It’s the tale of teams trying or successfully moving. Or staying put. Or something. First, we have the A’s, and fuck Fisher, sell the team, or at the very least, figure out what the fuck “binding” means. Although I thought the Tropicana *puts 30 seconds on the clock*
-Was in St. Pete, though it should absolutely be demolished because calling it an eyesore would be insulting eyesores and also, fucking Rays.
-Became Club Babalu at the beginning of Season 6 of I Love Lucy.
-Is a subsidiary of Pepsico.
Cool, covered my bases. And also I think I know a shirt to get Senorita Weaselo!
Meanwhile, in Arizona, who the fuck knows what’s gonna happen with the Coyotes? The voters gave a no on the resolution for the new Tempe arena, in part because Phoenix might have said “Don’t you fucking do it.” So, ladies and gentlemen, your new Houston Aeros? Not like Bettman’ll move them to Quebec, especially with this year’s final four teams being the most southern ever.
Fuck it, if the NFL’s deadset on moving the Jags to London… the Mexico City Coyotes?
No real football news to speak of, so we got sports!
NBA
Eastern Conference Finals: Miami @ Boston, Game 1 (8:30, TNT)
(Weastern Conference Finals Game 2 tomorrow)
NHL
No games, ECF starts tomorrow, WCF starts Friday
Still no MLB games on national TV, which is wack as hell.
Monday night we covered the SCP Foundation. Welp, I guess we’re not sleeping tonight! I mean we weren’t anyway, I gotta write the Beat. And then I should watch this season’s Marbula One, because this week’s F1 race at Imola has been canceled due to flooding. But there’s no flooding on Marblearth! Plus this week’s race is at Sakura Garden, home of defending Marble League champs the Pinkies. And if you still want cars, how about The Stig (Ben Collins) talking about being The Stig?
Lastly, tomorrow marks our Good Friday, as we observe the three-year anniversary of tWBS’s passing. I’m not sure what we’ve got lined up for the open thread, and I don’t know what our Easter is, and I don’t know where I’m going with this analogy. But since it’s tomorrow, worth the notification.
With that, we’ll see you next week.
I want to have fun like this guy.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE TO THE PARQUET OF THE GARDEN!
NO ONE DENIES THIS!
Sup?
I have a new favorite Indian pizza place, easily the best palak paneer pizza of the bunch. Only drawback is no desi breadsticks
I’m sorry. Indian pizza? Do elaborate on this (what I assume to be) magical dish
Apparently it’s a Bay Area thing? I just know there are a dozen places near me that deliver.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/Indian-Pizza-is-a-Bay-Area-staple-But-is-a-great-17029422.php
I think some home experimentation is in order for this.
Oh wow. I need this wondrous thing in my life!
Wife keeps demanding I eat more salad. So, tomorrow is Del Taco fries day.
Pro move right there Buddy.
I’m looking forward to hockey season starting up.
Your guys had a great run. Plenty there to look forward to.
No doubt. Beyond happy with everything.
And I will never forget that playoff OT game winner from Eberle. The place just blew up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gcg0uG1JKY
OT winners are the best. I still remember being at a Rangers bar for this goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSCC3gwHhPU&t=44s
Yep. They had two! I would have lost my shit if this happened in Seattle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJyiyyOyUBw
The lawn. If it will stop raining I’ll cut it tonight after work.
Were there even Celts in Ireland? Wasn’t that more Druid territory?
Druids were the priests of Celtic peoples before the introduction of Christianity. They were all over the whole British Isles until the Angles and Saxons showed up and pushed them north and west. Also Vikings.
Also, starting at 2nd level, they can use Wild Shape to transform into animals.
Celtics turned a nine point halftime lead into an eleven point deficit by the end of the third quarter.
Make it 12. Fantastic.
NO ONE UNDAHSTANDS ARR SUFFERAHING!
NAWT FAHR!
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/1659015940254883841
YOUAH CAHHNAWT UNDAHSTAHND OUAH PAHNN AHND AHHNGUISH
Coyotes should just move to Moscow. It’s only slightly less anti-NATO than Central AZ.
Not sure Idaho can support a pro team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4jF1BA0KI&ab_channel=EmbracetheGrind
My shower has claimed yet another spider that thought it was a great place to put a web. This one had a fighting chance, as it put the web at the front of the tub, leaving it a wedge of air through which to climb up and away from the rushing torrent of water. However, instead of going that direction, it instead chose to scramble further into the tub where it swiftly got swept away and crushed against the drain guard. RIP spider, your instincts are stupid and wrong.
Is Port Hawkesbury a real school? That’s good Canadianienneing.
Fuckin’ Digby…..
I tried to chase a pretty big jumping spider out of the shower while the water was running. I found out that jumping spiders don’t know how to swim, and can’t breathe in water. Sorry, spider.
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And that was in New York, six months after the war ended!
Jesus, what the hell did Hoban do to deserve that?
I think enough time has passed to finally present the tWBS Bill of Freeloaders which would once and for all abolish the Death Tax on This is Great’s which are passed down from generation to generation here. When I choose an heir from the local orphanage I want to be sure they’re taken care of.
Our man Herodotus is touring various orphanages for talent. Nothing to see here.
Did he borrow a windowless van from someone?
Teardrop window.
What ever became of Dave, tWBS’s trusty steed?
Bought by the Lords of New Crobuzon, split apart and grafted onto criminals in the Punishment Factories? Just a guess.*
*Why yes, I have been reading yet another China Mieville novel.
Me thinks his nephew got it. He communicated to the group on Slack after TWBS’ passing using TWBS acct. (Which was really weird because I was really high while reading it)
There’s another fella that left us for good, which as Hippo continually reminds us, Is Against The Rules. His first name was Tabula. I’m tossing out a Midnight Oil tune that he liked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKPNnk-JhE&ab_channel=MidnightOilVEVO
Was that ever confirmed, or just strongly suspected? Viva was a really good dude; part of me hopes he just got bored and found some place else to kill time.
My tribute is going to be instigating an internet blood feud with a random Aussie lawyer.
/thinking again about how to salute the memory of tWBS tomorrow
Me: [be very quarrelsome with someone on the site]
Also Me: [apologize profusely the next day]
Leave to Seamus to somehow shoehorn Green Day into the PGA Championship’s coverage.
Yes, we know that’s you.
I think the loftiest tribute I can give to tWBS is drunkenly throwing a can of beer at my neighbor Friday night and missing badly.
I have my monthly poker tournament this Friday night. To honor tWBS I will go all in with a 9-4 off-suit.
But are you humming Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) under your breath while doing so?
Oh, I can do that tomorrow!
If you really, really wanted to, you could do it every day.*
*not recommended
DUDE
/wipes away tears