kenneth in the (212): 01/01/2022

I have to admit, I completely ignored the Australian Open final yesterday. (Not a fan of either player.) But when a friend of mine wrote a lengthy post on Facebook about Rafael Nadal's win, making a point of saying "No asterisk needed," I felt like I had no choice but to respond:

Yes, Nadal -- who got a grand total of eight games from Djokovic in the 2019 Australian Open final and hasn't beaten his Serbian foe on a hard court since 2013(!) -- won the title after Australia reneged on Djokovic's medical exemption. No asterisk needed there! lol

Bitchy? Of course. But come on: He's the one who brought up the asterisk. (The Rafa fan doth protest too much, methinks.) I immediately deleted it, having promised myself no more fights on social media. My friend's smart and rational, but you can never trust those pesky friends-of-friends to behave in kind. Still, there was a reason for my momentary lapse in disengagement.

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Ya gotta love a guy whose entire Instagram feed is a Manspread Monday post waiting to happen! Plenty more BELOW.

Not in a million years would I have remembered this KC and the Sunshine Band cover -- by a band no less that features former members of XTC and Gang of Four -- if not for Sirius-XM Radio. Maybe not on par with Dead or Alive's "That's the Way (I Like It)," but darn near close!

I like 'em big and stupid. But not quite this STUPID.

Nice to see the whole world is on to this scam -- thanks, Andy Rooney! -- even if there's nothing that can be done about it.

What I'd give to smuggle his budgy. More BELOW.

And this Latin lover is a CAT DAD!

With thanks to Sirius-XM Radio for reminding me about the fun cover of the Runaways' "Cherry Bomb," featuring Frankie Clarke (Frankie and the Studs)l Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's), Melanie Vammen (Muffs/Pandoras/Coolies), Brittany Nicole Bowman (Meg Myers, Toni Cornell) and Mikey Hawdon (Fairmounts).

Shirt and pants come off BELOW.

Doctor! Doctor! Can't you see I'm burning, burning? More skin BELOW.

I don't know about you. But if this guy showed up to repair my plumbing, I'd start shoving celery stalks down the garbage disposal in hopes of never letting him leave. Watch HERE.

This song -- not unlike Daryl Hall's look -- is as fresh today as it was 45 years ago! See where "Rich Girl" ranked when I polled my readers about favorite Hall and Oates songs back in 2008 HERE.

View all furry chests HERE.

I haven't a clue what to expect from the remainder of the Aussie Open. On paper, Barty and Medvedev should still win the trophies. In my fantasy, Keys and Tsitsipas would capture their first majors, finally living up to their potential. But with my luck, Collins -- the 21st century's answer to Bonnie Gadusek -- and Nadal will end up winning it all, the latter of whom being almost fitting seeing as Djokovic didn't even give himself a chance because he is so painfully Serbian. Leave me a comment if you have any idea what's going to happen.

I'll be home soon, Harvey!

The Buckeyes have probably had a hard time filling this one's singlet. More BELOW.

While I don't miss the socially acceptable homophobia, I sure wouldn't mind spending a little time back in the "good old days," when my parents were healthy, my brother was alive and records like this made all the bad things in the world disappear in three-minute increments.