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Friday, April 24, 2020

NFL DRAFT - Hooray Sports!!!

So, we finally have something normal about sports to celebrate, the NFL Draft, even though there is nothing normal about this NFL Draft.  Coaches and GMs in different places - except in Dallas where they are all present in different rooms on Jerry Jones' yacht.  Players in their parents' homes and not Las Vegas, and we will have to wait until next year until we see the players arrive at the red carpet to walk up an reach Roger Goodell.  With virtually all sports - except for Belarussian Premier League, Nicaraguan Soccer and Ukranian Table Tennis - in hiatus, the NFL Draft it is.

First, let's take roll to see if we have a quorum.

Dr. Pepper:  Here

Hopps:  Here

Pepster: Here

Sinickal:  Here

Tony:

Tony:

Ok, never mind.  We have a quorum.  The draft may proceed.

Also, present today are special guests Audio, Prez and Vinny.

17:39 - Vinny here, and already watching ESPN like a crackhead.  (The draft starts at 20:00).

18:01 - Prez repping the Fins!  Fitz is on the honey bun diet and the rest of the team is on South Beach - and I don't mean the diet.

Keep repping fellas, see you in about two hours.

Before the draft starts, we should just lay out for you our personal preferences.  Sinickal and Pepster - Chicago Bears; Hopps - Dallas Cowboys; Tony - who cares he isn't here; Dr. Pepper - Denver Broncos; Audio - Pittsburgh Steelers; Prez and Vinny - Miami Dolphins.  But we still make Vinny claim the San Francisco 49ers and New York Dragons.

19:55 - Vinny:  Nope, just Phins here.

19:57 - Pepster:  You didn't like the Dragons reference?

19:58 - Vinny: Loved it, just very short-lived.

19:59 - Vinny:  Played for the Bears briefly in 2003 also.  Horrible year.  Our home games were at the University of Illinois.

20:01 - Pepster:  That year.  No wonder I forgot.

20:02 - Pepster:  Peyton Manning, Please shut up and go play golf!

20:02 - Dr. Pepper:  THE SHERIFF!

20:03 - Vinny:  At least we don't have to listen to Gruden this year. [Ed. Note:  I honestly could have stopped the conversation right there as we all agree this IS the highlight of the draft, at least until we get to CeeDee Lamb's house.]

20:04 - Vinny: If Phins trade up I might pitch this phone into the drywall.  [Spoiler Alert:  he doesn't].

20:04 - Sinickal:  What coverage is everyone watching?  I am NFL Network.

20:04 - Pepster:  Just FYI - I am watching ESPN, not ABC.

20:04 - Hopps: Goodell's basement sucks.

20:04 - Sinickal:  Now ESPN.

20:05 - Hopps:  ESPN

20:05 - Pepster:  He is just happy nobody is going to be booing him.

20:05 - Sinickal:  There was a rumor that they had figured out a way to pipe booing into this broadcast.  Ah, there it is.

20:05 - Vinny:  Goodell has about as many friends as Donald Trump.

20:07 - Dr. Pepper:  I would have preferred Shakira.

20:08 - I am married and quarantined and you give me a dude singing.

20:08 - Pepster:  Shakira should do every NFL event, but with a different hot woman singer each time.

20:08 - Sinickal:  NFL just filling time now?  Have we ever had an anthem at the draft.

20:08 - Hopps:  Michael Bubbly sang well. [Ed. Note.  It was Harry Connick, Jr.]

20:08 - Pepster:  Draft system must not be fixed. Stalling for time.

20:08 - Vinny:  Harry sings shit other than Christams music?

20:09 - Sinickal:  And can we get some screen shots of players kneeling?

20:09 - Dr. Pepper:  Fauci is the man.

20:13 - Dr. Pepper:  The Lou Holtz of Medicine.

20:14 - Vinny:  Dr. Fauci's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

20:15 - Dr. Pepper:  Goodell is upset at this "quarantine draft" because he is a hugger.

20:16 - Hopps:  Goodell is a tool.

20:20 - Vinny:  Are we all split on ABC and ESPN?

20:21 - Dr. Pepper:  On ESPN.

20:21 - Pepster:  ESPN - No Jesse Palmer for me.

20:21 - Vinny:  Jesse and I are friends.

20:21 - Pepster:  I am sure Jesse is a good guy, but can't watch anyone from the Bachelor.

20:21 - Vinny:  Oh man did I make fun of him for that.  But he did get good tv jobs out of it.

20:21 - Hopps:  How does the director of player personnel have  a better setup than the head coach?

20:22 - Sinickal:  Who is the first team to really screw up here?  I think it will be the Bengals.  No matter what they do.

20:22 - Hopps:  I am just rating people's setups.

20:23 - Audio:  Browns will be the first to screw up - like every year.

20:23 - Hopps:  Cincy already screwed up.

20:24 - Sinickal:  And I am not even including Irvin's suit.

20:24 - Hopps:  Two minutes are gone and they haven't taken Burrow.

20:24 - Audio:  Tua is going to fall to the Patriots.

20:24 - Hopps:  Is Burrow going to cry when he slops to the 3rd round?

20:24 - Dr. Pepper:  Here we go ...

20:24 - WITH THE FIRST PICK THE CINCINNATI BENGALS SELECT JOE BURROW, QB - LSU

20:25 - Vinny:  No surprise.

20:25 - Pepster:  Joe Burrow looks just like his mom - that is not a compliment for either.

20:26 - Sinickal:  The pick has been in for 5 minutes.  The Bengals already screwed up the draft.

2028 - Prez:  The Dolphins messed up this draft and they haven't picked yet.

20:28 - Pepster:  When notified of Burrow's pick at #1, Ed Orgeron said, "Hmmmdmdme, geirlwbfhdh, wha!'

20:29 - Vinny:  Guy chews on rocks.  He just looks like a bayou shitkicker.

20:31 - Vinny:  This gets interesting after Young goes here.

20:32 - Pepster:  Yep. Would love to see a trade at 3 to start making things interesting.

20:32 - Sinickal:  Suzy desperately needs to get into a hair salon!

20:32 - Hopps:  That's a lot of Namath cum in her hair!

20:32 - Racecar (who has now made an appearance):  Joe Burrow looks like Pete Davidson -and that is not a compliment.

20:32 - Hopps:  Chase Young has 4 phones!

