Motor City Sonics

Amazing catch by Akil................but it was a little too late.

Well, this one's over.

Javy, you don't have to break the ball........just put it in play Thank YOu.

Today I went to Human Society of Huron Valley and looked at the dogs. I wanted to take everyone of them home. I connected with a dog, some kind of shepherd, smaller than a German Shepherd but while I was there someone claimed her. There were a couple other dogs, but I had to go, it was just too emotional. I'm still kind of a wreck, as much as I want a dog here. I still can't forgive myself, even though I know there really wasn't a choice.

Yep, First Fairuza Balk played Danielle in one episode, I think it was one, and then it was Lola Glaudini. I think that was probably easier to go back and re-shoot with Lola because it might have been only one or two quick scenes. Fairuza is from California and looks MIddle Eastern and also kind of carries a darker, punk-rock vibe. Lola, on the other hand is an Italian girl from NYC who looks like the kind of rich Jersey girl that Adriana would hang out with. Maybe that's why they made the change, but I think it was because Lola lived in NYC most of the time and Fairuza would have to fly in from California and it just lined up better. If I'm not mistaken, Lola was the original choice but she was committed to Criminal Minds, but wound up quitting that show and became available. It's like Back To the Future, all but the prom scenes were shot with Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, but he was playing it too dramatically. Michael J. Fox was the first choice but they were filming the same time as Family Ties and he was committed. The producers and directing staff were watching the dailies and things just weren't funny enough. They wound up with Fox after they made a deal with Family Ties. Every indoor scene in the movie was shot in the middle of the night so Fox could do both. The film was almost done and Tom Wilson (Biff) got a call to come in immediately to talk to the producer and directors. He wasn't told why, and he pleaded with them to just tell him he was fired over the phone but they said that's not it. He drove over to the offices of the casting director thinking he was about to be told he was fired (he was not clicking at all with Stoltz and everyone knew it.......Stoltz went method on a lot of the physical scenes and Wilson was going to really lay into him on the last day). He gets there and all the young actors, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson. Billy Zane, are all there and the director walked in with Michael J. Fox and told them all..........."I hope you guys like working midnights". There are a couple of shots in the movie - at Doc's 1955 house, where you see Doc from Marty's point of view, over Marty's shoulder and it's Eric Stoltz' shoulder.

So there is a Jeff The Cab Driver issue. The actor that shot the scenes we saw in Season 4 was not able to shoot any scenes for Season 6 because I guess he's in a new series. So the BCS folks cast a different actor to play Jeff (and we'll see those scenes again soon). So, as far as syndication (Netflix and the like) does that mean they put the new Jeff in the old episodes too for continuity? I mean, when you watch it over a 3 year span it's not a big deal, but binge it and see those episodes in the same week and it's gonna be weird. An episode of Seinfeld where George parks his father's car in handicapped space and it gets torn up by an angry mob, in the original airing it was a different actor playing Frank Costanza. He had health issues and couldn't reappear so they re-cast Jerry Stiller. For syndication they actually went back and re-shot scenes. A different actor play Jerry's father in the first few episodes before they re-cast Barney Martin, but they did not re-shoot those scenes.

And then warned Hank about it so Hank would do the killing and save him the war. A lot of people online seem to think that Kim somehow sent Jeff the Cab Driver to find Saul. I think we'll find out Kim has joined NXIVM and somehow Gene finds out and saves her.

working dogs. mine just tried to herd squirrels, yours does dishes? Good Dog !

And look at that smile. Good Girl !

Wow, look at that stadium. How sad.

By the way, is everything alright with Dan Dickerson?

Oh, not ripping him. He just sounds a little forced, but I am sure Dan did at the beginning too. Yes, he would be a far cry from the snoozefest on TV.

I am not going to rip on the guy because he's trying his best. He sounds a little forced, but when you hear someone else do Tigers Play-By-Play it makes you realize just how freaking good Dan Dickerson really is. Doug Fister on color commentary.............they've had better.

Holy crap, we beat the A's. We never beat the A's. And Zack Short is back?

Oh yeah..........drafting for MLB is much more of a crap-shoot and it's a 4-5 years down the road thing. For the NFL you draft players that should be helping you immediately meaning that you should be able to recognize talent easier. Just look at the 2nd round of the NFL draft through the years. 2nd round players are supposed to be starters that contribute...........the biggest consistent failure of the Lions over the years.

Can't use the Sticky Stuff anymore?

