More hockey!

I'm not sure who lost last night that caused the maths to work out in the Bruins favor but at some point last night, the Bruins secured a wildcard slot.

Tonight that take on the Blue Jackets and they finish their regular season on Tuesday when they take on the Devils. I don't care if they win or lose as long as no one gets injured.

They need all of their big guys to win games during the playoffs.

The NHL hasn't posted a bracket yet so I have no idea who will be playing who but from what I can tell, the playoffs will kick off on Saturday, April 18^th.

As for tonight, puck drops at 6:00.

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As for the Red Sox, they won last night and they won again today.

They are still at the bottom of the AL standings but they are only 2 games out of first place in the ALEast.

They are on their way to Minnesota where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the red hot Twins. Hopefully they continue winning.

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Are we taking over from Iran and shutting down the Strait of Hormuz? Was that part of the peace deal?

I thought The Very Stable Genius wanted the strait open and now all of a sudden he want's it closed?

Does anyone else see the level of insanity this 80 year old dementia patient is displaying?

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I changed the oil in two of my machines today - the tractor and the generator. I had changed the oil in the snowblower when bought it because, well, I always change the oil on a new mchine. I don't know anything about the machine and it only costs about $6.00 for a quart of oil so what the hell.

As for my push mower, I decided against changing that oil. The machine is probably going away in the next few months and since it burns oil, I am constantly adding oil to it. That means the oil in it has been changed, just a little bit at a time.

The garage also got cleaned because when I move all the machines into the middle of the garage to work on them, it's easy to sweep a winters worth of debris away from the walls.

I'm not saying you can eat off the floor but if you did decide to eat off the floor, you won't have any leaves in your food.

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Here are some links:

• I'm guessing Vrabel is laying low for a bit.



• No one should be shocked by this.



• Only in Florida.

The Bruins lost, dammit...

If the Bruins had won this afternoon, they would have clinched a playoff spot. As it stands, that loss pushed them down to the second wildcard slot.

Maybe they lost because I didn't watch the game and I was not available to give them such inciteful admonitions like, "Shoot the godamned puck at the godamned net, godammit!" or that old standard, "What the hell was that! Jeeezus christ, my crippled grandmother could pass better than that!"

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As for the Red Sox, they lost last night and as of this morning, they were back in last place in the MLB.

The Red Sox & the Cardinals are back at it again this evening and a Red Sox win would be nice. They need to get their confidence back.

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My wife continues to clean out her gardens, I thatched my lawn and the sprinkler guy has opened up my irrigation system.

All that's left to do is change the oil in all my machines. Once that is done, we will be ready for summer.

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FYI: A gallon of gasoline is still below $4.00 near me.

I expect that will change in the next few days and by "change", I don't mean it will go lower...

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Here are some links:

• No thanks.



• After they fix the bat, maybe they can fix the face so it looks at least a little bit like Ichiro.



• And I thought our government was screwed up...



• This is a pretty good write-up about the Massachusetts idiocracy regarding solar installations.



• This is why I don't eat sushi.

Limited sportings today

The Red Sox are off and the Bruins are off. There is a Worcester Red Sox game on at 6:00 this evening so I'll probably watch that.

Hey, I gotta get my fix...

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So it looks like The Very Stable Genius has once again been sold a load of bullshit or he's lying to us. Either way, the Iranians have not opened the Strait of Hormuz and have accused the US of violating the ceasefire.

Here's the thing: I'm pretty sure that both Trump and the Iranians are lying sacks of shit and neither one can be trusted to do anything they say.

The middle-east has been at war with itself for more than 2000 years and Trump, the man who claimed to be the president of peace, just poured a bunch of gasoline on that fire.

I won't be surprised if sometime in the next few weeks there is an attack on US soil.

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We have nice fresh grout on our kitchen floor.

I tell you that because what I really want to say is: My knees and back are killing me...

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "It was not clear what spurred the first lady to comment on Epstein."



• It appears that Samantha Angers is filled with anger.



• Key load of crap in this story: "I’m polling higher than anybody."



• Scotland: They drink more than the Irish.



• Do you know what we used to call these kids? Idiots. That's what we used to call them.

Guess who is not in last place!

The Red Sox beat the Brewers 3-2 last night and then the Red Sox beat the Brewer 5-6 this afternoon. This means they have won their first series of the season!

Those two wins moved them out of the basement in the MLB and the AL.

And if the Blue Jays lose to the Dodgers this evening, they will be tied with the Red Sox for last place in the ALEast. Don't get me wrong, the Red Sox are still pretty low in the standings but they are at least moving in the right direction.

Gray had a good outing this afternoon. He faced 24 batters over 6⅓ innings, Striking out 2, walking 2 and giving up zero runs.

The batters also became hitters, getting on base and moving the runners along.

They are on the road to St. Louis where on Friday they will start a 3-game series against the Cardinals.

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The Bruins lost 5-6 in OT to the Hurricanes last night. That means they picked up 1 point and remain in the first wildcard slot.

Their next game is Saturday against the Lightning.

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So The Very Stable Genius said that there is kind of an almost maybe kinda sorta agreement between him and the Iranians. He isn't clear on what the agreement is. For all I know, he has agreed to help the Iranians bomb ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.

It's hard for me to decipher things when Trump talks because he uses words like covfefe and yuuuuuge. He also tends to say different things about the same subject on different days.

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I had lunch with the ROMEO gang today and once again, we solved all of the world problem.

Well, most of the worlds problems.

None of us can figure out what Trump is doing and we are very confused about why the Red Sox are not doing very well.

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Here are some links:

• Sounds like maybe Vrabel is getting it done...



• The price of a barrel of oil plunges but it'll probably be months before gasoline prices drop, if they ever drop at all...



• This story caused me to immediatly start humming 30,000 Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin.

This is bad

The Red Sox lost again last night, getting beat 8-6 by the Brewers.

At this point, they are not only at the bottom of the pile in major league baseball, they are not even in the pile anymore. They are in the pile of offal that the league has thrown out.

This is embarassing.

It's gotten that the fans have begun creating memes. Someone took a picture of the 99 Restaurant's "KIDS EAT FREE advertisement and modified to fit the current situation:

They will try again this evening when they play game 2 of their series, depending on the weather. I mean, what the hell, it was snowing here at 7:30 this morning...

First pitch is at 6:45 and Crochet will have the start.

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The Bruins will take on the Hurricanes at 7:00 this evening.

This should be an interesting game with their season matchups split at 1 win each. The Huricanes curently lead the Bruins by 9 points so the odds favor the Hurricanes.

All I can do is yell at my special coaching TV to encourage the Bruins to put the puck into the net, darnit.

I don't say it quite that graciously but you get my drift...

Puck drops at 7:00 so this will be a channel-flipping kind of night.

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The Monson PD is reporting a new scam and this one actually looks pretty damned realistic:

I can't say this enough: No court or law enforcement will contact you out of the blue via text messaging.

Mark these as spam, delete them or just ignore them but under no circumstances should you ever reply to them.

And for the love of all that is good in this world, do not scan the QR code.

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Here are some links:

• If you want to do weird shit like some kind of mental case, go right ahead and knock yourself out. Just don't take pictures of yourself doing it.



• Key reason for the explosion: "...his brother-in-law’s son made fireworks in the home’s garage."



• First thing that popped into my twisted little mind when I read this is the famous scene from The Naked Gun.



• Oh Canada.
  (That might be a death penalty crime in Canada...)



• I thought The Very Stable Genius was good friends with Tucker...