It a sportings kind of day

I spent most of my day watching curling, luge, speed skating and parallel giant slalom (which is basically a snowboarding side-by-side race down a hill). Next up is the Superb Owl where I believe the Patriots will take home another Lombardi trophy.

In other sportings news, the Red Sox have yet to fill their infield needs and spring training starts this week.

Do I think the team will suck? No, I do not.

Do I have faith that Breslow will build/has built a competitive team? Yes I do.

Do I think they are the best team they can be? No, I do not but since I am not an expert in evaluating players and team needs, I'll refer back to my second statement about having faith in Breslow.

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Dear Very Stable Genius,
    You are a jerk.
Sincerly,
Me

I'm going to correct one of his quotes in that story just so you all understand why he is a jerk:

"...when you make it too easy and too cheap to buy houses, you make old people richer and you make it impossible for the next generations to obtain what we used to call The American Dream."

Watching my youngest and his wife struggle to find a way to buy their first home is painful for me. It's not like they are living some kind of extravagant lifestyle and are pissing away all their money. They are diligently saving every dime they can.

They are hard working, educated people that are getting beat up by a system designed to make people who are comfortable and well-off richer than they need to be.

And that includes me.

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Here are a few links:

• I really hope he wins the $2.9 million...



• Best new term: "Trump slump".



• If you are ever in Gastonia, NC, stay out of the Wendy's.



• I wonder if Donald was flushing his diapers...

Insert interesting title here

Great Britain beat the USA in mixed doubles curling this morning. This moved them from second to third in the standings, just behind Italy.

We also watched a lot of freestyle skiing and, at my wife's request, figure skating.

I like the winter Olympics better than the summer ones.

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I get the best spam...

The best line in that email is, "Security Reminder: For optimal security, we recommend accessing your updated details on a laptop or desktop."

They might as well add, "running Windows 11" to the end of that sentence so they guarantee themselves a compromised computer...

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Here are some links:

• Weed: Is there anything it can't do.



• This guy is brilliant. Not only did he get millions from the robbery, the government then paid him $2,600 to flee prosecution and go live in Chile.



• There's gonna be a lot of unlicensed drivers in Florida.



• This is why I don't eat sushi.

Guess who watched curling!

I mentioned the other day that I don't subscribe to the two cable channels carrying curling, USA and CNBC.

My wife reminded me that every month, we can "pick & choose" channels in our package so I logged in to Spectrum and added the two channels to our choices.

I tuned to USA and there it was in all it's Olympic glory: mixed doubles curling!

It was great.

I'm very happy that I once again have sportings to watch.

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Speaking of sportings, the Red Sox are now 4 days away from the official start of their spring training camp and they still have not identified anyone to play third or first base.

I'm still going to be happy as hell to watch baseball I just wish I was little more comfortable with the infield.

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The Very Stable Genius posted a blatantly racist video on his truth thingee the other day and after everybody, everywhere got pissed at him, he took it down.

Then, in typical Trump fashion, he blamed an unidentified staffer.

And when I say everybody got pissed, I'm pretty sure Hakeem Jeffries summarized their feelings when he said, "F*** Donald Trump and his vile, racist and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom-feeder."

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I have no idea what happened today but whatever it was, it sure made a lot of stock traders very happy.

That's a lot of points...

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Here are a few links:

• I suspect that he is terrified that he won't be remembered when he dies.



• In my town, the cyclists don't use signals. Hell, they don't even stop for stop signs.



• This is why you should "never 'reply all'".

Terrible hockey

The Bruins played a decent first period, going into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead.

They then proceeded to make a mess of things in the second period, giving the Panthers numerous power plays, generally playing like shit and rolling into the second intermission down 4-2.

That was when the coach yelled at them or something and they came out for the third period playing like they were kinda okay.

Regulation ended with a 4-4 tie.

