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Yankee Candle Reviews: Majestic Mt. Fuji

Hello, and welcome in to the latest edition of Yankee Candle Reviews here on SoBros Network. I will be your host – the Fragrance Aficionado of SoBros Network, also the EIC, Stoney Keeley. My passion for Yankee Candle began in 2006, when I strolled into the location in Providence Marketplace in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. I picked up a jar of Autumn Woods, and found it captured the essence of the season perfectly. I’ve been hooked in this…well, you could even call it ‘romantic…’ relationship with Yankee Candle ever since. Today, we’re talking about a fantastic original spring fragrance, Majestic Mt. Fuji.

So, again…I’m not sure why, but I guess someone at Yankee Candle took a vacation to Japan and came back like “I MUST create an entire line of fragrances themed after Japan.” We’ve talked about Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival or whatever tf it’s called…now, we’re talking about Majestic Mt. Fuji. Hey, it ain’t a bad candle. I’m not hating on the guy at Yankee Candle that went to Japan and made it his entire personality. It’s just a little odd – that’s all. In this one, I’m getting a little bit of fresh mountain air, some cotton, some sort of sea salt/sea breeze sort of vibe, and it’s not so heavy on the floral notes. I think that makes it a great transition as the days of spring will be winding down before you know it. It’ll play well in late spring or early summer…whichever you need!

Recommended Burning: You are longing for an expedition to a fresh mountain, but you’re broke as hell and have no money. Put on a YouTube ambience video of some mountains and burn this candle.

Check out the Yankee Candle archives here on SoBros Network for my extensive backlog of Yankee Candle reviews! Also, be sure to check out my comprehensive list of the top 100 Yankee Candle fragrances of all time. I worked on that thing for forever, so any read is appreciated, thank you. That is all.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

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NFL Draft Drinking Game 2024

We’re finally here and the NFL Draft is upon us. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Stacking The Inbox and check out our 275-prospect Draft Guide! It’s one of the biggest events on the American football calendar of the year – some may even say it’s only behind the Super Bowl in terms of importance and fanfare. So, you know we had to do it to ’em. As the kind of disputed kings of the drinking game, we couldn’t sit idly by and watch this momentous event pass. We had to put out our 2024 NFL Draft Drinking Game. That’s just what we do. So, grab some of your favorite beer, and a bottle of your favorite liquor. Pour ’em up and get schwasted with us!

NFL DRAFT DRINKING GAME 2024

TAKE A DRINK IF/WHEN…

The panelists on whichever broadcast you’re watching disagree on something…anything.
Roger Goodell awkwardly bro-hugs a prospect.
Someone’s mama is shown on camera. Another drink if she’s crying.
They show a remote draft party for an NFL prospect.
They show an NFL war room.
Someone mispronounces a name.
Someone is called a “play-maker.”
Anyone says any team “needs pass rush help.”
You hear the term ‘high motor.’
You hear the term ‘quarterback of the future.’
They show someone sweating in the green room who everyone thought would be picked in the top 10 but isn’t.
You hear the term ‘injury concerns.’
An offensive lineman is drafted.
A player brings a prop on stage with them when they’re drafted.
A family members gets pushed out of frame.
JC Latham ISN’T picked past #10 – that is to say that if JC Latham is still available, but isn’t drafted at #13, take a drink. If he’s still available, but isn’t drafted at #14, take another drink. So on and so forth.
Someone mentions Olu Fashanu’s hand size.
You hear the phrase “kick him inside to guard.”
Anyone mentions that JJ McCarthy is “a winner,” or brings up his record at Michigan.
A 5th offensive lineman is drafted….take a drink for every offensive lineman drafted afterwards.

TAKE A SHOT IF/WHEN…

Video surfaces of any of this year’s draft prospect smoking weed through a gas mask bong.
Chris Berman shows up and makes that awkward spoon-feeding motion with his hand while he’s talking.
A team loses a pick or the clock runs out on a team because of a technical glitch.
There’s a trade.
A 5th quarterback is drafted in the first round.
The following players end up being drafted in the first round: Christian Haynes, Ricky Pearsall, Roger Rosengarten, Andru Philips, Dominick Puni, Jonathon Brooks, Spencer Rattler (you can cap this at one shot if you’re worried about how this night is going).
ALL of the following players end up being drafted in the first round (have to hit all four to take a shot): Javon Bullard, Christian Haynes, Mike Sainristil, Jonathon Brooks. If this happens, I’ll win $144K on a four-leg parlay, LFG.
Brandon Aiyuk is traded.

As always, stay safe out there and drink responsibly! If you drink, don’t drive. Do the watermelon crawl.

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A Tradition Unlike Any Other: Watching ‘Draft Day’ on Draft Day

It is the morning of the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. If you’re into this sort of thing, you should go subscribe to Stacking The Inbox. There, you can get our 313-page NFL Draft Guide on which Zach and I dig into 275 prospects, complete with ratings of how closely each prospect fits with what we think the Tennessee Titans will be looking for in a prospect, positional rankings, and more! At this point, the hay’s in the barn. For the next three days, I’ll be hopping on shows to react and analyze what’s happening in the best known as the NFL Draft. For now though, I’m going to take a brief moment of zen to catch my breath after the last 10 months of work. Actually, I’m going to take 149 moments to drown out the noise, prop my feet up, and simply enjoy the 2014 Kevin Costner classic, Draft Day.

