Oops, I forgot

Last night, I managed to type a whole bunch of stuff and find some links. Then proceeded to forget to click the "Publish" button.

Oh well.

Here's all the stuff I typed along with those links.

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In a "must win" game, the Bruins barely managed to stay alive in the playoffs by beating the Sabres 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday night.

The Sabres took a first period 1-0 lead but the Bruins tied it 1-1 in the second period. Neither team could get the puck in the net during the third period so the game went to sudden death overtime.

Fortunately, the Bruins put one into the net and walked away with a win. This means they will meet again for game 6 on Friday, May 1^st.

Here is the current Stanley Cup playoff situation:

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The Red Sox, however, appeared to have had enough of winning and they decided to once again not step on home plate.

The Blue Jays beat them 3-0 Tuesday night, giving the new coaching staff their very first MLB loss.

They played their final game in their series yesterday afternoon and got their ass kicked 8-1.

Despite those two losses, they somehow managed to stay out of last place in the AL.

They are heading back to Boston where starting Friday they will play a 3-game home stand against the Astros.

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There are no sports today so I'm gonna burn through some dvr's.

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Here are some links:

• As the old saying goes, "Never bring a knife to a car fight..."



• Up until now, I was never entirely sure what the word "mindfullness" meant. Now I know. It means getting drunk.



• Florida Santa.



• Presonally, I don't have a problem with this.



• Morons. Our society is filled with morons.

Chuck and his girlfriend are here

I have no idea why Dementia Donny and Chuck are getting together to talk about anything. Chuck has no say in the running of the British government and The Very Stable Genius has made it clear he is pissed off at the British (and the French, the Dutch, the Germans, etc...) because they don't do what he wants them to do.

I wonder if Trump will create an international incident by insulting Chuck's ears or his wife's horse face...

I'm not trying to be insulting. I'm just pointing out that Chuck's ears are big and his current wife is nowhere near as attractive as his first wife.

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I got this message today:

This is the second time I've been accused of not paying an imaginary fine only this time they included a convienient QR code that will help me pay my imaginary fine.

I blocked the code so you can't actually scan it but if you could you would find yourself at a website called "woxersaver" os some such bullshit.

Here's my friendly advice: If you get one of these things, just delete it. Don't scan it, don't visit the website and don't forward it to your friends.

Just delete it.

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Here are some links:

• I'm pretty certain "gentle' is not the right word to describe him.



• I give it a couple of weeks tops and they'll announce Alex Cora as their new manager.



• This is a bit of a stretch.



• Beer: Is there anything it can't do?

The lawn is mowed

My lawn looks damned good:

Then again, it's late April. Everyone's lawn looks good.

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I am probably going to hell for this but it made me laugh out loud:

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this sstory: "And nothing prevents you from asking Congress at any time for the necessary authorization required by the Constitution and federal law."



• I have more sympathy for the bull than I do for the idiots that do that.



• Key line in this story: "I wanted the 3 of us to go to God together but it didn’t work."



• I can answer that: "Yes, it's a bad thing." Any other questions?

Many things to cover

So, yesterday was an interesting day and there are several things to cover:

1. The Boston Red Sox fired most of their coaching staff.
2. Someone took a run at assassinating Dementia Donny.
3. The Massachusetts Republicans met in Worcester to pick a candidate.
4. We had our first hummingbird and our first dandelion of the season.

With that in mind, let's get to it.

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The Boston Red Sox are, to us fans, a baseball team but in reality, they are one of the many divisions of the Fenway Sports Group. As a matter of fact, when the Red Sox announced that Theo Epstein was rejoining the Fenway Sports Group, they called the Red Sox the "baseball division".

Fenway Sports Group has several divisions. There is the motor racing division (Roush Racing), the hockey division (Pittsburgh Penguins), the golf division (Boston Common Golf), the soccer division (Liverpool Football Club), the television division (New England Sports Network) and the marketing division (Fenway Sports Marketing).

In other words, baseball is just one of the many things John Henry and his minions are involved with and as far as they are concerned, winning isn't the main thing for a sports team. Making money for Henry is the main thing for a sports team. As long as the baseball division makes him money, he is happy.

As a result of that attitude, he has throttled back the budget allocated to the baseball division and as such, they have managed to lose existing high-end players in free agency and they have failed to hire high-end players who were free agents from other teams.

