No one can EVER be as bad as Rikki…ever.

September 21, 2014 Filler

Read it, don’t read it, I don’t care…just needed to get some things off my chest.

In no particular order of chronology or importance…

On the clock relatively. Afternoon rant during the Broncos-Seahawks game. Let’s turn and burn.

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Greetings and salutations, people. Thanks for coming aboard (the boat). Let’s all hope this turns out better than the Green Bay performance against the Lions.
Actually, that was actually more about the D-Line’s effect on Rodgers more than simply laying an egg.
Pretty hard to hear any “Omaha’s” playing at the Seahawks crib. Wow, they get loud.
The reason I am on the clock “relatively” is because the Steelers are the late game, I will be focused and not distracted for the actual game, and I have a couple things to do for work before setting up camp before that 6pm game.
Imagine how exciting the National League wildcard race would be between San Fran and Pittsburgh if we didn’t have that silly extra wildcard. Both will make it, and next team is 4.5 games back. Ugghhh, I hate that thing.
Clayton Kershaw is 20-3 with a 1.80 ERA. I am willing to admit maybe he could be the MVP this year. I hate, hate, HATE someone who pitches every five days winning the MVP that is more made for every day players. They have their own award. But, we seriously have a lack of options at this point. Stanton? Not making the playoffs (my other pet peeve). Adrian Gonzalez? Not gaudy enough stats. Lucroy? Tailed off a bit and the Brewers are out of the playoffs right now. Puig? Please. Actually, I would rather have Molina get it before any of these semi-sluggers. Give it to someone who helped get his team in the playoffs.
I felt like I was back in Jersey Saturday night. I make a funny joke in the bathroom last night, and the dude literally just looked at me and called me a mother f%^&er. Nice to meet you also. Mix in a water, bro.
I had three consultant picks for college this week and I will say I can’t find my groove this year and VERY glad I am retired. Anyway, the asterisk about yesterday is that I would have gone BIG on Clemson last night, so I would have made out fine even with my bad Navy and Michigan fake bets.
I wish Clemson would have pulled that out. In the words of Hall and Oates, so close yet so far away. Now, we still have to deal with Jameis Winston in big games on an undefeated team. Ugghhh. Now, it looks like the next shot we have for them to go down in the weak ACC might be that at Louisville game. I am an ACC guy, but president of the Down Goes FSU This Year Club Because Of Winston. Or the DGFSUTYCBOW Club. I love acronyms.
I am now convinced that somehow Michigan is a really, really bad team. You have now proven that to me this weekend.
Hey, A.P. I am NOT in denial as I hear you still are amazingly enough. I am not. You are off my fantasy football team. Wasted pick and I will purchase you a parenting video and a box of condoms for you for Christmas this year.
We are midway through the second round of NFL games, I had to sit Arian Foster late in the game, and yet I just witnessed a commercial where they recommended to play him this week. Get that off the air.
I have a good feeling about the Steelers tonight…kind of. I don’t know. I can’t step outside of my Bias Box. Or maybe I am just living years ago when they were usually good. I am still adjusting slowly to mediocrity. It is hard.
You have heard of the Bironas car crash. Sad story, no other lives were involved in crash, and there was no alcohol or drugs. What you probably didn’t put together was that Terry Bradshaw was missing on the morning shows today for NFL. Bironas and his daughter were married in June, and Terry flew out to care for his daughter. Sucks all the way around on this one.
Washington might have lost to the Eagles, but I am betting that RGIII wouldn’t have been able to put up 34 points in any game the way he has looked lately. It is a loss, but nice tryout for Mr. Cousins. A 103.4 rating isn’t incredible, but it isn’t bad either.
I am presently getting WORKED in fantasy right now. Evidently things get much worse when Sproles doesn’t do anything.
Who runs that Cal merchandise store that sent out a “win” email right as the other team came back? Youngster maybe who doesn’t get that it is not over until it is over?
Houston-Buffalo in the NFL and Duke-Maryland NCAA are two big games that stick out to me about learning those lessons very clearly.
It is a fact that I love mongooses. It is a fact that after 41 years, my favorite cartoon BY FAR is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. So, to further celebrate this fact, Lindsey sent me this short clip of a real mongoose telling a couple lions what is up. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/watch-mongoose-fend-four-lions
It was supposed to be a rainy Sunday. Lindsey and I were actually looking forward to it being that we weren’t doing anything today. It is now supposed to rain at about 430. Hasn’t that happened like every other day ALL SUMMER? I just assume not to make late afternoon plans outside this year. We wanted a rainy day ALL day on a weekend day where we sat on the couch and watched football and maybe dozed off here and there. That sounded delightful.
Poor Minnesota Timberwolves. Did they just offer Eric Bledsoe a max contract a couple days ago and now all ANYONE hears is crickets? Shhhh. Just like the rest of us, I am assuming that he is ALSO not excited about playing with surprise #1 overall pick Anthony Bennett.
