Let’s Build A Shelter
Let’s Build a Shelter
By The Fillerbuster
The Cast 081718
SETTING:
Greetings and salutations, people. Thanks for coming aboard (the boat). It is Friday night and I have Ocean’s Eleven on in the background. No theme yet in mind, and I have about 90 minutes to chat with you. I am slightly worried that time might be extended during good parts of the movie, but I will do my best. Let’s turn and burn.
I feel the need…the need for speed.
EVERGREEN:
- I have heard and read various reactions to Maryland’s presser, where they took full responsibility for Jordan McNair’s tragic death. It is a bad situation all the way around, and I feel that Maryland did the best they could to make things right. What I am confused about are the people who had a negative reaction to what they did. Listen, they can fire people. They can apologize. They can change things. They can say they will do a lot of things. But, the fact of the matter is that they CAN’T bring the kid back, whatever they do. It is unfortunately impossible. So, how can you NOT view what they did as a positive. I hear people breaking down the specific paths they could have modified in their actions. But, on the flip side, they could have NOT taken full responsibility for his death, right? At all? Whatever they do now will be not enough, depending on how close of degree you get to his family. I am taking it as this. I am impressed they put their immediate school future on the line, and at least said “we will take the hit, and we are sorry.”
- I was going to do this closer to basketball season, but something came up this week regarding it. So, you get a shortened version. Rockets GM Daryl Morey recently came out and said that LeBron James was the best ever “by a big margin.” I am so tired of this topic. Listen, I have NO problem with people, with more recent memories of the greatest player of our generation, saying that he IS the best. You are welcome to your own opinion, and his stats are getting close. And, pound for pound, the probable HOF NFL tight end is pretty intimidating overall physically. But, a BIG MARGIN? That is ludicrous beyond all belief. Michael Jordan didn’t just get to the Finals. He won when he got there. He went through multiple HOF’er every single year to get there. He didn’t form a super team. He played the hand he was dealt. He didn’t switch teams even if the grass might have been greener somewhere else. He also had owner problems, but dealt with those issues head on. He was getting close with a bunch of scrubs until he refined his game (Ok, LeBron did that too). And, he took two years off to go play professionally IN ANOTHER SPORT altogether. If he had stayed in basketball his whole career, this conversation would be laughable. Imagine LeBron going off to try football for two years mid-career and then coming back. Wouldn’t happen. I don’t feel like Googling a bunch of stats to jam down your throat. This is high level. Say MJ is the best. Say LeBron is the best. I don’t care. Just DON’T tell me that you choose LeBron by a big margin. You won’t keep my attention for very long on that path.
- I personally hate, but in the most respectful way, when the rich get crazy richer. But, you have to respect them when they do. You can hate Kobe because he had to buy off cheating on his wife. You can hate Kobe for his personality. You can just hate Kobe for no reason like I do. But, in case you were worried about his retirement 401k, don’t. He had $6 million in mattress and couch cushion money and threw it at BodyArmor, a lightly regarded sports drink. Now, with a recent buy out, his investment is worth $200 million. We all hate when opportunity knocks and it passes us by. But, sometimes you have to just respect successful people and understand they have a knack for finding the best way to jump through the hoop. Kobe has done that yet again.
- I caught some of Hard Knocks this past week. I live with a wife obsessed with the Oklahoma Sooners. I was on the 20 yard line when he failed to win the Rose Bowl last year, and was a little further up at the Auburn bowl game the year before that. I have been to Norman. I have been to the Red River Shootout. I have read the stories about him. I have heard the interviews, watched the dance moves, seen him get off the team bus, and watched the video of his arrest. I was on the Sam Darnold bandwagon for the #1 pick although I respected Baker’s college career. And through it all, Baker Mayfield somehow makes you nudge aside his needed cockiness (to get where he has gotten to) and LOVE him. You root for him. You respect his odd times of humbleness that much more and it is almost more effective that way. Baker Mayfield is a guy you want to see do amazing things. And he has delivered thus far. I am supposed to hate the Browns as a Steelers fan. And I do. But, dammit, Baker has made that team interesting, exciting (whether he starts or not), and curious. Whatever you do to us, Baker, we all succumb to what you have brought to the table, every table, thus far.
