Here are my picks for the week:
As usual, I really hope I’m wrong about some of them. I’d LOVE to see Lucky Luck and the Colts beat the Patriots, but that’s almost certainly not going to happen, not with the way the Colts have been playing.
I’d also like to see the Dolphins prevail over the Titans, but I don’t see that happening either. Feel free to tell me how full of crap I am in comments!
Corner Stone
You’re full of crap!
redshirt
The Pats own the Colts. Pats win by at least 20.
cokane
Picking against the Bengals again huh? How’d that go last week?
Betty Cracker
@redshirt: Brady’s crybaby dad provided the Colts with plenty of bulletin board material, so there’s motivation. But yeah, I think the Pats will crush them.
benw
Betty, are you picking against the spread or just outright winners?
Today’s all about how badly the Chargers get annihilated at Lambeau. GO BOLTS!
Goblue72
@redshirt: it’s the Brady revenge tour. Everyone else is just there for scenery.
Colts are gonna be a smear between the hash marks.
Scout211
This is a sad year if you are a 49er fan. Which I am, sadly.
But to pick between two loser teams and your pick is the not-49er team?
All I can say is . . . smart woman, you are.
Sigh (sadly)
Corner Stone
Going for it!
*WHEW*
Damn that was scary.
JimV
You are zero-full of crap. Great Bills over Bengals pick. (Bills 7-0 so far, went right down the field on their first drive, made the Bengals punt on their first drive). It may not hold up, but the Bills look a lot better then anybody else expected.
Anoniminous
I am sorely tempted to write:
My picks for the week.
But as an urbane sophisticate I would never, ever, sink to that level of punning.
Dr.McCoy
We’re going to the playoffs!
But that’s about it.
Denver just can’t get the O going. I’m ready for Brock.
6-0 after today.
Corner Stone
Foster for the TD!
SiubhanDuinne
Non-sports-related question (although it was prompted by this thread): Betty Cracker, those hand-drawn circles around the different team names, or sometimes when you draw an arrow or something pointing to a dog or chicken in a photo — is that called “annotation”? And is there a particular app you use to do that?
redshirt
The Steelers are gonna be scary when Ben comes back. Till then, however, MEDIOCRE!
ThresherK (GPad)
Snowflakes at Stade McGill for the Alouettes.
Also a few here in northern CT. Actually, we’re getting a squall, two weeks before Halloween.
redshirt
I can see snow falling all around me and yet I’ve amazingly been in sun all day. It’s quite striking.
Corner Stone
Can’t believe Clowney is out this game with an ankle injury.
/said no Texans fan.
ThresherK (GPad)
@SiubhanDuinne: I wish I could blame my picks on letting a chicken do them.
Corner Stone
Of course Jax got away with one there. Dude had JJ by the inside of his collar.
Suzanne
Did you all see this bullshit?
It’s so, so hard to be rich. My heart breaks for them. World’s smallest violins. Boo-dee-hoo-dee-hoo.
dmsilev
@Suzanne: Maybe, if they find being wealthy such a burden, they could give away most or all of their money.
I’ll step up to volunteer to help absorb the “burden”.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: In case Betty isn’t around…
I can do that with Preview on my mac computer. Preview is basically the Mac version of Adobe Reader. I would be interested to see if Betty uses some fun app to do it, but if you’re on a PC, I’m sure you can do it with Adobe Reader.
Is that called annotation? yes
JPL
@Suzanne: “Sometimes I am shocked by things that people say. If you substitute in the word Jewish or black, you would never say something like that. You’d never say – spoiled rotten or you would never refer to another group of people in the way that it seems perfectly normal to refer to wealth holders.”
See how easy it was to compare oneself, to those that have been persecuted in the past.
One thing I’ve learned is, if your only response is, “you are a f,king asshole”, it’s better not to say anything. Not in the case though.
WaterGirl
@Suzanne: I saw that yesterday but I just couldn’t bring myself to actually read the article. I am afraid I would spontaneously combust.
But I do hear there’s a cure for what ails then with the burden of all that money… instead of therapy, they could try doing some good works and maybe doing something good with their pile of money.
Edit: @dmsilev: And of course you said it better than I did!
JPL
@WaterGirl: You are lucky. I feel dirty.
Suzanne
@JPL: Sometimes I think, though, that the problem is that we’re too damn polite. They should hear that shit sometime. They should hear that they’re fucking assholes.
@dmsilev: Yeah, no shit. And I am very blessed financially, and I still struggle.
WaterGirl
@JPL: I wonder if saying you’re in therapy to deal with your massive wealth is just one more humble brag.
Corner Stone
@Suzanne: I read it yesterday. It’s a horrific read. I hate stories playing for sympathy on the oh so picked on uber wealthy.
WTS, I’m sure knowing that everyone you meet wants something from you is probably tough to deal with, especially if you weren’t born into wealth.
