I am rebooting (I DO live in LA, you know) the series of posts I created last year inspired by BFC's Thursday Night Open Thread in which he professed his love for the maple bar. Last year, the plan was for this to be an ongoing off-season series on Saturday nights
Reflections
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 16, 2024 Season
Whew, Uncle Teddy is back. I know y'all missed his handsome mug. JV fixtures were all bad, and the NFL proper slate looked...less than promising. Oddly, Black Panthers/Qards was maybe the most competitive (while still resembling professional FITBAW) early matchup. As Balding Spiritually noted, Charlotte's finest led 20-3 and 30-20, and
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 15, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 14, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 13, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 12, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 11, 2024 Season
Welcome back to this week's recap of our brief hellscape respite. Stupid 8-3 split, but at least my late window boredom makes for good writing conditions. That and drugs. Noo Yawk's football Jest didn't make a first down until inside the first half's 2-minute warning. Despite this stone age start, they
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 10, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 9, 2024
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 8, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 7, 2024 Season
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 6, 2024 Season
Some days, one just feels like monkeyshit. I wasn't hungover, I don't think actually sick, I DID remember to take my anti-crazy pills in the morning...so, who knows. Maybe just the pressure of living in this fucking Darkest Timeline. But STILL, I was up in time for MANDATORY WATCH DUTIES. What did we