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Minnesota Vikings News:
Rob posted the Skoloholics Mailbag: The Wild Card Mailbag.
We previewed the Vikings vs. Giants, one preview for the Vikings offense vs. the Giants defense, and another for the Giants offense vs. the Vikings defense.
Kirk, we need four in a row from you.
Vikings.com lets you know how and where to watch or listen to Sunday’s Vikings-Giants game, and hear Justin Jefferson talk to the media.
Video of the Day:
An oldie from Fil from way back when. This is Space Pants. Enjoy!
I honestly don’t expect the Vikings to go very far in the playoffs. I feel like they should beat the Giants Sunday, but after that I think it gets rough for them.
The offense has not lived up to expectations this year and I put that at the feet of our new HC. He brought in an offense with what I have labeled an “adaptive” passing scheme. This scheme allows receivers to adapt (or alter) their routes as they’re running them based on what they see the defense doing post snap. Thus not only does the QB have to read the defense, he has to guess where his receivers are going. Not a good combo for a QB who is a technician, not a playmaker. This is one reason Cousins stats dropped this season. Not actually knowing where his receivers are going to be.
Five hopes advances in the technology of adult undergarments will help Kirk play better
Lifer is more optimistic, thinks Kirk is the greatest QB in Vikings history, he also drank enough beer to raise the Edmund Fitzgerald
Obligatory Kirk Cousins debate
Lifer is concerned about the Mental Health of Viking fans, LOL
PeterPlaysSkinFlute doesn’t proofread
Hun can drink during the Vikings game, I don’t know how anyone could tolerate without booze
Happy Friday the 13th from JacksonVike, pro tip, stay away from guys named Jason today
Beaver and Primus discussion
VP resembles idiot remark
Book reviewer thinks Wrenage’s climax is a sight to behold, is also surprised at his skill
Movie discussion
PPB thinks socialism is a great idea
MT’s dad tried to make him to piss on himself
RIP Lisa Marie
MT guzzles 96 ounce Big Gulp consisting of a mixture of MT Dew, Croke, Pispi, Root Beer and two dozen packets of sugar first thing every morning. Then a half gallon of skim milk and a loaf of white bread.
PPB reminds you Lifer is certified
LFA still MIA
GF nonce is invalid
Skolifer explains maintenance techniques of the illiterates at the balloon inflating factory, it ends with the supervisor pouring zimas for everyone
Brad dropped the deuce a bit early today
Five thinks GF’s test results revealed stress from having a tiny wiener
PPB makes joke nobody gets
Norzeman and Rob are pro blow
Lifer said the actress from Yellowstone cuts balls off for fun, how he knows is a mystery
New thread:
Good to see that DePaolo is getting deserved recognition, but it seems like one step above naming the kid who runs out and retrieves the tee after kickoffs to the All-Pro team.
They say blood is thicker than water, but cheese sauce is thicker than blood.
Shows you how important queso is.
Until you eat the cheese sauce, then your blood is as thick as cheese.
you can’t post that in the afternoon – it’s inaccurate
How many certified nutritionists does it take to change a light blub in a balloon factory?
4?
technically the answer is zero, but one is the maximum. any balloon factory employing more than one certified nutritionist would go out of business.
This is just a guess, but I think 5:
One person to run the fan that blows the balloons away from the light fixture
One person to operate the helium machine
One person to suck the helium, float into the air and change out the bulb
One person to hold the string attached to the bulb changer that prevents him/her from floating away
And one person to pour and serve the post-work Zimas
I can’t believe I read that whole comment
and then I laughed on the very last word
Purp on purp baby!
New York Giants vs Minnesota Easter Eggs
Loving it.
Our menu for the game; Chili Cheese dip (delicious), Wings, Veggie Trey, Beer.
Can’t wait.
hm, I need to figure out what I’m going to do
I’m gonna eat at the stadium
I’m going to buy a new furnace
Ouch.
I’ll be doing that at some point in the near future.
I was just making a joke about how expensive stadium food is
We just put a new mini-split w/heat pump system in this fall.. works great down to about 15F outside air temp. Saved quite a few $$$ so far this year on other fuel sources.
I was just making a joke about how expensive stadium food is
Me:
Though the stadium food prices are getting closer and closer to what I’m paying at the grocery store so..
You gonna install yourself?
I was just making a joke about how expensive stadium food is
You are pretty pumped for the game, aren´t you?
Pre-game festivities:
Loaded Bloody’s in the parking lot
Horn full of mead (either longship or valkyrie from Alehorn)
In-stadium:
Yell my A$$ off for the game, and get just enough beverages to keep throat from drying up before the end of the game..
Good seats? How much?
Season tickets in 221. So face value of tickets, which was quite a bit lower than I was expecting TBH.
Sounds like major fun, especially the Loaded Bloody´s. Hope we´ll get to celebrate a victory.
Feeding the fam is gonna cost you more than your seats did!!
Probably. Oh well, how often do you get the opportunity? Might as well have fun.
Save the receipts – write it off as a fieldwork expense.
As long as he writes an article about it he’s good.
As a CPA, I approve of this business expense.
Only for GF’s expenses. Not his family.
Had season tickets for 8 years now.. and this is the third home playoff game.. so not too often 🙂
I’m excited.. probably too much so, not getting anything done here at work today.
I’m gonna have beer and carbones, the quality of the beer is usually directly related to the quality of the Vikings play on the field.
