Author: Don T

Wednesday Motivational: Listening

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I hate macho crap. The aggro, the bluster, the catcalls, the “words are for PUSSAYS” of it all. It’s a gushing blast of testosterone and a complete waste of brain. In a word, blech. Here’s one thing nobody will ever say about macho types: he was a good listener. Listening requires

Wednesday Motivational: Apologies

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When I’m at peak misanthropy, I wonder about all the importance given to apologies. Nobody’s perfect, everyone says. It’s an accepted truth, such as “people make mistakes”, “shit happens”, “I’m a Gemini”, and other gems of exculpation. And sure, admitting being wrong is a big ask: Who the hell wants to

Wednesday Motivational: Try Again

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The Arizona Cardinals were one thing I liked about the 2023 season. They started the legend of Black Powder (nickname of the season), three of their four wins were against playoff teams (DAL, PIT & PHI), and got Kyler Murray back. Murray looks fine to either start or trade. Arizona

Wednesday Motivational: Perspective

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This is the last week of the 2023 season for NFL fans, the biggest fans of convoluted calendars since the Aztecs. Ask anyone about the 2015 playoffs and what NFL fans mean is: the games played between January 9 and Owl L, 2016. If even identifying a precise calendar year

Wednesday Motivational: Xmas Music Special

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Hello hello. Happy Holidays, which I wish earnestly. Not everybody celebrates Christmas, but nobody is clear from its tornado of consumerism and reliculous traditions. Stores get crowded, traffic gets worse and everywhere you go, there it is, again: Xmas music, melodious browbeating of JESUS, BUY, CHRIST, PAY, LORD and so

Wednesday Motivational: 🎵It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Playoffs🎵

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Good morning good morning good morning. GOOD. MORNING. Wooo! What? It’s enthusiasm. I didn’t mean to upset you. [mutters] Oh, I’m the asshole gimme a break. Sorry to startle you there with my exuberance, Daredevil comma the Man without Fear. Just a little joshing, is all. But I am on a festive mood. Over

Wednesday Motivational: Appreciate, Reflect, Repeat.

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Good morning, folks. I’m stepping in for tWBS in writing this Motivational because he’s still dead. Three years… Wow. Luv ya man [pours black coffee over kitchen ants]. I think about tWBS at least weekly, on account of his commitment to post something positive every Wednesday, even when he didn't want

2023 Titans Buh Bye Report

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If you’ve been online this week, you certainly caught all the flowers and blowjobs thrown at Eagles GM Howie Roseman. He traded for Safety Kevin Byard, two-time NFL All Pro and, in Tennessee, the bluest chip for the Titans between 2017-2022. I like Roseman, an Iggles numbers man since 2000. He

Mostly Hinged Titans Preview (2023) and Week 1 (Woo Hoo!) Open Thread

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First of all, happy LaboUr Day. I hope you have a totally, not-communist holiday experience, unlike those inopportune May Days over at Michael Flynn's. But there's a bit of class struggle thingy that merits consideration. This RBs are interchangeable narrative is... I hate it. It's a self-fulfilling capitalist market prophecy, of

CFL Beat: Week 10

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Well, hello. Your friendly neighboUrhood Maestro is on sabbatical in Europe with Lady Maestro. You get me for a sub on this instalment of CFL Beat, for which I gladly volunteered my talent. Which won’t be necessary after all. Maestro, being generous and dutiful, left a post skeleton (great), and