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8.07.2017

Yes, it's that time again

THT has alerted me to the fact you all are approaching 5,000 posts, which means it's time for a new thread. It would be my pleasure to create said new thread. Before I leave, however, I'd like to provide you a picture of the always-lovely Mariska Hargitay.

Have a nice day.

3816 Comments:

Tar Heel Tiger said...: if I look at it cross-eyed, it plainly says "Paul is dead."

Too many good vibes for AU from various national "experts". This season is ruined.

381 days until kickoff!

2204 - As the Battle of Midway temporarily shrinks to region of the Marianna Trench, most people enjoy a lovely even-numbered year.; 10:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 380 days til kickoff! I can hardly wait.

2205 - a tumultuous odd year. Trench warfare continues in the Battle of Midway; 8:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I guess everyone else had their HABOTN seurity clearance revoked. Come on buy the Buy More tomorrow for a 24 sale on our special balsa wood ice cube trays. Guaranteed termite free!

2206 - Notre Dame football finally agrees to a home & home with AU; 9:49 AM
michael said...: Been busy!

Seems like recruiting is going really well. Will be fun to win so many national championships in a row.

2207 - uh oh. No electricity! It ran out!; 1:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well, we just sold our last balsa wood ice cube tray. However, we have one more special running on our 13 gallon kevlar trash bags. Come on buy!

2208 - Huge 200th anniversary party for 3-2.; 10:31 PM
E-Bro said...: My 36 year streak of not getting stung by wasps sadly came to an end last night. Not used to taking Benadryl so early in the evening. So it goes.

2209 - Huge 200th anniversary party for Cam Newton signing with Auburn.; 10:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I hope they'll fête the bag man at that anniversary party.

2210 - 400th anniversary of the Republic of West Florida; 10:32 AM
bubbs said...: You've not lived until you've mowed over a yellow jacket's nest. You've got experiences yet to make, E-Bro.

Has it really been that long since Cam was here? Crazy. Time flies.

2211 - A Space Odyssey; 11:07 AM
E-Bro said...: I've done that a couple of times, bubbs. Mean, little buggers.

2212 - More Midway.; 1:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: no offense, but the more I read about an upcoming stellar season, the further my confidence sinks. I'm ready for this season to be over so we can have an unexpectedly awesome season next year. I hope Bruce can put back to back stellar seasons together, preferably the latter without as many injuries.

2213 - The Battle of Midway's extravagant halftime show ends prematurely in an all-out brawl. War is resumed while networks are still on commercial break.; 2:25 PM
E-Bro said...: Just read bubbs's comments about the upcoming season and that should make you feel better, THT.

2214 - Warmest year on record.; 10:04 AM
michael said...: in spite of THT's best efforts, his last post offended me

2215 - coldest year on record; 10:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I would like to publicly apologize to michael. I would like to, but I don't know how.

Only 4 days til kickoff! Cowboys without an elite QB are playing at NMSU on Saturday night.

here's your tv schedule; 11:31 AM
michael said...: I would like to accept your public apology, if and when you figure out the way to do it.

2217 - chariots are back!; 2:54 PM
Jimmy said...: Really only 4 days until the first game? checks internets, geez, I hope we have started practicing.; 10:54 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Hi Jimmy!

Don't worry, since we don't play this weekend, Gus isn't going to start practices until next Wednesday.

Only 27 days until the Kings first two pre-season matches against the Coyotes. I found that on the internet.

michael, I figured it out. I will have a plane fly with a big "I'm sorry I offended michael" banner over JHS at our next home game. The pilot will also drop a "Dig here" sign into the NW endzone corner.

2219 - the cold weather continues, much to the delight of bubbs's descendants.; 8:27 AM
michael said...: I can't wait to accept this public apology!

Also can't wait for my PREDS to take to the ice again.

2220 - Zombies! 9 out of 10 survivors agree that the Endzone Drifter is the most fearsome zombie of all.; 10:10 AM
bubbs said...: Do we really need to practice to hit a .500 season? I'm not sure we should bother.

I agree with THT. Let's just forfeit this year and move on to next.

2221 - Everything is staying frozen. Hockey is now a year around sport. GO PREDS!; 4:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ya know, the last time we beat a ranked team to start the season, we went undefeated and won the national championship. And neither the UGA or ua-t games were in Auburn that year, either.
So, it's obvious we're either going to be 5-7 or 15-0.

2222 - number 2 is everywhere, not just on the streets of San Francisco; 8:57 AM
michael said...: If we manage to somehow beat Washington, it's hard for me to imagine a scenario where we don't win the natty.

2223 - kids these days! Got no respect.; 9:52 AM
E-Bro said...: I'm shook. I saw that MJT liked a post on twitter from a soccer club. Where am I?

2224 - MJT's descendants start a new soccer club in Eurasia.; 1:03 PM
michael said...: Hey, I like the idea of MLS becoming relevant. I don't know the names of anyone on Atlanta's team, but I think it's really cool that their games are so popular.

But really, with regard to the fave'd tweet, I just like the old Mario games and applaud a well-done send-up to them.

2225 - You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you; 1:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: you really do like that song. I must be smart and cool, cause I like it too. I'm not so sure of their accuracy, though. I'm thinking 7510 events will be here long before then.

2226 - Over 500 years after Ponce de Leon's supposed search, the fountain of youth is finally discovered. He wasn't even close. Turns out, it's the wheelchair accessible fountain outside the gym of the Ider Elementary School.; 1:39 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I guess that was supposed to be over 700 years. Oh well, my math skills are fading.

2227 - three years after the Fountain of Youth is discovered at Ider Elementary School, the fountain stops working due to frozen pipes from all that cold weather bubbs predicted in 2221.; 10:15 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How 'bout them Cowboys?! Their defense smothered the angry chile peppers of NMSU on Saturday night.

2228 - campus in Laramie is covered in snow 365 days/yr. Glacier starts to form in Prexy's Pasture.; 9:16 AM
michael said...: GOOOOOO COWBOYS!!!!!

Hey THT, ya think Auburn will win this week?

2229 - earth stops spinning for a minute, then starts up again.; 10:02 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I have no idea, michael. The general good vibes that everyone is feeling have me worried. But the bottom line is, I have no idea. This ain't the '72 UT game, the '72 Iron Bowl, or the '10 Iron Bowl.

2230 - oh no! It's spinning in the wrong direction!; 10:23 AM
michael said...: Deep down in my soul I think Auburn will lose. There's just something about these out of conference games at the beginning of the year against a worthy opponent.

I don't trust this o line at all. We're doomed.

2231 - As demonstrated in the Superman movie, the reverse spin of the earth has caused it to travel back in time. Dinosaurs are back!; 11:13 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: There's just something about these out of conference games at the beginning of the year against a worthy opponent.

perhaps that something is that we've never beaten a ranked non-conference opponent in our opening game. I guess I really do know the outcome after all.