Damn. That dude is going to be a special trivia question when I am on my deathbed years from now.
Poor Jacksonville, who were at home, but definitely playing one of the best 0-2 NFL teams in Indy. If we are hoping for an 0-16 team this year, we might as well just throw Jacksonville, Oakland, and Tampa Bay in an octagon and see how it plays out.
Deep thoughts. So would we pick whoever finished LAST in that octagon? I need a flowchart. I always need a flowchart.
Actually, Tampa will win a game or two, because we are in the 6^th straight year of them being the dark horse playoff team preseason.
I don’t have anything important to report on Ray Rice. But, if you missed it, here is that clip of the Howard Stern writer interrupting Goodell’s news conference. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/howard-stern-show-writer-benjy-bronk-disrupts-nfl-roger-goodell-press-conference-article-1.1945978
Of course there is a story leaked to the press on how Harbaugh wanted to cut Ray Rice immediately when the initial story broke. That is adorable.
I think Dion Jordan picked an awesome domestic abuse related NFL week to get banned for a third time for drugs. Well timed, Dion. I had to read the fine print and sub stories. Good job. You have 2nd team Rant Squad written ALL over you.
Tyson Chandler is mad at some chemistry comments that came out of Knick camp recently. I have done 2 hours of preliminary research with my employees here at Fillermerica with both camps and have determined we should definitely believe Tyson Chandler.
I am splitting atoms over here, people.
Insert my usual “grass is green, sky is blue” thing.
I would like to thank Rutgers University for further advance the New Jersey is the armpit of the nation argument by making those Sandusky jokes for the PSU game.
Rory gets on a hot streak and now he is getting a little mouthy, aye? First, he busts on the age of El Tigre and Phil. Now, he says he will beat anyone in front of him for the Ryder Cup. I thank him for my mild PGA pool win, but stay classy, bro. You have the golf world right now in the palm of your hand. And your ex hasn’t won shit since you broke up. Double whammy.
Speaking of El Tigre, he says he might just coach himself. Yeah…That will work. I am sure everyone out there who can keep coaches and caddies has it ALL wrong, bro. Find a coach. Put in on Monster or CareerBuilder or wherever the hell people search for jobs these days. LinkedIn?
I had the South Florida game on in the background before movie time Friday night. The ref said penalty on UCF over the mic system. Not a good idea I am assuming in the long haul. I am sure Deadspin picked it up in 5 minutes. Maybe less.
I may or may not have had macaroni and cheese for both lunch and dinner yesterday.
If that is the given in this proof, then I would advise ordering it at both places I had it at. Thirsty Lion and Curtis Club. Long day starting with Elitches and ending with a surprise birthday party. Probably some of the reason I am very content sitting on this couch right now. Both are new places from what I understand. Both are a little pricey for my taste and no one needs to be thinking I found a new bar home. Both are pretty cool though. Just a heads up, the mac and cheese is a side on the loin plate at the Curtis Club. I actually thought I was getting loin IN my mac and cheese when I ordered it. Go with focus to the Thirsty Lion. The menu is a little overwhelming with the number of items.
Long day because there aren’t too many drink what you can beer fests that I know of at amusement parks that cost $20..for TWO people.
If you haven’t walked the new Union Station area downtown, do it. Neat little places, nice interior now, and well worth an afternoon out and about or a quick lunch if you work downtown.
Sean, Sean, Sean. This was the guy I sat next to at dinner for the surprise party. We might be dangerous to hang out with on a regular basis. This is an on the clock version, but I will say we are a year apart (and look younger of course), and I would have flip a coin to tell you about either our long Dokken discussion or the many, many Seinfeld references that drew many rolls of eyes.
Dokken is incredible. I would listen to them ANY time. Early years favorite? Dream Warriors (probably due to Freddy). Mainstream favorite? Burning Like a Flame. Too easy. I could list off 10 songs I love by them, but I will go simple and stick with Breaking the Chains, Heaven Sent, or Kiss of Death.
Boom goes the dynamite. Vince. There it is. “Cue eye roll.” Boom. Sturgis invention from us two.
People are worried about how the #1 overall football recruit from Virginia will be after dislocating his kneecap this week. I am more concerned how a home grown product is visiting VA Tech and UVA isn’t even on his list. Get on that, London.
This is awesome. A Dodgers called up prospect goes and gets his teammates coffee IN uniform. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/rookie-joc-pederson-fetches-dodgers-coffee-wearing-full-uniform-in-wrigleyville-195100831.html
UVA covered the spread and gave BYU a little run. I was watching it on Gamecast and Watch ESPN, so I missed plays here and there. That being said, the couple I was able to watch were really bad miscommunication plays for UVA on defense. They ran a score up the middle when everyone in the stadium know they were running it up the middle.
