Author: sloopyinca

Gerrit Cole gave a masterclass in pitching again last night as he carried the Astros to the ALCS showdown everybody (except some people on the Florida gulf coast) was hoping for.  Let’s hope their rotation holds up after going 5 while the Yankees were just relaxing for the last few days.  Game 1 is Saturday.

Elsewhere, the Patriots looked dominant in the second half to pull away from a game Giants team.  Your winners on the ice were: Detroit, Tampa, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, St Louis, Winnipeg (sorry, Wild fans), Nashville, San Jose, Calgary, Colorado and Phoenix. And in the only basketball news I’m going to mention, Steve Kerr is a stupid, spineless, kowtowing assclown.

Condiment magnate Henry John Heinz was born on this day. So were First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, real estate developer Fred Trump, writer Elmore Leonard, soccer legend Sir Bobby Charlton, musician Daryl Hall, rocker Al Atkins, actress that always annoyed me Joan Cusack, football great Chris Spielman, the late acting legend Luke Perry, entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Thiel, and person on television Cardi B.

I apologize if my Joan Cusack comment offends any of you.  She just isn’t a good actress in my opinion. Anyway, on to…the links!

Fredo may get the proverbial Lake Tahoe fishing trip from the LGBTQ community after last night. That was pretty cringe, but not as cringe as some of the things the candidates said. They pretty much said they all want the 1A abolished and would like to punish wrong think as a hate crime.  Terrifying stuff, to be honest.

I’ve got three words for the Nobel Peace Prize Committee: HOW DARE YOU! But its cool. The abused child can win next year. Unfortunately, we may all be dead from global warming climate change climate catastrophe by then.

“License and registration, chicken fucker!”And no, this is not about one of the “Super Troopers” actors.

Australia: the Florida of the (onetime) British Empire. I’m sick of people not tolerating this man’s lifestyle choices. Just sick of it.

Looks like we may have discovered the candidate the “whistleblower” may have ties to. That’s mighty convenient. Also, where the fuck is Hunter Biden and why isn’t he being subpoena’d?

I’ve got a question for you. How does a freaking police officer rape five women while on duty over a two-year stretch without getting caught? I hope that piece of shit rots in general population for the rest of his life. (I’d wish he get publicly executed, but that’s not possible.)

As PG&E customers get their power restored earlier than expected, people further south are being told to prepare for the same fate. Nice job, private sector government-enforced energy monopoly.Way to do exactly what we expected you to do: fail spectacularly.

Yeah, if you thought I was gonna play something weak at the end of the week, you’ve got another thing coming.

Have a great Friday and weekend, friends.

The poor Atlanta Braves. I don’t know if they could have put anybody on the mound to stop what happened to them in the first inning.The same can not be said for the Dodgers and the 8th though.Why Kershaw came out of that dugout for that inning will be a question asked endlessly until the idiot that sent him is fired. So now we’re down to the Astros-Rays to determine the LCS matchups. I hope the ‘Stros buck the trend of road teams clinching.

Your hockey winners last night were Buffalo, Philly, and Vancouver. And across the Pacific, they decided a typhoon was more important than rugby matches.  We’ll see what happens with the games scheduled for late tonight, as there are some more serious consequences if that match gets called. Especially since its effectively a knockout match.

Composer Giuseppe Verdi was born on this day.  jazzman Thelonious Monk, actor Peter Coyote, underrated singer John Prine, rock legend David Lee Roth, extremely underrated singer Kirsty MacColl, murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, almost-murdered politician Steve Scalise, and Hollywood heartthrob Mario Lopez.

Meh, that wasn’t so great a day. Oh well, there’s aways a chance to make up for it with a solid set of…the links!

I never like posting this kind of shit. But I feel like I have to once in a while. Just in case there are a few of you out there that forget the courts are full of idiots and there are bad people in the world going unpunished. Seriously, UK? Seriously?!?!?!?!

Global Warming is about to fuck shit up. So be sure to stock up on firewood and keep your coat handy.  This warming is gonna be especially cold and dangerous.

I guess this is the kind of stuff Philly cops can work on since they’ve solved all the serious crimes. Shouldn’t this have been handled internally by, you know, removing the offenders?

