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I still think de Blasio should admit he's running for President just so he can get away from New York, because he's got no real shot. "It takes a New Yorker to beat Trump" isn't that great of a reason. I prefer one guest over two appearing. Just my opinion. 🤷‍♀️

“Do you want some fuckin’ Tegridy?” Maybe “Randy the Weed Farmer” has legs after all.

Basically, if the Saiyans are X, Jiren has to be X+1 . . . until such a time when one of them (*koff*Goku*koff*) goes X+2. The bit where Goku almost knocked Jiren off the platform was cool. Sometimes, Goku can be a smart guy. But just in fighting. I like Dypso's strategy. Freeza ensnares him with the tail? Run his punk ass through the rough terrain. Getting back to Jiren . . . here's a spoof where Mr. Satan takes Goten and Trunks to prison for a "Scared Straight" program. Word of warning . . . this is decidedly NOT safe for work. The last image was so wrong, yet so very funny.

Short story: villains are now emboldened by the end of All-Might, citizens not that confident in Endeavor, Class 1A is introduced to the concept of work-study programs, as well as the third year "Big Three" students . . . one of whom has old-school Billy Batson/Captain Marvel eyes, and pokes his face through walls and the ground in order to talk to an easily-startled Midoriya. Oh, and all of Class 1B pass the licensing exam. Do you think Monoma was insufferable about that? Well, does Todoroki shit flames and/or ice cubes? ETA: Here's a story about a rescued kitten. She was found inside a pipe, and she sounded like a frog. Her new name: Froppy. No mention of MHA/BnHA, but I guess someone was a fan of Asui. 🐸

Sarah and her husband are getting divorced; Johnny reacts accordingly. 🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Do. Not. Even. Go there. Hey, fuck it, why not bring back THAT Lois as well?!? Uggggggghhhhh.

i got a text. She doesn't think it will work out. She did call me "a wonderful person" and wished me luck. So now I'm back to square one. Yet again. There's a lot I'm not adding, and there might be stuff involved that didn't come from me that affected her decision, but I'm still pissed off at myself.

My first instinct in that situation is to mutter "media whores" under my breath . . . but with those two? I hope it works out.

Social anxiety and my disdain of Paulie Maria might prevent me from doing that. That day, there's an independent comic show in Times Square, which isn't far from Caroline's. I got the ChallengeMania ticket and a FlameCon weekend ticket, figuring I could do both. Like I said, it'll be Derrick's birthday, and I'm usually good with him. But I think Paulie Maria outweighs the awesomeness of Ruthie. And like I said, she rocks the short hair. Do a search on Google Images. Here is one result. It's a pity Ruthie doesn't strike me as a comic genre geek. If she was, I'd figure she'd come to FlameCon.

It's not like ANW to show a tester clear a tough obstacle. Apparently, you'd have to slowly swing to order to have more control while you're in the air. At 22 failures, Angry Birds is a Certified Ninja Killer. But if it comes back next season, it'll need a non-sponsor name. Any suggestions?

Maybe a ninja needs lateral thinking? Maybe they're stick feet into the holes and clear the obstacle from there? Skipping it did not work for the last guy.

I'm starting to get the criticism as to the series being fucked-up for the mere sake of being fucked-up. I have faith, but I'm thinking it might not stick the landing at the end. On the bright side: facial cream with vampire foreskin!!! Seriously, what are the logistics of having of what happens to that stuff after it's harvested? And is this a world where foreskin in cream is an open industry secret? Blame the perverts. Much like the folks at the Grail infirmary, they did not think to constantly dogpile on Jesse. You'd think they would have thought of that when their suck/fuck fest was interrupted. Sadly, they only pile on once, and nobody had a syringe handy to knock him out. The kid catching a fatal bullet is par for the course as far as the "Jesse does more harm when he tries to help" theme. They worked in the de Sade party AND the Sex Detectives. I'm impressed. Sadly, one of the latter gets fragged by the Saint of Killers. Even when you hear the gun fired and you fucking know the dude is gonna die soon, the blood splatter is still shocking. Poor Eugene. The bit where he's screaming for SoK to help him was funny . . . especially when you see the captions even when you can barely hear him. I think Cassidy's origin is mostly comic canon. Hopefully, they'll show what happened right after he got turned. Of course, I can miss that if the torture he will eventually inflict of Benny Bensonhurst: Amateur Mohel is epic. "I call him . . . . Hoover 2." Always a delight, Herr Starr! How about a Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter-style game featuring Garth Ennis creations? Off the top of my head, you could draw from Preacher (Jesse, Tulip, Cassidy, SoK, Herr Starr, Featherstone), The Boys (Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, The Female), Hitman (Tommy Monaghan, Natt the Hat, Ringo, Hacken, Six-Pack), and Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Khyber Darcy, Sgt. Crumb, The Piper). Oh, and "The Pro."

