Morning Mishmash

Mishmash- Merry Christmas from Charlotte McKinney; Ferrell & Wahlberg trade insults; Dazed & Confused 2; Kate Upton works out

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Cleveland pic of the day

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Shelter dog goes on his freedom walk as he’s adopted by a family. Awesome.

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Here’s the trailer for Everybody Wants Some. The sequel to Dazed and Confused

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Merry Christmas from Charlotte McKinney!

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Kate Upton clangin’ and bangin’ with her dog

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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg trading insults is awesome

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Guy catches a package thief in his neighborhood

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Repo company gives holiday cheer to Garfield Heights single mother

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From Cleveland.com:

“GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH — “I am overwhelmed with joy, ” said Diana Parks as she and her daughter Ania Parks, 10, watched Relentless Recovery employees bring boxes of Christmas gifts to their home in Garfield Heights on Wednesday.

Two weeks ago, Relentless Recovery came to repossess Diana Parks’ car. This week they are bringing gifts. Parks, a single mother, fell behind on payments after she was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor in May. She now has seizures and difficulty walking, making her unable to work as a pharmacy technician. She also had to drop out of school at Cleveland State University where she was a full-time student studying for a double major in chemistry and pre-pharmacy. “I was working so hard so we could do better,” she said. “And then I got sick.”

When Scott from Relentless Recovery came to the door, Parks thought she was having a seizure and he offered to call 911. Feeling better, Parks talked to him for an hour. Instead of taking the car, he wept. Scott pulled cash out of his own pocket and insisted Parks take it. He told his boss he’d give up half his paycheck until her car payments were up to date.  Amy Bednar, owner of Relentless Recovery, wouldn’t take his money. The company agreed to cover her delinquent car payments themselves. They’re looking to help with rent, too. They asked for Ania’s Christmas gift list and divided it among their staff members.”

I don’t really have much to say about this one, no “hot take”, no attempt to spin it. It’s not your typical Bottlegate blog material. Just a really cool story to share and talk about during the holidays.

Kudos to Scott, first of all. Can you imaging offering half of your paycheck to a stranger you’ve known for exactly one hour? And then Amy for not letting Scott take that responsibility on and making it a company wide effort. And to all the employees who put money towards giving a single mom and her 10-year-old daughter a Christmas to remember. Good jobs all around.

A repo company spreading holiday cheer. You don’t see that every day.

A GoFundMe has also been set up for Diana and Ania. $10,000 and counting. Merry Christmas, indeed.

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Bottlegate’s 2015 Airing of Grievances

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Welcome everyone! The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances. I got a lot of problems with Cleveland, life, Twitter and the sports scene! And now you’re gonna hear about it!

I realize this is basically just a list of things that I hate but I bet whoever is reading this will agree with a lot of the points. Besides, it’s a little cathartic to sit down and think of all the things in the world you cant stand. If you got hate it your heart, let it out!

Snapchat

  • Could make this its own blog. I’m getting real tired of Snap Chat. Everything from 300 second Snap Chat stories (you’re not that important) to food snaps (we know what food looks like) to videos of people looking into the camera and singing in their car… Snap Chat is close to jumping the shark. Also, stop trying to do DJ Khaled themed snaps. Stop tainting a good thing.

Twitter Moments

  • Does anyone actually use this feature?

People who say ‘Merica and are being serious

  • It all started with that Cloyd Rivers account (worst account ever btw)

Could of, should of, would of

  • Could have. Should have. Would have.

Everyone on the planet with the last name of Jenner or Kardashian

  • Go away

The latest season of True Detective

  • I’ve never been more let down by a season of television ever

Blind Manziel defenders

  • I’m cool with defending Manziel with his play on the field because it has gotten infinitely better than last year and he looks competent. But you don’t have to defend EVERYTHING he does (especially off of the field). It’s OK to criticize players when they should be criticized.

Blind Manziel haters

  • Give credit where it’s due. Johnny looks like he can play in the league a little bit. He’s not the loser you guys all thought he’d be.

Shitty Twitter accounts that have lots of followers

  • Too many to name. Don’t get it. Don’t get it at all.

The fact that Gary Barnidge didn’t get a Pro Bowl nod

  • Even if I’d rather have each one of the tight ends that got selected on my team, it’s still BS that Gary didn’t crack the top 4.

Overly crowded bars

  • Standing in the middle of a bar where you can’t move 4 inches in either direction is pretty much the worst thing in the world.

The Fat Jew

  • I still follow him though so who’s the real loser?

College protesters

  • You’re in college and you’re upset about stuff and you’re protesting? Super original.

Not hat tipping/crediting people online

  • Goes along with the “shitty Twitter accounts that have lots of followers”

People who tweet insults at athletes or comment on their Instagram

  • The least self aware people in the world. You look pathetic when you do this.

People who dress up to go to the gym

  • Color coordinated outfits and gelled hair to work out? This is not directed at girls though, keep doing you.

The fact that a guy who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast has a chance to become president

  • What a time to be alive

Roger Goodell

  • The biggest clown of 2015

Steeler fans who were born in Northeast Ohio and have no ties to the Steelers

  • I get it, you’re a spinless front runner.

People who constantly bitch on Twitter

  • I’m fine with the complaining, just be funny about it. We’re all just as miserable as you are.

Facebook

  • Not for me. Be an adult and get Twitter.

The Shooting at the Odeon in downtown Cleveland last weekend

  • I’ve got friends who live a couple hundred yards from that place. Can we please not shoot people there? Please?

Notre Dame fans

  • ND hasn’t been relevant since that dumb movie about that dork who jumped offsides and wasn’t any good at sports.

The stretch of highway around where 271 and 480 meet

  • I moved recently so thankfully I don’t have to sit in the traffic everyday but whoever designed that stretch of highway deserves a swift kick to the dick. (had this one in last year’s airing too)

People who put their hazards lights on when it’s raining or snowing

  • Grow up.

 

To make a list of everything I hate may take about 2 full days so I decided to cut it down a little bit.

 

Agree? Disagree? Anything else really grind your gears? Tweet them to @Bottlegate

Happy Festivus!

 

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