The schedule is out

The Bruins @ Sabres series starts this Sunday. The puck drops at 7:30 and it looks like NESN will be carrying all the games. ESPN & TNT will also be carrying them but screw ESPN. TNT does a pretty good job and if NESN starts having picture qaulity issues, I'll just switch over.

They play the first two games (4/19 & 4/21) in Buffalo before going to Boston to play game three and four (4/23 & 4/26).

If any of the last three games are needed, they will alternate between Buffalo (4/28 & 5/3) and Boston (5/1).

Should be a good series because these two teram are not "best friends" in any sense of the word. I'm betting things get a little sporty right at the face off and they'll continue that way throughout the series.

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Tonights Red Sox game is on Apple TV. This means I will be searching the interwebs for a stream of the game.

I may have mentioned this once or twice or ten times before but I'll mention it again: Ain't no way I'm paying for yet another streaming service...

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Here are some links:

• You know you got a problem when the biggest nutcase on the planet thinks you have dementia.



• Psycho Vlad's 4 year old "special military operation" isn't going to well. I'm thinking some generals will be accidentally falling out of windows pretty soon.



• I wonder if Dementia Donny will try to pardon his disbarment...



• It was 90° here yesterday...



• Remember when these two were famous? Pepperidge Farms remembers...

I lied

Yesterday, while telling you about Friday's baseball game between the Red Sox and the Tigers, I said, "I hope things go better for them in Detroit".

I lied.

That four-game series will be played in Boston at Fenway Park, not in Detroit.

I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

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Today was breakfast with an old friend followed by doing a little grouting in the kitchen. Then, while the grout dried, we ran some errands.

The reason for the grout is that the old grout had stained and chipped in some places. Fortunately, the guys that tiled our kitchen floor left us with a couple of pounds of grout.

I mixed up a bit, put it into a plastic bag, clipped off the corner and proceeded to squirt it in between the tiles, filling the low spots and covering the stains.

Tomorrow I will complete the job by sealing the grout.

My knees and back are not happy with me...

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Here are a few links:

• We were promised flying cars...



• Turns out Jerry Cheevers little boy is a scumbag.



• Those Boeberts seem like a real stable family...



• It sucks for the Sabres but it sure is great for the Bruins.



• Attention dehydrated drivers: Don't leave your water bottles in your car.

First wildcard

The Bruins have solidified their standing in the first wildcard slot and that means they will face the Sabres in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

This is good because the Bruins have a 3-1 season record against the Sabres. That means they stand a very good (75%) chance of winning the best of seven playoff round.

From what I can tell the first game of the playoffs will be this Saturday.

Since there are still a lot of teams playing their last regular season games over the next two days, the playoff bracket isn't set yet. As things stand right now, I am not sure if Bruins/Sabres will start on Saturday or Sunday.

Seeing the Bruins make the playoffs makes me happy because...

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...the damned Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 6-0 by the Twins and dropping back into a tie for last place in the American League.

Gray did not have a stellar outing and Cora pulled him after 4 innings.

Fortunatly, they played the final game of their series at 1:40 this afternoon and the Red Sox managed to win, beating the Twins 9-5.

Early had a pretty good outing, facing 23 batters over 6 innings, giving up 1 run (a home run), walking 2 and striking out 5.

It was a good game to watch but they still lost the series and they aren't close to moving up in the standings. They really need to start winning series.

They start a 4-game series against the Tigers this Friday. First pitch is at 7:15.

I really hope things go better for them in Detroit.

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Is anyone shocked that Hampshire College is closing?

I'm not shocked that it's closing. What I'm shocked about is that it lasted as long as it did.

Back in the early 60s, UMass, Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke formed a committee to look at liberal education. That committee came up with something they called "The New College Plan" or something like that. Need I remind you that anything designed by a committee is nothing more than a collection of compromises. In other words, it is not the best idea, it is the idea that makes everyone the happiest.

So in 1970, Hampshire College opened its doors and has been producing basket weavers, history majors, english majors and social justice warriors ever since.

Not a lot of career opportunities for basket weavers...

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Here are some links:

• Meet Kirk Moore, extraordinary hero and the newest member of the A-Team



• "A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want. Unless it's about Dementia Donny, the president of piece. Then they aren't allowed to say anything."



• Normally, I would guess that Ron DeSantis doesn't have anything to worry about but this is Florida so you never know...



• This is why I don't dress up like Santa Claus and get fall-down drunk.

Well this sucks

At one point during my career, I spent a lot of time flying to various cities across the US doing office buildouts and network installations.

For four years, my daughter attended school in Ames, Iowa and she flew back and forth on a fairly regular basis.

During those four years, my wife flew to Ames, Iowa numerous times.