Well, yesterday John Henry decided that the problem with the Red Sox isn't his tightwad approach to player salaries, it was the manager's fault. More specifically, there is some speculation in the media that an argument between Cora and Breslow occurred at some point over the status of one Pete Fatse, the Red Sox hitting coach. Rumor has it that Breslow wanted Fatse gone and Cora said no. This resulted in a face off that ended in not only Fatse being fired but Cora and everyone loyal to him being shown the door.

I have no idea if that speculation is true but I do know the result and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. I've been ranting about the fact they can't hit and it was time to get rid of Fatse so I'm kinda glad about that but I guess I didn't expect the rest of the staff to get tossed as well.

If I ever had the chance to ask Breslow one question it would be, "Of all the potential and available baseball managers, who is better than Cora?" Nothing against Chad Tracy but I'm pretty sure he isn't a better manager than Cora.

As for the team itself, they played game 3 of their 3-game series against the Orioles. First pitch was at 1:35 this afternoon and Early had the start.

Early faced 24 batters over 6⅔ innings. He gave up two runs while walking 1 and striking out 4.

In the end, the Red Sox won the game 5-3, winning the series and staying out of last place in the AL.

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For the first time in either of his terms as President, Dementia Donny decided he was going to attend the WHite House Correspondents Dinner. He probably should have stayed home because as soon as everyone got seated and the speechifying started up, some nutcase with guns and knives decided to make a run at the place.

He made it as far as a lobby on the wrong floor before being taken down by the Secret Service. Apparently one of the agents was shot by the aforementioned nutcase but fortunately he was wearing his vest and will survive with some nasty bruising and maybe some cracked ribs.

As I have often said to my friends and relatives in the world of law enforcement, "Keep your head on a swivel, watch each others backs and for cripes sake, wear your damned vest".

Oh, and this is at least the third time someone has made a run at Trump. I know he thinks everyone loves him so I wonder if he is worried about these ongoing attacks. Or does he believe that it isn't possible that anyone could actually hate him for what he is.

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The Massachusetts Republicans, a group of people who honestly believe they stand a chance of winning in the political environment known as "liberal-land", met in Worcester and they picked a bald white guy as their candidate for Governor.

I really don't care who he is. What I will do is vote for him as long as he makes some effort to end the insane state agenda of charging us a lot of money for gas and electricity in the hopes we'll all jump on some ultra-expensive solar bandwagon.

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Exciting news here at our world headquarters - The hummingbirds have returned.

At 10:00 this morning, I happened to look out back at the hummingbird feeders and saw a little blur that settled into a red-throated hummingbird.

At 1:00 this afternoon, my wife announced that she saw a dandelion in the back yard. I got my handy-dandy-dandylion stabber out of the shed and stabbed five dandelions out of my back yard.

What this all really means is that summer is fast approaching and I should clean my air conditioners so they are ready to go in the windows before it gets to be 90° with 90% humidity...

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And no, I didn't forget the Bruins.

They got their ass kicked 6-1 by the Sabres and are going back to Buffalo down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.

Yet another of my sporting teams that are in full suck mode...

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Here are some links:

• This is actually a pretty good write-up about the problems with the Red Sox organization.



• The only "victim" in this crime is the state revenue collection department. They arrested him because they weren't collecting their fees.



• This is why I don't belong to a country club. Well, that and I have way better things to waste my money on



• We were promised flying cars. instead, we got self-parking cars.

Breaking news

They can't but they can

Last night, they couldn't pitch and they certainly couldn't hit.

I don't want to say that Bello sucked but I will say, "Bello was really [insert very bad word] awful! He gave up three home runs in the first inning. Then he gave up two more home runs in the third and fourth innings."

At one point, Cora went out to the mound and I thought maybe he was going to pull Bello. I was wrong. He didn't walk out to the mound to take Bello out of the game, he apparently just wanted to chit-chat. A few minutes after that, my son and I had the following text exchange:

My son is a funny guy.

With last night's 10-3 loss to the Orioles, they were once again tied for last place in the American League:

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Today's baseball game was supposed to be played at 4:05 but the weather in Baltimore was predicted to be pretty bad so they decided to move the start time to 12:05.

Crochet had the start and he was, to use an old phrase, lights out good. He faced 22 batters over 6 innings, giving up 3 hits, walking 2 and striking out 7 while allowing 0 runs.

