An old man calls his son and says, "Listen, your mother and I are getting divorced. Forty-five years of misery is enough."
"Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams.
“We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,” he says. "I'm sick of her face, and I'm sick of talking about this, so call your sister and tell her," and he hangs up.
Now, the son is worried. He calls his sister. She says, "Like hell they’re getting divorced!" She calls their father immediately. "You’re not getting divorced! Don't do another thing. The two of us are flying home tomorrow to talk about this. Until then, don't call a lawyer, don't file a paper. DO YOU HEAR ME?” She hangs up the phone.
The old man turns to his wife and says, "Okay, they’re both coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares.
Get yourself a friend who looks at you like Olivier Giroud looks at Mbappe.
I've had good luck with cheapoair over the years on international flights, including flying between non-U.S. countries, not sure it's cheaper than anyone else anymore.
I've been to Buenos Aires, but it was a while ago and I didn't have that many days there. I would say that BA is more of a vibe-city than a place with stunning things that you must see. Hang out downtown and see the facades of Teatro Colon next to the world's widest avenue (Ave 9 de Julio). Visit the cemetery in Recolata to say hi to Evita and then stroll around the Recoleta district and it's European architecture. You'll mutter to yourself "do Argentinians even work?" as nothing will be open in the morning and shops will close for siesta in the afternoon and have spotty hours in the evening. Plan to shift your meals because dinner is REALLY late. You'll struggle to find a restaurant that opens before 9 pm and you'll be the only person there before 10 pm. Dinner is typically 11 pm.
"Dear Lord Round Mirror Disc, or as our brothers in the South call you 'Hey Soos'. We thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC, and the always delicious Taco Bell."
My sister in Iowa says the meatpacking industry is full of all kinds of terrible labor practices. I guess it would almost have to because who would really like to work there.
sure, but I can't fly on one of those as a passenger. There's a small part of me that wants to set up a trip to fly on Lufthansa to enjoy their B747 and A340 before both are retired, and then I remember I have travel companions and a budget that doesn't stretch to business class.
Documentary on the legendary voice of Metal, Ronnie James Dio. This was absolutely amazing look at the man, the myth, the legend over his decades long career, from 5yo trumpet player to his final tour with Heaven and Hell nee Black Sabbath, a tour I went to which was billed as the Metal Masters Tour, featuring Heaven and Hell, Judas Priest, and Motörhead. Dio, Halford, and Lemmy all on the same stage on the same night. . 23/19 WB over and over again.
The Bumblebee movie was very good. The preview for the newest Transformer movie also looks promising. What do these things have in common? No Michael Bay.
Trump's lawyer's hired two guys to search four different Trump properties to see if they could find classified material. FBI declined participation because watching other people search places that they want to search does not replace a law enforcement search. Low and behold, they found more classified documents in [checks notes]... a rented public storage space
SCOTUS will rule on Independent State Legislatory theory. If it goes along partisan lines, state legislators can override what's written in the state constitution. This would be a radical change and could end in states overriding votes, like what John Eastman tried to do.
It's bullshit, but we'll see if SCOTUS likes law or the Republic party more.
I’m sure they’ll find a way to make up the difference- maybe some increased fines of poor people, more aggressive asset forfeiture, that manner of thing
With approximately 99% of the vote in, US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) projected to defeat CTE victim by about 2.8 points. DEMs pad their lead to 51-49. Suck it, Manchin.
Judge to Yankees for the numbers the Giants offered. Used San Francisco as leverage. Guy’s a Yankees icon…he was never leaving NY.
Elite players really don’t want to play for Farhan and Kapler, whose iPad tells them to pinch hit for their #3 hitter in the bottom of the 5th of a 1-run game because he bats left handed. Such a silly style of baseball.
Maybe, but the Giants needed Judge for more than just stats…he was the new face of the team, a marketing gift to revitalize the fan base, drum up interest that is waning for a moribund franchise…the jersey sales alone would offset the contract.