The majority of those flights were on American Airlines with very few exceptions. I have never had a bad experience on American Airlines. My wife has never had a bad experience on American Airlines. My Daughter has never had a bad experience on American Airlines

In two cases, I flew on United and both times I experienced unexplained flight delays and generally shitty service from the United airport staff. They provided no information regarding why the flights were delayed or when we (the paying passengers) might expect the flight to take off. They seemed to be overwhelmed and took their frustrations out on the people asking them questions.

United also was in the news quite a bit for the way they treat people, general passenger discomfort and their god-awful luggage handling.

For instance, there is the famous instance where United decided that it was more important for 4 of their air crew to get on a flight rather than the passengers who paid to be on the flight..

Then there was the time an obscure band from nowhere Canada became famous because United Breaks Guitars.

In recent years, my wife and I have flown American internationally and in all cases, they have been very accommodating on helping us navigate the ever-changing rules regarding entry/exit of countries. They have also been very clear and up front whenever there has been a flight delay. They state why there is a delay and they give estimates of takeoff times.

Why am I saying all of this?

Because this news pissed me off.

I will not be happy if American Airlines suddenly starts behaving like United.

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Another thing that sucks is that the Red Sox got their ass kicked last night, losing 13-6 to the Twins.

So much for a winning streak...

My youngest and I have decided that something must be wrong with Crochet. There is no way he could go from the lights-out ace last season to a guy who gives up 11 runs in the first two innings this season.

They will play agin this evening with Gray on the mound. First pitch is at 7:40.

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In case you didn't see it yet, this is the image Trump posted when he decided to take a cheap shot at the Pope and then claimed he thought it was him depicted as a doctor:

I can hear the announcement over the PA system now: Paging Doctor Dementia. Doctor Dementia please report to the Emergency Room right away.

Or for you Three Stooges fans: Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fein, Doctor Trump. Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fein, Doctor Trump...

And don't worry, the internet has created plenty of memes for this. One of my favorites is this one:

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Golf was played today and I'm pleased to announce our 2026 season is just like our 2025 season.

We have not improved at all.

No sir, not one bit.

Neither Rory McIlroy or Nelly Korda have anything to worry about from us...

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It's going to be a channel flipping kind of evening for me.

The Bruins v devils game starts at 7:00 and the Red Sox @ Twins game starts at 7:40.

I kinda like channel flipping.

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "...researchers have detected empty voids moving faster than the speed of light..."
  In other words, Einstein was right, nothing can move faster than the speed of light.



• Excuse me, but northwest Alabama isn't anywhere near an ocean.



• After last night's performance, I fully expected a press release from the Red Sox saying, "Crochet put on 15 day DL with [insert body part here] strain" or something like that.

First wildcard slot it is

With yesterdays win, the Bruins have moved into the first wildcard slot.

If they remain in the first wildcard slot on Friday morning, I think they will play the Sabres. If they drop back into the second wildcard slot, I think they will end up playing the Hurircanes.

Then again, what the hell do I know.

Anyways, they have one game left, which they will play tomorrow and according to my math it doesn't matter if they win or lose. They will stay in the first wildcard slot either way.

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The Red Sox play game 1 in their 3-game series against the Twin tonight.

Crochet has the start and Cora seems to be working the batting order pretty well. Hopefully things work out like they did last night and they take and early lead in the game.
A win tonight gives them their first winning streak of the season.

I like winning streaks.

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My question to our esteemed president is, "What will the navy do if a ship tries to sail through the strait? Will they fire on it and try to sink it? Will the US Navy attack a British ship sailing through the strait?"

This idiot has no idea what he is doing. Hairball Hegseth also has no idea what he is doing. During world war two, members of the military had a five letter acronym for this situation: FUBAR.

If you don't know what FUBAR means, use your google skills and look it up.

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At some point today, I had a guy flying over my house:

A few minutes later, I had a large tree branch flying over my house:

A few minutes later, the guy flew over my house again and into a large oak tree:

Then the top of the large oak flew over my house:

This was followed by a small pine tree.

Finally, the trunk of the large oak took the flight over my house:

All of this work was done by the guys at DL&G Tree:

I highly recommend them. They were on time, they were organized, they were well-equiped for the job, they were meticulous & percise and they were clean.

After they left, the only indication they had been at my house was the small sign they left in my side yard. No branches, no sawdust, no dirt, no damage to my lawn and no oil stains on my driveway.

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "The man put his shoes back on before he fled on a scooter."



• Look, I don't like chihuahua's either but you're a pretty shitty person if you beat one up.



• Key line from Dementia Donny: "...he had thought the image was of him as a doctor."



• I have a feeling what she really said was, "I can't give you any money. Instead, I'll give you this nifty proclaimation."