Recent content by Dr_Zaius

Pulisic looked good off the bench. Two really nice passes that could have been assists with better finishing, and a nice move in the box where he got pulled down enough where they could have called a (somewhat soft) penalty. And in the wrong thread, Modric is still so, so good.

Nkunku is the new addition. Seems kind of similar skill set to Pulisic and as you said bought for a decent fee. I haven’t really seen him play, though, so I could be wrong there.

Yeah bummer as I was looking forward to watching CP while I kept an eye on the smoker from the porch. On one hand, don’t want to see him run into the ground on Match Day 3. On the other, it’s not obvious where he fits with the new scheme, and one worries because when more players are available...

We rented a VRBO earlier this year which had what at first glance looked like a Ms. Pacman machine, but it turned out to be a cheap emulator with wonky controls. Lame.

I was pretty cheap so I tried to avoid the real quarter munchers, although I did play a bit of Gauntlet, a bit of TMNT and a decent amount of Double Dragon. I liked the Sprint race car game with the steering wheels - you could get a lot of play for a few quarters on that one. Also an obscure...

I had a vivid memory this Tuesday morning because it was such a gorgeous morning with the feel of autumn in the air, eerily like that Tuesday morning 24 years ago. Yesterday and today were similar but for some reason didn't hit me as strongly. Of course everyone our age remembers the day...

What were the circumstances of the injury? I've been hopeful that the 10k crowd is reasonably well-protected from random bad old man injuries by virtue of our fitness, but I'd be lying if it's not in the back of my mind when I go to play pickleball or something like that.

Yeah the standards dropping so fast is rough. I've always kicked around trying to do Boston, but with the newer times I'll probably never make a serious effort because it would just be such a long shot without putting in more time than I'm willing to devote to running. Is your plan 3:05 for...

I do think the gamble can be defended from the standpoint that the team clearly needed a shakeup, and I think the message that nobody's safe was needed. In that sense, sticking with "inferior" players for a few games might even be defensible in that it reinforces that even if you're absolutely...

I agree with the consensus that Jersey Mike's is very good for a chain. We get it maybe a few times a year - good when travelling or just pinched for time. My only complaint was one time we ordered online for 5 people and I think somehow 4 of the 5 orders were screwed up. It was weird because...

In addition to this, I think gloves were relatively uncommon back in that era, and also the balls were pretty much never replaced so they could become somewhat oblong, resulting in weird flights and bounces.

I had a positive Cologuard result earlier this year. The good news is that if you look at the statistics from the company your chances of having cancer are quite low even with a "positive" result. This knowledge didn't really stop me from worrying about it, particularly since I had a melanoma...

I'm still partial to pepperoni myself, but arugula is another less common one that works really well on pizza.

That was my first thought. Returns yards is a goofy one though as it's probably going to be negatively correlated with being a good defense. So it might actually be difficult to find a team that allows one to sweep the defensive stats.

I think I'm going Denver as well. Philly will probably roll, but divisional game against a team that everybody is writing off just seems like one of those trap picks to me.