I'm generally amped up on adrenaline on nights when I coach games. As a player, one gets to exert enough to counteract the elevated energy. Not so for coaches, and invariably, I get home and am all hopped up. So I drink a couple of beers and go to bed too late. Which means you get cobwebby-brained blogposts that wander all over creation.
The good takes us to Cannes to celebrate a dude who's fast becoming my favorite actor. I think Pedro Pascal first entered my conscious when he played Javier Peña the first season of Narcos. Others will have seen him as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones, but I still haven't seen it. He's a pretty terrific artist, no doubt, but I've come to praise him for his outspoken support for trans people (his sister Lux is a trans woman) and this week, for basic human kindness in the context of immigration.
Speaking of basic human kindness, some very great news from a corner of the entertainment multiverse close to our hearts. Earlier this year, Max announced that it would no longer air new episodes of Sesame Street, putting Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Big Bird, Snuffalupagus and their pals in some jeopardy. This week, Netflix stepped into the breach, releasing a message informing us that our puppet friends would have a streaming home on its platform. This year marks the Street's 56th. Glad to see there's a place in the world for this:
And finally, all the way from great to bad meaning bad not bad meaning good. The Colorado Rockies lost to Phillies last night, 9-3. The defeat takes the Rockies' record to 8-39, by some measure the worst mark in history at this point in a season. Colorado's run differential is -150, which is more than twice that of any other team in MLB, save the woeful Baltimore Orioles. The Rockies have a 5.85 ERA and 1.61 WHIP, both easily the bottom of the league. On offense, their OPS is 28th of 30 teams, and they've scored the second-least runs on the majors. Their .170 winning percentage played out over an entire season would yield 28 wins, by far the least in history. And god bless the good people of Denver, but the Rockies are still drawing nearly 26,000 fans per game. I guess good weed and a ballgame are still a great combo.
Concur with rob on Pascal. Terrific actor and presence. Really enjoy him currently in The Last of Us on HBO. If you haven't seen, it's much more than a video game adapted for TV or post-apocalyptic survival project, as some dismissively describe.
ReplyDeletePascal also has a pretty good goof streak, on display when he hosted SNL and showed up to eat spicy wings with Sean Evans on Hot Ones.
good point, the latter. he seems to take himself the appropriate amount of seriously.
ReplyDeleteyour huskies finished the regular season with a 6-6-4 record (w-l-d, the american way), 5-2-1 in the dulles district. second place in the district on 16 points, with the only two losses to the unbeaten district champion. 24 goals for, 26 against, with 13 of those 26 in two games. Nine of the 24 for in one game, for the sake of fairness.
ReplyDeletewe host a district semifinal game on 5/27. win and we advance to the district title game, and more importantly, clinch a berth in the regional tournament. lotta ball left. stay on target.
rob, how healthy and committed are our Huskies heading into postseason? You have full complement of players? I ask the latter point, cuz I don't know if players have travel team obligations, academic projects or other year-end priorities that might make team short a contributor or three.
ReplyDeletesave the right back who sprained her ankle playing hoops, we're in pretty good shape. we have an eight-day break before our next game, which should help. kids seem pretty motivated - they were pissed to lose last night, which i liked. i've considerably shortened my rotation - only 14-15 kids getting into most games, but the kids who don't get much/any time have become a really impactful source of energy, monmouth hoops bench mob-style.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Pedro. How have you not seen GoT? Any of it? And congrats as you go forward with the futbol. Sorry for the loss but onward - your crew sound ready!
ReplyDeletei’ve read all the books. no idea why i didn’t watch it.
ReplyDeletenooorrrrrrrm! is something the cheers bar in heaven just said. rip, george wendt.
ReplyDeleteAww, dang. I get my news and obits from GTB, apparently.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely image, Norm walking through Heaven's saloon doors.
ReplyDeleteI'll drink for Norm tonight, but gheorghies, stop me at one. Eh, better make that one-thirty.
oh no . . . norm!
ReplyDeletemaybe they will fim the new sesame street in netflix new jersey . . .
https://www.nj.com/news/2024/03/netflix-moving-ahead-with-plan-to-build-nj-mega-studio-heres-everything-we-know.html
I am also reminded of a T-shirt I will have made at some point in my life
ReplyDeleteTHOUGHT I WAS SAM
ENDED UP NORM
Nice reference, Whit. I may or may not have watched a nearly 19 minute clip of all the Norm entrances last night.
