Fortunately it’s my neighbor so he doesn’t screw me with tires that do more than they need to! “Speed rating? It’s my neighbor’s Corolla!” The speedometer only goes to 160, and good luck getting close to that speed on NYC highways, unless you drive a 330i or Challenger or Infiniti at 2 AM on the Belt. (In which case, may your night not go like a Need for Speed game because fuck you in particular.)
Onto divisional round news:
-500s waive WR Diontae Johnson, who was miffed at his lack of touches/snaps. (He played 15 of the 70 offensive snaps and had 1 catch against the Chargers.)
-Sonic & Knuckles: David Montgomery was a full participant in Tuesday’s practice, so it looks like he’ll be locked on against the Commies on Saturday at the Blue Sphere, I mean Ford Field.
-#ThePauls name Tommy Rees as OC.
-Colts named the home team for the NFL’s game in Berlin. I can think of one guy who will not be there.
-AJ Brown likes to curl up with a good book that he brings to the game, damn it! (Seriously, good for him. Also it’s fine with Nick Sirianni which is the important part.)
What’s on tonight?
Early iceball!
-Vichy Whalers vs. Nobody cares until at least this weekend (CAR vs. BUF, in progress, TNT)
-Fun Disks vs. Alexander Supertramp was in over his head and should have never gone, THERE I SAID IT (EDM vs. MIN, 8:30, TNT)
Beginning of NBA caring season
-“Fuck Embiid” vs. No, seriously, fuck him (NYK vs. PHI, 7:00, ESPN)
-This will probably not go well (BOS vs. TOR, 7:30, TSN)
-Steph Curry’s aging ankles dragging this team to make the play-in vs. Anthony Edwards’s Ref-Cursing Jamboroo (GSW vs. MIN, 9:30, ESPN)
What conference is this? (No, seriously, doesn’t the Big XII not exist anymore?)
-Rock Chalk vs. Twisters not in Kansas (Kansas vs. Iowa State, 7:00, ESPN2)
-Seton Hall vs. Butler (7:00, FS1)
-Seton Hall double shot? Oh dear god, you could have come up with a good team. (NCAAW! Seton Hall vs. Marquette, 9:00, FS1)
It’s what we got, even if it isn’t what we want!
Ron, visiting from Post #8, Capitol Hill.
He is a retired D.C. public school teacher, Army veteran, and a great guy.
Photographed at Post #85, Arlington VA
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American Legion Post #85
Arlington Virginia
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Steve-O’s cousin, the Desert Storm vet?
Woman on Wheel of Fortune had this:
_UDIST COLO_Y
She went with “Buddhist Colony” and holy shit I hope her friends are nicer than mine would be.
What are they teaching these kids?
What kind of prudish hippie guesses that?
Without a dead body it’s just a lowercase t
I’ll guarantee you Mike can find you a dead body.
I JUST SAW SOME IDIOT AT THE GYM PUT A WATER BOTTLE IN THE PRINGLES HOLDER ON THE TREADMILL.
At least there’s free parking just a couple blocks away
Yeah, right next to New York Avenue.
Does this count as a Supplemental Draft Pick?
Tampering
Boy, Hyman really busted through to get that goal for Edmonton. Wasn’t even cherry-picking.
That’s the first time I’ve heard that joke.
You should get out more.
I am very full of starch. Tater tots and udon and curry that had cubed potatoes in it. Would drinking lots of alcohol help alleviate this bloated feeling? Or just make it worse?
Really only one way to find out.
Potato Vodka time
“Alcohol, the cause of — and solution to — all of life’s problems!” — Homer J. Simpson
I’ve had curry with fries and few times and rules, really need to add them tots in the mix thanks for the inspiration
Curry on tots was delicious when I had it the first time but instead of simply reheating the curry as per my original plan my MiL cooked it way too long and it lost all the flavor. Also she served it over udon that the Dr. Mrs. insisted I defrost for her but she ended up not wanting, so my dinner consisted of flavorless curry of udon followed twenty minutes later by naked tater tots.
And yes, I am complaining about the dinner that someone else served me, because I had a plan for dinner and it got blown up like a comedy squad NFL team (take your pick; Browns/Raiders/Jets/Panthers/Jaguars/Bears) on its second year of a new head coach.
I should amend that it was more like curry with tots, because I kept them separate. I would get a spoonful of curry and then drop a fresh tot in there so it stayed crunchy.
well at least does sound like a great excuse to drink then
Did you bring home some tater tots in your pants pocket?