But the big change in the Red Sox was the offense. The batters hit the ball and got on base. More importantly, they drove in runs.

Lots of runs.

When the game ended, the score was 17-1 in favor of the Red Sox and they moved up in the standings to second-to-last place. If the Royals win tonight, the Red Sox will again be tied for last place but it will be a three-way tie.

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The funny thing about math is that it is what it is. It is not something that is based on a particular time or a certain place and it certainly isn't opinion.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division work the same for all of us no matter where we are or who we are and it has been that way since the the first proto-human realized that if he had one bug and he caught another bug, he would have two bugs.

Yes sir, the one thing we can all rely on is that no matter what the situation, 2+2=4, 6-3=3, 10*10=100 and 32÷4=8.

Those formulas, along with every other math formula, are the same for all of us.

I think we can all agree that if someone says 2+2=5, they are either be a moron or a lying sack of shit.

I'm just going to put this out there and let you decide if Dementia Donny and Brainworm Bobby are morons or lying sacks of shit:

And that is not some fake, made-up meme, the guy actually said that. Out loud. In front of people. While under oath.

If you really want to go on a rollercoaster ride, you should read Bobby's Wikipedia page. It's a riot.

The last line in the paragraph highlighting his efforts to have the Indian Point nuclear power plant shut down is:

In 2022, after the plant's closure, carbon emissions from electricity generation in New York state increased by 37%, compared to 2019, before the start of the closure.

In closing, let me remind you that these people are running our government...

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Here are some links:

• Trump really likes saying he has all the cards.



• This is going to go well.



• This could very well be the worst idea ever.



• They are really working on building that offensive line.

Another bad day.

Last night, the city of Boston smelled like losers. Both the Bruins and the Red Sox managed to fail in their quest to win their respective sporting events.

It was hard to watch...

The Red Sox are in Baltimore to start a 3-game series against the Orioles. Bello has the start and first pitch is at 7:05pm.

The Bruins are off until Sunday.

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We attended a wake for a young man this afternoon. I didn't know him but I know his sister and she spent a large portion of her life taking care of him.

He needed constant care and she provided it like he was her son even though he was her older brother.

In other words, this hits her like a mother losing a child and I feel bad for her.

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Here are some links:

• The reality television judge has dropped the investigation because a senator said he wouldn't vote for a replacement while the investigation was going on.



• How is it possible for a rational, ethical and moral human being to make the decision to beat his wife to death. And please don't give me this, "heat of the moment" crap.



• Why did this guy get such a low bail?



• Maybe this guy will be of some help to the offensive line.



• Once again, the democrats in this state think we are all made of money and can afford to pay for whatever they want.

Anther one bites the dust

I gotta be honest with you, I personally think that Hairball Pete firing the Secretary of the Navy is not a bad thing. It's not a good thing but it's also not a bad thing.

John Phelan was appointed to be the Secretary of the Navy by Dementia Donny despite him having no military experience whatsoever.

The guy spent a year or so fellating The Very Stable Genius and that was enough for Trump put him in charge of the most powerful navy on the planet.

Then again, he nominated an idiotic "bro" news reporter as the Secretary of Defense and a guy with a worm in his brain as the Secretary of Health and Human Services so I guess it shouldn't have surprised anyone he put a guy with no military experience in one of the highest positions in the military.

But anyways, Headshot Hegseth has decided that he only wants people who do exactly what he says without question so he fired the guy. I'm sure this action doesn't have any impact on the navy while it is trying to fight a war in the middle east...

Oh, and for the record, some guy name Hung Cao, who actually served 30 years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a captain, will take over as Acting Secretary of the Navy. To be honest with you, he seems way more qualified for that job than the fired guy

For those of you interested, here is the current list of people fired by Dementia Donny during this term:

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan
Army Chief of Staff Randy George
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

The list of people he fired or who resigned during his first term is really long and I don't feel like formatting it for this post. Here are some of the more notable folks from that time period:

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry
National Security Advisor John Bolton
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Hailey
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly
Secretary of Defense James Mattis
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci
FBI Director James Comey

Dementia Donny can't seem to get along with anybody including his wives.

Ivana (Zelníčková) Trump. Married 1977-1990
Marla (Maples) Maples who he started dating while married to first wife. Married 1993-1999
Melania (Knauss) Trump who he started dating while married to second wife. Married 2005-present
At some point he mentioned wanting to have sex with his daughter Ivanka. Current status unknown.

