Bad Things

Woo hoo! New Zealand and the Cook Islands have opened up a travel bubble for people to travel without the need for testing or for self/managed isolation. (No cases of Covid in NZ or the Cooks) The wife and I were going to go last (southern hemisphere) winter, but it was cancelled. Fortunately, the accommodation providers kept our money, so we're going this August... exactly a year after our original plans.

Is her bank account part of the equation?

Hmm... not the most inspiring highlights in there. I wish him all the best though!

Thanks for sharing this. Yeah, I know it's a highlight reel, but this kid really shows a low of skill and is fast as hell. Great pick!

Jeez... his ENTIRE family have punchable faces!

He has a very punchable face.

Let's go Buffalo!

I love you, Josh Allen!

I love you, Josh Allen!

Although NZ will soon be opening up a "travel-bubble" with Aussie and the Cook Islands, I suspect any other international destinations will be off the table for us this year. That said, as bad as it sounds, we've been loving the fact that there aren't any international tourists in New Zealand. We have the entire place to ourselves! Just last month, I got to go backpacking in Fiordland National Park. The trails were empty, and the scenery was beyond stunning.

I really hope we don't get rid of him. He's a fun player to watch, with some of the best on-field vision I've ever seen. Also, for a smaller guy, he's not shy at all to give the tackler a good "pop" before being brought down. We just need better run blocking.

As in Doc Holiday

Gilmore and Mario Williams. I couldn't stand either of 'em after a few years.

I love that they brought up "Sugar-high Josh Allen". Iol! It was a funny segment, but it also also showed how he ticks, with his "chaos" comments. I could not be happier with this guy. Let's go Buffalo!

I love you, Josh Allen!

What's Patriots Day weekend?

Dude.

One of my favorite parts, comes at 2:13 of the video, where you can see Matt Barkley running down the sideline, flying a cape behind him! That part always cracked me up, but showed how much fun these guys were having. Matt was good as using his sideline coat as a prop.

I loved his sideline celebrations. Good luck, Matt!!

I met Alice years ago, when I still lived in the States. Really good, down to earth dude, but... his skin was as grey as a March day in Upstate NY. It was actually a bit disturbing. There was a really good docu years ago that had him in it, quite a bit. Check it out if you can. It's called "SuperMensch - The Legend of Shep Gordon." Great story.

NFL GamePass has screwed me over a couple times, including the AFC Championship game. I've set up my account, so when I log in, the scores of the games do not show. It's been that way for years. Unfortunately, the day of the AFC Championship game... I log on, and there's the bloody final score front and centre on their webpage. Bastards! I still haven't even watched that game. Last year there were two games when, while in the first half, the app froze and then restarted with only a couple minutes left in the game. It costs quite a bit to have an international NFL GamePass subsciption, and they've failed me too many times. I'd love to hear if there are any other places where I can watch Bills games from overseas.

Great news! Matt always seemed to suggest that he really wanted to come back.

Nah, this is a deep sea shark so wouldn't be a problem to people.

It wouldn't be if it was swimming towards you!

Species of bioluminescent shark found and photographed in New Zealand waters. Yikes! (btw... 180cm is 6ft) https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/124416008/glowinthedark-shark-found-in-new-zealand-waters-is-largest-known-luminous-vertebrate