Another bad day.

Last night, the city of Boston smelled like losers. Both the Bruins and the Red Sox managed to fail in their quest to win their respective sporting events.

It was hard to watch...

The Red Sox are in Baltimore to start a 3-game series against the Orioles. Bello has the start and first pitch is at 7:05pm.

The Bruins are off until Sunday.

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We attended a wake for a young man this afternoon. I didn't know him but I know his sister and she spent a large portion of her life taking care of him.

He needed constant care and she provided it like he was her son even though he was her older brother.

In other words, this hits her like a mother losing a child and I feel bad for her.

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Here are some links:

• The reality television judge has dropped the investigation because a senator said he wouldn't vote for a replacement while the investigation was going on.



• How is it possible for a rational, ethical and moral human being to make the decision to beat his wife to death. And please don't give me this, "heat of the moment" crap.



• Why did this guy get such a low bail?



• Maybe this guy will be of some help to the offensive line.



• Once again, the democrats in this state think we are all made of money and can afford to pay for whatever they want.

Anther one bites the dust

I gotta be honest with you, I personally think that Hairball Pete firing the Secretary of the Navy is not a bad thing. It's not a good thing but it's also not a bad thing.

John Phelan was appointed to be the Secretary of the Navy by Dementia Donny despite him having no military experience whatsoever.

The guy spent a year or so fellating The Very Stable Genius and that was enough for Trump put him in charge of the most powerful navy on the planet.

Then again, he nominated an idiotic "bro" news reporter as the Secretary of Defense and a guy with a worm in his brain as the Secretary of Health and Human Services so I guess it shouldn't have surprised anyone he put a guy with no military experience in one of the highest positions in the military.

But anyways, Headshot Hegseth has decided that he only wants people who do exactly what he says without question so he fired the guy. I'm sure this action doesn't have any impact on the navy while it is trying to fight a war in the middle east...

Oh, and for the record, some guy name Hung Cao, who actually served 30 years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a captain, will take over as Acting Secretary of the Navy. To be honest with you, he seems way more qualified for that job than the fired guy

For those of you interested, here is the current list of people fired by Dementia Donny during this term:

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan
Army Chief of Staff Randy George
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

The list of people he fired or who resigned during his first term is really long and I don't feel like formatting it for this post. Here are some of the more notable folks from that time period:

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry
National Security Advisor John Bolton
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Hailey
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly
Secretary of Defense James Mattis
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci
FBI Director James Comey

Dementia Donny can't seem to get along with anybody including his wives.

Ivana (Zelníčková) Trump. Married 1977-1990
Marla (Maples) Maples who he started dating while married to first wife. Married 1993-1999
Melania (Knauss) Trump who he started dating while married to second wife. Married 2005-present
At some point he mentioned wanting to have sex with his daughter Ivanka. Current status unknown.

It's beginning to look like his third wife might have pissed him off a bit when she denied she had anything to do with Epstein even though no one at anytime said she did.

He'll probably fire her soon and somehow or another talk his daughter into moving in with him.

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In baseball news, the Red Sox still suck.

The only thing that can be said good about them is they are not the Mets, the Phillies or the Royals...

They play the third game in their 3-game series against the Yankees this evening. First pitch is at 6:10.

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As I told my son this afternoon, I probably won't be watching much of the Red Sox since the Bruins and Sabres will play game 3 tonight.

Puck drops at 7:00 and I'm really hoping the Bruins win the next two games at home. Going back to Buffalo with a 3-1 lead in the series would be great.

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Here are some links:

• Well this sounds like a pretty shitty place to work.



• It used to be a decent show but lately it's turned into a soap opera. He was one of the originals.



• I do not disagree with this approach to the problem.



• Walking past these places, I could not stand the smell.

A win and a loss

The Red Sox can 't score a [insert really bad word here] run to save their lives. They got shutout 4-0 by the Yankees last night.

Early gave them a decent outing, facing 23 batters over 5⅓ innings. He gave up 3 earned runs, 3 walks and struck out 4 so not terrible.

They are back at it again tonight, weather permiting. First pitch is at 6:45 and my youngest will be at the game with his boss.

Hopefully they win.

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The Bruins managed to hold off another Sabres third period rally and won 4-2 last night.

