Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

The revolution will be supervised.

Republicans do not trust women.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

“But what about the lurkers?”

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

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  1. 1.

    p.a.

    ‘Bout 6 break-ins in my neighborhood in the last 2 months. Leaning toward Sonitrol alarm and dropcams. Any advice? Dropcams also means upgrade from DSL to FiOS.

  3. 3.

    jacy

    Hoping the Avs can string together two wins in a row.

    And the discussion last night as to whether I should buy the 14-year-old a sword at the Renaissance Fair? Moot. He WON an actual sword playing “head toss,” which involves grabbing mannequin heads by the hair and tossing them into a barrel. He scored 13 out of 20 and the next highest score was 5/20. I think I’ve created a monster…. Small child got a crossbow that can either shoot small arrows or marshmallows. At least we’ll be prepared for the zombie apocalypse. Or a S’mores emergency.

  5. 5.

    Roger Moore

    @p.a.:

    And a drive-by, but technology doesn’t help with that.

    You just need different technology to help with that. Kevlar body armor might be useful, for instance.

  7. 7.

    Roger Moore

    @jacy:

    He WON an actual sword playing “head toss,”

    Now you’re going to have to enroll him in the SCA so he can learn how to use the thing safely. It wouldn’t do for him to have the same kind of cleaning accident all the gun nuts have.

  9. 9.

    Iowa Old Lady

    Twitter rumors that Al-Baghdadi (ie the Caliph) was killed or badly injured in a US air raid.

  10. 10.

    The Dangerman

    Auburn has multiple miracle finishes and probably should have lost last week except for a cruel (broken leg) fumble…

    …and they fumble twice at the end in brutal fashion to lose. Karmic justice.

    Now, if Alabama goes down at LSU and FSU manages to choke out a loss, we have chaos.

    Exxxxxxxxxxxxcelent.

    /montgomery burns

  11. 11.

    Brendan in Charlotte

    John – I’m sure my Sabres will allow you to enjoy the Pens game immensely – yup 3-0 already

  13. 13.

    Yoda Dog

    Catchin up on Boardwalk Empire…

    Bojack Horseman is a fantastic Netflix show, if you guys/gals haven’t seen it yet.

  14. 14.

    geg6

    Pens looking good so far.

    Getting ready to eat some beautiful salmon I got on sale with rice and roasted carrots accompanied by a nice Sauvignon blanc that was also on sale. Tomorrow it’s a roasted rosemary chicken with mashed potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts and an inexpensive Pinot noir. Lemon pudding cake for dessert both nights. Comfort food to calm me after this thoroughly depressing week. Hope the wine talk doesn’t bother you, Cole. If so, sorry and I won’t do it again.

  16. 16.

    Jerry

    My beloved Hurricanes are going for a fifth straight win in DC tonight. I imagine they’ll get hammered, but I can still hope. Also, big game in East Lansing tonight. I’ll be switching back ‘n forth for sure.

  18. 18.

    smintheus

    So why did the Habs retire Guy Lapointe’s number 3 decades after he retired? It’s almost as if the Canadiens haven’t had much to celebrate for so long that they’re looking way back for heroes.

  19. 19.

    BGinCHI

    I can’t believe I missed that ND drubbing today. Damn.

    Also, anyone see who MS State and Ole Miss played today? Why didn’t they just play a local high school?

  20. 20.

    Mike E

    CAA juggernauts Towson and Villanova are on teevee, broadcast by something called American Sports Network. Rapture.

  21. 21.

    The Dangerman

    @p.a.:

    …and dropcams.

    I’ve experimented a little with Camcloud and was fairly impressed (but I didn’t continue with them as my testing showed you really need to go with one of the high end FOSCAM’s and, at the end of the day, I’m way too cheap).

  22. 22.

    sharl

    @Iowa Old Lady: One guy who follows intel reports in that part of the world – and is pretty reputable AFAICT – smells some social media ratfucking going on:

    J.M. Berger @intelwire

    Corrected number: More than 16K tweets of “Baghdadi Killed” hashtag today, 1K in last hour. Treat with extreme caution, I’m looking deeper.