Surprise you cheer for the purple
Why?
my beer strategy:
25 oz Aegir 1st quarter
16 oz Coors 2nd quarter
16 oz Surly 3rd quarter
follow my heart 4th quarter
Sorta what I’ll do, start out with a good IPA
1st – NB Juice Force imperial IPA
2nd – 2 hearted
3rd – brown ale or something
4th – depends on how things going, maybe an abrasive, maybe a budweiser
Young man is a stud…
Playoff teams guaranteed a possession in OT even if a team scores a TD first. Then it’s sudden death. Seems to me that should be standard.
Failed misread. They must have changed it because of the KC/Buf game last year?
Correct
Thing it changed this year after Bills/Chiefs last year.
Somehow, this will negatively impact the Vikings this post-season.
Like we score a TD and PAT, then the other team scores a TD and a 2-pt conversion..
LOL, that sounds Viking-y
what if the first team that has the ball goes for 2 and gets it? Does the other team still get a possession?
Yes. They do.
The only score that ends it before a possession is a safety.
Team kicks off to start OT and the returner gets tackeled at their own 2 yard line. QB sacked in the endzone for a safety. Gameover.
Intereststing, that’d take some balls.
right? I imagine it’d be a loss if you fail on the 2pt attempt, right?
Yep, win or lose on one play from the 2 yard line (1yd line with a defensive penalty?).. I’d have to imagine some teams would take that risk.
“The ball hit Justin Jefferson between the numbers, square in the hands, and he just DROPPED it!”
“Oh, Brian, I don’t think he’ll ever be the same after that.”
I hate you.
I’m pretty sure MT is unhatable.
Yore right.. I don’t really hate him deep down..
but I’m mad at him for typing that thought into existence
lol, I knew what you meant.
“The last person I saw hanging their head that low was Blair Walsh!!”
Imagine.
This sounds about right.
More likely.
Joseph misses the PAT.
I just think it will make teams more likely to defer the coin toss. Because it will be advantageous to know if you need to score a TD or FG to win.
Put team behind in 4 down territory too.
hmm
Hope we win by 3 scores but wouldn’t mind a couple teams try it.
If we crush the Giants (and I have a sliver of hope that we will), I could talk myself into the Vikings being the team that turns Purdy back into a pumpkin
the sliver comes from the defensive players taking over coaching duties on defense
some such rumor existed somewhere at some point, I think
We lose i blame brad.
100%
I’m actually surprised at all the talking heads that seem to have picked the Giants. The Vikings could lose this game. They’ve done crap like this before.
But you look at all the “Bad” things the Vikings do like DVOA and point Diff., and you can see the Giants doing it as well.
I also like your silver lining with the players taking over some of the duties.
I know PFF can have crap ratings. But I do think there is something to Donatels scheme that is causing a huge break between PFF scores and the D as a whole. Individually they all rank as the 4th best unit. But they give up a ton of yards.
That looks like scheme to me.
Probably. Curious if the new regime is still prone to the Vikes being the same old cursed Vikings… we´ll find out, I guess.
Bullshit, they should play to till someone dies!
Think both teams should be eliminated.
How about executed?
*aints vs pukers, sure
wait, this is a suggestion? or an actual rule change?
Change, so a team can’t lose on a TD without a possession.
oh great. Vikings playoff game will be tied at the end of regulation. We’ll win the coin toss, score a TD, then kickoff to the other team, who hasn’t had a first down since the first drive of the 3rd quarter.
Kickoff return TD
Then Vikings will almost immediately fumble, defense will hold, opponent will kick a 50+ yard FG to win.
book it.
Would be Purple-esque.
quintessential Vikings
They’ll go for 2 and get it.
Last team to lose a playoff game on a FG without a possession?
Your Minnesota Vikings!
…to the Pew Snore-lean *aints lead by butthole mouth and Gregg “I’ve had the same painful rash since 2010 – it hurts every time I wipe” Williams
Pete fucking Morelli…
I think OT should be like this:
Rich Gannon on NFL radio. In Philly visiting his mom and woke up this morning to find out someone had stolen the catalytic converter in his car that was parked outside overnight. He calls his insurance agent who tells him that it happens all the time in Philly. They don’t ever bother involving the police because they can’t keep up due to the frequency that it happens. The insurance companies just go ahead and cover the replacement, chalking it up to Philly people doing Philly things.
That.. seems less than optimal..
Pretty much the same in Twin Cities, not really a philly specific issue.
when you buy a car, you should do a few things:
1) replace the donut with a full size spare
2) replace the jack with a real floor jack
3) cut out your own cat converter and splice in straight pipe (sell cat converter)
4) get a new FTP bumper sticker and slap it on – you’re ready to roll!
Sounds like Philly
Off to watch some Hockey, read you later folks. SKOL!
F&@king Canadians….
Warmup
Hockey, maybe the craziest goal ever, even if disallowed
Here’s another ref nut shot
LOL, what a goal. Crazy they thought of making a rule for that.
The Demacruds have found a way to blame Trump for Brandons Classified Documents.
His taking over the White House made them ‘feel weird’ so they were distracted and made ‘mistakes’.
@sounds logical@.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-aides-blame-trump-making-them-feel-weird-about-transition-as-documents-mishandled-report
Of course its Trump’s fault that Biden bungled the documents..How could it not be?
Well everything is Trumps fault so yeah.
He is kind of the Anti Beatle that way.
Beatles get credit for everything while Trump get blamed for more than even Ponder.
I mean to be fair.. Obama was getting blamed for everything before Trump.
No no, it was Bush’s fault. Always blame the previous Republican.