WEEK-FISH:
- Antonio Callaway was punished by the Browns for his possession (both drugs and guns) by playing MORE. This guy should smuggle more drugs and guns. He can get all the tryout time he needs. Plus Baker has said “he has earned his respect.” He is golden, and when you can’t totally count on Josh Gordon and haven’t totally signed Dez Bryant, you have a reserved spot in the huddle still.
- What I want to know is with most stadiums having that 7th inning rule about selling alcohol, who is managing the shit show when the Bud Light vending machine is left unlocked AFTER a full Browns game when things are so good that people should celebrate? Bud Light is unlocking the vending machines after their first W.
- (damn, I love heist movies)
- I put it in my links. If you think that when Europe stars come overseas to play in front of us Americans for loads of money, just know they ARE better than us. The play Wayne Rooney pulled, a couple of days before scoring two goals in a match, is remarkable to say the least. Amazing defensive play. Amazing assist.
- I hear the Urban Meyer investigation ends on Sunday. I hope you enjoyed our relative peace from this situation. Because we are about to get overloaded with info. High profile coach. High profile program. And a playoff contender this year once again. Yes, we will get saturated. It came out that Zach Smith didn’t inform Urban Meyer about a 2013 DUI. I can’t say that I really care at this point in the game. Just wait and force feed me the WHOLE thing when ready.
- But, like a substitute teacher would do, the interim coach at least took his kids to a Beyonce-Jay-Z concert. I guess that beats paper airplanes being tossed around.
- We used to pass around notes all in LATIN. Magna Cum Laude, people. Agricola, Agricolae, etc.
- We had freaking Latin NAMES in class.
- Sometimes the world just doesn’t make sense. And SOME of those times, things are explained, and you say “THAT answers that!” When the one of the greatest tennis players of all time gets smoked 6-1, 6-0 in a match where she was healthy even if it after having a baby, you wonder “HOW.” The story came out that she found out her sister’s killer got released on parole that day before the match. Her mind was elsewhere. One less crazy unexplainable item…explained.
- I propped up Lauri Markkanen his whole college “career” at Arizona, saying I LOVED his game on all levels. Now, he is with the Bulls, and on most lists of possible breakout NBA players this year. But, I want him to succeed more than for “I told you so.” I just want his nickname to become famous. The Finnisher. That is hilarious.
- The playoff headed Phils lost to the Mets 24-4 the other day. So, basically, A) the Mets beat themselves for a night and B) sure glad there are 162 games in the season.
- Minnesota is one of the friendliest towns…in the world. We all know this. So, when a steakhouse pulls a prank on an MLB umpire and gives him a braille menu, it goes from sort of funny to hilarious.
- I saw two things in the last two weeks that don’t happen often. I watched a meteor shower in the middle of the field in the least light polluted part of Colorado with buildings, and I saw the words “Melo” in the same sentence as the words “genuine support.” Both were amazing and rarely will be ever seen by the naked eye.
- I think James Harden should just tell the police that he was reenacting the JR Smith incident to a fan when he threw her phone, and then just quietly pay her off on the side.
- UCONN and Tennessee basketball will “resume” their rivalry in a couple of years. Tell me this. In a sport where you are desperately looking for viewers, WHY would you ever take that rivalry OUT of the equation? I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during THAT negotiation.
- You really need to be reading Deadspin and their Why Your Team Sucks column. It is abrasive, brilliant, and funny all at the same time. Oh, and accurate on the team breakdown, which helps.
- So, while I was watching that Browns hard knocks, it made me realize that A) either I have missed a LOT of years of them or B) they just added cheesy background music recently. Well, I knew they always had some music. It just seemed more pointed this year.
- I think that Wade announcing he is playing one more year with the Heat and retiring A) got the least amount of press I have ever seen for a HOF story or B) is to the point where no one really believes him anyway.
- Ocean’s Eleven ended. I was about to change the channel, figuring they would do Twelve next. But, they must realize we ALL thought that movie stunk. Julie Roberts look-a-like played BY Julie Roberts. Hilarious. So, they skipped right to the third one. Love it.
- So, tell your friends THIS one. There is a kid who goes to Furman but has a class or two at Clemson. He is on target to be the starting Furman QB this year. They play Clemson the first week. Win-win, or lose-lose situation I guess. It reminds me of when Rosie Perez says in White Men Can’t Jump:
Gloria Clemente: [to Billy] Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.
