The uncomfortable wait is over – Kevin the Broom has announced that he will depart City of Men. Turns out, even he can’t overcome a major hamstring injury in his mid-30s. From a big picture standpoint, example 1,000,000 of what happens when squad age tips over the continental shelf. Much, much better (financially and competitively) to move on a season early than to wait a season too late. But shit, football peoples is just as sentimental and wishful-thinky as regular assholes be.
Father Time comes for us all.
On the pitch, you get a meaningless Gooners at Toffees (7:30, USA), and some other assorted fecal matter. Still beats the real world, but that’s a low bar to clear innit?
Later this evening, Final Four. Duke is too good fot me to watch any of it, though. Auburn/Houston was my predicted final in DFO pool, so I will hope for that anyway,
Now that’s just a good clean decapitation, LET EM PLAY
I got to explain to someone about fried cheese curds today. Poor, deprived soul
/watching old Jeremy Lin highlights
//sees a sign in the crowd, “The Yellow Mamba”
Me: “Welp, that’s enough for now.”
Really uncool to describe him as a coward, that’s not even close to true.
Bruce Pearl slaps the roof of a used car in his spare time because he just can’t help himself.
Since I’m almost out of White Lotus, what next? Anyone watching Righteous Gemstones?
Righteous Gemstones is going out on a high note so far especially if you are a fan of Walton Goggins Dick
ah mean,who ain’t???
Which of these SEC powerhouses is going to lose to Duke?
I’m thinking Gators.
I had Florida over I think Duke, but I honestly don’t care at this point as my bracket’s been lukewarm garbage since Day 1.
War Damn Hardwood Eagle!!
(this would keep me alive in DFO pool until Monday, anyway)
Well my thinking is aging like a fine unpasteurized milk left out in the sun.
War Damn Eagle! it is!
Hold Florida Man’s Beer!
#BFIB in rain delay (probably a Zionist conspiracy smgdh), would have annoyed me more if I had white-knuckled my way pass nap instinct.
God, what a lazy fuck I am.
It’s cool. Cubbies won 7-1.
Six in a row!
Such. Bastardry.
Just ordered some delicious not even close to authentic Chinese food. Hooray fried!
General Tso’s Big Mac???
Brilliant!
I’d just like to put it out there-and anyone can correct me. There is no such thing as “bad” Hot and Sour soup.
/I’ve ordered it from at least 40 different restaurants over the years and have never been disappointed.
//is there any other food item that stands up like this? Talk to me.
I’ve never had a bad eggroll.
-Warren Zevon’s B-side to ‘Werewolves of London’
There was a place in Birmingham called the Dragon that had perfect Hot and Sour soup. I was a sad, sad Gumbygirl when they closed.
Homemade hotdish up in this bitch!
Oh shit. Gimme!
It’s fucking killer.
I’ve floated this dish out as an Xmas/Easter brekkie thing and received horrified responses. Are you kidding me?
/I’m going for it this Easter
DO IT!
It’s just a sort of casserole, just make it and don’t introduce it until people have had some
I do wonder what creative genius came up with the name ‘hotdish’ though. Are you having glassofwine with it? Or maybe some greensalad?
It’s a Minnesota thing.
We love our hotdish.
I don’t know what made me think of this song, but I’m glad I thunk it!
https://youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo?si=IeEa8ZOvjIhRVxfs
They did some killer ska/reggae riffs that get overlooked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3A8uNG3GH4
Oh yeah! I love this one too
https://youtu.be/ZQgcxsZNxcg?si=Je7V7LeYUIg6vLGr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m463sDOYxPY
I would have said Jimmy Carter, but now, now we are fucked.
I mean it *is* creepy.org that was asking. Which I assume is some sort of JD Vance side project.
Weird Al.
Well it’s Rush… and Jethro Tull… Not Judas Priest…
I just did a Cure – Cult thing here. This should be interesting.
Jethro Tull did win the first Hard Rock Grammy, IIRC.
