Sunday Musings: It's a Summer of Travis Kelce and Stale Bread

 

While we look forward to Methodical Muser's next update on her excellent series on One Direction, there were a few items to be brought up.

** As some may know, that earlier in July, actor Randy Mantooth and a personal fave of this author's, passed away at the age of 80.  And I will write a tribute to him, but need some time to try and do it and him, justice.  Just so it doesn't look like his passing is being ignored, it's not and won't be.  His tribute will ride on its own.  😢 🥲 **

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And a side note leading up to our next topics, if you are following any of the dumpster fires going on in D.C. at the moment and our "illustrious leadership", you will notice that it is coming to light that being closeted & fear of being outed is one of several reasons behind several politician's controversial situations.   It's very sad is what it is.  Following two Missouri sports teams in the Chiefs and Royals, their social media activity and followers very often reflect the same, still-existent segment of American male views.  It's a serious issue.

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Which leads to the Chiefs, who are now in the throes of a new season's training camp.  The two local sports talk radio stations and fans are all excited for the new season as quarterback Patrick Mahomes is back and has miraculously been cleared already for full practice.  Isn't that something.

It's a miracle.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We will just see how this goes.   Despite a great start and all-go in practice videos, we've already had the stories on Patrick "limping" and some "concern".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narnia says that everything depends on the NFL and if Patrick will be allowed to play this season without interference.  So far, we're not off to the best of starts.

Nor is Travis Kelce.  I mean, the players had barely carried their box fans and suitcases into the Missouri Western dormitories, and the planted interns and NFL "insiders" were warming up their tweeting and writing fingers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Patrick is out of shape and overweight"

 

The season hadn't even started! That tweet came on June 28. 

Here was Patrick walking down the hill to practice.  Pretty good pace, wasn't it?  And that's going down hill, which puts added pressure on the knees.  Video posted by Farzin Vousoughian on X.

💪  Oh, and looking pretty trim there, too.  ** facepalm **

 

And then there's Travis.  Shifty Team plant Scott Tea can be counted on to provide us with this new season's narratives and this one is getting to be an annual.

 

 

 

 

And while we can tip our cap to claiming photo shopping and AI, he's claiming that everyone posting the other photos and vids are the ones doing the photo shopping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local television station KCTV 5 had a video on Aug 1 of Travis coming down the hill:

 

 

40 lbs. "overweight".  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean, I don't know.  Myself?  The video from KCTV5 has it hands down.  

And believe me, between local sports radio station 810 AM, KCTV 5, Harold Kuntz and Rob Collins from Fox 4 sports, etc., they are posting "walking down the hill to practice" videos daily and taking care of that, particularly vids of Travis, I guess because he gets little screams and whatnot.  😂

 

 

 

 

 

 

This kind of narrative mistreatment reminds Narnia of Liam Payne in particular, and how the narrative in 2021 was that he had gained weight and let himself go.  Guess who helped sell that one, besides Liam (no doubt, as required of him)?

Old pal Steven Bartlett and his "Diary of a CEO" podcast where Liam talked about how disappointed he was with his appearance at the BAFTA's.  

In this Chiefs case, both Patrick and Travis are "taking it" about their alleged weight gain, which is also untrue.  This was a narrative last year with both men.

Scott Tea tried to also sell it in the 2023-24 season. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here's video of Travis from the Super Bowl on Feb 11, 2024:

That alleged level of weight gain doesn't happen in a month and certainly not while you're still playing in the post-season.  So, this has been a continued false narrative to 1) make Travis look slovenly and uncaring and 2) no doubt will be brought up again whenever the "divorce" happens.  Alot of seeding goes into those People, TMZ and Page Six articles, remember.

It's tired.  And it's stale as moldy bread.  🍞

Two other pieces of stale bread when it comes to Travis?

1)  All I have to see is this photo tweet and the account that it comes from plus the message, and it reaffirms just cause for Narnia's suspicions about all the alleged incidents involving Rashee Rice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Who can forget:

doesn't that look like padding under Travis' shorts? Right side?

 

(Maybe it was just a windy day lol)  Anyway, Narnia talked about that T shirt, along with Rashee and Mecole Hardman's roles regarding the tarnishing and enabling of Travis, Shifty, and Patrick, et al earlier in January, in our post "The Continuing Saga of Travis Kelce's Takedown:  When Retirement May No Longer Be Voluntary".