Baltimore! Introducing the Angry Birds obstacle, which requires transferring from one hanging platform to another while grabbing blindly at a set of handholds. There might not be anyone completing the course tonight.

In brief: usually on August 8 (8/8), ESPN2 becomes ESPN8, aka “The Ocho.” I think it was moved to the 7th because of Little League baseball. Anyway, the rebranding comes from Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, where the climatic tournament was aired on “The Ocho.” All day, they aired oddball sports . . . one of them was the stone-skipping competition that came up in this episode.

This week: John goes back to the vortex of weirdness that is the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. In other news, I’m a bit surprised a “side-eye” emoticon didn’t pop up on my iPad when I pasted “Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.” Bit of a weak episode in my eyes, with John roasting out own vortex of weirdness, as well as the NRA and their failed TV network. Funny to watch him go on a tangent towards the Guinness Book of World Records, which seems to be mainly devoted to acknowledging feats in authoritarian nations in exchange for money. One things leads to another, and we end on John present a gigantic marble cake with President Berdimuhamedow getting thrown off a horse . . . because if HBO is footing the bill and the majority of said cake is going to the truly hungry, then why the fuck not? Also: making fun of the commentary of a stone-skipping competition as shown on ESPN2, which was rebranded “The Ocho” on Wednesday.

There will come a day where I will no longer like Turbo, because 95 percent of Challengers turn into huge assholes. Today is not that day.

Thought: back in 2015, when the Mets were flailing helplessly, manager Terry Collins said something about resorting to human sacrifice to turn things around. Lo and behold, they managed to rebound and play deep into October. Question: did Mickey think of something similar? If so, did he go through with it? I mean, how else can you explain the Mets’ run?

Looking through Adult Swim's schedule for tomorrow. Here's the episode title listed: "Clover Clips: The Nightmarish Charmy Special!" Sounds delightfully fillericious!! Last week: Finral is still close to death, and his fellow Black Bulls aren't happy with that. After Asta and Langris exchange words, the Wizard King decides the best course of action . . . is to have their respective teams play their semifinal ahead of schedule. Gotta love the priorities. We also get a look at the past of the guy posing as Xerx. Why does he hate Magic Knights? Well, his dad needed several attempts to make a squad (Blue Orcas), but he did a good job and sought to make his son proud. Then he got killed by his own teammates. Because he was low-born, you see. And a couple of him talked shit about him at his motherfucking grave. As good as this anime has become, it really hammers home points long after they've been driven into the wood.

Saw this, immediately thought of "Moss Piglets."

Okay. So. Im trying to burn off DVR space, but I turn to SNY to see how the Mets are doing. Down by three in the bottom of the ninth. Hit, hit, Todd Frazier homer. Tie game. They get two outs, but manage to get two runners on base. And then Michael Conforto laces a hit for his first career walkoff. The Devil has to be involved. Contracts had to have been signed. Souls had to have been used as currency. Holy shit, what is up with the Mets?!?

I’m not really thrilled with the title. Unless I’m really mistaken, this is the first time BMP used the same title in consecutive seasons. Going back to two teams is intriguing, though I’m thinking nobody walks away with the insane jackpots awarded to Smashley and Turbo. ”Reinforcements” sound intriguing, but BMP will no doubt fuck that up.

Interesting. So maybe AoS's final season takes place in the time frame set by Agent Carter?

We're free of the filler, and the Fourth Great Ninja War is about to commence. On one side: approximately 7.2 million ninjas from the five main village. I think there's at least a million who are normal guys who woke up with two things on their heads: a huge bump and a sweet headband. On the other side: the Akatsuki, who seem to be resurrecting every shinobi that has died from the first episode of Naruto to today. And most of them have a sense of identity, but they're stuck being minions. This includes Azuma (who's probably going to be pitted against Shikamaru) and the pair of Zabuza and Haku. Damn, that was forever ago, wasn't it?

Deku and Bakugo fight some more, and it's more cathartic that one might expect. Bakugo is unhappy with subduing Midoriya, because someone who has All Might's power should be able to defeat him. Add that to Bakugo's guilt from his capture lead to All Might's final stand, and this is an episode to grow on. In the end, All Might fills Bakugo in on how Midoriya obtained One-For-All, and a window is opened -- ever so slightly -- that Bakugo might start seeing Deku as a worthy rival, as opposed to someone whom he felt lied and looked down on him.