But agreed, a 6’7” mammoth beast with a history of oblique and foot injuries probably will not be playing at a $40M per year level in his late-30’s…he’s missed a decent number of games in 3 of 5 seasons.
No criminal charges against then-SDSU punter Matt Araiza and two of his teammates. However, they are still defendants in a civil case. I'd be livid if I was her father.
Penn State's mascot is the Nittany Lion. The original is not completely known, but popular stories are that Nittany means "lone mountain" in a local native language. And the campus has Mount Nittany near it. And there was a mountain lion shot in Pennsylvania that was once once on display on a campus museum that a basketball player thought was cool. That mountain lion was adopted as a mascot. So Nittany Lions really mean "Mountain Lone Mountain Mountain Lions"
Decent hire. Could have done better, could have done worse. OL hire will be cruicial.
Spav has run some solid offenses and I'm willing to overlook his struggles at Texas State. Texas State gave no institutional support (no budget, no facilities--players often worked out at a local high school that had much better facilities), and it seems like an impossible place to build a successful team.
He’ll be happy to have a job after being run out of San Marcos.
If we can block, I like the Spav hire. I worry about Plummer’s accuracy if he’s back. He wasn’t accurate enough for my liking…hoping for a transfer miracle.
Speed 3: Chinese SUV
https://www.thedrive.com/news/driver-trapped-for-more-than-300-miles-on-highway-after-cruise-control-breaks
Airfare
we are looking at early Apr tix from NYC <> SEA during HS spring break.
kinda high at $550 RT but the Google flight price tracker implies it is "average"
I was looking at airfare to PDX for February and it was the first time I've seen the DCA - PDX flight on Alaska below $500 in over a year
Recently bought tickets for Paris in the Spring. Premium economy. Not cheap but not so much more than our last trip in 2019 either.
Going to Chicago for ND game was pricey, much more than it was pre-Covid.
HAPPY MARK FOX EXTENSION DAY, PEOPLE!!!
Airfare
looking into ticket to Argentina/Buenos Aires in Feb 2023.
sort of a pain to book on Aerolineas using Delta ticketing.
my wife and i are considering a 1 week trip to Patagonia.
- 4-5 days near El Calafate
- a couple days in BA.
any thoughts or suggestions?
I've had good luck with cheapoair over the years on international flights, including flying between non-U.S. countries, not sure it's cheaper than anyone else anymore.
I've been to Buenos Aires, but it was a while ago and I didn't have that many days there. I would say that BA is more of a vibe-city than a place with stunning things that you must see. Hang out downtown and see the facades of Teatro Colon next to the world's widest avenue (Ave 9 de Julio). Visit the cemetery in Recolata to say hi to Evita and then stroll around the Recoleta district and it's European architecture. You'll mutter to yourself "do Argentinians even work?" as nothing will be open in the morning and shops will close for siesta in the afternoon and have spotty hours in the evening. Plan to shift your meals because dinner is REALLY late. You'll struggle to find a restaurant that opens before 9 pm and you'll be the only person there before 10 pm. Dinner is typically 11 pm.
sounds a little like Madrid .. where we walked around and soaked up the vibe.
seems like a good little add-on to break up the travel a little and get a flavor for the country aside from the country side.
The pain in Spain is mainly from the train
https://apnews.com/article/health-europe-barcelona-spain-madrid-6da5968c958aa967948df0f442a6fb27
DBD Gift Ideas
we got our college aged daughter a "reasonable set of knives" for day to day stuff until they can afford their own.
https://misen.com/products/essentials-knife-set?variant=30384545562705
Did you finish 2nd to Ricky Roma in Mitch and Murray’s sales competition? He brought home the Cadillac El Dorado…
"Dear Lord Round Mirror Disc, or as our brothers in the South call you 'Hey Soos'. We thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC, and the always delicious Taco Bell."
https://www.westelm.com/products/lcl-szklo-glass-modern-stained-glass-nativity-set-d14865/
DBD Street Journal
Facebook's oversight board warns Zuckerbot that doing the "Twitter Free Speech" route is not a good idea
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140833429/facebook-vip-neymar-oversight-board
Making America competitive again
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/company-accused-employing-dozens-minors-slaughterhouses-graveyard-shif-rcna60355
My sister in Iowa says the meatpacking industry is full of all kinds of terrible labor practices. I guess it would almost have to because who would really like to work there.
