Category: Play

Time will tell how le’Von does in New York, and New England already re-signed Brown for a 1-year $15M deal.  We’ll see if Bell learned anything, but I’m afraid it may be too late for Antonio. Somebody needs to tell this butthead to STFU and grow the fuck up.

Tomlin admitted what everyone who follows the Steelers saw halfway through the season last year. It seemed clear to me that with Bell in the lineup and the Killer B’s hitting on all cylinders, the Steelers would be unstoppable. Pundits agreed early on Pittsburgh could be a top contender for the 18-19 season. Too bad a greedy player ruined it for everybody, and Tomlin et al, failed to manage the situation.

…home to one of the largest single-site breweries in the world – Coors. Few large breweries perform every single step of the process at 1 location, but they do it all from scratch right here by Clear Creek in Golden. This tour was nice, but I liked the Budweiser version up in Ft. Collins better. Still, a great little outing for the Panama family.

See a few more shots from this outing here.

I’m a big fan of the old adages suggesting we make the best out of a bad situation. Seems like that’s been a lifetime theme of mine. The lightning strike back in September certainly tested my patience in that regard, as I found ever more dead electronics for weeks following the strike. I finally got around to the main room sound system yesterday and as expected, much of it was toast, including the Sunfire Subwoofer – a $2k piece. But after getting a re-furb’d Outlaw 975 installed and the amps replaced with off-the-shelf spares it’s back up and running at lower power with the 2nd string amps, sans the sub – but not for long. A quick measuring tape exercise confirmed my hope that a new PSA S3611 dual-opposed 18″ monster boomer will fit under there:

It plays little brother to the V3611 I’ve been enjoying in the man cave for the past year. There’s no way that behemoth looks right anywhere upstairs, but the S3611 tucks in under that TV shelf quite nicely. I suspect it also out-performs the big boy downstairs somewhat, considering the uniquely customized corner placement in a smaller space.

Nobody, myself included, expected much from Pittsburgh this season. They sure don’t look like a team with lots of issues and distractions at this point. Wow – what a statement last night! Here’s all the highlights from the most-ever points scored by the home team at Heinz Field:

This late game comeback seemed improbable, but they did it. Shocker for Cincy. Looks like things are starting to click on offense. If only the defense can hold up…

Most people who really know music agree Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. I keep a healthy dose of his music on file, but ran across this gem for the 1st time only last week. It’s from a concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in 1990.

Sometimes the physical match-up is just too lopsided. No way McDonald was getting tackled straight-up on this play:

And they managed to hold off a furious Fitzpatrick comeback on MNF at Tampa last night. I was not optimistic about the Steelers this season. We’ll see…