    At least 1/3 of the last 3,000 Baghdadi killed tweets were purchased from a spammer.

    There also some stale Iranian agitprop pictures of “Baghdadi’s corpse” circulating which have been recycled from months ago.

    The most active accounts promoting the hashtag look fishy, to be generous.

    The purchased tweets are all retweets of two original tweets, one of which contained the aforementioned fraudulent picture.

    Apparently ISIS’s enemies are learning from its social media tactics.

  26. 26.

    sharl

    @Iowa Old Lady: Heh, we’ll all want to double our efforts to ignore Senator Walnuts, but unfortunately the President doesn’t have that option (at least not in any obvious way).

  27. 27.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @jacy:

    At least we’ll be prepared for the zombie apocalypse. Or a S’mores emergency.

    Or both! Sounds like a good deal of fun was had. I’m so happy to hear about the sword, and how cool that he won it.

  29. 29.

    Violet

    I was going to work in my garden and then it rained in the afternoon. Boo. So I stayed inside and kept working on my course. I’m way behind but it’s fascinating and I’m enjoying it, so that’s all good. I wish I wasn’t so far behind though.

  30. 30.

    mai naem mobile

    @p.a.: get a dog. Doesn’t have to be a big dog but not a little whiney poodle type and has to bark like a watchdog. IMHO, that’ll do more than a security system/cameras.

  36. 36.

    Mike E

    @geg6: I finally made this recipe for chicken and shallots, unbelievable. Since I’m +0 like our bloglord, I substituted for the wine with some diluted cider vinegar and a little added honey. It was so good, I had the leftovers for breakfast this morning at 4am before going in to work at 4:30. Can’t wait to make it again.

  40. 40.

    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    I do sympathize. Hopefully all will be well and then you can come and enhancedly interrogate all of us with accounts of your gastronomic epic adventure.

    Time for more coffee, here in the Land of Excessive Morning Calm. I am going to see whether I can persuade Madame Morzer to explore the underground market in Nandaemun, where, allegedly, good whisky can be procured for a reasonable price. She’s just received a drop-off of home-made kimchi from her mother, so she’s looking quite bright and cheerful today.

  44. 44.

    Violet

    @geg6: @Mike E: Roasting potatoes and I’ve got lamb steaks for dinner. Probably some roasted vegetables as well. Haven’t decided. Easy dinner tonight.

  46. 46.

    MomSense

    @jacy:

    Welcome to my world! My kids all love swords and archery. Pretty soon you will recognize all the different kinds, their history, and how they are used.

    Sounds like everyone had a blast.

  52. 52.

    Violet

    @raven: Happy birthday! I used to have a sour orange tree in my front lawn before I moved. Amazing to cook with. I made a ton of marmalade and everything else I could think of. Used the sour orange juice for marinade for a pork dish. Traditional Yucatanian Poc Chuc. Amazing. Are you using achiote paste in yours? That really made a difference.

    I had so many sour oranges I didn’t know what to do with them, so did a lot of reading. Apparently sour orange was the original citrus for “Key lime pie”. Obviously it wasn’t Key limes but sour oranges. So I made one. It was good! I also made a sour orange bread. Still had so many oranges I was giving them away.

  55. 55.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Morzer: Anything can be found at Namdeamun for a good price with a bit of haggling. Hopefully the kimchi isn’t too fresh.

  58. 58.

    Violet

    @Morzer: It was about 20 feet tall. No way I could do that given the move was an intermediate move for a few months until the final place. It was a dangerous tree–had two to three inch sharp thorns. Could poke you in the eye if you weren’t paying attention. Really gorgeous in winter when it was filled with bright orange softball sized oranges, though. Like a Christmas tree!

  60. 60.

    Morzer

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    I believe the kimchi was made within the last two days, so I assume it’s going to remain in the fridge for the foreseeable future. I have got a commitment from She Who Must Be Obeyed to go to Namdeamun tomorrow and skulk around. Her birthday is coming up, so I am hoping to find something she might like there.

