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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · Jul 25

An open letter from Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman

A letter from Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman to Royals fans and the Kansas City community regarding his scheme for the public to pay for his private real estate boondoggle.

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 6h

My most middling hot sauce take: the Tabasco Sriracha is pretty good as general hot sauces go (but not in Thai food).

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 9h

I haven't seen Body Heat in a real long time, but he seemed to fit the role of dumb guy who thinks he's smarter than he is. In Broadcast News, he only has to play third banana as a vacuous haircut, so it works.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 10h

I liked Body Heat, Broadcast News, and weirdly, Accidental Tourist (he's off-putting as usual but it served the character, and Geena Davis carries the movie), but that might be it. By accounts, he was not a good person.

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 10h

I can't remember if I ever saw this week's movie, but its print advertising campaign was relentless, like months ahead of time. And if I was seeing them, I'm not sure why they were targeting sports magazines. Maybe it was to save money because I don't remember seeing a trailer or TV ads.

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 10h

I saw Altered States way too young on HBO. From what I remember, I went from intrigued to bored to still bored to "this is fucked up."

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 13h

Steal Baby Jesus from the local nativity scene.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

As you were saying

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

That was the one that ended with the letter from Hopper, right? That would have been a perfect little ending.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

I sat next to a kid named Ernie in first grade. He always wore a sweater with his Sesame Street namesake playing piano. The sleeves had piano keys that he would pretend to play. He also drew snakes with little feet on them. Once I told him snakes had no feet. He responded “that’s how they move.”

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I don’t remember anything with this other than the Kate Bush song since the mall stuff (which was fun from what I remember).

The fun part will be seeing which “kid” already has a receding hairline.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Ross Duffer reveals the official runtimes for the first four episodes of ‘Stranger Things 5’

E1 — 68 min
E2 — 54 min
E3 — 66 min
E4 — 83 min

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know it was a thing growing up until my soccer team did an exchange program and my host family took me to a place called Sparta Pizza. I'm sure I said something snarky like "isn't Sparta in Greece?" but shut up real quick once I tried a heavenly slice.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

I doubt Fox declines Ohio State-Penn State regardless of how bad Penn State looks the next two weeks because the baseline and "hate watch" potential is so high. This seems like soft marketing to drive notoriety for a game that will not get the usual build up from other media sources.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

Because they do not get their own day, shout out to the Greek guys who opened pizzerias with names like Sparta or Athena's Pizza where the menu would switch about a third of the way down from Italian-style pizzas to ones with Loukaniko and Feta and every pie came with a side cup of Tzatziki.

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

What if we called it "Apple TV !"

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

I can only imagine the sound Bill Belichick made this morning when he came into the office after his weekend getaway, opened his laptop, and saw he had to play Cal in Berkeley this Friday night in an "After Dark" time slot.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 1d

On a side note, the only previous photo of Chris Columbus I recall seeing was Gremlins-era when he looked like one of the Goonies, so this photo of him posing as a BBC documentary narrator is a bit jarring.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 2d

The Chair Company not only shares much the same vibe as Tim Robinson’s Friendship movie, but seems to share some plot points too. Hopefully it finds its own way. Friendship had one of the year’s biggest laughs, but overall was kind of underwhelming, so no need to go through the same beats again.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 2d

Does James Franklin coach the rest of Oregon State’s games or does he let the interim finish this season?

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 3d

Must have missed this year’s Con-Con

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 3d

THEATRE ENTRANCE

PUPPET SHOW

AND SPINALTAP

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 3d

I have never given much thought to UCLA beyond “hey cool uniforms” (old ones, not the current TEMU ones), but now I want them to win out.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 3d

UCLA can still make the playoff as the fifth highest ranked conference champion.

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Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking Bad peaked with Gus Fring

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 5d

The Padres did a Chicken Bobblehead Night a few years ago where he performed. He’s not a spring you know what anymore.

Gopherballs @gopherballs.bsky.social · 5d

The difference between having a high schooler and grade schooler is I forgot Halloween was coming up until I saw a grocery store pumpkin display today versus I used to have to fight the grade schooler from bringing out the Halloween decorations before October 1.