ReplyDeleteSame here, Mark!
ReplyDeleteAfternoon, everybody
ReplyDeleteAwaiting the dissertations on the Tush Push decision when a headline will do
ReplyDeleteonly nfl owner to ever give me a tie with his team's logo on it passed today. rip, jim irsay, you loon.
ReplyDeleteMy kid got inducted into the junior honors society tonight, has officially made straight A’s for all of her first year of middle school, all while playing three sports and (probably) most importantly not being a shithead. I’d like to take some credit but she’s just a great kid.
ReplyDeletelove that.
ReplyDeletethat pacers/knickerbockers ending was nuts
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Mark. You do get to take a wee bit of credit!
ReplyDeleteOooof Stat of the Day: NBA playoff teams down 14 or more in final 2:50 of regulation were 0-970 in last 27 seasons. Now 1-970.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna rewatch the ending of Pacers-Knicks today because I still can't believe what I saw.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I think everyone knows we have an English Bulldog (reggie) and most probably know we adopted a rescue Basenji (Steve) last year. Steve is far more active than Reggie and every morning when I open the back door he chases squirrels. Welp, today he finally caught one. Motherfucker is dead as hell in my backyard.
my dog is 0-970 in chasing squirrels and fox
ReplyDeleteI honestly didn't think it would ever happen but the little fucker got it done.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of back yards, I mentioned last week that my lawnmower cable snapped. I'm waiting on part to arrive, and my backyard is quite shaggy.
ReplyDeleteThis week we've had a mama doe who brought her two newborn fawns through a gap in the fence. So we've had tiny baby deer enjoying the tall grass. I'm hoping they don't end up as dead as the squirrel Steve got into.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
ReplyDeleteReaching for the popcorn on this one. Whaddayagot, Harvard?
At this point, William & Mary might become the school's oldest active university.
Congrats Mark! zson got into junior honor society as well. Unrelatedly he got into trouble for doing some stupid shit, nothing horrible but it wasn't cool either (when we were kids this was just life in middle school). He lied about doing it but they had him on CCTV (his school is like a British procedural) so he got suspended for lying. When he had his reentry meeting he was told that he couldn't tell the other kids he was suspended, so he asked what to say if anyone asks him, and the administrator said "Just tell them you were sick or something like that." So he was instructed to lie in order to cover up his suspension, which he received for lying to cover up typical middle school behavior.
ReplyDeletethat's wild-- you'd think the admin would want other kids to know that you can get suspended for lying to the admin . . . very weird. also, the knicks. tragic loss. it's going to be hard to watch tomorrow (and i did NOT place a psychological hedge bet)
ReplyDeleteIn more kids news, my wife is not tech savvy but more like tech deficient- she’s working on reworking our restaurant’s menus but can’t make heads or tails of it on Canva. My kid uses canvas regularly at school so she’s currently building the menu. I told the kid she needs to start charging the restaurant for her work.
ReplyDeleteI have mixed feelings about Canva. Some people make really cool stuff with it. Most people make jacked up files with no margins that make life difficult on the printer.
ReplyDeletemore kid news: my kidlet was named as one of the three captains for cu cheer next year. proud papa.
ReplyDeletesomething pep guardiola *does* have to deal with just came up. my best goalkeeper (i split time 50/50 between a freshman and a senior, but the freshman is a better keeper) just told me that her club coaches have scheduled a mandatory practice that conflicts with our playoff game on tuesday and she can't make our game. this is some national team/club conflict shit.
ReplyDeleteI want to see a heated exchange between the coaches. Making a kid choose between a meaningful game and practice seems like a way for the coach to feel important.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Rob! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteVery uncool, Rob! Those coaches are douches.
Dick move by the club coaches imo. Practice is not more important than a playoff game.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, if you love basketball today is a good day - Euroleague Final Four day. High level professional basketball. Lots of names you'll recognize.
pretty common in elite youth soccer, unfortunately. there are entire leagues who prohibit club players from competing for their schools.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with a woman who played at UNC. Won multiple national titles there. She has a daughter the same age as mine. Kid is a beast. Plays on a boys comp team that the Mom coaches. Not a chance in hell she'll let that kid play high school soccer.
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