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I hear there’s a game on TV shortly. Stephen Colbert famously rechristened the big game “Superb Owl” a few years back to dodge NFL trademark issues, so let’s run with it.

Football shaped owl cartoonI’m rooting for KC for two dumb reasons: 1) the MAGA dope freak-out over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, and 2) a former colleague who was a huge Niners fan and extremely obnoxious about it.

On the other hand, San Fran QB Brock Purdy probably deserves a win because of viral meme about his resemblance to Lee Harvey Oswald. Also, I hate KC fans’ “war chant” thing, which is offensive and also reminds me of my college’s despised rival FSU.

Got any game time goodies planned? Special cocktails? Random rooting interests?

Open thread!

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  2. 2.

    laura

    I’m hoping we break America’s sweethearts’ hearts. Let’s Go Niners!

    we’re going to friends and bringing hot wings and devilled eggs. We may have to break a window.

  3. 3.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I had no idea that “Superb Owl” was a Colbert coinage. I’ve been using it for years, clearly without proper attribution.

  4. 4.

    Phylllis

    Not sure the feetsball can compare to the shellacking the USC Gamecock Women put on UConn earlier, but we’ll watch for a bit. I have to admit I’m intrigued by the Arnold-State Farm Agent commercial teaser.

  5. 5.

    frosty

    Hating KC for knocking the Ravens out.* We’re on the way to Dock Street in Cedar Key for a couple of drinks and dinner. We didn’t get to stay at Low Key Hideaway this time. They lost our reservation!

    *But I’m wearing my Ravens hat to the restaurant anyway.

  6. 6.

    Scout211

    My first choice is for the Western Red Team to win but since I grew up in the Midwest, the Midwestern Red team is also one of my favorites. So I am rooting for a good game and lots of clever commercials.

    There are some teasers in the news about some of the commercials.  Some insurance company (I forget which one) is using cute babies playing pickleball, which is described as  “basically tennis for babies.”  🤣

  9. 9.

    Nukular Biskits

    Only because it would probably explode the heads of more MAGAs/incels (redundant?), I’m hoping for a KC win.

    Other than that, meh. I’m not a football fan but to each his/her/their own.

  10. 10.

    Scout211

    One of my neighbors (we don’t have many out here in the boonies) just drove his ginormous Ford F-150 Raptor up our road all decked out in Niner flags and paraphernalia.  I wonder who he is rooting for.

  11. 11.

    Another Scott

    nitter.1d4.us (one of the still-working nitter instances) seems to have cut everyone off today – they just send clips of the game coverage instead.

    Maybe it will be back after the game, maybe not.  Like much of life, I guess we just have to wait and see what happens.

    I’m doing laundry and thinking about all the stuff I have to do at work next week.  Dunno if I’ll watch the sportsball game or not.  You kids have fun!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  12. 12.

    Geoduck

    Yeah, I guess I’m mildly rooting for the Chiefs, but they need to get with the program like other teams have been doing and ditch their stupid name.

  13. 13.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    I’m having chili. It’s kind of tradition at this point I froze part of a large batch I made a few weeks back so it zero effort. It a little scant for us so I’m baking potatoes to put in the bottom of the bowls to stretch it out a little. Was going to make guac but couldn’t find any ripe avocados at the grocery store. So, we’ll be doing without that.

    I don’t really have a rooting interest really but I guess I’m pulling for KC. I’m a Detroit sports team fan and the Giants beat my Tigers in the 2012 World Series and now the 9ers knocked my Lions out so SF teams are officially dead to me.

  16. 16.

    Tony Jay

    Nice to see Mr Superb Owl has recently taken up Judo. A fine defensive art that will no doubt serve him well in his battles with the owl’s natural predator, the… uh… what does Google say? The buzzard! No, wait, hang on, do you get buzzards in Florida? Unlikely. The goshawk? Probably not. So… well… the ferocious Airborne Alligator? That a thing?

    Whatever. Mr Owl will put it on its (potentially scaly) arse.

