Saw this nest-sitter just now when I was running pre-Super Bowl errands.
It’s an actual “sea-hawk,” I think. Does the sighting of it augur a Seattle victory? I don’t know. I saw people with “Support Our Troops” magnets on their SUVs too, and they’d probably describe themselves as “patriots.”
I’m mostly hoping for a good game. Open thread!
Corner Stone
You’re very punny today.
raven
We cut back our party big time since the street is still tore up. I decided not to make the small gathering we are having less food centered gig out of respect for a friend who has been battling throat cancer. There is a brand new pizza place around the corner so it seemed like a good opportunity to give them a try and order ahead.
opiejeanne
Yay!!! Really cool, Betty.
On our way into Seattle to Middle Kid’s house for the big party. Everybody has been wearing t-shirts honoring various players for the past two weeks, and I mean everybody. It’s amusing to see which player each person is “wearing”, like the woman in her 80s with a Beastmode shirt.
Arclite
Funny Superbowl comic over at Foxtrot.
I’m gonna go Pats 21-20 over ‘Hawks.
opiejeanne
@raven: you’re a good friend.
opiejeanne
@Arclite: I love that comic strip.
opiejeanne
Oh, and SEA! HAWKS!
raven
@opiejeanne: I’m second guessing myself like mad but it’s too late to do anything about it now. He’ll probably show up and tell me he’s been Gumbo Jonesing.
schrodinger's cat
Enough with the birds, thread needs kitteh, especially the one that stands up to the Austerity Cat.
schrodinger's cat
I don’t even understand football but I am rooting for the Pats! Since I is a New England kitteh.
Violet
@raven: Do you have any in the freezer you could thaw if necessary? Or something else that might work in a pinch?
I’ve got chilli simmering on the stove and will make guac later. I always have chips and guac and queso for Superb Owl.
The president had Savannah Guthrie try the White House’s Honey Ale. He said the honey was from Michelle’s garden. He said its been getting good reviews.
Lee Rudolph
Maybe your sea-hawk summers up our way (south-facing coast of MA), where the osprey population has been built back up (with the help of similar nesting platforms) from a DDT-era bare handful. On the other hand, a few of them have been fitted with GPSs, and those seem to prefer wintering in Cuba to doing so in your neck of the woods. Definitely not patriots, right?
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: “learnt” ?
Elie
Beautiful birds! Also, very amazing… used to have some cool videos of them fishing.. pretty damned amazing…
Mike J
Seahawk over the sound.
Osprey on the Bonnie Dick
raven
@Violet: We’re cool, I went a head with two large pizza’s and we have a bunch of pita chips, hummus and chips and salsa. I just usually go all out with “theme” kinda stuff but neither of these teams really lend themselves to that very well unless you count the “whoppee pies” my bride made the last time the Pats played.
Davebo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5meLgJw6Po
Classic
satby
Blowing snow, blizzard conditions, and drifts have put a huge damper on my area. I don’t think I’ve seen 10 cars drive by all day. And I’m annoyed with myself for not getting my snowshoes out of my yard shed because I assumed this winter storm warning would result in as little snow as the other ones this year have. I was wrong, but I’ll be snowshoeing tomorrow (can’t go today alone in a blizzard. Even I’m not that nuts)!
Mike J
@Arclite:
I’m wearing my acid green football scarf. Originally purchased for Sounders fandom, but the silly people play football in the summer. It works fine for the Seahawks.
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: I don’t know, I prefer it to learned.
Violet
@raven: I’d go with smoked salmon for Seattle. And some coffee.
Mike J
@raven:
Corn chips with smoked salmon & bbq sauce.
schrodinger's cat
@raven: Whoopee pies are disgustingly sweet.
ETA: How about clam chowder?
raven
@Violet: Yea, that ship sailed, we’ll have to muddle through. The important thing is that he feels well enough to come out. It’s been a while since anyone has seen him and we’re all hoping for the best. The party line is that the prognosis for a cure for this kind of cancer is good even though the treatment sucks. Finger crossed.
Yatsuno
@opiejeanne: GO SEAHACKS!!!
I’ve been talking smack at various points on the Interwebs. It’s been fun.
raven
@schrodinger’s cat: We didn’t even give it a thought since I do the main course and declared no food focus.