- And check this out. Someone in a meeting this week said that sometimes customers just need to know you also feel their pain on an issue and have felt that in your own world. I told him after the meeting that it is exactly like when Rosie was thirsty, Woody brought her a glass of water, and she said THIS:
Gloria: See. if I’m thirsty. I don’t want a glass of water, I want you to sympathize. I want you to say, “Gloria, I too know what it feels like to be thirsty. I too have had a dry mouth.” I want you to connect with me through sharing and understanding the concept of dry mouthedness.
- Uh-oh. Two White Men Can’t Jump hooks. So, Ocean’s Eleven and WMCJ are the leaders right now for a blog theme.
- Fun here in Broncoville, where 104.3 can somehow talk about the Broncos QB situation for 24 hours a day. It is amazing sometimes. Even during March Madness. This week, I learned that there is a crowdfunding website now to get rid of Paxton Lynch. Also, they seem extremely curious already about the Minnesota QB situation and Teddy Bridgewater.
- And everyone is on the Chad Kelly bandwagon anyway after the first televised practice with refs.
- I initially hated Jalen Ramsey for trashing all of these QB’s when he is so early into his career. Then, I let it marinate. I think not only is he right on a few, but so list-like sharing that info I decided was kind of hilarious. I mean, he really can’t be that stupid, so it must be on purpose, which makes me laugh with him rather than laugh AT him.
- ESPN Mag and SI both arrived on the same day last week. Both had college football previews. I am still, after three days, reading the FIRST mag’s college football preview without having checked out any other article in either magazine.
- When Ronald Acuna got plucked by that first pitch, I realized that although it got their pitcher a suspension, that was probably the ONLY way to stop him about now.
- John Elway says he offered Kaep (I spell it different than the press as it makes much more sense since his name is spelled that way) and is the same amount of syllables and has the same pronunciation) a contract and he turned it down. I am no legal expert, John, but you might want to sit back from the mic for a little bit. Lots of problems in some of what you said, Horse (Jim Rome reference).
- I went to school when UVA soccer reigned supreme for many, many years. Claudio Reyna went to school with me actually. Glad to see his son falls pretty close to the tree. Younger Reyna is one of the youngsters heading overseas as soon as he is old enough.
- How did I lose 20 Twitter followers with a tweet regarding THIS? I just said that it is a normal day as Yasiel Puig started a brawl. And that Reuben Foster getting arrested and JR Smith doing something stupid would make it a believable day. What offended you from THAT tweet, y’all? Are there that many JR Smith and Reuben Foster fans?
- Roquan Smith finally signed with the Bears. Some people probably just thought he was another greedy NFL player looking for some more money. That would be incorrect though. He was actually fighting language in his contract about helmet penalties and pay being deducted financially if he was flagged. Well, what we have seen from some of the preseason practices, this is something you do NOT want in the contract. The refs don’t even know what they are doing yet. How can a player be deducted because of the zebras making bad calls as examples. Smart kid. I remember stories about him and signing his letter of intent and reading fine print. You have to respect this kid for standing up to this.
- McCollum doesn’t like super teams. Thanks for splitting the atom and reinventing the wheel, buddy. A) No one likes super teams except for that city plus people about 40 miles of a concentric circle around. B) We sort of figured players from non-super teams wouldn’t like them either.
- Brandt Snedeker shot a 59 the other day. Pretty amazing obviously. Anyone else get so used to the clogged up 59 scoring round in history (10 people) that they forgot about Furyk’s 58? I did.
THIS AND THAT:
- I am not one to read the days news outside of 5 Things You Need To Know on CNN. But, I noticed that Omarosa is all over the political news. Really? Omarosa? I know her. She was on Apprentice years ago. Trump is in office. Are the stories related or totally independent? Confused. Usually am. Less stressful that way.
- Another work meeting occurred today where I got a cargo shorts call out. Being the official Cargo Short of America President, I was fine with it.
- One week until our company band performance with me on the keys. It is odd getting 5 people together who work all the time, have no time to do much else, but yet have to learn 4-5 songs to play in front of a couple hundred people thinking we practiced a lot.
- So, the “your tattoo looks like the Walmart” symbol talked to me again at the gym after my morning swim. I was a little more forceful about how circular symbols can ALL look like that symbol in some ways anyway. He chose to spend his time with me today telling me about me OTHER tattoo, the Japanese water symbol. Apparently, I passed the quiz because I had a tattoo I knew the meaning of.
- Still not sure of the lack of media buildup, but I am very excited to go see Mile 22.