2232 - asteroids > dinosaurs; 11:37 AM
bubbs said...: We're gonna lose the opener. Book it.

2233 - The universe begins to contract.; 1:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Well, I suspect you are correct, bubbs. Being the typical AU fan, I will cling to the last fiber of hope rather than bet againt my Tigers.

2234 - Universe is still considered a minor; all contracts are void.; 1:37 PM
E-Bro said...: Everyone's negativity is strangely giving me some hope.

2235 - Warmest year on record.; 3:03 PM
michael said...: There are rumors that Jamel Dean hurt his wrist. Now we'll lose by 17 instead of just 10.

2236 - unlimited data and free text messaging; 4:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Prayers for Mr. McBryde's full recovery.

No 70 yard Aussie punts? I was expecting him to shank his first college punt into the upper deck.

2237 - free refills!; 2:23 PM
bubbs said...: We might be okay at LB this year, but having McBryde miss the season hurts us for next. That's a year of solid experience he'll be missing out on. He was in line to be a starter next year. Oh well. Guess we'll just have to see how it plays out.

API thinks the Aussie was a scam and a fake all along. Jet thinks we're just bringing him along. Not throwing him right into the deep end with game one. I believe MJT has installed him as one of his ministers of Eurasia, but I don't know which one. I wouldn't ask him about it either.

2238 - Taco Bell adds Mexican food to the menu.; 5:11 PM
michael said...: That Marshall dude is a walk-on, and last year was his first year, right? I'm gonna say that after getting a taste of college football, he has committed himself to his craft and after working really hard for the past year, he is now an awesome punter.

2239 - a lady starts a sewing hobby; 5:15 PM
THT said...: AUTigerBloggin on Twitter:
I am hard pressed to find a true weakness in this team. The talent level at every position is as good as it has ever been at Auburn. http://tigerbloggin.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-best-auburn-football-teams.html

He forgot the copyright notice.

© 8/28/2003

There. Fixed if for him. Although, even in my worst nightmare, I don't see the Hornets stinging us in Game 2 like the Yellow Jackets stung us in 2003 Game 2.

2040 - candle shortage; 7:21 PM
michael said...: Many an offense has been undone by shaky line play. I think the season hinges on how those guys play.

2041 - Auburn wins the Zergoball national championship!!!!; 9:54 AM
bubbs said...: And I have no confidence in our O line. What I been saying all off season. There just isn't enough experience there. What do we have, like, 30 collective starts or something? That's not good.

2042 - No one has aged since 2040 for lack of birthday candles.; 10:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: our experienced o-line last year gave up a zillion sacks. Maybe the inexperience is just what we need?

2043 - Auburn's Zergoball team plays exhibition match against the NFL champion Bergen Bears. (football is what Norway and the rest of the world call American Zergoball); 11:15 AM
E-Bro said...: I'm with THT. Especially after the last two games of the 2017 season, I'm more concerned with whether our O-line is good or not instead of how much experience it has.

2244 - Everybody wonders what happened the previous five years.; 1:04 PM
bubbs said...: Worry no more. I can answer your fears. Our Oline is not good. Now you know.

2245 - Tuscaloosa burns to the ground.; 1:35 PM
michael said...: ebro - the years got confused a bit because of the reverse spin of the earth. It happens

2246 - catfish blight; 2:23 PM
THT said...: bubbs, I wonder why it took so long.

years 2239-2244 are found in a drawer in the laundry room. Don't leave your years, or anything else you may need, on MrsTHT's kitchen counter.

NOOOOOO! Please no catfish blight!

2247 - Hello Kitty finally gets promoted to 4th grade; 9:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It's H! And, it's COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON! That can only mean one thing...

CAAAMMMMMMPPPPFIIIIIIIYAH!

I'm pretty sure that's about all the HABOTN campfire excitement we'll have.

2248 - Hello Kitty punches Astroboy in the nose, breaking every bone in her hand.; 8:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Wow! What an amazing campfire last night. We had double the number of attendees that I expected. I hope AU football can similarly exceed my expectations.
Wake Forest won in OT last night with a scrawny little true freshman QB who will put up amazing numbers if he doesn't get broken into little pieces.

2249 - wouldn't you know it? Battle of Midway steals the headlines once again.; 7:29 AM
michael said...: Still recovering from smoke inhalation from that raucous campfiyah.

You got a score prediction for Saturday, THT?

2250 - Test tube canines; 9:49 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I predict it won't be 3-2. Otherwise, I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen. I just hope we can stay healthy.

2251 - Critical shortage of extra-long test tubes due to high dachshund demand.; 11:03 AM
michael said...: ***spoiler alert***

the final score will be 14-11, Auburn wins.

2252 - battle of midway; 11:09 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I am soooooooooo sleepy.
I hope I don't fall asleep and miss my parole hearing.
Y'all have a great Labor Day weekend. I'll be working at a Buy More this weekend and Labor Day.

2253 - U of W stadium is decimated by submarine fired missiles during the Puget Sound Offensive in the Battle of Midway.; 12:20 PM
michael said...: I'm sleepy to. I fell asleep a couple of times when I was sitting with a guy who was explaining me how to do some things on the computer. Nodding off in a meeting is one thing, but nodding off during a one-on-one talk is pretty harsh. Hopefully he didn't notice.

2254 - the crew from the Philadelphia Experiment suddenly appear on stage during "America's Got Talent," completely unchanged from their 1940s selves, except now they can dance really good. They win the competition.; 4:09 PM
THT said...: Marsha on the Twitter got it right
"Being an Auburn fan is a weird combination of delirious joy, raging anxiety, and crushing disappointment".
Let's hope there is an overwhelming abundance of delirious joy this season.; 9:00 PM
bubbs said...: Well. Our OLine was much better in pass protect than I had hoped. I'm not entirely sure why the run game wasn't as effective as we'd like. WA does have a pretty good run defense. But, at times, it looked like the stage was too big for Kam. Boobie will probably be starting before long.

I really hope LSU just ran up against a way over hyped Miami. I don't need them to be good right now. Later in the season, sure, but not right now.

2256 - Dinosaur leather is all the rage.; 8:32 AM
michael said...: 20 carries for Boobie and 10 for Kam seems about right to me.

Told yall there was nothing to worry about! Natty, here we come!

2257 - dinosaur leather is now laughably out of fashion; 10:11 AM
E-Bro said...: LSU looked like they normally do to me. Good running game, good defense, and average QB.

I think it'll be a tough game we can easily lose, but not necessarily any tougher than it usually is against them.

