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Gregory Koch

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UConn fan. Stadium chaser. 358 venues as of 9/28/25 including 130 ⚾️, 70 🏀, 61 ⚽️, 33 🏈, 15 🏒, 24 🏑, 15 🥎, 14🥍, 12 🏐, 1 🎾, 2 🤽‍♂️ & 2 🏉. I met Chompers and he is awesome.

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 2d

No Bart, don't kill Maggie, sweet innocent cute homicidal Maggie!

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Poll Nidre to all who observe.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 5d

Wild stats in Northeast DC this afternoon. Hampden-Sydney leads Gallaudet 61-0 at halftime, but because Gallaudet is milking the clock to keep their defense off the field and Hampden-Sydney is scoring so fast and doing a lot of no-huddle, Gallaudet has more time of possession.

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 5d

"No one wants butt candy." #OOCRiskyOrNot

@benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 5d

All hail Smiley's Ice Cream and their fresh banana ice cream!

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 12d

And my second new @stadiumjourney.bsky.social review - Fred Rust Arena, home of Delaware Blue Hens women's ice hockey, in their first year as an NCAA program. www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/fre...

Fred Rust Arena - Delaware Blue Hens (women)

The Delaware Blue Hens women's ice hockey program was upgraded from club to NCAA level in 2025, and now competes in Atlantic Hockey America, a hockey-only conference formed in 2023 by the merger of th...

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 12d

One of two new @stadiumjourney.bsky.social reviews for me this weekend. Kehoe Field, home of Georgetown Hoyas field hockey. It's a very basic field, but it's good to see the Hoyas back on campus. www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/keh...

Kehoe Field - Georgetown Hoyas

It is great that Georgetown field hockey is back on campus after several years spent in College Park or Towson. Unfortunately, Kehoe Field is not the greatest experience yet, although we hope to see i...

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 13d

Trump thinks Kaiser Permanente is a great company and an even better title for himself.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 15d

I thought Krusty killed the wealthy dowager with a pie. Is she a zombie?

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 15d

Charlie Brown's Revenge

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 15d

You mean they get to live out every TV viewer's dream?

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 16d

It's too bad Loyola Marymount doesn't have a football team or we could have LMU-EMU.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 16d

The Liberty Bowl should be sponsored by Liberty Mutual, and the Alamo Bowl should be sponsored by Alamo Car Rental.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 17d

And seven couldn't be bothered to show up. Do like the Pope and lock them all in the Capitol until they come up with a budget.

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 17d

By a vote of 50-43, the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.5371, the House passed CR. Senator Thune changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider.

Senator Paul voted no.

Dem/Ind voting in favor: Senators Cortez Masto & King

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 17d

Classic Homer, more upset at Marge for ruining the pie than murdering him. Gotta have some standards I guess.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 18d

Donald Trump cheats on everything and everybody in his life, literally shits on America, imprisons his enemies, and is just all around one of the worst human beings alive today. How does anyone still support this terrorist clown unless they're also fascists?

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 19d

I just hope the fields in Louisville and Orlando don’t end up in terrible condition with two soccer teams and a football team there. They may need to resod after the UFL season like they did at Audi Field in DC (and the Defenders had to cover the cost as part of the deal.)

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 21d

DID invoke cloture??????? Did they go nuclear or something and I missed that part?

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

Cat paw in flour - Risky or Not? @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social

Google search: Cat put paw in flour. Throw it away?

AI response: No, don’t throw away the cat.

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Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

And if none of that works, we could always take a page from the Magistrates of Viterbo, who removed the roof from the Palace of the Popes after it took the cardinals three years to elect a Pope. But I think the Architect of the Capitol would frown upon us removing the dome, so maybe not.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

Keep them there until such time as we receive the declaration "Habemus Pecuniam" - we have a budget. It would almost certainly happen quickly rather than slowly, or they'd just fund it before the shutdown and avoid the damn thing altogether.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

Plenty have proposed a "No Budget, No Pay" rule for Congress, but they're rich enough that losing a few weeks pay won't hurt them in the slightest. If we want to force them to come together and fund the government, lock them inside the Capitol for the entire duration of the shutdown.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

But since then, conclaves have generally been over within days. Forced together, the cardinals talk to each other and come to an agreement as to who the Pope should be, quickly rather than slowly. Partially because of the talking and partially because they're people too and want to get back home.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

His first act was to bring back the papal conclave that was instituted in 1274 but revoked two years later. Lock them in, he said, and they'll come to a decision quickly. His only other achievements as Pope were issuing a ruling saying the Pope can resign, then resigning.

Gregory Koch @gregorykoch.bsky.social · 23d

You probably know where this is going. The fed up cardinals decided that if Morrone wanted a pope, he could BE the Pope, and promptly elected him. When they got to Morrone's hermitage, he attempted to flee, but eventually accepted the role as Celestine V.