Not much to say

Today was one of those days.

First, I voted. That involves visiting with numerous folks that I haven't seen in a while.

Then I painted a ceiling and now I'm dealing with a back that really wants me to never paint a ceiling again.

I also spent some time with Tommy, consuming adult beverages.

Put those three things together and you get a short post.

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Did you vote?

I voted. I hope you voted.

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Enjoy these links:

• Why?



• Seems like a lot of chicken to me.



• Only in Florida.



• Flaming Basketball would be a great name for a 1970's rock band.



• Also only in Florida.

No lottery for me

So Pat tells me he had the same run I did on his powerball venture - he won $4.00 on his first ticket, bought two more and won nothing.

I decided I was going to run over and pick up two more tickets for tonights drawing but when I got to the grocery store, the girl at the counter told me the lottery system was down.

I believe that was the gambling gods way of telling me to not waste my money. And I always listen to the gambling gods.

If no one wins tonight, maybe I'll go buy a couple of tickets for Wednesday's drawing.

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I spent several hours today wiring up a switch to a wall outlet at The Vets house.

For some reason, the previous owner decided she needed two closets in her bedroom so she had one built. Unfortunately, the new closet was located on the wall where the switch-operated wall outlet was. This meant that the switch no longer worked.

I installed a wire raceway and a small extension box in the closet. I then ran the wires over to a work box I installed in the wall outside the closet.

Now she can turn the light on when she walks in the room instead of bumbling through a dark room trying to find the light on her nightstand.

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Tomorrow is election day. If you haven't already voted, you should go vote tomorrow. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the government.

Vote for whoever you want to vote for. I would never tell you who to vote for.

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The Bruins are playing the Blues at 7:00 tonight. That means there is something on television to entertain me.

While I watch that, you can check these out:

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



• What the hell is "airborne clutter"?



• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya, just wants a little privacy.



• Every dog I've ever known a field day with this if they came across it on the beach.



• When I die, do this to me.



• Only in Florida.

The Astros won

The Astros are the World Series champions after they defeated the Phillies 6-5 last night.

All I have to say about that is:

The are 100 days until pitchers and catchers report to training camp.

Hopefully the Red Sox have a winning team ready to go.

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The Patriots played like crap during the first quarter this afternoon but the Colts played worse.

During the second quarter, the Patriots came to life and managed to make it to field goal range twice, giving them a six point lead. After their second field goal, they forced a "three and out" against the Colts but this time the Patriots blocked the punt and recovered it on their own three yard line.

That was when the first touchdown of the game was scored. With the point after being good, the Patriots had a rather decent 13-0 lead going into the half.

As for the second half, the Patriots played some decent football and beat up on the Colts pretty good. When the final whistle blew, the score was 26-3 in favor of the Patriots.

All of which leads me to ask, "Whatever happened to the practice of a line judge firing a pistol to mark the end the quarters?"

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The Bruins lost last night.

The Maple Leafs were just too much for them and the only goal they scored came from a Marchand penalty shot. They lost the game 2-1 and that moved them out of first place in the NHL.

They are still playing some damned good hockey and there are a lot of games left in this season.

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Okay, I bought one ticket when it was $1.5 billion and I won $4.00. I parleyed that into two tickets when it was $1.6 billion and neither one of those won anything.

That means I am still only $2.00 into this.

I think that this time, I'm going to buy two more tickets. That will make my total investment in this silliness $6.00 and that is probably my limit.

Well, it's my limit until the estimated lump payout cash value exceeds $1 billion. If that happens, I'll reconsider my decision.

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Well, it's dark at 4:45 now. That means I'm probably going to fall asleep around 8:30 tonight.

I really dislike this time change thing we do.

While I whine about the time change, you can visit these links:

• Okay, I don't understand most of this crap but I do know that I would like them to stop messing with my reality.



• I guess this is as good a reason as any.



• Based on the description of the foot, my question is, "What the hell was his doctor waiting for?"
  



• Nope, I did not feel the earth move.



• Handing automatic weapons to a bunch of convicted criminals. What could possibly go wrong...

Let's try this again

This is late because the first posting I typed up earlier had some kind of error in the HTML and the platform refused to upload it.

Normally, I type all this up in native HTML because if I use text and allow the platform to encode it in HTML, it turns into a very lengthy and messy chunk of code that contains tags for things I have no idea what they mean.

For instance, here is this page as I've type it so far:

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If I change over to the text posting and let the platform encode it, this is what is looks like:

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My problem with typing it all up in HTML is if I forget to close a tag or something, the platform says, "You have a problem." but it won't tell me what the problem is.

That means I either had to troubleshoot the code or throw it away and start over.

Guess which one I picked...

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While I watch hockey and some baseball, you can visit these links:

• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya, tries to kill ya.



• Key phrase in this story: "At this time, we believe Pikachu acted alone..."



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



• Australian women: Don't mess with them.



• Only in Florida.



• No offense but if you get scammed three time by the same person, you are not too bright and probably should have a caretaker.

No hockey for me

The Bruins won last night but I didn't see it. Seems that the game was streamed on ESPN+ and since I have no intention of signing up for any more streaming services, I didn't get to see it.

If I had been able to watch it, I would have seen them score five goals to the Rangers two goals. I would have seen them retain their first place position in the NHL. I would have seen some hockey but I didn't.

No sir, I didn't get to see any of that at all.

Instead, I watched baseball.

They are off today, picking it up again tomorrow when they will be in Toronto to play the Maple Leafs. Fortunately, that game will be back on NESN.

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Speaking of baseball...

The Astros managed to win the final game in Philadelphia last night, beating the Phillies 3-2.

They are on a travel day while both teams head back to Houston for the final two scheduled games. They are back at it tomorrow at 8:00 and if the Astros win, they will win the series. If the Astros lose, they will play the final game on Sunday.

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Keeping my yard clean is a losing battle but I continue to fight the good fight.

Every day, I clean all the leaves off my backyard and every two or three days, I clean all the leaves off my side & front yard.

I clean the back yard using the leaf blower and I keep the front & side clean by using my lawn tractor.

Today, however, I climbed on my roof and blew all the leaves out of my gutters. Trust me, it was a lot of leaves. That meant I didn't use my lawn tractor to pick them up. Instead, I used the leaf blower to pile them into two piles and then I raked them onto a tarp for transport to my composting heap in the woods.

I figure I would rather move 100 pounds of leaves every few days rather than move 500 pounds of leaves once a week. And that's not an exageration. You see, I'm surrounded by tall oaks. If you've ever moved oak leaves, you know I'm not bullshitting about the weight.

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Welp, now I feel like I should buy two tickets...

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Tonight was taco night. If you don't have taco night at your house, you don't know what your are missing. You really should have taco night.

I have a couple of Gold Rushes on my DVR that I will use to entertain myself this evening.

While I do that, you should check these out:

• Great. Just freakin' great. Looks like my choices are going to be Goofy Joe or Whacko Donald.



• Looks like they're going to give it another try.



• If you want people to stop licking the toad, stop telling them that licking the toad will get them high.



• Who the hell thinks it's a good idea to piss off a bunch of wolves.



• I'm thinking they did it on purpose.