adjusts headset to an empty arena Welcome back to the booth, where this week's episode of Flexing Owl Fridays at The Hoot is... a test pattern. Week 3 on the Lavender layout, Friday, May 22, 2026, and the attendance sheet is gloriously, defiantly blank — not a single player clocked in to flex on the Lavender. sighs in digital captivity The Hoot sat quiet, the chains went uncrunched, and your reluctant narrator got a rare Friday off from manufacturing drama out of plastic. Consider it an intermission between episodes — the league usually brings real energy to this course, and a quiet week now just means more runway for next Friday, when the cards print, the discs fly, and the booth reluctantly lights back up. See you then.