Twin Peaks??? What? The acting alone makes it impossible to watch. I’m guessing the glowing report was sarcasm. Tried watching it tonight with wife. Both agree ... not good
Wasn’t it last week that I was listening to the game on the radio (because it was blacked out in Cincinnati) hearing the announcers scream “Adriel Jeremiah Green!”? Every single catch!
I’ve just recently started listening to podcast. I don’t regularly listen to any, just find episode that I think are interesting. Mainly interviews types... Cincy Shirts has a Good one. There’s one called Carson Podcast with interviews with celebs about their experience on the Tonight Show - some with comedians (Steven Wright, Drew Carey) about their debuts are pretty great. Dan Patrick did a good one called That Scene with movie stars. Dana Carvey and David Spade have one about SNL called Fly on the Wall.
I think that version of After Midnight was in a Michelob commercial .
I suggest The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan. It's a staggering achievement.
Real Dictators is good. Michael Lewis's podcast is worthwhile. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is cool.
If I'm feeling especially righteous I'll go on youtube and watch old Chris Hedges speeches. The dude has seen it all and he's brilliant. Quite the mind.
I am aligned with your take on college athletics. If you value education, a scholarship should be enough of a paycheck. 4-6 years of room and board, often celebrity, should be enough, although a case could be made, and has been, for athletes sharing some of the profits. Just not in the seemingly irrational, Wild West manner. On the music front, you have hit a home run, although ill anything Yardbirds in which Clapton participated. Just an fyi, Robert is my email name, but I go by "Gregg." You stole my nickname at Hickory. :=)
AJ was good, powerful and could do the best ballet dance on the field to keep his feet in bounds, which is probably how he encountered the unsurmountable turf toe. Only problem I had with AJ was very few yards, if any, after catch. He usually went down in a hump and hobbled back to the sidelines, again. Oftentimes, one or two catches was all he was good for per game. He was our hero back in the day, and at least, we had one.
I spend my time painting pictures, writing, walking the dog, watching The Curse of Oak Island and other TV Treasure hunting shows, that fascinate me. Bering Sea Gold is good for a few laughs. Used to like Deadliest Catch...but I think the Russians are moving in on U.S. Waters and causing some issues there, including illegal fishing with seine nets, and a few errant bombs sent over the water. Finally got Netflix. Some good stuff there.
AJ was amazing. The summer he was drafted, I was sporting my Bengal gear in downtown Pittsburgh and a yinzer noted how good he was going to be. Guess even Steeler fans can be right every now and then. That was the summer my wife became pregnant with our 1st-so his career did indeed feel like a mere minute. Always regarded the Andy/AJ era as a stabilization of the manic expectations, performance, and drama that defined the previous regime...just lacked that next level something in terms of attitude and aptitude.
I rarely feel like I have 'time to kill.' When I have the chance, I enjoy a long walk listening to whatever tunes I could ask for. My 17 year old self cannot fathom being able to access thousands of Grateful Dead recordings which are stored on a server in my house that can be accessed via the web to my 'phone' to my wireless ear buds.
Twin Peaks S1 is some of the best television ever made. I cannot fathom how it existed on network television in the early '90s. Truly our last great decade.
See this is why TML is great. Running cray through my week from one issue to another and here comes a TML post. Happy for the distraction and break!
As a recent empty nester suddenly have more than an hour to kill, especially on weekends. Used to run constantly to pick kids up from practice, head to games in the evenings, and weekend travel tournaments to a sudden halt in the action. So thanks for the hour killing ideas. (reading "Anxious for Nothing" by Max Lucado right now)
AJ retiring makes me think of all the great athletes who spent time on the old Bengals teams that went 4-12 that no one will ever remember. AJ and a few others (Willie Anderson) will be remembered for sure. Sure could us a Shayne Graham on this team. 😄
One last thing: I don't think I can watch the Super Bowl this year. Bengals should be there!!
I just read yesterday's version but figured I would post this on today's version for eyeballs sake....
What else is Wes Miller supposed to do in his 2nd year? Not play any of the SR's who started all last year? Why?
Landers Nolley, UC's best player, is a direct result of Wes Miller.