Violet
@raven: Yeah, it’s great that he’s able to come over. You’ve had a rough patch with several friends with cancer, haven’t you?
SiubhanDuinne
@Corner Stone:
A nice, traditional alternative spelling to “learned.” Also dreamt, leapt, spilt, wept, and burnt. And spelt, for that matter.
Edit: http://musicofyesterday.com/sheet-music-i/dreamt-dwelt-marble-halls/
raven
@Violet: Yea, very close friend died in the fall as well. I guess it’s our age.
schrodinger's cat
@<a href="#@Corner Stone: comment-5242897″>SiubhanDuinne: Thanks, learned is simple past, while learnt is past participle.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne: Well, since you lived through the Depression Era, I guess I’ll have to take this as authoritative.
lamh36
I have absolutely no interest in Superbowl at all. But I do like to watch the half-time show.
Not this year, I can’t be the only one who thing Katy Perry’s half-time show will be boring as fuq
muddy
@SiubhanDuinne: I am having smelts for supper.
opiejeanne
Seattle is a relatively small city, 600,000. 30,000 showed up for the fan day (yesterday ?)
muddy
@Corner Stone: This is news to me.
Mike J
@opiejeanne: 4,000,000+ in the metro area.
lamh36
Check out link, but bascially Lynch has to speak to media cause he works in NFL, and Goddell who’s also in NFL doesn’t because….
He’s a dick!
JordanRules
@lamh36: She’s bringing out Missy and Lenny. I think it’ll be fun.
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodinger’s cat:
I’m not aware of that distinction. Was always taught that they are valid alternative spellings for both simple past and past participle (although the -t ending is more common in British English, whilst the -ed is more common in American English).
Baud
@lamh36:
I saw a recent documentary that said that Kim Jong Un is a big fan, so he’ll probably be watching.
The Dangerman
Dallas needed a miracle (and a bullshit call) to get beyond Detroit…
…followed by Dallas getting screwed by the rules in Green Bay…
…followed by Green Bay hacking up one of the top chokes in recent NFL history versus the Seahawks.
Belichick is a cheat and a bit of a dick.
Carroll is a dick and a bit of a cheat.
Since a meteor is out, I’ll root for Seattle but my pick is New England.
SiubhanDuinne
@muddy:
Ha ha! As long as you’re not having smelleds.
@muddy:
Refers back to one of yesterday’s threads in which CS suggested that, as a self-described Old, I should be able to share first-hand knowledge of domestic abuse issues during the Great Depression.
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne:
Me too.
BruceFromOhio
@Violet:
That was nice segment. I liked how she tried the ‘gotcha’ and he wasn’t playing that.
“Biden or Clinton?”
“I love them both!”
Mike J
@lamh36: Via slacktivist:
She used to do religious music (and even released an album) but for some reason the christian supremacists don’t like her the way they do people who claim to be christians while starting wars and torturing people.
Her music isn’t my cuppa, but she seems to have a sense of humor about what she does.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne: I’m afraid that is incorrect. Another Holocene Human rudely asked you that, since you were a self-described old, shouldn’t you be able to authoritatively speak to women suffering domestic violence issues in silence during the Depression Era?
That was definitely not my contention, as I called that rudeness out.
muddy
@SiubhanDuinne: No, these are nice and fresh, just came out from under the ice this morning.
Ah, it was a call-back. I haven’t kept up in here, been recovering from the seasonal job still.
muddy
@Corner Stone: Good for you, always trying to be nice.
BruceFromOhio
@The Dangerman: Made the call awhile ago, thinking that if Seattle’s D can just Bronco-fy the Pats, I’ll be all wet on this one.
JPL
When we lived in TX and the Pats played the Bears, I had a party and made clam chowder. (NE clam chowder with fresh clams) It was unfortunate because that was the most boring game ever.
During a blizzard while in high school up in MA, friends came over and we made whoopie pies. They really are sweet but somehow during a snow storm, it seemed okay.
Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)
I’m Tivoing the Kitten Bowl, but that’s about the extent of my participation in Superb Owl Sunday. I lean towards the Seahawks since I’m on the West Coast and Richard Sherman is a local (so Cal) guy.
