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.

Darn it to heck

The Red Sox got their ass kicked 9-0 last night. They were not hitting well at all and the three hits they did manage to get were lucky. In my opinion, they couldn't score a run if the Yankees left the field.

Hopefully tonight goes a lot better for them. I know my youngest and his daughter are both wearing their lucky Red Sox shirts.

As for the rest of last nights games, here are the results:

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Unlike the Red Sox, the Bruins did great last night, beating the Rangers 3-0.

They named Pastrnak as their captain last Sunday and this was their first game with him on the ice as their official leader. Last season they had two assistant captains, Pastrnak and McAvoy and apparently this year they decided they needed a captain. McAvoy is still assistant captain and joining him as the other assistant is Hampus Lindolm.

Swayman had a great game, saving 100% of the 24 shots the Rangers took on his goal.

They are back at it on Friday when they go to Winnipeg to take on the Jets.

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The old lawn tractor has a new home.

The guy who picked it up drove it for a bit and said he knows exactly what is wrong. He seemed confident he could fix it.

I hope he gets a good many years out of it. It's a good machine that didn't let me down for 13 years (yes, I found the date of manufacture and it was made in 2013) so I'm glad someone got it who can keep it running.

I'm too old to mess with a v-twin small engine. Too many moving parts and way too many seals/gaskets that I can screw up.

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Here are some links:

• If you have anything to do in downtown Springfield, you should wait a day or two.



• I give it a couple of years and it'll be a shithole just like Iran.



• Another reason to avoid all those streaming services.

So it begins

The MLB playoffs started today at 2:00pm when the Braves beat the Phillies 5-3.

The 2^nd game started at 5:00pm when the White Sox took on the Astros. As of right now, the score is 1-0 in favor of the White Sox.

The 3^rd game is scheduled for 8:00pm between the Red Sox and the Yankees.

Finaly, the 4^th game is scheduled for 10:00pm when the Cubs take on the Padres.

Here is my complaint: Why didn't they schedule the White Sox / Astros game, which will be played in the central time zone, for 8:00pm (7:00pm their time) and schedule the Red Sox / Yankees game, in the eastern time zone, for 5:00pm?

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In hockey news, the Bruins take on the Rangers this evening. Puck drops at 8:00pm.

Scheduling hockey opening night at the same time as the start of the baseball playoffs is just plain stupid.

I blame Trump...

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Here are some links:

• Dementia Donny just keeps on making friends with everyone.



• Go goose someone.



• Just another case of toddler violence.

The new lawn tractor has arrived

I have built and installed the bagging system, installed the front bumper, dropped the mowing deck and lubricated every spindle. It came with an appropriate amount of oil but tomorrow I will run it for about 10 minutes just to heat everything up and then I'll change the oil.

In all honesty, I don't trust the guys who put these things together so I replace whatever oil is in them, I check the tightness of every bolt I can see and I make sure the filters are all installed.

Now all I need to do is figure out what to do about the old lawn tractor.

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Tonight is one of those evenings with no sporting events for me to watch.

The Red Sox are off until tomorrow. The Bruins start their season tomorrow. The Patriots are still trying to figure out why they shit all over the field last Sunday and don't play again until next Sunday.

Guess I'll see what entertainment has been saved onto the DVR.

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According to Fangraphs, the Red Sox have a 5.4% chance of winning the World Series:

I have a feeling that prediction table is going to age poorly. I will not be surprised if the Dodgers do not make it past the divisional series.

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Here are some links:

• Apparently bicyclists not only think they own the road, they also think they own the sidewalk.



• Despite what your seventh grade teacher told you, there are such things as stupid questions.



• I don't rely on my spam filters to move these things to the spam box. Whenever I get one, I log onto my email provider's server and write a rule to block any incoming email from that address, I don't even want to see them in my spam box.



• The last time women wore their hair like this, we ended up with a hole in the ozone layer.

So much for the big storm

At one point yesterday, one of the newscasters on our local station said, "Boy, we are really getting whalloped out there!"

I turned my head to look out the window and I say a leaf blow by.

No huge wind gusts, no branches down in the yard, no torrential rain, just a leaf floating across my front yard.

It's another clear-cut case of the media trying to induce panic in their viewing audience.

It's like whenever it snows, the national news guy says, "Millions in the path of a dangerous storm!" and I yell at him, "It's snowing for christ sake! It's not the end of the world. And yes, there are millions of people living in New York City, never mind the rest of us in New England, you moron."

I will admit to moving my generator to the front of my garage so if things do suddenly go to shit, I don't have to move cars to get it out but I seriously doubt anything is going to happen.

So anyways, that is the excitement around here - there are leaves blowing around.

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The MLB playoff brackets are not quite set yet but I'm willing to bet the Astros will be the ALWest winners and the Rangers will be on vacation.