I guess after laughing about the immigrants dying from COVID, they decided to go with more edgy humor
The last 747 has been built
https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1600338864270233601
I know they're old and gas guzzlers, but I still like them
I always liked them because there's no other airplane with the hump in the front.
Airbus A300-600ST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga
sure, but I can't fly on one of those as a passenger. There's a small part of me that wants to set up a trip to fly on Lufthansa to enjoy their B747 and A340 before both are retired, and then I remember I have travel companions and a budget that doesn't stretch to business class.
big brain plane
oh right this one is cool as well.
WORLD CUP
nothing to watch today for the first time in a while ...
Next WC will be 48 teams, up from 32. Congratulations Mali, Paraguay, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-soccer-sports-africa-japan-3ed0805f113187efb003e6f02fffa960
This would basically guarantee that the USMNT doesn't have to sweat qualifying ever again.
You say that... meanwhile Scotland will somehow contrive to crash out of qualifying again
Always tougher to qualify out of Europe.
Especially when you're not very good
I wonder how they'd do in CONCACAF. Not sure they'd finish ahead of Costa Rica and Panama.
5 million vs 330 million?
Spain loses to Morocco on PKs. Rock the Casbah.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/633841
extremely funny.
Ronaldo doesn't start as a discipline. Portugal struggles to a 6-1 victory over Switzerland.
I don’t know how much clearer it could be that he’s holding them back now
He got Wally Pipp’d. How do you not start a guy who scored three goals in his last game? Basically impossible
DBD AV CLUB
DIO: Dreamers Never Die
Documentary on the legendary voice of Metal, Ronnie James Dio. This was absolutely amazing look at the man, the myth, the legend over his decades long career, from 5yo trumpet player to his final tour with Heaven and Hell nee Black Sabbath, a tour I went to which was billed as the Metal Masters Tour, featuring Heaven and Hell, Judas Priest, and Motörhead. Dio, Halford, and Lemmy all on the same stage on the same night. . 23/19 WB over and over again.
Transformers - Age of Extinction
6/19 .. WNB
i was big fan of the original animated series so i decided to watch this for a bit.
thie was not great, but at least the dino-bots showed up. too bad they didnt talk. that was one of the best parts.
"Me, Grimlock, going to crush everyone and everything!"
The live-action Transformers movies just become an increasing travesty as they go along.
The Bumblebee movie was very good. The preview for the newest Transformer movie also looks promising. What do these things have in common? No Michael Bay.
Bumblebee was decent, yes. That one seems a bit outside of the original continuity though.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
pqtm
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1600564535529963520
Trump's lawyer's hired two guys to search four different Trump properties to see if they could find classified material. FBI declined participation because watching other people search places that they want to search does not replace a law enforcement search. Low and behold, they found more classified documents in [checks notes]... a rented public storage space
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/07/trump-tower-bedminster-records-search/
SCOTUS will rule on Independent State Legislatory theory. If it goes along partisan lines, state legislators can override what's written in the state constitution. This would be a radical change and could end in states overriding votes, like what John Eastman tried to do.
It's bullshit, but we'll see if SCOTUS likes law or the Republic party more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/06/north-carolina-scotus-elections-state-legislatures/
The Warped Electoral Logic Behind Trump’s Antisemitism
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/07/electoral-logic-behind-trumps-antisemitism-00072661
Let's check in to see how Drunk Uncle Rudy's discipline hearing is going.
https://news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-repeatedly-lost-cool-195304530.html
Wanting to lift vaccine mandate in military, McCarthy threatens to defund the military. DO. IT. Let's see how that goes for you.
https://www.newsweek.com/kevin-mccarthy-laura-ingraham-army-defund-vaccination-covid-19-meeting-joe-biden-1764863
The democrats will roll over because of course they will
This would be a gift to the democrats so I don’t think they will roll over.
