Ryan Bayne

It's pretty chilly out here tonight.

I considered illicit means to watch the ALDS, and then I realized that I'd have to watch the Fox feed and signed up for a month of Sportsnet+ because I wanted Buck and Dan.

Tonight Dan Shulman & Buck Martinez will be calling the World Series on Sportsnet, the first time in history Canada will have its own production for the Fall Classic.

Wait, I've forgotten my Dark Tower nonsense. I'm happy to be reminded in DM if you don't want to post it publicly.

I watched his original cable access show when I was in high school in Toronto, but it was being shared from the Ottawa station. He is coming to Kitchener in about two weeks, but I will not be attending that show.

Wait, Kitchener? I thought early Tom Green stuff was all done in Ottawa. Do I need to go visit local food courts?

I was going to be a humourless reply guy, but it turns out it was Men's Fitness that got the Tiger Woods feature in exchange for the National Enquirer not printing a story about his affairs. Men's Health is blameless, at least in that one specific situation.

It's nice that this piece includes Davis Schneider's secret dad (lower left)

Front view of a Fisher Price Movie Viewer Theater

Fisher Price movie player cartridge of "Lonesome Ghosts" featuring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck

I hoped the photo was just going to be these.

We must all rally behind America’s Team: the Toronto Blue Jays

Are we just supposed to forget Sofia Vergara "i think they r dead" at PWG Mystery Vortex III?

Is that a spin-off of Rod Torfulson's Armada feat. Herman Menderchuk?

I think we can blame video games for this, and by games I mean one specific one: Untitled Goose Game.

That's not true. I would say I was mostly indifferent to Jay Pharoah before discovering "The Quiz with Balls" last night.

If I understand KBO rules, which I assume also apply to MLB playoff games, if the Mariners don't score in the bottom of the 11th, the game ends in a tie, and then they tie with the Tigers and the Jays have to face both teams? That doesn't seem fair...

All the way from Montreal? Did you give them a 10-4 to confirm?

(This is only funny if you know that CB radio is known as General Radio Service according to ISED Canada)

Listen to Neko Case?

Doug Flutie was a guest on the coverage of this weekend's Hamilton Tiger-Cats / Toronto Argonauts game, and my first thought upon seeing him was this box of cereal.

People say Snorlax is blocking route 12, but then Pokémon just climb on his belly to jump up and down? Why not just climb down the other side?

What about Xbox Avatar of Chris Cashman?

You Can Just Push Shit In Back Seat Out Of Way

You Can Just Push Shit In Back Seat Out Of Way

In Ontario, you don't have to legally change your name upon marriage. You can update all your ID and your passport using your marriage certificate, but if you don't bother with the formal name change paperwork, you're just living under an approved alias.

I definitely don't remember the murdering your friends and neighbours (Miis) part of owning a Wii U.

The Don Callis Family is like a Katamari, with Okada as its very attractive core.

I've already had the Skater's Waltz in my head for the past day, this isn't helping!

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I don't know if it's a Canadian thing, but KBO is available on Plex streaming for me. The announcers are awkward though. I can't tell if it's that they've hired English speakers in Korea who don't know baseball to call the game, or if they're just trying to translate Korean announcers directly.

I think this person is a writer with AEW contacts and not actually with AEW, but she's very pro-Bluesky and shared this last night: bsky.app/profile/amy....

I'm only half watching GBBO, but Noel just asked a contestant from the Ukraine if they have flapjacks there, and when told no, he suggests she go back to start up a flapjack business. Yes Noel, flapjacks (which are apparently oat bars over there?) are definitely worth returning to a war zone.

I can suspend my belief for all of this, but unless the ref was tethered to a cable for their earpiece only for the "EMF friendly" match, I can't buy that.