Death Impends

I won't be prepping my victory speech just yet... Joey getting hits off both Spicer and P-Orridge, while Doleman/Zoll/Clive all live, would need some luck, but is not unthinkable. Everyone else needs to get at least three differential hits to surpass me, though.

Easily my most entertainingly bonkers DDP hit ever. Kudos to Whang for the points.

One radio talk show host's tweet about Whang's death is getting quite a bit of attention, and has me cautiously optimistic. But it might be a few hours yet till the mainstream American entertainment sources pick up on it. Will be an interesting day for sure.

I like the Drop 40 bonus. It guarantees A-listers like McCain will remain on all the competitive teams given the points arms race has progressed so much that a lot of top teams might've gone long on him if he were still a 6-pointer.

Suzanne Whang has died, per Vanessa Marcil's Instagram (doesn't explicitly say it herself, but the comments are full of RIPs): And now we wait.

Ricksen becomes the biggest HPDP hit yet this year, being picked by 13 teams. Those that benefit are: YoungWillz off the mark with 45 points. FixedBusiness and Unknown Man 40. Clorox, the_engineer, and YorkshireBanker 35. Chorizo, Exu, gcreptile 30. Prophet 25. and Book, JoeMoneypenny, and Skinny 20. And with that, here's a new scoreboard and change of leadership. It remains a tight race at the top, with theoldlady inching past msc thanks to her Mugabe hit: 1. theoldlady 267 2. msc 262 3. CaptainChorizo 240 4. drol 222.5 5. Lord Fellatio Nelson 217 6. maryportfuncity 209 7. gcreptile 202 8. Phantom of the Midway 198.5 9. Sir Creep 186 10. John Key 165 11. Wormfarmer 159 12. FixedBusiness 135 13. the_engineer 134.5 14. Skinny kiltrunner 132 15. markb4 126.05 16. Clorox Bleachman 125 17. Prophet 123.58 =18. Book 119 =18. Sean 119 20. YorkshireBanker 118.12 21. Toast 101 22. The Unknown Man 87 23. Pedro67 84 24. Exu 80 25. The Old Crem 75 26. time 63 27. The Mad Hatter 57 28. JoeMoneypenny 48 29. YoungWillz 45 30. nantonian2013 35 31. WidowsPeak 20 32. Torva Messor 12 =33. Bibliogryphon 0 =33. Death Impends 0 =33. Deathray 0 =33. DevonDeathTrip 0 =33. Joey Russ 0

Will tally his points and the next scoreboard later today, only about 10 mins before I leave for work so not enough time to figure out what his 13 pickers get.

If 7 teams had to pick the same again, they wouldn't, my friend, Fernando... 1. drol 5 =2. Bibliogryphon 16 =2. BuffaloPhil 16 4. CaptainChorizo 17 5. GraveDanger 18 6. Phantom of the Midway 20 7. FixedBusiness 23 =8. gcreptile 24 =8. The Quim Reaper 24 =10. Clorox Bleachman 26 =10. Great Uncle Bulgaria 26 =10. machotrouts 26 =10. paddyfool 26 =10. QTips 26 =10. Spade_Cooley 26 =16. Death Impends 27 =16. The Old Crem 27 =16. Torva Messor 27 19. manuel 28 20. Sir Creep 30 21. Joey Russ 32 =22. Book 34 =22. Skinny kiltrunner 34 =24. deadsox 35 =24. Dr_T 35 =26. En Passant 36 =26. Pedro67 36 =28. markb4 37 =28. Mercarte 37 =30. An Fear Beag 39 =30. The Mad Hatter 39 32. Banana 40 33. YoungWillz 43 34. Newjack 45 =35. Grim Up North 46 =35. theoldlady 46 37. The Unknown Man 47 38. Wormfarmer 50 39. Toast 51 40. JoeMoneypenny 52 41. charon 54 42. Neobrakeon 59 43. Master Tech 63 44. Philip 65 45. Bentrovato 81 46. nantonian2013 83 47. Team Wean 131 48. msc 167

Yeah I tune into Jeopardy every night since I love the fast barrage of trivia and that sense of both testing how much you already know and further expanding your knowledge boundaries. The "figure out 5-6 phrases an episode" of Wheel not quite my style. I'll still watch regularly once it's post-Trebek but Jeopardy def won't be the same by then, he's had such an endurant, steady presence that helps define the show.

One of the very rare instances of OoO getting a motorsport prediction wrong; he had said hereabouts some years back he didn't think Moss would make 90.

Doesn't seem you're too eager to heed to DDT's ultimatum. Enjoy another month off then.

Yeah, reality TV is Mail catnip, with forgotten contestants from 10 years ago often getting obits. I think a longtime host will get one too. Plus she's appeared in various popular US sitcoms/dramas throughout the 2000s which is common clickbait fodder even when they're one-off appearances. I mean, Vinny Vella and that guy who appeared in one episode of Fresh Prince both got across-the-board tabloid QOs.

Yet again.

At least 23 of his relatives are missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/08/hurricane-dorian-23-members-sidney-poitiers-family-missing/

Just spotted that one of the survivors from my May squad, boxing trainer Arthur Ramalho, died late August. He owned the West End Gym in Lowell, Massachusetts, where Micky Ward among others trained.