2) Ross Travis - the boooyfriend.  The guy that no Chiefs fan even RECALLED until he began being seen clinging to Travis' back like a darn tick once Shifty arrived in '23.   Ross Travis is a meard - plain and simple.  He's Misha Collins 2.0. except Ross Travis gets to live an even more lavish lifestyle all because of who he's mearding for.  #AnyoneButPatrick

Here's our old pal again bringing the "evidence".  😮   

Please.   

 

Do you ever get to see Harry visibly with Louis even to this day (patience with that one though, folks)?  Do we get to see Austin with Jake in a photo anywhere?   We see Jared and Jensen on a stage together at the same time, why?  Because they have the cover of working a convention together.  Otherwise, Jared has his own meard in Anson Gordon.  

Fans, watch for who of the same sex is allowed to be seen with your OTP half in social situations in "full view" of photo capture.  

And if your OTP is allowed to be seen together?  Watch under what circumstances it happens.  Is it an award show?  Is it a convention? Is it on set?  Is it promo?  Watch for who is shoved between them.  A beard?  A meard?  Other castmates?  Other band members?

Where's some good ol' Sara Lee bread because Narnia is tired of this month-old, stale and tired stuff.  Time to go to the store.

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Notice a couple of "family's" kids ditching their "father's" surname?  The Pitt/Jolie kids one by one, have been making news by removing Pitt from their name.  And we also have Suri Cruise now dropping "Cruise" and changing it to Katie's middle name:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri legally dropped her last name. 

Suri, a 20-year-old college student, legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital. 

The voter registration report noted that Suri, a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, is registered to vote in Allegheny County, PA.

 Her registration is under Suri Noelle, an homage to her mother's middle name. Suri previously used the name during her high school graduation in 2024. - via MSN, July 28, 2026

It's very revealing whose offspring they really are.  Tom Cruise is not Suri's real father, and the "Pitt" children are not and never were Brad's. 

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Well, this is kind of a short musings and this author apologizes for that.  I've been watching a German Shepherd named Max and his two cat siblings; wrapping up is always a little hectic.  There are still several topics to go, but they'll need to wait just a bit.  There are sheets & towel to get out of the dryer!  😂 Hey, I don't leave a mess.  I'm not at a hotel after all.

How about a photo dump of some of our guys to cleanse the palate?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't speak of this gentle soul in the past tense for a reason, folks.   He's out there somewhere and he's with Zayn when we're not seeing Zaynie somewhere.  Don't be afraid to consider or believe it.  I'm not.

 

Enjoy your vacay'ing, boys!!

 

We won't be surprised if we see one of them out in the wild soon.  After all, Baby Tile Leadville's birthday is approaching soon.  😉

I think I'm kinda missing that rascal Jakers.  😅

 

And look who's back with the Chicago Blackhawks?!   Patrick Kane!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We wish Patrick the best in the new hockey season.  And we hope this can happen as well:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to end things, still my fave TV guys!  Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto.  

 

Yes, Johnny is that chaotic! 😂

 

Lower Level hurt/comfort! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy making eggs lupin for him and Johnny

 

 Okay, I hear M&M's laptop is back from the doctor's and she is working hard on her next segment.  Also, wish me luck on this post because I'm flying without her editing!  😱

So until next time!  Thank you for paying Narnia a visit.

 

our pic sources:  rosworms, screencaps51, dailyemergency, MSN, giphy, tenor, KCTV5,

                           @Farzin21 on X

our playlist:  This Summer - Little Wave

                     Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone

                     Summer of Love - David Hasselhoff

                     Summertime Girls - Y & T

                     Summertime - The Sundays

 

It's Break Time! - Time for Narnia's Appreciations: Part Two

 

Hahaha, yes there is!  We just have so many favorite guys, what can we say?  Let's get going!  There's turkey to eat.

Let's start off with Mr. Louis.  Louis Tomlinson - don't believe everything you're seeing on this guy right now.  Except for how awesome he is.  Because he's being sabotaged (as usual???).  But Narnia salutes Louis.  We're with him - and hoping 2026 brings better treatment for him and Harry.