I have to admit to not watching a lot of the game because I got wrapped up in the Red Sox but from what I can see in the recap, they matched the Sabres in penalties and managed to score a power play goal.

The series is now tied at 1-1.

Here are the standings in round 1 as of this morning:

The Bruins and Sabres will play the next 2 games in Boston. Puck drops at 7:00 tomorrow evening

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Time for an update on my newest grandchild:

She is growing like a baby should which means a constant stream of new clothing must be given to her.
Her father and I have declared her to be a Baby Genius and I suspect she will be doing complex math in the next month or so.
Seriously, she is doing great and her mom & dad are being great parents.

So as to not overlook the older grandchildren:

Our grandson, the oldest, is in kindergarten and doing great.
His sister, our middle grandchild, is in pre-school and doing great.

This has been your update on our grandchildren.

I am, as always, the proud grandpa.

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Here are some links:

• The President of Peace is really doing a great job.



• Key line in this story about the never-ending saga of Crash Patel and His Frivolous Lawsuits: "The dismissal came a day after Patel filed an unrelated $250 million defamation lawsuit in D.C. federal court against The Atlantic magazine over a new article that alleged he has abused alcohol."



• If the U.S. has so much oil & gasoline that we are loading tankers and sending them overseas, why is gasoline so expensive.



• Yet another alleged, maybe, could be, possibility that Mars once had life.

Channel flipping it is.

Red Sox v Yankees starts at 6:45 and Bruins @ Sabres starts at 7:30.

I'm going to be in my sports glory.

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Here are some links:

• Of course it's on hold. Kinda hard for Mascara Boy to hold a meeting with people that aren't there.



• Speaking of Mascara Boy.



• Key line in this story: "...you have to make good decisions. That includes me. That starts with me."



• I'm beginning to think that "Democracy" is a terrible political system. We tend vote for the most corrupt and idiotic people.



• He was good but not good enough. He did well with the 49ers but not well enough.

Bad days and good days

Not only did the Red Sox lose yesterday, the Sabres figured out how to beat the Bruins and they did so in the third period.

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The Red Sox lost 6-2 to the Tigers yesterday afternoon.

Crochet started out pitching well enough, going 4 innings with the game tied 1-1. Then, in the 5^th inning, he gave up 4 runs and the Tigers took a 5-1 lead.

Te batters were hitting the ball but failed miserably at geting runs across the plate. They would have bases loaded with one out and hit into a double play.

It was extremely frustrating to watch.

Todays game was the traditional Patriots Day 11:10am start and the Red Sox managed to win the game 8-6. And when I say "managed", I mean they barely managed to win it.

It was 8-3 going into the 9^th inning and they gave up 3 runs before finally getting the 3^rd out. It got so bad that at one point I sent the following to my son:

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As for the Bruins, they had a 1-0 lead through 2 periods. They went into the 2^nd intermission and the Sabres must have had a hell of a meeting because they came back out and proceeded to score 4 goals, beating the Bruins 4-3 and taking game 1 of the series.

As for round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, this is where it stands:

The Bruins remain in Buffalo where game 2 will be played tomorrow. Puck drops at 7:30.

In other hockey news, the local AHL team, the Thunderbirds, have made the playoffs so if you live near me and you want to go see some pretty good hockey being played, you can seats on the glass for $33.00.

Front row tickets to the Calder Cup playoffs for only $33.00 is a pretty damned good deal.

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We made a Costco run today because it was time to stock up on the needful things. Some of the needful things were motor oil, grass seed, steaks and coffee.

Thanks to The Very Stable Genius, all of those particular items are what I consider really [insert really bad word here] expensive.

Look, I'm old and I realize that I live in the past when a quart of oil was $0.89 and grass seed cost about $0.50 a pound but sweet jesus on a skateboard, that shit is expensive now. Way more expensive than it was just 2 years ago.

Fortunately, eggs are down to $2.50 a dozen...

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Here are some links:

• Looks like Dementia Donny is negotiating with an empty chair.



• The Pirates pitching coach, Bill Murphy, takes almost 20 seconds to walk from the dugout to the mound because he's afraid he might trip and fall if he moves to fast.



• Crash Patel is back in the news.