It's beginning to look like his third wife might have pissed him off a bit when she denied she had anything to do with Epstein even though no one at anytime said she did.

He'll probably fire her soon and somehow or another talk his daughter into moving in with him.

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In baseball news, the Red Sox still suck.

The only thing that can be said good about them is they are not the Mets, the Phillies or the Royals...

They play the third game in their 3-game series against the Yankees this evening. First pitch is at 6:10.

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As I told my son this afternoon, I probably won't be watching much of the Red Sox since the Bruins and Sabres will play game 3 tonight.

Puck drops at 7:00 and I'm really hoping the Bruins win the next two games at home. Going back to Buffalo with a 3-1 lead in the series would be great.

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Here are some links:

• Well this sounds like a pretty shitty place to work.



• It used to be a decent show but lately it's turned into a soap opera. He was one of the originals.



• I do not disagree with this approach to the problem.



• Walking past these places, I could not stand the smell.

A win and a loss

The Red Sox can 't score a [insert really bad word here] run to save their lives. They got shutout 4-0 by the Yankees last night.

Early gave them a decent outing, facing 23 batters over 5⅓ innings. He gave up 3 earned runs, 3 walks and struck out 4 so not terrible.

They are back at it again tonight, weather permiting. First pitch is at 6:45 and my youngest will be at the game with his boss.

Hopefully they win.

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The Bruins managed to hold off another Sabres third period rally and won 4-2 last night.

I have to admit to not watching a lot of the game because I got wrapped up in the Red Sox but from what I can see in the recap, they matched the Sabres in penalties and managed to score a power play goal.

The series is now tied at 1-1.

Here are the standings in round 1 as of this morning:

The Bruins and Sabres will play the next 2 games in Boston. Puck drops at 7:00 tomorrow evening

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Time for an update on my newest grandchild:

She is growing like a baby should which means a constant stream of new clothing must be given to her.
Her father and I have declared her to be a Baby Genius and I suspect she will be doing complex math in the next month or so.
Seriously, she is doing great and her mom & dad are being great parents.

So as to not overlook the older grandchildren:

Our grandson, the oldest, is in kindergarten and doing great.
His sister, our middle grandchild, is in pre-school and doing great.

This has been your update on our grandchildren.

I am, as always, the proud grandpa.

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Here are some links:

• The President of Peace is really doing a great job.



• Key line in this story about the never-ending saga of Crash Patel and His Frivolous Lawsuits: "The dismissal came a day after Patel filed an unrelated $250 million defamation lawsuit in D.C. federal court against The Atlantic magazine over a new article that alleged he has abused alcohol."



• If the U.S. has so much oil & gasoline that we are loading tankers and sending them overseas, why is gasoline so expensive.



• Yet another alleged, maybe, could be, possibility that Mars once had life.

Channel flipping it is.

Red Sox v Yankees starts at 6:45 and Bruins @ Sabres starts at 7:30.

I'm going to be in my sports glory.

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Here are some links:

• Of course it's on hold. Kinda hard for Mascara Boy to hold a meeting with people that aren't there.



• Speaking of Mascara Boy.



• Key line in this story: "...you have to make good decisions. That includes me. That starts with me."



• I'm beginning to think that "Democracy" is a terrible political system. We tend vote for the most corrupt and idiotic people.



• He was good but not good enough. He did well with the 49ers but not well enough.

Bad days and good days

Not only did the Red Sox lose yesterday, the Sabres figured out how to beat the Bruins and they did so in the third period.

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The Red Sox lost 6-2 to the Tigers yesterday afternoon.

Crochet started out pitching well enough, going 4 innings with the game tied 1-1. Then, in the 5^th inning, he gave up 4 runs and the Tigers took a 5-1 lead.

Te batters were hitting the ball but failed miserably at geting runs across the plate. They would have bases loaded with one out and hit into a double play.

It was extremely frustrating to watch.

Todays game was the traditional Patriots Day 11:10am start and the Red Sox managed to win the game 8-6. And when I say "managed", I mean they barely managed to win it.