DDJ is UC's 2nd best (depending on your view of Lakhin) player in his 6th year of CBB...he's obviously going to play for any college coach at this stage in his career.
Lakhin is more of a Miller player than a Brannen player at this point considering he never played a minute for Brannen while Brannen was coach. In Millers 1st year as coach Lakhin averaged 4 points in 11 minutes, shot 14% from 3 and was a completely forgettable player on a rebuilding roster. This year he's up to 13 points in 25 minutes per game and shooting 33% from 3 and vital to the Bearcats success. And you're telling me that's because of a guy who never actually coached him in most practices (medical redshirt) or any games in Brannen? Ha ha ha...don't make me laugh. Do we also credit Nicky Van Exel's junior college coach for his UC success instead of Bob Huggins?
Moreover, Miller benched (not so) core member Davenport in favor of Ody Oguama 9 games ago. MAW is fine and a starter, but nobody will be bouncing their grandkids on their laps telling them about the days when he somehow stepped on the out of bounds line 3 separate times in the same game while receiving passes. He also has 3 (count 'em 3) separate recruits signed this year that will take his minutes next year should he choose to return again.
This isn't even mentioning key player John Newman III hasn't played since game 1 and would absolutely have been a starter this year if not for his injury (he started all but 1 game last year after all.)
I don't get the need to credit Brannen with the UC playing good basketball in 2023. Does Sean Miller have to be penalized because he's benefitting from players that should be professionals already that he mostly didn't recruit to XU? How many 24 year olds in their 5th and 6th years of CBB does Xavier have? A lot. Who gets credit? Sean Miller.
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I'll whittle away an idle hour with either a book or perusing Twitter, chuckling away at the inanity folks post on there from all over the spectrum. Twitter is somewhat like the Craigslist of social media ... can't take nearly a grain of it seriously, but good for laughs.
AJ will be in the Ring of Honor sooner rather than later, and it will be well-deserved. And he was a professional to the end. He could have thrown his quarterback -- and great friend -- (Good/Bad) Andy Dalton under the bus several times when it came to throws (much as many diva receivers tend to do) but he never did, at least publicly. He's definitely one of the finer Bengals to ever step foot on the turf, and as the years go by (hopefully slower than his career seemed to), I think many will feel the same way if they don't already.
I would have agreed with Burr about watching the NFL draft years ago before we started a family fantasy football league. Now, I have a new obsession that makes me look for those diamonds in the rough that seem to disrupt the careful planning of all the "experts". It has reached the point where I will watch a previously unwatchable MNF game between two nobodies late in the season just to see the fantasy results. Clearly, an unexplainable personal character flaw coming to light late.
For me, podcasts are a no go. I am an impatient listener and I'm always thinking what I hear could be read in print much quicker. Another personal flaw that won't be overcome. As a result, I am a Kindle fanatic and Amazon slave. No more wandering around bookstores aimlessly unless I am just looking for ideas to buy with my slave tablet. Of course, this means I don't have mounds of books to donate or give away so there's that.
The ill-advised practice on Welcome Stadium's pitiful field effectively ended Green's career. Without that ankle injury who knows what kind of season he would have had with Burrow(prior to his injury), and if Chase gets drafted by the Bengals.
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Dayton Public Schools owes AJ Green one year of his career back, due to that freakish injury at Welcome Stadium. What a mess that was. It would've been nice if he'd have been able to finish his career with Joe and the Joe-etts.
Right now, I waste an hour watching the original Odd Couple TV Series. I bought the whole series majorly marked down on DVD from Bezos's website. Man, what a funny show. Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were so great together. Often, I burn an hour listening to music or reading. Or both. Yesterday I listened to Sheryl Crow all day during work, but I have also been listening to Leonard Cohen and some early Jesus Music (Phil Keaggy, Chuck Girard, etc.). I've just began reading Hemingway's short stories, too. Lost Ballparks podcast is lit. Marty did an episode. So did The Cobra, talking about how the Reds tried to sign him in high school after he parked a few at Crosley. They have had some great guests...Carl Erskine was the very first guest.