  66. 66.

    raven

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Aha, I only got that far south once, they didn’t like to let raggedy asses from up north in that AO. I hear there is actually a hiking trail on the route the Blue House Raiders took?

  67. 67.

    Morzer

    @Violet:

    It does sound wonderful. Some day I dream of finding a place with lots of garden space, building a really good conservatory and growing all sorts of wonderful things in it. Unfortunately, I have inverse green thumb, so I will probably have to observe from a distance, rather than pruning and grafting and watering and all that good stuff.

  69. 69.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @raven: Don’t know about the Blue House trail, the one time I got close to the Blue House I got a few whiffs of tear gas.

  70. 70.

    Violet

    @raven: Sour orange stock is actually the root stock used for most citrus in Florida and south Texas. The sour orange rootstock is hardier and withstands much lower temperatures. The citrus variety that is desired is grafted onto the hardier rootstock so that the tree itself won’t freeze.

    What sometimes happens is that the grafted bit freezes and the rootstock remains. That’s what happened in my case. The rootstock doesn’t always produce fruit, but in this case it did. The rootstocks have names but I don’t know what this one was.

    The sour orange was brought over by the Spanish–probably some variety of Seville oranges.

  72. 72.

    Mike E

    @Violet: I’m digging the simple but elegant recipes lately. Years ago, I once tried roasting crown roast lamb chops by dipping them in creamy ‘Caesar’ Italian dressing then covering them with crushed crackers. 450F for 15-20 minutes, medium rare to medium. Really good.

  76. 76.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @raven: Happy Birthday Eve-Eve, man. Recipe please?

    ETA: I see you posted it. Off to copy. kthxbai.xox

  77. 77.

    Mike E

    @Felanius Kootea: He was interviewed on the revamped Q and I totally get it. Whites are pissed because they’re being forced to confront their racist tendencies; blacks are pissed because they have to listen to dumb rationalising, again.

    I hope it strikes the right nerves and leads to honest discussion.

  79. 79.

    beth

    My kid was all set to sign a lease on her first apartment on Monday but got fired today so that’s not going to happen. There’s been much weeping and ice cream at my house today. It sucks when your adult kids suffer some heartbreak and you just can’t kiss it and make it better anymore.

  82. 82.

    geg6

    @Violet:

    Simple, elegant and easy are my middle names. But I have to admit that the chicken I’m making tomorrow has somewhat significant prep. Once it’s in the roasting pan, though, nothing to it. I love roasted chicken.

  84. 84.

    dance around in your bones

    Well, i don’t know about the games of sport. Been too busy.

    But for anyone who has followed my sad little saga re: the dream job turned into nightmare – Fear not! For I haft found a temporary living situation until at least Dec. 20th, and have scheduled my full hip replacement surgery on Dec. 9th.
    From what my PCP tells me, there are nursing home/rehab places available once you get out of the hospital proper, and they will feed you, take care of you, make you do the dang phyisotherapy – and some social workers will visit me while in the nursing home/rehab place to help me get into subsidized/temporary housing.

    So – Hallelujah! Thanks, Obama! I might just come out of this as a functioning worker bee!

    Or. of course, write The Great American Novel. Hahaha!

    Cross yer fingers for me, Juicers – it’s been a rough week, but I think I’m gonna pull through!!!

  85. 85.

    beth

    @Morzer: She trusted the wrong person. It was a hard lesson to learn. It’s kind of made me rethink my positions on zero tolerance and second chances. (I guess I’m like one of those Republicans who changed their mind on gays when their own kid comes out.)

  86. 86.

    Mike J

    @sharl:

    Corrected number: More than 16K tweets of “Baghdadi Killed” hashtag today, 1K in last hour. Treat with extreme caution, I’m looking deeper.

    First news story I clicked on cited a tweet from Russia Today, so probably nonsense.

  88. 88.