And the DC City Council has apparently fixed all the shitty things about the city so they can focus on pressing issues. Just kidding. Traffic is still a mess, the crime rate is still relatively high. And its still full of government workers.

Sorry these links are a bit on the harsh side today. This is not the link that will buck that trend. And I mean, this might be the worst of the bunch as far as rage-inducement goes. Tread lightly.

I guess this will become a “greedy corporations” story now. Instead of a “this is what happens when the market is manipulated and a government-enforced monopoly is created” story.

I’m sure there’s no possible way this is an overreaction. Oh well, he gets to have his life ruined so the SRO can get a medal for being such a hero. Eggs, omelets, amirite?

I assume many of you knew this was coming. The video is probably better than the song.  Nah, it’s not.

Anyway, go have a great day.  Fingers crossed for an Astros victory.

Well the Astros are making me sweat. Thank God Cole’s on the hill tomorrow night to hopefully end this nightmare from becoming a reality.  The Dodgers hope to do the same tonight against the Nationals. And the Braves/Cards will play their decider as well. On the ice, the Hurricanes, Oilers, Jets, Stars, Mighty Ducks, Predators, Kings and Bruins were your winners. Across the Pacific, the USA Eagles got beat again. Man, I really wish some NFL players would switch to rugby so we could have given those Argies what-for. Oh well.

Alfred Dreyfus was born on this day. He shares it with: Prince Edward, baseball player Joe Pepitone,  musician John Lennon, musical genius John Entwistle, other musical genius Jackson Browne, funny man Robert Wuhl, person on tv Scott Bakula, and fashion model Bella Hadid.

That list has some great musicians on it. Two of them, to be exact.  Disagree with me if you want in the comments, but first please read…the links!

President Trump kicks the regulatory state in the balls. Oh, I can’t wait to see his detractors go off about this one. I’m sure business owners and people who have been screwed by big government will just flock to them.

This just breaks my heart. I sure hope they can scrounge up enough money to keep their sinecures, fund their “aid” (read: sex parties for family and friends of officials), and spend time condemning the one stable nation in the Middle East. Actually, I hope they fold, the buildings are sold for apartments, and they roll back to Europe.

The rift between China’s ruling communist party and the NBA continues to widen. Looks like the tipoff between teams in Shanghai, which you could have watched if you had a good enough social credit score and weren’t in a reeducation camp to have your organs harvested, has been cancelled.  Meanwhile, it looks like ESPN have finally found a social issue they don’t want their talking heads discussing. What a bunch of gutless pussies.

Nancy Drew was not an instruction manual, according to police. Uh, but it worked. Luckily.

If you’re a NorCal Glib, we’ve enjoyed your company here. See you sometime next week. And may God have mercy on your soul.

File this under “No Shit”. I mean, is this really a surprise?

And since that link from my usual source was so short, here’s a second link from there. Unfortunately, it will most likely piss you off like it has me.

I haven’t played a birthday song in a while. I have to change that for today. I apologize for nothing because this is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Enjoy it. And enjoy your Wednesday.

I guess actions have consequences. And sometimes it takes a couple years for those consequences to be fully realized.  But I doubt Baker Mayfield understands that. Dude needs to get his head out of his ass or he’s gonna be Johnny Football 2.0. And I don’t really have a dog in this fight. But he really needs to sharpen shit up, and so does the rest of his team.

Meanwhile, the Yankees swept their way into the ALCS. Hopefully the Astros will join them today, after getting shelled by the Rays yesterday to extend the series.  Meanwhile, both NLDS’s will go to a win-or-go-home game 5 tomorrow. That will be a lot more fun to watch if the Astros take care of business today. Meanwhile, the Blue Jackets topped the Sabres in OT and the Blues made Toronto sad in the Scotiabank Center.

My mom turns 70 today. Love you, mom!  She shares it with: “Ace of aces” Eddie Rickenbacker, leftist strongman Juan Peron, the guy who wrote the book they based the “Dune” movie on Frank Herbert, legendary Aussie actor Paul Hogan, race-baiter Jesse Jackson, comedic genius Chevy Chase, punk legend Johnny Ramone, dwarf-person Dennis Kucinich, the lovely Sigourney Weaver, Awesome Bill From Dawsonville, other punk rock legend C.J. Ramone, MATT DAMON, and Bella Thorne.

