The Mets are down 2-1

Last night they didn't play well. The Dodgers, however, did play well. The Mets lost 8-0 which isn't as bad as the 9-0 loss the other day,

On a more positive note, the Dodgers are sitting Freeman. That is a big bat taken out of their lineup.

As for the Aaron Judges, they have a 2-1 series lead but right now, the Guardians are up 2-1 in the 6^th inning.

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The Bruins managed to beat the Avalanche 5-3 last night even though I wasn't watching them.

This gives them a 3-2 record.

Tomorrow they will take on the Utah Hockey Club. Puck drops at 9:00 so maybe I'll be able to watch the the first and part of the second periods before calling it a night.

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NOAA has released it's winter outlook and it looks like we are going to avoid a lot of snow.

I still fired up The Beast yesterday just to make sure it was working correctly but if I don't have to use it very often, I'm not going to be disappointed.

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I've got some baseball to watch.

Here are some links:

• This just keeps getting better and better...



• Key line in this story: "A state-of-the-art fire station in western Germany that was completed last year at a cost of tens of millions of euros has burned to the ground because it had not been equipped with a fire alarm."



• Well this sounds awful.



• Wait'll my wife hear's about this...



• Oh Canada.

Yankees are up 2-0

The New York Aaron Judges managed to hold off the Guardians and won last night. This puts them up 2-0 on the ALCS series.

Both teams are heading to Cleveland where they will continue the series starting tomorrow.

The Mets and Dodgers are in Queens for the continuation of their series. It would do my heart good to see the Mets win all three of their home games and take the pennant.

Go Mets!
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As for the Bruins, they are out in Denver where at 9:30 tonight, they will play the Avalanche.

Also happening at 9:30 tonight will be me going to bed and not seeing any of the game.

Hopefully tomorrow morning I will discover that the Bruins won the game.

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So Goofy Joe told HeeBeeJeeBee Netanyahu that if he didn't stop blowing up little kids, we would cut off his supply of weapons.

If you read that sentence, you might find yourself saying, "Huh?"

That's right, we told Israel that if they stop blowing up people, we will keep giving them bombs so they can keep blowing up people.

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We have a law in this state that says anyone that is unable to take care of their newborn baby can leave the baby at a hospital, a police station or a fire station and there will be no ramifications. The state will place the child into the foster system and put it up for adoption. In other words, we make it easy for people to give up their responsibilities of parenthood.

Let me be clear: We make it easy for people to put their children into a system that will care for them. And this law is not one of those "hidden" laws, it is talked about on the news and in public all the time.

Can someone explain to me why anyone who is at least smart enough to have sex and procreate is stupid enough to abandon their child on someones doorstep?

There are a lot of idiots in our society...

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Here are some links:

• Seems that Masataka got some surgery. Hopefully he's good to go come February.



• Based on I've seen when the camera pans the "crowd", they don't have a lot of fans. They could probably play at any high school or college field and still not fill the seats.



• Key phrase in this story: "And we know that that drives them nuts."



• We don't pay cops enough.



• Well maybe they should keep it in the fairway.



• Key lie in this story: "The damaged cars will then be fixed..."

Long day = short post

The Met's beat the Dodgers and the Yankees beat the Guardians yesterday.

That means the Mets and Dodgers are tied 1-1 and the Yankees are up 1-0.

Go Mets!

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Here are a couple of links:

• Fashion: I don't get it.



• Oh Canada.

Bad start.

The Mets got stomped last night, getting beat 9-0 by the Dodgers in game one of the NLCS.

Hopefully they can turn it around this afternoon and grab a win in Los Angeles before they head to Queens.

First pitch was thrown for 4:08pm and by 4:10pm, it was 1-0 Mets.

Go Mets!

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In the hockey world, the Bruins & Panthers went at it this afternoon and the first period was like the final game in the movie Slapshot!.

Apparently the refs decided they weren't going to call penalties until the boys decided to doll out their own form of justice. Suddenly, after several fights that involved more than two players, the refs started to get control of the game and things calmed down a bit.

In the end, the Bruins lost to the Panthers, getting beat 4-3.

Their next game is Wednesday. They'll head out to Denver to take on the Avalanche. Puck drops at 9:30, which is way too late for me.

