God DAMN, boys! It’s training camp time, my favorite time of the year!
And this year, camp is gonna be campier than one of those John Waters movies!
Now, because of my employment with ESPN and the network’s 100% Shouty Bullshit committment, I’m contractually prohibited from giving any legitimate analysis. Fortunately, my loose grasp of facts and reality means I can spout off anything that pops into my head with total confidence and run a very low risk of giving any real insight. So here are my Storylines To Watch In Training Camp:
BALTIMORE RAVENS: Will Derrick Henry’s number come up this year in the annual Ravens Running Back Preseason Injury Lottery? I love the guy- he runs with urgency and force, like my brother Rob when he hears there’s a strip club buffet in town. But he’s 31 and has only missed multiple games once in his career. Given how often Rob gets injured on a Hash n’ Gash Dash, Henry’s living on borrowed time.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Will Mike McDaniel get punched by Tyreek Hill, general manager Chris Grier, or teen-comedy cliche Evil Developer Stephen Ross? I’ve always said “Don’t trust a Yalie,” and he’s entering his fourth season without a Super Bowl appearance. He’s one of those Punchable Boy Wonder Type coaches, and the only reason the others in that class (Sean McVay, Zac Taylor, Kyle Shanahan) didn’t get punched is cuz they made the Super Bowl in their first three years. Clock’s run out on McDaniel, so he’s probably gonna get his clock cleaned by one of these three.
LOS ANGELES RAMS: Will Jimmy Garoppolo have the stamina to hold down the backup quarterback position? As a man with a history of dating porn stars even in his Bay Area days, I thought he was going to die moving to Las Vegas and then Los Angeles last year. Guess we know why he was taking performance-enhancing drugs…
ARIZONA CARDINALS: When does Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release? Last year, Kyler Murray bucked his previous trend by actually improving after Black Ops 6 dropped. Now, “improve” in this case meant “average more than 200 yards passing per game” but still. Current rumor puts release around Week 10.
BUFFALO BILLS: Hard Knocks is following them this year. Let me tell you- the camera really does add ten pounds, and if any of them get added to Sean McDermott’s head, his neck is gonna snap.
CINCINNATI BENGALS: What the fuck is wrong with these people? I’ve known Duke Tobin since before his testicles descended, when his daddy and my daddy were with the Bears. He comes from shitty stock, but I didn’t think he was professionally suicidal. DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!
And Duke used to know that- hell, he signed a straight sociopath in Vontaze Burfict and made him the keystone of the defense. Someone must have hit him in the head a couple times with the Dumbass Stick to give all that money to the offensive prettyboys and the finger to his defense.
DETROIT LIONS: Who the fuck’s cat did Dan Campbell run over? Training camp just started and they’re already dealing with multiple major injuries. Campbell would like you to think it’s because guys are just Too Intense at practice, but c’mon. 1. You’re Mr. Bite Their Kneecaps Off, and 2. I used to run guys through three Oklahoma Drills a day and threaten to shoot the loser, and I still didn’t get this rate of injuries. Whatever sorceress/psychic/demon you pissed off, Dan, better get right with them before Jared Goff’s ribcage spontaneously implodes.
Now let’s go eat a Goddamned snack!



Rollins rollingsy Ozzy stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFVsaGSeSM
The Rev is funny as shit man.
I really hate to post this again, I’m just blue and lonely, folks. Ironically, at the PSAP, and surrounded by fellow night trolls. I miss my family.
It’s been a shit week: my buddy’s uncle, who also became my buddy, died two days ago. That was expected, kind of like Ozzy. Neither was a surprise, but it still sucks.
Princess and her mom aren’t even talking to each other right now, so her highness has been distracted. I haven’ seen Lil’ and Lil’er WCS in weeks, hopefully that changes this weekend. Dispatch training has been the definition of “up and down,” with more downs than ups this week so far.
I don’t know if I have anyone in my existence to vent this to, so unfortunately for yinz, it’s here. You’re cheaper than therapy, anyway 😉
EDIT: One of my fellow classmates from training is also leaving, and moving back to Silver Spring, MD. That also sucks; Brittany’s awesome, and a talented operator.
On the plus side, my parents got back safely from visiting my brother in Salt Lake City today. It’s also the old man’s birthday. So, that’s pretty good.
I haven’t felt like this for this long in years. I’m sorry to bitch. Thanks just for giving me somewhere to let this out. Sincerely, thanks everyone. Maybe I’ll be back to posting old and tired memes and whatnot tomorrow. Love yinz.
Hang in there, buddy! Just think, things could always be worse: Aaron Rodgers could be our QB.
Oh, wait….
I’m not pleased with Ed dying before we got to see the Backyard Brawl again. He was a Pitt alum, and we’re at 1-1 in the series since I met him. This was supposed to be the rubber match. I want to speak to a manager about this…
You will hear him laughing when Pitt wins!
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Hang tough Buddy. This will pass.
I appreciate it, and I know.
I wish I could loan you my dog for a week. She’d love to keep you company.
