.

litre_cola

Watching the Bourne Ultimatum and Julia Stiles is so damn attractive.

Mr. Ayo

Time to take Canada down a peg. RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!

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litre_cola

No. Give my shitty hometown something!

Mr. Ayo

We gave you Tanev . You’re welcome.

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litre_cola

He was ours first!

Doktor Zymm

I saw Kraken girl on a date with Lobster boy in the park yesterday! I wonder if her dad knows?

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Game Time Decision

Gonna guess that at least half the Kraken is Canadian, so how does that work

Doktor Zymm

There are no nations in the depths of the eldritch abyss, only insanity and horror

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Game Time Decision

For the blood god

Gatoraids

Starting my ancestors preparation for the St Patrick tradition of showing up to work hungover.

Redshirt

I’m German, English, Irish and Scottish. I’m showing up to work drunk.

Gatoraids

same mix with Swedish thrown in somewhere in the genes but not in the body

Redshirt

So, how’s everyone else’s weekend been?

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Gumbygirl

Hey, you have a leak!

Jimbo

Yes, ask your doctor if leakgaurdinoyl is right for you.

fleshwound_NPG

peeing with viagra is a challenge