Recent content by Aardvark86

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    My Itinerary for my upcoming Chicago trip

    Hey yellow, just an fyi re vmi matriculation weekend. Robert earl keene is playing at limekiln, a cool outdoor venue in an old limestone quarry. Dont know about tix availability (there’s a unique Facebook resale page for limekiln), but should be a great show by a giant if you are into the genre...
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    Trump Administration Fires Members of Independent Election Group

    I’m not particularly happy about this. But out of curiosity, how many here had ever heard of this commission before a few days ago? I hadn’t. Its budget seems to be pretty tiny.
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    2026 Tour de France

    …”because of” the bike lanes.
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    World Cup tourists in America

    Man there’s gonna be a lot of sunburned people in so Florida
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    My beloved family dog has passed over the rainbow bridge...

    A dog's last day is really the only bad day they ever give you. This is one area where the Catholic Church totally has it wrong.
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    Donald J Trump International Airport

    Public facilities should never be named after living people, whether their last name is Trump or Byrd.
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    FRIDAY LAUGHS - Post your favorite comedy bits

    Haven’t seen that one in a while. A classic.
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    In honor of national french fry day

    Sorry folks, but in this country, there can be but one winner...
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    Stunning comeback US won 5-4

    The first note I'd seen to this effect, which involved a reference to California, generated a half second snicker given my election law nerdiness. All well and good. But as I thought about it, it occurred to me that it's not "that" funny, because soccer already has an arbitrary extra time...
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    ⚽⚽⚽Official 2026 World Cup Thread⚽⚽⚽

    A microfracture! Yikes. Well, let's see, there was: -Patrice Bergeron, 2013 Finals. Played with cracked ribs, torn cartilage, and a punctured lung in game 5, and then a separated shoulder in the beginning of game 6. -Zdeno Chara. Played with jaw wired shut -Val Nikushkin with a clean break of...
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    AJ Ferrari reportedly in trouble again (6/27/26)

    Just sitting here this morning…honestly?…I could see a taser in his future. But I’ve only had one coffee at this point.
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    7 MLB umpires including C. B. Bucknor to retire after the 2026 season

    This isn’t going to turn into some Caitlyn Clark thing because she went to Iowa is it?