I guess it wasn't a fluke

The Senators beat up the Bruins last night, beating them 4-1 in regulation.

I made it through 2½ periods and from what I saw, the Senators simply played a better game, conrolling the puck and keeping it in the Bruins end. Swayman got worked pretty well, stopping 20 of the 24 shots the Senators took which sounds bad but really isn't.

The Bruins had 28 minutes of penalty time to the 18 minutes the Senators had which is a problem the Bruins have had for the last several seasons. They seem to spend a lot of time playing shorthanded.

Their next game will be on Thursday against the Mammoth.

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So Pat and I played "big boy golf" today. And by "big Boy", I mean instead of playing a par-3 "executive" golf course, we played a full sized golf course that required we use our driver, fairway woods, sand wedges, etc...

Now I don't want to say we did good or bad so I'll just say that between the two of us, we lost at least 10 golf balls.

And most of those golf balls were lost in the fairway rough under large piles of leaves.

All-in-all it was a good time but unless Willie steps up and suggests we go golfing one more time, we are probably done for the season.

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The MLB divisional playoffs look like they are going to go on for a bit more.

The Guardians are currently up 5-2 over the White Sox in the 5^th. I was hoping the White Sox would close it out tonight and there are still plenty of innings left for them to overcome.

The Padres / Brewers game kicks off at 10:00 tonight and I can guarantee you that I will not be watching any of that game.

Go White Sox!

Go Padres!

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The bumble bees that live in my yard are really enjoying my wife's plants:

And we have no idea why a plant that flowers in the spring has decided to flower in the fall:

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Here are some links:

• Another reason to not fly commercial.



• Imagine it's January 1942 and Franklin Roosevelt, talking about the Japanese, says, "Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego."



• This is a bad idea.

It's hockey night tonight!

The Bruins take on the Senators at 7:30 tonight.

The Senators have only played 1 game this season while the Bruins have played 3 so their difference in the standings is kinda weird. For instance, since the Senators won the only game they played, their win/loss percentage is 1.000 while the Bruins have lost 1 of their 3 games so their win/loss percentage is 0.667

I bring this up because it's anyone's guess who is the better team. For all we know the Senators just got really lucky and won that game on a fluke.

It should be a good game tonight.

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Time to see how my choices for the MLB playoffs are doing:

So far, the Padres aren't doing too well but the White Sox are doing okay.

Today the White Sox will take on the Guardians at 5:00 and the Dodgers will take on the Braves at 8:00.

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Time once again to check up on my internet speeds:

This has been a look at my internet speeds.

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Here are some links:

• First the Chinese gave us covid and now the Russians are handing out the plague like halloween candy.



• I think the current congress sucks but wait till the next one comes around...



• In my humble opinion, it should be socially acceptable and perfectly legal to shoot these people in the face.



• If you thought oil prices were high now, wait a bit and watch them get worse.

A win and a loss

The Bruins beat the Jets on Friday but they lost to the Wild on Saturday.

It's too early in the season to start looking at stats so I won't blab about the fact they are now 2-1 and have 4 points. What I will say is that games that start after 8:00 at night don't end until almost 11:00 and that kinda sucks for me and my need for sleep.

Thankfully they are back in Boston for the next 3 games so I might atually make it through all 3 periods of those games.

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In football, the Patriots held off the Bills and won todays game 29-26.

I thought Maye played pretty well, scrambling when he needed to and making decent passs.

Next Sunday they take on the Raiders.

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Here are some links:

• Either they pushed him too hard or he's a fragile china doll.



• Dementia Donny's little war is getting expensive.



• "Wile E Coyote, Super Genius!"

It's hockey night tonight

The Bruins are in Winnepeg to take on the Jets. Puck drops at 8:00 tonight.

My hopes for the Bruins this season are that they continue on the same path they were on last season but that they stay healthy this season. They played great hockey last year but injuries really put a dent in their wins. Having McAvoy out for a big chunk of the season did not help them in the standings.

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There is no baseball today. The divisionals start tomorrow.

The White Sox will take on the Guardians at 1:00 on TBS.

The Padres will take on the Brewers at 8:30 on FOXSports1.

I'll probably watch the White Sox but the Padres are not only on too late for me, they are also on a channel I don't subscribe to.

I might watch some of the Yankees / Rays game at 6:30. We'll see how my day goes...

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Here are some links:

• Those French people really like to protest.



• Attention everyone: Two whack jobs have broken up.



• I don't know who Alix Earle is but I can assure you she is an idiot.

Damn it to hell

The Red Sox are on vacation.

The only wildcard series left is the Phillies/Braves and that will be decided tonight at 8:00.

As for me, I'm guessing I'll be rooting for the White Sox in the AL and the Padres in the NL.

Thank goodness it's both hockey and football season...

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Here are some links:

• He's not wrong.



• It's very possible that Dementia Donny has gone deeper into his parnoia.



• Key humorous but sick line in this story: "...turning him into a human short-circuit."



• I rarely use self-checkout simply because the store doesn't pay me enough to run a register.