2257 - WE LANDED ON THE MOON!; 10:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That Seth Williams fellow looked pretty good. LSU looked scary good. I hope we can look that good in two weeks. I think either RB could keep our 1,000 yd streak intact, but only if OL play improves. I hope we get to see more Shaun and an introduction to Asa this weekend.

2259 - We find dinosaurs on the moon. LIVE ONES!; 10:35 AM
michael said...: I realized yesterday that a good friend from high school scheduled his wedding during the LSU game.

Over the years, I can recall missing only two highly anticipated Auburn games because of a wedding. The first was 2006 UGA, and the second was 2012 Clemson.

So yall might want to go ahead and skip the LSU game. Probably won't be pretty.

2260 - dinosaurs learn to talk; 11:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Thankfully, this years LSU game is not highly anticipated, right?

Great news! Those two "walnut" trees in W-S are actually pecan trees! Can't wait for MrsTHT to make me some pecan pie this Fall.

2261 - Dinosaurs hack CIA servers.; 11:27 AM
E-Bro said...: Hey, given what followed, that 2012 Auburn-Clemson game was something of a moral victory.

2262 - CIA drone strike takes out the dinosaurs.; 1:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'd rather have a season full of immorality than "moral victories" like 2012 vs Clemson.

2263 - CIA hq devastaed by hybrid prion-proton beam rays from the dinosaurs. Turns out, the only thing taken out in 2262 were the dinosaur holograms.; 1:20 PM
E-Bro said...: You know, MJT, there's a simple fix to this possible upcoming LSU mess that you would definitely be responsible for.

Don't go to the wedding. Boom. Problem solved. Auburn wins and everyone goes home happy and we don't hold you to (rightfully) blame for Auburn losing.

2264 - CIA hq re-established off the coast of Costa Rica.; 1:43 PM
bubbs said...: I'm liking this weather as it's perfect for the fall garden I just put in. I'll take a warm drizzle all day.

Yeah, I don't understand the problem, MJT. Your "friend" surely knows he uninvited all true AU fans by planning the wedding on that day.

2265 - Dinosaur leather is outlawed by dinosaur overlords.; 9:11 AM
michael said...: what'd ya plant in your fall garden, bubbs?

i ain't doing a fall garden this year. gonna get all the organic matter out and till the thing in a futile effort to get rid of the fungus that infects everything.

2266 - Dinosaur TV is finally back!; 9:59 AM
bubbs said...: Pretty much just assorted greens (turnip, mustard, spinach) and pumpkins.

I've heard when you get something like that in the soil it's near impossible to fix it. Have you done any reading on other methods? Burning the soil? Herbicide?

2267 - TGIF comes back to Dinosaur TV!; 3:02 PM
michael said...: Imma try some bacterial solutions that supposedly attacks fungus (activonate and serenade are options), but my main plan is to cover up the soil after planting to keep the dirt from splashing up on the leaves when it rains. I will probably put some permeable covering on it and pin it down here and there. Haven't exactly landed on the strategy. Another option is plastic mulch, but that would be annoying for various reasons.

Another option is to cover it with a black tarp and let it bake for a year, but I don't really have another spot I can garden in.

Problem is I think there is fungus all throughout the neighborhood. Lots of trees and bushes look pretty funky to me. I might be doomed.

2268 - Lemon Law 2268 fails to recapture the magic; 4:27 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: gardening ain't my cup of tea, though I sure wish it was. Gonna be stuck at a dinner tonight so I'll be late to the campfire. I've piled up plenty of wood for y'all. Stuck in a conference not of my choosing all day tomorrow. Kerryon.

2269 - Peach Law is magical.; 12:33 PM
michael said...: last night's campfiyah had quite the assortment of hotties... though they weren't generally on at the same time.

2270 - earthquake destroys buckingham jail; 10:29 AM
THT said...: I got to the campfire as soon as I finished my two filet mignons etc. I don't mind being invited to dinner on someone else's dime, as long as the food is good. Going to Charlotte tomorrow for my older "sister's" 50th wedding anniversary. I suspect my sister will be there which could get awkward. We'll leave it at that.

I'm going with 59-9 tomorrow, without checking to see if ASU is a good team or a bad team.

2271 - earthquake destroys nicks jail; 3:48 PM
michael said...: Just read a long article on the Ringer about Warren Zevon. Thought you might be interested, THT. Today's the 15th anniversary of his death.

2272 - earthquake makes fleetwood's jail even more robust; 3:54 PM
THT said...: nice segue since the Buckingham Nicks album in '73 and early Zevon albums share a guitar player. I'll listen to some Zevon music tonight while watching college football. I love the piano in the live version of French Inahler; 4:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: HUUUUUUUGE game this Saturday on the Plains. I'm guessing I will have lost power by then. Wonder how far I'll have to drive to find it on TV. If this path doesn't change, we're going to have some pretty nasty weather.

2274 - Hurricanes are eliminated by giant clockwise fans installed in the atmosphere.; 10:12 AM
bubbs said...: I know you've probably already told us this, but what games do you plan attending this year, THT? This would have been a good one to go to.

How is our record when your power is out?

2275 - Clockwise hurricanes hammer the east coast.; 11:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We have too much on our plate in NC this Fall, so we sold all of our tickets. MrsTHT and I are going to see if we can survive without going to a game.

We had no power the first half of the 2010 SECCG. Drove a mile to Truett Cathey's grandson's house and knocked on their door and watched it there. I had never met them but MrsTHT had briefly met the wife about a year earlier. I remember being barefoot... didn't have time for shoes. I think power could be out over a much larger area this weekend.

2276 - scientists sit down to rethink their hurricane strategy.; 12:48 PM
michael said...: How doomed are we this weekend, gang? I figured we were pretty doomed, but LSU looked pretty bad on offense this last week.

2277 - apes learn to talk; 11:00 AM
E-Bro said...: If we were playing in Red Stick, that might spell trouble b/c they looked pretty bad on offense last year too coming into the game.

But being at J-H, we got a chance. Still think the offense will be a bit scratchy, but if defense shows up, think we might just come out on top.

2278 - Hottest year on record.; 1:07 PM
bubbs said...: We are doomed this weekend.

2279 - Apes give up on talking.; 2:44 PM
michael said...: THT, have you decided to flee further inland, or will you stay and loot your absent, powerless neighbors?

2280 - warmest record of the year; 5:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: spent all day yesterday putting out bazillion bales of pine straw. Doesn't make much sense with a hurricane coming, does it? Well, I sure wasn't going to try and do it after it got all wet and MrsTHT wanted it done for a luncheon she's hosting next Wed. Maybe we'll get enough rain before the wind carries it off to our neighbors yards. I'll certainly be entitled to loot them if they take our pine straw.

2281 - civilization stops recording history. No one knows what happens afterwards.; 7:00 AM
michael said...: I guess the hurricane might veer a little further south of you according to the current projection. Chance of pine-straw-remaining-in-place has risen from 5% to 45%.

