Happy Birthday Rivebrog

Woooooooooooo!

To commemorate our nation’s birthday, I’ve created this post as a rivebrog/open thread for today’s Copa America final between host Chile and Argentina (1 pm Pacific) and the B.C. Lions-Ottawa RedBlacks tilt in Canada (3 pm Pacific).

Also, some internal business:  The Los Angeles area based kommenters are getting together next Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 2 PM Pacific at Father’s Office in Culver City.  Right?  Just checking to make sure I’m not the only one there.  Obviously, everyone is invited in case you wanted to fly in.

Drunken tirades about family members, former lovers, current lovers, work people, and the intersection of all four go here:

Plus Moose gifs.

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laserguru
laserguru

Somebody said there would be fireworks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5pqjwPkUs

laserguru

We can build on this!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Insert Sally Field gif here

laserguru

Another country heard from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS66F9sKGfk

laserguru

I’ve had a lot of beers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42MLoLbnnQ

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
laserguru
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
BrettFavresColonoscopy

I could go for one of those right now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
King Hippo

I like falling asleep to this. Yeah, I hate holidays (especially teh social ones) and I old:

laserguru

That shit sounded good.

Come wid it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLhIbI4ptY

King Hippo

It was a surreal experience watching my daughters perform this on Wii “Band Hero” 5 years ago, that’s for sure.

Git tha fuck off tha commode…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Lindsey Pelas; Birth Place: Baton Rouge, LA.

All American, in many ways.

http://33.media.tumblr.com/0ec8b55f0baf58f578bb811d5a9d6220/tumblr_nm3c3jw69u1t90yqgo1_400.gif

King Hippo

strangely hypnotic

Covalent Blonde

Wish me luck! I have had a week that is horrible (but not Cornblower-bad) and it has yet to get much better but I am sneaking away to go and catch a show, something I haven’t done since Tripping Daisy played in Austin 15 years ago. Here’s to hoping the agoraphobia let’s me get at least as far as the door!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

“May the stress leave your body like a harsh bong hit; you may cough for a minute, but you’ll be higher than shit afterwards.”

-Plato

King Hippo

U and BAE rock out!!!

laserguru
King Hippo

He’ll remember that for…about 5 minutes. MAYBE.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
laserguru

A couple of months back I started adding in some wine to the diet. It saves me a shitload of beers.

This has been my jam so far. I’m just getting started but this is a the leader in the club house.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
King Hippo

The sun is going down, all self-respecting and/or loathing Kommenters are appropriately crunk. Let the DJing commence.

Someone alert WCS?

laserguru

I fucking love that movie and that band.
Saw them live back in 85=ish.

King Hippo

The Roberto Duran “No Mas” 30 for 30 is on ESPN2. That is a pretty good way to pass the time if you, like me, are sadly without CFL coverage.

King Hippo

ah, I can make that work as long as I use IE instead of Chrome.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

In spite of the pain he’s had in his life Andy Reid can still celebrate the Declaration of Independence.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/8104d44c953b1034a00c8d6ee8b2cf7d/tumblr_mkwooez15j1qdlh1io1_400.gif

King Hippo

Back live, finally, and WOW! VIVA LA ROJA!!!! Sweet, sweet, Nazi-hiding tears flowing a-plenty…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

So, with the “like” button, you can go back and switch it to “unlike”; would that be if you had remorse or regret for liking something, or you became mad at the commenter, perhaps it was something you feel guilty for laughing at? Only you know in your heart the unlike.

makeitsnowondem

I liked this and then unliked it. It’s up to you to divine my motives, ’cause I don’t know.

makeitsnowondem

Men. MEN.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That looks dericious!

Old School Zero

I’ve had that, and it is indeed delicious. Lucky bastard.

makeitsnowondem

It ages fantastically, too. I’ve had bottles as old as 14 years and they were still great.

Horatio Cornblower

Watched the Yankee game, got to the gym for a quick workout to lessen the guilt of morning beer. Now back at the house to grill hot dogs and hamburgers, (because ‘Merica!), then get downstairs and show the remaining Lagunitas how we handle beer here in ‘Merica!