Twin Peaks??? What? The acting alone makes it impossible to watch. I’m guessing the glowing report was sarcasm. Tried watching it tonight with wife. Both agree ... not good
Wasn’t it last week that I was listening to the game on the radio (because it was blacked out in Cincinnati) hearing the announcers scream “Adriel Jeremiah Green!”? Every single catch!
I’ve just recently started listening to podcast. I don’t regularly listen to any, just find episode that I think are interesting. Mainly interviews types... Cincy Shirts has a Good one. There’s one called Carson Podcast with interviews with celebs about their experience on the Tonight Show - some with comedians (Steven Wright, Drew Carey) about their debuts are pretty great. Dan Patrick did a good one called That Scene with movie stars. Dana Carvey and David Spade have one about SNL called Fly on the Wall.
I think that version of After Midnight was in a Michelob commercial .
I suggest The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan. It's a staggering achievement.
Real Dictators is good. Michael Lewis's podcast is worthwhile. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is cool.
If I'm feeling especially righteous I'll go on youtube and watch old Chris Hedges speeches. The dude has seen it all and he's brilliant. Quite the mind.
I am aligned with your take on college athletics. If you value education, a scholarship should be enough of a paycheck. 4-6 years of room and board, often celebrity, should be enough, although a case could be made, and has been, for athletes sharing some of the profits. Just not in the seemingly irrational, Wild West manner. On the music front, you have hit a home run, although ill anything Yardbirds in which Clapton participated. Just an fyi, Robert is my email name, but I go by "Gregg." You stole my nickname at Hickory. :=)
AJ was good, powerful and could do the best ballet dance on the field to keep his feet in bounds, which is probably how he encountered the unsurmountable turf toe. Only problem I had with AJ was very few yards, if any, after catch. He usually went down in a hump and hobbled back to the sidelines, again. Oftentimes, one or two catches was all he was good for per game. He was our hero back in the day, and at least, we had one.
I spend my time painting pictures, writing, walking the dog, watching The Curse of Oak Island and other TV Treasure hunting shows, that fascinate me. Bering Sea Gold is good for a few laughs. Used to like Deadliest Catch...but I think the Russians are moving in on U.S. Waters and causing some issues there, including illegal fishing with seine nets, and a few errant bombs sent over the water. Finally got Netflix. Some good stuff there.
Awaiting Football Season. Is it here yet??
Delaney & Bonnie, my ass. The definitive original version by the one and only JJ Cale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81Vx-0uM0k
AJ was amazing. The summer he was drafted, I was sporting my Bengal gear in downtown Pittsburgh and a yinzer noted how good he was going to be. Guess even Steeler fans can be right every now and then. That was the summer my wife became pregnant with our 1st-so his career did indeed feel like a mere minute. Always regarded the Andy/AJ era as a stabilization of the manic expectations, performance, and drama that defined the previous regime...just lacked that next level something in terms of attitude and aptitude.
I rarely feel like I have 'time to kill.' When I have the chance, I enjoy a long walk listening to whatever tunes I could ask for. My 17 year old self cannot fathom being able to access thousands of Grateful Dead recordings which are stored on a server in my house that can be accessed via the web to my 'phone' to my wireless ear buds.
Twin Peaks S1 is some of the best television ever made. I cannot fathom how it existed on network television in the early '90s. Truly our last great decade.
See this is why TML is great. Running cray through my week from one issue to another and here comes a TML post. Happy for the distraction and break!
As a recent empty nester suddenly have more than an hour to kill, especially on weekends. Used to run constantly to pick kids up from practice, head to games in the evenings, and weekend travel tournaments to a sudden halt in the action. So thanks for the hour killing ideas. (reading "Anxious for Nothing" by Max Lucado right now)
AJ retiring makes me think of all the great athletes who spent time on the old Bengals teams that went 4-12 that no one will ever remember. AJ and a few others (Willie Anderson) will be remembered for sure. Sure could us a Shayne Graham on this team. 😄
One last thing: I don't think I can watch the Super Bowl this year. Bengals should be there!!
I just read yesterday's version but figured I would post this on today's version for eyeballs sake....
What else is Wes Miller supposed to do in his 2nd year? Not play any of the SR's who started all last year? Why?
Landers Nolley, UC's best player, is a direct result of Wes Miller.