    As to tonight’s game, I’d genuinely love to watch it, but it’s on so late! I caught almost all of the 2021 game (Rams vs Bengals?) and thoroughly enjoyed the coverage which, in a major change from back in the day, actually explained in simple terms what I’d just seen, how it could have been prevented, what it meant, and what was likely to happen next. I felt more informed the drunker I got, and that hardly ever happens.

  18. 18.

    SFAW

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I had no idea that “Superb Owl” was a Colbert coinage. I’ve been using it for years, clearly without proper attribution.

    “SubaruDianne, I have a Mr. Robert Hur on hold on Line 2 for you. Something about ‘a little chat’ he’d like to have with you.”

  19. 19.

    FastEdD

    All the Big Game means to me is that Costco has been giving away free samples last week of chicken wings. Maximum grazing!

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    Contrary to popular belief, the benefits of physical activity do not outweigh the risks of cardiovascular disease associated with drinking sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a new study led by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, professor at Université Laval’s Faculty of Pharmacy, was a co-author. Source

  23. 23.

    raven

    We used to have pretty big Super Bowl parties (that half the people would leave to watch Dowton Abbey!) but covid killed the desire. We’ve got two couples coming over and  the Jambalaya is on!

  24. 24.

    geg6

    As someone with no horse in this race, I’m going with KC.  Mainly because I hope for MAGA head explosions over Taylor and Usher and because, unless I have reason to hate them (looking at you, Ravens), I usually cheer for the AFC teams because that’s the Steeler’s conference.

    ETA, I made a double batch of meat sauce with mushrooms a few weeks ago, so I defrosted that and am making spaghetti with it.  Got a nice salad made and a bottle of Pinot noir.

  25. 25.

    SFAW

    2) a former colleague who was a huge Niners fan and extremely obnoxious about it.

    I hear ya. I went to college in Boston, and one of my frat brothers — a local guy — was so obnoxious about the Sox, Celts, Pats, and Bruins, that I developed a hatred for all Boston sports teams.

  26. 26.

    Tom Levenson

    Ordering pizza tonight while my 23 y. o. mixologist son whips up the cocktails. (Mezcal margaritas, most likely, though a pomegranate cosmo may also make the cut.)

    Niners fan here, but I come by it honestly. I grew up in the Bay Area long enough ago to root for  John Brodie, one of the great always-the-bridesmaid QBs of his era.

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    I’m currently going through life unbanked* and it’s pretty aggravating. My ability to pay for anything is limited to two virtual cards, whoever accepts PayPal, and wherever I can use just my account information. It’s very limiting and I have a greater understanding of those who have no access to banks at all. It’s time for post office banks. I’m convinced even more the only reason the big banks want to keep personal accounts open is because of overdraft fees. They make a much bigger profit trading in derivatives and credit default swaps that they can be relieved of pretending to care about us little peons. Give it over to the post office but eject DeJoy from his job first.​
    EDIT: For anyone who remembers the story: no the rehab hospital still hasn’t found my wallet or work badge.

  28. 28.

    lowtechcyclist

    I’m not watching; we’d need to figure out how to get broadcast signals on our TV, since we don’t have cable or any streaming services.  But rooting for the KC Swifties, for the obvious reason.

    We got crawfish etouffée from Pinky’s, a local carryout that does Southern/New Orleans cooking, and my wife and I will be eating that in a bit.  The kiddo will probably have mac and cheese.

  30. 30.

    Tom Levenson

    @geg6: Used to be we could just snap back “you hate us coz you ain’t us” but that isn’t a defensible boast any more.

    Obnoxiousness is kind of a required Boston sports fan trope.  As you can see…

  33. 33.

    Jackie

    I was already on board rooting for Taylor’s Boyfriend, and the obnoxious TIFG’s rants about TS just sealed the deal. GOOOO CHIEFS!!!

  34. 34.

    Three-nineteen

    Landed at JFK a couple hours ago and am now parked at a bar  a block away from my hotel for the duration.  Hope they have decent food.

  35. 35.

    zhena gogolia

    I’m from KCMO so I have to root for them. Plus I love when MAGA cries.

    ETA: Not that I’m watching anything. The WaPo Evan Birnholz puzzle was football-themed, and although I solved it, I didn’t enjoy it.