20:33 - WITH THE SECOND PICK THE WASHINGTON RACISTS SELECT CHASE YOUNG, DE, OHIO STATE

20:33 - Hopps:  His hair makes him look like Jar Jar Binks!

20:34 - Sinickal:  How long until we start comparing him to Sean Taylor?

20:34 - Pepster:  When he gets shot ....

20:34:42 - Pepster: I can't believe I wrote that - I love Sean Taylor

20:36 - Sinickal:  We all do.  That's why it's funny.

20:36 - Hopps:  He's going to kill QBs.

20:36 - Audio:  Here comes the first trade ...

20:36 - Hopps:  What mistake have the Lions made?

20:38 - Pepster:  Drafting a receiver.

20:38 - WITH THE THIRD PICK THE DETROIT LIONS SELECT JEFF OKUDAH, CB, OHIO STATE

20:41 - Sinickal:  It may be just my imagination [Ed. Note - Running away with me], but it looks like Joe Burrow's family borrowed that house from a black family.

20:43 - Vinny:  (In response to Chase Young's and Jeff Okudah's highlight tapes) - Glad Purdue didn't play Ohio State this year.  We would have been on those two highlights, 100%.

20:48 - WITH THE FOURTH PICK THE NEW YORK GIANTS SELECT ANDREW THOMAS, T, GEORGIA

20:48 - Hopps:  Wow.

20:49 - Vinny:  Tua Time!

20:49 - Pepster:  Thomas annihilated Florida's defensive line in the Florida-Georgia game.

20:49 - Hopps:  Why is Gettelman wearing a mask by himself in his own basement?

20:50 - Sinickal:  That's his attic.

20:50 - Vinny: I WANT SIMMONS!

20:52 - Hopps:  Still can't pronounce Tua's last name!

20:52 - Pepster:  Why is entire family wearing leis except for Tua?

20:52 - Hopps (a BC alumnus):  Flores repping a BC hat.  This doesn't bode well for the Fins.

20:52 - Sinickal:  Where did they get leis during a pandemic?  And whose house is that?

20:53:  Hopps:  Riddick has the oldest football video game ever on his shelf.

20:55 - Dr, Pepper:  Did Kurt Warner have work done?

20:55 - WITH THE FIFTH PICK THE MIAMI DOLPHINS SELECT TUA TAGAVAILOA, QB, ALABAMA

20:55 - Prez: Ridiculous.

20:56 - Audio:  Marino - let him have your number!

20:57:  Vinny:  This kid is made of glass!

20:57 - Pepster:  His is no Fitzpatrick!

20:58 - Vinny:  The name on his jersey will be fragile!

20:59 - Prez:  They knew what they were getting into ... I say, let 'em crash!

20:59 - Sinickal:  Why don't they call him Tag?  Wouldn't that be easier?

20:59 - Dr. Pepper:  Tua Tag?

20:59:  Pepster:  Less syllables.  He certainly doesn't need to buy a vowel.

21:01 - Vinny:  I hate drafting players in theory that won't play.

21:01 - Sinickal:  Is Herbert estranged from his parents?  Shouldn't he then go to the Packers?

21:03 - WITH THE SIXTH PICK THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS SELECT JUSTIN HERBERT, QB, OREGON

21:04 - Dr. Pepper:  It might be the acne.

21:07 - Vinny:  I figured at least one trade by now.

21:07 - Pepster:  That is disappointing.

21:10 - Prez:  Who's going to be the first one to cry when their name gets called?

21:10 - Pepster:  Cedric Benson.  Oh, sorry - flashback.

21:11 - WITH THE SEVENTH PICK THE CAROLINA PANTHERS SELECT DERICK BROWN, DT, AUBURN

21:11 - Hopps: Was Drew Rosenhaus in the room with Derrick Brown?

21:11 - Pepster:  Nothing against Brown, but the Panthers lose Kuechly and Simmons is just sitting right there ...

21:14 - Pepster:  Brown is the first player drafted with a kid clearly visible on camera.

21:14 - Sinickal:  Doesn't Brown's house exceed social distancing requirements?

21:14 - Hopps:  I'm just trying to figure out who the background randoms are in some of the houses.

21:15 - Sinickal:  Kliff Kingsbury, Winner!

21:15 - WITH THE EIGHTH PICK THE ARIZONA CARDINALS SELECT ISAIAH SIMMONS, LB, CLEMSON

21:16 - Sinickal:  Look at that F'N house!!!

21:16 - Hopps:  He's not wearing socks.

21:16 - Vinny:  Best player in the draft just went.

21:17 - Sinickal:  Some of these player's houses are laid out!  This virtual draft will lead to some NCAA sanctions.

21:17 - Vinny: I can count the money in Simmons' pants!

21:17 - Hopps:  That's a lot of ass!

21:18 - Vinny:  Who wears them tight ass pants?

21:18 - Racecar (popping in again):  Simmons' mom needs Spanx!

21:18 - Prez:  Sinickal said he would spanx dat ass!

21:20 - Sinickal:  Not yet, but I would have said it.

21:21 - Dr. Pepper:  Christmas ham ass.

21:22 - Vinny:  Jags are up  Does it matter who they draft?  They are tanking for Lawrence next year.  If I was a Jags fan I would want covid to ruin the entire season.

21:23 - Sinickal:  Was with Marrone in Syracuse.  Want him to do well here.

21:23 - WITH THE NINTH PICK THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS SELECT C.J. HENDERSON, CB, FLORIDA

21:24 - Pepster:  Henderson does NOT look happy.

21:24 - Hopps:  Who wants to play there?

21:24 - Sinickal:  Henderson's crib looks like there may be drug money involved.

21:24:39 - Sinickal:  Or, since it's Miami, we'll just call it "Tuesday".

21:25 - Prez:  Whole family just said, "Gyadd Damn Gina!"

21:26 - Hopps:  Really?  Rolling out St. Jude's just to get pity for the Browns?

21:26 - WITH THE TENTH PICK THE CLEVELAND BROWN SELECT JEDRICK WILLS, JR., T, ALABAMA

21:27 - Hopps:  Due on the left was asleep with his hands in his pants.  They are ready for Cleveland!

21:29 - Pepster:  Willis' brother is definitely not an athlete.

21:30 - Vinny:  Here come the Jets; that fan base is deserving of another bust!

21:32 - Sinickal:  Pepster, it is almost time to celebrate our draft again. The Bears acquire Khalil Mack.