DDJ is UC's 2nd best (depending on your view of Lakhin) player in his 6th year of CBB...he's obviously going to play for any college coach at this stage in his career.
Lakhin is more of a Miller player than a Brannen player at this point considering he never played a minute for Brannen while Brannen was coach. In Millers 1st year as coach Lakhin averaged 4 points in 11 minutes, shot 14% from 3 and was a completely forgettable player on a rebuilding roster. This year he's up to 13 points in 25 minutes per game and shooting 33% from 3 and vital to the Bearcats success. And you're telling me that's because of a guy who never actually coached him in most practices (medical redshirt) or any games in Brannen? Ha ha ha...don't make me laugh. Do we also credit Nicky Van Exel's junior college coach for his UC success instead of Bob Huggins?
Moreover, Miller benched (not so) core member Davenport in favor of Ody Oguama 9 games ago. MAW is fine and a starter, but nobody will be bouncing their grandkids on their laps telling them about the days when he somehow stepped on the out of bounds line 3 separate times in the same game while receiving passes. He also has 3 (count 'em 3) separate recruits signed this year that will take his minutes next year should he choose to return again.
This isn't even mentioning key player John Newman III hasn't played since game 1 and would absolutely have been a starter this year if not for his injury (he started all but 1 game last year after all.)
I don't get the need to credit Brannen with the UC playing good basketball in 2023. Does Sean Miller have to be penalized because he's benefitting from players that should be professionals already that he mostly didn't recruit to XU? How many 24 year olds in their 5th and 6th years of CBB does Xavier have? A lot. Who gets credit? Sean Miller.
I play Strat too, mostly the computer version.
The 62 Reds had a heck of a team.
I'll whittle away an idle hour with either a book or perusing Twitter, chuckling away at the inanity folks post on there from all over the spectrum. Twitter is somewhat like the Craigslist of social media ... can't take nearly a grain of it seriously, but good for laughs.
AJ will be in the Ring of Honor sooner rather than later, and it will be well-deserved. And he was a professional to the end. He could have thrown his quarterback -- and great friend -- (Good/Bad) Andy Dalton under the bus several times when it came to throws (much as many diva receivers tend to do) but he never did, at least publicly. He's definitely one of the finer Bengals to ever step foot on the turf, and as the years go by (hopefully slower than his career seemed to), I think many will feel the same way if they don't already.
I would have agreed with Burr about watching the NFL draft years ago before we started a family fantasy football league. Now, I have a new obsession that makes me look for those diamonds in the rough that seem to disrupt the careful planning of all the "experts". It has reached the point where I will watch a previously unwatchable MNF game between two nobodies late in the season just to see the fantasy results. Clearly, an unexplainable personal character flaw coming to light late.
For me, podcasts are a no go. I am an impatient listener and I'm always thinking what I hear could be read in print much quicker. Another personal flaw that won't be overcome. As a result, I am a Kindle fanatic and Amazon slave. No more wandering around bookstores aimlessly unless I am just looking for ideas to buy with my slave tablet. Of course, this means I don't have mounds of books to donate or give away so there's that.
Strat-O. Yes!
The ill-advised practice on Welcome Stadium's pitiful field effectively ended Green's career. Without that ankle injury who knows what kind of season he would have had with Burrow(prior to his injury), and if Chase gets drafted by the Bengals.
Dayton Public Schools owes AJ Green one year of his career back, due to that freakish injury at Welcome Stadium. What a mess that was. It would've been nice if he'd have been able to finish his career with Joe and the Joe-etts.
Right now, I waste an hour watching the original Odd Couple TV Series. I bought the whole series majorly marked down on DVD from Bezos's website. Man, what a funny show. Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were so great together. Often, I burn an hour listening to music or reading. Or both. Yesterday I listened to Sheryl Crow all day during work, but I have also been listening to Leonard Cohen and some early Jesus Music (Phil Keaggy, Chuck Girard, etc.). I've just began reading Hemingway's short stories, too. Lost Ballparks podcast is lit. Marty did an episode. So did The Cobra, talking about how the Reds tried to sign him in high school after he parked a few at Crosley. They have had some great guests...Carl Erskine was the very first guest.