Good morning from Starbucks where the blonde roast is drinkable, just barely. This store is like a little piece of San Francisco right here in New Jersey. The staff is a non-binary freakshow. At least one barista is transitioning, in which direction we have no idea.
We were wrong about Taylor Swift's boyfriend's team, which looked, say it with us, big strong and tough. We wrote that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is very out-coachable. Not this Sunday. The Chiefs' defense was superb for most of the game, with the line maintaining a solid front against Lamar Jackson. Jackson never did look comfortable and threw two interceptions. He just didn't make the throws he needed to make. The shots of Ravens WR Zay Flowers in the embrace of a teammate while crying were both heartbreaking and moving. That endzone fumble for a touchback wasn't his fault, the other guys just made a great play. By making a key throw at the end of the game to seal the deal, quarterback Patrick Mahomes won his second road playoff game in a row and proved himself to be an all-time great. The football viewing public (and everyone else) will be subjected to two weeks of Taylor and Travis. Thanks Baltimore.
Detroit blew it. 49rs' head coach Kyle Shannahan is 7-3 in the playoffs and has won his second trip to the Super Bowl.
Prediction: the Chiefs will win the big game at the end.
Hmmmm....the NFL ran commercials of players running in the streets in Africa. The NFL is going to play a game in Africa, isn't it. Ghana? Nigeria? South Africa? We admit to being intrigued. [You're not going to pine for PW Botha again, are you?-Ed] No. But a football game protected by 32 Battalion and the SA securiy service would be 100 percent safe.
Monday not Metal. Relevant:
We break out laughing every time we see this. 'Buuuundle!' The womenfolk look at us like we're nuts. 'Must be a boy thing,' Middle Daughter concluded. We love this commercial. God help us we do love it so.
So the Iranians attacked an American base in Jordan and killed three US servicemembers. We have a base in Jordan?...We do? What the actual F? What the fuck for? We should, completely independently from anything Israel is doing, retaliate massively. We'd introduce the Iranian navy to the bottom of the Persian Gulf. This should be a large and intricate effort, inflicting much pain. We'll call it Operation 'Hey China, we're still the Masters of Naval Warfare'.
Speaking of...the Israelis say hostage negotiations have 'made progress' and will continue this week. Meaning, we surmise, negotiations will take at least the rest of the week. In the meantime, Israel Radar reports, 'IDF engaged in battle with last remaining Hamas battalion in Khan Younis; army close to completing high-intensity phase of combat in city; Israeli forces eliminate more terrorists, seize numerous weapons in past day.' The imams are right, the Jew is clever.
We will, repeat, will finish the readthrough of World War 1990: Norway this week. The MS is in a weird place right now. As always, we're hung up on, 'Who's the guy who tells the Admiral the attack has begun,' and the like. We've also read a lot and thought, 'Can this scene be better?' As we've said before, we could send Norway to editing next week if we wanted to. We don't want to. [Are you letting the perfect be the enemy of the good?-Ed] Not quite. Honestly, Norway would benefit from a sit phase. There's just that nag.
World War 1990: The Final Storm has 82 ratings, 4.4 start average.
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