No matter because I will be watching the Red Sox / Yankees games. Well, I'll be watching as much of them as I can. They start at 8:00 which means they probably won't end until 11:00.

As for today's final game of the regular season, the Red Sox lost to the Cubs this afternoon. Not the best way to end the regular season but they have until Tuesday to recoup and figure out how to beat the Judges.

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The Patriots got beaten up pretty well by the Jaguars, losing 35-6 this afternoon..

Not a great day for my sports teams...

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Here are some links:

• I feel bad for the kids with morons for parents who decided to not vaccinate their children against a childhood disease.



• Australia: They love their beer.



• Someone lost a SR-71 spy plane.

A win and a couple of losses

The Red Sox and the Bruins both lost last night but the Red Sox won this afternoon.

The Bruins are still playing pre-season games so their loss to the Flyers last night is meaningless. Those games are being played so the front office can figure out who they keep and who they cut.

They take on the Capitals tonights. Puck drops at 7:00.

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As for the Red Sox, the lost 1-0 to the Guardians last night but they turned things around this afternoon when they beat the Cubs 4-3.

They are back at it again today when the play game 2 of their 3-game series against the cubs. First pitch is at 5:35 and Bello has the start.

Oh, and the reason they are playing a doubleheader today is because they moved this coming Sunday's game to today due to the incoming storm. These are the last three games of the regular season so they need to get them all in before the playoffs start.

Speaking of playoffs, the wildcard series will all be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week and they will all be carried on NBC/Peacock. That means there will be four baseball games each day.

I have a feeling that some of those games will be shown on Peacock which means I won't be watching them. Hopefully the Red Sox / Yankees games will be on NBC...

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There is a nor'easter heading our way.

The last time we had a storm out of the northeast in the fall was back in 2011 and we were without power for 11 days.

Sure hope that doesn't happen again but if it does, I have plenty of gasoline for the generator.

I am not spending hours or days without electricity...

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Speaking of the weather, get ready for a heat wave because I took my air conditioners out, cleaned them up and packed them away until next year.

It's probably going to hot and muggy in a few days...

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Here are some links:

• Maybe someone tried to recycle grandpa.



• Looks like the president of peace is at it again.



• Hairy-Legged, Three-Lipped, Red-Eyed Spider would be a great name for a 1950s Sheb Wooley song.

A BigE kinda day

We spent several hours wandering aimlessly around the Eastern States Exposition, eating food that tastes good but is probably not good for us.

We also looked at all the farm critters. My wife suggested that we might want to get a Llama but I explained that they like to spit in your face so I think I'll pass. She agreed with me.

We also looked at a lot of "stuff" that is for sale. My wife got some socks, we both got new leather belts, we got some cheese and we got some maple syrup.

All-in-all, it was a pleasant day and it was not crowded when we were there so we didn't have to deal with a lot people.

Maybe we'll do it again next year.

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The Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 3-2 by the Guardians.

Tolle had an uncharacteristic outing, giving up 8 hits, 2 earned runs, walking 2 and striking out 5 over 5⅔ innings.

Tonight's game is at 7:10 and Gray has the start.

Also, the game is on ESPN which means a lot of video of talking heads blabbering about the New York Judges and interviewing the managers instead of actually seeing baseball being played.

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Dementia Donny seems to think he can cut a deal with these people.

Trust me, he can't.

He is not dealing with culture that he understands. He'll, I don't think anyone understands them. This is a culture that is made up of a lot of religious fanatics who have convinced their people that becoming a suicide bomber is a path to eternal peace with 72 virgins.

They don't deal, they do whatever they need to do. They don't care about Trump. As a matter of fact, his constant lies about the war ending soon means they probably ignore everything he says.

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Here are some links:

• Thank goodness my kids all own their dwellings.



• Here's your Naked Guy In The News story.



• I'm not entirely sure how this prevents the spread of STDs...

Happy Autumnal Equinox

Today is the day where the sun is directly over the equator and the first day of fall.

I am a fan of fall. It is the season where I neither sweat or freeze my ass off.

Well, for the most part I don't do that.

There are sometimes a day or two where it is hot enough to pour steel or cold enough break out the skis but for the most part, the temperatures where I live are in the 50's 60's and 70's.

I like those temperatures.

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The Bruins will play pre-season hockey against the Flyers at 7:00 this evening.

I, however, will be watching the Red Sox play the Guardians at 6:45 this evening. Tolle has the start.

Tonights game will be managed by Red Sox not-interim manager Chad Tracy because ownership finally got around to realizing the man has turned that team around and knows what he is doing. They signed him to a 3-year contract as the full-time manager this morning.

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Here are some links:

• Oh good, I can hardly wait for 24 hours of Dementia Donny coverage.