21:33 - Pepster:  Best pick of this draft.

21:34 - Vinny:  Bears paid Quinn a 40 year old DE.  Good job giving him a 5 year deal.

21:34 - Pepster:  Yes, Vinny, and he will have 10 1/2 sacks this year.

21:35 - Pepster:  Apparently Jeudy can give the old "Stanky leg" as per Michael Irvin.

21:35 - Vinny:  I coached against Jeudy when he was at Deerfield.

21:35 - WITH THE ELEVENTH PICK THE NEW YORK JETS SELECT MEKHI BECTO, T, LOUISVILLE

21:35 - Hopps:  Wow.  His dad is 600 pounds!

21:35 - Sinickal:  I will own that Michael Irvin outfit before the end of the draft.

21:36 - Vinny:  Becton is the first girl to cry.

21:36 - Pepster:  He gets it from his daddy - the weight that is.

21:36 - Sinickal:  Who's the other dude?

21:37 - Racecar pops back in:  The pastor?

21:37 - Sinickal:  This may be our best highlight reel.

21:38:  Hopps:  It has to be.

21:38 - Pepster:  Great video!

21:38 - Hopps:  That's a big dude, though.

21:38 - Sinickal:  How tall is the girl in the background?

21:39 - Pepster:  6'8".

21:39 - Hopps - Speaking of tall, Mel Kiper's hair is getting bigger but his head is shrinking.

21:39:  Dr. Pepper:  Tony, are you awake?  [Ed. Note:  He isn't.]

21:40 - WITH THE TWELFTH PICK THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS SELECT HENRY RUGGS, WR, ALABAMA

21:40 - Hopps:  Now Ruggs will not be investigated by the NCAA.  And, Mrs. Gruden is a spinner.

21:41 - Hopps:  Ruggs is wearing a bathrobe!

21:43 - Dr. Pepper:  That hat ya'll!

21:44 - Sinickal:  An Old Spice hotel robe!

21:45 - Vinny:  WOW!  Hope Old Spice is paying him for that.  That watch was 10gs.

21:45 - Hopps:  Have to compliment the hotel bathrobe with something.

21:46 - Sinickal:  His mom apparently ran a 4.2 40.  I LOVE a good folk lore.

21:47 - Pepster:  Our first trade.

21:48 - Vinny:  Tampa's gonna take the tackle I wanted.

21:49 - Sinickal:  Wirfs got him a corn fed woman next to him.

21:50 - Prez:  With the number 1 pick, I select Bethany from Air Force!

21:50 - WITH THE THIRTEENTH PICK THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS SELECT TRISTEN WIRFS, T, IOWA

21:52 - Hopps:  How are you a dark shark in effing Iowa?

21:54 - Pepster:  And now Emmanuel Sanders' replacement falls to SF

21:58 - Pepster:  Who was the random white girl at Jeudy's house?

21:58 - Hopps:  I was thinking the same thing.

21:58 - Sinickal:  Who is that filthy woman with CeeDee?

21:59 - WITH THE FOURTEENTH PICK THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SELECT JAVON KINLAW, DT, SOUTH CAROLINA

21:59 - Hopps:  Dude is dead on the couch.

22:00 - Pepster:  Grandpa was the only one ready to be picked.

22:00 - Dr. Pepper:  CeeDee to the Broncos.

22:02 - Hopps:  This might be the way this draft should go from now on.

22:04 - WITH THE FIFTEENTH THE DENVER BRONCOS SELECT JERRY JEUDY, WR, ALABAMA

22:04 - Sinickal:  My man was ready for ANYBODY to be drafted.

22:05 - Dr. Pepper:  Wow.  Love this.

22:06 - Pepster:  I know Atlanta wanted C.J. Henderson, might see a trade here.

22:06 - Vinny:  Jeudy is so pissed Ruggs went before him.  Atlanta will go pass rush, I would think.

22:07 - Sinickal:  Will Jeudy be faster in the thin air?

22:07 - Racecar:  Who names their kid Jerry when you last name is Jeudy?  And Jeudy got that booty!

22:08 - Vinny:  Jeudy with the Star of David on.

22:09 - Sinickal:  One of the all time great combine stories.

22:12 - Pepster:  Four Alabama players taken in first round already.  Record is 6, Miami 2004.

22:12 - Hopps:  Did Arthur Blank get his cabinets from The Home Depot?

22:13 - WITH THE SIXTEENTH PICK THE ATLANTA FALCONS SELECT A.J. TERRELL, CB, CLEMSON

22:14 - Pepster:  Cowboys up next.  Who do you want Hopps?

22:14 - Hopps:  Jerry better to Jefferson.

22:14 - Vinny:  McKinne to Phins, I hope.

22:15 - Vinny:  Cowboys need McKinney.  Heath is garbage.

22:15 - Pepster:  Prez, your thoughts on Miami's pick?

22:16 - Hopps:  McCarthy is till figuring out the interwebs.

22:16 - Sinickal:  Jerry's wife practicing good social distancing.  Or, just distancing.

22:17 - Vinny:  Irvin knocked down an 8-ball about 30 minutes ago.

22:18 - Pepster:  Girl next to Lamb is MONEY!

22:18 - Hopps:  Who is the smokeshow next to Lamb?  [Ed. Note:  Her name is Crymson Rose.]

22:18 - Sinickal:  Yeah!  You late to this party.  I already had my "private time" on that.

22:19 - WITH THE SEVENTEENTH PICK THE DALLAS COWBOYS SELECT CEEDEE LAMB, WR, OKLAHOMA

22:19 - Hopps:  Okay!!!

22:20 - Hopps:  That MF is country!

22:20 - Hopps:  Can we just get back to girl on the couch?

22:20 - Pepster:  Got damn!

22:20 - Dr. Pepper:  Them thighs.

22:20 - Sinickal:  She may be hired help.

22:21 - Dr. Pepper:  Claude Geezus!

22:22 - Dr. Pepper: I need help!

22:27:  Hopps:  The Patriots draft a camera man!

22:28 - WITH THE EIGHTEENTH PICK THE MIAMI DOLPHINS SELECT AUSTIN JACKSON, T, USC

22:28 - Vinny:  Holy packed couch!

22:29:  Hopps:  That couch is not afraid of a fork!

22:29 - Vinny:  Goodell is the stiffest white man alive.  What a f'n dork.  He got swirlies in high school.