What the hell does that even mean? You get out what you put in??? Obreto commercial with Smith and Sherman. I know I am watching a Seattle game with Richard Sherman in it, and I know that I am ok with Stephen A Smith, but please stop that commercial. Effective NOW.
I don’t watch Arsenal matches, and still have not seen the video, but three goals in 3 minutes in soccer is pretty badass. Do they even have offseason in soccer?
I am hearing that Ray Allen might fit best in San Antonio. I am sure Pop won’t mind at all having a guy who has a couple of rings and who is the best shooter of all time on his second team. Hail, Jesus Shuttlesworth.
I am hearing that Colin Farrell is confirming his spot on True Detective. I am cool with this. Not my optimum pick, but I am down. He could be good in a role like this. At #7 on my movies that not enough people have seen, The Recruit was incredible. I also loved Phone Booth, Pride and Glory, and a couple other ones. I am in.
I would say that losing this game for Denver wouldn’t be a huge problem. It is just a regular season game, right? Looking respectable though was probably pretty important after last February’s pummeling. Well, we are near the end of the third. Seattle is owning this shit at this point.
Virginia Tech is a really, really bipolar football team…for like the last 10 years. They can beat the best and then lose to East Carolina AND GTech at home (scratching head looking confused).
On Friday, I had two breakfast burritos, two hot dogs, a hamburger, and then another larger hamburger for dinner.
I promised Lindsey I would watch “What Dreams May Come” Friday. Robin Williams. Soulmate, love, and all that other crap. Anyway, good flick and extremely fast starting emotionally. All in all, I say it was a pretty good flick. I would give it a higher grade, but I mentally checked out when he was literally searching through fire and brimstone when his search began in hell for his lady. Too…stereotypical. And why the hell was Cuba naked for the first 30 minutes of the movie?
The Purge (first one) was our second movie Friday. Extremely…disturbing. The closest thing I have seen to a scary movie in the last 20 years might be The Conjuring. Well, The Purge was pretty freaky, y’all. Watch it at home late at night. Tell me if you don’t go check your locks.
James Spader is one smooth dude. I have given up watching Blacklist for the moment, but since we are about to be part of the cool Netflix crew in a month, we may revisit the series.
By the way, FSU. I don’t like you this year because of Winston. But, you suspending him for the entire game was more standup than I thought you would be. Dammit, Clemson.
Robot Chicken is now CANCELLED. That is horrible. The cartoon with less of a filter than Family Guy, and the only worse news I can think of is if Drunk History was shut down.
Oh, Rex Chapman. A couple years out of running the operations with the Denver Nuggets, you have nice mug shots all over the place for your $14k shoplifting spree. I guess if you are sitting around watching football, you have relieved yourself of at least ONE Winston joke. You need ALL of them for funny monologues. Why don’t you go on a table near the UK student union and yell…you know. I am sure you are money for HORSE in prison.
Don’t stir the pot, but I am kind of glad this Kenny Trill thing isn’t catching on…yet.
I know that Bama came back and won against Florida, but it was fun picturing my colleague and friend, Robert, freaking OUT in his basement on Saturday.
We talk about their offensive line every year. We talk about their relatively boring offense. And I don’t care WHO they played. Bottom line is this. 644 yards RUSHING is a LOT. Wow, Wisconsin. Way to put Melvin Gordon on the lower level of the Heisman hopefuls again with his 253 and FIVE TD’s.
Oh, and one other thing about the bets. I went technically 2-2 with my two guarantees being winners. Remember, I am not allowed to tell people to bet AGAINST OU. I was all over them covering the spread Saturday. 7.5 was a joke…and of course not covered by much.
With the A.P. thing going on and the team 0-2, I think I would have taken any petty money line for the Saints this weekend. Was it bet $1000 to win $50. Done.
Every time I start thinking Missouri is perhaps good and a force in the SEC, they do something like Saturday. Indiana? They haven’t been good at ALL since Antwaan Randle-El.
I am old enough to remember SMU football actually being good. I think the cutoff for remembering this is about 37 years old. If you are not there, then you just think SMU sucks.
Safety. Interception. Denver is showing a little life, and making my late afternoon more meaningful than just blogging and waiting for the late game.
I have “GWH story” written on my list. Not sure what I meant. If I acronym it, it means I am using code. It is in the Saturday night drinking time notes. I have stumped myself. Let’s move on.
That is it. I could write more, but Pittsburgh will either be 2-1 or 1-2 after tonight. Big difference. I am going to enjoy the rest of this game and then get some stuff done before my boys play. Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed. Will I blog tomorrow? That is a CLOWN question, bro.
IF I don’t, please understand I have a very, very important work thing going on right now. This has the possibility of me being on a two day hiatus. Just a heads up. I just wanted to warn the 100’s of people who text me daily that I might be off the radar.