Good win but no advance

The Bruins beat the Red Wings 4-2 in regulation last night but since the Canadiens also won their game, the standings are unchanged.

During last night's game, the talking heads on ABC made an interesting statement. They said, "The Bruins have the toughest remaining schedule in the NHL".

That doesn't sound good but it has been my experience that teams tend to play better when they are up against a tough opponent.

Their next game is this Tuesday, the 24^th when they take on the Maple Leafs.

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The Red Sox beat the Pirates 6-3 this afternoon.

They will play two more spring training games, both against the Twins. One game tomorrow and one game on Tuesday.

On Wedensday, they will fly to Cincinatti where on Thursday, they will open the 2026 season against the Reds.

That's when things begin to matter.

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Here are some links:

• Trump is a bratty little kid with a stick and he's using that stick to poke the hornets nest that is the middle-east.



• Key problem with the Massachusetts prison system: "Despite Snow being considered a high risk to reoffend, three parole board members voted to grant parole..."



• Fifty days of higher prices sucks and it's pretty shitty of the administration to suggest it will be worth it.

Busy day

We spent the day in Boston hanging out with the newest member of our family.

For the record, she is still doing just fine. Her mom and dad are also doing just fine.

They are a happy family.

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There is an old saying: "Never speak ill of the dead".

Apparently Trump never heard of that saying.

I imagine there are a lot of people who will say the same thing about him when he dies.

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Ran a quick speed test this afternoon.

I remember when we were all excited to get 56k dialup speeds.

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Here are some links:

• I don't have to eat less. I just need to take smaller bites.



• The TSA is part of DHS. ICE is part of DHS. TSA is not getting paid. How is ICE getting paid?



• Oh Canada.

Merry Vernal Equinox

Today is the day when we can expect the number of hours of daylight to equal the number of hours of darkness.

Considering that this was all figured out by a greek guy named Hipparchus about 2,200 years ago who probably wrote his calculations with a burnt stick on papyrus and had no functional timepiece, he wasn't too far off.

Today we will have 12.1 hours of daylight and 11.9 hours of darkness. Not quite equal but pretty damned close.

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The Bruins beat the Jets 6-1 last night, tying the Canadiens at 84 points. The Canadiens held on to third place in the Atlantic division because they have played fewer games and have a higher win percentage.

If the Canadiens can lose their next game, the Bruins stand a real good chance of moving into the divisional race. Their next opponent is the Red Wings and a win against them will put them two points ahead of the Red Wings and two points ahead of the Canadiens.

They play the Red Wings tomorrow. Puck drops at 8:00.

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The Rays beat the Red Sox 2-0 this afternoon. The Red Sox starting pitcher was some kid named Wenhunt who faced 15 batters over 4 innings, striking out 3, walking 1 and giving up 1 earned runs. The other four pitchers were guys named Moran, Rivera, Gamboa and Keller.

In other words, the Red Sox pitchers were guys that not only did I not know who they were, I'm thinking Cora probably wasn't certain who they were either.

This evening the Red Sox prospects will take on the Orioles prospects. It should be an interesting game to watch.

Tomorrow, the Red Sox will take on the Braves. First pitch is at 1:05 and NESN360 will be streaming the game. It is currently unknown who will be pitching.

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Here are some links:

• He doesn't have a single clue about dealing with people. Continuously calling them names will not get them on his side.



• If he does this, the Iranians will just blow the whole place up, killing all the Marines.



• And speaking of Iran, might be a good idea to hold off on visting any crowded places.



• I didn't know he was still alive. Now who's gonna make shitty karate chop movies?



• Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Palm Beach Pete.

Bring out yer dead

We are apparently still counting the number of people that died during the 'rona. Looks like the official counters didn't do a very good job and they missed quite a few people.

Look, I get that people want to continue to focus on covid but does it really matter how many people died from it? Does the volume outweigh the reason?

It's time to put the whole "it killed a bazillion people!" behind us and instead try to figure out how to prevent the entire shutdown of our economy the next time we get sick.

That whole, "You can't go to work or go out to eat! Lock yourself in your house because you are under house arrest!" thing kinda sucked and it did a lot of damage to our society in general.

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I'm busy listening to Joe Castiglione call the Red Sox game.

That means I'm done typing.

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Here are some links:

• I'm pretty sure we can't afford this.



• I did a lot of programming in COBOL over the years and I agree with this story.



• Key line in this story: "...she expected the meeting with Trump to be 'very difficult'."

Not much to say

We started our day meeting with our finance guy and it appears we can remain retired if we are so inclined.

For the record, we are so inclined...

Then we made a Costco run so we could stock up on some of life's little necessities. You know, like the rotisserie chicken, the peach & cream pastry and that one necessity that I personally can never live without, cinnamon rasin bread.

Man's got to have his cinnamon raisin toast...

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The Red Sox lost to the Yankees 1-0 this afternoon but, man, what a hell of a game.

Connelly Early face 19 batters over 5 great innings. He struck out 7, walked 2 and gave up zero runs. It's a damned shame that kid is probably going to be in Worcester to start his season next week because he's a major league pitcher if ever I saw one.

Next game for the Red Sox is tomorrow against the Twins but NESN will not be carrying that game. Thankfully WEEI AM streams over the internet so I can at least listen to the game.

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The Bruins lost in OT last night.

Again...

Here's what I don't understand about the standings. The Bruins and the Red Wings have the same number of points and the same win percentage but the Bruins are listed as being in the first wildcard slot now.

Their next game is tomorrow against the Jets. Puck drops at 7:00pm

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Because I like to remind people that The Very Stable Genius isn't very stable, here is an image I ran across recently:

Because I like Pink Floyd and I like funny things, here is an image I ran across recently:

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Here are a few links:

• I realize that this is probably boring as hell for most of you but this is important. All hacks involve attacks on software but this guy actually hacked the hardware.
  To me, that is pretty damned amazing.



• This seems to be going well...



• I guess there is a second time for everything.