- Someone in Georgia stole a trailer full of Ramen noodles. It was worth $100k. Getting over my curiosity of WHY someone steals THAT trailer with THAT product, I am more now wondering how many packets of Ramen it takes to add to $100k. A lot. I guess a trailer full worth.
- Anyone notice the mild hit by Ghost, “Rats,” sounds a lot like Dokken. A LOT like them. And I am kind of Dokken President and CEO.
- Dokken. Now we have Ocean’s, WMCJ, and Dokken. Close race thus far.
- I will just keeping adding titles to my name until I chuckle.
- Hey, I am about to hit a $5 9 team MLB parlay. What started out as something people might think is a problem (just kind of like the rush), I am now getting pretty good at this.
- So, I am going one way (and reloading) or the other (be at $1000 starting college football first game) in betting I have decided. I am now, after the parlay tonight, very much closer to objective #2 than #1. And to think at one point I put the remaining funds on the Cubs on Sunday night baseball, went to sleep thinking I was reloading, and waking up to a bottom of the 9th Grand Slam to keep me in the game. Now, way up. Love to play the game.
- I have a work fantasy football league starting. I suggested we all have Four Winds Interactive names. Mine is honestly brilliant. The Visual Player. Never mind. Only the FWI employees just rolled over laughing. Or maybe just chuckled.
- I knew from the get go that Movie Pass had obvious flaws. Well, not for the buyers. $9.95 for a MONTH of movies? Giving away the farm is what you are doing. Anyway, now, as predicted, I need a flow chart to understand on what movies I can go see, when I can even go to see a movie, and how much it will cost me.
- Drug overdoses are up 7% this year. It is like there is a neck and neck race between better expertise with what is out there, with technology to get you jacked up in an unmonitored method. Technology evidently is winning slightly.
- Just by sitting in the same room barely looking up, I am embarrassed to know relatively what is going on in Orange is the New Black (wife is addicted).
- Watching shows week to week SUCKS, I now remember from GOT. Sunday the next to last episode of Sharp Objects is on, and I have SOOOOOO many questions. But I can’t turn away now. It is like a better done version of Westworld. Not with different worlds or machines, but with the element of not being able to turn it off because you HAVE to know what the hell is going on, and not the action of the show.
- I have spent the 3 plus minutes required and listened to Drake’s In My Feelings. Apparently, it is the song of the summer. Anyway, aside from the dance thing going on, I don’t have a full understanding of why that song is a hit.
- Going to the ZOO tomorrow. I love the zoo.
- Brunch party on Sunday at our crib. Since I rely fully on Facebook through my wife for all invitations to anything with MY friends, I guess ping me if you think I would invite you if I had the energy or motivation, but you didn’t see it on Facebook.
- My wife watches so much Dateline that I had to ask how long the “show a case” cycle is. Why? Because some writer somewhere is all OVER this Colorado family killing thing with the husband. Two little girls? That is beyond sick. And a Dateline show to say the least.
- You are lying to yourself if you are not a LITTLE curious about what this Spike Lee Blackkkanslam movie is about.
- Today is Friday but not better than Thursday in this way. Seinfeld is not on the tube when I come home on Friday. I mowed the lawn instead. Need to make room for bags/cornhole on Sunday.
- So, the Air BNB experiment has covered the two extremes and looking forward for it to level out. We have had the most insanely high maintenance older woman, and now a couple of shady kids who were sleeping in their car before they “checked in.” But, at least no texts about keeping the temperature at 78 degrees (previous blog) either.
- We used our final Passbook on Bar Dough in the Highlands. For a place that apparently has a Top Chef personality in house actually cooking, my pasta was sort of…bland.
- We live near Little Man, a legendary ice cream store in Denver. I will never wait in lines for that, so I haven’t gone myself, but my wife brought home an ice cream sandwich the other day from there. I WILL say that it might have been the best ice cream sandwich I have ever had.
- Not bad when it will be another 100 years before anyone doesn’t say that any voice in the ballpark of your quality must be one golden voice. Aretha, you had a couple of hits, but your voice was beyond all boundaries then and now.
- Look away, French people. I think there is nothing wrong with having urinals on the street.
- Rework and networking of the site is coming soon. Lindsey goes to Europe and this is high on my list of things to do.