It was 8-3 going into the 9^th inning and they gave up 3 runs before finally getting the 3^rd out. It got so bad that at one point I sent the following to my son:

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As for the Bruins, they had a 1-0 lead through 2 periods. They went into the 2^nd intermission and the Sabres must have had a hell of a meeting because they came back out and proceeded to score 4 goals, beating the Bruins 4-3 and taking game 1 of the series.

As for round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, this is where it stands:

The Bruins remain in Buffalo where game 2 will be played tomorrow. Puck drops at 7:30.

In other hockey news, the local AHL team, the Thunderbirds, have made the playoffs so if you live near me and you want to go see some pretty good hockey being played, you can seats on the glass for $33.00.

Front row tickets to the Calder Cup playoffs for only $33.00 is a pretty damned good deal.

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We made a Costco run today because it was time to stock up on the needful things. Some of the needful things were motor oil, grass seed, steaks and coffee.

Thanks to The Very Stable Genius, all of those particular items are what I consider really [insert really bad word here] expensive.

Look, I'm old and I realize that I live in the past when a quart of oil was $0.89 and grass seed cost about $0.50 a pound but sweet jesus on a skateboard, that shit is expensive now. Way more expensive than it was just 2 years ago.

Fortunately, eggs are down to $2.50 a dozen...

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Here are some links:

• Looks like Dementia Donny is negotiating with an empty chair.



• The Pirates pitching coach, Bill Murphy, takes almost 20 seconds to walk from the dugout to the mound because he's afraid he might trip and fall if he moves to fast.



• Crash Patel is back in the news.

Wet baseball

The Tigers / Red Sox game was scheduled for 1:35 today but the weather pushed them back to 4:35.

After checking the weather, it looks like they will play a few innings in the rain and cold which sucks for them. I can assure you that playing baseball on a cold, wet day is painful. The ball gets wet and it starts to get heavy. Yes, they change the ball when it gets wet but all it takes if a line drive into a wet outfield and that ball will pick up a lot of water.

They lost yesterday's game so a win today would be good.

As for the Stanley Cup, the Bruins @ Sabres best-of-seven series starts at 7:30 tonight so once the Red Sox are done, I'll be watching some hockey.

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I have sportings to pay attention to so here are some links:

• Dementia Donny and Hairball Pete are in over their heads. They have no stated goals and no plan to end the war. They don't even have God on their side...



• Speaking of Dementia Donny, key line in this story: "...top Iranian official has said that Tehran won’t partake in the talks."



• It's hard for me to believe that it was launched almost 50 years ago.



• I want the government to supply a list showing every business that claims a refund because I want to know who got paid twice. Once by us when they hiked up prices and again by us when they took the tariff money we paid.

And there was much joy!

Guess who is not in last place in the ALEast:

It took 10 innings to do it but the Red Sox won their second game in a row, beating the Tigers 1-0 last night.

Suarez pitched a great game, facing 26 batters over 8 innings. He struck out 4, walked 1, gave up 2 hits and 0 runs.

I will say that once again, the batters left 7 guys on base during the game with 3 of those runners in scoring positions. That means they failed to move the line along when it mattered. aving said that, I'll say they got the job done in the end so good for them but they really need to figure out how to get get guys stepping on home plate.

Thankfully, game 2 of this series is being carried by NESN so watching it is no problem for me. First pitch was at 4:10 and it is currently 4-1 Tigers after 7 innings.

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The problem with having a fertilizer guy and a sprinkler system is I have a nice lawn and it's growing fast. I actualy have to mow my lawn today.

This, my friends, is what is known as a first-world problem...

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Key line in this story: "...a workplace culture that discourages basic verification of eligibility."

I have nothing at all against providing basic food, clothing and housing for people that need it but at the very least, I want those people scrutinized down to their toes. I want the authority running that service to be 100% positive that each and every person being helped not only needs that help but is also contributing in some tangible way to their own support.

When I'm in line at the grocery store register and I see someone with three or four live lobsters paying for them with a SNAP card, I get a little pissed off. When studies throw words around like "billions in waste and fraud", I get a little pissed off.

I disagree with a lot (well, most) of what The Very Stable Genius is doing but his push to take a long hard look at how our tax dollars are being spent is long over due. It's time we had an executive branch that wanted a full accounting of the trillions of tax dollars being spent by the government.

The big difference between Dementia Donny and me is I think that level of scrutiny should include all spending, including the military.

Why does a hammer used by a carpenter in the Army cost 100 times more than a hammer I use to build a shelf?