I mean yore not wrong there either.. I’d amend it to
There is always some of that, and to a certain extent it can be true. The southern border has been a problem for decades so every Administration can say ‘they inherited a mess’. But are they making it worse or working to make it better?
Well, in my 30+ years here.. it’s seemed to generally continue to get worse no matter which political party is in charge so :shrug:
In some ways yes, in some ways no, depends on what issue you’re talking about. Republicans are better for me in my profession because they just leave businesses like mine alone, as opposed to the Dems who are always fucking with us in the name of “progress” bullshit. Also my retirement account was better under trump and Obama but suffered at the end of the Bush admin and has been absolutely fucking murdered by Biden.
Won’t argue with any of that.
My only point being that neither Republicans or Democrats have (most-of) our best interests in mind.
I think new and young ones mean well, but then after a while you become scum owned by lobbyists, like paper skin turtleman and Nasty Pelosi
That’s probably fair.
No politician ever has the best interests of the Great Unwashed in mind. Because that´s what we are to them.
I mean, the poor guy is just trying to wash his car
You already gotta feel bad for him
cookie cutter neighborhood
mid-sized ford
pink bucket
his presidential candidate lost
and now this? Obama has CIA shoot this guy with their top secret vertigo ray from an unknown satellite. Just awful.
No sympathy for the stupid lib
Saw something somewhere that evidence was “planted” by somebody.
All democrats don’t give a rats rear end about hypocrisy. (Many republicans)
Media won’t bust the dems on it. Their supporters think its a resume’ enhancer.
Please Lord. Come take us home.
I think ‘many republicans’ see it as ‘business as usual’ and just shrug their shoulders. Getting upset about the lying and the hypocrisy every single day can wear on a man/woman (errr child bearing person).
Hey cool, I got the “nonce is invalid” error finally.
LOL, not even admins are safe.
This site is extremely jumpy and slow on my desktop today.
Which browser are you using?
I have Firefox and Edge, it works okay on either of those for me.
Netscape Navigator
Speaking of, I wonder what LFA is up to these days. Figured he might pop in to offer his opinions on the playoffs.
IDK, he disappears sometimes and I wonder if he’s ded but then he just randomly shows up one day with a stonk market report and doesn’t shut up again until he disappears the next time.
He’s a good dude.
Yes of course, I was actually just thinking yesterday I miss LFA.
He’s waiting for the DJIA to collapse to 20K so he can say “I told you so”
Chrome
Odd. Did you try refreshing & all that stuff? I assume you did.
Firefox works good.
That’s what I use now. Edge seems to work somehow, too.
Prediction:
Purdy looks like Mr. Irrelevant tomorrow, Seachickens led by Horse Face Magee knock of the 9ers, probably at the end of regulation or in OT.
Vikings beat the Giants. Not by a lot but not in comeback fashion.
Vikings beat the Bucs at home.
Vikings lose to the Poop Eaters once again.
Seahawks don’t duplicate their magic in Philly?
That would be quite the road: host Giants, host Bucs, host Seahawks
I think Philly is bounced in divisionals
Depends if Hurts is healthy
‘twould be glorious
I have a list of teams I want to see lose which would not have changed if the Vikings hadn’t made the playoffs
the Eagles are at the top
It would be cool but no. I won’t be surprised if the win tomorrow though. The whole division opponent, winning 3 in one year thing. Oh, and Purdy has played enough now that there is tape on him. As much as I don’t like him, Carroll is a good coach and should be able to come up with a scheme to limit Purdy’s effectiveness.
Purdy will choke at some point. Bound to happen. Whether it’s tomorrow, next week, the week after, or SB
He’s got a fantastic team around him
they can carry a QB far
but I’d be awfully nervous if I were a 49ers fan
NOOOOOO
WOAHH BOLD!
It’s gonna be pouring rain tomorrow in Santa Clara. Niners will still win for me, but could give Seattle an edge or keep the game close.
If nothing else I figured I’d throw out some random prediction. If I’m wrong, I’ll pretend it didn’t happen. If I’m right I can tell you all to bow to my superior intellect.
I likey
https://skoloholics.com/wild-card-playoff-edition-of-skoldiers-spreads-new-york-giants-vs-minnesota-vikings/
“IT’S ANOTHER DOUBLE DIGIT WIN!”
Not today. 4 point win I’m predicting
Reasonable.
reasonable
Shared this to tweeter and bookface
Gracias sir
My kid forgot his science experiment materials at home so I ran the stuff over to his school and stopped at a McDonald’s on the way home. First sausage cheese muffin is $1.99, second is only $1. Food wasn’t terrible (for low-grade dog food), but I’m good on McDonald’s for another 6 months, I think.
Obviously you had to buy two. Did you eat them both?
of course
at least I had a sparkling water to drink instead of a pop like some heathens I know
I drink a lot of fizzy water, but I buy the caffeinated kind.
nothing wrong with caffeine in moderation, IMO
I have 10 cups of coffee a week, but zero pop/soda
Yeah, in the morning I have a pepsi max and a caffeinated fizzy water, then in the evening regular fizzy waters. I usually have a large cup of coffee around 10am. In the summer though I pound ice tea like a motherfucker all day though.
Soda first thing in the morning. That makes my organs hurt. That’s disgusting and horrible for you. Try 32oz of water something your body actually needs when dehydrated from sleeping.
First thing I do is actually drink a 16 oz glass of water upon waking. Soda isn’t first thing, I drink it when I get to work, so about 2 hours after waking.
I like to guzzle a 96 ounce Big Gulp consisting of a mixture of MT Dew, Croke, Pispi, Root Beer and two dozen packets of sugar first thing every morning. Then a half gallon of skim milk and a loaf of white bread.
