They were wrong...

It turns out the so-called "sports experts" were wrong. The Titans beat the Patriots by 7 points, not the predicted 3 points.

Turns out I was also wrong.

So now the players are on vacation and the coaches are spending a lot of time trying to figure out what that team will look like next season. Something tells me it will look a lot different than it did this past season.

Now the only thing left in my sports world are the Bruins and despite being in second place in the NHL, they aren't doing a lot of winning lately.

On the upside, there are only 37 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training and I can start agonizing over baseball again.

Hopefully, this year, there will be joy in Mudville!

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Here are a few links that you can click on:

• Well, I'm betting this was more than a little embarrassing.



• Another reason I don't go to New York City.



• California: It's a great place to live...



• Oh good, here we go again with that SAR / H1N1 / Bird flu thing.



• Only in Florida.

There is football tonight.

The Patriots are playing a do-or-die wild card game against the Titans at 8:15 this evening and the several of the so-called "sports experts" have the Patriots losing by 3 points.

I'm not saying that Tannehill is going to fail miserably and fall apart but I do think that the Patriots are coming off an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Dolphins so I suspect they are going to be pretty fired up.

I personally think the Patriots will win by 7 to 10 points.

If I'm wrong, so be it but I don't think I'm wrong. The one thing the Patriots, as a team, have proven over the years is their ability to overcome and kick ass when they need to.

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The Bruins managed to lose to the Oilers this afternoon and are currently 2 points behind the Capitals in the NHL

April is going to sneak up on them if they don't get their act together and start winning games.

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Here are some links that you can visit if you like:

• Listen up everybody: It should come as no surprise to anyone that disrespecting your employer/boss on social media is usually the first, and sometimes only, step to termination. Shut up and do your job.



• Yay racism!



• I've come to the conclusion that finding ways to sue companies or cities/towns is a pretty lucrative line of work.



• Only in Florida.



• It's only a matter of time before they ban those things.



• Key phrase in this story: "...the burger ended up forgotten in a coat pocket for several years..."



• Sure he does....

First sick day in three years

My headcold re-blossomed yesterday and I decided that rather than filling my office wastebasket with kleenex again today, I would stay home and take it easy.

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The freakin' Bruins freakin' lost in a freakin' shoot out again last night but since the freakin' Capitals were off, the Bruins picked up one point for the regulation tie and are now tied for first place with the Capitals.

Despite losing games, they continue to chip away at points. And that, after all, is all that matters come April when the payoffs begin.

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You can visit these links if you want:

• I liked this. You might like it too.



• Oh Canada.



• Duh. Anyone at the local bar could tell you that.



• Yes, alcohol was involved.



• The mug shot says it all.



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

Back to school

My daughter and the small emergency backup dog are back in Iowa, preparing to start the final push.

This is her last semester and trust me, she is ready to be done.

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The Bruins are playing the Blue Jackets this evening and I will be vocally encouraging them to win this game.

No more of this "leading by two goals for 2 ½ periods and then lose in overtime because you suck!" crap. They need to grab the lead and hold on to it for all three periods.

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Here are some links:

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



• Wasn't this a scene from A Fish Named Wanda?



• Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Michael Bay and starring Bruce Willis & Woody Harrelson .



• Cats: They aren't dogs. You don't gotta love them if you don't want to.



• This kind of thing you see on the Mass pike all the time.



• No thanks, I'll stick with a hot shower and a bar of soap.

Guess who made it to midnight last night!

I don't know how I did it but I watched the ball drop at midnight last night alongside my wife and daughter. Then I looked at the two of them and said, "Goodnight ladies. I'm going to bed." They asked if I wanted to stay up and watch somebody called Jonas Brothers, who I'm guessing is related to Dr. Joyce Brothers, but I said no thank you.

I was asleep in bed a few minutes later.

Hey, what can I tell you, my party days are behind me. As I said to John yesterday, "My idea of a party is stopping at Tommy's at 5:00, having 3 beers with the boys, getting home by 7:00 and asleep in bed by 9:00."

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So, here are a few New Years thoughts for you:

It's 2020. Try not to write or type 2019 when you put the date on something. Hell, try not to write the date at all. We've got computer programs like Word that automatically put the date on anything you are typing. Use them.

You know that saying a lot of fitness clubs like to use, "A New Year, a New You!" Well screw them. Maybe there is nothing wrong with the old you. Maybe we all like you the way you are. Maybe you shouldn't spend a lot of time stressing yourself out trying to be a new you. It's okay to be the old you.

If you failed to resolve last years "New Years Resolution", allow me to remind you that I am successful at resolving my resolutions every year because every year I resolve is to never make any resolutions. You should try it.

During 2019, I discovered that if you feed your dog grain-free dog food, he won't fart as much. It kinda pisses me off that we spent the past eleven freakin' years living with a dog that had nuclear farts and all we had to do to fix that was stop giving him food with grain in it.

That's all I have for New Years thoughts right now. I assume that at some point in the coming year, I'll have more thoughts for you but they won't be New Years thoughts.

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There was some good hockey news yesterday: both the Capitals and the Blues lost.

This means that since the Bruins tied the Devils in regulation, they picked up one point in the standings. They are now tied for second with the Devils and are only one point behind the Capitals.

They still need to go on a winning streak if they want to capture first place. The season is at the halfway point and there is still a lot of hockey left to be played but staying on top is easier than climbing up there.

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Take these links and click them:

• They will be divorced within 5 years.



• Key phrase in this story: "It was not immediately known whose crane it was, and cops were unsure what the tag 'Bird God' referred to."



• Those darned Amish Hooligans.



• I always laugh out loud when I read the part of the label that defines what a "single serving" is.