• I'm starting to get a "gestapo" kind of vibe from this organization.



• I'm of the opinion that MassDOT did not plan this very well.

Pre-season win

The Bruins won last night, beating the Capitals 3-2 in a shootout.

I will say this - The Bruins have a problem. They have too many good players and some of those players are going to have to get sent down to the AHL before the start of the regular season.

Hopefuly they make the right decisions and start the season with a strong team.

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As for the Red Sox, there was much celebrating yesterday after they clinched a playoff slot. I suspect a lot of those guys were pretty drunk when they got on the plane to fly home to Boston and right now they are nursing major hangovers.

When a reporter asked Tolle about the celebration, he said, "There was a lot of beer!"

So after spending the first half of the season looking like they were going to come in last in the American League, the Red Sox have shown that they actually know how to play baseball.

Tomorrow they start a 3-game series against the ALCentral leader, the Guardians.

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Dementia Donny had something to say about himself today:

"It is called the Oval Office, and it should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns"

Actually, he was talking about the press but he could have just as easily been giving a self-assessment of his time in office.

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Here are some links:

• Something tells me this is a load of crap: "Mr. Kashouh was grateful for the opportunity to appear in court..."



• If you were planning on going golfing at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, you might want to plan on going elsewhere.



• You know it's gotten bad when billionaire's start shopping at Dollar General.

They didn't get swept

The Red Sox lost today meaning they lost their series against the Rays.

Despite that loss, the Red Sox still clinched a playoff slot because the Astros lost to the Braves this afternoon.

They are off tomorrow so no baseball for me.

In other sports news, the Patriots beat the Steelers 20-3 this afternoon.

In still more sports news, I'm currently watching a Bruins / Capitals pre-season game.

And now that I've said all that, I have to say that I was not able to watch any of the Red Sox game or any of the Patriots game because we went to Boston to hang out with our son, our daughter-in-law and our grandaughter. I was able to listen to a few innings of the Red Sox on the radio while sitting in a significant traffic jam on the pike somewhere near Worcester.

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I spent some time yesterday working on my lawn tractor and eventualy came to the conclusion that whatever was wrong was either beyond my ability to diagnose or it was a going to require a complete engine rebuild.

Since I have no intention of rebuilding a 15 year old v-twin engine, we went and bought a new lawn tractor. Trust me, pickings are slim so I didn't have many choices in the matter. I ended up finding a decent mid-range John Deere.

Hopefully it lasts as long as my Husqvarna did because at my age, this will probably be the last lawn tractor I buy.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the old one.

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Here are some links:

• Everything this guy does is a "matter of national security!"
  Also, everything this guy does is a tacky piece of shit that looks like something a 3^rd world dictator would build.



• Ladies and gentlemen, presenting John Barrasso, Constitutional Scholar.



• Things aren't going well for Psycho Vlad and his special military operation.

They didn't get swept

The Red Sox won last night, beating the Rangers 4-3 and avoiding the sweep.

Their "magic number" to clinch a playoff slot is currently calculated at 3 which means they need to win at least 3 of their 9 remaining games.

Fangraphs currently has them at a 100% chance of getting into the playoffs.

Tonight they start a 3-game series against the Rays.

The other day I said, "They should win the series against the Rangers, win at least 1 game against the Rays, win the series against the Guardians and win the series against the Cubs."

I was wrong about the Rangers series and I'm thinking I'm probably not all that correct about the Rays series. Let's face it, I really have no idea what I'm talking about...

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Here are some links:

• Mitch "Weekend at Bernies" McConnell had to be told how to vote.
  Man, we really need age limits and term limits.



• Much like Fox news, they aren't really news, they're opinion spewers.



• I wonder when he's going to change the name of the city to "Trump D.C.".



• Key lie in this story that is probably a lie itself: "There will be NO COST to the United States!"

Darn It to heck

The Red Sox lost 4-2 last night and they are now 6 games behind the Judges.

Fortunately, they are still 5½ games ahead of the Guardians and 7 games ahead of the Rangers.

Bennett has the start for tonight's game. First pitch is at 8:05.

They really need to win tonight.

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Traditionally, Mexico has been the United States biggest trading partner. Canada has been our second biggest trading partner.

Thanks to Dementia Donny and his ill-conceived trade war, I suspect that will will soon change as Canada increases its trade with Europe and decreases its trade with the US.

As the world pulls back from the United States, our country will become less powerful and our allies will become fewer. It's already manifested itself with the total lack of world involvement in Trump's Iran war.

20 years ago, if the US President said to our allies, "We need to form a coalition and use military force to take care of this problem" the majority of them would have stood up and marched alongside of us. Now, they all look at us and say, "No, you go right ahead. We'll just be over here minding our own business."