Solid breakfast. It’s best if you just inject the pop mixture directly into an IV, then you don’t have to wait for your body to absorb all the nutrients.
This you
Lifer is a certified nutritionist
That is correct. Listen.
Sigh. When the nearest McDonalds is 75 miles away and eating there sounds like a date.
The fact that the nearest one is so far away is at least half of the appeal
If they built one 5 miles away you’d be happy about it for a little while, then you’d ignore it
There was one within walking distance of our home in Billings. If my wife and I exchanged querying looks as to the plan for dinner, we would shrug and go there.
Now we eat at home most nights.
Coincidentally checked my cholesterol this week, it has dropped significantly (I have been on same dose of atorvastatin for ten years), wonder why?
I know why!
Walking?
Dude, you posted the other day that giant list of different burgers that are actually cheaper than a big mac and likely taste 100% better.
speaking of which, you hear that In n Out is opening a corporate HQ in Tennessee?
I hope they leave California altogether and hold a press conference about the sinful, Godless state of that communist hellhole
Yeah, I did here that, when did they start opening outside of Cali?
I went to one in Vegas in, oh, 2003 or so
I went to one in Texas about 10 years ago
Well yeah sure ya got me…only you can’t get ’em in fifteen seconds.
I don’t mind McDonalds. Saved me from starvation on more than one occasion.
I don’t hate Macdees either. Though I usually avoid it unless necessary, there’s a culvers across the street from the closest one to my house so I typically end up there instead.
There’s actually a place south of Baltimore where there were McDs on opposite corners.
No shit, I saw them.
That’s crazy. Dueling franchise owners.
That’s like holiday in North Branch, there is one on each side of the interstate and on the east side there is an additional one across the street, overkill.
“Professor, would you say the time has come for us to crack each others’ heads open and feast on the goo inside?”
“Hmm, yes I would, Kent.”
Cousins led eight game-winning drives in 2022, tying the highest figure on record. (Matthew Stafford led eight game-winning drives back in 2016) Stafford’s 2016 Lions went 9-7 and got hammered by the Seahawks in the first round of the playoffs. The 2022 Vikings are better, granted.
Let’s look at how teams with QBs with 7 game winning drives did in the playoffs:
Manning’s Colts (’09) and Delhomme’s Panthers seem to be the current ceiling. Hoping for that (or better!) for our Vikings this year.
The Raiders seem to be the floor. Hoping we don’t see a Cousins injury early in the game (or before the game!).
I’m guessing the Vikings win a nail biter this Sunday, cursing us with an agonizing week of talking ourselves into how they could win in the divisional round only to get the tar beat out of ’em.
So your saying there is a chance.
more of a chance for us than the 18 teams that didn’t make the playoffs
plus I think we have a better chance than the Dolphins or Seahawks, easy
Maybe better than the Giants & Bucs, too. Yup. top 10 playoff team, probably.
Yes, I do remember that team, also had Larry Centers and HOF Aeneas Williams
Do you remember when Jake Plummer led the 9-7 1998 Cardinals to the second round of the playoffs? With Rob Moore, Frank Sanders, and Adrian Murrell as his top playmakers? It happened.
Anus williams was good
He was, I can’t remember if he got to the Rams before or after they won a SB.
I remember Jake Plummer pretty well. My mom was a fan for some reason. Didn’t he quit the league to smoke more reefer?
I think so, and play handball.
he was so funny. Read his quote on eating a popsickle
I remember he backed his vehicle into the car of the lady behind him and then claimed she rear-ended him
I was living in Colorado when he was a Bronco
“Jake the Snake” we called him
Yeah, that started way before he played in CO
I heard he got that nickname in middle school when he brought his pet snake in for show and tell
I’m guessing it was more to do with him
So then law of averages say a QB with a bunch of comebacks are due for an Owl. I love your optimism.
THEY’RE DUE
Can’t believe Lisa Marie died. So young. Cardiac arrest. Fawk.
Hope the kids keep Graceland in its current state.
I should really try visiting Graceland. I looked it up. It is only like a 12-hour drive. Could be a nice road-trip.
In all honesty Memphis is one of my favorite cities. My wife and I took a paddleboat cruise from NO to Memphis and she really wanted to see Graceland so we stayed on an extra two days, got tickets to see Sun records Rock and Roll HOF Graceland etc. Was really easy to get around downtown and on the bus system. I thought I wouldn’t really get into Graceland but it was absolutely amazing, not just the estate but all the museums across the highway.
Never felt unsafe in Memphis. Nashville was disappointing because it did not feel as safe – of course Nashville is much bigger. We will visit Memphis again.
Memphis is a murder capitol, you weren’t in the hood.
I think Memphis bulldozed a lot of the slum neighborhoods, historically. My steely stare and granite chin scare a lot of the gang bangers.
top 10 still but nice if you stay out of hood.
being unafraid and walking like you can handle yourself and not looking at a phone with earbuds in your ears makes nearly any would-be assailant think “eh, I’ll wait for the next one”
Yup, this. Sound advice.
BTW nice grammer *capital
lol
I’d like to go on a bus trip there. I actually like bus trips. Sit back and do whatever while someone else takes care of everything, and you are surrounded by senior citizens, among whom, you are a demigod because you can lift all of their luggage all by yourself.
f that. Want a nice cruiser with 10 people, service, open bar
No doubt. Sounds like the shore excursions on a river cruise, helping all the lungers and artificial joints on the bus and nimbly skipping up the castle steps while they huff and puff. Makes me feel like a teenager. Plus the buses are sweet!