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We closed the proch for the season but one of The Sisters has decided otherwise:

The other one is also not ready to call it a season but she's hiding under the tarp.

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Game one of the ALCS between the Yankees / Guardians kicks off at 7:38pm and yes, I will be watching it.

While I do that, you should check these out:

• We're gonna end up in a civil war.



• I'm not sure this is the right thing to do but they definitely need to do something with that line.



• Oh Canada.



• This is probably going to end poorly.



• I'm pretty sure this is fake news.



• Yet another reason to not fly commercial.

Sportings kind of day

Today was filled with football, golf, and (very soon) baseball.

The Patriots managed to stink the place up and they lost 41-21 to the Texans

Maye started and since the offensive line still sucks, he didn't have a good outing. They had at least three turnovers and Maye got sacked several times.

And the defensive line wasn't faring much better. The Texans were up 14-0 before the end of the first quarter.

Oh well. Next up for them is a trip to London, England where they will play the Jaguars. Kickoff is scheduled for 9:30 am our time. And by "our time", I mean Eastern Daylight Savings Time

As for my other football team, the Steelers, they are playing as I type but I can't watch them because CBS thinks it's more important for me to listen to a bunch of guys talk about how bad the Patriots played...

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Tonight starts the NLCS series between the Mets and the Dodgers.

First pitch is at 8:15. Since the game is being carried by a network that loves the sound of it's own voice (FOX) we should assume first pitch will happen sometime before 8:45

Go Mets!

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Things I miss:

Cars:
Those side vent "wing" windows - Those things were great and there was no reason to remove them from car design. No reason at all.

Push buttons - The touch screen is a pain in the ass and if you want to change something, you have to take your eyes off the road so you can find the spot on the screen to touch. With buttons, you could just feel it and then push it.

Ashtrays - They were perfect for holding a shitload of quarters for things like parking meters, toll-booths (I don't miss those) and just to generally have some spare change when you needed it.


Candy:
Candy cigarettes - Yes, I know people think those things made kids turn into smokers but people are wrong. No kid ever started smoking because of a candy cigarette. We all started smoking because it was cool and it made us look rebelious.

Black Jack Gum - I like licorice-flavored anything.


Television:
Anything other than 24 hour news networks - The worst part of our society is made even worse by all the so-called "24 hour news networks". They aren't news networks, they are opinion networks. There is not 24 hours worth of news occurring in the world. There is at most, 2 or 3 hours of news in any given day. That means CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc... spend the other 21/22 hours telling us what they think about things.

Westerns - "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "Have Gun Will Travel", "Maverick", etc... And while "F-Troop" wasn't really a western, it was funny as hell.


Sports:
Marching bands during the half-fime of a football game - I could care less what some bonehead thinks of how so-and-so is playing. Show me the Michigan State marching band forming shapes on the field.

ABC's Wide World Of Sports - That was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, watching ski jumping, curling, bocci ball, rattlesnake hunting, whatever they could find. Jim McKay was the announcer and he made every "sport" sound like it was the best sport ever invented. "The thrill of victory... The agony of defeat"


United States:
Dreams - As a nation, we used to have big dreams. "Let's go to the moon!", "Let's create public schools!", "Let's run municiple hospitals!", etc... Now all of that stuff is being done by for-profit businesses. Damn shame if you ask me. I've always said we needed a massive public works project to get us off fossile fuels. Something like the Manhattan Project but instead of creating a weapon, they create a power source that can effectively replace fossile fuels.

Parties - 1976 was the nations bicentennial year. Trust me when I say this country threw a hell of a party for that celebration. Also, when was the last time you saw a ticker-tape parade? We held ticker-tape parades for anyone who did anything cool or exciting.

That's all I can think of right now but it's a good bet that at least half a dozen more things will pop into my head in the future.

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I'm going to leave you with these links:

• Key line in this story: "...leaning tower of penis..."



• I can't help but wonder how much Goya Foods is paying him to shill for them.



• Florida: We're not Australia but we're working on it.



• Rest in Peace Robert Adolph Boehm.



• Researchers: Contributing to the betterment of society or a complete waste of perfectly good oxygen.



• Key poll choice in this story: "Don't want to vote for either..."



• Key line in this story: "And knows damn well it's not supposed to be here."



