Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Dean Martin Not Included

Senor Weaselo - September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Call me crazy, but there are better moon-related songs. Like the one that was in my head this weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trfLkYpOglA The opera is Rusalka, if you're curious. This past weekend, in addition to being 9/11, was the Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Tsukimi aka Chuseok aka Tét Trung Thu, depending on country of origin). Most

BattleBots Beat: Return of the Voodoo Mistress

Senor Weaselo - September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

And then there was one. Welcome back to the Beat, where the hunted actually did the thing they were supposed to! Skorpios made it one for the gatekeepers with their split decision win over Bloodsport. Well, there is one more, and actually she'd be the first and only to defend both

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: I Guess It’s Not a 2022 Jets Preview?

Senor Weaselo - September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

Greetings, lizard people. I originally panicked last night and wrote a Jets preview post, but TSHU did his write-up this morning, so if you haven’t, read that. I’ll spare the “ramble about the Jets even though at this point I don’t actually get to watch” and go with the nickname

BattleBots Beat: The Zodiac Killer

Senor Weaselo - September 1, 2022August 31, 2022

Not Ted Cruz. Welcome back to the Champions Beat! Where the hunters are 3-0 against the hunted after Glitch managed to get Rotator to shear its own bottom plate off. It means there are two slots left to be claimed for the Golden Bolt tournament. Up for grabs? The bounty belonging

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: The Obligatory 2022 Fantasy Football Names Post

Senor Weaselo - August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

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Well, it's time for a tradition unlike any other. No, it's not The Masters, it's everyone's favorite attempt to be clever and/or raunchy, the nth annual Guide to Fantasy Football names! As I just said, it's about being witty, it's about being potentially offensive, it's about being so offensive that it

BattleBots Beat: The Palindromic Powerhouse

Senor Weaselo - August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat, Shempions edition! Where we've gotta say, like last year, it hasn't been a good start for the bounty bots, or legends, or gatekeepers, or whatever you want to call them. But the next of them knows a thing or two about turning around bad starts,

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: This Bleeping Week

Senor Weaselo - August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

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Evening, lizard people. I'm writing this a little after midnight, therefore it's Wednesday morning, to bitch and/or moan and/or kvetch. It's been a rough few days. -Friday night/Saturday morning: Someone broke into my car. I'm glad that nothing was broken, no glass shattered, and the locks are their usual sometimes-working, which

BattleBots Beat: The Mutant Scion

Senor Weaselo - August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! We forge ahead with the Shempions portion of our program with a second helping. This week's bounty to be hunted, or what they're calling the gatekeeper, is Lock-Jaw. In terms of the history of combat robotics, Donald Hutson's name would be littered across the book. Tazbot,

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Yes, We Attend Concerts Too

Senor Weaselo - August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Once again, a good evening. This is Wumbo Wednesday, and to answer everyone's questions from last week, or I guess originally my question… well, still nothing moved me, and it's admittedly tough knowing you won't be able to watch the majority of games due to spending Saturday mornings driving Senorita

BattleBots Beat: The Original Legend Killer

Senor Weaselo - August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

This is the BattleBots Season 3.0 heavyweight final, all the way back from the Comedy Central days. In one square, you had the two-time champion, BioHazard, believed by many even now to be one of the most dominant robots of all time. Its low profile and four-bar lifter controlled many

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Pitch Meetings

Senor Weaselo - August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Evening, lizard people. For this week's Wumbo Wednesday we'll do things a little differently. Namely because I have robot fights to watch even if we all knew what happened if we paid attention. As this past Saturday morning Hippo thoughts alluded to, the Premier League is back. Now, for a variety

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Your BattleBots Extreme All-Stars Champions Preview

Senor Weaselo - August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Welcome back to a Wumbo Wednesday edition of the BattleBots Beat, where we've been waiting for info on BattleBots: Bounty Hunters for… a couple months now? To no avail. But guess what? We have avail now! And we have knowledge about this Golden Bolt is, as we knew it wasn't for