    Morzer

    @beth:

    I hate people who betray a trust like that. If there’s one, minimal requirement for being a decent human being it is that you don’t use something deeply personal that you were told as a friend to hurt the other person.

  89. 89.

    Violet

    @raven: Yeah, it’s used in Cuba, south Florida, some of the other islands, and the Yucatan–at least according to memory from when I was looking it up a few years ago. You can kind of see the circular area where it’s traditional–and where the Spanish had their largest influence.

  93. 93.

    Morzer

    @Violet:

    Illegal alien orange trees are taking our American orange trees’ jerbs!!!

    Donate now to Joe-Bob Bumfuzzle to stop Obama’s illegal citrus scheme!

    etc etc etc

  99. 99.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: Yah, it was short but sweet.

    My employer (Miss Thang, I call her now) did an about face 3 weeks into the job, She is rather eccentric, so I might have seen it coming if I hadn’t been so starry-eyed about my situation!

    Long story short – was given notice to vacate within 7 days. Freaked out and cried first two days, then got my shit together. Found a really lovely place; scheduled my hip replacement surgery; and will be good to go come the New Year!

    I must say, it was rather touch and go for a few days – felt like I had been socked in the solar plexus. Ouch!

    Poor, poor pitiful me :)

  102. 102.

    dance around in your bones

    @Violet: Thanks, Violet.

    Maybe with all this down time (hip surgery, etc) I will find time to start The Book1

    I have a lovely little writing desk built in, totally tranquil. There is a horse pasture right next door. I just hope this hip surgery will relieve me of my pain, because I’m tired of living n\on pain killers.

  103. 103.

    Tenar Darell

    @shelley: Clip from the Anna Kendrick episode.

    @beth:
    That’s very sucky for you daughter. I send sympathy and virtual dark chocolate. Try the clip, might help; may even be able to dance out some of the worst taste of betrayal.

  104. 104.

    Felanius Kootea

    @Mike E: I hope so too. There were some really thoughtful pieces in there (in addition to the ones that made me want to hurl) and I hope that those help kick off a conversation rather than a stand-off where no one is listening to anyone else because their minds are very firmly made up already.

    I thought it was interesting that only a handful of interviewees talked about what it meant to be white without reference to African-Americans or Asians or Latinos; I’d assumed that there would be more of a reflection on ethnic European heritage, culture, and customs than there was.

  106. 106.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: Exactly what I thought, after the shock. FIDO. (thanks to you!)

    @efgoldman: OMG, SP&T would never be so cruel!

    I felt like I was in Paradise, with the Golden Apple dangling in front of me……only it turned out to be poisoned.

    Ah well, live and learn.

  107. 107.

    raven

    @p.a.: I think it’s pretty funny. REM’s management has been pushing the show for weeks. It’s for a good cause and apparently this group had some big influence on people of a certain age. “Airplane” is one of those iconic Vietnam songs like We Gotta Get Outta This Place, and Green Green Grass of home but I always thought of the Box Tops as some kind of bubble gum group. I had never heard of Big Star until this thing came about. I hope my wife is having a good time down there.

  111. 111.

    Steeplejack

    @BGinCHI:

    Also, anyone see who MS State and Ole Miss played today? Why didn’t they just play a local high school?

    I had a slightly heated but good-natured discussion about this exact topic with a friend who is a fanatical Vols fan and SEC partisan. We were texting back and forth about the TV games, and I made a joke about “Ole Miss is playing Presbyterian?! WTF?” and then added something about Georgia playing Charlotte Southern on November 22. So then she called me so we could argue in real time.

    My point, and someone tell me if I’m misremembering this, is that back in the day it was incredibly rare for big-time schools to schedule such lopsided opponents, and so late in the season. My memory—and I graduated from Mizzou in the ’70s—is that a team would have two or three non-conference games in September and then after that it was all conference games or big-time rivals or independents, e.g., Notre Dame. And the non-conference games were usually against roughly “equal” teams, e.g., I remember Missouri-Illinois being scheduled a lot as one of those popular adjacent-state rivalries.