I get carsick on buses if I’m playing Nintendo Switch
I prefer trains
Heh, that brings back a memory of the days when the only way a kid could entertain himself in the backseat on an 8 hour drive was chatting with his parents and sibling or gazing out the window. Sometimes I’d try to sneak and read a book or comic and mom would say, “You’ll ruin your eyes”!
wow, even with a book or comic?
I remember we piled into the family sedan to drive from Podunk, Minnesota to Glacier National Park when I was 14, and my mom prepared several activities for the drive and even scheduled them out so they’d last the whole drive and we’d have something to look forward to (“OK, we’ll play the next game at 2 o’clock!”). She’s a great lady.
Some of the activities were activity booklets with various things to do (word search, connect the dots, etc) and she’d package new pens & markers with them. I should thank her for the activities of that roadtrip on Monday when I go over to my parents’ house to set up my dad’s old work computer (he just retired at the end of last year).
My dad would play “swerve the car” when I was peeing in the almost full coffee tin and chuckle.
LOL, total dad move
My dad liked to rock back and forth if you started to fall asleep and then time it just right to bounce your head off the window.
I like Memphis, too. Great food, great music.
Yes..very sad.
How much do you think her past drug use may have contributed? I heard she had been in and out of rehab a few times in her life.
Not that it makes it any less sad, I am just curious.
as a non-doctor, I would say yes
drugs harden the ol’ aeortas, right?
Absolutely.
Also heard she smoked cigars, @that’s likely the cause right there!@
Never ever been a study that connected that or chew. The chew part is from an oral surgeon. Cigarettes are the bad one.
did you miss the sarcasm?
no, but there was some passive aggressive gouging there
That may be a five original.
what a tool
Yep
She was married to Nicholas Cage?
(checks dates)
For THREE MONTHS?
beat the US avg.
I’m 212 months in, and every one of ’em had its challenges
Well, for one thing, the fairer sex has a habit of going bat shit crazy about once a month…
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyep
Wasn’t MJ like three weeks?
no – she was his support for years during the whole scandal, I believe
So a pedophile sympathizer, gross.
Imagine being an adult female married to a homosexual pedophile
she was basically his mom
I see, that kinda makes sense in a twisted sorta way, funny thing is, I remember hearing she accused her next husband of being a pedo during divorce.
How long was she married to the neverland pedophile?
https://twitter.com/sosarick/status/1613912791164882951?s=20&t=dAf3E237TsTpMPoHgFLDOA
Classic movie
Spaceballs auto rec!
I actually know one of his songs. Only because of a TV commercial.
Any word on who is blowing the horn?
I was at the game when the guy who killed Bin Laden blew the horn.
Quite the standing ovation.
lmao, you believe that?
is Bin Laden on the moon with Hitler?
Sure. Stalin´s there too.
My cousin was support on that mission, so yes, I believe it, because it’s true.
reminds me of my flat-earth friend trying to tell me that the attack on Pearl Harbor never happened. I smiled and nodded at a lot of his story telling, but I pushed back pretty hard on that one as my grandfather’s ship was hit by a kamikaze. He let that one go an never brought it up again.
He shifted into moonlight being cold and showed me a picture of two temperature gauges sitting on a sidewalk at night – one in the moonlight and the other in the shadow of a tree
what cold moonlight would imply is still a mystery to me
Those conversations had to be fascinating.
you’d think so, but I only have so much energy for listening
since our company was run by stupid libs we worked remotely for Covid and these conversations were over the phone during our “work” meetings
they were more one-sided than conversations with my wife when she tells me about her day or complains about how I don’t say enough during our conversations
Your friend is a fucking idiot.
Well, there’s still people out there that think socialism is a good idea, so…
it’s a great idea – the fundamental problem is humanity’s sinfulness.
let the idealist philosophers talk about socialism, let the folks who understand actual reality design governmental systems that maximize freedom and liberty.
It’s a terrible idea. Let’s give all our rights and freedoms away and have the Government decide what we can have and not have. Brilliant.
Excellent point
the funny thing is that he’s quite intelligent – he comes off as such when not discussing conspiracies and his coding was very good
but yeah, he’s susceptible to these kinds of things – he has a lot of alone time and needs to dig, dig, dig into something. I tried to get him into video games – no sale.
waltz
I’ll go to the concessions at halftime.
I got a really nice review of DogSS of War on Goodreads that I had to share. Not a relative or paid shill either!
A group of American soldiers, each the last of their ill-fated platoons, are sent on a suicide mission to retrieve a mystical artifact in an abandoned town guarded by Nazi werewolves.
What else is there to say? That synopsis is just irresistible. Somehow the book actually lives up to that promise too.
I don’t really like the term “guilty pleasure” since you should unabashedly enjoy what you enjoy and it perpetuates the high culture vs low culture dichotomy that has plagued the art world for centuries, but this is a perfect example of one. It feels like the ultimate big-budget version of one of those outlandish 1980s horror movies you find at a video rental store as a kid.
The characters actually get some dimension to them, the writing is surprisingly good, and that climax is a sight to behold. It’s taking all of my willpower not to start gushing and spoiling everything.
If you’re a fan of historical horror, read this book.
If you’re a fan of werewolves, read this book.
Best movie ever is “where eagles dare”, period. citizen kane is stupid
….rosebud………..
I would not argue with a person who holds this position. Where Eagles Dare is pretty amazing. Can’t really go wrong with Nazi-killing machine Clint and cool, calculating Burton. Plus, Ingrid Pitt!