That was a decent list. Mostly because it was headlined by my mom.  Love you, mom! Now on to…the links!

I guess all of those warnings about people causing problems at the Joker movie were right after all. I hope those people affected will be ok.

Trump is threatening Turkey now to lay off the Kurds after basically giving them the green light to attack Syria. OK, fine. Now bring the troops back home that are scattered all over that shitty region.

I remember being a kid and having someone say “just walk it off” or “rub some dirt in it” when I got hurt.  Those people are qualified to be doctors in Venezuela now. Way to go, socialism. Way to go.

An NBA owner said the stupidest fucking thing I’ll hear all day. How hard is it to support individual liberty, people?  I mean…come on.

Sorry, sweetie. But I’m not sure there’s a “doing cocaine with the devil” defense in Virginia. Well, unless your name’s Hunter Biden.

California has gas prices twice the national average. And now their regressive energy policies are about to cause even more ridiculous shit to happen to her residents. I only hope Tractor Supply has enough pitchforks available to keep up with demand. You get what you pay for, people. You get what you pay for.

And a pair of eagerly-awaited free association cases are headed to the Supreme Court today. Expect a lot of protesting and hand-wringing. And calls for impeachment, obviously.

Man, I’m not a huge fan of the pretentious bastard. But this is an absolutely wonderful song.

That’s all I got today, friends.  Except to say “love you, mom!”  Now go have a great day!

St Louis won a wild one in Atlanta and the Dodgers cruised past Washington.  And today is that glorious day when we have four playoff games in a row. I can’t wait.

The Seahawks topped the Rams last night in a game few people east of the Rockies even realized was on. And an 8 game slate on the ice last night resulted in the following winners: Carolina, New York (Rangers), Buffalo, Tampa, Nashville, Boston, Colorado and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. I’m sad I don’t get to call the name of the team from the land of 10,000 lakes, but I’m sure I will soon enough.

President (and Buckeye) Rutherford B Hayes was born on this day. As were: silent film great Buster Keaton, (over-)actor and proud gun owner Charlton Heston, animated crime stopper Dick Tracy, writer Anne Rice, twitchy baseball manager Tony LaRussa, nutjob Susan Sarandon, and boxer (involved in the greatest fight in history) Mickey Ward.

Y’all can fight me over the claim I made for that last name. Here’s rounds 9 and 10 in case you wanted to get goosebumps this morning. See? You know I’m right.  And now on to…the links!

You can add an IRS “whistleblower” to Trump’s headaches. And I remember when the IRS got weaponized by the executive branch. My how times have changed.

The FBI will use a movie as a pretext to troll online postings. And they’ll likely use it as a reason to arrest a bunch of people who did nothing wrong.  Yay, America!

This will be even funnier than Obama or Arafat winning. And by “funny”, I mean pathetic.

Apparently, the EU’s top court thinks it has jurisdiction of the entire world. Facebook needs to tell them to go suck an egg. But they won’t. They already bow and scrape to the Chinese government. Why not keep doing the same for the Europeans?

Bill DeBlasio decides to call out a cop’s widow. Its an interesting strategy. Especially since, you know, NYPD cops are trigger-happy as shit!. Jeez dude. If you’re gonna have six-hour work weeks, try thinking of something a little less contentious to do with that time.

I guess these women aren’t in to method acting. Seriously, I have no idea why a young woman would ever trust this guy.

A New Zealand bishop is being forced to resign for an “unacceptable sexual relationship”. The twist is that its with an adult woman!

And here’s a great song to end a week of great songs.

Enjoy more of my good musical taste. And enjoy your Friday and have a wonderful weekend. Beat Michigan State. Go ‘Stros. And all the best to your teams as well.

I’m 0-2 on baseball playoff predictions after the Rays, with the smallest payroll in MLB, homered their way to a win in Oakland and a date with Houston in the ALDS.  I’m debating making a prediction about the divisional series because I don’t want to jink my Astros.  So I’ll just make them for the NL.  I’m going with the Dodgers and Braves. I may or may not make AL picks tomorrow.We’ll all have to wait and see (as if anybody really cares).