/Lagunitas is American? But it sounds so Mexican! -D. Trump

laserguru

My gym was closed today dammit but I did make it through the 4 1/2 mile Grand Hill challenge in about 56 minutes. My local boys at the El Segundo Brewing Company actually named one of their IPAs after Grand Hill. If you look closely at the label you can see people struggling up it.

http://cdn.beeradvocate.com/im/beers/97802.jpg

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That, that also rooks dericious!

laserguru

Beer #4 has been opened and I just destroyed two grilled Nathan’s n about 90 seconds time. It’s been a good day.

makeitsnowondem

whoa there joey chestnut matt stonie

King Hippo

perchance, thou shalt not hast to use thine AK…

makeitsnowondem

england win the copa america!

King Hippo

I mean, dude COULD have kids, or like, an elderly mother to consider, too.

Hell of a last minute there. Gonna have to run handle some chauffeur duty in 15 minutes, and am right pissed off about it. DVR is set, but still…

King Hippo

I understand maybe 1 out of 10 words this Scotsman says. Think I would do better with the regular Latin American feed and my vestigial two years of high school espanol.

King Hippo

Yes, a mixed blessing indeed.

Hee hee, Chile just brought on a guy nicknamed “Snowball.” That can’t be good.

laserguru

At 2:32 PDT on the 4th of July in the year of our lord 2015 the first beer has been cracked open and the grill has been lit.
Cheers!

Holy shit that is frosty cold and delicious.

sunrisesunrise

This morning, my wife and I finished demolishing our kitchen to save a bit of time and money on our remodel. I woke up to throw a pork shoulder (that’s been marinating for two days) in the crockpot for pulled pork this afternoon. I have the suace for said pulled pork currently simmering. And will be lounging in the pool with my wife and daughter soon enough.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“I have the sauce for said…wife and daughter soon enough.”

– Rex chex in to the liveblog

BrettFavresColonoscopy

About to head to a bbq where the lady friend and I will be among the very few sans babies. Totally ok with that since she’s young and we’ll be able to sleep through the night without anyone screaming other than me. Less ok with the fact that it would appear Pam Poovey and I wear the same size Uncle Sam costume.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

…through the night without anyone screaming other than me.

Rex sez: “Not an experience I am familiar with.”

King Hippo

Holy Christ, Chilean women are good looking.

Old School Zero

It’s too damn hot out for grilling (it’s noon and already 80 degrees; stated high of 96), but I just made some delicious shoulder bacon BLTs for me and the girlfriend (toasted just the inside of the bread in the bacon fat, like a boss). We’re going to go see Magic Mike XXL with another couple later on, because nothing is more American than Channing Tatum’s abs (and Kevin Nash’s busted knees). Oh, and Ginuwine’s ‘Pony’ is like our second national anthem, right? Also, a big, dark air conditioned space sounds awesome. Anyhow, I’m going to post about it tomorrow.

Nobody blow themselves up. Looking at you, Vontaze–Kentucky don’t fuck around when it comes to blowing shit up.

Horatio Cornblower

My wife saw Magic Mike with the girls.

It was a good night. I therefore give that movie two thumbs up, without seeing it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

We know.

King Hippo

Watching the Cardinals game, enjoying the quiet while kids out of the house until one of them calls and starts ordering me around again.

Cheering against Andy Murray at teh Wimbledon now because Murrika.

Thanks for the reminder re Copa America. Gooooooo Chile! My college drinking buddy was a Chilean. Well, he still is, we just ain’t in college no mo.

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

I’m going to sit by a river and watch fireworks. Also all I can eat bbq and drink giant buckets of summer drinks. At least I’ll die happy/full.

laserguru

Going to be a real American today and grill some burgers, dogs and corn on the cob.
First order of business is the morning walk. Today I’m going west on Imperial Highway heading south along Vista Del Mar to El Porto then climbing that bastard of a hill on Grand before heading to Main Street and back home. It’s about 4 and 1/2 miles with a “difficult” rating.
Then we gon drank. Bullee dat!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So wow, it looks like three of us dropped posts at almost exactly the same time. I’ve deleted mine (it was very short) but basically my plan for today is to do some gardening and then do some grilling. And them some drinking.

laserguru

I am a full on guaranteed participant for the short bus field trip to Father’s Office. I may need to take a cab home but I’m going dammit.
Happy 4th everyone.

Horatio Cornblower

And we’re off in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest!!! It’s so disgusting I can’t look away. I heard Chestnut lost, which I guess means something to people who care about other people stuffing meat made of goat lips and assholes into their gaping maws.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m disappointed I missed this. First one in five years that was worth watching, from the sound of it.