It is in my upper echelon of movies. I actually read the book not too long ago. Alistair MacClean was a plotting machine. Book has surprisingly few corpses compared to movie.
Burton is an all time great actor. Alistair did a bunch of great stuff
#1 all time is Vertigo
false
Is true, you’ve probably never seen it.
Ah, a cinema connoisseur. Vertigo is interesting. Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorite actors. Probably all time greatest “every-man” actor.
Yeah I liked him as a not good guy, I actually stumbled upon the film because I accidentally hit the wrong app on the smart TV and it took me to something like TUBO tv that had live channels and Vertigo was on the channel it went to, it looked interesting but I didn’t want to start in the middle so I made a note to search it out and later rented it on streaming service.
Do you ever review good movies?
lol
Yes, I do occasionally review “good” movies, but I actually have more fun reviewing bad movies.
I find that I don’t like to examine good movies too closely. It is kind of like learning how magicians do the trick.
Whereas, I love dissecting bad movies to see why they don’t work. Like here is a good Jimmy Stewart movie I reviewed once upon a time…
https://www.lastmovieoutpost.com/firecreek-a-retro-review/
LOL
I can’t wait for Cocaine Bear.
I’ve found that to be true for music. It’s a double-edged sword. It allows one to appreciate the best art on levels that most cannot, but it prevents one from enjoying popular consumer-level art the way that most people can.
I appreciate the review, I’ll likely watch Firecreek sometime relatively soon. My father and I had a movie kinda like that where its past down, but its more obscure, Moving Violations starring John Murray (Bill Murray’s little bro), Jennifer Tilly, Stacey Keach, as well as that tall blonde woman who was in a ton of 80’s movies, like Back To School, but her name escapes me. Anyway, we still both watch it every few years and then we’ll text or call eachother and talk about it.
Sally Kellerman. She just died recently.
I honestly don’t think I’ve seen Moving Violations. I dimly remember it, though. I will hunt it down. It looks fun.
I did not know that, RIP to Hot Lips. Also, talking about Jimmy Steward always makes me think of The Onion’s review of its a wonderful life
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is numero uno
Not even Eastwood’s best western movie
This is my favorite movie though.
And this one, heck there are no bad John Wayne movies.
“Fill your hands you son of a bitch!”
Did you see the re-make? It was pretty good.
Absolutely not and I will not. There are some things that should not be touched and that was one of them. Sort of like rewriting the Bible. There were plenty of other Duke movies that could have been remade and been awesome but this one should have been left alone.
In some ways better actually, Jeff Bridges is a much better actor than Wayne was, but still original is always better.
Agreed, Jeff Bridges is great in this role. One of the few remakes that might even be a tad better than the original IMO
Awesome show.
Nope…best movie in that time period was Cool Hand Luke and it’s not even close.
Your favorite movie all time is Titanic
never seen it to this day
he keeps a box of tissues on either side of him when he watches
one for “never let go”
and the other for “paint me like your French girls, Jack”
me either
Samesies
LOL, he must have gone into it thinking you suck
Also, tell that guy to stop watching me have sex
I was really happy with his take. He “got” it. That is EXACTLY what I was going for; I wanted the book to tread the line between pulp and literary.
Also, everyone watches you have sex. Close that curtain!
I may have to read it myself
wait, what? you write books?
Books about Nazi werewolves?
Yes, I do. I am releasing another book in the next week or so.
I don’t just write books about Nazi werewolves, which is, in my opinion, the finest Nazi werewolf book ever written.
ha ha ha
well done
what’s the title of the werewolf book?
DogSS of War.
I don’t make a living writing or anything. It is like building your YouTube channel. I just keep plugging away and adding content, and readers dwindle in. Hopefully, over time, it pays off enough to get some egg Mcmuffins occasionally.
that’s the idea, build a stream of income little by little, and see what happens
I love that my gaming hobby is fully funded by itself
Have you reviewed this one yet though?
This GIF gives me PMSPTSD…
Saw this 2023 hype video on YouTube yesterday…it’s pretty good. I hadn’t heard (or heard of) the last background song in the clip. We Are Vikings by Peyton Parrish. They’d need to clean up the “shit” lyric but this needs to be our new US Bank theme song.
Nice.
Vikings suck and just lucky.
Thats funny, and I have never heard of a pet beaver before.
LOL-never saw that before.
Primus is awesome.
That’s a great song, maybe Primus’s most accessible, because they are pretty weird. I also like Mr. Krinkle, though.
My Name is Mud is another great one.
Dam that’s cute. Oh…and obligatory…
lmao. That could be a silver belly, good looking coat. Excellent to make a hat out of. They are chopping down huge trees at our waterfowl club. trapping them out
Yeah, they can be a nuisance
the babies have to cut on their teeth, they can take a 50 year old tree down in 1 night
Its kinda fun blowing up their dams with explosives though
love a beaver hat
Sure is
Friyay. I’m back, your reason to live is not over.
Were you out killing more of God’s poor innocent creatures?
Jason’s mom…hawt
bad day to fly (or anyday)
Weekend, finally! And Monday off so I can watch the game imbibing adult beverages, might be necessary.
Looks delicious! Never had it.
#metoo, unfortunately. Need to look for it, likely won´t get it here in Upper Austria.
Max of 6 or you won’t remember the game…I guess that could be the point.
