You do an excellent half time report, thank you. I usually watch the games with my dear SIL (as long as I don’t ask questions during play) but they are in Colorado in the mountains where there is no reception. I’m hoping he DVRed it but I’m glad you are here so I don’t have to wait til they get home.
Sounds like pure Mahomes. He better still have it-they just signed him to $503million/10 years.
I’ll cheer for the 49ers if you’ll cheer for the Chiefs (except when they play each other of course).
Boo
I guess we’ll have to wait til spring to talk about Big 10 college .
Another KC touchdown and extra point: Chiefs 31; Texans 7; with about 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The Texans got a dumb interference penalty, which gave KC better scoring position. Mahomes took advantage of it. KC looks like a professional team, but Houston is starting to look like my high school team. They’re definitely tiring and making mistakes.
Game’s over. Final score: Chiefs 34; Texans 20. Celebrate, Boo!
Since my last post, Houston stepped up its game. Two touchdowns, but a failed two-point conversion attempt. A successful one-pointer, though. And another field goal for KC.
Nice to watch live football again. Looking forward to Sunday’s games!
So when I watch a game, as long as I cheer for the team wearing red and white I can’t go wrong? It’s a deal. Except when they play each other of course (and then we can keep the keyboards hot).
My daughter and SIL will be home Sunday so I should be able to get in some live . Yee-Haw! Thanks for the reports. You missed a career in broadcast gridiron commentary.
Still up at midnight, though I shouldn’t be. I’m working on my D&D character for the game that What_Exit? is going to be running (a revival of a game he ran years ago), and watching a special on the Smithsonian Channel about the Norman Invasion of England.
I was on conference calls pretty much non-stop from 9am until 4:30pm today. It’s still amazing to me that a day like that takes so much out of me. I can feel I’m tired, but my brain is busily thinking of stuff to do.
I assumed from this (and was obvious from later posts) that you’re talking about American football. I don’t follow football but I heard on the radio that the CFL had to cancel their season entirely because they didn’t get any COVID compensation from the government. Must be disappointing to Canadian football fans.
TBH, I haven’t watched much hockey, either. It seemed like such a haphazardly thrown-together artificial post-season that I never really got into it. I don’t think the NHL did anything wrong, except maybe the fact that they tried at all instead of focusing on the upcoming season.
Yes; this is the NFL’s opening weekend, and while most of the games will take place on Sunday, they start the season with a Thursday night game, hosted by last year’s Super Bowl champs (in this case, the Kansas City Chiefs).
Yes, I was watching American football tonight. And yes, as a Canadian football fan, I was disappointed by the cancellation of the CFL season. I understand why, and I’ll add that the CFL’s season timing doesn’t help (training camp in May when things were shut down, exhibition games in June when only some things were open, season starts in July when pro sports were still questioning). I just hope that we will get CFL next year.
I’m with you on hockey. Among my sports-loving friends, the consensus is that we didn’t need hockey in July and August; the NHL should have cancelled playoffs and concentrated on the upcoming season. But there are those who are glad to see any hockey, so they’re getting what they want. That’s fine. Hey, I’ve got MLB baseball, and now NFL football, and now also local horse racing to keep me occupied. So I’m happy.
Boo, we’ll be keyboard warriors if/when the 49ers and Chiefs meet. Enjoy the Sunday games, and thanks for the compliment!
Though I’m from the U.S., I’m a CFL fan, too. I was in high school in the early '80s when we first got cable TV, and back then, ESPN didn’t have contracts to show games from any of the major U.S. professional sports, which meant that they ran a lot of other things, including the CFL. I fell in love with the wide-open game, and at that time, I became an Edmonton fan – they were among the best teams in the league then, and they had the same color scheme as my Packers.
