Howdy, friends. Battening down the hatches and drugging my dog in expectation of 50-60 mph wind gusts this afternoon and evening. And serving some scorching hot blog content for your amusement.
It's a new MLS season, which means we get new kits for each of the 30 teams, all of which are outfitted by adidas. I'm generally a fan of the brand with three stripes, but the template they designed for this year's kits evokes 80s hoops style. This is not a compliment.
Nonetheless, there are a few jerseys that stand out (ESPN ranks all 30 here). In particular, and close to home, D.C. United's alternate pays homage to the city's Go-go music culture with swirls of color against a cream background.
Portland's kit is dope, too, with a deep forest green primary color and a design echoing tree rings emanating from the badge honoring the Timbers' name.
I honestly don't love any of the others. Real Salt Lake is going with a checkerboard pattern, which will stand out as unique. L.A. Galaxy have a gorgeous purple alternate, but I hate them, so we won't talk about it. There are a bunch of middling options, like Atlanta and Montreal's vertical stripes and Houston and Toronto's one-toned blah. And there are a couple dogshit entries. Starting with New England's alternate kit. Get a load of this loud mess.
San Diego joins the league this season, and given that town's vibrant culture and the NWSL Wave's dope look, one would think the team would offer up something cool. One would be wrong. San Diego will open up in one of the blandest kits I could imagine.
Let's work on things for next year, shall we, adidas?
Maybe the Germans could take a road trip to Minot, ND and get some inspiration from the Minot State University hockey program. The Beavers sported the uniforms below last week to honor the state's farmers. Fannntastic.
And finally, because these posts require three different topics, lemme show you this dope rugby shirt I just bought. I'm headed to Cardiff with Whit and a bunch of FoGTBs in March to watch Wales host England (or, more accurately, watch Wales get boatraced by England) in a Six Nations match. Gotta show out for the home side, and since I can't wear red in the U.S. these days, I found a place I can do so.
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If your wife asks you "Why are you eating PopCorners?" the correct answer is not "Would you rather I stuck them in my asshole?"
it's not the *only* correct answer
The tone suggests zwoman didn’t find the answer correct at all.
I’ve been trying to get the water out of my basement since yesterday. Winds kicked up here at midday, too, and our power went out briefly, bit is mercifully back.
Could have been a huge damn mess. If the little spot on the floor that’s oozing a half pint a minute onto my basement floor could stop I’d be most grateful.
tribe baseball led rhode island 14-6 after two innings. tribe baseball lost to rhode island 36-22 in seven.
Sounds like we were but Rammed by the Rams.
hi gheorghies
i learned last night that i'm a descendent of john alden and priscilla mullins. mayflower baby, baby!
i wonder which of our descendents will be staffing g:tb when they learn that we started the compound to escape the end of america and thusly created a new country based on gheorghism.
I watched the SNL 50 show last night. Plenty of tributes, celeb screen time, and inside jokes, but all in all not much worthless fluff, and some pretty hilarious sketches. The Kenan / Eddie / Ferrell / Sudeikis prison sketch was top-shelf vulgar clowning.
in addition to that sketch, i enjoyed eddie as tracy morgan and the new york through the years musical number. and meryl streep as kate mckinnon's mom.
There was a ton of love for Norm which made me happy.
zson asked if he can invite over his friend who is suspected of flushing a fidget spinner down my Toto. Can anyone guess my reply? No PopCorners were involved.
I found the SNL Special laugh out-loud funny! And Adam Sandler was brilliant imo. Good to laugh, remember old sketches, the funniest of them all, and see how the show has evolved and changed. Good stuff on network TV yesterday!
And btw, any of you watch "Slow Horses" on AppleTV? OMDL friends. OMDL!!
D, I also think Slow Horses is excellent TV
I thought the SNL folks missed one little opportunity last night, though. Paul McCartney closed out the 3+ hour extravaganza by playing "Carry That Weight / The End." I said to the missus, this is fantastic, they're gonna show the "Chris Farley Show" clip. Most of you recall when Chris asked Sir Paul if he remembered when he wrote the lines about the love you take is equal to the love you make. That exchange was one of the sweeter Farley moments ever on the show, and maybe to squeeze that little number in would've made the finale even sweeter. Oh well. Good enough as a subtle wink, I guess.
That clip is at 3:45. Enjoy.
feeling pretty good about the three roundtrip plane trips i'm scheduled to take over the next seven weeks.
Would you prefer two one-way donkey rides?
Hey Donna, haven't seen Slow Horses TV series, though I've heard from others beside you that it's excellent. I highly recommend book series, unless you're disinclined because you know the stories and it would be a repeat. Helps to read them in order because each builds on previous story lines.
Author Mick Herron is a gem. Kind of LeCarre but with a sense of humor and of the absurd. Gary Oldman is routinely aces but I dare say that his character, Jackson Lamb, is even more disgusting, quick witted, mysterious and offensively amusing in print than on screen.
He must be pretty vile as written, because Oldman's character is quite disgusting and offensive. I really like the series. We still have the final season to finish once we're done with succession.
we just binge-watched the first two seasons of 'the diplomat'. that's a fun watch.
I thought Slow Horses' season #4 was the last, but season #5 is a "go" -- so now we wait. It's brilliant. And Oldman - genius! Succession was a show I hated, yet I couldn't stop watching it once I started. Brian Cox is a powerhouse!
Our son, Josiah, got us watching it. We were horrified and intrigued at the same time. And Kieran Culkin absolutely deserved his wins the last season.
just finished season one of dune: prophecy. if you're into that world, it's pretty cool. if not, i can see why you might not dig it.
I slogged through season one of Amazon's Lord of the Rings show and I tried to watch season two but I just don't care what happens. It's that plodding. zdaughter and I are binging Agent Carter on Disney+ and it's actually a lot of fun.
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