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wvParticipantLife seems to have a whole lot to do with Loss.
So sorry, Keith.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantI wrote an article on yellow school buses for Parenting Magazine when I worked there 37 years ago. The only thing I remember is that the colors were chosen for high visibility, even in the fog.
I also wrote an article on the daycare center at CIA headquarters in Langley which pissed off the editor-in-chief so much that my contract was not renewed. It was loaded with jokes about “security blankets” and Big Brother, and he completely revised it to remove all of them. I also pissed off his secretary by dismissing “The Sun Also Rises,” saying it was a story about a bunch of Americans travelling all over Europe, unable to find quite enough alcohol to drink, and then going home. I said it should have been named “Tequila Sunrises Also.” The secretary’s name was Brett, and her parents named her after the character in that novel.
I was not well-loved at Parenting Magazine.
I dunno about this Hemingway guy.
“She was built with curves like the hull of a racing yacht.”
Ernest Hemingway, Tequila Sunrise Also.w
vwvParticipantOn television, during the World CUp, they have been calling it Los Angeles Stadium, not SoFi.
Yeah, somewhere around here there’s a vid saying the World Cup powers-that-be required the corporate names to be eliminated on all the U.S. stadiums.
Its fantastic.
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vwvParticipantDefensive ‘havoc.’ I like it. Not sure how accurate the stats are though, since the Texans are only eighth best. I watched em. They were the havoc-ist defense i saw all year.
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vwvParticipantIran 2
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Iranian team has become political pawn at this World Cup |
Nancy Armour
USA TODAY“…Iran was banished to Tijuana, Mexico, at the eleventh hour, barred from having its base camp in Arizona as it planned. That resulted in a longer-than-expected trip to Los Angeles, where it plays its first World Cup game, against New Zealand, on Monday, June 15…”
wvParticipantRams Wire@TheRamsWire
Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.WTF do they call it, if not home?
I interpreted as more of the usual bullshit. Its not about the chargers, its about all the other activities that take place there. The plastic grass makes it easier to make money on all the other stuff. At least thats what they usually say.
The players of course, have the power to organize, dismantle capitalism, and get themselves concussions on natural grass, but they have been distracted by….all that money they make.
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vwvParticipanti’m not sure if the Knicks had a strong “Clutch Gene” or if the Spurs had a bigger “Choke Gene”
Spurs gift wrapped it in game 2, game 4, and game 5. … Spurs average age = 23… 2nd youngest team to play in NBA finals and it showed with the lack of routine execution in the final moments of each game…they blew it big time.
at the onset of the NBA playoffs, I wanted to see the Knicks win it all,……outside of the Yankees, I’ve always been infatuated with New York……, but as this final series evolved, I found myself pulling for the Spurs to extend the series.
Well, ‘choking’ and ‘clutching’ are interesting concepts aren’t they. Think of Sam Darnold, for example. Apparently one can go from one to the other, maybe.
I heard a lot of ‘choker’ talk from the media, but if the Spurs were chokers, why didnt they choke in game 7, on the road in Oklahoma against the champs?
My own view is Wemby just wore down as the playoffs went on, and each game went on. Plus, he is just not a ‘big man’. He’s a tall skinny man. He reminds me more of a Ralph Sampson than a powerful center. I dont know if he’s going to have the great future so many people think he is. I can picture a lot of injuries in his future.
At any rate 8 straight new champions in the NBA, now.
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vwvParticipantI followed the Knicks back in the 70’s. Everyone in WV was a Laker fan (Jerry West) so I had to be perverse, so i rooted for the Knicks. I stopped following them long ago, but i kinda got interested in them a little bit the last couple years.
There’s something off-putting about NBA basketball to me, but i cant quite put my finger on it. There’s all this pushing and shoving and elbowing on every single play. And the players double-dribble and travel constantly and its never called. I dunno.
And yet, obviously there’s some amazing passing and when a team starts ‘flowing’ its pretty cool. My favorite part of the sport is the passing.
A role player, with 19 dogs. I thought he would be the key to knicks chances this year.
wvParticipantThough having said that, there’s this (a real comment).
The Knicks demonstrated that the “clutch gene” is real.
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Yeah, Jalen Brunson has a lot of whatever Tom Brady had. ‘And’ he took less money to enable the team to get more good players. Like Brady.
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vwvParticipantTop of my list are Portugal, Vietnam, and Thailand. The Patagonia region has appeal. I would take a look at eastern Europe, too. But, yeah. I don’t really like it here, even though it’s “home.” I’ll come back, but I’m gonna spend the next year downsizing, and then I’m leaving until I get a craving for buffalo wings or something.
I guess you just won’t be stopped.
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v“If I had a mind to rent pigs, I’d be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won’t be stopped.”
― Larry McMurtry , Lonesome Dove“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome DovewvParticipantI don’t think I will ever get another pet. I want to get a one way plane ticket and see what happens, and pets are responsibilities.
Are you really serious about leaving this blessed nation?
Which godless country would you go to?
I’m not as bold as you, so i will stick it out here. I would be up for going to a different galaxy though. That might be far enough from, ya know, Amerikans.
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vwvParticipantThey installed real grass in Sofi for the World Cup Soccer matches
They’re going reinstall artificial turf after the soccer matches just in time for NFL season…
I wonder how OBJ feels about that?
URL = World Cup grass fields have NFL players asking why they still play on turf
Geez, I either forgot, or didnt know SoFi used artificial turf.
Man. I dont ever wanna hear what great owner Kronky is, if he makes them play on that garbage.