When I saw thier playbill there were 4 guys on it. Said to myself I hope one of them is just singing. But no. They have added a rhythm guitar. FFS. Too much guys. Usual for an Italian band to screw this up. Normally they try to play it straight up.
Time to head to the pub. Up the Cavs, fuck the Forge.
About as Napoli as you can get… only thing missing is some Dude with a prochutto crudo leg strapped to the back of a Vespa.
Ain’t nothin’ like a soulful Southern gal with a GIT-tar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrUQZrxM74U
/wifey wants to do a long hiking vacation which I am good with-however…
Me: “We can’t do this until both Ruby and Molly pass away.”
Her: “But we should do this while we’re both capable.”
Me: “Agreed. However, we’re going to be imposing our pets on someone. That isn’t fair to them.”
Her: “We took care of SIL’s dogs when they went on vacation.”
Me: “WITHOUT MY SAYSO!”
Her: …………………
Caveat: Wifey thinks that all kennels maltreat all dogs all the time (a very slight exaggeration)
We make our kids watch the pets all the time if we’re going away.
Those 22 years of full-on financial support has to be paid back some way.
Yeah, I miss that (among other things) regarding Wolven Sort Legacy Spawn having moved away. She’s the only person I’d trust to serve our family cats as well as my old arse.
Plus, when Kruger’s upset, he will piss EVERYWHERE
We always hire housesitters (or engage the neighbors’ kid and pay them a nominal amount), but it’s only for one cat and one small dog, so it’s not a huge ordeal.
Younger step kid moved out 7 years ago, it’s been a pain to have someone watch our dogs. Last time they had the runs for days after we came back.
To me it’s not right to impose on someone to take care of our dogs. It means checking in at least twice a day to let them out and Molly has had no training whatsoever so she will wander around for forever.*
*wifey not bothering to guide Molly and her behavior is an on-going source of conflict, but whatever
I’ve seen people on the trails with dogs, packing thier own food and water. I take it your pets are not that kind?
I’m a dumbass that wants to do a multi-day hiking adventure vacation with my wife that doesn’t involve pets in any way whatsoever.
No… That’s understandable Buddy…
Camping overnight with pets, in my experience, is a fucking nightmare.
You should do the Guyana hiking trip I did! Unless you hate amazing waterfalls of course
What’s the hobo situation in Guyana?
Forgot I bought this shirt when witnessing the greatness of Case Keenum. Who’s the useless t shirt hoarder now Mrs. Cola?
“Thanks for the intel!” as he approaches a housewife dressed in a red sweater…
/speaking of rabbit holes
I just watched an Al Stewart interview and he cheekily said that when he was a young recording artist he decided he would be the pre-eminent history-focused folk artist and would corner that market. And he did it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qob1Hq57ymg&ab_channel=CostaRicaRetroYMas.
They played this on the oldies station at the pool when visiting my folks. Didja know he is related to Rod Stewart?
The guy is the dumbest cliche writ real-he forged forward, doing what he wanted to do and didn’t really care about success. There was no logic involved whatsoever regarding how his weird 6+ minute tune stuck on AM radio.
Because Year of the Cat is a pretty nice tune.
It is a perfectly crafted tune but/and there’s nothing you can compare it to with respect to songs that were ‘successful’ on AM radio at the time.
Back then AM radio was nuts. On the same station you’d get:
Jungle Boogie – Kool and the Gang
Amos Moses – Jerry Reed
The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
This is one of my favorites from him. Beautifully produced ( Alan Parsons) and I love Spanish guitar.
https://youtu.be/y9VxTRgP__w?si=RIy-mfHIShc2sF_Q
Just picked up 3 dead baby bunnies from my yard, not a good start to this Saturday.
Oof.
My ferocious alpha (Kruger) turned 19 last week, thankfully he gave up the hunt about 18 months ago. Just retired, no fuss. He’ll still swat his nephew (Bronco) if he gets out of line.
