Technico Support

It should be noted that power washing is fun as a motherfucker and if you've never power washed your deck, driveway, concrete steps, whatever, go rent a proper gas-powered powerwasher and get to it. The only time I didn't enjoy it was when I had to pressure wash the underside of a deck, which is essentially like standing in the rain for an hour. I keep thinking about taking the plunge and buying one but $300 or so for a decent one is a little rich for my blood.

The Nun (Conjuring prequel) -- September

Holy fuck what is the story behind that Cody shirt? Is that his catchphrase or something? Worst piece of wrestling merch since the original cover for ROH's "Showdown in Motown?"

Seriously. Someone asked the question in the podcast mailbag once, too, and Dave's response was essentially, "Japan has its own promotions dedicated entirely to women!" My first thought was, "yeah, separate but equal is a great concept that has always worked so well throughout history"

It fucking sucks. The company I worked for was very "paycheck to paycheck" with how they did things, so both times there was a delay in payroll (to put it nicely), it was because a client was holding up on paying for a milestone for one reason or another. It's a shitty way to run a business, but I assume it's not entirely uncommon. So yeah, when it happened, we were all summoned, told what was happening, and promised to be made whole as soon as possible. And while they did eventually mostly make good, it's hard to get by when half your household income is cut and you don't know when things are going to get back to normal. It was some time ago; I think both times none of us got paid for maybe a month (two payroll cycles missed) and we just did our best to get by on savings.

When I write my memoirs, "Still Waiting for Some Paychecks" will be the name of the chapter where I discuss the four years I spent working for a game company.

Well I get the douchechills just hearing "punk rock" used as an adjective, so my threashold for being embarrassed for others is admittedly low.

Word. Grown men, ostensibly adults, passive-aggressively subtweeting about their fucking hurt feelings and talking about what is and is not "punk rock" is an embarrassment.

I was thinking something similar while watching some PWG last night. SO MANY guys went through PWG en route to WWE that they could probably make money off comps similar to ROH's "Superstars of Honor" comp.

We call that move "the 309.5"

Exactly. I really hope they can pull off this "let's become mainstream" thing just so they'll face the same scrutiny as other entertainment and sports platforms. Like if they get an Emmy and that brings their independent contractor practices to light in some real way, that would be incredible. I don't think my body would be equipped to process the shit-ton of schadenfreude I'll be experiencing.

Thousands of furries who thank Cheetara for their sexual awakening are gearing up to protest.

Considering how Transformers went from looking like "actual vehicles who transformed into robots" to "sentient junkyards fucked and had an uglier sentient junkyard baby," I'm really curious how he'll change the Thundercats' look.

Fun crowd, and Janela is a treasure

LOL What's funnier is, if you've seen Insidious or Saw, you've seen him since he has prominent roles in both.

If the NFL is any indication, a union doesn't help either. Team doctors' sole concern is getting guys back on the field as fast as they can, and the whole "concussion spotter" thing is not working at all like it was supposed to. There's room for nuance between "Gawker was a noble journalistic outlet" and "Gawker was a shitshot bastard child of TMZ and The National Enquirer." What happened to them is not right, regardless of how you feel about their practices. Essentially, a very rich man used the court system as a proxy to sue a news organization out of existence because he didn't like the way they covered him. You can argue about their methods -- I think what they did to Thiell was justified, but YMMV -- but when you look at the very basic facts of what went down, that's some bullshit. I'd call it "un-American" but "rich guys make the rules" is as American as it gets.

Obviously, White Guy Tribal is always the worst, sight unseen. "Long sentence written straight down one body part" is in second place. I can at least hope it's something personally meaningful to the guy but let's be honest, it's probably just some bumper sticker wisdom bullshit. So Punk has the best tattoos in the pic.

Wait so how does this work going forward? Wouldn't the next baby born anywhere in the universe upset the balance? Is there a 50/50 chance of the kid turning to dust as soon as he/she pops out? Or, if you're of certain religious and/or political persuasions, as soon as the egg is fertilized? I don't think Thanos thought this through, guys.

But is is showing stuff out of order. Outside the random flashbacks here and there, we do have two main storylines at once with two different timelines: the ensuing two weeks after the host uprising, and now. And I'm already wishing they color-coded this shit a la Fear the Walking Dead or better Call Saul because I'm getting confused as fuck.

I'm okay with "tough talking assholes who aren't such badasses when they get into a real fight with a worthy enemy," but that one guy thinking with his dick at the exact worst moment was just a bit much. And I get that something is going to be a big reveal because of it, but god damn do I not need a side story about Ghost Nation Guy next week.

I enjoyed how Lucha Underground shit on the gimmick, with Cueto saying something about how nobody would be allowed to "cash in" the Gift of the Gods at a moment's notice because, as a good promoter, he needed time in advance to advertise the match and make money. The "cash in" thing had some internal logic at first, with Edge doing it twice because he was a scumbag heel, Punk doing it once because Edge was the victim and again because he was going heel. Now it's just an accepted part of the gimmick that MitB is essentially a license to steal a title, which is just dumb.

It's a testament to the writing of the show. Lesser writers would make him a one-note villain. Instead, thee are many times you can understand exactly where he's coming from.

That's one of my favorite quotes. I remember hearing that Caine would pick roles by asking "where is it shooting?" Followed by "how is the weather there?"

Yeah, so far it just sounds like he can't prove actual damages and his only grounds for pain and suffering are "people are tweeting mean things to me."

WWE doctor Chris Amman is suing Punk & Cabana for libel. It stems from Punk appearing on Cabana's podcast after his departure from WWE, wherein Punk essentially labelled Amman a quack and/or corporate stooge, less concerned with wrestler health than he was about just getting guys back in the ring. Punk apparently had a horrible undiagnosed staph infection for a long time and Amman (Punk claims, please don't sue me) just kept giving him the same antibiotics (Z-Pack) and sending him back out there instead of paying attention to the symptoms and actually diagnosing him.