Allez les Expos!

At first I was pissed when Andersen left Wisconsin in a hurry, not long after Bielema did the same, but, upon moving back to the state and getting to know people who know people, turns out Alvarez is a gigantic asshole who tries to cheap out on coaching hires among other things. Paul Chryst is a Wisconsin alum, so…

they had a lot of kicking and snapping problems throughout the game, so they may have felt more confident in a conversion than kicking.

The ones whose skin is the darkest, or whose family came from another country?

The blandness goes hand-in-hand with all the goddamn superhero movies, where you just need a pretty face to say some words, but where the armor and weapons are the actual story. You could watch almost any Marvel or DC movie with the sound off and not miss much.

I don’t know when it came to Netflix, and I know it’s a few years old, but damn, that George Harrison documentary (Living in the Material World) is really, really good, and will cover the length of exactly one football game.

I fly almost every week, and I go out of my way to avoid United; plus, all of their hubs have an alternate airport or airline to make that easier (Houston Hobby, Denver, and Chicago Midway are Southwest “hubs”, O’Hare has American, use Reagan instead of Dulles, fly to LGA, JFK, or PHL to avoid Newark on almost any…

Parks and Rec is probably a top 10 cast. I’d also put Friends on this list. Yes, I know it’s an easy show to hate, but think of how many “young people in the city with seemingly unlimited income living in a huge apartment” shows there have been. It only worked because of that specific combination of six actors.…

I start by saying that the Golden Girls cast was awesome. The show worked because you had four very, very funny people with just the right chemistry, and they didn’t bother with any recurring characters for too long. It was Betty White, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan just killing it every Saturday…

I’m an upper middle class white male with good health insurance who lives in a safe community with excellent schools, and I am fucking terrified of what this guy will do. And I literally have less to worry about than almost everyone else in the country. We are fucked.

We’re down to two Traveling Wilburys now, folks. Jeff Lynne just turned 70 and Dylan is 76.

There was a book that came out some years ago, It Came From Memphis, about the scene and how it intertwined with music, culture, and the Memphis Mafia-era Elvis. Great read.

I did not, and as I am now dating a white woman with black cousins, this is important information.

Goddammit, the Yankees are young and fun again.

Pop’s got a military background (USAFA graduate, was groomed for a career in Soviet intelligence in the 70's before he took up coaching), so he’s pretty hard to pick apart compared to the usual ex-jock coaches.

Kneeling comes off a lot better than sitting. If you’re kneeling in protest, you at least appear to be doing so consciously, and taking ownership of your protest. Sitting back on the bench, looking disinterested, comes off less credibly.

some people say “soda”, others say “pop”, and each thinks the other sounds like an idiot. this ensures everyone is equally offended.

Tried this last night, and it’s damn tasty. I would go a little more ketchup, less cola (maybe 55%/45%). In general sloppy joe cookery, if you use ground turkey, you don’t need to deglaze, but the broth helps add moisture to an otherwise dry meat.

Denny McLain!

alternate theory - he reinvents as a junkballer and becomes the Padres’ ace in 2021, leading them back to the playoffs