We're still on that NFT tip this morning, while we're also searching Google Translate to find the Spanish words for Gordie Howe hat trick to capture the day Erik Lamela had this weekend.
Lamela is an attacking player for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. He entered Sunday's game against Arsenal (the North London Derby is one of the country's most heated rivalries) early in the first half after an injury to Heung-min Son. Late in the same half, he proceeded to do this:
For the uninitiated, that's called a rabona. Lamela, who's notoriously left-dominant, found himself in a position where he couldn't strike the ball with his right foot, so he whipped his left across and behind the right and struck it perfectly through the defender's legs and into the corner of the goal. Check out the reaction of teammate Sergio Reguilon (number 3), who's more amazed than than happy at Lamela's absurd strike.
Later, Lamela received a yellow card. And then, a few minutes later, he lashed out with his right hand while shielding the ball and hit Arsenal's Kieran Tierney in the face, earning a second yellow card and an ejection. Spurs lost, 2-1.
And if you were wondering, the phrase we were looking for is Tres Tantos de Gordie Howe.
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I've watched very little footie (or sports in general) for the past year, but I happened to catch this one live. Amazing goal and typical bonehead move from Lamela.
who do we like in the first round of the tournament for degenerate gambling purposes? i've got a parlay with tennessee -3.5, purdue -3.5, florida state -6.5, and wichita state +2.5. what strikes your fancy?
effective tomorrow, i will be an official employee of the local public school system and as such be eligible for covid vaccination. huzzah.
Nice. I’m going for my first dose of Pfizer today.
Godspeed, Rootsy. My first dose of Pfizer on Saturday made Sunday unpleasant, but most others have had less of that effect. Perhaps because I had COVID earlier.
Dave Foley is the youngest Kid in the Hall and he now looks like he could be the rest of them's grandfather.
My 9 year old got a retainer today. I think I mentioned a little bit ago that she four teeth pulled. This is the second step in the process. Anyway, she’s definitely learning how to talk with a retainer. Lots and lots of lisping on day one.
Teejus officially got promoted to Assistant (to the) Regional Manager. Congrats dude.
Had a successful meeting with the Bobs
Nice, Teej
teej!
nate knight with 15 points on 6-9 shooting (nice) in 23 minutes. that's 31 points in 45 minutes on 9-14 fg, 2-2 3fg, 11-12 ft, 12 boards in 45 minutes as the first guy off the bench in two hawks wins in the last two nights. buy stock (or nfts) in the knighthawk.
Drove my 13 y/o and a neighbor/teammate to an indoor preseason baseball workout tonight. Had to hang out for the one hour workout and then drive them back. Was all kinds of mundane, as you might expect. On the drive back, I spun the Sirius dial and landed on Classic Vinyl. Low Rider comes on. My kid cranks the volume immediately and he and his friend start rocking out.
I had that “the kids are alright because they still like rock and roll” moment at that point, while thinking back to Dazed and Confused, the movie that brought that song to my attention. I asked them why they liked the song so much. They both responded “it’s a meme song” immediately. And I died a little bit inside.
That story snatched deflation from the jaws of inspiration.
Also, I know what a meme is, but a meme song escapes my ancient grasp.
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