2282 - history is now being recorded by dinosaurs. plants good. meat good.; 10:36 AM
bubbs said...: How's the pine straw doing, THT?

2283 - Lemon Law best show ever.; 1:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Hey Hotties! Just got back from W-S where it was sunny and warm. It's warm here, too, but cloudy and blustery. Not Piglet-flying-blustery yet, but enough wind to partially abate the heat and humidity. Poor ol' New Bern is already flooding and the rain hasn't even picked up there, yet. Our pine straw is just fine today. We'll see how it does tomorrow late into Saturday.

I guess I should have stayed in W-S for the football game. I'll have to get the campfire started shortly. They moved the BC @ WF kickoff up to 5:30pm EDT. I'm looking forward to a lively discussion of the BC coaching situation.

2284 - Pause in the Battle of Midway so everyone can tune into the next BC coaching situation press conference.; 3:34 PM
michael said...: Be safe, THT! and don't forget to loot your neighbors.

2285 = RRROOOAOOOOAAOAOAOAARRRRRR!!!; 4:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We are out of harm's way. The worst that will happen to us is power outage leading to a very flooded basement and then mildew and mold. Well, I guess that's the second worst. Losing all that freshly distributed pine straw would be an epic catastrophe. MrsTHT and I have business in W-S tomorrow so the drive home tomorrow afternoon might be a bit interesting. I'm hoping the European model will come to fruition, with only 3 or 4" of rain instead of the 10" we could get based on other models. If we can keep power, we can handle either amount. Gov giving a presser right now with signing lady next to him. Her facial expressions are very entertaining. I'd swear she has twice as many facial muscles as most humans.

2286 - measurable snowfall in NC every month. Ahhhhh, the coolness; it's so refreshing. Dinosaurs aren't happy.; 4:18 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, THT. MUT decided he's not going to that wedding. We might not be quite as doomed as once presumed.

We'll still lose, but not as badly.

2286 - Robots turn off the sun.; 2:57 PM
michael said...: MUT?!?!?! Well, that's probably accurate. I'm like 1/8 Irish 1/8 Spanish 1/4 German and 1/4 English and <.001% a bunch of other stuff.

22BEASLEY!!!!!!!!!; 3:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm sure glad I didn't drive 1,000 miles for this.

not as badly? Mercy, bubbs, how bad did you think it was going to be if michael went to the wedding? I bet he's at that matrimonius mess right now. It's all his fault.

2289 - yds lsu will have by the end of this game; 3:46 PM
bubbs said...: I feel vindicated.

2290 - AU ends its losing streak to LSU.; 6:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I had to watch the game on my laptop. The stupid local CBS and ABC stations have been carrying 24/7 Florence since Thursday night. That gets old after about 3 minutes and 14 seconds. I'd swear the CBS station must have rented reporters. They must have more than 20 scattered all over the state. And guess what? The rain looks the same everywhere.

For Christmas, I'm going to ask for a DB coach who will teach DBs not to pull, tug, and grab every WR.

2291 - AU starts another streak of misery vs LSU; 7:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Greetings, Hotties. I went the long way to prison to avoid a road that frequently floods. Didn't help. Ended up driving through about 100 yards of flooded road to get here. Everyone, including a high clearance van turned around. A little Corolla from the other direction foolishly drove through and made it, so I figured I could make it. My biggest fear is that it will get worse during the day and I'll be stuck here.

Water is pouring into our basement sump pumps. We had power when I left this morning.

Preseason hockey is here!!!
Penguins vs Sabres tomorrow night. Penguins vs Red Wings on TV Wed night!

2292 - wettest year on record, breaking the mark set in 2018; 9:01 AM
michael said...: Can't believe how you guys hogged all that rain. It's been totally parched here for awhile.

2293 - parched!; 10:30 AM
bubbs said...: Total jerk move with all that water, THT. MJT needs some of that stuff!

GO PREDS!

2294 - Smoke and mirrors.; 11:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If his pipe won't reach my sump pump, he can pipe water in from Dallas Branch.

Looks like we're in the 10-12" rainfall accumulation zone on the map, and I'd guess 80% of that was after midnight. That's parchy compared to some of the totals in SE NC. Talk to them, michael. Or come pipe it off the road so I can get home. It's currently closed in both directions.

2295 - due to continental drift, a certain Hottie is now known as 60northak; 11:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: after the TN game in 2008, when we were 4-1...

Anonymous said...
On the issue of the divide between the offense and defense, I don't think we should have that yet. I mean the offense did score the go-ahead touchdown against LSU late in the 4th . I think we'll get Kodi going against Vandy and he'll carry us to 9-1 into the final games against UGA and UA.

Our only other win that year was against TN-Martin. Poor ol' Anonymous probably thinks we're going to run the table this year.

2296 - UT-Martin wins FBS playoff.; 11:48 AM
bubbs said...: Well, I'm not Anonymous, and I sure as shooting don't think we're going to win the rest of our games. Did I make a win total prediction for this year?

Frankly, it's not unthinkable for us to end up being a pretty good team with a 7-5 record.

2297 - UT-Martin fires head coach for going 2-10.; 11:52 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 7-5 or 6-6, which is what I think we were predicting back in July. Until we can run the ball when the other team knows we're going to run the ball, we aren't going to be able to beat any elite teams.; 12:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2298 was vacated due to NCAA sanctions.

I've heard rumors they are not allowing people (as in workers, not residents) to leave the prison due to flooded roads in every direction. From deep within the bowels of this facility, I don't know what is fact vs rumor. If the parking lot exit is not barricaded, I will leave, even if I can only drive a few feet out of here.

2299 - AU fires former UT-Martin head coach for going 2-10 in consecutive seasons; 12:59 PM
michael said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2:37 PM
michael said...: Prison has internet. Just hang their awhile, THT. Don't get washed away.

2301 - dinosaurs pause to admire how good they've gotten at football and writing history, and to mourn the lost year of 2300; 2:38 PM
bubbs said...: Surely you've got prison boats, no?

2302 - Dinosaurs find a drifter buried in the AU stadium.; 2:50 PM
THT said...: Drove 10 miles north and then 30 miles south to get home. 100 yards beyond our subdivision the road is closed, not sure if they are worried about the pond dam next to it or if it got washed out under the roadway. Asphalt seemed to be all there. I was told that one apt parking lot in Chapel Hill had dozens of washed up crawdads from the creek.

They could have Zack's hot dogs, Hursey's barbecue, and Pat's cheese steaks at prison and I wouldn't stay there a second longer than necessary. And no, not even for a Chili's cheese steak.

2303 - Wooly mammoths return.; 4:29 PM
michael said...: Wow. Things must have been dire if you won't even stay for an original Chili's philly cheese steak.

you Hanging out at home today, THT?