Saw Yahoo Sports Teams Overachievers and Underachievers Over Yankees - Yeah, way over Orioles - If they weren't in that division, they'd be thinking playoffs Mariners - 14 in a row will do that Mets - I find this strange, We expected them to be really good Twins - Yo Yo Team. Up, Down, Up, Down...........next year they'll stink again. Under Angels - Not to me, I knew they'd suck. they always suck Reds - Under? They've been tanking, how are they under? White Sox - Yeah, I get this. Jerry, stop hiring buddies to manage the team Royals - I don't know anyone that expect anything from them Nationals - They keep getting rid of good players, team should be folded So the Tigers don't make the Under list and it shows how full of shit we all were with our expectations. They weren't realistic and we're all blinded by loyalty to our favorite team, which is run by a jackass owner and clueless GM. -OR-. The Tigers just don't matter nationally, which is worse. I think Juan Soto is headed to the Dodgers. They have all the money in the world to spend AND they have a boatload of prospects every year. Can we hire their Assistant GM please? Jeffrey Kingston or Alex Slater or maybe their Scouting Director David Finley?

St. Brown can dead lift almost 600 lbs.

Watched the episode again and everybody we root for won. But they are all hollow victories. What exactly did they win? Gustavo can't be who he really is. All those people surrounding him but he is totally alone and can only trust people that he pays (and even that's iffy). He could never get together with David. His true persona might come out or David could end up a casualty. He has to be guarded at all times. Everything in his life is a lie. Sitting on a mountain of money for what? Mike - this honorable criminal thing...............Nacho's dad set him straight, "you gangsters are all the same". In two sentences he quietly and poetically put Mike in his place. Yeah Mike, a good criminal............fuck you, you're a scumbag. We just like you because you're OUR scumbag. Oh, you're not as twisted as the Salamancas..........well, neither was the Manson Family. Mike doesn't speak Spanish but he got the message loud and clear. No victory there - just sitting at home in the dark drinking his Pabst Blue Ribbon, a sell out as a cop and now a sell out as a crook. No honor in that. Kim - Flew too close to the Sun because it was "fun". Orchestrated ruining a man's reputation and going so far as to flat-out lie to his grieving wife. That's what broke Kim. She didn't just destroy Howard, she destroyed Howard's family, friends and the law firm where her friends work, a place where she would have been a partner in 10-15 years. Destroyed the man that paid for her education because he punished her a little bit. Jimmy - The timeline jump............surrounding himself with tacky opulence to make up for his sad life as Saul Goodman. Going full Saul, with a prostitute in his rotating bed, his gold toilet, his comb-over and NutriGrain bars. Yeah, people screwed you Jimmy, you deserved better from Chuck & Howard, but you destroy everything and this pathetic existence is all that's left. Chimp with a machine gun. It was a very sad episode. And a very very interesting trailer for the next episode with Saul sounding like a carnival barker making a bad cable commercial. Theory is that audio is from the Gene timeline - a store at the mall where Gene works - he gets on the PA and causes some kind of stir as people rush to get free things - maybe trying to draw attention away from something he's going to do. I just love the way they frame thing, no idea what's really coming.

"Slippin' Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun." Chuck might have been a dick, but he was 100% right.

This version of this song popped in my head today.

This song randomly jumped in my brain today after years of not hearing it..............I think the lawyers in love that are Slippin' Jimmy and Quittin' Kimmy probably was responsible.

Oh, and we ain't done with Kim. She might not be in the next eppy or two, but we ain't done with her.

Yep, Tuco is getting out of jail and he's making some kind of threat towards Saul and that's why when Walt & Jessie kidnap him he freaks out. I can see Tuco getting out and immediately messing with Gus. I am surprised Hector didn't go after Nacho's father just out of being an evil prick. I think we get 2 episodes in the BB timeline and 2 episodes with Gene, where Gene is going to set something straight for Kim and that'll get him killed or caught. That poster with Gene putting on the red coat is there for a reason. Nice breakfast bar.

Seriously, they've had chance after chance after chance to be part of this. They make perfect sense geographically. They make perfect sense academically, They make perfect sense rivalry-wise. But no, they're soooooooooooo special. Well fine, go be special somewhere else. Oh, and I know he's gone (and he'll bomb at LSU), but Brian Kelly killed a kid. Have fun playing whomever you're playing. UCLA, USC, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Utah, Oregon and probably a team or two from Texas are coming Big Ten East Maryland-Rutgers-Penn State-Pitt-Ohio State-Michigan-Michigan State-Indiana-Purdue-Wisconsin-Northwestern-Illinois Big Ten West USC-UCLA-Oregon-Washington-Utah-Stanford-Cal-Texas Tech-Baylor-Iowa-Nebraska-Minnesota Something like that.