Betty Cracker
@lamh36: I’m expecting a snooze-fest at halftime too. Never got the whole Katy Perry thing.
Corner Stone
@muddy: That’s an interesting take. Thanks!
SiubhanDuinne
@Corner Stone:
My deep apologies, you are quite correct. Being so old, I don’t always remember things as accurately as I once did.
muddy
@Corner Stone: You’re very welcome.
Violet
@BruceFromOhio: Yeah, it was a way tamer pre-Super Bowl presidential interview than the stupid Bill O’Reilly one last year.
Baud
Is 6:30 the kickoff, or do we have to sit through another 30 minutes of coin tosses and intros?
Betty Cracker
I don’t follow NASCAR. Why is Junior saying it’s the last chance to experience the Daytona 500 “as you always knew it”? Moving to a new place?
RobertDSC (Quad Intel Mac)
Just hoping for a Pats win.
Betty Cracker
@Violet: I’ve got the White House honey ale on deck for my next home brew project!
Violet
@Baud: Supposed to be at 6:30 ET.
Baud
@Violet:
Thanks.
I’ve noticed this year’s newsworthy “thing” is talking about how much people eat during the Super Bowl. Who decides this stuff?
Violet
@Betty Cracker: Savannah barely sipped and and didn’t say anything about it. Seemed a little rude not to mention it. The president kept talking about it and she basically ignored it.
Violet
@Baud: Here’s a link to the Super Bowl schedule so you can figure out when halftime is or whatever.
Baud
@Violet:
That’s helpful. Thanks.
JPL
@Violet: Waste of a good beer.
Baud
Shouldn’t the team have come out to Katy Perry songs?
Villago Delenda Est
@Violet: Wasn’t that one supposed to be followed up (this is BillO himself saying this) by some absolutely amazing revelations that would shock the entire country?
That never came?
Boiling O’Reilly in oil would be too humane.
Violet
I love Idina Menzel’s voice.
Betty Cracker
Survey: Which quarterback is most handsome? This is definitely the hawt-est QB matchup I can ever recall.
Elizabelle
Glad to see Richard Sherman there. I like him.
JPL
Fear the hoodie!
https://twitter.com/mfaboston
If you page down, they have a wonderful montage of art with hoodies.
Elizabelle
Took a good long walk through our Northern VA woods this afternoon. Did not see any owls, but maybe they saw me.
JPL
@Betty Cracker: After the Green Bay game when Wilson said god wanted him to win, I cringed. I know twenty-five to twenty-seven percent believe that god picks winners, but I’m uncomfortable with that philosophy.
Elizabelle
Gentlemen, start your engines.
ThresherK
Well they just had the coin toss, and it was tails.
There goes my 17-bet parlay. “I have the worst fking gambling advisors”.
The Dangerman
@JPL:
Wilson was probably concussed by a vicious blindside hit by Clay Matthews; I’ll cut him some slack.
Corner Stone
@The Dangerman:
I honestly believe he was concussed, and have no idea how he finished that game.
Or should I say, concusst.
Elizabelle
Cole Super Bowl thread up.
Now with moar puppy footage.
The Dangerman
@Corner Stone:
I have no idea how he passed the concussion test (or if one was given).
PurpleGirl
Watched Kitten Bowl and am now watching Puppy Bowl. The taco casarole is in the oven.
Not sure what to watch on TV this evening.
Corner Stone
@The Dangerman:
He didn’t and they didn’t. Sideline reporter Erin Andrews said during the game that the Seahawk medical staff talked with RW for 2 seconds and said he was fine.
Which, as I said at the time, means they didn’t dare give him the protocol because they were scared shitless they would have to take him out of the game.
opiejeanne
@Mike J: I thought the metro area was smaller, but the city itself is smallish.
opiejeanne
@Mike J: 3,000,000 according to Wikipedia. The whole state is only 7.
JustRuss
Are “Support Our Troops” magnets still a thing? Haven’t seen one since everyone with half a brain figured out that Iraq was a cluster. But then I’m not in Florida. We do however have ospreys, which are quite cool.
Anyone else having problems with the BJ site on Chrome on a Mac? Slow as molasses. Works fine on Safari.