*This isn’t commie Montana
I hope it will be a game to remember, for the right reasons. If not…
Hi PetePot. elk manure still own the liquor stores like a communist city?
correct. I’ve been buying my whisky and merlot it the next town over and getting my beer at Aegir
Tried that apple beer they make at aegir, it is absolutely wretched.
I haven’t tried it, now I know to avoid it 🙂
my wife likes the blood orange porter, but it’s ultra strong and comes in 25.5 oz cans. She usually asks for my help, but last time she polished one off herself. LOL
That sounds better. I like their black double IPA best so far.
lol, shocker
I got it for wife to try, figured I’d see what it taste like, gagged me.
It was truly horrible, New Glarus makes an apple beer that’s actually pretty good.
excelent grammer
proof-reading comments for the open thread is worse than sorting screws
*grammar
*grammer
Kelsey?
*PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*
Please be careful today Viking fans. Your brain is running at 40% capacity today because 60% of it’s capacity is analyzing, calculating, contemplating the Vikings fortunes in the playoffs this weekend. It’s a dangerous dynamic…
-Chopping up some taters and thinking about Donatell’s shell defense and whoopsie there goes the ole nose picker.
-Driving to work down the same route you’ve done a thousand times thinking about JJ’s touches and how KOC can get him the ball more and your brain remembers the green light from yesterday when today it’s actually red and BLAM you get t-boned by a my pillow truck.
Be aware, take care and do not drive fast and take chances as it likely will lead to certain death or dismemberment.
Gonna be a long drive tomorrow morning. Gonna get up & hit the road early, hopefully can get them out of bed & on the road by 6:00. Puts us in Minny around noon, maybe 12:30, depending how many times we have to stop.
Have a good trip. Hope you get a good game.
Take a few extra rds of .44 magnum, never know.
I’ll have my 9mm. Always.
Can you carry in the stadium?
No, can’t even have a knife in there. I’ll have it for the drive, though.
I didn’t think so. It would be like the Wild West in there!
The refs wouldn’t be safe.
that’s why you can’t bring in whisky bottles
Yup
don’t need to
they have sniper nests
North Dakota has reciprocity with Minnesota?
Yes, both states have reciprocity so you only pay and file income taxes in the state you live.
Narf narf narf. I just checked the NRA-ILA website and ND indeed has reciprocity. Minnesota does not have reciprocity with Montana because they are a bunch of stupid libs.
LOL
Minnesota is almost as left wing as Colorado.
Good to know. They also have tuition reciprocity between the states.
That I knew as there were a few Minnesotans in the UND medical school class every year.
Get plenty of rest, sleep in, so you are at your best for game time.
Always get lots of rest, although I don’t sleep in. I’ll be full of piss & vinegar.
How did your test go the other day? Did you get results yet? Or are they secret?
They were fine. Said he had a tiny weiner and is was causing stress
Ah, I once had that issue. Then I married a 5’2 woman. It is all about perspective!
*spinner
All is well. Everything looked great.
Good deal!
I was trying to remember what the story was with my mom when something similar happened to her. I believe it ended up being dehydration and cold weather combination. She didn’t realize she wasn’t drinking enough.
Yeah, not sure. At least they know it isn’t anything serious. I’ve been fine ever since, at least I can start running again now that we know it isn’t heart-related.
Nice.
I’ve been maintaining running to a degree but have not been hitting it hard. Now is the time to turn it up a notch. December sucked, but January 10-day is looking pretty mellow so far. Very doable to be outside running, so I must take advantage.
50 here today and sunny, 55 tomorrow. Monday off for Martin Rufus King Day too! woo hoo
I’ll run outside until it gets pretty cold. 10 below or so & I’ll stay in.
57 and sunny or above for moi (french for me)
I did a couple deep-cold, early morning runs last winter, and they were neater than expected.
It’s like you stumble out the door at 5:30 a.m. It’s totally dark. Time loses all meaning. Everything is a freezing void. You finish and are like…did any of that just happen?
I like running when it’s snowing, so pretty.
Way back in the day in PE we would do cross country running and skiing in the fall and early winter when temperatures would sometimes be at or below -24 C (-10 F). I remember the back of my throat and trachea just feeling raw after that. Was a relief to move indoors to hockey, basketball, swimming etc.
-20 with windchill has always been our (wife and I) threshold for outdoor exercise. We are tough North Dakotans.
Hope you all have a great time!
Did you decide on transportation to the game? If you drive I would suggest prepaying for a parking spot, but make sure you are still early. Also, have the phone number of the company you reserve a parking spot with handy. Went to the Dallas game, reserved and pre-paid for a spot in the ramp across the street from US Bank, when we arrived they said the lot is full and we could get refunded on-line. If this happens call the company right away and they will find you a new location.
Thinking we’re just gonna do the light rail, as much as I hate to. It stops right by our hotel, so we’ll give it a go. I’ll probably die of malaria now.
RIP
Do you have somebody lined up to post the Back Porch Monday morning and is your son old enough to keep this website running? If not do you have your succession plan in order?
Kiddo can handle it, the writing would probably improve.
Honestly, the light rail is much more preferable to GD traffic in MPLS.
Yeah, there’s no right answer here really.
Condolences.
Have fun !
Remember to duck when needed.
Yepper.
Vikings going to toss Giants from the playoffs like…
Network shade has already begun….they’re pulling feeds on positive Cousins takes.
Lol…that’s pretty funny.
Cards are interviewing some good ones.
I liked Ossenfort when the Vikings were interviewing last year.
Me too. He and horticulture coming from orgs who’ve built good teams through the draft and smart moves.
How attractive is that job in Arizona with Kyler Murray there?
