Thursday miscellanea #365

  • I decided to watch The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, by myself as a Tuesday nightcap. I liked it quite a bit. Genuinely creepy, but keeps a healthy and appropriate sense of humor. If you think from the trailer that you’d enjoy it, you will.
  • It is now clear that the Browns will fire Johnny Manziel as soon as is practical. Yes, he’s an adult, responsible for his own actions, blah blah blah. Even so, I saw Dad as a big problem three years ago, and I still do.
  • On a much more grave football note, it seems Kenny Stabler had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. I hope the equipment and protocol measures we’re undertaking are effective. I also hope we can develop ways of measuring progress without needing a dead football player to do so (i.e. it’d be great if we could tell something useful about CTE from a 28-year-old who’s been playing for five years, which we currently can’t). I’m going to need this problem solved for me to continue following football. Yes, I just said that.
  • I’m losing steadily, and for that I’m thankful, but I’m probably not going to collect on my first foray into Diet Bet. Enjoy, Paula!
  • A new favorite trick: use broad slices of bell pepper as sandwich bread. Works great with turkey and Swiss.
  • We saw a new Prius in the metal for the first time this past weekend. I’m glad we weren’t coming from lunch. Profile not bad, but a face only a mother could love. The outgoing generation is a spectacular sexpot compared to the new one.
  • Mostly seasonal temps on deck, but as I type the forecast is sun and mid-50s for Sunday. Go for a walk before the game.

You might also like:

  • Thursday miscellanea #59
    Do you see colored patterns when you close your eyes and look at the blackness? The ones I see have…
  • Thursday miscellanea #568
    Chuck Yeager has slipped the surly bonds of Earth, put out (his) hand, and touched the face of God….
  • Thursday miscellanea #126
    I did a 10-oz. New York strip last night for 45 seconds a side, and it was positively divine. A lit…
  • Thursday miscellanea #476
    College football has arrived! Nothing much happening until Saturday, but there are games. Is Wake F…
  • Thursday miscellanea #508
    Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day—the beginning of the end of World War II. The eventual and s…

1 thought on “Thursday miscellanea #365”

  1. Ohh wow… That new Prius is a bit cringe worthy. I’m a big Toyota fan, but I’m becoming less and less bullish on their passenger vehicle models, while still pretty happy with their SUV and Truck design choices.

    Honda is getting more attention from me for potential passenger vehicle options now.

    Reply

Leave a Comment

CAPTCHA


This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

BoWilliams.com