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For me, the weekend before Thanksgiving tends to be a quiet one. No traveling while I start to prepare my body for the tryptophan-and-carb fest that will be Thanksgiving, and the total waste of a day that will be working the day after Thanksgiving. As such, the weekend was a pretty good one – lazy and boring, but good. But for these people… well, I’m sure they are hoping that Thanksgiving has better things in store for them.
Bernie Beaudry
Sometimes, life is all a matter of timing. In the right place at the right time? Cool things happen. In the wrong place at the wrong time? Well, you could get trucked by Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Linval Joseph.
Bernie Beaudry, the FOX sound technician, was one tough mofo as that he actually worked the game after that. But a question remains: was this payback for FOX inexplicably photoshopping Vikings QB Sam Bradford’s head onto other QBs bodies? Probably not… but the team did troll the network via Twitter during Sunday’s game.
Classic. [via Bleacher Report]
Hummus Lovers
Confession time: I hate hummus. I feel that admitting that could get me booted from the human race, but I’m nothing if not honest. Yes, I know it’s good for me, but the texture of it just totally grosses me out. And now it turns out that because of my hatred of pureed chickpeas, I’m not the ones worrying if I’m going to get Listeria.
On Saturday, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that Sabra, one of the big names in hummus, is voluntarily recalling some of their hummus and spreads due to concerns about a possible Listeria contamination. According to CNN, the FDA said, “The products were manufactured before November 8 at a plant where Listeria monocytogenes have been found, but the bacteria has not been found in products that have been tested.” Still, the company decided to recall the products, which were distributed in the U.S. and Canada and have a “best before” date through January 23, 2017.
See? Sometimes not being healthy pays off. [via CNN]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In yet another admission likely to get me expelled from the cool kids table, I never got the whole Harry Potter thing either. It just didn’t do it for me. And apparently, the latest film installment of the Wizarding World franchise didn’t do it for moviegoers this weekend.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earned $75 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend, a decent showing for sure. But given that the figure is less than the lowest earning Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and the fact that there wasn’t all that much competition at the theaters this weekend, it’s not great.
Also to consider: this film is the first of a reported five; for comparisons’ sake, the first Harry Potter grossed $90 million its first weekend, but was made for $55 million less than this first Fantastic Beasts movie. J.K. Rowling had better work some magic for the rest of these movies, or the folks at Warner Bros. aren’t going to be too happy. [via Mashable]
De’Angelo Ballard
As a quarterback, there’s got to be something particularly demoralizing about losing a game 55-0, as Alabama A&M did on Saturday to Auburn. But it’s got to be made even worse when you’re intercepted after the ball bounces off your own helmet after being batted down by the opposing team.
On the upside… I know now that Alabama A&M exists. [via ESPN]
Poor Dudes
It’s got to be rough being a dude who is short on funds. I’m the exact opposite of that – a lady who makes a decent living – so I can’t really understand your pain, but I imagine it’s not a good time. But there is some good news – you’ll be out of your misery sooner rather than later.
According to a new study from East Tennessee State University, poor men live almost a full decade less than richer men. The study, which examined median incomes in counties across the country and compared them with life expectancy, found that richer men in the U.S. live until 79.3 on average, while financially challenged men only live until 69.8.
Good news for us ladies, though: whether you are poor (76 years) or rich (83 years), we’re still going to live longer than the guys. Sorry, bros. [via Daily Mail] .
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Missed on Charlie Strong here
losing to a team that hasnt won an FBS game in 2 years and likely losing your job is called having a bad weekend
We all saw his post-game, man. He’s sad enough without having to be publicly shamed on noted website PostGradProblems.com.
Poor bastard.
The Strong situation is absolutely terrible. Not just the loss, but to hear from everyone you know you are going to be fired, and then your boss telling you everything is fine is super shitty.
I didn’t want to include it until he was ACTUALLY fired.
I mean as a KU grad, Im stoked we actually beat someone, but I didnt want a classy guy like him to lose his job over it. Its just a game at the end of the day
Last time they beat Texas was 1938, Kansas should probably just cancel their football program.
I’m just impressed that all 20 people sitting in the stands managed to tear down the goal post. They should recruit.
It’s not just Kansas, it’s 3 years of consistently underperforming. Granted, I don’t think the alumni and boosters realize how recruiting works and that 3 years isn’t enough time to actually develop the players you recruited, but that’s Texas football for you.
$ 89 per hour Seriously, I do not know why more people have not tried it, I work two shifts, 2 hours in the day and 2 in the evening … andd I receive an unsatisfactory check for $ 12520 which is genial is Im Works from home if I get more time with my children.H#1.
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Tried hummus for the first time last week. If that stuff is healthy, I’m fine with dying 10 years early as a poor man who stuck with chips and queso.
Amen.
“I don’t like peas.” “Eww broccoli.” “Does that have olives on it? I don’t like olives.” Grow up and eat like an adult.
Never realized hummus was such a trigger point.
It’s not about the hummus, man, it’s that bitching about different foods is a straight up total vegan move.
^Does this ~not~ qualify as bitching about different foods?
“If you don’t like every food in the world, you’re not an adult.”
Where’s the fun in that?
Canned garbanzo beans (a.k.a. chickpeas), tahini, lemon, garlic, salt, and a food processor are all you need to enjoy hummus at home without getting food poisioning. Tahini is a little pricey (~$7 bucks a jar), but it lasts for several batches and the rest of the ingredients are dirt cheap.
These “cultured” people don’t even like hummus, maybe this poor redneck will live to 79 because I don’t have the palate of a child. Hummus is delicious.
These
Hummus sucks.
What about A.J. Green, the Bengals and his fantasy football owners? Not too happy to lose my #1 WR for the season on the cusp of playoffs…
Only so much football I can include…
Fair point
Same. Still won, but only because I also played the Vikings defense.
-A.J. Green & Geo Bernard owners (I don’t want to talk about it)
-Hummus sucks
-Fantastic Beasts was a quality flick
Thought Fantastics Beasts was pretty dang good myself
At the risk of football overload, definitely could have included Cody Kessler. Poor kid is just a Postgrad like us, except his coworkers are directly responsible for 2 concussions and several bruised ribs/shoulders.
I am a huge Harry Potter fan (may or may not have a tattoo to prove it). I went to 7 out of 8 of the franchise movie releases at midnight, but even I didn’t go see the new movie this weekend.
I’m actually a little annoyed that they spent so much money to produce a movie that, clearly, failed to pique the interest of even the most die-hard fans. Four more after this? Yikes…
Saw it this weekend and I would give it a 6/10. It was ok but the characters just weren’t as likable as the Harry Potter movies. The way it ended also seemed perfectly fine without needing any sequels. If any do get made I will definitely not see them.
Brought in Sabra Hummus for lunch. Just found out about the recall. PGP.
Prayers for you.
I don’t like hummus either, sup?