Liverpool won a wild one against Salzburg and now must do a quick turnaround for a match Saturday with well-rested third-place Leicester City. Barcelona got back on track . Chelski won, as did Ajax and Dortmund.  And in more local news, HOCKEY IS OFFICIALLY BACK!!!!!. Toronto beat Ottawa, the Caps spoiled the Blues banner-raising, the Oilers greased the Canucks, and Vegas (baby, Vegas) drilled San Jose.  More on tap tonight for those of you whose team didn’t play.

Its Chubby Checker’s birthday! And Stevie Ray Vaughan’s too. Also the following: hurler Dennis Eckersley, rocker Lindsey Buckingham, magical lion-snack Roy Horn, transformational hockey goalie Glenn Hall, race-baiting tax-evader Al Sharpton, golfer Freddie Couples, rocker Tommy Lee, singer Gwen Stefani, and actors Neve Campbell, Seann William Scott, Shannyn Sossamon, and recently-freed rapper A$AP Rocky.

That’s a pretty decent list, even if it does lack many historical names. Not to mention HOCKEY IS BACK!!! But either way, its time to move on to…the links!

Adam Schiff, who has said his office had no contact with the whistleblower before he filed his complaint, did in fact have contact between his office and the whistleblower before he filed the complaint. But nothing to see here, folks.  Its commonplace for a spy to relate conversations he doesn’t have firsthand knowledge of to an oversight committee chair and that chair not relate the concerns with the rest of the committee.  Move along, sir.  I said move along.

in related news, the prosecutor looking into the firm that inexplicably employed Biden’s son for. ridiculous sum of money said he was pressured by the US government to back off. But the media won’t touch that since it didn’t come from “a source” or “someone with knowledge of the information”.

Bernie Sanders has cancelled all campaign events for the time being after a medical scare. You can go ahead and put a fork in him.  The hard-left vote now completely belongs to Warren.

Meanwhile, her most serious opponent has a few questions to answer about an official trip he took to China in 2013 with his son. You know, his best defense on this might be to say “I took him there because China still makes some of the best heroin in the world and Beau really wanted to move away from crack to smack.”  Its a lot more plausible than the “nothing to see here, folks” defense they’re going with.

Dem super-donor Ed Buck has been indicted for a second person’s drug overdose at his Hollywood mansion house of horrors. I wonder how many of the people whose campaigns he raised millions for will come to defend him. I wonder how many in the media will address those connections.  I’ll go out on a limb and say the answers to those are both zero.

The EPA has sent San Francisco notice that they are in violation of the Clean Water Act for their use of storm drains letting used drug needles and human shit to flow into the Pacific Ocean.  SF denies the claim, saying all that human shit and those needles are captured in their water treatment plants. To which I would ask: what happens to that waste once it’s captured?

The brother of her victim and the judge in the case both hug convicted murdered Amber Guyger as she’s sentenced to ten years. God bless that brother, but I think it is out of place for a judge to do something like that.  Its also apparently considered “samboing and mammying” to forgive someone to at least one high-profile assclown.  I’m not sure I’d be as forgiving, but who the fuck does Nasheed think he is to tell someone how they should react when their brother is murdered?  Seriously, fuck that guy.

I remember the time Mark Sebastian locked himself in the Q-102 studio in Cincinnati and played this song 20 times in a row before they broke the door down and took him away. It was awesome.

Well that’s it, my friends. Go have a great day.

Keep your body behind the ball.  Everybody that played the game as a kid has heard that. Well, almost everybody. Of course, there was a bigger error that’s not getting the attention it deserves.  I’ve watched it a million times and I’m still sure it hit the bat first. Oh well, I’m 0-1 with my wild card picks so far.  I’d love to be 0-2, but I still think the A’s win tonight.

I’m sure as I type this update Bayern has scored again on Spuds.  That was an absolute beatdown. The kind that costs people their job. Real drawing with Brugge is the same kind of result. PSG, Juve, Man City, and Athletics all won. More fun across the pond today with the second set of UCL matches.  Not to mention fun this side of the pond as the NHL season officially opens today.

King Richard III was born on this day.  So were: badass rebel Nat Turner, bald person Mahatma Gandhi, chump Paul von Hindenburg, comedic genius Groucho Marx, the nearly-as-funny Bud Abbott, overrated picture-taker Annie Liebovitz, egomaniac Sting, wrestler Yokozuna, and 80s musician (who posed in Playboy when it was kinda too late) Tiffany.