- I get into my zone when I workout so I am not bothered by much. But, today, I found a weakness in that method. Someone at work was working out while ON the phone. The sound didn’t bother me. Not checking out of life for an hour like I do didn’t bother me. No, I don’t know what it was. But it definitely bothered me beyond all belief.
- I am getting addicted to Snarf’s, given its now close proximity and delicious Italian sandwich and my not wanting to ruin my no microwave streak.
- Of course, you would like to be a Warrior for life Steph. Until something happens and the super team moves somewhere else.
- Have you lived in a vacuum and not heard of the dunk monster, Zion Williamson? Duke is presently playing some Canadian teams preseason. He has been destroying people. Someone that big jumping that high should be illegal. And, to think, TWO of the Duke recruiting class guys aren’t even playing. Barrett and Williamson alone could carry this team absurdly far. In the links below. Dude has 1.5 Instagram followers to see his dunks. LeBron was not able to attend one of his games because the arena was already full.
TWEET OF THE WEEK:
THE BEST WORKOUT SONG EVER FOR THIS WEEK:
Still Medicated presently (if this was the Billboard charts, it would be on its third week. Good showing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKp7bG–os
I have a feeling though, that THIS song will be taking over in a week or two. Feed the Wolf. This was my gold discovery of the week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTuNRW8Zens
And although I can’t say I know much about the guy, KSI, but THIS is hilarious.
That is how I feel when I listen to the song, no sarcasm given. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3iV20fZZiY
So, I have dodged looking at Breaking Benjamin because I thought the radio songs were trendy and not with substance. Then, I took an hour and dove in because I needed a couple more workout songs that were fresh and they were on my short list. Wow. Never have I had a band where the WORST songs were the radio songs. Nothing More now has competition.
Here is my needed adds for workout songs right now, straight from my Google doc.
| breaking benjamin | dark of you |
| breaking benjamin | feed the wolf |
| breaking benjamin | hollow |
| breaking benjamin | angels fall |
| breaking benjamin | dancing with the devil |
| breaking benjamin | breath |
| breaking benjamin | blow me away |
| breaking benjamin | failure |
| breaking benjamin | had enough |
| breaking benjamin | what lies beneath |
| breaking benjamin | close to heaven |
| breaking benjamin | psycho |
| breaking benjamin | breaking the slience |
| breaking benjamin | into the nothing |
LINKS TO SAVE YOU TIME IN LIFE:
CLOSING:
Hmmmm. I think Rosie wins. White Men Can’t Jump is one of the most underrated movies ever for quotable lines, and basketball scenes. Lucky I am out of time, or I would tell you more. All I know is that the basketball scenes are so badass. And the quotes, where it would be impossible to name them all. Masons’ convention. I want your mother and daughter out of my house immediately. You either smoke or you get smoked. Chariots. Listen to the woman. You’re too pretty to play basketball. You can’t hear Jimi. Then you’re a chump. Ain’t no vista of view. We goin’ Sizzler. That’s the move. Etc. etc. etc. Theme line is from the tournament scene. Classic.
That’s it for today. Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed. Will I blog again? That is a CLOWN question, bro.
PICS:
No pics this time. I didn’t go anywhere since the meteors watching.
But, let’s throw one more of WMCJ.
And, in case you care about what I threw back in the pond, here you go…
| THROW IT BACK |
| Pat’s ot Wynn Achilles out season |
| Chip Kelly ucla |
| rangers triple play |
| aj johnson acquitted rape broncos |
| Brady has same priorities as hoodie-thanks for splitting the atom, tom |
| dolphins cut Gabe wright cheap shot |
| josh norman impressed by darnold |
| wentz injury might trail into season |
| cano reinstated 80 |
| Baker no 1st team reps |
| big Ben concussions |
| friction with…turkey? |
| foles Brady handshake? why do we care so much |
| role models-steve send, but he doesn’t read this, so toss |
| fifa rankings released-usa #22 |
| notre dame-pinstripes released |
| jenkins wearing you aren’t listening shirts |
| tigers caddie tried to pay off heckler to leave |
| llws domican vs world? |
| no box no hoops surgery to fix-no idea what this means |
| charges dropped gotsis |
| two backup qb’s will transfer from lsu |
| mariners paxton goes on dl |
| scherzer gem ruined |
| mccoy’s ex sues him for robbery |
| clips won’t renew bruce bowen contract |
| a-rod, madden get in confrontation |
| saquan barkley leg injury |
| indian martin infection |
| red Sox phils |
helicopters lambeau