Neither team scored during the sudden death 3-3 overtime and the shootout was tied at one goal each when Marchand came out for the Panthers 4^th shot and put it into the net, giving them a 2-1 lead.

Mittelstadt came out for the Bruins 4^th shot and made a decent attempt but the puck stayed out of the net and the Panthers won the game 5-4.

The Bruins remain in the second wildcard slot but now they are one point behind the Sabres

Now that the Olympics have started, the NHL has gone into a hiatus. The Bruins next game is scheduled for February 26^th.

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And speaking of the Olympics, NBC can kiss my rosy red ass.

Turns out "streaming" means only people that subscribe to the Peacock streaming service can watch the "streaming" Olympics events.

I can tell you right now, that ain't gonna happen.

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Here are some links:

• Oh good. Inspector Clouseau is on the case. He'll have this solved in hours...



• I've got a good feeling about this game.



• I worked for 50 years and during that entire time, I was an at-will employee.



• I'm not entirely sure this is a good thing.



• That settles it, I'm not going to Maryland. I don't want to be trafficked.



• No word yet on whether or not he fell out of a window on the twentieth floor of a building.



• It's everyone's favorite holiday.

Yes, there is hockey tonight

The Bruins are still in the second wildcard slot but now they are two points behind the Canadiens.

They take on the Panthers tonight. Puck drops at 7:00pm.

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The latest collection of "experts" from the NFL have made their predictions for the Superb Owl:

• Keegan Abdoo: Seahawks 27, Patriots 23
• Michael Baca: Seahawks 27, Patriots 17
• Mike Band: Seahawks 31, Patriots 23
• Jeremy Bergman: Seahawks 20, Patriots 15
• Tom Blair: Seahawks 24, Patriots 21
• David Carr: Seahawks 20, Patriots 17
• Jeffri Chadiha: Seahawks 27, Patriots 20
• Eric Edholm: Seahawks 26, Patriots 19
• Gennaro Filice: Seahawks 27, Patriots 14
• Michael Florio: Seahawks 23, Patriots 13
• Christian Gonzales: Seahawks 27, Patriots 23
• Grant Gordon: Seahawks 28, Patriots 24
• Anthony Holzman-Escareno: Seahawks 24, Patriots 17
• Dante Koplowitz-Fleming: Seahawks 28, Patriots 24
• Bobby Kownack: Seahawks 28, Patriots 17
• Dan Parr: Seahawks 27, Patriots 20
• Kevin Patra: Seahawks 20, Patriots 18
• Chad Reuter: Seahawks 27, Patriots 23
• Marc Ross: Seahawks 35, Patriots 14
• Nick Shook: Seahawks 24, Patriots 13
• Lance Zierlein: Seahawks 24, Patriots 20


• Ali Bhanpuri: Patriots 24, Seahawks 21
• Brooke Cersosimo: Patriots 24, Seahawks 23
• Matt Okada: Patriots 23, Seahawks 20 (OT)

As you can see, only 3 of the 24 "experts" are saying the Patriots will win. The other 21 are convinced that the Seahawks have what it takes to win the game.

Look, I get it. The Patriots are a young team with a young quarterback and a new coach. They are the underdog in this matchup but I'm pretty comfortable saying that things will go the Patriots way and they will come out with a win.

If only so Kraft can rub the Lombardi Trophy in the noses of all the Hall of Fame voters who conspired to keep him out of the hall.

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Here are some links:

• I have a feeling that when he says "a softer touch" he means that instead of executing people in the street, they'll just beat the shit out of them and throw them in prison for excersizing their first amendment rights.



• Key line in this story that more "celebrities" should adopt: "So I can tell you, people shouldn’t care to hear my opinion, I’m a dumb redneck."



• Key line in this story: "No matter one’s political views, an adult bears a clear responsibility to exercise restraint, especially in the presence of children. Violence or intimidation directed at a minor – particularly during a lawful, peaceful demonstration – has no place in a constitutional republic that depends on the rule of law rather than force."