  36. 36.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    @Yutsano: agreed completely!!!

    most banks make their money off fees, overdraft as well as many other kinds, to the extent they make money off consumers. But that sweet, sweet “retail bank status” gives them access to FDIC insurance so they can play crap games with their money & have the Feds make good on any losses.

    can you get a discover credit card? They have an online bank that you can use with ATM privileges if you have the credit card.

  37. 37.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Go Chiefs.  Only because I am a Steelers fan and the niners, cheaters,and Steelers are currently tied with 6 Super Bowls each.

    Bogus points for missing off the maga idiots.

  39. 39.

    zhena gogolia

    @NotMax: We were watching Northern Exposure last night, an episode from the first season, hence 1990 or thereabouts, and there was a goddamned Trump reference.

  42. 42.

    HumboldtBlue

    @raven: ​ 

    My close friends, who hosted our six excellent SB parties, decided that CTE and injuries were enough for them and stopped hosting. I was roasting them earlier today, reminding them of how great a day it was.

  43. 43.

    geg6

    @Tom Levenson:

    I never hated the Patriots, per se.  I just hate Belichik and Brady.  But they’ve both gone, so I go back to my previous feelings for the Pats.  Not as hated as the Ravens.😉

  44. 44.

    Turgidson

    Making some air fryer wings for me and Mrs. Turgidson but nothing beyond that.  As a Bears fan living in the sports-spoiled Bay Area, I’m rooting for the Chiefs to support TayTay against the frothers and morons and because frankly the Bay Area has had quite enough recent sports championships between the Warriors and the even year Giants of last decade.

  51. 51.

    Spanky

    @Tony Jay:

    I felt more informed the drunker I got, and that hardly ever happens.

    Multiply that by a hundred thousand drunk experts in the stadium, and you will have the typical NFL experience.

  53. 53.

    Brachiator

    Not a huge football fan, but am rooting for the Chiefs, for football and Taylor Swift reasons.

    I will try to skip the opening ceremonies fanfare. I don’t think that the National Anthem needs to be sung at most sporting events.

  54. 54.

    Almost Retired

    My mother moved to Kansas 30 years ago and became a Chiefs fan.  She’s 90 and is having some of her friends over for white wine and football.  My contribution – 2000 miles away – is making my Uber app available to get tipsy elderly widows home after the game.

  57. 57.

    raven

    @Spanky: According to the article on CNN about people who have gone a large portion of the people at the game have no interest beyond the smooozzzze.

  59. 59.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    No matter what it’s win-win for the left today. I had to laugh when someone put it as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend is playing the Usher concert today. The winner is going to be Nancy Pelosi’s Gay Bay team or the KC Swift Woke & Vaxxed team so no matter what, MAGA loses…lol! Plus this is shitting all over the MAGA “go woke, go broke” war with the NFL, allowing them to rake in the $$$, new fans and publicity. Fuck you, MAGA!

    The best part is that a whole lot of young ladies are now interested in the sport and a bunch of single guys are whining about it. Incels gotta incel!

  60. 60.

    eclare

    I got my usual bag of Skinny Pop White Cheddar popcorn.   I have NO self control, so if I got a bag of chips and salsa or guac, I would eat the whole thing.

    Popcorn isn’t good for you, but it isn’t bad, for mindless munching.

  62. 62.

    NotMax

    Well, ain’t that a kick in the keister.

    Idly airing (in the background) a BBC drama series on Prime. Season 1 ends in a cliffhanger and what’s available on Prime skips right from season 1 to season 3.

  67. 67.

    Redshift

    @NotMax: Not that it matters to me one way or the other, but I’ll wait until there’s confirmation beyond one new study. (Not faulting you, I just have that one friend who is constantly on “here’s that one medical/food thing that is definitely true and everyone should do it.’)

  68. 68.

    Pete Downunder

    As a former long time SF Bay Area resident I have residual support for the Niners from the Joe Montana era, but the Swifty caused MAGA head explosions is tempting a defection. I’m not even sure if the game is available here and I’m not really a fan of what the Aussies call gridiron so I won’t be watching. But good luck to both sides and hoping for no injuries.

  69. 69.

    PaulWartenberg

    I’ve ordered my pizza and am driving out to get it soon.