In an effort to be more ‘social’ I signed up for a Timeleft dinner tonight. You take a short survey and then have dinner with a bunch of random people at a random restaurant.
You find out the restaurant morning of, and it’s some generic Italian place in the suburbs on the far side of San Jose, 30 minute drive with no traffic, more like 45 minutes to an hour right now. Not worth spending an extra $100 to Uber it, so it’s also gonna be a pretty sober evening. These people better be awesome because nothing else is particularly inspiring so far.
30 minutes drive to meet strangers?
Count me out.
I got a 20 minute drive tomorrow for a sibling’s birthday and I’m gonna whine about it.
It’s supposed to be in San Jose, which would be closer, but it’s a neighborhood outside of San Jose at the point furthest from me and with the least highway access, which is saying something since like 5 highways all intersect in San Jose. You can bet I’ll be leaving feedback.
I’m assuming that the restaurant pays them a fee/kickback to have the event held there.
It’s only 6 people per location and supposedly there are a bunch of locations, but I do wonder
I am equal parts intrigued and terrified by that concept. If I have to drive how can I reduce my social anxiety without drinking?
/has zero social anxiety what-so-ever
You can never get enough friends (which = connections) so why not give it a try? Please file a detailed after action report.
Buffalo just got awarded a penalty shot when a guy was slashed while breaking in on an empty net.
Apparently it’s an automatic goal, but I think they should make him take the penalty shot.
On an open goal from a short distance away? Exciting!
Right, but it gives the player a chance to really go for it. Glide in backwards on one leg and then shoot while doing a triple Lutz? The world is your oyster, and there’s no goalie to stop you!
You can’t do a lutz in hockey skates, you need a toe pick.
New rule! If you’re awarded a penalty shot on a breakaway you have to take the shot you have to do it wearing figure skates and Make. It. Pretty!!
Now THAT is how you jazz it up!
Here’s an interesting wrinkle: that doesn’t count as a shot on goal, and the Sabres didn’t record any shots in that entire third period. So in the third period, they scored one goal on zero shots, something that has never happened since the league began tracking shots in the 1960s.
If we’re doing book club night I’m currently juggling two books, (because I’m playing 8D Chess, you see); Pappyland, which is ostensibly about Julian Van Winkle and his returning the Pappy Van bourbon to prominence, but which is really about how nothing is permanent, family is everything, and how the author probably needs a therapist.
The last part you sort of have to read between the lines to get. It’s a good read though.
The second is The Ancients, set something like 231 generations after civilization as we know it got wiped out, (probably spoiler alert: we did it to ourselves!), and now all those years later people are barely back to the Bronze Age and things are getting bad again. Very good read as well.
Just finished Lamb by Christopher Moore. Excellent, as advertised.
I will start the vampire series next.
The vampire ones are good. I didn’t like the way the ended, but Moore didn’t ask me either, so there’s that.
Check out his ‘Sacre Bleu’ when you get the chance. I think it’s his second best.
I really like AJ Brown for reading on the sideline, and it seems he’s actually super into the book, he’s annotated his copy and everything. There are actually some pretty funny Amazon/Goodreads reviews of it now and he’s driving book sales to people I’m guessing don’t buy a lot of books otherwise so all around good!
looking forward to some book club TD celebrations
This explains how Jerry Jones has been playing 4d chess. He’s bring in PRIME TIME because his time at college has shown him the value of players reading.
I get value from reading too
-L Michele
JUST FOUND THE PERFECT PLAYBOOK TO TAKE MY BOYS TO THE TOP. ON FOUR… KLAATU! BARADA! NIKTO!. WOOOHOOO IM FUCKING INSANE
Olivia’s penning his invitation as we speak.
https://doorfliesopen.com/2019/05/31/request-line-elis-slumber-party-mixtape-volume-3/comment-page-1/
I got this because I started reading that book literally last night!
I’ve been reading the murder bot dairies based on someones suggestion here.
Possibly mine? I certainly would have wholeheartedly recommended it.
Sure
Maybe
Possibly
Thank you
On book 4, they are fun so far
Kid got what he deserved.
Yeah he shouldn’t have gone into the Alaska wilderness dressed like that.
Or, like, at all.
I took an intense dislike to that kid the farther I got into the book. Not sure if that’s what Krakauer intended, but he sure as hell got there.
He was expecting My Side of the Mountain and got… very much not that.