    . . . Okay, just looked up Mizzou’s schedule for 1972: Oregon, Baylor and California in September, then all the other teams in the Big Eight, with Notre Dame slotted in on October 21. (Mizzou went 6-5 and lost to Arizona State in the Fiesta Bowl.)

    Okay, Georgia Bulldogs in 1972: Baylor, Tulane and North Carolina State in September, then seven SEC games and Georgia Tech on December 2. (Georgia went 7-4.)

    Fast-forward to Georgia in 1992: Aside from eight SEC games, the Bulldogs played Cal State Fullerton in September (beat them 56-0), Georgia Southern in October (beat them 34-7) and Georgia Tech on November 28 (beat them 31-17). Georgia finished 9-2 (losses to Tennessee and Florida) and then beat Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl.

    Georgia in 2012: Aside from eight SEC games, they played Buffalo and Florida Atlantic in September, Georgia Southern in November and Georgia Tech on November 24. The Bulldogs finished 11-1, then lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship and beat Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl.

    In 2012 Missouri played, aside from SEC teams, Southeastern Louisiana, Arizona State and Central Florida in September, then Syracuse in November. The Tigers finished 5-7.

    LSU, which on my TV right now, played Sam Houston State and Louisiana-Monroe earlier this season. And, as you pointed out, No. 1 Mississippi State played Tennessee-Martin today, as well as South Alabama earlier in the season.

    So it seems like there has been a bit of a trend down the food chain, but Presbyterian and Charlotte Southern? C’mon, man!

  112. 112.

    kdaug

    Not Augustus but Superman, and some American Sports Network Rapture thing.

    I’m stuck in a house party with ~20 middle aged women. Best line of defense (AFAIK) is to keep my head down, my mouth shut, and agree with anything I’m asked (within reason).

    Any other advice?

  114. 114.

    raven

    @Steeplejack: I’ll say it again, when they went to 12 games they put one of the cookie pushers late in the schedule. There is a huge uproar on the Georgia message boards about how sucky the home schedule has become. They raised prices for next year, it’s being called the Alabama tax but the rest of the schedule blows:

    09/05 – ULM (Tickets)
    09/19 – South Carolina (Tickets)
    09/26 – Southern U. (Tickets)
    10/03 – Alabama (Tickets)
    10/17 – Missouri (Homecoming)
    11/07 – Kentucky (Tickets)
    11/21 – Georgia Southern (Tickets)

    I was listening to some SEC coach on the radio and he said people could bitch all they wanted but the cupcake games are for the players, there is no way they can play 12 games that are high level. People keep buying tickets and until they stop that’s the deal

  115. 115.

    p.a.

    @raven: I remember the Box Tops growing up, but discovered Big Star thru REM and the Replacements. Thirteen is one of my favorite songs ever.

  117. 117.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven:

    Yeah, oddly enough I wasted a whole morning looking at a 1 bd/1ba condo in Montecito which was listed for $750 + $500 damage deposit. Waaaaay too cheap for this area.

    Once I continued emailing said owner of condo, it became quite apparent that it was in Nigerian Prince who wants to put millions of $$$ in your bank acct territory….something I would have sussed out if I hadn’t been so desperate to find a place to live in one week.

    I ended up renting this sweet room from a lady who is a director for an Equestrian Therapy place…told the Nigerian Prince ‘thanks, but I found and rented a place today – good luck in your endeavors; (left unsaid was ‘in scamming people out of rent $$ for a place I doubt you even own!’)

    gonna flag that post on Craigslist as a scam….

  120. 120.

    raven

    @p.a.:

    Well here’s the write up on a FB page

    Athens friends: So excited about today’s Big Star Third performance on College Square– some of the best rock music of our lives and performed by a cast of stalwart musicians including Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey, NC Legends, the one and only Mike Mills, plus Ken Stringfellow and John Auer of The Posies and later incarnations of Big Star, young Chapel Hill talents Skylar Gudasz and Brett Harris, local Athens heroes Thayer Sarrano and Hardy Morris, orchestration from UGA department of music– a very accomplished labor of love for so many people. . .