    I am rooting as always for my TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS even though they’re not officially playing tonight but they will win in my head as I fantasize about them stomping on the Chiefs 31-9 bwhahahahahahaha.

    I am kind of rooting for U2 so they can show off the Sphere more. …what?

  70. 70.

    Brachiator

    @Yutsano:

    Very sorry to hear about these current troubles.

    We need alternative banking, but I don’t think that the post office is up to the job.

  71. 71.

    TBone

    @Peke Daddy: I need a ‘splainer, that went right over my head.

    David Guzman, author of a book on craps lingo, has said that the chicken dinner term comes from back-alley gamblers during the Great Depression of the 1930s. These desperate gamblers would bet whatever they had in hopes of winning a chicken dinner.

    The phrase gained mainstream popularity thanks to its frequent use in the 2008 casino heist film

  72. 72.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven: yes, sad times.   Saw your post about the community he built—well said.  I won’t miss Corch but I will miss the rest of it.  Between that and Carson’s Lamborghini, it may be time to give up on college football!

    Also, I have a different email address now. Will ask a front pager to send it to you.

  73. 73.

    Suzanne

    I made a pot of chili, which will be done in an hour, Also made a cake, from a recipe I have had on my Pinterest board for a while (ricotta chocolate chip). Mr. Suzanne made some scrumptious salsa,

    Also was very productive today. Did a long run, including a couple of miles with the puppy. Did laundry, changed the bed. Now enjoying some great floor. Having some IT band syndrome on the left side, and it feels good to rest it.

  76. 76.

    J.

    I’m rooting for Travis Kelce to propose to Taylor Swift after the game and when CBS interviews them the two of them saying, “And remember to get your Covid vaccine and vote for Joe Biden in November!”

  77. 77.

    Tony Jay

    @Spanky:

    And if I understand the process correctly, at least half of them will be outside the stadium having tailgate riots orgies unplanned same-sex experiences parties and vehemently insisting that they couldn’t care less about that dumb blonde stick insect while tracking every approaching helicopter with dewy, hopeful eyes.

  78. 78.

    MazeDancer

    Back in the day, I used to record the Super Bowl to fast-forward through the football to watch the ads for work. Only way to be sure to see them, at the time.

    Otherwise, have never voluntarily watched a Super Bowl.

    And other than “Shake It Off”, could not name a Taylor Swift song.

    But gonna watch me a little Taylor Bowl tonight. Screw MAGA.

    (And love the Owl drawing, Betty!)

     

    Going to watch a littke Ta

  79. 79.

    kindness

    Niners!  I remember the first Superbowl the 49ers won in 82.  It was drunken dabauchery & mayhem downtown SF.  Of course that was the Candlestick era where the stadium was actually on the edge of the city limits.  I hope we’ve learned some as a people.

    See how foolish liberals can be.

  82. 82.

    Kay

    @J.:

    Lol.

    A friend of mine said “they should get married”. I think we’re all afraid they’re going to break up :)

  83. 83.

    Brachiator

    @NotMax:

    Contrary to popular belief, the benefits of physical activity do not outweigh the risks of cardiovascular disease associated with drinking sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a new study

    Doesn’t really seem reasonable. It will be interesting to see if there are follow-up studies and what they show.

  85. 85.

    lowtechcyclist

    I’ve always called it the Hyperbole. (Pronounced hyper-bowl, despite the spelling.)

    The rules that limit who can call the game by its actual name and in what contexts are not just stupid, they’re bizarre. I mean, I understand about trademarks, but I can tell you my son likes Kraft mac n’ cheese without having to worry about being sued by the parent company. This is a public event. The morning deejay should be able to refer to it as the Super Bowl, not the Big Game or some other stupid term.

  88. 88.

    Redshift

    @Tony Jay:

    No, wait, hang on, do you get buzzards in Florida? Unlikely.

    In America, buzzard is a nickname for vulture, which they definitely have in Florida. But not what you can buzzards on your side of the pond.

  89. 89.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    It must be 3:00… I have three cats milling and mrrrrring around me, almost as if it’s time for something delicious for them.

    Their built-in clocks are amazing.

  94. 94.

