Dutchrudder

I think Zone of Interest might have a chance at snagging best picture, and not because I think it should win, but for the Academy to make the statement on complacency in the midst of immense suffering and genocide. I hope Oppenheimer wins it, but I could see them wanting someone on stage to bring up Palestine and make headlines. /no CR, but we know this is an actual thing their voters do care about and sometimes elevate above recognizing the best.

Holy shit, no wonder Snell and Montgomery are still holding out. That's the highest AAV of any contract aside from Ohtani.

You could pretend to have a kid and sign up for the buddy program. https://www.mlb.com/astros/community/buddies 4 tickets for ~$40 is a good deal. You can use it to discount tickets wherever in the stadium too, doesn't have to be in the nosebleeds.

It's a great accomplishment for sure, but it's a shame that it will make him be the Raiders pick at 13.

He could be like that guy in Lethal Weapon doing whatever he wants and claiming "Diplomatic Immunity!" Cuts in front of a long line at TCBY, "Presidential Immunity!" Sick his pet alligator on a Ted Cruz to rough him up, "Presidential Immunity!" Walks into Congress mid-session and takes a shit on the floor, "Presidential Immunity!" Runs over Clarence Thomas with a Winnebago, "Presidential Immunity!"

I'm still not real clear on what the season arc is right now. Just look back at the other 11 seasons and look at the iconic quality of the main storylines: Season 1 - Random? Season 2 - Trying to write a new Sitcom with Jason Alexander/JLD, fails miserably Season 3 - Investing in a Restaurant with friends Season 4 - The Producers Season 5 - Richard Lewis gets a Kidney Season 6 - The Blacks move in, Cheryl moves out Season 7 - Seinfeld Reunion / Cheryl Divorce Season 8 - Larry goes to New York / Feud with Michael J Fox Season 9 - FATWA! Season 10 - Spite Store Season 11 - Young Larry Sitcom / Maria Sophia Season 12 - Stuck fish.

It's a medical thing, and it's getting worse... Don't do that.

Damn you Seinfeld! You useless pustule!

I signed up on NBA.com for LP. Every year, go to cancel it before the season starts and you get a 30% discount for renewing it.

I said at the beginning of the year I thought .500 would be a welcomed surprise for this team, and that's not far off. Fringe play-in team right now, but they were better than that early in the year with a much better defense. They were top 5 in defensive rating early on, and have now regressed to about middle of the pack. Their offense has been dismal, and continues to be shitty most nights. Jalen Green is an absolutely terrible chucker, who has shown no signs of better discipline in choosing his shots. The team's identity is defense, and they need to start playing more like it. Also from last night, this was why Sengun fouled out. If you aren't allowed to play defense in a game, it really hurts a team that is leaning on their defense to win... Should have been a no-call, but that was his 6th, so he was very angry about it.

S8E21 - The Muffin Tops - Another solid episode from top to bottom. The Real Kramer bus tour, George pretends to be a tourist and gets traded to Tyson Chicken, Jerry shaves his chest and Elaine suggests the "Top of the Muffin" idea to Mr Lippman. "It's beautiful! She makes all the plans. I'm not from around here, so it's OK if I'm stupid, and I'm not from around here so there's no messy breakups!" Peterman's book title "No Placket Required" is a riff on Phil Collins' album “No Jacket Required.” A placket is “an opening or slit in a garment, covering fastenings or giving access to a pocket, or the flap of fabric under such an opening.” Peterman's book is published and Elaine let's Kramer know they used his stories for it. Kramer goes to the book signing and sits next to him to sign books. He takes a book from one of the people in line and she says "who are you?" to which he replies "I'm the real Peterman!" After being thrown out, he starts The Real Kramer bus tour. This is of course based on the real Kenny Kramer's life story, who actually did sell the right to use his name to NBC for only $1000, back when the show was a pilot. After the show became a hit, he did start a ragtag bus tour called "The Kramer Reality Tour." The website can be found here: http://www.kennykramer.com/home.html however it shut down during Covid and has not resumed. Up until that point, it had been running for about 25 years straight. My parents actually went on the Kenny bus tour back in the mid 00's, and they loved it. They said he was hilarious, friendly and quite a character, however instead of a 3 Musketeers they said they were given a Snickers to eat with a knife and fork. Kenny did ask to play Kramer in the Pilot for Seinfeld. He was denied by LD and Jerry, because they didn't have any say in it. However, Kenny did speak highly of Michael Richards character and performance, and said "I would never have thought to go sliding through doors and all the shtick that Michael does. He was brilliant. If I had gotten to play Kramer, the show would have gone straight down the crapper.” Here's the 3 of them back in the day: Kenny did make 1 appearance on the show, he was one of the fans at the Rangers/Devils game in The Face Painter: On a related note, apparently Jerry did go to High School with a George Costanza. A teacher did call him "Can't Stand Ya" and he had some other similarities to the character. That George Costanza did sue NBC for 100 million, but he lost the case as it was declared a frivolous lawsuit. He was ordered to pay $2500 in legal fees over it, and Jerry was quoted in response as saying "The universe would be out of kilter if someone named Costanza won anything.”

Framber had a terrible outing in his first start today, 5 H 3 ER 1 BB 1 HBP. Hopefully it's just working out the kinks, but if not, the team is going to need to figure out something else for the rotation. Might need to be sooner than the trade deadline though if JV misses some time. Something to watch is if Cleveland isn't in position to win their division by mid-season, Shane Beiber should be available if the Astros need another Ace for the playoffs. They haven't been able to work out an extension with him, and likely won't pay the 25-30m a year he's looking for. They do value cheap players with lots of control, like France, Meyers, Pena and prospects, so the Astros may be able to snag him if they want to.

Those aren't for New Years, those are my everyday balloons.

Did Newsome write the legislation? Unless California has a line-item veto, I don't see how you blame him alone.

I see your debate of man's inherent nature, and raise you a Koogler:

The opening scent to Mr. Robot was such a great way to start the show:

South Park has a few potential ones, Warcraft, Casa Bonita, LOTR video tape return, Scientology, Mormons, etc. Tons to choose from, but I think this is the top moment:

Newsradio Jimmy James' book reading:

Community Remedial Chaos Theory:

For Seinfeld, this one is my favorite:

All of us reacting to that news: RIP

Try the inverse of that: Of the current 30 MLB teams, how many of them have NOT had a 100 win season in their history? Answer in spoiler:

So whatever happened to that backlog of cargo ships that Republicans were whining about years ago? There was a lot of complaining about lack of truck drivers to move cargo, moving ships to other ports, etc. Did it all get cleared up and fixed?