He’s probably busy watching Arsenal’s Premier League trophy parade on a live stream. Can’t really blame him - he’s a massive Arsenal fan, and… not really a fan of what Israel is doing these days. Sometimes you have to go where your heart is.

And St Patrick’s Day is more of an America and Ireland thing. It’s certainly not British.

Well, trophy parade today. Could have been more, but it is what it is. Hope tons of people show up to see our PL champions and celebrate with them.

He might not have known exactly where the danger was, so it just sheltered in place and called for help. Or maybe he just got frozen with fear and scared to move at all.

People talk about ‘fight or flight’. But a third instinct - freeze - can also happen.

Either way, I’m glad your cat is okay.

Definitely. I can think of a dozen people off the top of my head who I know that definitely would believe this.

Years ago while living in the suburbs, I was literally stalked up a quiet residential street at midnight by a female fox. I was walking my large dog at the time, and the fox was barking at him. Turns out the fox was in heat and thought my dog was a good mating option. It followed us for several minutes. It was pretty freaky because I didn’t recognize the sound but I could see something from about 100 feet away. It looked kind of like a small dog, but sounded unearthly.

So basically: foxes can be incredibly bold animals, even in suburban areas. And this theory seems plausible to me.

Crap. That was a lost opportunity.

I feel like we got the tactics all wrong. Playing like Chelsea of old (everyone behind the ball, low block, not pressing, inviting them in, and trying to hit them on the counter) isn’t our forte. And we seemed to be chasing their shadows most of the time we l even when we did try going forward.

On their penalty call, I can’t really complain. We were playing with fire and we finally got burned. Mosquera did great overall, but he screwed up on that tackle.

But speaking of decisions, that ref was fucking horrible! We’re the hell did they find him? Has anyone seen the PSG kit man recently?

When it went to penalties it was always a coin toss. Good job to Raya on that save. Condolences to Eze and Big Gabi on their misses (although Eze really should have done better).

Ultimately we held French Oil FC to a draw for 120 minutes, which is not bad. We did some great defending, and we made them look very ordinary at times.

We’ve gone from the semi-final to the final year on year. It’s solid progress. And we are still PL Champions. So this has been a good season.

Imagining of Havertz plays and gets the winner. It would be his second time scoring a winning CL final goal.

It’s on mid morning where I am. I’ll be watching it at a local bar with some friends and acquaintances I know. A few gooners, but most will probably be indifferent about who wins, plus a few PSG fans. Will be an interesting time!

Sorry about the difficult kickoff time for you. Hope it works out for you.

[Indignant Vance squawking commences]

This is kind of a bizarre signing. He’s a very talented player, but I’m just not seeing him really thrive at Barcelona. Not least because his form has been inconsistent.

Wtf??? Who the fuck authorized this? This is fucking amateur hour on steroids.

Boiling down the frustration of me and others in these situation to “you’re just saying I told you so” is facile. We’ve been down the path of “yay, good job on seeing the light! Go you! One of us gobble gobble!” far too many times. And it doesn’t do shit. Like I say, I guess it’s good they finally saw the light. But I’m not going to give this couple a proverbial medal or lavish them with praise for finally seeing the fucking obvious.

And like I say, relaying these stories doesn’t help either. At this point anyone maga who hasn’t realized the error of their ways can only learn through the direct consequence of their action. They won’t change their mind because some maga HUD employee three states over got screwed. That’s not how this works.

Edit: fixed an autocorrect error.

“It’s okay to be wrong. You made a mistake, it was a bad choice, but it’s not the end of the world. We can fix it.”

Acknowledging a mistake only works if you them stop making that mistake. And I’m not convinced these or similar people will do that.

How many red flags have they ignored? They didn’t give a shit about other people being screwed over by him. It was only when it affected them that they started to question. He worked for the Federal government and was still bashing the shit out of it. They ignored the January 6th riots. They voted for the this THREE times. This is all typical maga idiocy, and the reason why we’re in such a mess.

I mean, I guess it’s good they’re seeing reality now. But holy shit. And these stories are basically pointless. Anyone who hasn’t pulled their heads out of their asses by now won’t because of other people’s accounts like this. The only thing that will change their minds is personal hardships. And even then it’s a toss-up.

He looks like a cross between Nosferatu and one of the martians from Mars Attacks.

Holy shit, he’s snubbed while Milli Vanillin are included? That one’s got to sting like a mf.

Screw SSDs and hard drives, we should install more Internets on computers.

Exactly this. I have in-laws who used Medicaid to have multiple kids because they were so poor. Roll on ten years and they have a bit more money and constantly rage about all the ‘deatbeat mooches’ having kids via Medicaid.

The lack of self-awareness is staggering.

This reminds me of the Harry Potter themed vibrating broomstick from back in the mid-2000s. Lots of clueless parents leaving online comments about how their sons liked the toy but their teenage daughters loved it, and would disappear for hours into their bedrooms with it.