    KenK

    Kind of torn. I’d love to see KC win to piss off the not-too-Swifties. OTOH, SF has two Buckeyes starting for them. I guess I’ll settle for rotting for my pool squares…

  95. 95.

    Van Buren

    I don’t remember how the tradition started, but we always have Croque Monsieurs for the SB.

    I am rooting for SF, but bet on KC, so no matter what I will be happy at game’s end.

  96. 96.

    Tony Jay

    @Redshift:

    For some reason I had it in my head that buzzards (the balding, pot-bellied outcast of the bird world) were exclusively* a dry and dusty species, but of course, they’d go wherever the carrion is, and America’s Dong would certainly have a lot of that bubbling in the humid sun.

    *Thanks to Westerns and anything set in the South-West that involves people in inappropriate footwear getting stranded in temperatures you could scald a bollock in.

  97. 97.

    Kathleen

    @zhena gogolia: The original Law & Order episodes from the 90’s/early 2000’s have a lot of sardonic Trump references!

    ETA: I’m rooting for the Chiefs because I like Mahomes (I don’t get the hate) and Travis played at UC with his brother. Most Bengals fans here hate KC. I wouldn’t mind SF winning because I lived in Stockton and was a fan of SF teams.

  98. 98.

    JaySinWA

    @Yutsano: Ouch, I’ve been largely cashless for several years. I hadn’t thought a lot about losing all my cards. I currently have only two. My bank stopped giving out ATM/Debit cards some time ago when we weren’t using them to pay for stuff. We use credit cards and pay in full every month.

    Fortunately my wife and I have separate bank and credit card accounts, so we have some backup between us. My current phone has NFC, so I could use it for some transactions if I set it up, i suppose.

    I have been thinking that having access to cash with a debit card might be handy in case of disasters, but I rationalized that ATM’s would be largely out of service in a regional disaster anyway, and I’m not sure how many places can take cash payments when their computer systems are down. I know most of them seem to shutdown cash registers during power outages.

    I hope you get replacements soon. It seems like it took a week or two when I had to replace a card years ago.

  100. 100.

    Betty Cracker

    @Redshift: We’ve got tons of raptors in FL. I see Red-Shouldered Hawks, Ospreys and Bald Eagles regularly. Don’t know if they count as “buzzards” across the pond.

  101. 101.

    MomSense

    I’m only watching for Audra Day and Usher. I also like Reeba. I met her 30 years ago and she was lovely.

  102. 102.

    Dangerman

    I think the Chiefs are a 2 point dog, but I think they win and I don’t think it will be that close.

    How about 31-17? I think the OU is 48 snd I’ll ssy that’s good.

    Based on little more than gut feel.

    ETA: Travis and Taylor get married in Vegas. She flies off to Australia.

  103. 103.

    David 🏈 Mahomes! 🏈 Koch

    Donald Trump kicked off Super Bowl Sunday by bashing Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in a rant on social media — branding the Kansas City Chief star as a “liberal” and his singer-songwriter girlfriend “disloyal.”

    Trump took credit for Swift’s meteoric success of her ongoing Eras tour and recent “Album of the Year” Grammy win — claiming he, the former president, was actually “the man who made her so much money.”

    Swifties activated

  104. 104.

    Suzanne

    It is starting to go around social media that Kelvin Kiptum, who just sent the world record in the men’s marathon last year in Chicago, was killed today in some sort of road accident. What a tragic loss.

  105. 105.

    Eyeroller

    @Redshift: ​In England, “buzzards” refer to a genus (Buteo), of which the Redtailed (Buteo jamaicensis) is the most widespread representative in the New World, though there are others that are common, like the red-shouldered hawk. Many Buteos are soaring birds and apparently when English colonists saw New World vultures (probably specifically turkey vultures) they thought they were like the “buzzards” with which they were familiar.

  108. 108.

    Scout211

    @lowtechcyclist: we’d need to figure out how to get broadcast signals on our TV, since we don’t have cable or any streaming services.

    Here’s a recent review of over-the-air antennas from CNET. We have one and it works fine.