    I’m glad everyone is happy about this but I don’t know what he’s talking about with “ome of the best rock music of our lives “. Whose lives?

    ETA My wife just got back. She said it was OK and the crowd was just OK too, I hope the folks putting it on are not too bumed.

  122. 122.

    Morzer

    Vrabel says 3 Pats Super Bowl rings stolen

    I saw this headline on nfl.com and my first thought was:”Finally, a confession from the Cheatriots!”

  123. 123.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Felanius Kootea: I was kinda struck by how proud to be white the Buffalo folks were (I shouldn’t have been surprised I know). Not to mention how absolutely certain they were that there was no advantaged to being white (that they’d experienced). I wanted to bitchslap the voluptuous woman” who insisted that black me see “hi!” as an invitation to approach. And she’s scared! I must experience a way different kind of white guy from the ones in her area, because my experience has been the exact opposite.

  125. 125.

    Steeplejack

    @raven:

    [. . .] the cupcake games are for the players, there is no way they can play 12 games that are high level.

    That’s a fair point that I hadn’t thought of. But it kind of speaks to the commercialization of the college game and the exploitation of the players, too. They’re so overworked that they need a snoozer game every so often.

    ETA: And I know the bloodbath games are a big payday for the little teams.

  126. 126.

    p.a.

    Why do SEC teams win national football championships? One reason- SEC seems to be the only conference that plays defense.

  127. 127.

    Morzer

    @Felanius Kootea:

    The creator has caught a lot of heat on twitter though.

    That’s probably a good sign that the project is asking tough questions and agitating the people who need to be agitated.

  129. 129.

    raven

    @Steeplejack: Oh yea, no doubt about that. There is so much money involved for the community too. Of course that is here, it’s a pretty small city and 6 Saturday’s make or break some businesses.

  130. 130.

    Steeplejack

    @efgoldman:

    I had a friend who used to laugh that her father became a ham radio buff specifically so that he could hide out in the basement with headphones on and drink beer. And with virtually no danger of spouse or kids wanting to “share” the hobby.

  132. 132.

    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    That’s fine. I’ll stick with the only perfect season in NFL history, thanks.

    But hey, apparently Randy Moss might be willing to unretire himself if Herr Bundchen or Papa John’s Salesclerk came calling.

  133. 133.

    Steeplejack

    @scav:

    No, as Raven said above, it’s all about the money. The market wants more games, but the players need a snoozer every so often to rest up. And the little schools get a big payday and an exciting “What if?” moment for their fans.

    My friend told me that after this payday Presbyterian will be able to buy lights for their stadium so they can play night games.

  134. 134.

    mai naem

    @dance around in your bones: Glad that you seem to have figured stuff out. Try and do the research on the nursing homes before you have the surgery and have several because you don’t know if the one you picked likes your insurance or will even have a bed for you when you get out of the hospital. Good luck. My dad fell and broke his hip when he had some other pretty serious medical issues and even surprised the doctor with how fast and well he healed up.

  136. 136.

    dance around in your bones

    @mai naem: Thanks for the advice.

    Since I am now on MediCal (California’s version of MediCare) I think they will do a good job of putting me in a place that is covered.

    Holy Schmooley! In 3 years I will qualify for actual Medicare! Gonna be 65 by then. How the heck did I get so old when I still feel like I’m 18 inside this ol body ??!!!!

    Life, it goes on.

  138. 138.

    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    Well, I seem to remember us beating the Patsies pretty handily last time we met. Still, I can see why you might want to erase that day from the memory bank.

  139. 139.

    scav

    @Steeplejack: ahh. well. yee-haw for the bottom line of the entertainment parasites on universities. Have the temporal parameters of a traditional “season” also been falling to the need to get more funding so one can play more fund-enhancing games? Anyone thought to monetize practices? So long as there’s an opportunity to tailgate, there might be takers, especially for those priced out of actual games.

  141. 141.

