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CFL has been going on for seven weeks...

You are quite welcome...

So there's this horse, livin' on a nice little farm in Texas. One day he's eating hay next to the open window and he hears the farmer inside playing some Jimi Hendrix. Now the horse had never heard Jimi before and he's totally enamored. He used to play guitar in college and thinks "ya know what I could probably play a little like that" So he gets a job on a draft team and saves up enough for a ratty old strat, and after a little practice he's got a pretty nice sound. But, he needs a band. So he goes to his friend the pig, and tells him he wants to start a band. Turns out pig played some funky bass in college, and he's got a little nest egg from a favor he did for a spider. So he gets himself a bass and damn he got flow. So they jam, and their friend the cow hears and she's like "hey boys, y'all need a drummer? I don't mean to boast but I can play mean cowbell" and oh, oh can she. So they jam around, start playin' gigs as and saving money to get Bessie a proper drum kit. In the mean time they talk to a bunch of farm folk and settle on the ol' hound dog and his baleful howl as their singer. Suddenly, this isn't just a bunch of animals messing around-with a serious kit and some gear underwritten by farmer brown they take their act on tour. A few YouTube videos, some hype, their talent and human-to-animal controversy and all of a sudden they're a sensation. They go on a late night show and properly blow up. They get a deal to start doing new tunes. They get an albums worth of music for Columbia and a contract that would make them the richest livestock in the world (except the dog, he's still second to Pitbull) Everyone's ecstatic. Except horse, cause' all this music is poppy garbage and he's not having it. He wants it better, but the record company knows they're a flash in the pan and wants them touring now. Horse decides he's rich enough to not sacrifice his principles and leaves the band. Unfortunately when he tries to write his own stuff and become a breakout success he's held up by his horse brains. He realizes the band was all he had, but they've already got a randy snow-white stallion ripping it up. He turns where all drop-out musicians do-the sweet embrace of drugs and alcohol. But he keeps his chops up, hoping one day they'll call him back for a reunion tour. A few months later he's stumbling out of his south beach condo and sees a headline. "Terrible alps crash ends promising career of farm animal music act." Shock. Disgust. Self loathing, all washing over him like a waterfall. It's over, his dreams in tatters. What's left? Every friend he ever had was scattered over an impassible slope. And the worst part? They never knew how he really felt about them. He made the choice in his greasy bathrobe standing on his stoop. Walked to a drugstore barefoot, refilled his Xylazine prescription. Stumbled into an all-day liquor store and bought a pint of Glengolye black label. Sitting on a bench near the water, he swallows the whole bottle and washes it down with the whisky. He stumbles in a haze to his favorite haunt, 24 hour bar called Mike's place. He's fading as he walks in, stoping at the jukebox to put on "little wing" before collapsing at the bar. The bartender looks at the bedraggled guitarist before him and says "hey, why the long face?"

$124.5 million this weekend... Totally amazing that a movie about a van would make that much cash...

You should have used a much smaller word so seafoam could understand what you are trying to say...

For those that don't subscribe to CNN (like me), this LINK will take you to the full article...

Is that how he became president?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Too bad JFK wasn't alive to see what he had pushed as a goal in '61...

Noice...

I'm probably falling behind on these, need to up the PSAs...

Not attack, but honestly, when has seafoam, MO, LC, ever brought funny stuff to the board?

Was wondering when the subject title would be fixed...

Your Mom…

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wwe/article-15985379/wwe-siva-afi-dead-kidnapping-burglary.html The wrestling world is in mourning following the death of former WWE star Siva Afi, who has passed away at the age of 77. The tragic news was confirmed by his family on Thursday afternoon, though his official cause of death has not yet been publicly revealed. Afi, whose real name was Papali’itele Max Amata Taogaga, rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation. While Afi enjoyed an unbeaten start to his WWF career after signing in 1986, his most iconic moment came prior to that, in 1985, in Hawaii. He famously wrestled Ric Flair to a grueling one-hour stalemate for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. After retiring from professional wrestling in 1997, however, Afi’s life took a dark and dramatic turn. He was arrested and convicted in Ohio on charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, and seven counts of kidnapping after acting as the getaway driver in a major crime plot. He was sentenced to 15-40 years in prison over the incident but was ultimately deported back to his native Samoa a decade later following a series of legal appeals. Upon his return to Samoa, Afi turned his life around, dedicating his remaining years to helping others through community service and prison rehabilitation programs. Tributes have poured in from across the industry since the news broke. Among them was wrestling reporter Dave Meltzer, who wrote on X: 'Sorry to hear about the death of Siva Afi, another protege of Peter Maivia. 'Afi’s most famous match was a 60-minute draw with NWA champ Ric Flair at Aloha Stadium before what is still the largest crowd for pro wrestling in Hawaii,' he added. Born in Samoa in 1949, Afi's journey into the squared circle began under the training of icons Steve Rickard and Peter Maivia in 1972. He made his professional debut just two years later, quickly finding success in New Zealand where he captured the New Zealand Heavyweight Championship. His talent eventually took him around the globe, competing across the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s. He officially retired from professional wrestling in 1997.

@Meglamaniac @supermike80 Did Air Disasters do an episode on JFK Jr. plane crash? That happened 27 years ago yesterday...

Washington Post I loved driving a stick shift, still do, but sitting in traffic moving along at a snail's pace is not fun with one...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800

The schools in this county are closed for the normal holidays plus Jewish holidays along with Eid, Ramadan, etc... There is a lot of diversity here for sure... I think it is a little overkill to celebrate some, but if I practiced those religions, I would want it off instead of taking a day to miss school...

I am not watching either, but I rarely watch any speech from any politician... I will probably check out "Hobo Fabulous" on Craig Ferguson... From IMDB: Craig Ferguson Presents: Hobo Fabulous is a 2019 comedy series and stand-up special featuring Scottish-American comedian Craig Ferguson. The six-episode docuseries blends his live stand-up from his 50-date North American tour with behind-the-scenes footage and commentary on his life, career, and family.

Could anything less entertaining be on than this guy? Just release a statement and stop clogging up the airwaves...

No need now, she retired at the end of this past school year and will now collect her retirement pension... She hated to quit as well as she LOVES teaching, but it just wasn't worth it to her over the past years... More and more frustration from the students and the helicopter parents...

Pretty much all of it is...

Northern Virginia

Especially now... Since COVID, a huge majority of the students do not know how to act, along with the parents...

Teachers do not get three months off during the summer, they get off from 8-10 weeks (close, but not three months). Also, teachers are usually 10-month employees and they usually do not get paid during the summer months... Every pay check that my wife received (once a month), some money was taken out to be saved and used as summer pay during the two off months...