Two felines, and two canines already. We’re full up, but gracias anyway.
I’m rewatching Supernatural from the beginning and it’s fun to see all the familiar faces that show up in the early episodes.
“I used to run guys through three Oklahoma Drills a day and threaten to shoot the loser, and I still didn’t get this rate of injuries.”
I am not positive it’s the funniest part of this post (though it may be) but it is the absolute humour knockout blow here.
AI — study this on your hologram of who Rex Ryan is.
Great, now AI is gonna delete Rex
https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-vibe-coding-horror-story-what-started-as-a-pure-dopamine-hit-ended-in-a-nightmare/
I didn’t understand even 5% of this, and it still scared the shit out of me. The machines are going to be the death of us all.
Excellent Ryaning, Rev. I feel like Rex is the guy who is, on air, gonna just be like, “none of this shit matters we’re just getting these weak losers to their next flaccid dick commercial. “
So long Ozzy. I’m glad I got to see you performing.
https://youtu.be/T0r-UTPRJDU?si=DS6FjdFRDiih0Uqg
Interesting sound! I’ve never heard of these guys but this band seems pretty good.
They are what’s called “heavy metal” which I think means they use uranium guitars.
I guess it’s just as well that he died before the tarriffs kicked in.
Thank you 2pack for remembering me in yesterday’s draft. Pretty sure I’m more excited about Nitschke the player than the actor.
But, hey, if the Crew wins tonight, it’s free burgers at Webb’s for all!!! And I’m going back for this weekend!!!
Do they still have Farsi? He came from Cavalry FC.
I wonder if he gets asked “Do you speak, Farsi?” a lot
Not sure, but I guarantee if any Farsi was heard during a Brewer game, at least in Milwaukee, that place would be overrun be ICE before you could fry a cheese curd. Luckily they’re playing in Seattle tonight. At least they got the kid regularly throwing over 100 on the mound
I was confused by Crew. Thought that you were in Columbus. Silly litre.
I was just happy I drafted him before you got the chance. Be well Homie.
That is 314% better than any other NFL analysis I will read this week
Here’s a rough edit (which means it’s as good as it’s going to get) of a POV walk through Brooklyn, going from my apartment in Fort Greene down to my workplace in Dumbo, via the G and C subway lines, with a slight side trip up onto the Brooklyn Bridge. Notice the extraordinarily shitty camera work from someone who claims to be a photographer. This is from 2012 when I was working on Boardwalk Empire.
https://vimeo.com/1103170429
Bouncy lady coming down the stairs adds real value.
The thumbnail image was automatically selected by the Vimeo upload app.
Apparently Vimeo knows the audience.
Hey Brick, you must know the Godfather, right?
Padre Weaselo went to school with him, and I played on one of his albums.
Maybe. Who is the Godfather? (besides Marlon Brando & Al Pacino)
Just went through the back channel. (No, Balls, not like that)
You could get from your apartment to the subway in a hurricane and barely get damp. That’s a dream for most New Yorkers!
Hash n Gash Dash is going into my vocabulary!
Blue Jays just intentionally walked Aaron Judge, who over his last 6 games is 2-21, (0-3 tonight), with 1 HR, so that they could get to the guy who hit a 3-run HR earlier.
It worked.
It did, but man, if you’re scared to pitch to a guy who’s currently 2-21 you maybe shouldn’t be in sports.
I THOUGHT HE WAS DUE!
My Picture Folder (Neurodivergent Interpretation)
Here’s supporting evidence from November 2024:
Found a funny:
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Hash n Gash Dash sounds like something tWBS would have loved to participate in.
Hash n Gash Dash sounds like something tWBS
would have loved to participate ininvented.Fixed that for you
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Imagine how infuriating it would be to have been a teetotaller who died of natural causes in your mid sixties and while waiting to get into heaven you encounter Ozzy and find out that he outlived you by ten years.
/Keith Richards’ animated corpse has entered
https://bsky.app/profile/keithstack.com/post/3lul65nfjic2b
“he’s bitin the heads off the angels now”
Am I going to become a Marketplace guy for Lego? Seems so.
What’s that mean?
Buying lego from private citizens as opposed to stores.
2 feet up on those storylines Rexy ole boy, though think McDaniels going for the trifecta
“Will Mike McDaniel get punched by…”
Follow up, will he actually be punched, or will he be:
A) Given a swirlie?
B) Stuffed into a locker?
C) Duct taped to a flagpole?
E) Given the dreaded Rear Admiral?
I assume D) is the mystery box, which I will select as my choice.
Concussed Tua steps on his award winning diorama?
Great stuff Rev but disagree on Derrick Henry-he sheds obstacles the way his English King namesake shed wives.
But without the smelly jousting injury!
Hangovers are bad enough, but when you get them from being dehydrated (courtesy of playing tennis this a.m.) they’re even worse.
my tribute to Ozzy will be getting drunk tonight and upsetting the missus for being hungover while packing tomorrow before our trip to see her brother in Maryland on Thursday.
Ozzy would have wanted it that way.
Sounds like you should hydrate.