Sports Reporter Aileen Hnatiuk Is Off To A Fast Start In Tampa, Lions Fan Collects Cheerleader Content & I'm BACK!
Florida was as hot as advertised
As I sit down at the computer complex in my family room where I've worked for the last 13 years, it's not lost on me how fortunate I am to return from vacation to this job and the tens of thousands of readers that depend on this column to get their day rolling.
I completely understand how many people return from vacations to jobs they hate and people they hate to work with. I'm fortunate. All I had to do this morning was look for Dale Earnhardt content, cruise through the Instagram models and look for fun sports content to put a bow on the weekend.
What a life!
Let's get to this vacation recap:
The art of returning your cart
• Chris S. in Illinois writes:
Hey Joe, welcome back.
Writing to take issue with Al A. yesterday and his terrible take on returning carts. In the same letter, as he brags about leaving his carts in the lot wherever he parked, he says you better not touch his beloved truck.
I guess it’s OK with him if his cart blows into my beloved 2015 GMC, as long as he isn’t inconvenienced by having to do the bare minimum and walk to a cart corral. I know we are all family here, and I don’t like attacking fellow Screencappers, but this is unacceptable. Be better Al, we all like our trucks dent free, a 1-minute walk isn’t exactly a “hard thing”.
Kinsey:
I'll be completely honest, I haven't read a single sentence of Screencaps since I left, but I have an opinion on returning carts: Return your cars to a corral. It's possible Al was just trying to start some s--t around here while I was gone. Now I'm back. Clean it up, Al!
I have no idea who Al is, but he needs to do better. Get those steps in, Al.
NFL guys wearing sports bras
• Dave in Woodland Hills, CA writes:
Hey Joe,
Welcome back from vacation...
When you see NFL players and professional soccer players wearing sports bras under their jerseys, and seemingly PROUDLY, you know the total feminization of the younger generation of men is almost complete. I mean, wtf does a grown-ass man need to wear that? the answer: he may be an adult but he ain't no real man. ffs...
On a related note for all the beer drinkers out there who've proudly switched from Bud Light or Bud or Busch or whatever shit A-B beer to something else, be careful if you're still trying to boycott because the Anheuser Busch InBev umbrella is MASSIVE. It includes Modelo, Corona, Natural Light, Beck's, Lowenbrau, Stella, Boddington's, St. Pauli, Hoeegarden, dozens of indian/korean/chinese brands, various IPAs (including Golden Road, Goose Island, and Elysian, one i've always liked but have dropped once I found out who owned it).
The point? if you're trying to make a statement, make sure you're not clowning yourself. besides, why not choose PBR, Coors, Yuengling, ultra-right, and others that don't partner with mentally ill jackweeds pretending to be a girl?
Kinsey:
I remember being shocked the first time I saw some soccer player wearing one of these things and tweeting about it. The wokes promised me it's all about measuring heart rates, blah, blah, blah.
You're telling me they can't measure heart rates and performance without putting elite athletes in sports bras?
Welcome back
• Paul in Cincy wrote in while I was finishing up this column:
I hope your vacation was a good recharge. If the Reds had gotten swept yesterday that might have been all she wrote. But they’re still hanging around and that’s pretty darn good after losing 100 last year. Did you ever get down for a game?
Hopefully Burrow is ready to hit the ground running in week 1! Gotta come out of the gate hot this season.
P.S. Joe Biden is the top scumbag in the country!
Kinsey:
I have not made it to a Reds game. We're still alive for a trip south. That's going to happen. Promise.
Speaking of catching baseball games, I was going to take the kids to a Rays game Friday night until I saw the prices. It was $41 per person -- cheapest tickets available -- BEFORE fees because the Rays were also including a Lee Brice concert after the game.
Pass.
It turns out the Rays won that game on a dramatic walk-off home run. There's no way the kids would have lasted that long. I'm chalking up missing the game as a win.
That's it for this morning. It's time to put the band back together and get rolling toward football season and the conclusion of the Thursday Night Mowing League season with the batteries fully charged.
Go have an incredible day. And if you're on vacation, good luck with dinner service and your credit card bill.
Take care.
Email: joekinsey@gmail.com