“Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer? See the loveli lakes, the wonderful telephone system, and mani interesting furry animals, including the majestic moose. A moose once bit my sister…. No realli! She was karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge — her brother-in-law — an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist, Fillings of Passion, The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink…. Mynd you, moose bites kan be pretti nasti…”

Apparently today is World Piano Day, so I recommend listening to some Elton John. Aside from his classic albums like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Honky Château, and Madman Across the Water, I’m also a big fan of his latter-day release Preachtree Road. Go check it out.

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I got to see John Wick: Chapter 4 on Saturday night. It was insanely badass. I also wrote a really nerdy blog post about all the references to The Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno, which you can read right HERE if you want. And now, onto football…

It’s Saturday. We don’t have any kiddos this weekend. My fiancée and I are getting a couples massage, going antique shopping, watching her son’s soccer game, then having a legit date night for the first time in almost two months. Catch y’all mofos later.

Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday! Partyin’, partyin’, YEAH!!! Fun, fun, fun, fun…

First of all, today is 3-23-2023, which means… something? It’s almost a palindrome, so that seems kinda neat. Beyond that, I think it’s safe to say that Nick “Beaker” Caserio and Cap’n Meco are having a pretty damn solid offseason thus far. We’ve signed enough vets to positions of need that (aside from QB for our first pick) we can go BPA throughout the upcoming draft. So we got that goin’ for us… which is nice.

HWÆT: WE GARDENA IN GEARDAGUM
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon.
Hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum
monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorl, syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden. He þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
oð þæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning.
Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
geong in geardum, þone God sende
folce to frofre. Fyrenðearfe ongeat.
Þæt hie ær drugon aldorlease
lange hwile. Him þæs Liffrea,
wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf.

Happy Woden’s Day, everyone!

The big news from yesterday is that we made three pretty major signings at positions of need: RB Devin Singletary, TE Dalton Schultz, and C Michael Deiter. So now, with the exception of maybe LB and pass rusher, we should be able to go BPA in the draft after we get our QB at 1-2.

The big news of the weekend is that Tunsil got his extension and Cooks finally got traded. I realize some people are dissatisfied with the return we got for Cooks, but personally, I’m just happy that both of these deals are done. We no longer have to worry about LT (possibly the second most important position on the team) for the next few years, and that malcontented Easteby-fluffer is finally out of the locker room. Now I’m just waiting for us to give Tytus an extension as well, and to maybe find a FA center and/or tight end. Onward and upward!