Losing the Anxiety – Monday Open Thread

Don T - August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

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We’re halfway through the preseason. Not really; that’s a soothing miscalculation because there’s two more preseason games. But I can lie to myself like that noooo problem. And yet it’s true: the season will get here soon, and the games are fine as a nothing better to do. Not enough to

Covid on My Mind – Monday Open Thread

Don T - August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Week 2 of the Preseason starts this Thursday, and there will be games all through Sunday. I am looking forward to those games as much as updates from incoming packages. Right now, we’re at the Sorting Facilities, where I’m sure each and every worker is masked, washes hands every ten

Your 🎶Football Football Foooooot-uh Baaaaaalllll🎶 Open Thread

Don T - August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

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You know, in this pandemic… NEWS By which I mean, NFL News dammit—it’s August already wooo!! O, unrelenting march of time: blessed be your proportional dispensation of both the terrible and tolerable. Indianapolis QB Carson Wentz will have foot surgery, will be out 5 to 12 weeks per head coach Frank Reich. Let’s turn

“Is the World Off?” Saturday Open Thread

Don T - January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

We end a week dominated by Gamestop and stonks, and my guess is there’s no trading on Saturdays because NOTHING is happening. I dunno, ??Personal Musings Alert?? when it comes to money, I’m neither a gambler nor speculator. Working for a living is fine enough for me, and there is nothing sweeter

Your “No Disrespect Dammit!” Thursday Open Thread

Don T - January 21, 2021April 12, 2021

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[Banner via Mar-a-Lago live feed] Next Sunday is Championship Sunday, the best sports day of the year, I think. But with its high highs comes the Wile E. Coyote plummet. Come next Monday, it’s the Superb Owl and then The Emptiness of Life* until August, interrupted by signings and the Draft.