  110. 110.

    hitchhiker

    rooting for big plays!

    they make football fun, ya?

    big defensive plays, big offensive plays, big special teams plays … don’t care who wins at all, as long as there are lots of big plays & it’s a close game.

    plus whatever makes maga feel bad, let’s have plenty of that. :)

  112. 112.

    Brachiator

    @David 🏈 Mahomes! 🏈 Koch:

    Donald Trump kicked off Super Bowl Sunday by bashing Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in a rant on social media — branding the Kansas City Chief star as a “liberal” and his singer-songwriter girlfriend “disloyal.”

    Disloyal to who?

    Can we lock Trump up somewhere and throw away the keys?

  114. 114.

    danielx

    Super Bowl halftime: the annual test of the country’s water treatment systems in which 150 million (give or take) toilets are all flushed at the same time.

  115. 115.

    Scout211

    @Brachiator: Disloyal to who?

    Trump, of course. It was kind of a warning to Taylor Swift not to endorse Biden.

    I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. “There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money.”

  118. 118.

    sab

    @SFAW: I remember one year when Boston won the championship in everything but hockey, and Cleveland as usual won nothing. All my BIL in Boston could do was bitch about the hockey.

  120. 120.

    zhena gogolia

    @Scout211:

    There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money.”

    Right, Trump, she’s going to endorse you. Just wait for it.

  123. 123.

    Alison Rose

    I barely care about American football but I’m rooting for my home team because 1) NorCal, and 2) I am really ready for this narrative to fucking end already.

  124. 124.

    Timill

    @Redshift: There are several buteo buzzards resident in Florida, including:

    Red-Shouldered Hawk
    Red-Tailed Hawk
    Short-Tailed Hawk
    Broad-Winged Hawk

    Other lists have others.

  128. 128.

    Three-nineteen

    This bar is apparently rooting for the Niners.  Guess I’ve picked my team (apologies to my niece, who is Tae-Tae all the way).

  129. 129.

    Layer8Problem

    Well. We’re under the weather here, probably sharing the same stupid cold virus. Our Super Bowl festivities go no farther than the argument we had on whether companies shy away from saying “Super Bowl” in favor of weak sounding “The Big Game” because NFL trademark. “It says right here in the [FTF]NYT, the Washington Post, Politico, blah blah blah, SUPER! BOWL! Check and mate!” “No no, dear heart, I didn’t say everyone doesn’t say it, and here’s a whole article from Inc.com explaining why they do with a real IP lawyer explaining stuff and everything.” “Well Inc.com’s WRONG!” Not quite approaching the level of our “What the VCR buttons actually do” argument from like twenty-five years ago, but still. Anyway, all’s back to tranquillity.

    Aside from that little contretemps, we’ll be avoiding the event like the plague, acknowledging that many nice people enjoy it. Maybe I’ll drop the cash to see more episodes of Astrid. And is there a new episode of Monsieur Spade today?

  137. 137.

    sab

    @Tony Jay: We get buzzards all over the US. Our Ohio buzzards winter in the South. Many Southern buzzards live down there year round. Western buzzards winter in Central and South America.

  138. 138.

    fish bicycle

    The sportsball event is usually a prime time for doing anything else would prefer to do with minimal other-person interaction, like go grocery shopping.

  139. 139.

    Another Scott

    OMG! It’s true!!

    Mark A. Rayner
    @[email protected]

    “All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.”
    –Number Six

    [ image ]

    #meme #memes #distractedboyfriend
    …and 4 more
    Feb 11, 2024, 11:38

    It’s probably somewhere in Shakespeare, and The Pillow Book, and The Epic of Gilgamesh, as well.

    (via Mastodon #Explore)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  140. 140.

    Nukular Biskits

    Since this is an Open Thread™ (although, in reality, it’s more a discussion about the Superb Owl, Kelce & Taylor), I thought I’d throw out a kudos to some local independent media here in MS (Mississippi Free Press) who isn’t waiting to report on Trump throwing NATO under the bus and greenlighting Russia:

    Trump Encourages Russia to Attack American Allies: ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want’

    From the Mississippi Free Press news editor’s (Ashton Pittman’s) Twitter:

    Our top story at the Mississippi Free Press today: “Trump Encourages Russia to Attack American Allies: ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want’” We may be a local Mississippi outlet, but this is important. It should be leading every newspaper in the country.

