The only thing I wanted for Christmas is for my wife to be okay and so it’s looking like the best Christmas ever. I hope yours is great as well.

Listening to Wham’s Last Christmas in the cafe and imagining it being done by The Smiths so that should tell you how it’s going. 22 hours without power will do that. PG&E can eat shit.

Still no power. When PG&E has your back, the worst is behind you.

PG&E sucks. This has been a public service announcement.

8 sec left, Dubs up 1, 76er ball and the nurse comes into her room. “Do you want to try to walk?” My wife says yes. Nurse looks to me. “You walk with her.” And so 3 days after surgery my wife walked the hospital’s halls with me and only me. Missed the end of the game. I don’t care who won. We won.

Young man on a suit about to be fined as we stepped off the 38 deked right and escaped, slipping behind me as the fare cop got trapped. Perfect rub screen. “Pick n roll!” He shouted as he ran away. Game recognize game.

As someone who has written a lot about failure, this one’s right up my alley. I recommend the read:

The Warriors counting on a guy who’s played like 45 games in the last two seasons to be some season savior is, frankly, nuts

The NBA is now a big, fast, athletic league and the Warriors are none of those things. No single trade will fix that and they default to self selection of specialists, so trade(s) aren’t likely to resolve what are clearly the fundamental flaws. I don’t see a way out of this.

Pikin duck breast with a plum mango blackberry chutney. Rough cut tomato salad. Rice pilaf. Kalamata olive loaf. Wine is a sangiovese from Calistoga. Happy thanksgiving everyone.

The Warriors are undersized, unathletic, and uncreative. This is by design. Those are EXACTLY the types of players they've sought out in the offseasons. What on earth would they trade for? God forbid you'd have to adapt your stale old offense to accommodate a scorer's skill set.

so much to be queasy about, so little time. this piece is a disgustingly glorious must read.

People complain about Warriors roster construction. The Warriors value fit. They value it over size, athleticism, shooting, literally any trait that makes you good at basketball. They don't want to sign guys who are a "fit issue" that Kerr won't play. It's not hard to understand.

If Cal Raleigh was a Yankee he’d have won the MVP

Sometimes the best defense is a bad opposing offense. In a related note, Iggles won 10-7.

it's good for baseball when teams owned by hedgefunds backed by petrostates, who lay away $700m contracts and stash $100+m starters on the injured list, dog it all season and decide to give a fuck in October. my column.

With the Dodgers, Chelsea, and OKC winning titles, this sports year is an all-time suck

Apparently it’s National Black Cat Day. On a related note, it’s Brooks.

Steph Curry on a heater is sports’ greatest drug. Inject it into my veins.

Hawks 5-2 at the bye. Not been great, but other than the Colts (?!?) who has been?

I hated Hated HATED that bunt. Hated hated hated it. Hated it.

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11 years. not going to lie, this past one has been an incredible challenge for both of us. that's what you sign up for when you say "I do." I'm still the luckiest guy on the earth. Let's keep it going, @goldenstateworrier.bsky.social, my sweetheart. We've got many more beautiful times to come.

As they say in Seattle, “get out the mustard and the rye bread, grandma, it is grand salami time”

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

craziest double play i have ever seen

Goms ...

I first wrote about the Blue Sharks and the unfortunate, and somewhat absurd, end to their promising qualifying campaign back in 2013. These guys are awesome and I'm happy for that nation to finally reach the World Cup.

second loss with a Darnold turnover in the clutch. third time the supposedly vaunted Seahawks defense has folded like an accordion in the final few minutes. this is a very annoying 3-2 start to the season.

Cal Raleigh is the MVP and Yankees fans can suck it.

i dunno, i think people should wonder why the Warriors always load up with old, slow, short, unathletic, injury prone players, but that's just me i guess

Valkyries running some of the worst offense I've seen from them all season. Went from up 8 to down 17 in a quarter and a half.

Storm are awful to watch. 1-on-1 at one end, no communication on the other, poorly coached and they play like they hate each other. Blow that team up.

too many people fail to grasp the Clippers saga inside the NBA is not a legal case. it's a private organization whose terms Ballmer agreed to abide by. It's also governed by 29 others who were so pissed at how he did business, they changed the entire CBA to make him stop.

all picks guaranteed to be right except for the wrong ones. NFC Div Winners: Eagles, Lions, Bucs, Seahawks NFC Wildcard: Packers, Rams, 49ers AFC Div Winners: Bills, Ravens, Texans, Chefs AFC Wildcard: Broncos, Bengals, Chargers Super Bowl: Eagles v Bills

To borrow from Jack White, “I’ve said it once before, but it bears repeating.”

Lead-off double followed by three straight Ks, all of them noncompetitive ABs. New slogan: "Giants Baseball: Stop Watching It."

What is this weird local media obsession with the Niners place kicker? They have far greater issues like weak available receivers and a rebuilt defense and CMC uncertainty. It’s bizarre.

Suck it Dodgers

The Storm fluctuate. On offense, they play like they hate each other. On defense, they play like they met 5 minutes before the game in the parking lot. Disaster of a team where everyone deserves to be fired.

The only thing worse than the officiating in this game has been Seattle’s defense

The viewing experience of this valkyries-Atlanta 4th quarter has been abysmal. Please get some officials who know what they’re doing. The players deserve better.

i hit two home runs in an inning, the second of which was a grand slam. it was the top of the 3rd and, in the top of the 4th, a guy on the other team was hit by lightning (!), the still-unofficial game was washed out and later replayed from the start, so my homers didn't count. (the guy was okay.)

Fat Freddy's Drop has been one of my favorite bands going on two decades now. This is a huge loss. RIP Mu.

heart attack update: great progress in the past 11 mos., huge reduction in bad cholesterol, all other vitals within proper range. prognosis continues to be good. grateful to everyone at USCF Cardiology for their excellent care, and grateful for people on here who've suppprted me.

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The Challenger disaster in physics class, with the teacher narrating and explaining the physics of what happened.

Bailey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When does the Justin Verlander Experiment end? Asking for a fan base.