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The "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" title card generator is one of my favorite places on the internet.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/02/09/dcs-funeral-homes-are-disappearing-heres-why-that-makes-us-sad/ Y'all...what is going on?!

http://alexanderlozada.com/iasip/?QSBMaXRlcmFsIE5hemkgaXMgYSBSZXB1YmxpY2FuIENhbmRpZGF0ZSBmb3IgQ29uZ3Jlc3M= Yup - it's over.

Posted this in the RTT but figured you all might like it, too.

Oh, yeah - not sure why I thought you were a NC person. My mistake. Still, though - the Falcons are not to be trusted!

Well, North Carolina was 'Skins territory for a long time, so I can understand that ("Team of the South" and all that). When I lived down there, I still ran into the occasional 'Skins fan. As far as the Falcons are concerned:

I know I've said it a million times on this forum but you 'Skins fans from outside the D.C. area truly confuse me. I know a lot of you came to the team during the golden years but you all have stuck around. You all a great but you truly confuse me.

When I was in college, I got a volunteer gig as a blogger for an ECU sports site a classmate had started and modeled my writing style off of Shirley Povich. I...I was not as good as Shirley Povich. Not even close.

Thanks for sharing this! The Historical Society of D.C.'s Facebook Page also has a lot of good mementos from the city's past. Also wanted to drop this here. Seems obligatory considering the forum and the byline: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/37title.htm

Well hell yeah we do! We're the most famous swamp in the world. [Insert Shrek joke here]

Also learned a bunch of notable musicians were either from or lived in or recorded music in D.C. I knew about Sousa and Duke Ellington and Marvin Gaye but apparently, Al Jolson's family put down roots in the city after emigrating from Europe and Van McCoy was a D.C. native and is buried in the same cemetery as my paternal grandparents. Huh.

Several musical movements - Go-go and hardcore punk (along with a few other areas of the country)

Bumping with a reminder that "Washington, D.C." once meant something very different and most folks born in the District are from "Washington County, District of Columbia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County,_D.C.

And do you really want to work for the Irsay family? Ugh.

They're showing the victory parade at the pizza place across the street from my office - owners of the shop are Eagles fans. I still can't believe they actually did it. I'm not even upset anymore. I'm back to being stunned and, if I'm being honest, impressed with the Eagles as an organization and their leadership. You all who have more inside knowledge of the NFL's inner workings can maybe help me fill in the blanks but it seems like Jeff Lurie has quietly been one of the best team owners in the league. The Eagles were trending downward when he took over and they bottomed out in 1998.They go on to become one of the most consistent teams of the 2000s: four conference championship appearances, an NFC Championship, consistently at or near the top of the division rankings, and consistently in the playoffs. But what's really telling to me is how the team's preformed in this decade. The team bottomed out again five seasons ago at 4-12 and then fired their GM/coach before the end of the 2015 season. He had egg all over his face for giving Chip Kelly that much power and fired him less than a year after he got it. That should have put them on the canvas for years. Instead they win the Super Bowl two years later with a first time head coach in his sophomore season - 13-3 regular season, number one seed going into the playoffs, and now they're league champions. Jeff Lurie's Eagles have weathered some nasty storms over the last 24 years - one early on in his tenure and another after a period of pretty consistent winning - and it came after making a bad decision that blew up in his face. I hate the Eagles but I respect the way they're run.

Just discovered this: Documentary they made right after the Nats came to town. I'm only about 13 minutes in but already, I saw some footage of what appears to be either really high quality home film or archive film from one of the local TV stations of the last Senators game at RFK on Sept. 30, 1971. I've read a lot about how the game ended with the Senators (soon to be Rangers) forfeiting because fans bum rushed the field but I'd never seen film of it before today. I've always thought of field invasions at RFK in the context of joy - like when the fans did it at the end of some of those NFC Championships. You can tell this was out of frustration - not at the players (you can see some of the fans shake hands with them after they ran out onto the field) but at the powers that made it happen.

Bumpin' this one since I found this post from WAMU recently and it reminded me of one of my favorite topics: the elusive "D.C. Accent": https://wamu.org/story/16/07/07/is_there_a_washington_dc_accent/

I wonder if it's one of the reasons security at championship ball games is so much tighter than it was in year's past. Fans going bananas after a big win is nothing new. That was the scene in downtown D.C. after the original Nats/Senators won their only World Series. Streets are packed with humanity. The fans mobbed Griffith Stadium after Muddy Ruel came charging in to score the winning run. But as far as I know, nothing was set on fire and no one was hurt badly. RFK Stadium following the team's first two NFC Championships. Once again, the field is swarmed by the fans. Once again - fans having a good time after storming the field but from all accounts, no one seemed to get hurt badly and the city's cars remained, for the most part, unscathed. But something seemed to change around then. There was something edgier and more dangerous about those celebrations. Players seemed less apt to embrace the fans during the raucous celebrations (i.e. Reggie Jackson running like a fullback off the Yankee Stadium outfield and bulldozing anyone that came between him and the dugout after the last out of the 1977 World Series). You really didn't see stuff like that in pro sports after the mid-1980s or so. There doesn't seem to be as much room for those spontaneous celebrations immediately after a big win and all that pent up energy is spent on the streets. But maybe that's also sports culture for particular cities. Things got wild in Chicago after the Cubs won the World Series in 2016 but nothing like that terrifying scene in Philly last night (at least from what I've read and seen).

That - and knowing Tom Brady will be crying himself to sleep tonight - are the only consolations I have tonight.

Now I hate the Patriots twice as much as I did before.

Because we all did something truly awful in a previous life and this is how we're paying for it.

With the understanding that I don't wish death on anyone per se - chances are you're gonna have new leadership in Dallas sooner than we will in D.C. Unless something truly shocking happens to Dan Snyder or any of his business endeavors in the near future, he's going to be the owner of the Washington Redskins for a long, long time.

Heads up: NSFW Language included

"What the **** ARE YOU HIDING IN THAT LITTLE CASTLE?! TELL ME!"

My visit to RFK last week (i.e. driving around the stadium and waving "goodbye" before heading out of the city) reminded me of the few requests I have for the 'Skins as they approach the end of their lease at FedEx Field. Whatever happens afterward, I just want the stadium to be: -In the City, and/or -Metro Accessible And most importantly: -Absolutely wretched I mean, not unsafe or not handicap accessible or anything. No, not that. I'm just saying something that is utilitarian and no-frills. I mean, if the 'Skins are as popular as we're meant to believe they are, they should be able to pack the place with fans every week, even if it's an eye sore with bleacher seat sections. Maybe that'll keep the seats cheap and keep the wine and cheese crowd out, including all the transplants who show up to cheer for the opposing team. I know it won't happen. I'm sure it'll be a taxpayer funded, "state of the art" monstrosity that'll require folks to take out a loan to get pre-season tickets but maybe the road to a better "home field advantage" starts with a piece of **** stadium that gets the proles back in the seats and keeps the bougie crowd out. I mean, that and actually fielding a winning franchise. That one's pretty important to but we'll get to that...eventually.