• They started going downhill when they stopped selling those microwaveable Stewart Sandwiches.



• If he were my neighbor, I'd take care of that problem with my trusty pellet gun...

The Bruins are now at .666

They beat the Kings 2-1 this afternoon which mens they've won two of their three games.

I'm less concerned now than I was during the preseason...

Next up is the Panthers, who beat them last Tuesday. Hopefully they win that game.

Anyways, they face off on Monday. Puck drops at 1:00

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The Guardians beat the Tigers 7-3 this afternoon which means they move on to face the Yankees in the ALCS.

As much as I'd like to see a Mets/Yankees world searies, I would realy enjoy seeing the Guardians beat the Yankees in the ALCS.

Go Mets!

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Enjoy these links:

• Can someone explain to me what the purpose of this is?



• This just keeps getting better and better...



• After the "truck" fiasco, things aren't going all that well for Musk.



• Michael Moore is another wanna-be dictator.



• This is known as the "Internet of Things" and it is very vulnerable to hacks.



• Key phrase in this story: He ate a LOT.



• This might actually be a good idea.

A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work

That is an old saying that I would like to agree with but today was a bad day of golf.

The three of us stunk up the course, we were all uncomfortable because of the wind & cold and while I'm not sure about Willie or Pat, I personally was exhausted from my late-night jaunt home from Keene last night. On top of that, I'm still dealing with a back that feels like someone is constantly punching me in my spine just below my neck.

When we finished our round, I told the gents that this was probably my last outing of the year unless a miracle occurred and a nice 75° day made an appearance.

Guess we'll see what next week brings us in the weather department

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The NLCS pairing will be determined tonight when the Dodgers play the Padres. The winner of that game wil be the Mets opponent.

As I mentioned last night, the New York Aaron Judges beat the Royals and are in the ALCS. Their opponent in the ALCS will be determined tomorrow night when the Guardians take on the Tigers.

Go Mets!

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My daughter was able to get some decent pictures of the aurora last night. Here's one of them:

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The Bruins beat the Canadiens last night. This puts them at .500 in the new season.

Their next game is tomorrow against the Kings. Puck drops at 1:00

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I am going to put on some bad television and fall asleep early tonight.

Here are some links:

• Apparently we no longer vote for President. Now we vote for "Electors of President"...



• Milton dropped a lot of rain and that rain washed away a lot of earth.



• This should make for an interesting game this Sunday.



• Jazz Chisholm is a loud-mouthed arrogant asshole. In other words, he is a New York Yankee.



• This sounds like a terrible idea.



• Presenting this episodes Brilliant Criminal of the Week.

Go Mets!

The Phillies are now on vacation.

The Mets beat the Phillies last night and they have moved on to the NLCS.

They will play either the Padres or the Dodgers in the conference series. That best-of-seven series is scheduled to start on Sunday, the 13^th.

The good part of that is the Mets are in it. The bad part is the opposing team is a west coast team and that means late games.

Oh well.

In the AL series, the Guardians and the Tigers series is tied 2-2 and the Yankees defeated the Royals to move on to the ALCS.

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Milton was kind of a bust.

I chatted with Walt who has a place down in the Fort Meyers area and he says all is well. No power but no damage.

I also chatted with my sister in Daytona. She said it was loud but they didn't even lose power.

All-in-all, it was a shitty night for some people but most people are saying it was not much worse than thunderstorm.

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Today was a full day. We went to Keene to meet up with our youngest and watch him play music.

That means there was no time for links.

That means there will be extra links tomorrow.

Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good.

With yesterday's win, the Mets lead the series 2-1. If they win tonight, they win the NLDS series and move on to the NLCS.

They remain in Queens for tonight's game. First pitch is at 5:08.

Go Mets!

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The Bad.

The Bruins lost their season opener, getting beat by the Panthers last night.

They did not play well and the goalie, Korpisalo, did not have a great night. He had 29 stops on 35 shots on goal, which is a 83% save rate.

They face off against the Canadians tomorrow. Puck drops at 7:00 and I'm hoping Swayman is in goal.

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The Ugly.

DeSantis is started telling people to stop listening to misinformation and lies being spread on the internet.

This is coming from a guy who spread misinformation and lies about covid...

DeSantis a boob.

