This Nats season has been really hard for me… not really because of the poor performances on the field - which are disappointing but ultimately part of the game - but rather all the (stupid and/or despicable) off the field developments.
I don’t expect my home team to be heroes, but I don’t think it’s too much to ask them not to be abusers or selfish, irresponsible idiots.
That neither cited Timothy Crouse or Hedrick Smith, who wrote bestselling books about the Beltway "reporting" in the 1970s, tells you all you need to know about how this'll go over this time...
- While I am glad Bob Odenkirk is apparently doing OK, I actually have never seen anything with him or by him. Shows like Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad just don't do it for me. So don't assume that his work needs no introduction. (I know him mainly as the brother of someone who wrote for Futurama, which moves the needle a lot more for me.)
- You think we need boosters, I think we need boosters, Israel thinks we need boosters, and Pfizer thinks we need boosters. But the government is still insisting we don't, as are a fair number of experts. I do hope they figure this one out fast. But I want my booster, and more importantly I want one for my mother, whose six months are almost up.
- Hard to see Joey Gallo moving the needle much for the third place Yankees. They need relievers, and they just traded two!
- Tylor Megill has quickly become a reliable back end starter. Didn't see that coming. Hope it lasts.
- So if the Nats are having an outbreak with the vaccine, how long till the Phils' luck runs out?
I always change the station whenever a Michael Jackson song is playing -- I still listen to terrestrial radio when I'm driving. Except -- I'll listen to Smooth Criminal. I'll sometimes be inspired to listen to it on YouTube. I love the irony. I like the nihilism -- a song about gangster violence. It's maybe Michael's heaviest song -- both in tone and sound. It has a lot percussion, which I like.
I don't care much about the Olympics -- I haven't since I was a kid. I suspect a lot of people from my generation don't care about the Olympics. I saw that the TV ratings have been historically low.
I think watching the Olympics used to be a patriotic duty for Americans. Perhaps a vestige of the Cold War. It used to be a family event, when TV was the main household medium.
I don't think Simone Biles starting a discussion about athlete mental health is going to boost ratings.
I was so disgusted and disappointed to learn about Ryan Adams’s behavior, and I really struggled with how to deal with my deeply ingrained love for his music (also dating back to Whiskeytown days). I now skip his songs when they come up on a playlist, except I physically cannot stop myself from completely melting when I hear “Sixteen Days.” I wish he’d find a way to show more remorse and rehabilitate himself. And I wish I could find more forgiveness to balance my more deeply ingrained feminism.
I know ESPN did an original 30 for 30 on this, but it always blows my mind when I hear someone like Adams say they're on the cusp of being homeless. Like, I know he never achieved Billy Corgan-levels of success, but between producing and his own stuff, he definitely has done alright for himself, to the point that being that bad with money almost seems impossible. Like, how is a financial planner not of your management team?
Abraham Toro hit a two-run homer, giving him homers in three straight games, one with Houston, one with Seattle.
Since that only adds up to two, I am going to assume he hit the third while he was being traded, an Astro when it left the bat, a Mariner when it landed.
Ryan Adams is doing the grift all wrong. You don't get whiney about being cancelled, even if being whiney is your thing. You need to get angry and then go country. Think Jenna Maroney going country in season 4 of 30 Rock. Only instead of ripping off Jimmy Buffett, you have to love America and hate what those gosh darned liburals are doing to it. You'll find a receptive audience.
Morgan Wallen was caught on video using the N word six months ago and is already on his redemption tour. Right after the video was released, his album was #1 on the billboard 200 for at least 5 weeks and he was #1 in streaming as well. Aaron Lewis of nu-metal fame recently released a song that as far as I can tell, someone feed 5 years worth of Fox News chyrons into a computer and an AI songwriting program spit back a tune about how he's the last angry man who can't believe what the libtards have done to his beloved country. It also went to the top of the charts. Because...America. I guess.
The Yankees empire strikes BACK, baby. Deal with it!!!
This Nats season has been really hard for me… not really because of the poor performances on the field - which are disappointing but ultimately part of the game - but rather all the (stupid and/or despicable) off the field developments.
I don’t expect my home team to be heroes, but I don’t think it’s too much to ask them not to be abusers or selfish, irresponsible idiots.
TL;DR I need a hug.
