Ode to an Excrescent Nodule of Orange and Teal Growing out of the Tip of Florida’s John Thomas One Mid-Autumnal Morning

As an owner, doing owner-y things, writing checks and building facilities and laying the foundation for success, Jerry Jones is one of the best in the NFL.  

I think New Jersey sent a cease-and-desist, or something.

Toronto took down the Bon Jovi banner they used to have in their rafters. Hasn’t done much for the Leafs yet, but it sure made space for the Raptors? Right? Right?

THESIS STATEMENT:  If the Allies had allowed Germany to manufacture laxatives, maybe Hitler wouldn’t have written a whole book about his struggle.

Came for this.  Leaving with some ibuprofen, a gallon of distilled water, and my prescriptions.

2 birds, 1 bat

The Hartford Whalers were a bad hockey team with a fantastic logo and color scheme.  Their Carolina successors are a much better team, with a logo that will be the 32nd-best in the NHL the day that Seattle unveils theirs.

But not Reese’s Oversized Coffee Mugs. We had a committee once at work to make sure the communal cabinet space in the break room was available to everyone, so that nobody would be left without a place to put their mugs. Then somebody got the bright idea to sell off the cabinet space as a “fundraiser”, and before you…

The bus is owned by Official Party Lines.

Gilbert Lewis?

The light bears are apparently in British Columbia:

Kids are calling it the Buffalo Tailgate.

Apropos of nothing: I once lost a bet with a friend over whether Chinese Democracy would come out before Duke Nukem Forever.

If the rot was contained in the White House, it would be survivable. But what really puts the entire American Experiment at risk are the raft of banana republicans in Congress who have defecated all over the Constitutions they once claimed to carry in their back pockets, ignoring the systemic checks and balances just…

Braves fans named Moran were told to get a brain.  I guess they’re not trendsetters, those Morans.

Two of the teams Thorpe played for are still in the NFL. One of them is the New York Giants. No way in hell would Little Danny Snyder ever keep a promise like this. (Going back on his word would make his team a true representative of Washington history, but that’s a rant for another day.)

* And after they can borrow Little Danny Snyder’s rolodex to find some people who are “okay with it”.

Doesn’t take long for an Appaloosa to show its spots.

+1 city afire