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This is funny if you are old enough to remember Columbia House.

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In keeping with my "Trump is an Idiot" theme, here is some trutheee things about how great everything he does is:

I'm betting it's called "The Donald J. Trump Helipad". Also, in keeping with his strong desire to be a king, he's now calling the White House a "Palace!"...

Speaking of putting his name on everything...

He is, by all normal measure, crazy as a loon...

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Here are some links:

• You know what? Let's just take the next month and a half off...



• This seems like a very San Francisco kind of thing.



• Oh Canada.

Clinchers

The Rays and the Judges have punched their ticket to the playoffs. They have both clinched, which is baseball's way of saying that even if they lost all of their remaining games, they would still be in the playoffs.

There are 12 games left in the regular season. The Red Sox are in the 2^nd wildcard slot with a 6½ game lead over the Guardians and a7½ game lead over the Blue Jays. That means that if the Red Sox lose 8 of their remaining 12 games, the Guardians win 7 of their remaining 12 games and the Blue Jays win 8 of their remaining 12 games, the Red Sox will be bumped from the wildcard race.

Do I think that is possible? Yes, it is mathematically possible that the Red Sox can be eliminated from the playoffs. Their remaining 12 games are against four pretty solid opponents, the Rangers (.493), the Rays (.604), the Guardians (.503) and the Cubs (.556) which means not only is it possible, it is slightly more than a little possible.

They should win the series against the Rangers, win at least 1 game against the Rays, win the series against the Guardians and win the series against the Cubs.

Is that a guarantee? No, it is not.

Baseball is a funny sport. All it takes is for a pitcher to have a bad inning and the game can go to hell quickly. If one baserunner makes a mistake, a game-winning rally can be cut short. If one fielder makes an error, the opponent can feed off that and come from behind to take the lead. If the manager makes a bad in-game decision to substitute a batter or a pitcher, everything can fall apart. Hell, an umpire having a bad day and making some terrible calls can mean that all bets are off on who will win that kind of game.

Baseball is a funny game and that, my friends, is why I enjoy it so much.

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They basically propped this guy up in a chair and wheeled him onto the floor of the senate.

This is a perfect example of why we need both term limits and age limits.

Personally, I think the term limit should be 4 terms for congress and 2 terms for senate. I think the age limit should 80 for all elected offices.

It's not only insane, it's also kinda dangerous that McConnell, a guy who is having more medical issues than my crippled grandmother had before she died and has fewer functioning brain cells than my dog did, is able to make decisions that impact all of us.

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I may be in the throes of lawn tractor failure...

I had to replace my walk-behind mower this spring and now it appears my lawn tractor is experiencing some significant issues with the engine.

There is a major power loss when under load and it's popping/backfiring a lot.

It could be a bad valve, it could be a dirty carburetor, it could be bad spark plugs, it could be timing/ignition issues. The bottom line is I have no idea what the problem is and to be honest with you, I'm not sure I want to spend a lot of time trying to fix a 16 year old lawn tractor that could require an engine rebuild.

I'm going to shop around a bit while I'm buying some new plugs, oil filter and air filter. I figure I can replace the easy-to-replace stuff to see if that helps any and if I run across a good deal on a lawn tractor, maybe I'll just bite the bullet and replace this one.

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Here are some links:

• Sounds to me like Dementia Donny is gearing up to rant about the "election being stolen!" like has does whenever he doesn't get his way.



• Key line in this "Only In Florida" story: "...she pooped in a bucket to throw it in the victim’s face..."



• This Mace chick sounds like a psycho.



• Key line in this story: "The utilities, for their part, pin blame on state policies that in some cases add costs to energy bills for customers to accelerate decarbonization."

Excellent win

The Red Sox beat the Royals 4-1 last night. That gave them the series win.

They are off today while they travel to Arlington, TX where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the Rangers.

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Dementia Donny is claiming that the reason oil and gasoline prices are high is because of Goofy Joe.

The man believes everything he says. He is convinced that everything that is wrong with our world is the fault of anyone other than him.

Trump has been in office for 1½ years and I'm positive that the price of a gallon of gasoline was $2.84 about 9 months ago. I'm also positive that there were no issues with any ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz.

All of these issues started when Donny Boy decided to launch an attack on Iran and then half-ass it when he realized they weren't going to roll-over and capitulate.

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Here are some links:

• Hopefully we get one in two years.



• If this keeps up, HairBall Hegseth is gonna run out of ammo pretty soon.



• Looks like Canada is on the brink of telling the US to go piss into the wind.
  Good job there Donny Boy...



• The Red Sox have tough schedule for the rest of the season.

Delayed game

Today's baseball game was scheduled for 1:05 but ended up starting at 4:55 because of rain.

