Wait, The Walking Dead is still on? [don’t do it] [don’t do it] [please don’t do it] [seriously, nothing good can come of this, just don’t do it] [oh no] Talk about a zombie show!

The sumo guys’ London media blitz is the perfect misdirection for pulling off the Louvre heist.

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Norvell can’t get fired on the tarmac if he doesn’t go to the airport.

Belichick is going to walk out of the stadium and straight into San Francisco Bay.

Lifeforce, the best movie about naked space vampire zombies from Halley’s Comet ever made

Rewatched Accidental Tourist which holds up as a meditation on grieving. Geena Davis is still fantastic. She's introduced as the proto-manic pixie dream girl (eye roll) but quickly turns that on its head with a deep and moving performance without the benefit of flashy dialogue. Well-deserved Oscar.

My most middling hot sauce take: the Tabasco Sriracha is pretty good as general hot sauces go (but not in Thai food).

I sat next to a kid named Ernie in first grade. He always wore a sweater with his Sesame Street namesake playing piano. The sleeves had piano keys that he would pretend to play. He also drew snakes with little feet on them. Once I told him snakes had no feet. He responded “that’s how they move.”

Man, I don’t remember anything with this other than the Kate Bush song since the mall stuff (which was fun from what I remember). The fun part will be seeing which “kid” already has a receding hairline.

Because they do not get their own day, shout out to the Greek guys who opened pizzerias with names like Sparta or Athena's Pizza where the menu would switch about a third of the way down from Italian-style pizzas to ones with Loukaniko and Feta and every pie came with a side cup of Tzatziki.

I can only imagine the sound Bill Belichick made this morning when he came into the office after his weekend getaway, opened his laptop, and saw he had to play Cal in Berkeley this Friday night in an "After Dark" time slot.

The Chair Company not only shares much the same vibe as Tim Robinson’s Friendship movie, but seems to share some plot points too. Hopefully it finds its own way. Friendship had one of the year’s biggest laughs, but overall was kind of underwhelming, so no need to go through the same beats again.

The difference between having a high schooler and grade schooler is I forgot Halloween was coming up until I saw a grocery store pumpkin display today versus I used to have to fight the grade schooler from bringing out the Halloween decorations before October 1.

For those more knowledgeable, would Jac Caglianone be any better in LF than RF? I mean, it would be cool if the Royals only needed to pick up two new outfielders instead of three. There won't be PA available at 1B with Vinnie or DH between Salvy and Jensen.

The problem with hiring your sons as assistant coaches is they cannot give you a soft landing with an analyst job at their own schools.

Inspired by @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social on Newman/Redford in The Sting, I wondered why Tom Hanks never had a Sundance to his Butch. Setting aside romantic interests (a different type of relationship) the best I could come up with were a volleyball, a dog, and John Candy in Splash and Volunteers.

A Civil War veteran could have rode the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland

I bet Marlins Man smells bad.

Wordle but only words you can spell on a calculator

While not objectively good movies, Bad News Bears Breaking Training, Jaws II, and Karate Kid II are dumb fun that at least embody the spirit of the original.

It is still kind of amazing that when Friends went off the air, they picked Joey as the spinoff. I get that Matt LeBlanc was the only one who wanted to keep going and Joey remained the only likable character at the end. But it was like if instead of Frasier, the Cheers spinoff was Woody.

Remember when Apple automatically downloaded that U2 album to iTunes? Marriott’s Bon Voy app is going to do that for the Bruce Springsteen movie.

Bill Belichick is going to walk out of the stadium at the end of the first quarter.

Some of the best college football uniforms come from G5 schools (see San Diego State and Colorado State tonight) but some look like generic drafts from a high school design class (see New Mexico and San Jose State).

Ha ha ha New Mexico did a double flea flicker and threw an interception.

Wouldn't the Chad Powers thing have been funnier if they took the Clark Kent route, gave him a "youthful" haircut and rec specs, and made it a running joke that no one suspects an age difference.

Usually when I watch a game without a rooting interest, I will naturally shift toward favoring one or the other. But with Cleveland-Detroit, that did not happen. I really have no feelings either way, except I want the series to go the distance and end in the stupidest way possible.

ah ha ha ha ha ah ha ha ha

Good thing Detroit will only need its relievers to get 4 outs today because they are going to need them to get 65% of the outs for the rest of the series.

I was not prepared for Angry Evil Bono

Hear me out — two games on Monday is a bit much

Orlando Most depressing was an unnamed central Wyoming town. All gray and brown and away from the scenic parts. No downtown, just fast food and a few convenience stores. An old timer said he moved there because there was "no women" and no one would bother him, so he could ride his ATV in peace.

The first movie was a minor miracle, somehow channeling the true nature of the show while also making it feel bigger and special to stand alone as a worthy big screen event. That will be tough to do again, but I am rooting for them.

Fantasy baseball players with a one run lead in the decisive run category waiting for Texas-Cleveland to go final.

Royals finishing above .500 with this lineup and the pitching injuries is not a bad season. The fact that the lineup was an obvious problem last season and not fixed leaves some residual anger though.

How Penn State fans see the white out / How everyone else sees it

Woof

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Virginia football game on TV before, but I’m now 100% invested.

There should have been a 2000s sitcom about a 1990s grunge rock star who ends up as a stay-at-home dad and opens a day care. When the kids get too old, he gets a job as an elementary school teacher. This would have run for 7 seasons and spent time as the 19th most watched show on Netflix in 2020.

UCLA just got its new coach.

This is a bit of a warning from a bigger market for the Royals' ballpark plans. A new ballpark will juice attendance for the first few years, but after that, the novelty wears off. The team needs to stay competitive to draw crowds, and the new stadium does not guarantee that.

Oh Cal’s in trouble

Safety for Hawaii

Between Hawaii, Fresno State, USC, Sparty, San Diego State, Colorado, and Wyoming, it’s a Grade A helmet night.

Found Spumoni ice cream at the grocery store, so I’ve been saving it for the Hawaii kickoff.

Wake Up, Little Sparty Wake Up, Little Sparty It’s time to kickoff

Shout out to the James J. Hill House. I lived a couple doors down (not at the archbishop’s). Coincidentally, I went to a murder mystery holiday work party at the nearby University Club. No one wanted to play, just down cocktails, so the poor actors gave up and announced the murderer before dessert.

I've been called a Critical Spirit