Avery The New England Patriots American football team played their first pre-season (practice) game tonight 10/8. On the broadcast they spent a short time with Sebastian Vollmer and Markus Kuhn who were broadcasting the game back to Germany (would have been 1-4 AM, I guess). Vollmer played for the Patriots, Kuhn the New York Giants and was the first German born player to score a touchdown (on a fumble recovery) in the NFL (National Football League, the American pro league).

It was fun listening to them. Lots of terms, e.g. cornerback, are said just as in English. They showed a pass interception and you could hear them say "ein pick", pick being American slang for the play. They showed pictures of the Frankfurt stadium where the Pats (Patriots) will play on Nov. 12.

Responding to my own posting, tomorrow is the game in Frankfurt. The TV broadcast starts at 9:30AM in Boston so it works perfectly. Usually people start watching American football here at 1PM, so tomorrow we can start 3 1/2 hours earlier and get in an extra game. For some reason this whole thing fascinates me. I hope they play some of the commentary from the German announcers. As I mentioned before Sebastian Vollmer played in New England and he was very good about talking about American football interest in Germany. Too bad we have a crummy team. We used to be so good it was much more fun to watch.

    I assume most on here have heard about Martha McSally, jet fighter pilot, Representative, and Senator being sexually assaulted while out for a run. It was groping with no penetration so a belt would not have helped. She did fight him off and chased him. He is now in jail.

    Sorry it happened (again) to a great lady but glad he was caught.

    Yesterday I was watching a terror movie.
    A unknown barbaric troglodyte tribe kidnap some civilians in the town and the sheriff goes to rescue them.
    In a scene the protagonist goes in front of 2-3 troglodyte women with the legs and arms mutilated and with small stakes of wood in their eyes.
    Frankly, I am not a soft woman, but it was one of the most terrible scene that I have seen ever.

      Ines

      "Villagers! Flee for ye lives! It's INNNEESSSS THE INSANEEEE!"

          Ines I am only a peaceful girl.

          ..who needs a dedicated family team, skilled German engineers and a specialized orthopedist to keep her safely locked in steel!

            Now I imagine a zombie movie about feral chastity maidens who turn into man-eating monsters if they are ever let out of their belts without proper defenses.

              WriterAlexis they would only need to wear their belt on full moon nights. I believe it is more common among belted girls to leave the belt off once a month or so...

              Ines Zombie are awful. But vampire....

              Dracula: Necromancer, or neck romancer?

                    WriterAlexis I mean, there are collars that should stop that, but they are as fetishized as chastity belts are and harder to conceal

                      10 days later

                      We're in the middle of a heatwave (40°+) and I couldn't go to the beach today, and now I can't sleep because my delightful partner is working away and can't (or won't) login to open the lockbox.

                      I tried a cold shower which worked for a little while, but now it's just gross and stickier than before. :-(

                        2 months later

                        Sin We're in the middle of a heatwave (40°+) and I couldn't go to the beach today, and now I can't sleep because my delightful partner is working away and can't (or won't) login to open the lockbox.

                        Another heatwave and it's +48° where my partner is (all week)... Payback is a bitch! It will probably hit 50° on Saturday.

                        It's actually messed up, so many places becoming uninhabitable. I'm in the far south of the state where it's much colder, and it's already 43° at 10am. It's nuts. When you open the door to go outside it feels like opening an oven door.

                        On the plus side, no belt = beach time!

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