2304 - wooly bully; 9:29 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: at Buy More satellite office today. Putting out wet pine straw at near dark last night and an 18" snake fell out of the first bale I picked up. I decided to go inside. It wasn't a black snake. Doubt it was copperhead (we have zillions of those) but I did not have sufficient interest to figure it out.

2305 - snakes on The Plains; 10:31 AM
bubbs said...: So you ran into an ol nope rope, eh? Sounds like interesting times for you lately.

You should probably move to Alaska.

2306 - AU mascot changes to Copperheads.; 11:36 AM
michael said...: Snakes are great!

You know, I'm pretty good at identifying snakes. What color was the snake, THT? Did it have diamonds on its back and a rattle on the end of its tail? If so, it was a harmless garter snake. Feel free to handle!

2307 - A-U-B-U-R-N!!!; 11:47 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It looked just like the one at the top of this page. Credit to 2.0 for the research. I'm not looking forward to confronting the remaining 20+ bales of pine straw this evening.

2308 - The Original Icee is reinvented.; 12:58 PM
E-Bro said...: You should probably move to Hawaii, THT. They don't have snakes and it stays decently cool in Maui's upcountry and parts of the Big Island, especially Maunas Kea and Loa.

2309 - Rising ocean covers up Midway. Battle continues anyway.; 1:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If I moved to Hawaii, it would have to be high on the slopes of Haleakala or Mauna Kea where it would be reasonably cool. Preferably the latter so I could ski one week in January.

2310 - Scientists discover that Midway was not covered by rising ocean. Instead, it sank from weight of bird poop; 1:25 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: One more snake in a pine bale tonight. It stared at me, coiled up, raised it's little head and shook it's rattlefree tail like nobody's business.

2311 - just another prime year; 9:58 PM
E-Bro said...: Seriously, THT...Hawaii.

2312 - Tchaikovsky writes a 500 year anniversary Overture.; 10:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: From the Something-is-missing-from-this-headline Department:

"Suicide deeply affected my life."

2312 - In what astrophysicists call the Year of the Annelids, a plethora of wormholes offers humans a variety of new vacation destinations.; 10:06 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: rats. I shouldn't have worried so much over whether plethora is singular or plural; 10:07 AM
michael said...: Would you say you had a plethora of worries?

I am jealous of all your snake action. Was 2.0 able to identify the second snake? Was it the same one you already met?

2315 - aliens!!!!!; 10:27 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael, you are welcome to all of our snakes that aren't a solid jet black.
Last night, different snake, slightly smaller, probably same species but the markings were slightly scarier looking, more diamondy. Definitely not a copperhead, thank goodness. Probably another brown snake. I did Google about non-rattler snake tail wagging, just to be sure.

Sabres A team beat the Penguins D team 3-2 last night. Pens were already down 2-0 when I got cleaned up from yd work and sat down to a full plate of melt-in-your-mouth country style steak with mashed taters & gravy and an obligatory green vegetable.

Tonight on TV, Pens will skate their C team offense and B team defense. Enough with this preseason nonsense. Let's see some real hockey!

2316 - earth's stratosphere border wall proves useless; earth overrun with aliens; 11:15 AM
bubbs said...: I've run into that same behavior with snakes trying to pretend they have a rattle. Pretty crazy the first time you see it, if you don't know about it.

GO PREDS!

2317 - Aliens are underwhelmed by earth.; 11:28 AM
michael said...: Perhaps I've mentioned the super cool facebook group my wife an I joined a few years ago titled "Snake Identification."

https://www.facebook.com/groups/22137638452/

People post a picture of a snake they've found, and experts tell them what the snake is. After being in the group for awhile, we are pretty darn good at identifying snakes.

anyway, it's always funny when a friend ours says, "we killed a copperhead/water moccasin," and I would say 90% of the time, the snake is neither. Just happened yesterday with a coworker of mine. Dude was like "check out this copperhead," and I looked at the picture, and I was like "cool." It was clearly a water snake. I almost didn't tell him, but I just couldn't keep it in. Of course, he didn't really believe me. He was like, "OK, sure, like you know anything." Rather than telling him I am a Facebook Expert I just let him go on thinking he had heroically killed a copperhead.

But seriously, errybody thinks everything is venomous. Except for THT. That guy is sensible when it come to snake identification.

2318 - Aliens, having an irrational debilitating fear of copperheads, leave the earth.; 12:40 PM
bubbs said...: I don't do FB or I'd join that group. Can you print off all the posts and mail them to me, MJT? Thanks, bud.

Yeah, I totally think most people have no clue how to identify snakes. And I probably belong in that category.

2319 - Copperheads win the SEC west.; 1:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we probably see as many copperheads as all other snakes combined, so that's always my first concern. Neither of the snakes I saw recently had a "pit viper head" and neither had markings of a copperhead. Our neighbor got bit by a venomous snake on the sidewalk while walking his dog in July. His leg was a mess for several weeks. It was nearly dark, plus he was messing with his cell phone and the snake didn't stick around long enough for him to get a good look at it.

Non-venomous snake bites hurt, too. I learned that when I tried to pick up a black racer at summer camp when I was 13. Fortunately, no one was around and I was too embarrassed to tell anyone. I expect that snake to file a complaint any day now.

2319 - a less than prime year; 1:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm not having much luck with my post timing today

23xx - a nebulous year; 1:19 PM
michael said...: bubbs - that is an open group, so you can just fave the url and visit all you want to see some super cool snake identifying action without joining facebook.

lts of bubbs-THT concurrent posting going on. Maybe bubbs is spying on you THT and clicking "Publish Your Comment" right before you click yours every time.

23x2 - dinosaurs figure out the ones place, but are still unsure about the tens place; 2:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That's a great web site, but why do you have to make it so hard on us? Just be sure to set the printer for 2 collated copies so you can mail me a set, too.

232323232323 - I got carried away; 3:49 PM
michael said...: Florence apparently washed a lot of north carolina's poop and other gross stuff out to sea:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/us/floodwaters-pollute-atlantic-florence-trnd/index.html

anything turned up missing in your parts, THT?

232x - dinosaurs figured out the tens place but are now messing up the ones place; 3:53 PM
THT said...: just the road right outside our subdivision.

Drove all the way to W-S today to mow grass and the lawnmower wouldn't keep running for more than a minute or two at a time, sometimes only a few seconds. I finally gave up. I wish I was smart and could figure out electric engine problems. I tried 3 separate fully charged batteries. It worked perfectly two days ago here.

Every time a hurricane comes along, there are always stories about all the pig poop getting in the rivers, sound, and ocean. That's a small price to pay for having the best barbecue in the world.