The middle cat child (Noodles) will still hunt now and again, but it’s not fun for him like it was to tandem kill with his fearless leader.
Nature, like children, is often nasty, brutish, and short.
No you’re thinking of Kyler Murray.
Sex with Kyler Murry.
Red in tooth and claw.
When I was about 7 or 8, a bunch of kids from my neighborhood found a bunny nest. We were all watching them, ooh-ing and aah-ing, when fucking Greg Podlucky came up with his stupid schnauzer, Sargeant Schulz. He ( the dog) ripped them to pieces in front of our horrified eyes. Greg ended up in prison for financial shenanigans to the tune of around 800 million. He’s actually a case study taught in some business schools. After a long stretch in the pokey, he found Gawd, and now he and his also ex-con wife Karla are running some grifty ministry in Colorado.
Kids are dicks.
10 am and I want to start drinking. le sigh
Atta boy! Get to it then.
You see, with the Mrs gone, I have this thing called Deci who I have to mind. We will be going to the pub in 3 hours and that is a BIG window where I could get pretty twisted. Am taking the train down though, so hmmmmm.
I mean there is morning style wine right here…..
Settled on Bailey’s with my coffee
Guy on Sprotscenter just said Travis Hunter has “elite hands”. lol
When you said “hunter” and “elite hands” I thought you were talking about how local housewives describe this fellow:
Tim Dwight with the TD! (doesn’t google) I think he was a track star and was a precursor to the Edelmann, Amendola, Welker quick and fast types that Hoodie made good use of later.
/total credit to Belichick-the league was going bigger at every position and he recognized that speed was going to be the difference.
//Ha! Tim Dwight ended up on the Pats roster (I had no idea)
Now Depeche Mode’s “Strangelove” is on, and HOLY CATS, episode 6 of the current White Lotus season…
I’m about 5 in on season 2.
Don’t get the return of Stiffler’s mom from season 1. She’s a horrible actress playing a horrible role that was horribly written for her.
I’m enjoying the show though.
Scenery is fantastic.
Mike White can make some cinema/art
It sure is pretty.
/watching a 2002 Chiefs/Chargers tilt because…who knows why
Random Player Alert:
Dante Hall
Curtis Conway
Quentin Jammer
Carlos Polk
Steve Christie
Scott Fujita
Willie Roaf
/that is all
One of the benefits of being an old fuck? One can watch classic games and forget who won originally.
Yeah, this seems like a “Comeback” game but it might just be a back-and-forth tilt. I’ve not a clue.
I just reminded myself that my favourite fat running back ever was Natrone Means. He was listed at 5’10”, 245! Pfft! He had to be 260 at one point and I love him because he let himself go and still had a viable career. #goals
He was amiable and ok, for U*NC standards.
…bikebikebikebikebikebike…
If you don’t sing along with shyyyyynesssss is nice, and shyness can stop you! then we can’t be imaginary friends.
I went to the prom with a girl that had that as her yearbook quote!
I really need to be better about getting sleep, but instead I keep scheduling redeyes for myself and then waking up early to go horseback ride or gym. At least we finally have a nice weekend while I’m here in CA! Once I get back from the barn I can hammock nap
Lifetime count of naps regretted – zero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOYUTdkM-w
Paging DonT if not raptured – new Hives album is apparently forthcoming
Run – done 8k
Garden Center – visited 3 plants purchased
Butcher shop – visited 80 euros of high quality meats in the freezer
Eco Center – car load of recycle / proper disposal completed
Lawn – mowed
Weeding – mostly done (it’s never totally done)
Now I am chillin until tonight’s dive bar visit to hear a couple local cover bands (Rush and Judas Priest).
MTF
2Pack: he does more by 9 a.m. PST than Rikki has planned* to do all day.
*and will not even complete
Hippo sees your “all day” and raises you “all month”
/DFO really is prima facie evidence for the superiority of a military spouse, yeah?
The time zone thing helps.
