Pariah

My sister died of COVID this morning. So god damn pointless and preventable.  

Per mythology, that's not going to be the ending he expects.

You have to keep only the best parts. The 70s had some of the highest highs, but their lows... oof.
 
For every Dark Side of the Moon or Rhiannon there was a Muskrat Love, Afternoon Delight, or Midnight at the Oasis. 

"Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point."
ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY

Dragon:  Miss Minutes (Loki)
 

I have the impression that all the Pac-n schools' athletic director offices junked a lot of tradition grubbing for every television nickel they could get starting in the 1990s.  It got to the point that Husky ticket holders here in Seattle didn't know the time of day of their games until a couple of weeks before each game, and you lose a lot of your base that way when you have a late-start game.  And that grubbing for TV money actually devalued the money that came in, over the long haul.
 
A case can be made that Steve Sarkisian ruined both Washington's and USC's programs in the four and two years respectively that was he head coach at each school in the 2000s.  In that context his hiring at Texas makes me hear Palpatine's voice saying "We will watch your career with great interest."

Rocket J. Squirrel 

And the context made it SO much worse.  GW TD called back on review, 1st and goal at the half yard line, made it 2nd and 6.  They DIDN'T score.
 
But on the flip side, give the Raiders credit for forcing the turnover and coming back...once to tie at the end of regulation, then to get that GW score.  Can you spell "coverage breakdown'?  I knew you could.  Welcome to week 1.  And a boatload of injuries, as I understand.
 
Anyone else note that the networks put both stadium debuts (with actual fans in the seats) in prime slots?  
 
Typical Broncos.  Undefeated and tied for last.

Pariah has to stifle the urge to say, "Betcha can't put your tongue on it!" to his students after any number of chemistry and physics demos in his classes.  The one with magnetic levitation of a ceramic superconductor (which has been bathed in liquid nitrogen) is about the most benign of them.  To his credit, for that last one the urge is strong only when faced with a kid with a tongue stud.

I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
Cause I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We lived happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can to carry on

A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me now
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me now
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
We climbed aboard their starship, we headed for the skies
Singing come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me now
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away, come sail away

This is how real research gets done.
 

I always think it's funny when young people get all enamored over the 70s. I'm like, "Trust me, I was there, and it kind of sucked."
 
Now I have photographic proof to back up my argument.

I always think it's funny when young people get all enamored over the 70s. I'm like, "Trust me, I was there, and it kind of sucked."
 
Now I have photographic proof to back up my argument.

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

"The boy is trouble, Master Merlin! Rumor has it , he is a Kinslayer!"
"Never the less, magic is in his blood and bone, and rumor also has it his kin was... quite the monster"
"With his disregard for rules and thinking he knows better , I've no doubt this one will be a monster himself"
"It wouldn't be the first monster in my garden, sir. I'll take young Harold."
"He insists on being called Harry. Impudent youth!"
 
Troublemaker: Harry Dresden

I still like the idea of keeping Redskins but changing their logo to a potato. 
 

It isn't that football doesn't pay for itself;  it's that it costs far more than any other sport.  So it's not so much that they lose money, it's how much.  
 
Plus, I'm principally arguing against this:
 
 
If they can't hack it?  Let them fold.  I'll grant the NCAA is incompetent, but this isn't in their mandate.  
 
Switched over to the Iowa-Iowa State game just now.  Those Iowa State jerseys are pretty bad.  The jerseys are just sterile to me.  The helmets...really, the best you can do is that?  

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

Okay, I know that it's supposedly helps with recruiting or whatever, but what's the big deal with black uniforms? Especially for schools who don't have black as one of their school colors? I know that most schools have a BFBS (Black for Black's Sake) alternate. 
 
Sometimes they're okay. I mean, BYU's is not entirely horrible, for example. But the game I'm looking at right at this moment features Iowa and Iowa State. It's at Iowa state, who's school colors are maroon and gold. So what is Iowa State wearing? White helmets, white pants, and black jerseys. Is no one at Iowa State aware that black is one of Iowa's school colors? Why wear a jersey that looks like it belongs to the team you're playing against? It's nonsense.
 
Okay, I'm done.

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?