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Here are some links:

• Didn't Dementia Donny say it was open...



• I'm actually kind of surprised that these shopping networks have survived into the age of the internet.



• This is why you should never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.



• Key line in this story: "A 3-year-old hunter..."

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."

More hockey!

I'm not sure who lost last night that caused the maths to work out in the Bruins favor but at some point last night, the Bruins secured a wildcard slot.

Tonight that take on the Blue Jackets and they finish their regular season on Tuesday when they take on the Devils. I don't care if they win or lose as long as no one gets injured.

They need all of their big guys to win games during the playoffs.

The NHL hasn't posted a bracket yet so I have no idea who will be playing who but from what I can tell, the playoffs will kick off on Saturday, April 18^th.

As for tonight, puck drops at 6:00.

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As for the Red Sox, they won last night and they won again today.

They are still at the bottom of the AL standings but they are only 2 games out of first place in the ALEast.

They are on their way to Minnesota where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the red hot Twins. Hopefully they continue winning.

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Are we taking over from Iran and shutting down the Strait of Hormuz? Was that part of the peace deal?

I thought The Very Stable Genius wanted the strait open and now all of a sudden he want's it closed?

Does anyone else see the level of insanity this 80 year old dementia patient is displaying?

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I changed the oil in two of my machines today - the tractor and the generator. I had changed the oil in the snowblower when bought it because, well, I always change the oil on a new mchine. I don't know anything about the machine and it only costs about $6.00 for a quart of oil so what the hell.

As for my push mower, I decided against changing that oil. The machine is probably going away in the next few months and since it burns oil, I am constantly adding oil to it. That means the oil in it has been changed, just a little bit at a time.

The garage also got cleaned because when I move all the machines into the middle of the garage to work on them, it's easy to sweep a winters worth of debris away from the walls.

I'm not saying you can eat off the floor but if you did decide to eat off the floor, you won't have any leaves in your food.

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Here are some links:

• I'm guessing Vrabel is laying low for a bit.



• No one should be shocked by this.



• Only in Florida.

The Bruins lost, dammit...

If the Bruins had won this afternoon, they would have clinched a playoff spot. As it stands, that loss pushed them down to the second wildcard slot.

Maybe they lost because I didn't watch the game and I was not available to give them such inciteful admonitions like, "Shoot the godamned puck at the godamned net, godammit!" or that old standard, "What the hell was that! Jeeezus christ, my crippled grandmother could pass better than that!"

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As for the Red Sox, they lost last night and as of this morning, they were back in last place in the MLB.

The Red Sox & the Cardinals are back at it again this evening and a Red Sox win would be nice. They need to get their confidence back.

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My wife continues to clean out her gardens, I thatched my lawn and the sprinkler guy has opened up my irrigation system.

All that's left to do is change the oil in all my machines. Once that is done, we will be ready for summer.

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FYI: A gallon of gasoline is still below $4.00 near me.

I expect that will change in the next few days and by "change", I don't mean it will go lower...

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Here are some links:

• No thanks.



• After they fix the bat, maybe they can fix the face so it looks at least a little bit like Ichiro.



• And I thought our government was screwed up...



• This is a pretty good write-up about the Massachusetts idiocracy regarding solar installations.



• This is why I don't eat sushi.

Limited sportings today

The Red Sox are off and the Bruins are off. There is a Worcester Red Sox game on at 6:00 this evening so I'll probably watch that.

Hey, I gotta get my fix...

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So it looks like The Very Stable Genius has once again been sold a load of bullshit or he's lying to us. Either way, the Iranians have not opened the Strait of Hormuz and have accused the US of violating the ceasefire.

Here's the thing: I'm pretty sure that both Trump and the Iranians are lying sacks of shit and neither one can be trusted to do anything they say.

The middle-east has been at war with itself for more than 2000 years and Trump, the man who claimed to be the president of peace, just poured a bunch of gasoline on that fire.

I won't be surprised if sometime in the next few weeks there is an attack on US soil.

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We have nice fresh grout on our kitchen floor.

I tell you that because what I really want to say is: My knees and back are killing me...

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "It was not clear what spurred the first lady to comment on Epstein."



• It appears that Samantha Angers is filled with anger.



• Key load of crap in this story: "I’m polling higher than anybody."



• Scotland: They drink more than the Irish.