I never understood the appeal of that US Army ad: “We do more before 9:00 am than most people do all day”
Me: “Yeah, have fun with that”
/rolls back over until the Sun is nice and warm, at like 11:00 am.
As a kid I had a morning paper route getting up at 0400 to do that before school. So the basic training 0530 wake up was sleeping in for me… and the country farm boys.
Heh, what a coincidence. I just started weeding before going to lunch with Madre.
2Pack is an Excel spreadsheet of tasks and not a real person-prove me wrong.
NONE of us are real ppls obvs, but yeah that Excel theory make sense
Sometimes I just get on a roll. Plus the past few weekends have been rain impacted. Today was spectacular.
I’ve been to the dump (oh, excuse me, fancy-ass Town council-types “transfer station), done my 42 minutes on the elliptical, brought in firewood, started laundry, emptied the dishwasher and looked up a plant that I really liked when were in the Montreal Botanical Gardens last summer (Red Turtlehead Plant), thinking to get a couple this weekend.
Turns out they prefer wooded, partially shaded, and boggy areas. Our yard is pretty much full sun and nary a bog in sight, so there’s a dream dead.
I was also planning to go into Hartford for final measurements on a suit, but when I called the store owner he hung up on me twice, (he’s 80+ and I don’t think he knows how the phone works), then it went straight to voicemail, so I guess we’re doing that next weekend,l because it’s way too shitty, (cold and rainy), to drive down to Hartford and hope he’s not busy.
So now it’s hot chocolate, video games, and ‘Severance’ for the rest of the day for me.
/sniffs pits
And perhaps a shower is in order.
A notable day Sir.
I have to admit, I hear about these EPL threads but I don’t actually understand anything about them or really how they work.
Which is the primary reason I don’t cheer for them to arbitrarily be applied to every single product being imported to the country.
I’ve learned (through internet research) that Newcastle has the hottest chicks.
Also a good beer.
I rarely see Newcastle anymore, but it was a go to for years.
It can shore smack you down
Just call everyone a cunt for a few weekends and BOOM, you’re in teh circle
Wife heads home due to unexpected death in fam. Work gave me the week off. Have to stay here due to Deci and skool.
“Deci, what do you want to do today?”
“Can we go to the pub and watch futbol?”
If we must.
You’ve taught him well
Currently on Radio del Hippo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhS52bvzkec
Good doggie.
Came across a stat whereby Broom had created 300(!) more chances to score over his career than the next player in the Premier League. Bananas if true.
/here’s hoping he doesn’t take (even more) Saudi money
I heard San Diego FC
even San Diego sun seems like a lot for his complexion
If he makes sure to smother himself with SDSU coeds at all times he should be just fine.
Really hope he goes MLS-will make my pilgrimage to see him play that much easier.
/believe it or not, Wifey doesn’t even remotely understand. SMGDH!
Do we have to pay tariffs on imported footballers as well?
Herr Fuhrer is basically butt buddies with that Infantino twerp so probably not.
/Alexi Lalas is also a yuuuuugggggge fanboi in case one needed another reason to hate that fuckstain
I hate him the most out of any pundit in any sport. More than Collinsworth.
Is the hate of sports commentators the same kinda energy as the kids screams from Monsters Inc?
Feels like it to me
Just got up and out of bed, made some waffles and am now catching up on the highlights of Arsenal team that has clearly, and probably correctly, decided to focus whatever they have left on the Champions League.
they found some “highlights” from that shower?
“replays” is probably more accurate.
Everton internet was sparse this morning too (and not morning for them). Did y’all get raptured??
Sir Hippo. The Maple League starts today up here too! DFO’s own Cavalry FC plays arch rival Forge FC. I believe on ESPN2 and TSN up here!
GET IN Cavs!!!
I for one didn’t know SI was still a thing but here we are.
https://www.si.com/soccer/cpl-guide-predictions-how-to-watch-canadian-premier-league
is all AI chatbots now IIRC
It’s so bad.
Get your damn Cavs shirt on. Today we ride!