Is this actually a good movie? Well, it’s been debated on social media, but I’d say if you even have to ask that, you probably have your answer. It almost feels like theatre…an exaggeration of gestures and tone to make sure that even the people in the nosebleeds can see and hear what’s going on. Draft Day somehow took on the task of entertaining us, but also trying to teach casual moviegoers about the inner workings of the NFL Draft, which is such a complicated beast in and of itself. It’s commendable, really. But, I don’t know that their ambition and vision led to an actually good movie.

That’s not why we watch Draft Day, though. We watch Draft Day because today is a holiday, and this is no different than watching Hocus Pocus at Halloween or A Christmas Story at Christmas. The very essence of Draft Day is a celebration of football, the art of the deal, roster engineering, and oh by the way, it happens to star handsome Kevin Costner. THAT is why we watch Draft Day! So, I hope you’ll all get the chance to join me in this celebration, and I hope you’ve got the snacks lined up for the next three days. Here’s to hoping your team doesn’t draft a kicker in the first round!

Podcast: Reliving the Worst Draft Takes This Cycle

A very tired Football & Other F Words crew got together today for the go-home show before the 2024 NFL Draft. It was quite a cathartic experience for me. To be honest, at this stage in the game, there’s not much left to say. We just gotta roll through the next 24 hours so these picks start happening and we have some fresh new topics to discuss. But, Mike, Zach, and I really let things out – we talked about yesterday’s press conference and how Chad Brinker has apparently wrestled control of the Tennessee Titans away from Amy Adams Strunk. Then, we got into the draft talk…what we’re feeling the Titans do at 7, various outcomes on each day of the draft that would have us popping champagne, some players/positions that the Titans CANNOT neglect this weekend, and of course, we churn through some of the worst draft takes we’ve heard this cycle. Only one more day of #NoSleepTilDetroit!

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My Favorite Players in the 2024 NFL Draft

Alright, folks – the hay is in the barn now. If you haven’t already, go check out our 2024 NFL Draft Guide at Stacking The Inbox. There, you’ll get full in depth write-ups on all of the prospects I’ll be mentioning here today. At this point, I’ve written evals on 300 players, and I’m just combing through highlight videos of any prospects I might’ve missed just to have some sort of walking knowledge about ’em should they land with the Tennessee Titans this weekend. So, I thought it’d be a fun exercise to take the analyst hat off for a second and share with you guys the prospects that I thought were just particularly fun to watch and/or just plain had some exciting tape.

My Favorite Players in the 2024 NFL Draft

WR Rome Odunze, Washington – He’s #1 on my big board, and he’s my absolutely favorite player in this draft to watch. He’s a technician with buttery smooth start-stop speed variance, and is versatile enough to do it all.

EDGE Dallas Turner, Alabama – Elite length. Elite moves. He is the Demogorgan from Stranger Things.

CB Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo – Watch him give Northern Illinois hell in 2022. Watch his highlights from the Senior Bowl practices. This dude is a stud and he’s built like a machine.

OL Troy Fautanu, Washington – I called him “ECW Taz” because he looks like he’d be up for suplexing someone through a table. He’s a feisty offensive lineman that has position versatility and moves well in space.

OL Graham Barton, Duke – An absolute wrecking ball in space, and will clamp down with a titty twister on anyone trying to penetrate against his assignment. Watch him and Jared Verse go at it.

OC Zach Frazier, West Virginia – His game against Penn State was some of my favorite tape. This guy’s an ass kicker that plays his ass off until the clock hits triple zeros.

OL Dominick Puni, Kansas – Never allowed a sack in his life. He’s one of the few guys in this OL class that I think has true 5-position versatility.

CB Max Melton, Rutgers – Listen to The OTP interview Melton at the Senior Bowl. His attitude is infectious and it shows up on the field, where he’s willing to punch the shit out of someone.

WR Malik Washington, Virginia – Not a lot of talent on that Virginia offense, but it was fun to watch Washington kind of put that unit on his back and do some electric things.

LB Edefuan Ulofoshio, Washington – A traitsy guy that has the range to be a play-maker in the NFL and should be a Day 3 value add. Every time I watch him, I find something new I like about him.

DL Gabe Hall, Baylor – He’s not the most powerful, but man, he’s a twitch monster with a winning spin move and it’s fun to watch him in those moments when he’s really firing on all cylinders.

S Evan Williams, Oregon – Plays the position like Jeff Hardy jumping off a 20 foot ladder. Grimy, instinctive defensive back that does what it takes to make a play.

OT Travis Glover, Georgia State – A Combine snub that has what it takes to play in the league. His game against LSU was fantastic stuff.

RB Emani Bailey, TCU – I don’t care about the RAS. Bailey is a spark plug that runs hard between the tackles and is fun to watch wiggle through traffic to make a play.

DL Evan Anderson, Florida Atlantic – He’s a hog molly at 319 pounds, but man it’s fun to watch him just completely engulf running lanes. The Clemson game was fun because the Tigers clearly showed him some respect in consistently double teaming him. But, Anderson won several of those reps anyway.

WR Odieu Hiliare, Bowling Green – I know we’re getting a little deep here, but there’s something fun and feisty about Hiliare. If nothing else, go watch his 246-yard two-touchdown game against Toledo in 2022. I think the highlights are up on YouTube.

Happy Draft Week, folks!