2325 - the last vestiges of Pamlico Sound are filled in with pig poop from Hurricane Porcine. By 2328 the region produces more crops than the total of all of the world's other farmland.; 7:41 PM
michael said...: What's your score prediction this weekend, THT?

2326 - If a Pamlico falls in the forest, does it make a Pamlico Sound?; 11:42 AM
THT said...: Sat: CBJ 5 Pens 4
Sun: Pens 4 Red Wings 2

2327: Last acre of the Amazon forest is clear cut :(; 12:53 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Missed the first one by a mile...
Pens 7 CBJ 3

2328 - Putt Putt courses blanket the Amazon River basin. All is good.; 5:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: My prediction of Pens going 1-1 this weekend was correct

2329 - Beginning of the Battle of Fiveeighthsway; 7:54 AM
michael said...: I can't believe they finally made it to fiveeighths!

Whaddaya think about the football team, THT? Pretty weird game on Saturday.

2340 - Synthesizers are finally good enough for Alfred Bootshanks's opera. When played, the experience is so transforming that the magnetic poles switch, causing mass hysteria and extinction level evens in quite a few flora an fauna. Everyone agrees it was worth it, though.; 12:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think the football team is awful. Perhaps not 2008 awful, but maybe 2009 awful. Beat one respectable non-conference opponent in the season and the dregs of the conference, but unable to win against the "big boys" of the conference. Until we can do what we want to do on offense when we want to do it (yes, I'm looking at 3 and 1 or 4th and 1), we won't be able to compete with the elite.

2341 - Venus Flytraps eat those synthesizer sounds and proliferate far beyond their tiny range in SE NC.; 12:49 PM
michael said...: If I may provide a counterpoint to your football opinion: the natty is in the bag.

2332 -of mice and men reopens.; 2:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: unfortunately, the bag is not in AU's possession.

2333 - The Mousetrap, which never closed, brings about a quick end to the mice. Men continues briefly, but dwindling crowds lead to its closure by Arbor Day.; 2:36 PM
bubbs said...: Why do you only ask THT about the football team? It's not like he's the only one here.

The bag is on the other side of the state (unfortunately).

2334 - Amazon forest grows back.; 2:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: because I'm older and therefore should be wiser. Apparently, michael is unaware that I don't follow all the trends.

2335 - Amazon forest harvested to make Amazon.com delivery boxes; 2:59 PM
E-Bro said...: You're all liars. The natty is usually on some kind of stand, if I recall correctly.

2336 - Both coldest and warmest year on record after previous records are destroyed.; 3:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: on a stand, in a bag... makes no difference. It ain't in Auburn anytime soon :(

2337 - Coldest year on record, eclipsing last year's ambivalent chill.; 3:26 PM
michael said...: what a bunch of bammers!

2338 - dinosaur historians agree MJT was the only person right about the 2018 Auburn team, since they eventually won the natty and he said a natty was in the bag. They honor MJT's brainpower with 10 seconds of silence on Arbor Day.; 6:39 PM
E-Bro said...: bubbs/MJT...Got 4 tickets together (east upper deck, section 105, row 17, seats 1-4) for this weekend's game if either of you are interested in taking part of your brood to the game.

I'm working and can't make it.

2239 - Mars secedes from the Solar System.; 10:05 AM
bubbs said...: Many thanks for the offer, E-Bro. I would take you up on it, but it's the wife's BDay on Saturday, and she's not very much into football. SadFace

2240 - Pluto gains hope of regaining planet status.; 11:33 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I ain't in the mood for a 1,000 mile weekend trip. Maybe 160 miles to/from W-S, but that's about it.

2241 - The Federation, intent on keeping Mars in the Solar System against Mars's wishes, sends Jean Luc Picard to conquer Mars into submission. Unfortunately, some of the shock waves from the explosions knock Pluto into the farthest point of the Delta Quadrant.; 3:08 PM
E-Bro said...: I feel terrible about this, guys, just terrible, but I knocked us off track with the year count the last few posts.

2342 - Coldest year on record on Pluto as it drifts further and further away from the sun.; 4:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Well, if you were out to prove our lack of attention to detail, you've succeeded. Not that we needed any more proof after post 2240!

2x43 (just to be safe) - nothing happens (just to be safe); 4:38 PM
michael said...: Thanks for the ticket offer Ebro, but I have lawn and garden and car work to do.

2344 - frog plague; 6:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've broken two mowers this summer. Problem solved.

We are on pace to rush for about 2500 yds this season, a number that would guarantee no natty. $7 million just doesn't get much these days.

2345 - 6789; 7:50 AM
michael said...: To be fair to gus, he realized that as well and gave back $2 million. Now you have to admit 2500 yards for $5 million ain't bad, right?

2346 - oceans dry up; 11:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: What a bargain!

Why, yes indeed, my television viewing last night was Hurricanes 4 Predators 1. I think Hurricanes are undefeated in preseason. Meanwhile, Penguins are struggling.

2347 - Tragedy strikes in the Mariana Trench when a hang-glider collides with a tourist-filled sightseeing helicopter. The ensuing blame game escalates the Battle of Midway.; 11:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: UNC @ Miami tonight; I may not be watching or at campfire. Got to clean up my office at home in anticipation of tomorrow night's dinner guests who will undoubtedly wander up there. I don't think I've cleaned it since last September when a wandering crowd dropped by.

2348 - stars finally leave Alabama, having overstayed their welcome by more than 500 years.; 10:48 AM
michael said...: how crazy was the campfiyah last night? Sadly I missed out.

2349 - chatroll becomes the first company valued at a quadrillion dollars.; 10:07 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I bailed at the start of the 4th qtr. Up til then, it was insanely crazy. Probably the best campfire all week.

2350 - Pixie dust falls on Alabama; 11:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Unlike AU's offensive line, bubbs's analysis this past summer had no holes. michael, has a 6-6 or 7-5 team ever won a natty?

2351 - virulent strain of space bacteria in the pixie dust leads to a lot of Dixie pus; 9:02 PM
bubbs said...: What was the year we didn't get Russell Wilson? That was the year I learned two things: JayG was once wrong about a football player, and the number of starts on your OLine is are solid predictor of your how your season will go.

Pretty sure one of those 16 "championships" the bammers claim came from a 7-5 team, THT.

2352 - Chatroll's viral status eradicates pixie dust.; 10:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2011, year one post-Cam, was the year RW chose to play at Wisconsin.
I know the OL play is miserable. Even so, Stidham's play is worse than it should be.

Penguins finished preseason 2-4 and start the regular season Thursday night at home vs the Ovechkis. The Pens don't have strong enough defense or goalie play to be a dominant team :(

2053 - An unexpected benefit from the viral status of Chatroll is the eradication of onions and mushrooms; 10:01 AM
michael said...: Yall keep whining, my Auburn Tigers keep collecting W's.