OK, let’s get on with…the links!

Seriously, dude? How in the world could that seem “romantic”, you dumb bastard?

Sorry Meghan, but the Mail On Sunday is just publishing what they were given. I don’t see this going anywhere.  Also, your entire job is to be in public and do whatever you feel like on the dime of some else. Suck it up.

This would have been even better if he said he wanted sharks with freaking laser beams coming out of their eyes. Of course, the sources for the entire piece are “sources” and “people familiar with the matter”, so I’m having a hard time believing any of it. But it still sounds hilarious.Hilariously awesome!

Clinton-appointed judge behaves like Clinton. Receives punishment like a Clinton. Christ, what an asshole.

Well, plan on Johnson & Johnson to be filing for bankruptcy in a few years.  Once you settle one of these, the floodgates will open.

That asshole who killed her neighbor in Dallas was found guilty of murder. Good.  Now I hope they sentence her to a veeeeery long time.

Man, I remember going to see them on this tour.  It was AWESOME!!!

That’s it folks. Have a great Wednesday!

The Monday before baseball playoffs start and the only sports action is the Yinzers vs the Bungles? Those Yinzers are bad, but I’m starting to think the Bungles are Miami Dolphins-bad.  Well, the NHL season starts tomorrow, so these dead days won’t be back for some time now.

Oh wait, ManUre and Arsenal played to a 1-1 tie, leaving the Red Devils in tenth and behind such heavyweights as Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. Heady days at Old Trafford, I gotta say.

The marginally-above-average-looking idiot Brie Larson was born on this day. So were: embarrassingly-bad PM Theresa May, funny man Zach Galifanakis, steroid aficionado Mark McGwire, baseball legend Rod Carew, the lovely Julie Andrews, master of disguise George Peppard, hero to home brewers Jimmy Carter, and outlaw Bonnie Parker.  Well that was better than yesterday. Also, the more I read what Brie Larson says, the more convinced I am that she’s a performance artist.  Because nobody could be that dumb and yet remember her lines.

I guess I’ll have to ponder on that another time.  Because now I need to finish getting you guys…the links!

Afraid you might be getting a little too right-wing?  Maybe all you need to do is stop exercising so much, shitlord.

I really wish Hong Kong residents had a Second Amendment. This will get worse. It will get much, much worse.

What a dick.  Also, I always get a kick out of articles like this where the phrase “they might have also used it for __________, researchers say” pops up with regularity.  RANT: These researchers have no fucking idea what that giant dick-rock was used for. The have no idea if a “cult” really carved it. And they have no idea what it means for humanity.

Thank God the hobos are free to shit and shoot up smack on that sidewalk again. Now the leftards who don’t let the homeless camp in their back yard can talk about what a great job they did helping them out because they’ll be able to shoot up and shit in front of other peoples’ homes. But the city has an idea!

I can’t possibly imagine this working. But I’ve seen crazier shit.  The “mistake of fact” claim the defense has made doesn’t really wash. “Your honor, I was so fucked up that when I busted into the other person’s apartment, I thought there was a man sitting in mine eating ice cream, so I felt I was in imminent danger and unloaded on him.”  Yeah, not sure that’s gonna fly.

There’s probably over a billion people out there without reliable electricity or drinking water, yet these people will always find first-world shit to bitch about.

This is a story that we need Swissy to weigh in on. His updates during the earlier rounds of protests were illuminating.  Hopefully as the date approaches, and it devolves into the inevitable shitshow, he will do the same.

Since nobody seemed to care for The Doors yesterday, I’m gonna move the clock forward a couple decades. Hopefully this goes over better, and hopefully it always stays true.

That’s it, friends. Have a great day.

Damn you, Mack Brown.  Kick the extra point. KICK THE FUCKING EXTRA POINT AND TAKE YOUR CHANCES IN OVERTIME!!!!! Elsewhere, Bama cruised, TTUN won their rivalry game, Minnesoooooda has rowed to boat to 4-0 (but both them and Michigan State stay behind aTm in the polls after they powered themselves to a close win over juggernaut Arkansas), USC (West) continues to disappoint, and Ohio State curb-stomped the shit out of Nebraska. And that was just on Saturday!  On Sunday, the Browns actually looked good, the Patriots continue to get every break in the world, the Chefs escaped Detroit, and the Saints-Cowboys played an entertaining game.