Right now it is the top of the 4^th inning and the score is 1-0 in favor of the Red Sox.

In one of the rarest feats in baseball, Tolle threw an immaculate first inning. For those of you that are not baseball people, that is 9 pitches, 9 strikes and 3 outs.

Now if the hitters can start touching home plate, they stand a chance of winning.

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I'm gonna watch baseball.

Here are some links:

• I'm thinking there may have been a better way to say the "price of a childrens ticket".



• No, this is not in Alabama.



• I can asure you that I am not afraid to spend.

They lost last night

But they won this afternoon...

Last night, the Red Sox just couldn't overcome and they lost 3-2. Grey took the loss but I thought he pitched pretty good. It was the hitters that just couldn't turn their hit's into runs.

As for today, the hitters remembered that they need to step on home plate to win and they beat the Royals 5-1.

They need the wins.

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Getting closer to $5.00 a gallon...

Dementia Donny is claiming the prices will drop "right after the mid-terms".

I think he's having pre-dementia. That's where he remembers something that is never going to happen

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story about Trump causing problems: I don’t want ⁠to cause any problems, but ‌I will ‌tell you, I’d love ‌to see it unified.



• BrainWorm Bobby says no more diarrhea for us.



• Those were either some pretty big koi fish or he has a little johnson.

Doesn't seem like 25 years

I was working at an office, my wife was working at a college. I was standing in a room with a few hundred of my fellow co-workers watching a TV set showing live images of the World Trade Center in New York City. One tower was on fire after being hit by a plane and, while we watched, a second plane hit the second tower.

That was when it became clear to all of us that this was no tragic accident.

I tried to call my wife but she was teaching a class and had her phone off. I left her a message and when she called me back, I told her what was happening and she should to go to the nearest ATM, withdraw as much money as the machine would allow and go home. I told her to be ready to pick up the kids from school.

We had no idea what we were seeing or who was attacking us but I wanted to be sure we could be together as a family and have cash available in case the banking system had a problem.

Within a day we had an understanding of who attacked us and our government seemed to be functioning in a sane manner. People were not only frightened, they were pissed off and we all wanted to kick someones ass.

Things haven't been the same since then but they are what they are. We seem to have accepted that the world is no longer the trusting place it once was. We also seem to have accepted that we may never get back to that world.

Like all of you, I'm just making way through this world, trying to be nice to people and trying to understand when things change.

Hell, I'm just glad I no longer have to take my shoes off to get on a plane...

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Last night we went to dinner with our neighbors and it took way longer than usual.

Don't get me wrong, it was an enjoyable evening but the restaurant seemed out of sorts. Like it wasn't running at it's normal clip and as a result, things seemed to take a lot longer than they usually did.

Today was lunch with the boys and once again, we have solved all of the worlds problems.

We should run for office or something.

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The Red Sox start a 3-game series against the Royals this evening. First pitch is at 7:10 and Grey has the starts.

They lost their series against the Angels, which is something that should not have happened, and as a result, they are once again 4½ games behind the Judges and 7½ games behind the Rays.

We have reached the point in the season where MLB has added the elimination column to the standings. This represents the number of games they would have to lose to be eliminated from the playoffs.

With 15 games left in the season, I really hope the Red Sox don't lose 8 of them...

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Here are some links:

• Breast Tooth would be a great name for a 1970s disco band.



• I have no idea why I find this website fascinating.



• Only in Florida.

No post today

Too busy for internetting.

Oh, and not only did the Red Sox lose last night, the Patriots also lost.

Not a good night for my sporting entertainment...

A loss.

The Red Sox did not play well last night and they got their ass handed to them by the Angels.

Sandoval did not have a great outing and while the batters were hitting the ball, they failed to step on home plate.

In the end, the Angles beat them 6-1.

Bennett has the start and first pitch was at 6:45. Rain is in the area but hopefully the game will be completed tonight.

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In other sporting news, the Patriots are in Seattle to play their first game of the season.

Kickoff is at 8:20 which means I'm going to struggle to watch all of the game.

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I took three 5-gallon buckets of acorns out of my backyard this morning. This is on top of the three or four we took out of there yesterday.

Whenever there is a slight breeze, it sounds like it's raining really hard only it's not rain, it's acorns.

Maybe I should just leave them and let them grow into oak trees. Then I won't have to mow back there anymore.

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I checked the gas prices in my area and they aren't good...

I wonder if it'll go over $5.00 before the end of the year...

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Here are some links:

• The President of Peace has set yet another end-date for his war.



• I wonder who will get blamed for this.

There are a lot of acorns

If you are one of those people that thinks an overabundance of acorns indicates a snowy, cold winter than you should start panicking.

I don't personally put any stock in a tree's ability to predict the weather but, then again, I don't put any stock in a human beings ability to predict the weather either...

