SHANA TOVA, SPECIAL ED!!!!!
Happy 5785, everybody!!!!! Its already October 3, making this is the latest Rosh Hashanah of the last 20 years (RH 5765 was Oct. 4th 2005), and there won't be another October RH for at least another ten years. FYI.
Rosh Hashanah usually falls around week 2 or 3 of the NFL season, so this is really screwing with our internal clocks. Subconsciously, the late Rosh Hashanah is probably why we didn't start blogging until last week. Everything on the solar calendar is sneaking up on us way too fast. Did you guys realize there's only like 4 weeks till Election Day??? That seems way too soon.
It's already week 5 but we know we've still been putting out Big Off-Season Vibes cause we got invited to the most bonkers event we've ever heard of this week.
Check this shit out -
That's right, motherfuckers, we're gonna meet our POWER ANIMAL!!!!! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! If we had to guess, we think our Power Animal is gonna be a Jaguar cause we drafted Brian Thomas Jr. on all three of our Yahoo! teams this year. But it'd be really good news for our Special Ed squad if it turns out to be a Saint or a Viking. The only downside is this joint is three hours long and it's on Sunday. We're gonna miss most of Bills-Texans, but this shit looks way too insane for us to pass up.
We know some DYM Readers are real book-smart and are probably struck by the juxtaposed references to a variety of different spiritual traditions: "Shamanism" originates from Siberian and Northern European indigenous cultures, "Gaia" is the name of a Greek goddess, and we're also invoking "Power Animals" from Celtic spirituality... Of course the true DYM Scholars will know that we've fully established the requisite cognitive dissidence for this kind of activity. Syncratic theology is extremely in our wheelhouse.
LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
NEW BATMAN SHIT!!!!!!
Fuckin BEST WEEK EVER, you guys:
Mets are in the Playoffs, we're gonna meet our Power Animal, and motherfuckin JOKER 2 is in theaters NOW!!!!!
This is another thing that snuck up on us. We thought Joker 2 wasn't coming out for like another month, but it's TODAY!!!! When we first heard they were making Joker 2 we thought it was a joke. Like, first of all, Joker was fine, but it didn't need a sequel. And then they tell us that Lady Gaga is playing Harley Quinn, and that it's a musical(?). And we're like --- What? OK.
As weird as it is, there's a ton of potential here, because Joker 2 promises to be exponentially sexier than Joker 1. - We love seeing Lady Gaga smoke cigarettes (Gaga can GET IT), and we saw a shot of her standing outside Joker's jail cell blowing him a shotgun through the bars. That's gonna be maybe the sexiest scene in a live action movie since Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Plus it's rated R for "Language Throughout" and "Brief Full Nudity". We're in. Lets go!!!
We might try to go see this shit late night tonight after the Mets game. We might even bench Bucky and Kamara so we're not compelled to watch Bucs-Saints on a Thursday.
The Penguin Episode 2 was pretty fun. Colin Ferrell is leaning really hard into the Tony Soprano impression for this character and we're not mad at it. The whole show still feels very Sopranos-esque. Like this one scene where Penguin berates the kid or putting cilantro on his tacos and never gets over it. Penguin even throws the kid under the bus when he introduces him to a hooker later on.
We also liked how everything worked out great in the end for Penguin, but the kid fucked up something kinda minor, so Penguin made him dig a grave and sit in it. That's becoming a fun trope. We hope every episode ends with Penguin threatening to kill the kid over nothing. That pettiness is one of the hallmarks of the Tony/Penguin ethos.
FOOD BEEF BBQ!!!!!
Mr. Perry's Smokehouse, Morristown
We might've really fucked up, you guys.
We have a friend who's something of a grilled and smoked meat aficionado (he's fat). After the Red, White & Que debacle we asked him where there's a good BBQ place around here. He said there are none. Oof.
This guy is a pretty tough critic, but we got a bad feeling he might be right.
This week we visited Mr. Perry's Smokehouse in Morristown. This place was kinda hard to find because we think its actually in Cedar Knolls and it's INSIDE A FUCKING SHOPRITE!!!! It's weird. Shout out to ShopRite of Greater Morristown, this place is HUGE. They have everything too, you'll rarely find a supermarket with such a robust Kosher section AND the full set of Catholic prayer candles. There's also a food court inside the store with a bunch of different kiosk restaurants and even a cool little bar area with TVs and a fireplace - its really nice!