 

2025 - looking fantastic, Louis!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a clip of Louis singing "Lemonade" for Amazon Music UK:

 

 

And we are thankful for Harry Styles, who has to be one of the best sports around.  Has GOT to be with all the mis-handling of his image constantly going on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You really realize how there are so few photos of Harry really smiling in a simple outing.  Let's go back in time.  Here's a nice smirk. 

 

 

And from a couple of kings to another on the football field, here's Mr. Patrick Mahomes.  Talk about a guy who's had alot of outside interference the last several years with his career and yet he still manages to move up in the record books.

 

Here he is arriving today for the game vs. the Dallas Cowboys:

 

credit:  Farzin Vousoughian on X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this old favorite - LOVED this jacket on him.  Never forgetting this jacket!

 

 

and let's sneak in this eggplant number from 2019 at the 101 Awards:

 

Phew!   Hey, and how about Travis Kelce?  The grand classic tight-end:

 

 

 And an oldie but goodie!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we're on another "athlete" track, let's move to NHL hockey and be thankful to see Jonathan Toews back on the ice, now playing for the Winnipeg Jets.  The NHL have arrival photos, too!  You cannot beat the "arrival" pics.

 

from this year, 2025 - gameface

 A vintage!  Look how young he was here:

And Patrick Kane:

 

from 2025 this year, now playing for the Detroit Red Wings

 

 credit:  Toewsy tumblr

 

And last but certainly not least, I, I mean Narnia has two "new" faves because this author has been binging on the 70's TV show, Emergency! and it's a re-discovery and obsession.  If you haven't seen the show, it is available on the streaming platform Peacock, as well as FETV and METV.  It's a show about Firehouse station 51 and features their two paramedics, Roy DeSoto and John Gage, in addition to the medical leaders at the fictional Rampart Hospital.  In the time period of the show, paramedics were a relatively new and approved addition to fire houses.  If you watch the first two episodes of Season 1 which are called The Wedworth-Townsend Act, named after the law which started the ball rolling.

A change in state law was necessary to allow personnel other than doctors and nurses to render emergency medical care. Hahn recruited two state legislators who wrote the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act of 1970, signed into law by Governor Ronald Reagan on July 15, 1970, despite opposition from doctors, nurses, and attorneys. Paramedic training began the next month at the Freeman Memorial Hospital under Graf’s direction. It was the first nationally accredited paramedic training program in the United States. – via Los AngelesCounty Fire Museum

And so these two guys' characters are very brave and impactful paramedics. They couldn't be more different in personality and already having watched some personal interviews, the behind-the-scenes of the show have been quite impressive already.  

So, quickly, here they are - Roy DeSoto played by Kevin Tighe and John Gage, played by Randolph Mantooth.   They are seniors now but still quite active, as they both have been working on a documentary about paramedics and Kevin was recently in the movie One Battle After Another. 

What a smile "Roy DeSoto" has!

 

the wire rims on Kevin!

 

And the spicy, fireball Johnny Gage:

                                                  don't fool with this guy!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here the two guys were as their own guests from the Into the Unknown podcast, talking about their experiences on the show.   I have not listened to the podcast yet, but can't wait to.  They look terrific, don't they? 🙌🙌

 

 I have no idea why I didn't link the podcast episode to begin with, but here it is:  https://linktr.ee/intotheunknowndoc

So, there we have it!  So many, I mean, so much to be thankful for.   With a number of these guys, their teams can give us numerous headaches, but we're still here and it's worth it.  We celebrate them all.

We at Narnia Dispatches want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today.  

And for all of us - we're all hanging in there together, okay?  A day at a time!

 

pic sources:  Farzin Vousoughian twitter, pikbee, KC Chiefs, eltravedor twitter,  Fashion Ref,

                     whydisignupforthisgodforsakenplace, Winnipeg Jets NHL,  pka-boo, toewsy

                     tumblr, TV Gems, emergency51_lacofd, johnnysgreenpen, pinterest,

                     Into the Unknown.com, giphy

our playlist:  We Have Each Other - In Paradise

                      Kind and Generous - Natalie Merchant

                      What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

                      Every Day - Rascal Flatts

                      All That I'm Allowed (Thankful) - Elton John