But that's neither here nor there.

What I really want to say is, "Man, we got a shitload of acorns falling out of the damned oak trees".

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Yesterday's Red Sox game was an interesting game because Bello was the starter.

Based on his performances this season, I initially said to myself, "Well, this is stupid. They're gonna lose."

Well, they didn't lose and I'm going to admit that he pitched a pretty damned good game. It was almost like the Bello of 2025.

Tonight's Red Sox game starts at 6:45 and Sandoval has the start.

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Here are some links:

• This, in my opinion, is a good thing.



• This, in my opinion, is also a good thing.



• Jebus Criminies, if this is all it takes, my mom would have been a felon 6 times over.



• Well, this sounds expensive.



• I bet this smelled good...

I don't labor anymore...

Today is Labor Day (or if you are British, Labour Day) which is a day that was officially recognized by the federal government back in 1894.

What fascinates me about that fact is that the federal government only offically recognized the day after an event known as the The Pullman Strike.

Seems that the railroad barons decided that they were paying their workers too much money so they cut their pay and increased their hours. This kinda pissed off the workers so they went on strike. This caused the trains to come to a standstill in Chicago and since the mail was transported by train, that caused the mail to be halted. This pissed off Grover Cleveland so he sent in troops and gunned down 87 striking workers, killing 30 & wounding 57.

Old Grover understood that the murder of 30 citizens was a bad look and it made him look really bad to the rest of the country. He huddled up with his people and they decided that letting people hold parades and giving them a day off would make him look good so he established Labor Day.

Basically, we get a day off to make up for the government murdering 30 people.

Enjoy!

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The Red Sox beat the Angels this afternoon and since the Judges & the Rays did not play today, they picked up half game on both.

They are now 2 games behind the Judges and 6 games behind the Rays.

There are 17 games left in the season so it is highly possible they overcome the Judges and move into the 1^st wildcard slot. What is also possible but not likely is that they overcome the Rays and move into 1^st place in the ALEast.

According to Fangraphs, they have a 99.9% chance of making the playoffs which is way better than the 20.6% it was back in June.

Game 2 of the series is tomorrow. First pitch is at 6:45 and since the Red Sox seem to be jugling their pitching rotation, I have no idea who will get the start.

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This is terrible and I swear to god I did not laugh when I saw this:

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Here are some links:

• Well, at least it's not the storm troopers from Star Wars.



• Don't tell the Joker, the Riddler or the Penguin where it is.



• In January of this year, 60 to 100 ships a day passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Today there are 6 to 20 ships a day passing through the Strait of Hormuz. But Dementia Donny says the Strait is open...

Another short post

My sister is up from North Carolina so we spent the day with all of my family.

Trust me, there are a lot of us.

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Despite my not paying any attention to them, the Red Sox won this afternoon, beating the Orioles 3-1 and sweeping the series.

They are headed back to Boston where tomorrow afternoon they will start a 3-game series against the Angels.

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Here are some links:

• I would never have guessed this is a contest.



• That's gonna screw up the post office.



• His hair is grey. The dye is brown.

Short post today

Today was full blown lawn care day.

We mowed the lawn and cut it short. Then I over-seeded it.

Hopefully the dead spots recover.

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No links today.

Finally, a win

The Red Sox beat the Orioles 6-5 last night.

They didn't gain any ground on the Judges because they also won last night but they did pick up a game on the Rays.

Suarez has the start tonight and first pitch is at 7:05 pm.

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My youngest is trying to grow grass.

My wife said, "He needs that guy from the television commercials about new homeowners turing into their parents."

My wife might be right...

I just hope he has better luck than I do when it comes to growing grass.

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He also sent an update on our grandaughter:

Things are going well for all of us.

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Here are some links:

• And the democrats continue to eat their own.



• I'm pretty sure he has no idea at all what he is talking about.



• I think the porpoise attacked on purpose.

And another loss

The Red Sox are not doing well at all lately. They seems to hit the ball but they don't make it as far as home plate.

They lost last night, getting beat 8-3 by the Mariners and they have lost ground in the standings.

They are now 5 games behind the Judges and 8½ behind the Rays.

They are in Baltimore this evening where they start a 4-game series against the Orioles.

First pitch is at 7:15 and Bennett has the start.

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Here are some links:

• This is between Vrabel, Russini and their respective families. The media needs to shut up and move on.



• Is there anyone other than Musk that thinks this is going to go well?



• Psycho Vlad is mad. That means someone is going to "fall" out of a window soon...



• OrgyDome: Wasn't that a futuristic movie starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner?



• It's a little warm in Chicago.

And they lost

The Red Sox could not overcome the fiasco that was the Jedixson Paez experiment and they lost to the Mariners 9-6 last night.