It’s not, IMO. They were stupid to extend him and they’re likely stuck with him for at least two (maybe 3) more seasons given his dead cap numbers.
I agree. Not an ideal situation to step into. I’m guessing they’re aware that Murray isn’t going to be “the guy”, but they have no way out of the contract. ouch.
He’s the “guy”. Was 10-1 last year to start. At 300K a month do you GAF?
4m a year? who cares. lol
Very much so, only 32 NFL GM jobs available.
I get that. If you have more than one option, this one may be less desirable than another.
Weather, mexico food is excellent, sun God women all over, fast sports car weather, cigars year rd?
There are only two jobs open, one of them comes with a HC already entrenched, the other does not. I would take the job where I got to choose my HC.
Vrabel is a top 6 coach though
Yeah IDK, I’d take GOAT, McVay, Tomlin, Harbaugh (both), Pederson, Shanny, Reid, Carroll, McDermott, probably Taylor too.
top 10 at least
Yeah I like him, he’s right around there, probably move up with McVay likely retiring.
Unless you think Kyler is a train wreck
Just stats bro.
Yep.
Just thought I’d bring balance for the stat pushers.
Lol
will see what happens. Just under 60 hours to go!
I am officially pumped for Vikings football.
A game that matters!
Extra pumped come February!
LOL
It’s been funny to watch the shift in focus on stats between the Ever and Never-Kirkers this season. Prior to 2023, the Ever-Kirkers pushed the stat narrative to support Kirk while the Never-Kirkers argued wins and losses. This season, it’s been flipped on it’s head with the Ever-crew pointing to 13-4 while the Never-gang talks about his career high INT’s, etc.
We are a schizophrenic fan base.
Have to throw the challenge flag here. I’ve not seen any Cousins supporters suddenly throw out wins as a stat for him. Complete false narrative. Wins are a team stat. Period.
speaking as a Mabye-Kirker,
Are comeback wins a team stat or is that more of a QB stat?
team game
LOL, Cousins could go 6-29 for 78 yards and 3 picks and people would be like, “its a team game, his oline let him down, the playcalling was horrendous, its not his fault, team game”
Exactly, so lol. “We only have all 1st/2nd rd picks on OL which is more than ANY TEAM in the NFL. 1sr rd all pro wr, 1st rd all pro TE, 2 nd rd all pro RB, all pro FB”
we need talent…. and they wonder why the D is worst in the NFL
Ben, another challenge flag here. NO ONE says shit like that. If Cousins plays poorly then that’s the case. Period.
Oh, no I’ve seen some people on twitter that would make you look like a kirk hater.
Yeah, twitter is loaded with goofballs
There’s one guy in particular who is unbearable, I can’t remember his name but he looks like he’s about 12 even though he’s an adult. I’m 99% sure he’s on the autism spectrum based on his complete lack of social skills or ability to pick up on obvious social cues, no understanding of subtlety or humor. He literally can’t admit Kirk has ever made a bad throw, everything is stats or whataboutism.
I can’t imagine. I tread very lightly when I go on tweeter. I don’t stay long and I try not to read comments.
Challenge flag to you.
I remember discussing in the spring/summer that if Cousins wasn’t the QB, you and Skoldiers said the Vikings wouldn’t win many games. Which is true.
QB is responsible for most wins. Maybe not all. But most.
I said… it’s a team game and if you have a good QB you have a better chance of winning. After Cousins we had no good QB’s so our chances of winning by default dropped to about zero.
Yes.
Game winning drives are also a team stat attributed to the QB. The O-line has to protect and run block, and the skill position players have to execute. The defense also has to keep the other team from scoring after the drive as well.
I’ve seen it a lot.
I’m not saying they’re not but it’s funny you mention that because that’s also been an oft debated Cousins topic. How much credit or blame does Kirk get for wins or losses, respectively.
My outlook is that in the past the defense has hung on again and again while the offense does a number of three and outs. Being honest I can’t say the defense has slammed the door on 3rd and longs or 4th down gambles this year, but Kirk has led a number of game winning drives.
Cousins is part of the team. He contributes to wins just like the other 53 guys on the roster. The QB position is often labeled as the most important one on the team, so a good QB gives you a better chance at a win. That said, we all know that with a bad defense and a bad kicking game, one guy can only do so much. Oh yeah, bad pass protection too.
pay a meh qb 40M and you have no D
Skoldiers, for one.
he’s gonna to have a rough day tomorrow and then if we win season over and he’ll flail miserbaly at 9ers. Same ole…
What’s going on tomorrow? He shopping for Valentines Day at MOA?
Minute of Angle?
Yeah that’s it. Both involve guns.
I, for one, give credit to Cousins for wins.
The QB is the most important position on the field.
I just like giving crap to the people who claim “wins aren’t a QB stat”, until this year.
When Kirky pulls his beaker in the Divisional round, the stat pushers will be back claiming it wasn’t Beaker’s fault.
The Holland Maroons….lol. Can’t make it up.
I ran a region in healthcare back in 2000-2005 in Holland, MI was one of my locations I visited frequently. Great little town. Little did I know right down the street chains was grinding in to the all time greatest QB for my beloved Vikings.
Good brewery there not that a zima drinker would know…
I drank enough beer then to raise the Edmond Fitzgerald.
You must be on your meds today.
Because after the pukers, you said he sucked bad, and even saying he should be off the team IIRC.
hopefully they have a more advanced thinner diaper so he can survive
It’s playoff weekend and the Vikings were invited!!
Gm
Good morning!
Good morning, SKOL!!
Good morning Mick