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Milton is just about to make landfall:

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Here are some links:

• Apparently it's no longer "camel toe" or "moose knuckle". Now it's "crotch cleavage"...



• In other genital-related news...



• Inflatable Extras would be a good name for a fake lounge band featured in a 1960's comedy movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.



• Apparently alcohol (or drugs) was involved.



• I'm pretty sure they still haven't forgiven us.

Bummer

There was nothing more enjoyable in baseball than seeing the face of a batter as Luis Tiant wound up to throw a pitch.

He would turn his entire body so he was facing the outfield wall and the batter would get a look of panic because he realized that Tiant was about to throw a 90mph fast ball but he was not looking at home plate.

He was a hell of a pitcher and a bit of a goofball.

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Speaking of baseball, the divisional series are all tied at 1-1 and boy, are the Yankees players/media/fans pissed. As far as they are concerned, the Yankees should have gone undefeated all the way to winning the world series trophy. The Royals, however, seem to have a different game plan.

Today's games have the Phillies in Queens to take on the Mets and the Dodgers in San Diego to take on the Padres.

Right now, the Mets are up 4-0 in the 6th inning.

Go Mets!

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Milton is taking his sweet time but it is weakening. Don't get me wrong, it's still a cat 4 and it might jump back up into a cat 5 before hitting Clearwater/St. Petersburg/Tampa.

This is what Milton looks like on the wind tracker site I use:

Not anything you want to mess with...

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Here are some links:

• Those who do not remember the past are condemend to repeat it.



• Key line in this story: "Somehow the word got out in raccoon land and they all showed up to her house expecting a meal."



• Look! In the sky! It's bird! It's a plane! It's FlasherMan!



• Another reason to not fly commercial.



• Yes, alcohol was involved.

The series is tied 1-1

The Mets lost to the Phillies in the ninth inning. The final score was 7-6 and it was a real nail-bitter.

As things stand right now, the two NLDS series are tied 1-1. Game two of both ALDS series is today.

Go Mets!

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The painting is done, the patching is done, the pictures are back up, the shelves are back in place and the knick-knacks have been knick-knacked.

I'm hoping my back is in shape for golf this Friday.

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This is coming from a guy who tried to disperse federal aid to disaster areas based on how they voted...

Our political system has become a poorly-run circus with Biden as the gimp in the sideshow and Harris as the tricycle-rding dog dressed as a clown. Trump is the driver of the clown car who is wearing a giant flower that squirts sewer water at people and Vance is the bearded lady who enjoys getting squirted by Trump's sewer flower.

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Here are some links:

• This hurricane is not going to treat Florida very nicely. Thank goodness DeSantis rejected all those federal funds to help combat climate change.



• The Bruins open their season tomorrow and they have signed Swayman. That means it's time to thin the herd.



• Oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea...



• Only in Florida.



• Add this to the list of things no one gives a shit about.



• Maybe he needs to pay attention when he's driving.



• Vanja Simonsen and the Poop Collection would be a fantastic name for a 1980's all-girl big hair band.

Go Mets!

The Mets beat the Phillies last night, taking game one of their series. Game two of their series is being played right now and the game is tied 6-6 in the ninth inning.

The Yankees beat the Royals last night, taking game one of their series. Game two of their series will be played tomorrow night at 7:30.

The Dodgers beat the Padres last night, taking game one of their series. Game two of their series will be played tonight at 8:00.

The Guardians beat the Tigers yesterday afternoon. Game two of their series will be played tomorrow afternoon at 4:00.

Got Mets!

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There is no other way to say it so I'll just say it: The Patriots suck.

They lost to an injury-laden Dolphins team this afternoon and are now tied for last place in the NFL.

I will say that they should have won the game but a touchdown was overturned by the refs. They said the receiver stepped out of bounds even though he came down on his toes inbounds. His heel stepped out of bounds after his toes touched down.

But I can't blame one bad call on their loss. They lost because they lost.

The Texans will be in Foxboro next Sunday. Kick off will be at 1:00.

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I sent a text to my sister in Florida asking her about Milton. She says,

Hopefully she got her furniture off her porch.

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Here are today's links:

• Speaking of hurricanes, I wonder if DiSantis still thinks climate change is a lie.



• Just once I would like to hear someone from the federal government say something like, "Trump is a lying sack of shit. Stop listening to him."