• Do you know what we used to call these kids? Idiots. That's what we used to call them.

Guess who is not in last place!

The Red Sox beat the Brewers 3-2 last night and then the Red Sox beat the Brewer 5-6 this afternoon. This means they have won their first series of the season!

Those two wins moved them out of the basement in the MLB and the AL.

And if the Blue Jays lose to the Dodgers this evening, they will be tied with the Red Sox for last place in the ALEast. Don't get me wrong, the Red Sox are still pretty low in the standings but they are at least moving in the right direction.

Gray had a good outing this afternoon. He faced 24 batters over 6⅓ innings, Striking out 2, walking 2 and giving up zero runs.

The batters also became hitters, getting on base and moving the runners along.

They are on the road to St. Louis where on Friday they will start a 3-game series against the Cardinals.

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The Bruins lost 5-6 in OT to the Hurricanes last night. That means they picked up 1 point and remain in the first wildcard slot.

Their next game is Saturday against the Lightning.

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So The Very Stable Genius said that there is kind of an almost maybe kinda sorta agreement between him and the Iranians. He isn't clear on what the agreement is. For all I know, he has agreed to help the Iranians bomb ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.

It's hard for me to decipher things when Trump talks because he uses words like covfefe and yuuuuuge. He also tends to say different things about the same subject on different days.

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I had lunch with the ROMEO gang today and once again, we solved all of the world problem.

Well, most of the worlds problems.

None of us can figure out what Trump is doing and we are very confused about why the Red Sox are not doing very well.

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Here are some links:

• Sounds like maybe Vrabel is getting it done...



• The price of a barrel of oil plunges but it'll probably be months before gasoline prices drop, if they ever drop at all...



• This story caused me to immediatly start humming 30,000 Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin.

This is bad

The Red Sox lost again last night, getting beat 8-6 by the Brewers.

At this point, they are not only at the bottom of the pile in major league baseball, they are not even in the pile anymore. They are in the pile of offal that the league has thrown out.

This is embarassing.

It's gotten that the fans have begun creating memes. Someone took a picture of the 99 Restaurant's "KIDS EAT FREE advertisement and modified to fit the current situation:

They will try again this evening when they play game 2 of their series, depending on the weather. I mean, what the hell, it was snowing here at 7:30 this morning...

First pitch is at 6:45 and Crochet will have the start.

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The Bruins will take on the Hurricanes at 7:00 this evening.

This should be an interesting game with their season matchups split at 1 win each. The Huricanes curently lead the Bruins by 9 points so the odds favor the Hurricanes.

All I can do is yell at my special coaching TV to encourage the Bruins to put the puck into the net, darnit.

I don't say it quite that graciously but you get my drift...

Puck drops at 7:00 so this will be a channel-flipping kind of night.

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The Monson PD is reporting a new scam and this one actually looks pretty damned realistic:

I can't say this enough: No court or law enforcement will contact you out of the blue via text messaging.

Mark these as spam, delete them or just ignore them but under no circumstances should you ever reply to them.

And for the love of all that is good in this world, do not scan the QR code.

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Here are some links:

• If you want to do weird shit like some kind of mental case, go right ahead and knock yourself out. Just don't take pictures of yourself doing it.



• Key reason for the explosion: "...his brother-in-law’s son made fireworks in the home’s garage."



• First thing that popped into my twisted little mind when I read this is the famous scene from The Naked Gun.



• Oh Canada.
  (That might be a death penalty crime in Canada...)



• I thought The Very Stable Genius was good friends with Tucker...

Still in the mix

The Bruins are still in the first wildcard slot.

There are four games left in their regular season so my hopes are they win at least two of those games. They need to bump up their point count to at least 99 points just to make me feel good about them.

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The Red Sox are all by themselves in last place in all of MLB.

There are 153 games left in their regular season and tonight they start a 3-game series against the #1 team in MLB, the Brewers.

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

They need to figure out what is wrong and fix it because if this is how the season is going to play out, I'm going to need therapy by August...

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Here are some links:

• The Very Stable Genius continues his threatning and blustering.



• Krazy Kim III is setting up his daughter to be Krazy Kim IV There's probably going to be a significant amount of bloodshed when this happens.



• When you're an asshole who embraces evil and then you lie about why you did it, you should expect to be told to piss-off.



• He sure likes those blondes...