Howdy Boys and Girls, it’s Friday, and I feel like I accomplished very little on the visible side this week. Behind the scenes, its been crazy. But before I get into that, RIP to Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker.
He was a great announcer, both in real life, and as Harry Doyle in the Major League movies.
He will be missed, but remembered every time someone says…
He had more memorable sayings than anyone other than Yogi Berra.
Thank you everyone for your understanding my diminished publishing schedule of late. I cram as much as I can into about 25 hours a week, and this time around I have been getting ready for SHOT Show.
Lots of trying to find contacts at companies we have fallen out of touch with, setting up meetings, doing background research, and getting ready to cover the show on my own. I am confident, but it is intimidating nonetheless.
“This guy threw at his own kid in a Father/Son game” – Harry Doyle.
He was one of a kind…
I don’t know if I will have a WOT next week, probably not. But Knife Shows are back next week. Click the image to jump to the details…
Instead of a musical guest, I am going with a classic from my childhood…
I miss MLB, and that commercial brings me back to when I could wear a Chief Wahoo shirt and not worry about pissing off the wrong person.
We beat Texas y’all…
I will be arriving in Vegas 10 am local, 6+ hours before the final championship game is going to start.
My plan is to get my badge, check into the hotel, and take an uber over to Circa, which is supposed to be the best place to watch a game.
I am counting the minutes.
It has been a heck of a ride…
Ohio against the World.
Not as iconic as “Catholics vs Convicts” from my childhood.
But Lou Holtz is getting in some serious smack talk.
It doesn’t matter.
Who are you rooting for in the NFL playoffs?
I am rooting for CJ Stroud. He finally beat Harbaugh, now that Harbaugh can’t cheat.
Cost him the Heisman. Sod the skunk weasels.
You all will be happy that the next WOT will mark an end to college football memes. I am sure I am boring y’all.
We are not enforcing the Tik-Tok ban that *we signed into law* but we are unilaterally declaring the Equal Rights Amendment ratified is an odd final play for the Biden administration.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 17, 2025
The outgoing Crypt-Keeper issued a proclamation that the Equal Rights Amendment is now part of the Constitution. Which is not how it works. But the internet had some fun with it…
Or this…
I declare it to be so.
Who else feels like this?
Winning a knife is better than that.
We are currently in the middle of a drawing for a CRKT Hunt’n Fisch.
You can find out more about it here.
It is a two token drawing, which means you need to be drawn twice to be the winner. First time gets you a “token”. Del is our first token holder, being drawn from last weekend’s comments. He only needs to be drawn once more, but the rest of you are very much in it still.
Usual rules apply, up to 5 comments or replies are your entries, if you are new to commenting here, your comments count double, but will be held in moderation until I can approve the first batch.
Good luck everyone.
Everything will one day be Ohio.
H&K firing shots.
Exorcism and a picnic, it’s all for you.
Grok says…
What is this good boi’s name?
I spent 5 minutes unsuccessfully trying to create a portmanteau of Fido and Fabio.
I miss the good old days.
What was the benchmark before sliced bread?
Do you really want to have the minimum amount of flair?
I am not doing anything for my birthday, just going to my son’s basketball game and then AAU tryout.
We loved our first outback, and my daughter loves our second.
“Bunch of savages in this town.” (Name the movie)
Statists suck.
Libertarianism > Communism.
*libertarian heavy breathing.
Like this…
Be ungovernable.
Switching gears for a minute…
At the time of this writing, there is supposedly a cease fire agreement, and a tentative deal to release the hostages. But I hear that Hamas might be moving the goalposts.
Hopefully, by the next time I publish a WOT, the hostages are in fact all home. I look forward to retiring this section of the thread, which I have kept as a tribute for more than a year since October 7th, 2023. Another thing I have tried to do throughout is mine a few nuggets of humor when they managed to break through the darkness.
Some heroes don’t wear capes.
Once again, Mr. Baseball…
Not quite as iconic a commercial as “Front Row”, but did you notice who the guy in the red coat was?
I don’t like peopleing.
I’d rather just share memes…
Have a good one, and Go Buckeyes! Beat Notre Dame.
Oh Captain, my Captain…https://t.co/jsoKxomIgH
— H. Clay Aalders (@KnifeTruth) January 16, 2025
(A fantastic open letter from Jack Sawyer)
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