Pat Lange
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"I guess the dog is getting organic peanut butter today," I think, not for the first or last time.
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"I guess the dog is getting organic peanut butter today," I think, not for the first or last time.
Millennials, just circling back here, did we kill napkins? Looking for some resolution on the napkin-killing initiative.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Millennials, just circling back here, did we kill napkins? Looking for some resolution on the napkin-killing initiative.
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CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
Thinking once again about migratory legends of type 6070B: Death of an Underground Person. The business of hidden worlds goes on all around us, and sometimes our involvement in them is brief, confusing, and incidental.
Death of an Underground Person
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November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thinking once again about migratory legends of type 6070B: Death of an Underground Person. The business of hidden worlds goes on all around us, and sometimes our involvement in them is brief, confusing, and incidental.
Honestly I didn't know the post-safety onside kick was a thing you could do.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Honestly I didn't know the post-safety onside kick was a thing you could do.
Denver can't get a first down and their punter has the yips. This is somehow incredible television.
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Denver can't get a first down and their punter has the yips. This is somehow incredible television.
My utmost respect to the Python folks for standing by their values on this one.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My utmost respect to the Python folks for standing by their values on this one.
Saying "We're halfway home in Game 4!" is breathtaking hubris after Game 3 demonstrated that baseball games have no definite boundaries.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Saying "We're halfway home in Game 4!" is breathtaking hubris after Game 3 demonstrated that baseball games have no definite boundaries.
It's too much baseball. Now they're out of baseball. I'm out of baseball. The baseball is out.
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It's too much baseball. Now they're out of baseball. I'm out of baseball. The baseball is out.
The strike zone will get higher until morale improves.
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The strike zone will get higher until morale improves.
6'3", a big arm, aggressive scrambling, and sometimes erratic decision-making? I'm increasingly convinced that Jim Harbaugh is, within the bounds of the football field, basically the same guy as Jay Cutler. Probably a bad idea to give Jay a Big Ten coaching gig, though.
This is a better season for Harbaugh, but passing consistency is elusive. In Weeks 8-12 he has five straight games with a TD, but this includes a bizarre 5/22 for 61-1-2 performance in New Orleans. The Bears win that one 20-17. A majority of Harbaugh's completions come on the final drive.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
6'3", a big arm, aggressive scrambling, and sometimes erratic decision-making? I'm increasingly convinced that Jim Harbaugh is, within the bounds of the football field, basically the same guy as Jay Cutler. Probably a bad idea to give Jay a Big Ten coaching gig, though.
Joe Alt implies a Joe Main.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Joe Alt implies a Joe Main.
Caleb Williams' season-opening streak of 200+/1+ games stops at five today with a 172-0-1 line in a game reminiscent of Erik Kramer's Week 3 start at Tampa in 1995. Great turnover margin, run-heavy game script, settling for too many FGs. Let's hope he follows it up with the same kind of hot streak.
In Week 3 Kramer has just enough yards (207) but no TDs as the Bears kick four field goals from inside the red zone. Nonetheless they win handily, 25-6, as the defense extracts seven turnovers and chases Tampa QB Trent Dilfer from the game. Then Kramer goes on a tear.
October 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Caleb Williams' season-opening streak of 200+/1+ games stops at five today with a 172-0-1 line in a game reminiscent of Erik Kramer's Week 3 start at Tampa in 1995. Great turnover margin, run-heavy game script, settling for too many FGs. Let's hope he follows it up with the same kind of hot streak.
My quest for a Bears season-opening five-game 200+/1+ passing streak has reached the dank depths of the early aughts. Jim Miller will have some moments. Fun fact on this Atlanta game is that the teams are 2/5 kicking in the swirling winds of the, er, Georgia Dome. It was a different league then.
2002: It's Miller Time! Like Stewart, Jim Miller is a Steelers castoff, but the former 6th-rounder is a more traditional passer. He opens with 297-2-1 in a win vs. Minnesota, but only needs 143 yards to beat Michael Vick's Falcons in Week 2, 14-13. www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/20...
Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons - September 15th, 2002 | Pro-Football-Reference.com
Chicago Bears 14 at Atlanta Falcons 13 on September 15th, 2002 - Full team and player stats and box score
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October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My quest for a Bears season-opening five-game 200+/1+ passing streak has reached the dank depths of the early aughts. Jim Miller will have some moments. Fun fact on this Atlanta game is that the teams are 2/5 kicking in the swirling winds of the, er, Georgia Dome. It was a different league then.
In my reverse chronological search for a Bears passer who can start the season with five straight 200-yard, 1-TD games, I've reached the Cutler era. I think Jay can get it done. I know that's not how linear time works, but I want to believe.
2016: It's Jay Cutler, greatest Bears QB this century! Smokin' Jay gives us 216-1-1 in a Week 1 loss to Houston, but picks up a thumb injury against the Eagles in Week 2. He only starts five games this season, and the Bears struggle to 3-13. www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/20...
Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears - September 19th, 2016 | Pro-Football-Reference.com
Philadelphia Eagles 29 at Chicago Bears 14 on September 19th, 2016 - Full team and player stats and box score
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October 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In my reverse chronological search for a Bears passer who can start the season with five straight 200-yard, 1-TD games, I've reached the Cutler era. I think Jay can get it done. I know that's not how linear time works, but I want to believe.
This stat certainly sounds horrifying, but you only need one game to go off-script every year. So, what the hell, this thread is going to take us back in time, one Bears season at a time, to see what went wrong. Spoiler: Rex Grossman was so damn close.
I don't know if this stat should make me laugh or cry.
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This stat certainly sounds horrifying, but you only need one game to go off-script every year. So, what the hell, this thread is going to take us back in time, one Bears season at a time, to see what went wrong. Spoiler: Rex Grossman was so damn close.
Doink error in your favor.
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Doink error in your favor.
The Cubs will need to average 18 runs a game for the next one-ninth of a game in order to play more baseball this year.
October 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Cubs will need to average 18 runs a game for the next one-ninth of a game in order to play more baseball this year.
If they get to the 19th inning, both teams advance and the Blue Jays will, regrettably, be sent to the Forbidden Zone.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
If they get to the 19th inning, both teams advance and the Blue Jays will, regrettably, be sent to the Forbidden Zone.
I'm pitching the Yankees on a line of packaged party supplies. Look for Cam Schlittler's Canned Glitter in stores this fall.
October 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I'm pitching the Yankees on a line of packaged party supplies. Look for Cam Schlittler's Canned Glitter in stores this fall.
Sure, I had "unsportsmanlike conduct on a free kick" on my NFL bingo card, why not.
October 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sure, I had "unsportsmanlike conduct on a free kick" on my NFL bingo card, why not.
It's your sacred right as an American to call somebody an asshole if you think they're an asshole. If that person is in politics, it's practically a duty.
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's your sacred right as an American to call somebody an asshole if you think they're an asshole. If that person is in politics, it's practically a duty.
So, grocery prices are up, and no one is allowed to tell jokes on television anymore. No bread and no circuses are the keys to a successful dictatorship, right?
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
So, grocery prices are up, and no one is allowed to tell jokes on television anymore. No bread and no circuses are the keys to a successful dictatorship, right?
My subscription to the Washington Post will finally expire this month and my only regret is that I couldn't cancel more than once.
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My subscription to the Washington Post will finally expire this month and my only regret is that I couldn't cancel more than once.
I'm not sure it's legal for Wandale Robinson to run a route that far down field.
September 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm not sure it's legal for Wandale Robinson to run a route that far down field.