Author: Beerguyrob

Your “Everybody’s History Is History” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Julian Edelman, noted by nfl.com as "one of the few active Jewish NFL players", has offered to take DeSean Jackson to the Holocaust Museum in DC to help educate each other. In exchange, he wants Jackson to take him to the African-American Museum of History and Culture so

Your “All Hail Our Blessed Saviour, Soccer” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: It's all about reducing capacity & costs today: The Ravens announced they will go as low as 14,000 per home game, to accommodate social distancing. That's 80% below their maximum capacity of 71,000 fans. No word on Purple camo masks. The Chiefs have announced a season-ticket holder-only plan.

Your “It Can’t Really Be That Hard, Can It?!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: In honour of the passing of Ennio Morricone, I present to you a triptych of emotions: (press play) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnk The good: Patrick Mahomes is as happy as a guy worth nearly a half-billion dollars could be. "I'm just glad I get to continue building this legacy in Kansas City," Mahomes

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: The big news is Patrick Mahomes agreeing to a 10-year, $450 million extension with the Chiefs. It's a total of $477.6 million over the next 12 seasons. The injury guarantee is $140 million. Mike Trout had previously held the record for the largest professional contract when he signed

Your “Different Belly Rubs Brings Different Scrutiny” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: Apparently they are still looking into the Robert Kraft case, as the Florida Appeals Court had a hearing today about the constitutionality of the search warrants.  Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey DeSousa pleaded his case today that the lower court rulings should be thrown out and the recording

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My quest to spend all weekend intoxicated continues apace. Time out was taken to doing the gardening chores today, but that just meant "hard work" beers, which were "Trash Panda IPAs". A tad heavy, but since I was done for the day I didn't much care. They were cold, in my

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As is tradition, a version of this must be played to announce the official beginning of summer vacation. This year, I've chosen Switzerland's finest 80s metal band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHUQEBnnwU Marc Storace gave Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon a real run for his money in the permed mullet department.   Which all begs the self-loathing

Your “When Things Don’t Go According To Plan” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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Nodules of NFL News: The big news today is that the Hall of Fame Game has been officially cancelled.  This was widely expected, but still needed to be publicly announced to avoid the arrival of thousands of motor homes in Canton, Ohio. Having been there during HoF Week, I