It's been a busy few days.

Yesterday and today were kinda busy. Tomorrow doesn't look like it's going to be any less busy.

Being busy is better than being bored.

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Here are some links:

• It's the Pirates. They will not make him a reasonable offer.



• Remember when Dementia Donny said he was, "The President of Peace"?



• Only in Florida.

Nice win

The Bruins beat up on the Penguins last night, winning 6-2 in regulation and moving into a 3-way tie for second place in the NHL.

Yes, I know they've only played less than ¼ of their games but I'm still feeling pretty good about their play. I expect them to have a strong season and make it into the playoffs.

Hopefully they can avoid a lot of injuries this season and stay healthy enough to make it into the finals. I'd love to see them win Stanley's cup.

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Here are some links:

• Another one bites the dust...



• This is not good. Not good at all.



• This is also not good. Not good at all.

Yes there are sportings today

The Bruins are in Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. Puck drops at 7:00pm

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Remember yesterday when I said the market loved the election results?

Yea, not so much today...

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My lawn is covered in leaves but I don't mind.

The fertilizer and lime are down and now that it's raining a bit, they are being soaked into the ground.

Sometime next week we'll will do the lawn and get all the leaves off. Then I'll evaluate the trees to see if they are done dropping leaves.

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Here are some links:

• The Red Sox have hired a new coach.



• The taliban "fun police" are once again making sure no one has fun.



• Nope, wasn't me.



• It's only a matter of time before they outlaw these things.



• Wearing headphones and doing anything other than sitting on your couch seems like a bad idea.

It was warm today

It's November 4^th and at my house, the thermometer read 74°.

That seems wrong to me.

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I had a dentist appointment at 10:00 this morning and while I was gone, my wife decided that the lawn under the trees needed to be raked.

When the fertilizer guy showed up to do the lawn, he said, "Nice to see a lawn with no leaves on it." I told him he could thank my wife because I wasn't the person that cleared it.

So anyways, my lawn is now ready for winter. I figure we have maybe two more leaf-clearing stints before I can winterize my lawn machines, stow them away and get the snow blower out of the back corner.

For the record, I've already fired up the snow blower so I know it works just fine.

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The political season is now over and we have to deal with the consequences.

Trump no longer has a congress and a senate on his side which means he's probably not going to get many more bills passed. On the other hand, he posted this on his truth thingee:

I assume that means he's going to veto everything that he doesn't like.

I also know that several of the individuals elected yesterday are avowed socialists and communists. I'm not sure what that means for the United States but I do know that historically, socialist and communist governments have never done anything to help people, they only look out for themselves.

I'm thinking we're in for an interesting 2 years...

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On the other hand, the stock market does not seem to be upset by the results of the election:

I guess we'll see how the rest of this year goes. Who knows, we might come out of this with no inflation and a strong economy.

Also, I might break 80 on my golf game and Santa Claus might bring me a new corvette...

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Here are some links:

• I haven't read a lot about this but I have a feeling this might be bad for consumers. Only time will tell.



• This is a good thing.



• Yea, he should probably learn to shut up.



• Speaking of shutting up, it might be a good idea for Iran to shut up before Dementia Donny decides to actually do something.



• This will probably cause them to riot.

Close win

It took an overtime period and a shootout but the Bruins eventually got around to beating the Golden Knights 3-2 last night.

Things got a little chippy during the game with the Golden Knights accruing 19 penalty minutes. That's a minute short of a playing short-handed for an entire period.

They are off now until Thursday when they go to Pittsburgh and take on the Penguins

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Three members of the Boston Red Sox won awards recently - Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela and Caleb Durbin all won Rawlings Golden Gloves.

Payton Tolle is one of three finalists for Rookie of the Year.

Chad Tracy is one of three finalists for Manager of the Year

Now if the players and the owners can agree on a collective bargaining agreement, I'll be a happy guy.

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Today is election day and that means the political commercials are almost over with.

Now I just have to put up with news broadcasts that consist mostly of guessing what the outcomes are going to be.

Trust me, they have no idea what the outcomes are going to be.

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I looked up all of the charges on my gas bill today and now I'm kinda pissed.

These are not all the line items, just the ones that matter::

• Actual cost of gas: $11.72 - This is how much I paid for the LNG I used last month. Pretty damned reasonable if you ask me.


• Customer Charge: $12.20 - This is what they charge me to be a customer. This is bullshit.


• Distribution Charge: $34.24 - This is what they charge me to deliver the LNG to my house. This is okay because someone has to pay for the pipes but given that Healey cancelled the pipelines, I'm not entirely sure what pipes we are paying for...


• Revenue Decoupling Charge: $36.52 - Not only is this the most expensive line item on my bill, it is the deepest pile of bullshit imaginable. It represents the difference between what the state said they could earn and how much they actually earned. In other words, I have to pay them because they didn't make as much money as the state said they could.


• Distribution Adjustment Charge: $5.43 - State mandated fees to fund Mass Save. In other words, this is what I pay so other people can upgrade their furnaces.


• Energy Efficiency Charge: $13.15 - State mandated fee to fund energy-savings programs. In other words, this is what I pay so other people can upgrade their furnaces.


• Residential Assistance Charge: $3.10 - This is the money used to help out people who can't afford to heat their homes. I don't have a problem with that.

Look at the bill and you will see that I pay a lot of money for almost nothing and a little money for something. If the state was more concerned about what I pay to heat my house than they are about how much money the utility makes, my monthly gas bill would be around $50 instead of the $118 it was.

Oh, and no, I do not know the difference between the "Distribution Adjustment Charge" and the "Energy Efficiency Charge". They seem to both exist for the same reason.

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My fertilizer guy called today and said they would apply my final feed and lime tomorrow so my wife and I cleaned the lawn of leaves.

This is what my lawn looked like at 1:00 this afternoon:

Hopefully it looks that good when the fertilizer guy shows up tomorrow...

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Here are some links:

• Researchers: Contributing to the betterment of our society or a complete waste of perfectly good oxygen.



• Oh, that? Yea, that's just a bottle.



• Starbucks is gonna sue them for stealing their business model.