Natty, here we come!

2054 - the world mourns; 10:14 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael apparently doesn't realize that he's wearing Cincy's glasses. They look a lot better on Cincy.

If we pay Gus a couple more million, would that enable him to be consistently good instead of every 3 or 4 years good? Gus is 1-4 in bowl games. We should start a GoFundMe page to help Gus.

AU Equestrian team is still ranked #1. GO TIGERS! I wonder if any of their events are televised.

I can't believe we've only won one National Collegiate Soils Contest this century (2015). We should probably fire that coach.

2355 - turns out all that Star Trek and Star Wars stuff was complete fiction. The water meter readers hired to check all other planets for life forms report nothing found.; 10:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think this week's game will be twice as exciting as 2008. Carlson II will connect on his first game-winning FG as AU triumphs 6-4.

2356 - snail darter infestation... so much for being endangered; 11:05 AM
bubbs said...: People complain about that 2008 game. I didn't mind it. It was pretty intense, and we won. I'll take a 6-4 victory.

Watched some highlights of our OL, THT. I guess I should say "lowlights." We're terrible.

2057 - 101 Snail Darter Recipes is published.; 11:33 AM
michael said...: I remember being much more angry at the 2008 UT game. The 3-2 game was kind of amusing.

2058 - stretching becomes THE big thing. you gotta stretch, guys!; 1:08 PM
bubbs said...: How's the ol hip ball and socket set, MJT?

2059 - The population has stretched to a height average 2 inches greater than last year.; 1:45 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Our W-L record will be better than 2008, but I fear the games will start to look as bad.

2359 - the past 300 years are a void; 1:45 PM
michael said...: Still some pain, bubbs, but decided against surgery. I don't feel like limping around for a year or whatever. I'm back to playing occasional bball, and it doesn't hurt too bad. If I stretched more I'd probably be 100% healthy. too bad I was born in 20th century and not the 24th century, when stretching will finally get its due.

THT - I'd say the main difference between now and '08 is that we have a truly elite D this year, not just a good one. The '08 D looked elite a couple of times early, but we eventually learned that was more of the opponents' offenses just being completely terrible.

We're gonna be 8-1 going into the UGA game, and completely unhappy.

2860 - Let's do the time warp again!; 2:30 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: explain in 18 syllables or less why my little donkey face is suddenly the only one that shows up on here.

1988 was a truly elite defense. 2004 was an elite defense. What I've seen so far, 2018 defense is very good but overrated. If our offense keeps stinking and defense spends more time on the field, they will get worn out and have nothing in the tank when the Iron Bowl rolls around.

2361 - mercury poisoning epidemic from all those Tennessee snail darter recipes; 3:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2362

2363 - I still can't count; 3:07 PM
bubbs said...: I remember the 2012 defense looking decent until about game 4. That's when they figured out the team wasn't going anywhere, and gave up. That's the problem with having a really good D and terrible O. It's okay to have it the other way around, but not in the combo we have now. We start dropping games, and the wheels will come off.

Frankly, I'd be pretty happy going into uga game. That would mean we'd finish 9-3 and have a decent bowl game. Finish 2nd or 3rd in the West. I consider that over achieving for this squad.

2064 - THT learns to count.; 4:55 PM
michael said...: THT, my Jan Terri face still shows up. So does bubbs' bubbs face. I think you have a malfunction on your end. Was that less than 18 syllables?

2364 - the first year of the rest of their lives.; 5:26 PM
michael said...: Imagine that last year i wrote was 2365

2366 - stretching is out! didn't help a thing!; 5:27 PM
THT said...: I'm home now and Jan Terri is pointing right at me! The way I slur words, it was definitely less than 18 syllables.

bubbs, if we are 8-1 going into the GA game, I'll poop in my own bed.* I don't think we'll be 4-5, but I'd put the likelihood of the latter higher than the likelihood of 8-1. If glaring deficiencies can't be corrected by the 5th game, they aren't likely to be corrected until the next season.

2367 - Earth's moon gets tired and waits for earth to come back around.

*I reserve the right to use a proxy who is more experienced in such matters, e.g. the brown grandpuppy.; 7:06 PM
THT said...: regular season hockey doubleheader tonight! Yippee!!!

23JAGR!!! - Pluto Penguins win the Intergalactic Hockey Championship; 6:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: holy smokes. Might as well just go ahead and give the Ovechkis another Stanley Cup. They destroyed Boston last night. Penguins may be in over their heads tonight. That game ain't on tv here :(

It's H!!! Our campfire lineup includes:
Georgia State @ Troy 6:30pm CDT ESPNU
Tulsa @ Houston 7pm CDT ESPN
Predators @ Rangers 6:30pm CDT NBCSN
Flyers @ Golden Knights 9pm CDT NBCSN

2369 - HABOTN campfires switch to natural gas after the last tree on earth is burned.; 11:41 AM
michael said...: Wow NHL started already? They practically play year round.

Excited about my preds! Don't think I get NBCSN though.

2370 - board games are big; 12:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: hey, wait a minute! You aren't going to rope me into livebloggin the Preds vs Rangers tonight at the campfire. Just ain't gonna.

2371 - bored by big games; 2:12 PM
michael said...: How do you think my Preds will do this year, THT?

2372 - thomas hoopot becomes the first man to visit the center of the earth using the hole bored by Big Games.; 3:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: better than my Pens

2373 - Toohot for Hoopot.; 4:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How bout them Preds! And somehow, the Pens pulled one out in OT, thanks to a 4 on 3 OT power play. The campfire was sizzling with hockey banter and perspicacious commentary.

I found a doppelgänger on Twitter. His doom & gloom outlook on the remainder of AU's football season sounded like he was posting stuff straight out of my brain.
GO TIGERS! BEAT STATE! Prove me wrong and score 40 points. I dare you!

237x - 50th anniversary of dinosaurs figuring out the tens place. Still haven't corrected their ones place errors; 7:39 AM
michael said...: Greath campfire last night, THT!

I think we lose tomorrow. Hope I'm wrong!

2375 - Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you; 1:07 PM
E-Bro said...: I'm still kind of stunned by the offensive deterioration these last couple of games.

Certainly, there were signs of struggle on that side of the ball in the games against UW and LSU, but there were undoubted points of promise as well against two good defenses. The three touchdown drives against LSU were more or less works of art in play calling and execution, as were the first and fourth quarters against UW (the first first down of the game-winning driving notwithstanding).

It'd be one thing if we stagnated against Arky and Southern Miss, but we've seemingly gotten worse against lesser opposition.; 1:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: not to mention we're about to play a strong defense using backups in our O-line. The starters haven't been very good, so I wouldn't be entirely shocked if we have our worst offensive output of the year to this point.