22:31 - Sinickal:  This Vegas pick is THE MACK!

22:31 - Hopps:  Flores has a land line.

22:31 - Vinny: Flores - sweet empty trophy case behind you brah!

22:32 - Sinickal:  Roger changed clothes.

22:32 - Hopps:  He's a tool.

22:33 - Dr. Pepper:  Draft next year in Vegas!  He flubbed the year, though.

22:33 - Hopps:  Yes he did.  Kiper's head is so shiny.

22:33 - WITH THE NINETEENTH PICK THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS SELECT DAMONE ARNETTE, CB, OHIO STATE

22:34 - Vinny:  Who is the midget in the Gruden fam?

22:35 - Hopps:  WTF is the whiteboard behind Chucky?  [Ed. Note:  It was the Raiders draft board.]

22:36 - Pepster:  Goodell must have spooged on himself watching CeeDee Lamb's girlfriend!

22:37 - Pepster:  Raiders with the first really big reach of the night.

22:37 - Sinickal:  So to recap, Gruden took the other Bama receiver, then took a 2nd team All Big 10 corner

22:37 - Sinickal:  That guy probably finished behind a dude from Minnesota.  [Ed. Note:  He did.]

22:37 - Hopps:  Ok gents.  I have a call with India at 4.  Can't wait to read the rest of this tomorrow.

22:41 - Vinny:  Whoever the Jags take, put that guy on suicide watch.

22:41 - WITH THE TWENTIETH PICK THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS SELECT K'LAVON CHIASSON, DE, LSU

22:43 - Sinickal:  Elite get off!!!

22:43 - Found on Twitter:  The NFL Draft takes way too long.  If I really wanted to watch 32 picks in 3 hours I'd just watch Jameis Winston play.

22:46 - Pepster:  This has to be Justin Jefferson, right?

22:46 - Sinickal:  This hast to be the equivalent of MTV Cribs.  No way these players live in these spaces ... yet.

22:47 - WITH THE TWENTY-FIRST PICK THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES SELECT JALEN RAEGOR, WR, TCU

22:48 - Sinickal:  Finally a house that makes sense.

22:49 - Pepster:  And his dad was in the NFL.

22:50 - Sinickal:  Nothing on those walls.

22:51 - Vinny:  Please take notice of the NFL attempt to keep people out of camera view in an attempt to promote social distance.  You know damn well there are 100 people tucked behind all them walls.

22:52 - Vinny:  And how did the kid with the dad who played 10 years in the NFL get the smallest house on here?

22:55 - WITH THE TWENTY-SECOND PICK THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS SELECT JUSTIN JEFFERSON, WR, LSU

22:56 - Sinickal:  Zimmer's spot!

22:59 - Sinickal:  My hot take.  This draft happened a couple of days ago.  Goodell has cards to read.  Not a single video glitch.  From some 100 cameras on WiFi in some ridiculous places?  The only thing real here is the reactions from the kids.

23:00 - WITH THE TWENTY-THIRD PICK THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS SELECT KENNETH MURRAY, LB, OKLAHOMA

23:01 - Pepster:  Murray is a beast.

23:02 - Sinickal:  Ooh!  Goth White Girl!

23:03 - Pepster:  She must be adopted.

23:02 - Sinickal:  nah, she fucking somebody in that room.

23:04 - Sinickal:  Aye, must be Murray.

23:05 - Pepster:  She's 16 - so, probably Murray's sister.

23:05 - Sinickal:  Younger brother?

23:06 - Pepster:  Perhaps ...

23:07 - Vinny:  Thank God there were no cameras at my draft party.

23:07 - Pepster:  What were you trying to hide?

23:08 - Vinny:  Lots.

23:08 - WITH THE TWENTY-FOURTH PICK THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SELECT CESAR RUIZ, C, MICHIGAN

23:10 - Pepster:  Major crier!

23:12 - Pepster:  Breaking football news:  Dak Prescott's brother just passed away.

23:15 - WITH THE TWENTY-FIFTH PICK THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SELECT BRANDON AIYUK, WR, ARIZONA STATE

23:25 - WITH THE TWENTY-SIXTH PICK THE GREEN BAY PACKERS SELECT JORDAN LOVE, QB, UTAH STATE

23:29 - Sinickal:  DAMN!

23:32 - Sinickal:  Aaron Rodgers is going to treat Jordan Love like a little brother.  Or like a parent.  Or like everyone else in his immediate family.

23:35 - WITH THE TWENTY-SEVENTH PICK THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS SELECT JORDYN BROOKS, LB, TEXAS TECH

23:35 - Pepster:  Consecutive Jordans!

23:35 - WITH THE TWENTY-EIGHTH PICK THE BALTIMORE RAVENS SELECT PATRICK QUEEN, LB, LSU

23:42:  Sinickal:  Packers have not selected an RB or WR in the 1st round during the Aarond Rodgers tenure.

23:45 - Pepster:  The have wasted his career.

23:43 - Vinny:  Kiper's forehead is gleaming.  Easy on the halogens in that room, please.

23:46 - Sinickal:  Bad lighting is THE rookie teleworking mistake.  You can get around everything else.

23:47 - Sinickal - Okay, WTF is going on at Mike Vrabel's house?

23:48 - [Ed. Note.:  This was happening at Mike Vrabel's house.]



23:48 - Vinny: Holy bad mullet!

23:49 - WITH THE TWENTY-NINTH PICK THE TENNESSEE TITANS SELECT ISAIAH WILSON, T, GEORGIA

23:50 - Pepster:  We just went biblical; Second Isaiah!

23:53 - Vinny:  Vrabel keeping it real with a mouth full or worm dirt.  Way to keep it classy.

23:58 - WITH THE THIRTIETH PICK THE MIAMIDOLPHINS SELECT NOAH IGBINOGHENE, CB, AUBURN

00:00 - Pepster: Between Tagovailoa and Igbinoghene, the Dolphins better give their equipment guy a raise.

00:01 - Pepster:  Both parents Olympians is a pretty good story.

00:02 - Vinny:  Jesus I hope our RB is there in the second round.

00:02 - WITH THE THIRTY-FIRST PICK THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS SELECT JEFF GLADNEY, CB, TCU

00:03 - Pepster:  Who is Gladney?

00:04 - Pepster:  Vinny - Jordan Howard is damn good, though.