• This is a good thing.



• Key line in this story: "...due to a technical issue."

Almost done

The color is a very light tan.

The Post-It™ notes are marking spots that need to be touched up with either some plaster and paint or just paint. That will be one of tomorrows task.

The other tasks will involve putting up the window blinds and the curtain rods. I'll also put all the shelves back into the book cases.

I'm assuming that once all those tasks are completed, my wife will put up her curtains and fill the shelves with "stuff".

I figure by Monday, this project will be done.

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I went out last night to see the aurora but it was cloudy.

I'll be going out again tonight.

I realize you don't care about that but you might care about the CME that is pushing the aurora south to our location. It will probably interfere with the internet and cable television. It will definitely interfere with broadcast television and radio

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The Guardians beat the Tigers this afternoon, taking game one of their ALDS series.

The Mets are beating the Phillies 6-1 in the ninth inning of game one of their NLDS series.

The Royals are beating the Yankees 1-0 in the third inning of game one of their ALDS series.

The Padres and the Dodgers will play game one of their NLDS series at 8:30 tonight.

Go Mets!

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Here are a few links:

• Key phrase in this story about the next big thing from NASA: "We'll find out."



• Do whales sometimes just up and lose their penis?



• From the look of his mug shot, I'd say Alfredo Gonzalez might have some issues...



• Welp, that settles it once-and-for all.

The divisionals are set

I fell asleep in the 7th inning last night and the Mets were down 2-0. When I snapped awake, I made the decision to go to bed so I turned the game off.

Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to find that the Mets had a "yuuuuge" comeback and ended up winning the game 4-2.

There is no baseball tonight and the ALDS kicks off tomorrow:

Go Mets!

Oh, and the so-called "experts" have weighed in with their predictions...

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The wallpaper has been stripped off, all the damage/holes/tears have been patched, the walls have been sanded smooth and they have been primed.

Tomorrow I will paint four patches of sample paint. My wife has two colors she wants to see on the wall so I'll do two patches on the east wall and two patches on the west wall.

At some point, she will make a decision and we will purchase a gallon of the chosen color. That is when I will paint the walls, re-hang the blinds & the curtains and put this project behind me.

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Things in the middle east are getting worse and worse. I suspect there will be more US involvement as things progress.

There are two things at play here: 1) The Israelis are pissed and 2) The religious nutjobs in Iran have decided to turn up the heat on everybody.

The end result of those two things will be a lot of dead people. Dead babies, dead children, dead women and dead men. Lot's of them.

Some of them will be Israelies, some will be Lebanese, some will be Palestinian but it's a pretty good bet that very few of them will be Iranian.

You see, Iran uses proxies to fight its battles. The leaders of Iran know they are on a tightrope. If they screw up and start geting Iranians killed, the people might just push them off just like they did to the Shah.

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I've spent to the last two days going up & down a step ladder so now I'm going to take two ibuprofens and try to get my back to stop hurting.

Here are some links:

• The Cincinnati Reds have made a wise decision.



• Nope.



• Key phrase in this story: "...his client disputes having any mental health issues."



• Man, those poor people just can't catch a break.



• Key line in this story: "In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip."

One more game for the Mets

The Royals moved on, the Tigers moved on and the Padres moved on.

The Brewers, however, managed to beat the Mets last night, tying the series 1-1 and making tonights game a win-or-go-home kind of game.

Go Mets!

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I got nothing else to talk about.

Here are some links:

• Anytime there is a criminal investigation against Trump, he claims "election interference" and "weaponization of government".



• I'm telling you and you need to tell everyone you know, there is now shortage of anything. Stop buying shit.



• So it's safe to assume that Sunday will be a bust.



• VGER is still alive.



• Oh Canada.

No, I did not watch the debate

It turns out the Bruins played the Flyers last night and NESN carried the game.

I did, however, read the news and, according to almost every news organization out there, it was a tie.

Oh sure, you got the folks at FOX claiming Vance is the best thing ever and was the "captain of the ship" or the folks at MSNBC claiming that Vance was a big fat doodyhead and Walz had a "standout win".

And that, my friends, is why I read stories about any event from at least four different news organizations..

So I guess in the end, I didn't miss much. Both guys were professional and treated each other with respect. They did not sling insults at each other and were actually in agreement on some things.