Trump's final record on mid-term endorsements: 2-14
https://twitter.com/akarl_smith/status/1600331819311734785
Mark Fox would kill for a record like that
LOL
Ouch!
Unintended consequences of Alabama's new no-permit concealed carry law - reduced police funding due to lack of permit sales
https://www.waaytv.com/news/change-in-permitless-carry-law-means-major-cut-to-funding-for-morgan-county-sheriffs-office/article_9ccd0ad4-75cf-11ed-9b73-2bcf71a3514e.html
I’m sure they’ll find a way to make up the difference- maybe some increased fines of poor people, more aggressive asset forfeiture, that manner of thing
More radar traps.
With approximately 99% of the vote in, US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) projected to defeat CTE victim by about 2.8 points. DEMs pad their lead to 51-49. Suck it, Manchin.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/06/georgia-runoff-election-results-warnock-walker-00072601
It's still disappointing that someone so clearly unqualified can come so close. Race was too close to call when I went to bed last night.
True, but my feeling was it was only due to him being a former Georgia football star - otherwise it would have have been a 42/58 loss.
https://media.tenor.com/c980sTBcQ5cAAAAC/first-time-meme.gif
just wait will next set of elections. i think that "qualified" has a whole new new meaning (or no meaning) these days.
some people will say Trump is unqualified and he will come pretty close to winning as well.
Ideology is all that matters to a disturbing number of people nowadays. Competency never even comes to mind.
pqtm
https://twitter.com/jasonisbell/status/1600335775841026048
PRO
Rams claim Baker Mayfield
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1600235107608014848
Judge to Yankees for the numbers the Giants offered. Used San Francisco as leverage. Guy’s a Yankees icon…he was never leaving NY.
Elite players really don’t want to play for Farhan and Kapler, whose iPad tells them to pinch hit for their #3 hitter in the bottom of the 5th of a 1-run game because he bats left handed. Such a silly style of baseball.
But it was fun to watch all this giants fans talk that shit when they thought Judge was coming to sf. Now I will drink their tears.
Well, as a Giants fan that never believed he was ever coming in the first place, you'll get nothing from me but my scorn!!!!
;-)
Yup, same. My default assumption is that no one leaves the Yankees unless the Yankees want them to leave. They did not want Judge to leave.
Exactly, sy!!
He had an amazing year but for SF I think that contract is too rich for a guy in his 30s
He will be an albatross on the back half of it, particularly with his injury history
Maybe, but the Giants needed Judge for more than just stats…he was the new face of the team, a marketing gift to revitalize the fan base, drum up interest that is waning for a moribund franchise…the jersey sales alone would offset the contract.
But agreed, a 6’7” mammoth beast with a history of oblique and foot injuries probably will not be playing at a $40M per year level in his late-30’s…he’s missed a decent number of games in 3 of 5 seasons.
My sentiments exactly.
"Wow, thanks." [puts trophy in cleaning storage closet]
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-unveils-new-maurice-podoloff-trophy-given-to-team-with-best-regular-season-record/
Man sets a continental record for fastball
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1599961976188403712
Love the catcher making an attempt thowing with the glove on his throwing hand.
Record fastest pitch by a guy with no hands and no feet in Antarctica.
Snowball fights are fun and games until he shows up...
It's that time of year. A friend is registered to run the Antarctic Ice marathon this weekend.
I’m not a fan of this event at all.
MLB draft lottery. Pirate #1, Nats #2. Twins (#5) way outperform their odds. Oakland (#6) underperforms.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35199694/pirates-win-1st-mlb-draft-lottery-right-pick-no-1-nats-get-no-2
Lakers' three-point shooting colder than the Cavs', lose 116-102.
