Another Tribute? Pfft, Yeah! – Sunday Offseason Etc. Etc.

Tomorrow will be the 6th anniversary of the death of The Wee Baby Seamus. Since tWBS’s passing, I’m afraid, he’s been posting less frequently. All of us are poorer for it, because there’s been no new material since the Lockdown. So, apologies from the start if this gets repetitive. But first:

To tWBS

/raises AM Medalla

There’s no way I was writing this sober

/pours one for tWBS

//spill requires three Bountys

///updates PÉRDIDAS 2026  ledger

A bit of bidness.

NFL NEWS

-The Steelers have their 2026 starting QB, Qaron Rodgers. This has to be his last season and Rodgers returns with no guarantees of extending plays beyond 2.5 seconds, which is great fodder to all fans who love 13-plus-snaps field goal drives and wish ill on the Stillers.

What else…

Bof. It really is May. Let’s stick with Rodgers.

As a work obsessive, I have to give props to late-career Qaron for actively seeking cushy employment, instead of settling for a barge full of money. Back in ’22, Denver hired, as head coach, Nathaniel Hackett—famously, Rodger’s butler in Green Bay. Rodgers stayed put that year because jeez: waaay needy courtship, Donks. Plus the spectRe of Hackett as head coach. Rodgers went to the Jets in ’23, along with a Hispanic-extended-family-sized posse of flunkies and waterboys. That sucked for Jets fans and management stans, but was a canny move by a new employee. Employers can provide many creative fringe benefits packages, but my guess is none compares with an RV full of enablers.

Last year under Mike Tomlin, Rodgers was understated because he is not dumb. Qaromn would never risk a confrontation with Tomlin, who does not tolerate shit from nobody *coughs* except the star WR or Le’Veon Bell. (Which I liked.)

Now, Rodgers has Mike McCarthy as HC. For the Stillers, the alternative to McCarthy was pairing Rodgers with an unproven young coach for a drama-filled 4^th place in the AFC North, instead of a resigned decline with Capt. Bluebunny. McCarthy – Rodgers II seems like a glide into retirement for both, not a final push.

SPROTS TO MIGHT

All times Central.

GRANDES LIGAS

Padres (Giolito) @ Marineros (Kirby) – 6:20

TRAVELING 3s – Game 7

Cavaliers @ Pistons – 7:00

Winner goes to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks on Tuesday.

FINALLY,

If forced to choose a single quality that defined tWBS, which would be difficult because how the hell can you reduce to one attribute a force of nature (which is three words BTW), who also happened to be a photographer serious about composition and a doting uncle AND a virtuoso shit stirrer adept with both the stick and the flamethrower—ANYWAY.

Doer, tWBS was a doer. He was truly a man of action. Mostly of impulsive, sometimes irritating action. Although the dude could talk, oh how he would talk. Really spin the yarn that guy 😝

tWBS was the sweetest hothead I’ve known. I miss him terribly. He had a huge heart, yooge; a very generous dude, which set tWBS apart. But I’m sure that, like me, all of you (knowingly or not), are blessed by having kind and concerned folks around your orbit; whether within family or other corners of Reel Lyf, or here on the web—“imaginarily”, as is said around these parts.

tWBS, it could be said, loved too much. But I don’t think you can feel love fractionally; it engulfs completely and can drown your judgment. When you act out of love, it’s with everything. It is not transactional, but genuine. So when you give your all and best, and it’s not corresponded, it’s easy to see that heartbreak is a fancy word for complete emotional wreckage.

Nobody owes love to anyone, and it’s easy to feel used and discarded after a nasty breakup. I remember tWBS going on about closure, but I knew what he meant and I said that you cannot shame someone to take you back, or plead with someone to show affection for you. Any caring would be out of obligation, which works for nobody middle-class or lower. He told me to fuck myself, which I deserved. Sometimes folks want to be heard and feel empathy, instead of being fed clichés or advice.

I’m sure tWBS received plenty of love from here in life, and never conditionally or out of obligation. That’s what he gave to this community. Rest in peace, man. Luv ya.