    ThresherK

    Back from services for my mother in law up north. Wife and her brother seem to have buried the hatchet.

    The 36 hour trip had been a little break we needed from the packing and paperwork. We were on the road when we heard we got the place we wanted at the price we wanted, pending all the paperwork.

    have been running like a top for six weeks, and tomorrow we hopefully get the keys to the new condo.

    The place we are leaving is cleaner now than in years. Hope we can maintain that level in the new home.

  142. 142.

    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    Which is more or less what we said to you during the 70s, 80s and 90s. A nouveau riche franchise like the Patsies really ought to be a little more humble after just one decade of success, especially when you consider how bad the AFC East has been as a division during that decade. Now that the Bills and Dolphins are returning to something like their historically dominant selves, the Patsies are going to learn a few overdue lessons in humility in very short order.

  143. 143.

    Yatsuno

    @efgoldman: Sister Sarah is still firmly ensconced at the Shady Pine Retirement Home in Spokane, Washington. So no, it wasn’t her. But thanks for reminding me I need to send her a note.

    PS: You & I have colonoscopies on the same day. I wish you well & hopefully you don’t kill anyone during your prep period.

  144. 144.

    Morzer

    Speaking of the NFL, I register this in the category of “Life tries to make John Cole stroke out (time ye five hundredth)”:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/08/steelers-get-an-unexpected-guest-at-bible-study/

    Move over, Snoop Dogg.

    The Steelers have another famous fan. A fan so dedicated that he showed up at the team’s Bible study at their hotel in the New York/New Jersey area.

    Via The Big Lead, Justin Bieber showed up. And he posed for pictures with various players.

  145. 145.

    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    Shall we talk about franchises that had to steal a head coach from the Jets? Hmmm?

    Seems like the Patsies have a pattern of taking things that didn’t belong to them.

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    Morzer

    @efgoldman:

    I just couldn’t resist that one. You gave me such a perfect setup. EF, man, I love you like a man loves his slightly strange, grumpy, but basically good-hearted brother.

    Pax?

    (And we can all agree to laugh at the Jets!)

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    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @efgoldman:

    he was afraid of dealing with the new (Woody Johnson) ownership.

    After dealing with Modell in Cleveland, can you blame him for being skittish about idiot owners?

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    Morzer

    @Amir Khalid:

    I don’t know whether I have the intestinal fortitude to click on a link after that description of the contents. Is it an Omnes Omnibus tribute anthem?

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    p.a.

    @raven: I mean SEC’s top teams play D relative to the rest of the NCAA. Big 12, PAC 12, top teams play like arena football.

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Steeplejack: I should have had a nip earlier, but it was one of those nights…

    Have fun kiddos. No playing with matches or any other kind of flame please.

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    dance around in your bones

    @Yatsuno:

    PS: You & I have colonoscopies on the same day. I wish you well & hopefully you don’t kill anyone during your prep period.

    I had a colonoscopy not too long ago. All the comments about how awful the prep is and etc made me quite nervous,

    Imagine my surprise when :
    (A) the prep fluid didn’t taste SO bad and
    (B) the rushing to the toilet to ‘get cleansed’ was far less urgent and painful then having GI distress in a “third world” country, when you truly think you are going to die and start whimpering for your mommy.

    Have a wonderful experience! Just whine whenever you feel a twinge of discomfort and they’ll give you another shot of the golden stuff :)

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    dance around in your bones

    @efgoldman: I have gone hungry many times in my life (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not) so that part didn’t bother me.

    I had the ‘conscious enough” procedure to watch it on a video screen and go “Wow! that’s cool!” to “Ow! That hurts!!” (transverse colon move” – at which point doc said ‘give her another 2mgs of golden stuff’ and all was good)

    P.S. Doc complimented me on my ultra-clean colon, for what that’s worth :)

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    dance around in your bones

    @Cervantes: Hmmm..

    How would one use that certification?

    “Shall we compare colons? We meet at dawn; bring your second and a pair of rubber gloves Sir!”

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