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468515
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
c/o 2024 5-star QB DJ Lagway commits to Florida. See you in 2026, punk.
https://twitter.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/1600604425512488969?cxt=HHwWksC4idTPvrYsAAAA
No criminal charges against then-SDSU punter Matt Araiza and two of his teammates. However, they are still defendants in a civil case. I'd be livid if I was her father.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35205631/no-charges-filed-matt-araiza-ex-teammates-sdsu-gang-rape-case
Hopefully his comment about continuing his NFL career turn out to be not true.
It is shocking that he is not facing any criminal charges.
Auburn owning its insensitivity: https://twitter.com/AuburnFootball/status/1600137546175983618?s=20&t=YuJMvSaNBS_zhrpmA2QDaQ
Penn State's mascot is the Nittany Lion. The original is not completely known, but popular stories are that Nittany means "lone mountain" in a local native language. And the campus has Mount Nittany near it. And there was a mountain lion shot in Pennsylvania that was once once on display on a campus museum that a basketball player thought was cool. That mountain lion was adopted as a mascot. So Nittany Lions really mean "Mountain Lone Mountain Mountain Lions"
https://iecp.la.psu.edu/fast-facts/whats-a-nittany-lion/
The lone mountain lion can be found lying alone on a lone mountain.
Transfer portal
McCallan Castles commits to Tennessee
https://twitter.com/rivalsportal/status/1600628722406772736
That’s a big one.
Slater Zellers commits to ASU
https://twitter.com/slaterzellers/status/1600631180797149184?s=46&t=5on6_Z_kVEeZ9nz9wjLiow
Decarlos Brooks commits to ASU
https://twitter.com/dlosbrooks/status/1600629350084190208?s=46&t=5on6_Z_kVEeZ9nz9wjLiow
Kenny D and Prime Time are both gonna bowl in ‘23…
Buffs to El Paso for our elusive Sun Bowl is my prediction!!
Storm Duck enters the portal from UNC. If he doesn't go to Oregon, it seems like a wasted opportunity.
https://twitter.com/chris_hummer/status/1600639081834508288
Wilcox needs to win the portal war this year or 4-8 is a lock.
Very manageable non-conference schedule; can't rule 5-7 out at this point.
[WBB] 5 GW and 3 TCU players ejected early in their game due to this scrap.
https://twitter.com/n1a2v3y4/status/1599932561761112065
A friend goes to a few of the GW games. I haven't heard back from him. This one was on the road.
Former Arkansas DC Barry Odom hired as UNLV head coach, replacing Marcus Arroyo
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35198297/unlv-hire-arkansas-defensive-coordinator-barry-odom-coach
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Bears will beat Eastern Washington tonight and get off the schneid.
Knowlton will immediately extend Fox.
Cal is a 3.5 point favorite.
How many years??? 🤑 🤑 🤑
I don't know but Dennis Gates will immediately become available the offseason that Fox gets his extension.
He’s 9-0 and scoring 90+!
Well done Knowlton.
Jackson Sirmon named first-team All-Pac-12
Jamieson Sheahan 2nd team
https://calbears.com/news/2022/12/6/football-sirmons-first-team-selection-leads-eight-on-all-pac-12-team.aspx
From the Front Page: Jake Spavital returns as Cal OC
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/breaking-the-new-cal-offensive-coordinator
Apropos:
https://twitter.com/ballcoachterry/status/1600635868561440768
I don’t know as much as you guys, but I liked Spav the year he was here and more importantly the players liked him. Good hire!
Decent hire. Could have done better, could have done worse. OL hire will be cruicial.
Spav has run some solid offenses and I'm willing to overlook his struggles at Texas State. Texas State gave no institutional support (no budget, no facilities--players often worked out at a local high school that had much better facilities), and it seems like an impossible place to build a successful team.
Then he’ll be used to the Cal support!!
Well this is his second time at Cal so he should be doubly use to it.
He’ll be happy to have a job after being run out of San Marcos.
If we can block, I like the Spav hire. I worry about Plummer’s accuracy if he’s back. He wasn’t accurate enough for my liking…hoping for a transfer miracle.