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vwvParticipantTrickle-down Authenticity
wvParticipantThough learning Rams offense is a ‘drinking from a fire hydrant’ experience, Ty Simpson grateful for supportive and resourceful teammates and coaches
”Ha. I know everyone has seen this…
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“…Stetson Bennett, who is entering his fourth year in the system, has likewise taken Simpson in and been a resource…”Stetson is in a tricky position aint he.
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vwvParticipantThe mega-corporate-capitalist-death-cult-sports-media is really pushing the World Cup now, i see.
Fox must aim to make a lot of money off of it.
Apparently, there are 48 teams in the tournament this year. (There used-ta-be 32)
https://www.ritfitsports.com/blogs/article/2026-fifa-world-cup-qualified-teams?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23093233641&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3K7RBhDJARIsAKRtP5R68JJAoQ2eFD3wTs1G2Db4d-rY8Bcuw25i_idMug__SJ7d-EQvEUUaAgrjEALw_wcBI decided i would root for teams that have been bombed or threatened with bombing by Trump and his fascist forces. But Venezuela is not in the tournament. Nor is Cuba. Nor is North Korea. Nor Palestine. Ah well.
Iran is in it, though. Also, Iraq.
I shall root for Iran and Iraq.
Feel free to pick a team.
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vwvParticipantThe Rams need a team dog.
Do you have a dog currently?
No, I haven’t had one for years. I only like to live with Giant dogs, and i figured i was too old to carry one if it got hurt, so I learned to live dogless. I have many crows, though.
You have any animals?
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vwvParticipantThe Rams need a team dog.
wvParticipant“A field.”
wvParticipantI don’t understand not having one of those guys on the roster already. This is a super bowl year. You get your #2 on the roster before camp starts. Stetson Bennett is expendable. By the time Simpson takes over, Bennett is probably gone anyway.
Yeah, its a problem. I assume the Rams thought they could get JimmyG but they couldnt and then whatever planB they had fell apart.
There’s always Philip Rivers 🙂
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantHow can we be us.
wvParticipantAndrew Berry, the Browns Harvard-educated GM sounds like a bright guy.
But then…
wiki
Cleveland Browns (second stint)On January 27, 2020, Berry returned to the Cleveland Browns and was hired to be their general manager and executive vice president of football operations.[4] The move made him the youngest GM in NFL history at the time at age 32.[5]
The largest move of Berry’s tenure as Browns GM came after the 2021 season, during which starting quarterback Baker Mayfield suffered a torn labrum. Berry and the Browns traded for Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, despite Watson’s ongoing legal issues involving repeated sexual assault allegations. The Browns received Watson and a sixth-round pick, while the Texans received three first-round picks and three fourth-round picks. Watson was then made the highest paid quarterback in league history. The trade is considered by many commentators to be the worst trade in NFL history.[6][7][8][9][10] Berry noted that the rest of the front office was onboard with the decision to make the trade.[11]
On June 5, 2024, the Browns signed Berry to a contract extension.[12] The Browns finished the 2024 season tied for the worst record in the league at 3–14.[13]
After another disappointing 5-12 season in 2025, Andrew Berry worked with the owner of the Cleveland Browns, Jimmy Haslam, to move on from Kevin Stefanski and hire a new head coach in Todd Monken. The hire was made official January 28, 2026, marking a significant change in the direction of the Cleveland Browns organization
wvParticipantThere are humans who play sports, who read books.
wvParticipantWell, if Stafford gets hurt, I would guess the first call the Rams make is to JimmyG. The second to Russell Wilson, maybe.
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vwvParticipant“…a person who willfully inflicts corporal injury” against a spouse.
…reported that “Jackson thought the woman was recording him with her phone and allegedly tried to take the phone out of her hand….”
===================Obviously i have no idea what happened….but my public-defender eye-brow is raised a bit. I’m wondering if he was over-charged. Just sounds like more of a misdemeanor situation than a felony.
Puka and Aleric. Sigh.
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vwvParticipantmore than anything i figure they want a ring.
and they recognize mcvay’s and snead’s team building acumen. and they recognize mcvay’s abilities to almost always come up with good game plans to put them in a position to put up numbers. the rest is probably just noise to them and selling the league.Ah yes. The Precious.
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vwvParticipantThat is a very mixed bag, that tendency of McVay’s. On the one hand, they dumped decent players to get Ramsey, Stafford, Adams, and Garrett. Turns out the grass actually can be greener. On the other hand, as you say–-he’s a greedy creature of the moment and full-in when he wants a player, and then equally a greedy creature of the moment when he sees something new he wants and unloads players (like Woods and Kupp and almost Adams).
It’s the opposite of Vermeil, who always wanted to keep players around, even when it was guys like Lawrence Phillips.
Exactly.
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vwvParticipantas long as he’s been in this league, i’m sure he understands the business. just looking at the rams the past ten years you figure someone was leaving. didn’t figure it to be jared. again.
i want to see myles and davante get one this year. that’ll be fun to see. grown men crying.
Well, yes, ‘its a business.’ But its also not ‘just’ a business. Relationships matter, i think. And here you have McVay doing all this gushing and promoting the idea that he really wanted Davante to be a Ram. I mean he went out of his way to sell Devante on the idea that McVay thought he was special, etc. That was just last year.
And then after all that gushing, the very next season McVay tries to trade him for the problem-child-AJ Brown.
I know Davante is a professional, and i dont doubt he ‘took it well’ — but how do you take McVay’s words seriously after that? Would you go to war for a coach that did that?
I dunno.
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vwvParticipantSo, has any reporter asked Davante how he feels about the fact the Rams would have traded him for AJ Brown if they could have worked out a trade with a third team for Davante?
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