Corner Stone
Really sloppy second drive by Texans but at least came away with 3.
redshirt
@Corner Stone:
In this regard, it’s harder to be a celebrity than a billionaire. Paparazzi don’t stalk billionaires, for some reason.
Gator90
The Dolphins are playing football like they mean it for the first time this season. We’ll see how long it continues…
Suzanne
@Corner Stone: Oh, I have no doubt that that sucks. But it’s just such an easy problem to fix. If everyone wants your stuff, get new friends or give your shit away. Not hard.
Oddly, I lost a friend in that last year because her unending jealousy was making me crazyballs and she was being prideful and an asshole and I am done with people like that. Guess what: it’s not a problem.
Betty Cracker
@SiubhanDuinne: Did that image with the Sketches app on iPad (they may have an Android version too). Can’t recommend that app highly enough for doodling, annotating photos — I even use it to write notes to my deaf grandma. So easy and fun.
JPL
@Suzanne: It’s different with some though. A few months ago, Kenneth Langone, expressed concern about income inequality, in an oped piece written by Peter Georgescu in the NyTimes. Langone supports Christi, so I guess what he expressed was just bull shit. It’s one thing to pretend to show concern, it’s another to act on it.
When whining will do, is the motto of some.
Corner Stone
@Suzanne:
I’m reminded of the scene in the movie The Edge with Anthony Hopkins as megabux and Alec Baldwin as photographer to the supermodels. Hopkins was on the deck of a gorgeous spot, in I think Alaska, early morning and just taking in the beauty of nature around him. The owner of the lodge came out, small talked him for a minute and then started a pitch for investment $ with blueprints and all that. Hopkins seemed saddened and made some comment about a moment of shared humanity (or something).
Anyway, I’m not wealthy, I don’t feel sorry for them, and if they actually did feel some impetus to improve their life they could do any number of things to both 1) protect themselves and their wealth and 2) make life a lot better for a lot more people who aren’t them or their class.
Origuy
I just got a picture on Facebook that said “Strange women lying in ponds and distributing swords as a system of government is starting to sound better every minute.”
Corner Stone
INT to the Texans at the goal line right before half!
Germy Shoemangler
Were John Lennon and Paul McCartney lovers? It would be irresponsible not to speculate:
http://www.heydullblog.com/john-and-paul/were-john-and-paul-lovers/
Benw
@Origuy: help! I’m being repressed! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
BillinGlendaleCA
@Germy Shoemangler: Long on psychobabble and short on facts.
PaulW
GO BUCS
jo6pac
9ers by 10
different-church-lady
Betty, what on earth possessed you to take the Bills over the Bengals?
Betty Cracker
@PaulW: There’s no way they lose today, man!
Betty Cracker
@different-church-lady: I thought the Bengals were due for a loss and maybe wouldn’t take the Bills seriously. I thought wrong, it appears!
Mnemosyne (iPhone)
@Suzanne:
Like you said, the problem of being too rich is one that’s easily solved. But they want to be loved and admired — or at least envied — for being born rich, and that ain’t happening.
different-church-lady
@Betty Cracker: Trap game? The Bills don’t fit that profile — they always come after you even if they’re not all that good. It’s not like it’s the Lions or something.
Mnemosyne (iPhone)
I have purchased way too much stuff at this yarn show, and it’s still an hour before my class starts. Everyone should pity me just like they would someone who was born rich.
;-)
shell
Are you fucking kidding me? What about all that bullshit about some people expecting too much ‘free stuff’ from the government?
AnonPhenom
Since Truman every Democratic President has had to live with that “The Buck Stops Here” desk plaque.
And Republicans (like !Jeb! ) agree: the buck always stops on a Democratic President’s desk, no matter who is President at the time buck turns up.
Corner Stone
Holy shit, Hoyer just got nailed on that slide.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@shell: I had to go to the article to check: That’s a therapist to the anxious wealthy talking specifically about “inheritors”.
Corner Stone
DeAndre Hopkins is having like a career day against Jax.
different-church-lady
Someone pulled the fire alarm at the Panther’s hotel in Seattle early this morning. Time to open another investigation against the Patriots.
redshirt
@Corner Stone: He’s had better.
Corner Stone
@redshirt: Gah.
Suezboo
Go, Packers ! Annihilate those San Diego punks ! YEAH !
Schlemazel
Betty, pro tip – always always always bet against the Vikings.
Corner Stone
As I was saying…TD Texans.
redshirt
@Corner Stone: Must suck having to root for Houston teams.
redshirt
@Corner Stone:
OK maybe now.
Corner Stone
INT to the Pick Six!
Betty Cracker
@Schlemazel: Not today, Chief.
schrodinger's cat
@Betty Cracker: What stylus do you use?