I finally got to attend a Canadian game in person in 2012, when my wife and I took a trip to Toronto, and it just so happened that the Argonauts had a home game that week (against BC). That was while they were still playing at the Rogers Centre, and we had a blast at the game; the Canadians who were sitting near us were impressed that, as an American, I knew the Canadian game as well as I did.
I’m giving myself a D for today. (Yes, I grade myself: long years of habit.) I decided to clean out my desk draws and my nightstand, which has two big drawers. I know have piles of stuff all over my bed and on my desk. Why does cleaning things out make such a big mess? It’s like that making-leftovers-from-soup thing. I DID find $6.35. I also have about five USB cords more than I thought and several cords I can’t identify but am afraid to pitch. Anyway, can’t go to bed until I clear it off.
Beck, how long does this private eye thing last? Are you wearing a trench coat and sitting with your feet on your desk? You gotta say the lines, too: “Can the sob story, sister” and “Look, mac, show’s over. I caught you red-handed, and the dame’s singin’ like a canary.”
I wish my ex had been as stupid as your friend’s husband. I only knew about one of the many affairs and didn’t find out he was a cross-dresser until 20 years in. Not that there’s anything wrong with cross-dressing. It was a huge shock, though. Still, the stuff after that revelation got pretty dark, as in I feared for my life. Yuck, how did I get on this topic?
Well, my spy work could conceivably go on forever. This guy was really messing around. Mostly with ‘bad’ wimmens(I didn’t jundge, reporting what I was told)
So dumb. He put it all on a laptop and left it when he got a new device.
My friend doesn’t wanna believe it all. It’s in black and white and thousands of ‘love’ emojis, hon!
Anywhoo–long story short: I quit!
I told her how to access what I found and she can decide on her own.
Like all great films noir are. Maybe it’s time to quit, Beck. Before you get a couple of shots. Unless they’re bourbon. And if you’re offering, I’ll have one. Cigarette?
Well, I wasn’t awake at sunrise today so that’s good. I just spent a couple hours watching a bunch of House Hunters I had recorded. That’s probably a better thing to do before bed instead of engaging my mind in online activities so I’ll probably watch a few more before trying for a 4 a.m. bedtime. I can get through a lot at a time since I skip all the yamma yamma. I just want to see the houses.
Earlier I was arranging a yard visit with some friends. Three other people! I’m sure we can socially distance but one is going to have to bring their own chair. I’m excited to have a social engagement to look forward to. I’ve been feeling especially stir crazy lately.
I would, Beck, but there’s more to it than that. I know that your alias is Legs Diamond, and that you were involved in the takedown of Big Louie McCandless last year, in New York City. Good work on that, by the way; I couldn’t see it, but you apparently did.
Good to hear, Legs. Wear your high heels. Can you get to Chicago? Our client states that B-girls are ripping patrons of “The Blue Spot” on Michigan Avenue off, to the tune of thousands apiece. He lost a pile, buying drinks for “Springfield Susie” and “Chicago Cherry,” while playing in an illegal casino. He thinks that “The Blue Spot” is a scam run by gangland leader Miles Dawson. Can you look into it? I can’t, but I’m sure that you’ll get the inside info.
Mosquito bites from last night were quiet, seemed to be healing up. Until I woke up ITCHY as a m-f- a few minutes ago. Like they flared up or something during the night?
Then I wander on in here, and y’all are … I mean, it looks like English, but I don’t understand a word somehow.
Bourbon? Cigarette? I got both. Pretty sure you understand both.
You wanna know about a numbers racket, or that carpet joint on the north side that’s past-posting, or the guy who’s dealing bottoms and seconds, or the crap game that gives far worse odds on C&Es and hardways? You talk to me. I’m the guy who knows too much. But I got friends, you know? I got friends, if you understand my meaning. I let them work, if they let me work. Right, Legs?
(Okay, Beck, maybe we should let this film noir crime drama stuff drop. It was fun while it lasted.)
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I’m excited to have a social engagement to look forward to. I’ve been feeling especially stir crazy lately.