Yep, another busy day.

We left our house at 4:50 this morning and drove out to Boston to hang out with our granddaughter and daughter-in-law while our son ran a half-marathon.

It was his first sanctioned event and it was put on by the BAA. That is the same organization that runs the Boston Marathon. He was quite successful, completing the run in 2 hours and 1 minute.

That, as far as I'm concerned, is a pretty good time to run 13.1 miles. That works out to roughly 9¼ minutes per mile.

More importantly, we spent several hours being entertainined by our granddaughter who loved clapping and cheering for all the runners as they ran by.

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The Bruins won this afternoon, beating the Panthers 4-1 in regulation. This gives them a 4-game winning streak, maintains their 2 point lead in the Atlantic division and gives them sole possesion of second place iun the Eastern conference.

They are off now until Thursday when they will take on the Canadiens.

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As I type, the Packers are in Foxboro playing the Patriots and so far, the Patriots suck.

The Patriots started the game on offense and Maye threw an interception within the first two minutes that resulted in a Packers score.

Then, with their second possesion, Maye got sacked on the third down and they were forced to punt, giving the ball back to the Packers who once again, scored.

Within the first 10 minutes of the game, the score was 14-0 Packers...

I really hope things go better over the next 3 quarters.

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Here are some links:

• Looks like PerfectHair Hegseth might be looking for a new job soon.



• Key line in this story: "So stop the crap around and get something done and don't lock out baseball for the fans."



• Must have been a hell of a party.

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.