The MLB Playoffs are set, with the NL Wild Card game coming tomorrow and the AL version on Wednesday. My predictions: the Brewers and Athletics will win. Once that happens or doesn’t, I’ll lay out my divisional picks. Not that anybody cares.

Underrated actor Eric Stoltz was born on this day. He shares it with such luminaries as: band leader Buddy Rich, flamboyant writer Truman Capote, brilliant author Elie Wiesel, annoying actress Fran Drescher, and a person who allegedly makes music named Trey Anastasio.

That’s it. That’s the whole list today. And it sucked.  Step up your game, September 30th. And start with what we hope is an enjoyable installment of…the links!

You like the First Amendment? Well that’s a shame if you live in New York City. Seriously, they can go eat a bag of dicks.  Not one dick. Not two dicks. But an entire plastic, single-use 55 gallon trash bag filed to overflowing with dicks. And then they can eat some more.

Looks like this impeachment circus train is heading further down the tracks. And Trump isn’t slowing it down when he retweets things like this. But in all honesty, he might be right. This could unravel the whole deal.

This guy appears to have handled just about everything right.  Which is probably why he’s being charged.  The only mistake he made was in not just having his wife call 911 right after they got off the phone with their lawyer. Interesting to see how this plays out.

“Uh, yeah. This should have been expected,” said every single person in the world who has a basic understanding of economics.

Maybe you should have grown up and taken some marketing classes, huh? I’d also considered saying “Nothing lasts forever”.

And here is a follow-up to my link from the other day about people putting boulders on San Francisco streets to deter “urban campers”. Bless her heart.

I’m finally switching genres for those of you who (wrongfully) hate the 80’s new wave/punk/pop stuff. But I reserve the right to go back to the well if I get a bunch of shit about it.  Also, the keyboards in this are amazing.

The Astros lost and are just a game up on the Dodgers. And I just went down a 10 minute rabbit-hole to find out who would get home-field for the World Series if they ended with identical records.  And I couldn’t find it. So send help, one of you people with better research skills than me. Milwaukee nipping at the heels of both the Cardinals and the Nats in addition to the best record chasers will make the weekend at least interesting. Also, if you can’t stand the heat give some of that money back.

Big weekend in CFB. Oh yeah, and the Iggles beat the Packers last night and engaged in some serious headhunting while doing so.  Jeez, that was a brutal game full of questionable plays.

Cosimo de Medici was born on this day. so were brewer and patriot Samuel Adams, first black senator Hiram Revels, rocker Meat Loaf, writer Irvine Welsh, entitled clown Gwyneth Paltrow, and Canadian person Avril Lavigne.

That list sucks. Don’t blame me. Let’s see if I can get us past it with…the links!

I’m glad to see people fighting back against idiotic cancel culture. But this non-apology/apology won’t result in the media calling off the dogs.  It’ll just result in every reporter scouring their social media and deleting everything they said when they were young and stupids they can continue to claim the moral high ground when they try and destroy someone’s lives for page clicks.

Dude, the X-Force tryouts were years ago. Reminds me of the Faces Of Death scene where the dude parachuted into an alligator farm. Also, who here grew up when I did and was convinced that shit was completely real?  Or should I say who else thought it was?

People are rushing to condemn the New York Times after they published reports partially identifying the “whistleblower”.  Why aren’t they rushing to ask why in the hell does the CIA have an agent in the White House to begin with? Or maybe doing a little follow-up work on this.

And I know some of you guys aren’t fans of twitter. But trust me, you gotta read this to believe it. To sum him up: “The government killed unarmed protesters on this spot. And I vow to make sure the government will be the only people with guns if I’m elected. In the name of safety!” Seriously, fuck that guy.

Talk about your “man bites dog” story. No, really.

Prepare for more injured people on the streets of San Francisco. Also, how nice of the city to give “permits” for people to use a fairly simple mode of transportation. I expect the pilot program to result in a massive shakedown of the industry for tax purposes or for cab drivers to run them over while not being used to get rid of the competition.

Oops! Who would think a cop was the right person to launder their drug money?

This song rocks from the first note on. No fucking around with an intro, just…BAM!  Enjoy it.

Now go have a great day and an even better weekend, friends.