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    Gvg

    @Tony Jay: Buzzards are very common and we get huge flocks of them circling on the updrafts from all our lakes. I used to live on a nearby lake and had to get used to it. It seemed spooky at first. There is unfortunately a lot of carrion caused by cars hitting animals. The more roads and highways we build the more deer and raccoons get killed. It’s a thing here now to build overpasses and underpasses just for the wildlife.

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    Glidwrith

    Using the day to make a feast, but ignoring the game: chili dogs, drumsticks from Costco, Mexican street corn, onion rings, focaccia sauce and chips, fried mozzarella puffs, lemon-ginger drizzle pound cake and fresh squeezed lemonade.

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    Geminid

    I got home from a grocery run and now I’m sitting in my car listening to the game on the radio. WFAN 660AM is carrying it. They’re a clear channel station broadcasting from New York City.

    I’m neutral on this one, just hope it’s a good game.

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    lowtechcyclist

    @Scout211: ​
     

    Here’s a recent review of over-the-air antennas from CNET. We have one and it works fine.

    I actually have a big-ass antenna in our attic, and the cable from the antenna into our living space worked fine with our previous TV. With the current TV, I need some sort of adapter, but I didn’t think to find that out soon enough to be of use tonight.

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    Jay

    @Tony Jay:

    While we have vultures here, (not just in cartoons),

    we also have a couple of species of buzzards here, which are basically very large “hawks”.

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    Soprano2

    We were going to go to the bar, but had to stay home because hubby isn’t feeling well. I think he’s passing one of the remnants of the kidney stones he had removed, because he says his right kidney hurts. The doctor said this could happen. He tried to get me to go without him, but no way I’m leaving him alone when he’s not feeling well. Of course it’s KC all the way.

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    zhena gogolia

    @Soprano2: Yes, if it was lithotripsy, then they have to get rid of all the little fragments, and it can be painful — but not as bad as a regular stone, I guess.

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    ToesInTheSand57

    @Phylllis:

    Gamecock in the house and at that game.  It was ELECTRIC!!!! Any day when Geno is handed a loss in Gamecock country is a good day.

    My garnet heart will pull for the Giants in support of the two ex-Gamecocks (wait until next year), while my woke head gives nods to the Swifties. And my soul will always be a Packer Backer.

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    Soprano2

    @zhena gogolia: I asked him if it felt like when he passed stones before, and he said not exactly but kind of. If he’s still hurting tomorrow I’ll call the doctor. He says he can still pee ok. That’s what I’m most concerned about.

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    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:
    Here’s the latest from Bill Penzey:

    —I hope you are eating good food. I hope you are having fun. But I also hope you are not entirely at ease with what tonight’s ads have become. There was a time tonight’s advertisers looked to lead the way in embracing the humanity of all their customers. This evening hasn’t so much been that.

    The truth is Republicans are seeking power through dehumanizing those they see as not enough like them. No one understands this more than America’s marketers. That this evening’s ads have steered clear of humanizing those Americans Republicans seek to vilify isn’t a coincidence or an oversight, it’s an intentional choice. It’s a very dangerous choice.

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    frosty

    @Betty Cracker: Eagles are everywhere now! I saw one in Duval from the Autotrain last year.

    Do you see Red Tailed Hawks? Oddly enough I’ve seen them everywhere but Florida.

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    SFAW

    @Scout211:

    “There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country

    EAIAC, asshole.

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    Leto

    @frosty: we have a pair of red tails here at our home. They start out somewhere near the park in front of us, then roam all throughout the neighborhood. We’ll occasionally see them swooping through the backyard, literally around head height. They zip between our house and our neighbor, then zip to the back fence and up. I think it was last spring that I saw 3 pair circling around the neighborhood as I walked Ocean.

    Oh! About a month ago (maybe 2?) we had two Great Horned owls here. I heard them one late night as I was walking Ocean, about a block from the house. I moved as quickly as could to grab Avalune, we brought her and her phone (which has the bird ID app) to ID them. Honestly, our neighborhood has some really good wildlife diversity.

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