Steve from Grand Bay asks about shorter passes to open things up: "We've got a good idea right now through five games of where we're at, and I know Chip and the offensive staff."

I remember thinking, why don't we max protect so we can throw it deep. I saw waaaay too many "shorter passes" and attributed it to our abbreviated pass protection.

At least tomorrow night I can turn to hockey if I feel my heart being shredded and extracted.

2377 - the return of paper maps; 1:30 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: A long day of yard work followed by bad football and bad hockey. I was asleep by 8:30 pm EDT.

I wish we could cancel the remainder of the college football season. It holds no interest for me. At. All.

2378 - Final monthly payment made on Gus's $32,000,000 buyout.; 2:09 PM
michael said...: great game this last weekend, huh?

2379 - Put in Kodi Burns!; 10:10 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Am I going to have to become a dedicated Hurricanes fan this season? I think bubbs is going to win the HABOTN office pool this year. It's in the bag!

2380 - turns out all these years the colors were misnamed. Yellow is really orange, and so on and so forth.; 10:23 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: this made me chuckle, and cry
our offensive line trying to block

2381 - debate over puhKAHN vs PEEcan remains unsettled and sparks a flareup of the Batle of Midway.; 12:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bruce Pearl cancels #TipoffatToomers due to micheal. Way to go, michael. Ruin our basketball season before it even gets started.

2382 - Aubies everywhere celebrate the 400th anniversary of Bo Over The Top!; 3:27 PM
michael said...: Oh, we'll probably be on probation or getting guys suspended within a few weeks anyway. I thought you might as well get you used to having your joy robbed beforehand.

2383- Eurasians everywhere celebrated Irony Year!; 4:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: This would have been one of the games we would have attended if we hadn't sold our tickets. Would have made for a fun drive on Friday. Popo will be so busy with storm stuff I bet I could have driven 80mph the whole way.

2384 - ostrich plume hats are the latest rage (someone had to find something to do with all those ostrich feathers after all the ostrich sacrifices during Irony Year celebrations.; 9:45 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2385 - ); 9:45 AM
michael said...: This hurricane is getting crazy.

one of my earliest memories is staying in our house in tallahassee for hurricane Kate. My sister kept crying, but I thought it was pretty cool. A tree fell on our station wagon though, which stunk. But it was also pretty cool. But I liked that car.

2286 - Hurricane Hurricane; 10:19 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: my first hurricane encounter was Eloise. I don't know if that map is wrong or if Eloise had a gigantic eye, but my most vivid memory is the 30 minutes or so of calm sunny skies in the Loveliest Village. I took a jaunt up to Toomers Corner and Samford Hall to check out the damage.

2387 - almost there!; 10:51 AM
michael said...: Here is the hurricane Kate path, which corroborates my story: https://icons.wxug.com/data/dhc_archive_charts/at_1985_charts_zoom/at198511.gif (that's right, I'm makin you copy and paste it!)

I asked my parents if we were going to die. My dad said no, so I was good. We sat in the hallway all night and listened to the weather radio. Didn't have power for a few days. My dad said we wouldn't be staying for the next hurricane.

23BEASLEY!!!!!!; 11:11 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: According to the 2015 Eurasian Congress, chaired by michael, only references with a functioning hyperlink can provide legally valid corroboration. Oh, the Irony!

23Schmalz!!! - With Beasley double/triple-teamed, Dick Schmalz came up big in AU's 1971 win vs UT. Looking back into historical documents, researches can't find who came up big in AU's 2018 game against the Vols.; 11:50 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It's H! Guess who is working double shift at the Buy More. Yep, yours truly. Y'all may have to campfire without me tonight. I don't even know who is playing on the college gridiron. I do know that two awful hockey teams are dropping the puck in about 40 minutes (VGK @ PP). I'll miss that, too.

2390 - Men no longer grow whiskers and women no longer have underarm or leg hair. Oh, the marvels of genetic engineering.; 5:21 PM
michael said...: I'm still at work. More like a one and a half shift for me though.

2391 -dance revolution; 6:29 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm not opposed to storm cleanup, but do we really need blowers and chain saws at 7:30 a.m.? I vote no. There were 4 trees in my lane coming home last night, one of which I couldn't see until I almost hit it. I had no idea. There was no wind at all deep in the bowels of the Buy More. I'm gonna be out and about today. Y'all play nicely.

2392 - 900 years later, liberals sponsor a year long Hatin' on Columbus celebration.; 6:58 AM
michael said...: Why do you hate storm cleanup and indigenous peoples, THT?

2393 - most temperate year on record; 10:58 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: After mid 70s almost the entire month of September, Laramie has a forecast high on Sunday of 19 with overnight low of 1. I suppose temperate is better than tropical, but Laramie is even better.

2394 - after being lost for centuries, bubbs shows up on HABOTN to find michael and THT still plugging along, with occasional assistance from Carl, Pamella, Ossie, and Dissertation Writing Help; 1:46 PM
michael said...: I'm annoyed it chilled down around here so fast. I have a bunch of tomatoes on the vine that won't ripen now. I was still grabbing tomatoes in November last year because of the warm october. Doh well.

Looks like the MJT clan will be eating a bunch of fried green tomatoes in the near future.

2395 - You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube; 1:50 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Do people grow fried green tomatoes? That must be a marvel of genetic engineering. I've never seen anyone serve up unfried green tomatoes.

Got plenty of things I can do tomorrow. Auburn football this season on TV appeals to me almost as much as a Barbra Streisand movie

2396 - geodes rock!; 2:26 PM
michael said...: Maybe they grow them in the tropics? Doesn't get hot enough to fry tomatoes on the plant here in Alabama.

2297 - rock the geode!; 3:36 PM
THT said...: 2511 days until a post-Gus kickoff!

2398 - fiop;o'poyf4de457; 12:39 AM
E-Bro said...: Went to the game with a UT buddy. Bummed about Auburn, but it was weirdly nice to see a little joy for my friends in that long suffering fan base.

2399 - Warmest year on record.; 10:31 AM
michael said...: A lot of my high school friends are UT grads. They are such a beat up fanbase.

They also think we're crazy for considering firing Gus. They haven't had the best experience firin' and hirin' the last 10 years.

2400 - the end of a chapter; 11:03 AM
E-Bro said...: Boom!; 1:06 PM
E-Bro said...: Honestly, watching my UT buddies deal with the post-Fulmer era fallout these last ten years that will have me on the "Fire Gus" bus only as a last resort.; 1:08 PM
bubbs said...: They aren't wrong about their recent hire/fire record. But at some point enough is enough. At this point in a coach's tenure, there's not many good reasons for a losing season (which we're staring in the face at the moment).

Have to say, I've liked how Green has handled himself so far. I'm a little curious how he'd handle the next hire.

2403 - AU fires Bruce Pearl.; 1:21 PM