Maybe Vance should run for president instead of Trump...

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As I mentioned, the Bruins took on the FLyers last night in their fifth preseason game and they won. The final score was 4-1 Bruins.

I'm still not sure what is going on with the Bruins goalie. They have two goalies but Swayman is still negotiating a contract so he's not playing. Technically, he's not a Bruin, he's a free agent. Just a guy who happens to be good at hockey but doesn't have any ice to play on.

I'm hoping they figure out something and both sides come to an agreement. It would be nice to have Swayman back in the net.

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The Mets beat the Brewers 8-4 last night. They play at 7:30 tonight

The Tigers beat the Astros 3-1 last nights. They are playing now and the Tigers are up 1-0 in the 7th.

The Royals beat the Orioles 1-0 last night. They are playing now and it is 0-0 in the 1st.

The Padres beat the Braves 4-0 last night. They play at 8:30 tonight.

I love playoff baseball.

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Here are some links for you:

• I'm still not sure what a "boffin" is but I know what a fart is.



• I'm pleased to say that we are always stocked up.



• Maybe it was an "emotional support snake"...



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "3:36 p.m. A husky succeeded in munching on the neighbor’s chickens."



• Presenting this episodes Brilliant Criminal of the Day.



• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya just wants to buy some new shoes.

Charlie Hustle

Pete Rose passed away yesterday.

The man gave his heart and soul to Major League Baseball and to the Cincinnati Reds. He was, as far as I know, the last "player/manager" in baseball.

But he screwed up. He decided to place some bets. He bet on basketball, he bet on football and he bet the ponies but he denied betting baseball.

Well, maybe he did bet on baseball but he said he never bet on the Reds.

The MLB Commissioner, Bart Giamatti, didn't believe him and suspended Rose for life. This made him ineligible for consideration to the baseball Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose is the greatest player to never be in the Hall of Fame.

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Speaking of dead people, I find it hard to believe that Willie Nelson outlived Kris Kristopherson. If Keith Richards outlives Mick Jagger, it'll be the harbinger of end-times.

Also, John Amos was a good actor.

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No, I won't be watching the debate between Jimmy "It's not eyeliner! I'm mysterious!" Vance and Timmy "That guys is weird!" Walz.

Let's face it, neither one of them is going to say anything I want to hear. Vance is going to turn every question into a statement about the border and Walz is going to ramble on like my narcoleptic Uncle Joe.

I can hear them now:

• "Senator Vance, what will the Trump administration do about the current state of the economy?"
• "The problem is our borders. We'll get money from Mexico to build our wall and that will mean people will have jobs building our wall which means they'll earn money to pay those $400 weekly grocery bills and $3,000 monthly rents! And those walls will stop the bad people from eating our dogs! They eat all of our dogs all the time. And cats. They eat our cats! That's why they don't have $400 grocery bills!"


• "Governor Walz, what will the Harris administration do about the current state of the economy?"
• "Well, that guy over there is just weird. That other guy is weird too. And they smell funny. That guy has weird makeup on and the other guy has weird hair. I remember when my nephew Billy had weird hair, we all called him Weird Billy till he moved to Omaha. Weird place that Omaha. I went to Omaha once. They got weird barbecue. I like barbe... (Sound of head hitting podium and then snoring)."

So no, I will not be watching them. Instead I will be watching the Mets play the Brewers at 5:30 and then maybe a few innings of the Braves playing the Padres at 8:30.

It's an indication of the sad state of American politics when instead of watching a debate between two guys running for the second highest office in the nation, I will watch two baseball games that I could care less about...

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The Tigers are currently beating the Astros in the 9th inning. This is good because I don't like the Astros.

The Royals and the Orioles are playing right now and it's 0-0 in the 5th inning.

The Mets and the Brewers game will start in about a half hour (5:30).

Go Mets!

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Here are today's links:

• Things just keep on getting better and better in the middle-east...



• Key load of shit in this story: "We feel that obligation and that responsibility each and every year."



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "9:13 a.m. A naked man was pushing a refrigerator down the sidewalk.."



• I hate to be the one to break it to Frankie but no, it does not look like something James Bond would have.



• She was sober enough to get through airport security...



• Only in Florida.