Based on what I saw, they would be smart to never bring that kid back up to the majors ever again. It was awful to watch. It was like watching a position player start a game and try to go 5 innings.

He didn't make it 5 innings, he only made it 3⅔ innings and as far as I'm concerned, that was 3 innings too many.

Today's game started at 4:10 and right now, the score is 4-1 Mariners after 4 innings. They need to get their shit together and start scoring some runs.

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I'm going to watch this game. Here are some links:

• Our country has gone to hell in a handbasket. The U.S. mint has released commemorative coins with Trumps booking photo on them. And by the way, they are $1.00 coins that cost $2.44 each if you buy 25 of them or $1.54 each if you buy 100 of them.



• If you are looking for a job, Tiger Woods is looking for a driver.



• If you are wondering what the impact of El Niño on potatoes is, wonder no more.



• Sometimes work is hard.

Good reset

The Red Sox beat the Mariners 9-8 last night. Story was the big hero of the game when he drove in the winning run in the 10^th inning.

Today is the day the rosters expand by two additional players so the Red Sox activated Kiner-Falelfa from his rehab assignment in Worcester. They also called up some kid named Jedixson Paez who will be the starting pitcher tonight.

All the "baseball wizards" are saying this kid Paez is great and we should expect great things from him, what with him being great and all that.

Personally, I'll be glad if he can get through 5 innings while only giving up 4 runs.

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Here are some links:

• Dementia Donny is threatening Iran with, "The biggest, bestest, greatest attack ever. It'll be a huuuuuuge attack, bigger than any attack by any president ever. People everywhere will be saying how great the next attack will be. There will be more people at my attack than any of Obama's attacks."



• I think what should worry most people is that Trump started a war and Hegseth has removed almost all of the military leadership. That might explain why Trumps war isn't going the way he want's it to go.



• Serial Butt Sniffer would be a good name for a 1970's porn movie.



• I don't understand the need to connect everything to the internet.

Time to reset

It's time for the Red Sox to reset and come into tonights game with a winning attitude!

At least, that's what I'm hoping their coaching staff is telling them because man, they sucked yesterday.

First pitch is at 6:45 and Tolle has the start.

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We had two houseguests today.

My daughter had some work being done at her house today. Rather than leave the dogs there alone to bark and panic over the strangers working in the backyard, she brought them over to our house to spend the day with us where they could bark and panic over any small sound in our backyard. The difference is we were here to say, "Hey, it's okay. It's just an acorn falling out of a tree."

They are good girls and are always welcome here.

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Here are some links:

• I realized this afternoon that we haven't gotten any recent updates on how Mitch McConnell was doing. I'm assuming he's still dead.



• Hey! Tommy Flanagan is back in the news!



• This is... different...

Two losses

The Red Sox lost last night, getting beat by the Judges 9-2.

This afternoon, they went and got their asses kicked by the Judges, losing 16-1.

Yes, you read that correctly, they lost 16-1.

They are now 4 games behind the Judges and 8 games behind the Rays

They are on their way back to Boston where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the Mariners.

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Today we dethatched and mowed the lawn. Man, I pulled a lot of crap out of that lawn with that tow-behind dethatcher thing.

My wife did the edges and around the trees with the push mower ao we were able to get the entire lawn done in less than 2 hours which isn't bad considering I have to stop every row to empty the bag of all the dead grass the dethatcher ripped out.

After that, I watched the Red Sox get massacred.

That means I did not spend a lot of time surfing the interwebs for news.

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Here are a some links:

• The Patriots first game is in 10 days.



• Apparently the US still has some munitions.



• Key line in this story: "One official summed up the Hegseth approach as: 'Bombs away!'"



• Seems to be a lot of floods lately.

A loss and a win

The Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 1-0 by the Judges.

The Red Won won this afternoon, beating the Judges 6-0.

Tonights game is at 7:15pm and Gamboa has the start. That means he will go as long as he can before they pull him and put Bello in.

In all honesty, I never have the warm fuzzies when Bello is pitching. Sometimes he's great and other times he sucks. I hope tonight is one of the good nights.

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Dementia Donny has lied about pretty much everything he's ever talked about. The list of things he has lied about is longer than a New York City phone book. Things like, "The economy is doing great!" or "Gas prices are coming down!" or "I did not rape that woman!" and my personal favorite, "The election was stolen! Stolen I tell you!"

He is a pathological liar and he can't help himself. It's gotten to the point where if DD says one thing and Iran says something different, I believe Iran.

Having said that, if there is one time that I really hope he is telling the truth, it's this time.

If his administration was able to put together a 100 year deal with an oil producing nation that is not controlled by a religious dictatorship, it would be great. Particularly if it's good for both us and the Venezuelans.

