Sunday, August 31, 2014

"Michael Sam released by St. Louis Rams"

"I want to thank the entire Rams organization and the city of St. Louis for giving me this tremendous opportunity and allowing me to show I can play at this level," Sam tweeted Saturday. "I look forward to continuing to build on the progress I made here toward a long and successful career." (read more)


16 comments:

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Wife just called my attention to the damnedest thing. It was dead center at the intersection where a little garden path leads up to our raised backyard patio,

There was a large maple leaf. Beside it was a single bird feather.

Under the maple leaf were two well-formed little poops and a dead house mouse. It had been bitten around the neck, top and bottom. Disemboweled.

"A cat," was my conclusion. "It'll be back to claim it later."

I have to consider the possibility that the cat chose that spot intending we find it.

A Sicilian message?

I removed it from the yard using pages from a newspaper.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

In the backyard I once found a big-ass rabbit decapitated.

Still scratching my head over that one, grateful to have a head to scratch.

Fr Martin Fox said...

Will Attorney General Holder intervene?

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

ME: Just yesterday, [the least domesticated of our house cats] started to do his sleeping dead center in the entrance way to the living room. The dead mouse was left in a similarly prominent location. I have to consider the possibility there's some connection.

WIFE: Well, [our cat] is claiming the living room as his own.

ME: I know but why now? Is there some weird universal feline timing thing? Is the outdoor cat marking his territory? Is he saying that the patio is ours, but as soon as we come down the garden path we're on his turf?

WIFE: Sounds about right.

ME: But then what about the maple leaf? Why would he cover it if he wanted us to find it?

WIFE: Maybe the maple leaf just fell on it by chance.

ME: You're right. That's entirely possible. Our cat once plunked himself smack dab in the center of our bed with a poop beside him to protest our switch to a new brand of cat litter.

WIFE: The outdoor cat had to move on so he left the mouse as his proxy.

ME: Sounds about right.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

There's a bit of poetic license going, there, but it's truthy enough.

Unknown said...

Father Fox - lol. thank you.

chickelit said...

Fr Martin Fox said...
Will Attorney General Holder intervene?

August 31, 2014 at 10:12 AM


Maybe he will, but he's still busy waging open lawfare at Fergusson.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Here was my take yesterday, when I heard the news, and still today, in the form of a question.

ndspinelli said...

Padre, I'm going to steal your quip. Mea Culpa.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

This could result in more pressure on the redskins

The Dude said...

I guess that as a football player, Sam sucks.

Michael Haz said...

For those not keeping track, several dozen non-gay NFL players were released by their teams yesterday.

None were found beheaded in Eric The Fruit Bat's yard.

edutcher said...

Not exactly surprised.

When somebody's best selling point is his sexual preference (or whatever it's being called today), his days are numbered, but, yes, I'm a little surprised all the Ferguson protesters aren't rallying 'round the new flag.

Titus said...

He needs to just go away.

On a side note, My Indian Hubby, who attended private schools in Engalnd, and Oxford Educated and has a Brit Accent (brill) just watched the movie Frozen.

We both agreed it was the gayest thing we ever watched.

Then we did it.

tits.

Shouting Thomas said...
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rcocean said...

I used to think Football players wanted their private life to be private. Guess that's not true.

Anyway, no more questions about who's showering with who. And no more drama about "has anyone been homophobic?"

ESPN must be very sad.