00:10 - WITH THE THIRTY-SECOND PICK THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SELECT CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE, RB, LSU

00:17 - Vinny:  The Dolphins picked three guys that won't start next year.  Why do I bother?

As the 1st round comes to a close, there is one clear winner on the evening!


Ladies and Gentlemen - Crymson Rose!  (Yes, I know there are more and better pics of Ms. Rose, but we thought we should just include the picture from the draft.)


Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Final Four Chronicles - The Departure

April 9, 2019

So we got an overtime final championship, which is exciting to watch.  Virginia earned their victory this year after the debacle that was University of Maryland-Baltimore County last year.  Not sure what makes up for the Chaminade loss.

Nowhere near as many entries today, as we were travelling home, so we might just make some observations on the Final Four in Minneapolis overall at the completion.

04:30 - Dr. Pepper enters Uber; driver setting his mood by bumping On to the Next One by Jay-Z featuring Swizz Beatz.

By 8:30 - Everyone else is up.  Realizes Dr. Pepper is gone.

Pre-10:00 - Leave the AirBnB as the maid was set to arrive at 10:00.

10:13 - Dr. Pepper is wheels down in Logan (11:13 EDT).

10:17 - Pepster, Sinickal and Tony arrive at Hell's Kitchen.  We ask if they have a spot to place our luggage.  Lo and behold, behind the counter is already other people's luggage.  Apparently this has happened before.

10:45 - Our appetizer plate of sausage arrives.  It is maple bison sausage, so it is unique.  Food runner says that looks like the best appetizer plate ever.

10:59 - Breakfast entrees of Huevos Rancheros with Bison Sausage (for Sinickal and Tony - it's the house favorite) and Bison Benedict (for Pepster).  Breakfast is amazing.  Sinickal and Tony note that there will be breakfasts here when they come back for a conference in a few months.

11:55 - As we carry our luggage up the stairs and out of Hell's Kitchen, Tony says out loud, they should have an elevator.  Hostess hears him, points him to the other end of the restaurant.  He takes the elevator.

11:58 - Since the weather was reasonable, this is our first time in the Skyway this trip.

12:03 - Store our luggage at the Marriott.

12:17 - Enter the Target Center

12:23 - A really good view of Target Field and the plaza entering the baseball field.

12:26 - Kieran's Irish Pub.  We are mostly quiet as we are catching up on the news from the past few days.  Some work-related conversations.

13:45 - Walk back to the Marriott to procure our luggage.

14:00 - Uber to airport.  Pepster's flight is at 15:55 and Sinickal and Tony's are both after 17:00.  We need to recalibrate and catch up on some work for tomorrow.

22:24 - Tony's weekend officially ends as he arrives home.

23:12 - Pepster's enters the fast train from Fort Lauderdale to West Palm Beach.  It is packed.  Oh, everyone is wearing Dwyane Wade Miami Heat jerseys.  Everyone going home from that game.

00:12 - Pepster arrives home.

Our general observations from the weekend.

1.  The weather was very reasonable.  A bit dreary, a bit chilly, but nothing outrageous.  Could have been A LOT worse.  The lakes were still frozen, piles of snow still in some parks and backyards, and a record setting spring storm to come through on Wednesday, April 10.  This could have been abysmal weather-wise.

2.  Had some issues with Uber/Lyft.  Nothing awful - still easy to summons, reasonable prices (except immediately after the games), but they always seemed to be slow and different drivers always took varying routes, even to the same locations.  More weird than bad - but certainly not optimal.

3.  Food is ridiculous.  Nothing stays open late - even on weekends.  With a big event in town that ends late (after 11 or 12 on Saturday and Monday), you would think it would be easier to find food places that were open.  Even diners were difficult to find, well, actually non-existent.

4.  Lots of establishments seemed to be under staffed.  A very similar problem as Houston had in 2016, but nowhere near as awful.  Houston not only was understaffed but also kept running out of food and closing earlier than the posted times for the establishment.  Minneapolis being understaffed just made things a bit slow, like the ride share.

5.  Our area of town was a very nice, pretty neighborhood.  Kudos to the owner of the house for placing this gem on AirBnB.  It was spacious, fairly close, and very safe.  No "Drive-By" room this year.

6.  The NCAA did a great job with security at this final four with getting people into the stadium.  No real bottlenecks, and we had no problems with ingress and egress at all.  Straight through the magnetometers and into the stadium both nights.  It was a breeze.

7.  On to Atlanta, which although not as good a "Final 4" city, since all of the events will be too spread out, it is still a tremendously fun city where we all have our contacts!


Final Four Chronicles - The Finals

April 8

We all awake and do work - it is Monday after all.  Plus, the finals do not start until 20:20 local time, thus we will still have all day to enjoy the festivities.

13:12 - Uber downton.  Country music blaring from the Uber.  Definitely not what we expected from this driver.

13:16 - We notice that this  Uber driver is driving us through every neighborhood in town.  Sinickal looks at the map on the driver's telephone and says, "Yeah, this is the route the other Uber driver says was useless.

13:29 - :Land at the Host Bar - Runyon's.  Order lunch.

13:55 - Wings are delivered and Dr. Pepper notes, "Properly sauced".  Tony looks at him and says, "You or the wings?"

14:29 - After hearing glass break for the second time of the day, we remark that this has happened every time we have been at Runyon's.  We ask our waitress if "Things just jump off ledges and shit".  Waitress responds that "We don't like cleaning dishes!"

14:37 - Also remarking about the improper staffing levels at most of the establishments around town, Sinickal asks our waitress if the owner can read a calendar.  She remarks after noting they had the same problem during the Super Bowl, "I don't know if he can."

15:20 - We pay the tab as we are finishing our drinks, and Sally the redhead waitress at Runyon's comes in to start her shift.  You may recall Sally as the waitress that refers to us as her bodyguards because we kept clearing the aisle for her to maneuver on Saturday, comes up to us, says hello, and asks, "What, no Jameson's today?"

15:23 - First round of Jameson's.

15:58 - Leave Runyon's to head to Nicollet Mall.  Nicollet Mall is not a shopping mall, but rather a boulevard that has been shut down for the tournament.  It houses ESPN and CBS Sports, concerts and all types of games, etc.  The establishments along the boulevard love this, I am sure as they have all been packed.

16:23 - While walking along Nicollet Mall, Sinickal wonders if Texas Tech wins tonight, then Lubbock might turn into a shit show.  Tony and Dr. Pepper state simultaneously, "It already is!"