Betty
Dolphins were a different team today. Crushed the Titans.
schrodinger's cat
Listening to Do Pal rooka, from Veer Zaara, a story of star crossed lovers, one from India and the other from Pakistan. They are saying their last good byes at the last station in India.
ETA: A reasonably good translation
raven
Go Berz.
Betty Cracker
@schrodinger’s cat: My finger. I used to have a stylus, but one of the kids ran off with it, and honestly, I don’t miss it.
schrodinger's cat
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different-church-lady
Wait… did I insult the Lions earlier there?
Corner Stone
Broncos at Browns in OT??
different-church-lady
Peyton give you a pick at his 34. Here’s what you do with it:
* Lose 3 on a rush
* take a sack for -8
* take another sack for -2
* lose 5 more on a delay of game
Amir Khalid
@Germy Shoemangler:
For some reason, I can’t see any individual stories on that site, although the front page loads just fine. I do remember reading somewhere that John might have admitted to a one-night stand with Brian Epstein, who was definitely gay.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
He only got one detail wrong, maybe he had a brain fart after typing W… A….
redshirt
@different-church-lady:
Cleveland Browns football.
redshirt
I guess the Steelers are really good. Who was Vick’s backup?
different-church-lady
Since FYWP decided editing would not be a thing for me, I’ll repost with what my edits would have been:
Peyton give you a pick at his 39. You need only a field goal to win. Here’s what you do with it:
* Lose 3 on a rush
* take a sack for -8
* take another sack for -2
* lose 5 more on a delay of game in punt formation
Cleveland, I feel for you.
Corner Stone
Sweeps the leg!
What is this? Karate Kid?
Corner Stone
Denver escapes with one in CLE.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: Let’s not forget the interception at the end of regulation as well.
Broncos are the weakest undefeated team, by far.
schrodinger's cat
@Betty Cracker: That’s my stylus too! But I need something better when I am writing equations. I haven’t found one I like.
Geeno
I have to say that one of the Bills radio guys called it. “The Bills will score 20 points, an it all comes down to whether or not the defense can keep the Bengals offense under that”. He suspected that with some injuries to the Bills’ secondary, they couldn’t. I’ll have to listen to him more in the future (I don’t usually follow the radio show). The guy seems to know what he’s talking about.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
So not blaming him, except where he did… http://gawker.com/donald-trump-could-have-prevented-9-11-according-to-do-1737210228
Schlemazel
@Betty Cracker:
gawd the Kansas City Slurs must really suck! Who knew? Well, Betty obviously but I mean, who knew?
schrodinger's cat
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): How is your wife now? I hope she is doing well.
benw
Let’s go, Chargers!
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@schrodinger’s cat: Surgery is on Thursday. Tired but in good spirits. Looking forward to getting this done. She is a person of amazing strength, and I’m lucky to have her in my life.
trollhattan
One cop I don’t want out patrolling our metroplex.
Simply cannot imagine the father’s nightmares. Our county sheriff is a big-time gun supporter, issuing far more permits than his predecessor, and I expect Deputy McEntire fits in with the department pretty well.
schrodinger's cat
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): Wishing you and her all the best of luck! Keep us posted.
Woodrowfan
About as well as it did last week. 6-0!!!!
scav
@trollhattan: There does seem to be very little that police departments won’t absolve themselves of. They can do no wrong, everything is justifiable by the officers’ fear. In other words, shut up, obey and admire their bravery.
WaterGirl
@Betty Cracker: Who makes it? When I search the app store for Sketches it brings up a million things, none of them titled “Sketches”. It brings up everything sketching related.
redshirt
@Woodrowfan:
The Bengals look impressive. A powerful, diverse offense, and a strong defense. Great combination.
The only question is can the Bengals get over being the Bengals? Especially playoff time.
Suezboo
@benw:
HA ! Consider yourself trash-talked, ya lousy Californian. I don’t know how to do the trash-talking, so fill in your own insults. Packers gonna CRUSH you.
Betty Cracker
@WaterGirl: It’s made by Tayasui. It’s a wonderful app, very intuitive for simple doodling but also with more advanced features you can play around with once you get used to it. I’m sure it does tons of things I haven’t stumbled on yet.
HR Progressive
@Betty: You’re welcome!
Duane
J R in WV
I don’t know that “Chiefs” is a slur, as opposed to the Redskins, which has been a slur for over a hundred years.
The difference between Mister President and Tricky Dicky, maybe?
Betty Cracker
Dammit, I can’t watch the late game because my visiting MIL has to watch her stories on PBS, but I’m following the score on ESPN. Come on COLTS!
WaterGirl
@Betty Cracker: thanks, betty!
Suezboo
YAY ! We won ! Oh, I’m sorry is gloating considered impolite?
mr_gravity
How full of crap?! Very, very full. – disgruntled Titans fan.