Nova Carmina

Damn me if it wasn't! What a game.

Is this 'ere Rakow a suburb of Philly, then, is it?

While acknowledging my bias, the whiny playacting from Man City is a disgrace to the game. Bernardo should get some sort of BAFTA for his pantomime today. Hang on, LFC!

Apropos of a conversation in the NFL thread about the playing of Rush songs, during the dying moments of the Mizzou-Arkansas game yesterday, the stadium PA broke out "Working Man." That was nice to hear.

Gotta prefer facing the Welsh -- no telling how well or how badly they'll play, and it might be a down game. The Finns seem more slow and steady.

RIP

Let's hear it for Marquette! Sticking it to Kansas, and getting chippy with some argy-bargy in the process!

Yeah, brutal. Imagine wasting a season of Mahomes's prime.

Neat!

I will only believe when I see it. I think their enthusiasm has waned. Unlike ours.

(A disclaimer to deflect claims of bandwagonism) I came of sporting age in the late '70s, with parents who didn't care at all about it, so I choose from the teams that were on my TV or that my schoolmates knew, thus: St. Louis Cardinals -- an A-. Good in the '80s, good again in the '00s; several WS titles. Popular everywhere. Kansas City Royals -- a C. Good 1976-1986, 2014-2015; very, very terrible the rest of the time. Should probably be worse, but this is a gentleman's C. Dallas Cowboys -- a C-. Very good (with a dip) up until about 1995; very mediocre since then. Much psychic pain. Liverpool FC -- A-. Very good in the '80s, periodically very good since about 2005. St. Louis Blues -- B-. Came to the Blues a little later (college friends); mostly mediocre, with occasional high. NBA -- n/a. I rooted for the Lakers against the Celtics, but after the "Dream Team" (aka "The US throws a tantrum about losing and so gathers a team of ringers to feel good about themselves again") I checked out. At the college level, I'm sort of all over the place, but I support Kentucky basketball (grad school) (A-) and Missouri football (children's' alma mater, local school) (C). Averaging all those scores, I get a B- . Sounds about right. Watching so much crap play over the years, though, has taught me to enjoy the little moments of joy -- the great catch, the great save, the late-game heroics -- separately from the outcome.

Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahah!

Well done, good and faithful servant.

I remember that stuff! I also spent a lot of time drinking Olde English 800 (in fact, "Old English 800s" was the name of a teachers' softball team I played on!), and I don't remember hating it, but we drank it because it was cheap, and maybe I just didn't know the difference yet. For the same reason I drank a lot of something called "Arctic Bay" that was like $4.99 for a case (in 1992); we knew that tasted awful, but beggars can't be choosers. It's not really a candidate for "worst beer," but a beer that I can't drink is Heineken. Tastes like blowing up a balloon.

When he turned up in Mighty Ducks, I thought, "Hmm, this benevolent old man must really be a secret villain" but no, he was just a classic "that guy." Thanks for the work; RIP.

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Liverpool canter to a good win, 3-1. Now for that meteorite to end the Man City v Chelsea match . . . .

Props to my brother, retired Marine. And thanks to all.

Europa League: There's some joke to be made about "to lose/Toulouse," but I'm still too annoyed to make it.

Thanks for that link; it's a good article. I can't quite get over how absolutely "normal" (rich guy normal, but still) Geddy seems. Can't wait to read the book. I'll say it again: I'm so grateful for Rush.

Yeah, I forgot about Buffalo.

That was gonna be my answer, too . . . But who'd replace them in the playoff picture? I'm hoping for all of them to make it, just for the lolz.