But still, we're talkin nice for a supermarket, not actually a nice place to eat.
As you would expect from a ShopRite kiosk - Mr. Perry's BBQ was absolute trash. The brisket was a mess - dry as shit and just fell apart on our fork. The pulled chicken wasn't really pulled - it was all kinda stuck together by big pieces of fat - just nasty. The ribs were undercooked with sauce that was just OK. They did give us complementary cornbread, but that too was trash. The mac and cheese was not bad, which makes us think we shoulda just been reviewing mac and cheeses this season.
This place sucked. But the good news is that the door is wide open for Famous Dave's to make the playoffs!!! For reference this was place had 3.5 stars on yelp which made it a lock for this tournament - solidly inside the top ten in north jersey. Red White & Que was the highest rated BBQ place on yelp with 4.5 stars - and it wasn't really that good.
This is gonna be a real tough tour. The wife is already checked out and we're flying solo here in just the second week. Next week we have the only other place we had heard was legit - Minuteman Smokehouse - we're looking forward to that, but not much else.
BBQ SCORE - 5/10
AMERICAS GAME OF THE WEEK!!!!!
I ❤️ Auntie Cynthula vs. Tobin & The Rippers
Two of the leagues best teams, who will both likely have to wait until the final injury reports on Sunday morning to set their lineups.
We had a bad feeling about letting Matt and Luca autodraft, and just as we feared the computer did a way better job drafting than they would have done themselves. After four weeks this team is 3-1 and clocking nearly 130 points per game. Even losing Deebo the last couple weeks didn't slow them down cause they've been fearlessly starting Cubba Hubbard every week. We never thought we'd see a team bench Deebo for Chubba Hubbard, but that could happen here this week. Although, with Johnathan Taylor and Romeo Doubs both potentially out, they could end up starting some sketchy bench players if they don't get Deebo back.
The Rippers are also banged up and also have a few players on bye. They dropped a defense for Dontavion Wicks this week (great move). They'll probably have to drop a serviceable RB in a corresponding move sometime this weekend (Ford, Dobbins, Mostert, or Roschon). As of now it seems that they're smartly waiting till at least Friday so they RB will still be on waivers through Sunday, but keep an eye on that waiver wire folks!!!
This is a real tough one to call since we don't know who's playing, so we're just gonna flip a coin...
TOBIN AND THE RIPPERS WINS!!!!!
SPECIAL ED MATCHUPS!!!!!
PUNCH IT OR LUNCH IT!!!!! vs. balls lé foots 🤾🏼
We're gonna play golf at the Rutgers University Golf Course on Friday. We've still never been there but heard its nice. Really lookin forward to it. Could be a good spot to start our YouTube golf program, cause we can hit up the grease truck and do a little DYM golf X FoodBeef collabo. Fuckin best week ever you guys, for real.
PUNCH IT OR LUNCH IT WINS!!!!!
Uncle Rico's Revenge vs. Paul's Phenomenal Team
The Uncle Ricos just picked up Trey Sermon this week. But if they need RB help they shoulda hollered at us. Rashid Shaheed is one of our favorite players this year, and we have a plethora of RB's for The Uncle Ricos to choose from. We think we can make something happen.
PAULS PENOMENAL TEAM WINS!!!!!
Always Be Chimpin' vs. The Hamburglars
Both these teams looked really good on draft night but fell apart almost immediately. The Hamburglars are starting a backup QB, who could actually be an improvement over Hurts (we know what that's like).
Chimpin have McCaffrey rotting on the bench, and we thought this was a good time to remind them - and everyone else - that there is no "can't cut list" in this league. They can go ahead and cut C-Mac anytime they want. FYI.
HAMBURGLARS WINS!!!!!
Erin Ertz vs. Super Bowl Ripper
Hey!!! It's Josh Allen vs. CJ Stroud!!!!! Love a good head-to-head fantasy matchup. Hopefully the Ertzs and the Rippers can take this opportunity to deepen their awareness of earth energies too.
SUPER BOWL RIPPER WINS!!!!!
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