16:27 - Texas Tech cheerleader parade, excuse the pom team.  "Guns Up!"

16:40 - Pop into 8th Street Grill.  Get into a discussion with the security guy as we sit on the porch, asking about possible late night locations to eat after the game.  He explains to us all of the issues with Minneapolis regarding staffing and food, as well as the differences between Super Bowl week and this weekend.  We find out he is a former cop.  Without knowing anything about him personally or why he is no longer a cop, we conclude based upon our interaction and conversation with him that he is exactly the type of person who we - as a public - still needs to be in law enforcement.

17:23 - First time the sun has been out all day.  We are all remiss that we did not bring our sunglasses.  Nah - won't need them in about 5 more minutes.

17:26 - Pop into Brit's Pub.  Apparently patterned pants are in.

17:45 - Christian, Pepster's friend from North Palm Beach arrives with his boys for a drop in.  Christian and his peeps are UVA alumni, so they head over to the free UVA party.  We don't blame them.

18:35 - Alan - Tony and Dr. Pepper's friend from Providence whose birthday dinner was last night - joins us.

18:44 - See the news report about Nike possibly paying Zion's mom.  Pepster remarks that it is a shame, "He might have to go pro now!"

19:37 - Table next to us - obviously sisters - starts comparing pictures of dogs with us.  We note that one picture of both her dogs standing facing away from the camera.  The other sister responds, "She likes ass!"

19:38 - After celebratory Jameson's with Alan, Dr. Pepper yells, "We ain't going to the game!"

19:43 - Brit's manager while changing the televisions to CBS asks if we were watching the current channel (we weren't).  Tony asks, "Do you have Skinemax?"  Sinickal remarks, "He said that out loud!"

19:44 - CBS is showing a repeat of the Katy Perry concert from the night before.  Alan asks if that "Is Ivan Drago's wife?"

20:05 - Head to the stadium.

20:20 - Dr. Pepper, Tony and Alan and talking about an old acquaintance from Providence, Dr. Pepper tells us "That is the smallest racist in the state!"

20:31 - Hit our "seats", which we have once again just chosen a railing on the concourse as it is lower than our seats, has good sight-line, and is closer to the rest room and concessions.  Mostly the same people around us as on Saturday.  We are a bit late.  Score is 3-2.

20:34 - The University of Virginia student section is a bit less than half filled.  Sinickal remarks, their must be tests on campus.

20:35 - Mostly radio silence during the game.

22:30 - Free basketball.  Overtime!

22:47 - University of Virginia wins.  Note from twitter, "Finally a Cavaliers championship that did not involve Draymond Green being suspended!"  Twitter is awesome.

22:50 - Head down for a better view of the championship trophy presentations and the cutting down of the net.  Who are we kidding, a better spot for One Shining Moment!

22:52 - Alan takes leave.  Before One Shining Moment - ridiculous!

23:14 - Sinickal is worried that Syracuse will not have a presence in One Shining Moment!

23:17  - ONE SHINING MOMENT!!!  [Ed. Note - The Syracuse Orange was in the opening montage].

23:22 - Sinickal notes that everything is better with Luther.  Pepster concurs - but especially with Big Luther.  Not Little Luther, Big Luther.

23:23 - Leave the stadium.  We need to find somewhere to wait for the ride share prices to fall.

23:39 - Enter the AC Marriott bar.  We can do the above, and they have clean facilities.  Perfect.

23:55 - We say goodbye to Dr. Pepper.  He has an early flight in the morning so that he can make the home opener/championship presentation for the Red Sox.  The rest of us will not be waking up to see him off.

00:05 - Pop into Runyon's to led the ride share surge pricing dissipate further.  For the first time we sit at a bar and not a table.  Sally tells the bartender, these are my Jameson's guys.  Not tonight we aren't.

00:10 - We are informed the kitchen is closed, which we knew based upon the fact that we are in Minneapolis.  We get into a discussion of things, and we find out the kitchen and bar closed early Saturday evening because somebody threw a chair through one of the front glass windows.  Glad we weren't there for that one.

00:46 - Uber home.  No use galavanting around to find a last meal in this town.  Even the 24 hour diners are not 24 hours Sunday through Thursday.  There will always be breakfast tomorrow.

Time Unknown - Arrive back at the house.

Monday, April 8, 2019

Final Four Chronicles - The Interregnum

April 7

Sunday between the games is always play day.  Usually this day is reserved for golf, except, it's Minneapolis.  And while the weather actually isn't that bad in terms of temperature, none of us brought our sticks this year expecting the worst.  We are pretty sure that we can make the most of it.  Let's see what adventures await.  There is some strong language today, but as journalists we have to report exact quotations as they occur.

11:20 - Ubering to Jax's for brunch.  Sinickal asks the driver why uptown is south of downtown?  Driver responds "Why is America west?"  Curtis asks the driver, "Why are your windshield wipers on?"

11:43 - Windshield wipers are still on.  You can probably surmise from the context, but it is not raining.

11:53 - Jax!  Much brunching will be done.  There is a wait for a table, so we sidle up to the bar.  Aaron the bartender is not ready for what is about to hit him.

12:41 - Amanda and Amber stop by for brunch on their way out of town.

13:15 - Sinickal remarks that he is tired.  Dr. Pepper tells him, "Go stand in the corner and take a nap like a man, instead of showing pictures of sleeping motherfuckers."  We don't know to what Dr. Pepper is referring. [Ed. Note - we do.  It is him].

13:21 - In response to a story told by Pepster, Dr. Pepper exclaims, "That's 7 minutes of my life I won't get back."

13:26 - In describing what they had for dinner at Mercury the night before and what so good, Amber says, "Food was good.  We had some fries and some bullshit!"

13:27 - After continuing her very non-descriptive talk about the food, Tony tells her that if one of her friends ever disappears, that Amber should not be the one to give descriptions to the police.

13:29 - We find out that the piano player takes requests.  Sinickal asks, "Do you know any DMX?"

13:35 - It seems like Amber has been gone a long time.  We ask if anyone knows where she is.  Tony says he thinks she is "playing with the lobsters".  Pepster replies, "Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays".

13:39 - Aaron the bartender explains the buffet to Amanda and Amber as they finally go get something to eat.  "We even have a nice cold table with fruits and vegetables."  Amanda, "We do like us some kale."

