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!

The Power to Make Cars Crash! NT: Subtle signs Majorie Taylor Greene finds your antics far too amusing.

A free session of How to Defend Yourself Agai8nst Attackers with Fresh Fruit.

Q: How is it so dang easy to kill Green Lanterns? A: Chaos is Power! Power is Chaos! RADISHES ARE CUCUMBERS!

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.

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...

"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!"

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.

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.

How any stages are there in the Tour de France, and how close are we to the famous "victory lap" in Paris?

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.

}Er, Miss Blue Fairy -- I don;t think that's his nose." "Oh, he's a real boy!"

Impale a coyote on the top and it'll be fine.

The PAC-10 as a Power Five conference has ceased to exist. The only remaining marquee programs, at least in football, are Oregon and Washington, and Washington doesn't sem to be as good as they were in prior seasons. And of course it is a slap to the face of Oregon in particular, who now become the biggest fish in a shrinking pond.

BTSMaina (not the real Korean supergroup, but an incredible sdimulation!) NT: Subtle signs the ghost of King James I of England no longer finds your antics amusing (Difficulty: Nobody loses heads, hands, or other body parts).

Q: You mean this isn't a referral list to the mental health clinic? What is it then. A: When you see there is an entire "Anti-Lunatics Squad" in the Gotham City PD, you start looking for how dark Batman '66 could be.

You chose a good night in which to root for the Bolts. It was a tense, exciting game. If you are on an audio program that permits, listening to the Tampa Bay radio feed on these games can be quite entertaining. The color man on the broadcasts is Phil Esposito. He Is eighty years old, a Hall of Famer, and a former owner of the team who was instrumental in bringing top-flight hockey to West Florida. Now he sits in the broadcast booth and provides insight largely in the form of what a curmudgeonly fan would shout at the TV in the sports bar. You would think him well past his sell-by date, but people love him. Probably because in ways he is much like them. And Tampa showed a form that indicates why you do not come into the cage of a wounded tiger wearing a skirt steak. It was a tight game the whole way, with one lucky break the difference betwqeen OT and an outright Tampa win. Now they just have to do it again to force a winner-take-all, anything-can-=happen Game 7, which is a feeling unlike anyuthing one experiences as a sports fan.

Fresh from her residency at Space Station Three, Presenting Carmen Miranda's Ghost!

Q: Aren't you just a little sorry Bear Bryant isn't around to catch Nick Saban's glory? A: No sane man hopes.

Two words: Mutual surrender.

Q: All right! Who covered my Dutch Oven with Spider-Man illustrations? A: Every joke has a victim.

Q: Why aren't you willing to show me your itinerary for the trip to Mars? Do you really mind that I've been asked to come with you? A: ALL of the Chickens!

I love that even n a concert setting, Quast does not break character to acknowledge the rapturous applause.

That would be Les Claypool. One of the most creative bassists in rock. Among his many cands are Primus, Les Claypool's Frog Bregade, and The Cl;aypool-Lennon Delirium (a collaboration with John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon,)

If Curry puts his best game out tonight and ends the series dramatically, this series could be his masterpiece. Why? Because his resilience would put him in truly elite company of legends who built their legends on the biggest, toughest stage. He has faced adversity this series, yet still found ways to help the W's win games.