There will be baseball

The Phillies, with their interim manager, will play the Red Sox, with their interim manager, at 6:45 this evening.

Morán will be the opener and then Bellow will come in to hopefully go at least 5 innings.

I gotta be honest with you, the Phillies do not have a great record (19-22) but it's better than the Red Sox (17-23) so my hopes are not high that the Red Sox are going to win this series.

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According to the weather dweebs, it's going to rain tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. When I looked at my lawn, I realized that if I didn't mow it today, I would probably regret it come Saturday.

So I mowed my lawn.

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Here are some links:

• Another one bites the dust.



• I don't know if he's a drunk or not but he does act like an immature boob a lot of the time.



• Well, he's not going to be a problem anymore, is he...



• When cities set up speeding / red light cameras, this is what you get.

The Red Sox did not lose today

They didn't play baseball today so they did not lose today...

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Gas prices have not changed in the last week. Don't get me wrong, they still suck but at least they did not go up.

On the upside, the DJIA is up and no one knows why...

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We have begun the process of opening our back porch. This involved checking all the screen for damage and cleaning them.

This coming weekend we will uncover all the furniture, check it for damage and place it all in the strategic locations.

Once that is done, I will move my lazy but out there to surf the internets for news and funny stuff while watching the hummingbirds drink sugar water.

We like our porch.

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My daughter is doing some work on her house repairing / replacing a section of subfloor in a bathroom. After cutting out the piece of flooring, she went into the basement to take a good look at what she was dealing with. While doing this, she was texting me about things that she was seeing that she wanted my opinion about.

She sent me this and it made me laugh so I figured I would share it with you:

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Here are some links:

• He is in over his head.



• Somehow or another, this is going to cost me money.



• First there was Venezuela. Then there was Iran. Next up is Cuba.



• Get ready for some internet and television outages.

Happy Mothers Day

I hope all you mothers out there had an enjoyable day.

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The Red Sox managed to lose 4-1 to the Rays this afternoon and they are now back in last place in the ALEast.

I don't understand it. They should be hitting the ball and stepping on home plate more than any other team but they aren't.

They are off tomorrow and the Phillies will be in Boston on Tuesday to start a 3-game series.

Hopefully the Red Sox can win at least two of those games.

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The mulch-a-palooza is done and all the various shovels, barrows, trailers and tractors are back in their respective places.

Now if I can get my back, hands and legs back into their respective places, I'll be all set.

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Here are some links:

• Boy, that cease-fire that Donny Boy worked out sure is going well...



• Attention DA Quinn, let me fix your statement for you: "He clearly can’t control his violent tendencies and needs to be put to death to protect the public."



• Cops: We don't pay them enough.



• Baby, if you've ever wondered. Wondered whatever became of me.
  I'm living on the air in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, WKRP.



• It's only a firestorm because you keep harping on it. This is between him and his wife. No one else needs to be involved.

No baseball today

The Red Sox and Rays decided they didn't want to play baseball in the rain and I don't blame them. When I told my son that they might not be playing today, his reply was:

The game has been rescheduled to July 17^th.

That means I am spending my evening watching the SEC Softball Championship between Texas and Alabama.

Man, those girls play a wicked game of softball. Not at all like the way we played in the company league I used to play in. Not a single one of those girls has a beer in their hand...

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The mulch-a-palooza was put on hold today because neither one of us wanted to spread mulch in the rain.

Will pick it back up tomorrow and hopefully finish it off.

I will say this - our front and side yards sure look really nice. All we have left to do is the backyard and we should have no problem finishing that off tomorrow

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Here are some links:

• I don't believe him. Psycho Vlad is a bigger scam artist than Dementia Donny.



• Attention Sarah "I can see Russia!" Palin: Hantavirus has a 41% fatality rate.



• Oh goody, higher gas prices.



• Get ready for a super El Niño.

So much for the streak

The Red Sox started off okay last night and the game was tied 3-3 though 5 innings. Then, in the 6^th inning, Bennett lost it and gave up a run so Tracy pulled him and put Weissert in. Weissert immediately gave up another run, giving the Rays a 5-3 lead.

In the end, the Red Sox lost 8-4 to the Rays.

They are back at it again tonight. Early has the start and first pitch is at 7:10.

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The local AHL hockey team, the Springfield Thunderbirds, has made it to the Atlantic Division finals. They will start the best-of-5 series this Tuesday in Scranton, PA when they take on the Penguins.

If they make it through the divisionals, they will play the best-of-7 Eastern Conference finals.

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Dementia Donny is very excited about the price of crude oil.

I don't know about you folks but I don't buy barrels of crude oil.

I buy gallons of refined gasoline.

Hey DonnyBoy, call me when a gallon of gasoline is back down to $2.89 per gallon

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Here are some links:

• I'm kinda hoping this is a felony.



• The short answer is, "Yes, you are being pricks" but the long answer really is, "Cities and towns should be able to zone the way they want to zone and the state should have no say in the matter."



• Here's 10 lawsuits looking for some lawyers.



• Key line in this story: "We told him that there is a place in this organization for him for as long as he wants it."