13:44 - While the guys were talking about various perks from different airlines, Amanda returns from getting food, "We all like them perky!"

13:56 - Amber remarks that she is going to the bathroom and get a donut.  Pepster tells her that is a pretty decent to-do list.

13:57 - Amber returns with a slice a cheesecake.  Tony tells her, "That's not a donut!"

14:32 - Dr. Pepper needs a mimosa refill.  Turns to Aaron and says, "When the glass is empty, Pepster's not funny".

14:34 - After receiving a re-fill of what apparently is a good cup of coffee, Amber exclaims to Tony, "you gotta smell my cup!"  Sinickal to Curtis who has a nonplussed look on his face, "She said CUP".  Amanda snorts for the second time.

14:38 - Amanda and Amber exit for their drive back to Madison.

14:52 - While discussing the bottomless mimosas, we ask Aaron if the bottomless ends at 3.  Aaron responds, "Sure". 

15:21 - See how it starts.  It starts at home.

15:45 - Discussing the pay phones in the back of the place.  Aaron tells us that when Jax first opened it was Polish mob owned.  "That's why there is a funeral home next door."

15:48 - Finally leaving brunch.  "It's still daytime?"

15:55 - While in the Uber, we see a woman walking on the street.  Dr. Pepper points out her rather prominent posterior.  Uber driver to Dr. Pepper, "Where are you from, Texas?"

16:03 - Jon from the DC metro area meets up with us. 

16:43 - Hang out with Andrea, one of the promo reps from Orange Vanilla Coke.  She does NOT want to be doing the promo work so she asks if she can stand at our table and talk to us for a while pretending to be doing her promo work. 

17:20 - Jon sends us over car bombs.

17:23 - Derrick, a friend of Sinickal and Tony's, joins the party.

18:33 - The entire table next to us is watching the women's final four and cheering loudly for Notre Dame.  They do not know who Arike Ogunbowale is.

18:53 - Brian, a friend of Pepster's from college, joins us.  We will be heading to Burch Steak for dinner shortly, primarily on the recommendation of Leah, the Inter-Continental bartender from Friday.  Brian, who lives in Minneapolis, concurs that it is a good choice.

19:48 - Uber has been a challenge this week. This time, the Uber is on the interstate going away from us. Uber cancelled.  Sinickal orders a second Uber which appears to be less than a block away. that Uber got lost.

20:00 - Finally at Burch Steak.  Meet up with Alan and Joel, Tony and Dr. Pepper's friends from Providence.  Pepster and Sinickal worry that they are definitely going to pick up a RICO charge.

20:15 - Jay Wright with a Villanova entourage at the next table.

20:33 - An older retired coach starts talking to Jay Wright, one table over from us.  Sinickal tries to get Pepster's attention to figure out who it is.  Pepster waves Sinickal off.

20:36 - Pepster waves Sinickal off again.

20:43 - Pepster flips Sinickal off after Sinickal says, "Hey!  Don't worry about it anymore."  No idea who that coach was.

21:50 - Jay Wright leaves.  Lots of pics.  Wife is the enforcer.

21:51 - Mike Brey sits down right behind us.

21:52 - Tony disputing that it is in fact Mike Brey.

22:05 - Derrick and Brian leave.

22:25 - After several hours, several shots and mixing drinking priorities, Pepster heads back to the house.

23:02 - It is now just Sinickal with the Providence crew somewhere north of downtown Minneapolis.  It has taken us 12 minutes to park.

23:05 - In the spot, and Dr. Pepper refers to it as "snug".  That place where players play.  Yup, got that feel.  Tony just went NYC.

23:54 - Blonde in her 60s keeps trying to get men to dance with her, including all 5 of us.

Time Unknown - Uber home for Sinickal, Tony, and Dr Pepper.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Final Four Chronicles - The Semi-Finals

April 6, 2019

Today is the day when basketball starts.  Fans of all four teams are hopeful that their team will play well tonight and move on to the championship.  Yes - even Auburn fans who know this tourney run is going to be vacated.  Fans of all four teams are out-and-about, milling around, carousing, and having a good time - as will your crew from WeMakeItRain.

8:00 - Tony and Dr. Pepper wake up, make coffee, and almost break the coffee table, thus waking everyone else up.

8:30 - Sinickal and Pepster finally acknowledge the coffee table incident and decide to get out of bed themselves.

9:50 - We have our second Whip Appeal reference of the weekend.

10:10 - Dr. Pepper explains that "I've got something wrong with me!"

10:22 - Pepster asks Sinickal if just by hanging out with two guys from Providence at one time makes us an accessory to something or if it was a RICO violation.

10:45 - To Breakfast at Our Kitchen.

10:49 - Our Kitchen is closed for Plumbing repairs.  Good thing Gigi's is right across the street.

10:47 - What is that, velvet?

10:52 - Gigi's is a place where you order at the counter and pay, then sit down and they bring the food to you.  Waitress that took our order mistakes Sinickal's and Dr. Pepper's orders and has Dr. Pepper pay for Sinickal's.  When Sinickal steps up to pay, the order she recites to him is wrong, and that is when we realize what happened.  She must think they both look alike.  Pepster and Tony say some version of this to themselves at the exact same time, because, you know, apparently they all look alike to the waitress.

10:59 - Sheena Easton's Strut starts playing over the Muzak.  This was way funnier and more important than we can accurately relay here.

11:17 - Dr. Pepper almost spills his coffee on the floor.  This is going to be a long day, or at least a long breakfast.

11:58 - Back to the house.  Watch CBS basketball program Four Sides while getting ready.  Sinickal takes a quick cat nap, but every now and then comes back into the conversation.  Dr. Pepper dubs him "The corpse".

13:48 - Heading downtown.  Crazily enough, two Uber Xs were cheaper than 1 Uber XL.

14:12 - At Runyon's.  This is going to be the home bar for both the WeMakeItRain crew and the Southwestern Central coaching staff.  All the tables are full when we walk in, but one table starts to leave within minutes.  Five Michigan State guys that just walked into the bar try to go claim to the table, by Dr. Pepper subtly sidles pass them and sits down.  I mean, we were there first.

14:42 - In response to Sinickal blurting out a random comment, Dr. Pepper notes that "A non-sequitur is a thinking man's Tourette's.

15:12 - Our new Patron Saint Adia Barnes leads the Arizona basketball team to the Women's NIT Championship.