Unfortunately, I don't believe him...

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The little league world series is currently going on and, as is always the case, the network covering the games does a small profile on each player. As part of the profile, they usually ask a question like, "Who is your favorite baseball player?" or "What is your favorite movie?"

This year, the question they asked was, "What is your dream job?"

Daniel Huang of Canada gave the best answer:

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "...deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos was deported Friday..."



• This is why you should always lock your doors.

Two losses.

The Patriots lost their final preseason game last night, getting beat 13-37 by the Browns.

Their next game will be on September 9^th when they go to Seattle to open their season against the Seahawks.

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The more important loss was the Judges losing to the Astros last night. This means the Red Sox are once again only 2 games behind the Judges in the ALEast.

Fangraphs is now giving the Red Sox a 98.5% chance of making the playoffs.

The hope-o-meter is high that the Red Sox will win this series against the Judges and overtake them in the standings.

First pitch is at 7:15 and Sandoval has the start. Hopefully he goes at least 6 innings because this 4-game stretch is gonna be a grind and the bullpen is going to get used heavily. Particularly on Saturday with the double-header.

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I'm pleased to inform you that Dementia Donny has once again discovered AI.

Here he is giving Dolly Parton, a dead person, a tour of the White House.

That would be the same Dolly Parton who turned him down twice when he invited her to the White House to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On the other hand, she also turned down Biden. Appareantly she kept her political beliefs to herself.

Here we see that he has used his mugshot to portray himself as "THE GREATEST" when in fact he is not. He's also not "THE AVERAGEST" or the "THE MEDIOCOREST".

The guy surely does love himself.

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Here are some links:

• This is a pretty good write-up about Dementia Donny's "Special Military Operation" against Iran.



• Brain Worm Bobby and his FDA guys are doing a bang-up job...
  (By the way, if you are stupid enough to eat iceberg lettuce after all the news stories, you deserve to have the hershey squirts)



• I'm no financial genius but seems to me that higher interest rates might cause businesses to slow which will raise unemployment.



• This is not looking good for the Patriots.



• This kid is 20 years old and he did nothing to anyone. He should be living the life of a college student, not living in fear of his life.

Sometimes they lose

The Red Sox lost to the Marlins last night.

Since both the Rays and the Judges won last night, the Red Sox have fallen back to 6 games behind the Rays and 2½ behind the Judges.

They are off tonight and tomorrow they start 4-game series against the Judges. It's a 4-game series because they are playing a double-header on Saturday. That will be a makeup of a rainout from June 6^th.

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There may not be any baseball but there is football.

The Patriots will play their final preseason game against the Browns tonight.

Kickoff is at 8:00 and the game is being streamed on Prime. Since I get Prime, I will be able to fullfill my sportings needs tonight.

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In all honesty, this worries me.

The Red Sox started winning games and became a .500+ team when their "big guys" all went down with injuries and several players got called up from AAA Worcester.

What makes anyone think the Red Sox will continue to be a winning team once those guys come back and the other guys get sent back down?

I have nothing against Story, Anthony or Falefa but I really like Sogard, Seigler and Gaspar. It will be a shame if they send those guys down to AAA and the Red Sox start to lose again.

I'm just getting used to them being a winning team...

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Here are some links:

• The dipshit has no idea that "Ontario" is an Iroquoi word meaning "sparkling waters" and has nothing to do with the Canadians.



• I am not shocked by this. We are one of the most corrupt states in the nation.



• I am also not shocked by this. He lied about everything during his confirmation hearings.



• Key load of bullshit in this story: "I don’t want to comment on that, but they’re not going to attack."

Eleven innings

The Red Sox beat the Marlins last night but it took them 11 innings. And for the record, I watched all 11 innings.

Both teams struggled to score runs and by the 6^th inning, they were in a 2-2 tie. It stayed that way until the 10^th when both teams scored one more run each and the went into the 11^th in a 3-3 tie.

In the 11^th inning, the Red Sox managed to load the bases and Duran came up with 1 out. The 2^nd pitch he saw was a 80mph sinker that he sent into the upper deck for a grand slam home run. This gave the Red Sox a 7-3 lead and a 5-game winning streak.

Since the Judges lost last night, the Red Sox are now only 1½ games behind them in the ALEast

They play their final game against the Marlins this evening. First pitch is at 6:40 and Gray has the start.

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This is the thing I don't understand about military people that support Trump. He thinks you are losers and he shits on your service.

Personally, Trump lost me the day he insulted John McCain, a man with more honor and ethics in his little fingernail than Trump has in his entire bloated body.

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Here are some links:

• He was an odd duck.



• Our state motto should be, "Massachusetts: We're almost as corrupt as Illinois!"



• Talk about a group of people that never did anything to anybody. Leave the Amish alone.