Sooooooooooooooo…..

ISoG came to a rather inauspicious end this week.  And yet you still have to hear about it, apparently.  Yes, I’m a dick.

tWBS (to New Girl): Soooooo, ummmmm, Van….

New Girl:  Look, just cut to the chase.  I’m not some wilting flower you need to treat gently.  Don’t try to schmooze me.  Just tell me.  The past week has already been a fucking nightmare.

So who is New Girl?  Who is “Van….”?

Is she just some fantasy girl we referred to but never actually sprung on ya’s?  Sort of I guess.  But like Leticia, she was based in fact.  And if we do continue the saga in the future, you’ll get to know her more.  More or less, she is/was my idea of ballsofsteelandfury’s perfect woman.  His perfect match, more or less (translation: The only woman I thought would put up with him).

But who is she based upon?  Oh wouldn’t you like to know?????

Give it time, you’ll find out in just a little while.

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Chris Cornell

When I started writing this post, Chris Cornell was still alive.  Now he’s not.

As some of you no doubt recall, a few days ago we had a “discussion” about the pitfalls of meeting our “heroes”.  I don’t use that word, FWIW.  But I do admire people who are creative and enrich my life, tho.  Over the years, I’ve had occasion to meet several of my “heroes”.  More often than not, they’ve turned out to be great people.

But I never had occasion to meet Chris Cornell (came close once, but it was an odd night and a lot of shit happened…..but that’s another story).  Nonetheless, his passing hit me pretty hard.

As a wannabe drummer in the mid 90s….well, never mind.

People I know who knew him, to one degree or another…well, by all accounts he was a great guy, who also had his share of demons.  Let’s just leave it at that.

By the time most of you read this, your shock of his death will have worn off…presuming you had any shock at all to begin with.  Mine won’t have.  Dude was amazing.

I now regret terribly never having met him.  And whatever it is that drove him to the (alleged) decision to end it all, I’m hopeful that death brought him some peace.

Something we all need sometimes…I guess.  No matter the price.

But honestly, him being gone and Curt Schilling still being around….?  Fuck off already, universe.

RIP, Chris.  Maybe I’ll see ya on the other side, brother.

If that last one doesn’t give you goosebumps, you very well might have no soul.  Just saying.

And if you feel like you need moar therapy, feel free to pop over to Rikki-Tikki-Deadly’s uplifting DFO Request Line from earlier today.  If you don’t want to kill yourself yet, just give it time.

Yes, I realize that was terrible “too soon” humour.  Don’t care.

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So Some Sports Happened

NHL

So the Stanley Cup playoffs are still a thing even though I no longer have a horse in the race.  Thanks, Caps.  See ya’s in October I guess.  In the West, the Ducks gritted one out last night in OT to knot that series up at 2 apiece.  Meanwhile, in the East, the Pens have had their hands full with Ottawa and trail in that series 2 games to 1.

• Tonight: Game 4: Yinzburgh @ Ottawa, 8pm, NBCSN (OTT up 2-1)

NBA

Well dangit, I guess I really do need to address this thing they call baxsetballing.  As I predicted some time ago, it’s down to Cleveland/Boston in the East, and Golden State/San Antonio in the West.  I will not take credit for that prediction however, as even a retarded infant could have called that one correctly.

Still boring, but whatever….

• Tonight: Cleveland @ Boston, 8:30pm, TNT (CLE up 1-0)

MLB

Yeah, it’s still going on and it’s still boring as hell.  And that’s coming from me, a yuuuuge baseball fan.  Seriously, in spite of my Orioles overachieving majorly thus far, this season has sucked

Standings.

Friday schedule.

HORSEYS!!!!!

The Preakness is tomorrow.  It’s one of the few days of the year that Baltimore actually seems to have some culture, so yeah I’m telling you about it.

• Bad Bettor Advice:  Don’t bet on Always Dreaming.  Not gonna happen, folks.  Sorry.  If you must wager your hard earned money on animals which are stupid and weigh nearly a ton, put a C-note down on Classic Empire.  You’ll probably still lose, bcuz stupid huge animals are huge and stupid….but you stand a better chance than if you go with the “favorite” here.  Trust me.

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So Who Is She?

Pardon me while I pull back the curtain.  Oh shit wait, lemme pull up my pants first…..

Vanessa Huppenkothen

Great name right?  And totally doesn’t even sound Mexican.  That’s because her Papa wasn’t.  He was a German footballer named Dieter.  This is him….

Apparently she must have gotten her looks from Mom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1cCgQKTn10

Born 24 July, 1985 (31 y.o.), Mexico City.

Model, sports reporter, actress (allegedly).

And totes devoted to balls’ happiness.

And also….she kinda perrty.

She is this week’s very, very special Princess.  Treat her nicely.

And as always, enjoy…..

High heels on balls.  Now if that’s not some sort of perfect symbolism, I dunno what is.

FWIW, I did reach out to balls for comment/reaction to this post:

balls:

tWBS:  Seriously dude,  Talk to me….you OK with this?

balls: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

balls was ummmm…….. unavailable for comment.

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tWBS’ Shitty Photo of the Week

This one is only a coupla weeks old now.  It was taken at Joshua Tree National Park in the company of ballsofsteelandfury, Low Commander of the Super Soldiers, and some really cool guy named Phil.  It was a lot colder than it looks, FWIW.  One of these days I’ll have to show you balls’ big blue arctic coat.  Hell, it’s not like you can tell it’s him in there.

And I also ended up with a handful of cactus needles thru my shoe and into my foot in order to get this shot.  So you better like it, lol…..

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Time To Call It A Day I Guess

Yeah, lots of emotions this week.  Meh.  The best and only thing we can do is to be true to ourselves as we react to the world.  Seriously, what else is there?

Be kind to one another.

And appreciate our foibles for what they are.  When it comes down to it, our foibles are what make us who we are.  And isn’t that kinda the whole point?

Demand the best for yourselves.  No one is going to give you that if you don’t demand it.  Trust me on this one….tWBS speaks from hard earned experience here.

Have a good weekend folks.

Love ya’s.

A “more” traditional version for reference…..

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