Friday, February 03, 2017

Finally, Some Good News from Washington

We're gonna do a post every other day this godforsaken year whether they're any good or not, so help me Marcus. I'm working on a longform one, and I've got some of our contributors hard at work on some recurring bits, but none of that is ready to go today, so instead, a formal celebration of something we all already know about.

Delle Donne!


Our fondness for the 6'5" former Delaware Blue Hen is well documented. And now she's coming to Washington, reportedly because she wants to be nearer to her family, with which she's famously close. Chicago's loss is our gain. The 2015 WNBA has averaged 20.5 points, 6.6 boards, and 1.7 blocks per game in her four professional seasons, never missing the playoffs with the Sky. She'll make the Mystics instant contenders, a status deeply unfamiliar to Washington's bumbling franchise.

(So bumbling, in fact, that I can't even waste my hard-earned money on Delle Donne swag yet, because they haven't slapped any together and put it for sale. Can you imagine that happening to a big free agent inked by Little Danny Starfucker?)

John Wall welcomed EDD to town, as did teammate Emma Meesseman. No word yet from former opponent Wale.


13 comments:

zman said...

Every other day? Really?

T.J. said...

quite a fortnight for America

mr kq said...

No surprises here, especially on the men's side.

http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/news/a52732/most-attractive-colleges/

zman said...

This is a real thing?

https://foreverspin.com/

rob said...

here's a sober assessment of trump's first weeks and the reaction thereto from a conservative professor at the naval academy who doesn't like trump at all. i'm not sure i fully agree with it, but it's definitely worth consideration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/02/trump-outrage/?postshare=8511486057462651&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b3288f3c93b9

Whitney said...

No SEC schools represented in the most attractive women category? Piffle. And seƱor kq, without any offense intended towards your handsome mug, if West Virginia is number one in most attractive men, might that be to each other?

Squeaky said...

Traveled all week, got home to see the new albums by Japandroids and Cloud Nothings waiting for me. Vinyltastic weekend ahead.

Whitney said...

Vinyltastic weekend ahead.

That means different things to different people.

Danimal said...

Interesting article Rob...quite a Reuters plug too. Isn't that your employer?

rob said...

sorta, danimal. reuters is owned by the parent organization, though i don't have much direct interaction. there's a pretty intentional firewall separating the news business from the business business. reuters' guidance on how to cover trump has been an interesting source of conversation for those of us who sell crap to the government.

Shlara said...

From the NYT--it's like a pee-pad for your dog, but it's for people.
Apparently this is a big problem in Paris

"France is far from alone in combating public urination. In San Francisco, a street lamp whose base was damaged by urine recently collapsed, almost injuring a driver. The city has since installed public urinals adorned by plants."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/europe/paris-turns-to-flower-growing-toilet-to-fight-public-urination.html?emc=edit_th_20170203&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=59612748

mr kq said...

220, 221 whatever it takes Clarence.

You are looking live at Rhett Miller at The Hamilton.

rob said...

giddyup, mr kq