15:38 - In response to conversations about older siblings, Dr. Pepper makes the comment "it's a problem when your older sister acts like your momma," to which Pepster sneaks in "that's only a problem if you're Oedipus".

15:50 - Waitress asks if we can stay the rest of the day at Runyon's because we have been "like her bodyguards".  We took this as a compliment.

16:00 - Heading toward the stadium.  We have walked less than 2 blocks and Pepster claims he is already thirsty. It must be the time change.

16:12 - Try to stop into the Pourhouse for one last drink before the games.  We are stopped at the door because The Pourhouse was closed for a private party, which is exactly what the manager said.  "The Pourhouse is closed for a private party".  Not "We are closed".  "The Pourhouse is closed".  Apparently pretentiousness exists in Minneapolis also.

16:13 - A second person in the last 3 blocks screams out "Syracuse sucks" in response to Sinickal's pullover.  Sinickal turns and sees the dude repping nobody and replies, "At least I went to college!"

16:14 - Go to Mercury, across the street from the Pourhouse.  Surprisingly, this place is not that crowded.

16:24 - Jody Cox, Pepster's friend from the West Palm area meets up with us at Mercury.

16:32 - Start talking with Amanda and Amber at the bar.  Amber instinctively says, "No, that isn't my stripper name.  It's my real name.  My stripper name is Autumn!"  They had a third friend who left as we arrived by pseudo-arguing with Amanda and Amber about whether or not they should all sleep naked.

16:52 - Tony, admiring a picture of a woman on Amanda's phone decides to show Sinickal, at which point Sinickal tells him, "That's not a woman, that's art".  It was a wooden sculpture.

16:53 - It turns out that Amanda is like us in that she just likes to go to Final Fours.  She has been going since 1998.  She pulls out a spread sheet with a complete list of Final Four parties.  Not the NCAA's events that you can find in a program or online, but of parties.  We will meet up with them later!  This is Amber's first.

16:54 - After finding out that we chronicle our trips on this blog, Amber exclaims, I am going to add to your blog with this story.  Turns out - she did.

16:56 - Amber isn't very girly when it comes to nail maintenance and other things, and she shows a picture of her feet so that Sinickal can tell her, "Yeah, that isn't open-toe worthy!".

17:16 - Leaving Mercury, a girl outfitted head-to-toe in Texas Tech girl stops Tony, dressed in his University of Texas shirt, to say "Congrats on the NIT; 69th best team in the country!".

17:27 - While taking a picture of the outside of the stadium, a shorter, older couple stands next to Sinickal to do the same thing.  While noting that people kept getting in their way, Sinickal tells her, "Well, I am significantly taller than you".  Thinking Sinickal might have undersold that line, Pepster says "I am not sure significantly is the proper adverb".  Lady responds, "Yes, it is!"

17:29 - Enter the stadium.  Stadium is at the concourse level and just walking into the door you can see that this place is amazing.  GREAT stadium.  Pepster tells the ticket-checker that this stadium looks amazing.  She says, "Thank you, I built it myself".

17:31 - They sell beer.  I repeat - THEY SELL BEER!!!  This is astounding.  This is the first year that has been allowed.  We remark that it is great that they sell beer.  The bartender asks us if we want red or white wine!

Mostly radio silence during the first game, except to say Pepster called out "First team to 50 wins" (That was Virginia, by the way).

17:59 - Once again in the beer line, lady behind us asks what did we order.  Pepster says, this is the best beer I have ever had at the Final 4.  She inquires again, "What is it?" Sinickal says, "Doesn't matter!"

19:09 - Stupidest foul in the history of fouls.  Dumb mistake, but you cannot make that foul.  Either way, it meant that Pepster was right, first team to 50 won.  Pepster proclaims the same rule for the second game.

19:26 - Sinickal asks a woman in a generic gray sweater why she wasn't reppin' her school (Michigan).  She replied that this is what the internet told me to wear when she googled "what to wear to a game when you have no rooting interest!"

Mostly radio silence during the second game.

20:55 - A Texas Tech alumna seeing Tony's Texas shirt asks him, "What do you do with an NIT Championship banner?"

21:23 - Sinickal to Dr. Pepper - "Welcome back, bruh - we missed you."

21:50 - Leave stadium with under 3 minutes to go because the game is over.

22:07 - Guy in Kentucky garb walking behind us is asked for which team he was cheering.  His response, "Alcohol."

22:09 - Pedicab driver on the sidewalk ringing his bell and saying "On your left".  After he says this roughly a dozen times, Sinickal tells him that it wouldn't be a problem if he was either on the street or moving faster than we were walking.  Girl in the back of the Pedicab yells out, "He can't help it, I'm a heavy bitch!"

22:15 - Enter the Pourhouse.  Great music, but we are twice as old as everyone there.  Still stuck around for a couple.

23:20 - Head to City Works to meet back up with Amanda and Amber.  They did not go to the game.  So, Amanda goes to the Final Four - just not the games.

23:27 - Head to Gluek's since City Works was apparently too busy to serve its customers.  We hope that we are not seeing a repeat of Houston.

24:31 - Guy wearing a shirt that says, "Good coaches win.  Great coaches cover!"

23:58 - Walking near a couple of people when Sinickal turns to Pepster and says, "Desperate people look at them to see what desperate looks like".

00:22 - Pizza Luce, because IT IS THE ONLY PLACE SERVING FOOD AFTER 11.  THERE ARE NO PLACES SERVING FOOD LATE IN THIS CITY!

00:28 - A really, REALLY uncoordinated couple from Michigan State in line in front of us at Pizza Luce are trying to floss.  One looks at Sinickal and asks, "Do you know how to floss?"  Sinickal responds, "Yeah, two years ago when people were doing it!"

00:51 - Table behind us is 5 early twenty-somethings that don't seem overserved, but definitely have been served this evening.  They get loud in their conversations every now and then.  Not obnoxious, but loud enough so we can hear parts of their stories.  Like this one from one of the ladies. "Sober sex is overrated!"

00:59 - Same table discussing whether or not some other lady is a lesbian, when one of the ladies offers the definitive statement.  "I think she's a lesbian because she has made out with me!"

01:10 - As we are quietly winding down and finishing our pizza, an older man - 70s or 80s, walks up to us and says, "Are you guys in a gang?"  Sinickal pretends not to hear so that he doesn't have to beat this guy up.

01:18 - Lyft home.