That Twins-Tigers game appears to be unprecedented in major league history. At least since 1901, and homers weren't a thing before then.
Fifth time a team has hit seven home runs and lost [no-one has had 8+]
But the first time a team has hit seven home runs to none and lost.
So, the first time that there's ever been a seven home run differential, with the team on the wrong end winning.
Ryan Adams is a shit human being. "16 Days" is a helluva song though.
Re: Margaret Sullivan, Jay Rosen
That neither cited Timothy Crouse or Hedrick Smith, who wrote bestselling books about the Beltway "reporting" in the 1970s, tells you all you need to know about how this'll go over this time...
- While I am glad Bob Odenkirk is apparently doing OK, I actually have never seen anything with him or by him. Shows like Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad just don't do it for me. So don't assume that his work needs no introduction. (I know him mainly as the brother of someone who wrote for Futurama, which moves the needle a lot more for me.)
- You think we need boosters, I think we need boosters, Israel thinks we need boosters, and Pfizer thinks we need boosters. But the government is still insisting we don't, as are a fair number of experts. I do hope they figure this one out fast. But I want my booster, and more importantly I want one for my mother, whose six months are almost up.
- Hard to see Joey Gallo moving the needle much for the third place Yankees. They need relievers, and they just traded two!
- Tylor Megill has quickly become a reliable back end starter. Didn't see that coming. Hope it lasts.
- So if the Nats are having an outbreak with the vaccine, how long till the Phils' luck runs out?
I always change the station whenever a Michael Jackson song is playing -- I still listen to terrestrial radio when I'm driving. Except -- I'll listen to Smooth Criminal. I'll sometimes be inspired to listen to it on YouTube. I love the irony. I like the nihilism -- a song about gangster violence. It's maybe Michael's heaviest song -- both in tone and sound. It has a lot percussion, which I like.
I think Robbie Fulks nailed Ryan Adams pretty well a long time ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711111425/http://www.robbiefulks.com:80/blog/posts/217-there-is-no-overcoming-illiteracy
I don't care much about the Olympics -- I haven't since I was a kid. I suspect a lot of people from my generation don't care about the Olympics. I saw that the TV ratings have been historically low.
I think watching the Olympics used to be a patriotic duty for Americans. Perhaps a vestige of the Cold War. It used to be a family event, when TV was the main household medium.
I don't think Simone Biles starting a discussion about athlete mental health is going to boost ratings.
I was so disgusted and disappointed to learn about Ryan Adams’s behavior, and I really struggled with how to deal with my deeply ingrained love for his music (also dating back to Whiskeytown days). I now skip his songs when they come up on a playlist, except I physically cannot stop myself from completely melting when I hear “Sixteen Days.” I wish he’d find a way to show more remorse and rehabilitate himself. And I wish I could find more forgiveness to balance my more deeply ingrained feminism.
I know ESPN did an original 30 for 30 on this, but it always blows my mind when I hear someone like Adams say they're on the cusp of being homeless. Like, I know he never achieved Billy Corgan-levels of success, but between producing and his own stuff, he definitely has done alright for himself, to the point that being that bad with money almost seems impossible. Like, how is a financial planner not of your management team?
Abraham Toro hit a two-run homer, giving him homers in three straight games, one with Houston, one with Seattle.
Since that only adds up to two, I am going to assume he hit the third while he was being traded, an Astro when it left the bat, a Mariner when it landed.
Ryan Adams is doing the grift all wrong. You don't get whiney about being cancelled, even if being whiney is your thing. You need to get angry and then go country. Think Jenna Maroney going country in season 4 of 30 Rock. Only instead of ripping off Jimmy Buffett, you have to love America and hate what those gosh darned liburals are doing to it. You'll find a receptive audience.
Morgan Wallen was caught on video using the N word six months ago and is already on his redemption tour. Right after the video was released, his album was #1 on the billboard 200 for at least 5 weeks and he was #1 in streaming as well. Aaron Lewis of nu-metal fame recently released a song that as far as I can tell, someone feed 5 years worth of Fox News chyrons into a computer and an AI songwriting program spit back a tune about how he's the last angry man who can't believe what the libtards have done to his beloved country. It also went to the top of the charts. Because...America. I guess.
I’m 37 and I’ve never heard a Ryan Adams song
At this point, anyone who won't give a direct answer to the question "Have you been vaccinated?" *hasn't*.