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  1. Michael Hopcroft
    I don't want to see Tua play again this season. His injuries the last two weeks, and their cumulative effect, are terrifying. This provides another reason for responsible parents to tell their sons not to play football.
  2. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: What was the rejected Superman costume that got the colorist fired? A: You are doing a job badly trained chimps can do, yet you are failing at it so badly.
  3. Michael Hopcroft
    "I am The Great Kleenmexman! I absorb all semi-liquid boding wastes, and passionately hate and hero that has a working sense of taste!" NT: More subtle signs you still don't know you're Superman.
  4. Michael Hopcroft
    What's with the box of Lucky Charms?
  5. Michael Hopcroft
    Your brief post reminds me of how much I wanted to see Hadestown on tour, but that I could not afford tickets when they toured Portland.
  6. Michael Hopcroft
    Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix under a yellow flag caution put the Safety Car on the track for the final five laps while a driver had his car fail and was waiting on the sided of the track for rescue. I'm sure Max would have preferred a more exciting finish to the race, but he'll take it -- points are points. The Dutchman is 116 points clear of his nearest rival, and the lead continues to widen from race to race. For perspective, a win in a GP gives the driver 25 points in the standing, so his nearest competitor would have to win five straight races and Verstappen does not get any points at all to win the championship. Even so, Verstappen still a change at the top for F1. Lewis Hamilton was known for his demeanor and the surgical precision of his driving; Verestappen, on the other hand, has mastered reaching the pole and making others chase him. In Italy, Verstappen closed the gap from his #7 starting position on the grid to get to the "championship points" places in the first five laps of the race, and even at Lap 20 it was clear the only thing that could stop Max from winning the race was him crashing his car.
  7. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: Thanks for inviting me to the Foo Fighters concert! But I'm not sure just what they're going to play. Any thoughts? A: All these years and nobody's defeated Foo yet!
  8. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: Haven't we seen this Doctor Who episode before? A: If you want original thinking, don't go to Warner Brothers.
  9. Michael Hopcroft
    Referring to DT's note, I hope the paintings end up in museums, even for limited time, kept in private homes and offices. Because art is meant to be enjoyed. It is made to be shared with the world. I wonder what happened to Allens Experience Music Project and all the artefacts and memorabilia the wjich were displayed there. IOs it even still oper4atingl?
  10. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: Isn't that an awful high price for a gab of all-green M&Ms, miss? A: None of the dinosaurs made it out in time.
  11. Michael Hopcroft
    In my opinion, Serena has faced tougher competition than Court ever would have at thsat point in the development of women's tennis. Plus she was never the same player after nearly dying in childbirth, which is perfectly understandable. Yet she still stands head and shoulders -- and torso -- ahead of everyone in her era (except possibly sister Venus, with whom she fought m,any great duels, then turned around and played together with he in Doubles..) Time will move on, and perhaps someone will emerge to be a dominant force in the game of tennis, but it's probably safe to say there will never be another Serena.
  12. Michael Hopcroft
    Besides, we've already seen the best Flash movie of the decade. It's called Sonic the Hedgehog...
  13. Michael Hopcroft
    She retires as perhaps the greatest woman's player in the history of tennis. We may never again see a player of either gender who combined energy, athleticism, and brains for the game quite so much. Serena is utterly unique.
  14. Michael Hopcroft
    Take this as a sign from God that using up all that perfectly good land as torture fields is not going to fly with God.
  15. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: Your RAF squadron only goes after airbases in Wonderland? A: Wow! You really did have a secret airbase in Shangri-La, Mr. President!
  16. Michael Hopcroft
    The Power to Make Cars Crash! NT: Subtle signs Majorie Taylor Greene finds your antics far too amusing.
  17. Michael Hopcroft
    A free session of How to Defend Yourself Agai8nst Attackers with Fresh Fruit.
  18. Michael Hopcroft
    Q: How is it so dang easy to kill Green Lanterns? A: Chaos is Power! Power is Chaos! RADISHES ARE CUCUMBERS!
  19. Michael Hopcroft
    I imagine she, like almost everyone of a certain generation, has a but of a halcyon nostalgia for the days before the Internet was everywhere, any event can be easily interrupted by the intrusion of a ringtone, and a time when it was harder to communicate but that there was less to sort through.
  20. Michael Hopcroft
    The only TV I get to see in the Walmart break room is Ion network. All copaganda, all the time! Whoever holds control over the remote must really have some strange views about cops. It could be worse -- it could be the jury room...
  21. Michael Hopcroft
    "Do you trust me?" "Of course not! I literally just met you!" "Why won't you stand still and die with honor?" "Let me think about it. Okay, I thought about it, and I pass!" "For a guy named Knuckles, you are really bad at punching!"
  22. Michael Hopcroft
    Max Verstappen is having an incredible run in 2022, showing that at least this year he's the best driver in F1 and probably the world. Now if he could just stay on the track, his pace would be truly epic. He qualifies superbly and has a knack for holding onto the pole. If Lewis Hamilton is a surgeon on the track, Verstappen is the hammer smashing the walls. Their rivalry is fascinating. There will be a GP in Vegas later this year. Given the blisteringly-hot temperatures in Vegas in general (enough to make me think Las Vegas was a terrible place to build a city) with the scorching track temperatures in any F1 venue, the drivers are going to be roasting in their cockpits. I don't know what happens if an F1 driver passes out on the track, but I imagine it is no fun. The Vegas street circuit on the Strip is a temporary measure until an F1-compliant track can be constructed. Although the race will bring a great deal of money into the Vegas economy (not that it doesn't have enough already), casinos and other businesses on the Strip have expressed their fear they will lose much more business with the Strip being blocked off from pretty much all traffic, both motor and foot, for what would otherwise be a very profitable weekend.
  23. Michael Hopcroft
    God, this is sickening. The concepts associated with race -- skin color, eye shape,, height, etc. -- are meaningless when it comes to moral worth. TThat is, except in the eyes of men like this. Let me repeat this, as it's very important. Race is a nonsense concept. It is utterly meaningless when it involves human character or ability. That's all I'm going to say. I have my own opinions about the use of "race" as a concept in D&D and other fantasy games, but they can wait for another time and setting.
  24. Michael Hopcroft
    How any stages are there in the Tour de France, and how close are we to the famous "victory lap" in Paris?
  25. Michael Hopcroft
    Serena has nothing to be ashamed of if she does decide to hang up her racket. She is already one of the greatest tennis players of all time, regardless of gender. I suspect she could hold her own against most of the men on the tour, and even give Djokavic a run for his money. She brought a level of athleticism to the women's game that I don't think has been seen before and might not be seen since. She has already built her legacy. Everything else is epilogue.
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