Busy sports day for me

The Judges got their ass handed to them this afternoon, losing 13-7.

The Rangers / Bruins game from last got replayed this afternoon so I watched the last two periods of that. The Bruins won 4-1.

Now it's time for the Patriots to hopefully make the big brained prediction people look like the fools when they are and beat the Bills. Personally, I don't know if the defense can stop Allen from scoring but we'll see what happens.

All that means I didn't spend a lot of time looking for stuff to chat about.

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Here are a couple of links:

• Apparently I'm not the only that thinks gambling is bad for everyone.



• The more a government tries to stop people from smoking, the smarter smokers get.

Go Brewers!

The Brewers beat the Cubs 9-3 this afternoon.

The Blue Jays are up 6-1 over the Judges after 7 innings.

This has been your baseball update.

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Between the gaudy gold-painted ballroom, the gold paint all over everything in the Oval Office and these little baubles, it's safe to say that this is the tackiest presidency in the history of the United States.

I wonder if you can refuse to accept these as change since they are a "commemorative coin"?

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The Bruins played their final preseason game this afternoon, beating the Rnagers 4-1.

Now they finalize their roster and get ready to kick off the season this Wednesday.

Here are some links:

• Remember Rexall Drug Stores? RiteAid has joined them.



• Why do I have a feeling they are going to execute them and "release" their bodies.



• Fashion: I don't get it.
  Fashion and AI: I definitely don't get it.



• Cops: We don't pay them enough.

The Red Sox are on vacation

The Red Sox lost to the Judges last night, ending their season sooner than I would have liked.

My youngest is now rooting for the Cubs and I am rooting for the Brewers. He's rooting for the cubs because I guess he kinda likes them and I am rooting for the Brewers becuase they need to win the World Series for Bob Uecker.

And now, my friends, in addition to football season, it is also hockey season. The Bruins start their regular season schedule on October 8th when they go to Washington DC to take on the Capitals.

There is also the occasional golf tournament I should be able to watch. Also, the Winter Olympics are being held in Italy and you all know that means...

Curling!

So I guess what I'm saying is that there is plenty of sportings for me to watch until next February when pitchers and catchers report to camp down in Fort Meyers.

Oh, and I'm a happy guy because this is the last season I'll be forced to watch baseball on ESPN, the worlds worst sports network.

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I have some things to complain about:

Dear Google, I don't want to "sign in to a website using my google account". I don't sign in to websites unless it's to conduct business and then I use an account that I created with the business. Please stop popping up that annoying message.

Dear Google, please stop telling me you can find results closer to me. When I type an address into the maps search field, just show me the address.

Dear television news, please stop showing us commercials disguised as a news story. It's disengenuous of you and it kinda sucks.

Dear Governor Healy, please stop being shocked by the high cost of liquified natural gas. Your Department of Public Utilities approves the rates and Massachusetts pays the highest rate sin the country.

Dear neighbors, please stop yelling goodbye to your visitors at 1:00 in the morning. You are loud and your voice carries all through town. Just wave and send them on their way.

That is all for now. Trust me, there are many more things I want to complain about but I'll stop here.

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Here are some links:

• Psycho Vlad uses flattery to control The Very Stable Genius.



• I'm willing to bet that hamas ain't gonna do shit and the Israelies will continue their destruction of gaza.



• I thought that by an Act of Congress back in 1866 only dead people can appear on US currency and coins.



• It has been my experience that anything "good for the industry" is usually bad for the fans.

Dammit

Despite having numerous runners in scoring position, the Red Sox just couldn't get their act together and they ended up losing 4-3 last night.

They should have scored at least two more runs last night. One when Eaton rounded 3rd but the 3rd base coach held him up on a ball that was far enough out to allow him to score. Another when there were runners in scoring position and Rafaela was told to bunt.

Turns out he doesn't know how to bunt but he gave it a valiant try.

Well, maybe it wasn't a valiant try but it was definitely a try.

Anyways, the final game is tonight and since Giolito is out with a bad elbow, it falls to Connelly, the rookie.

It turns out the Judges will also be running a rookie out to the mound tonight.

This should be an interesting game...

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Busy day today.

First thing this morning, The Vet sent me a text asking about a message they were getting on one of thier computers. It was an indication of a failed hard drive.

I went over to the clinic and sure enough, there was a message about the drive failing. I shut the machine down and took it apart. There was a small M.2 NVMe drive that sure looked okay to me but once I ran the diagnostics, it came back with a pretty lengthy set of errors.

Since the company that supplies their software said that they would reload everything if they replaced the drive, I found an exact replacement on Amazon.

Once it comes in, I'll install it and they can have their sotware people load eveything up.

After that I mowed my lawn.

Yes, I know I just mowed it but one of the downsides to having sprinklers and a fertilizer guy is that the damned lawn grows.

A lot...

Then I set about to see if I can get this damned raspberry pi to recognize the new camera I installed in it.

I've been working on this thing for seveal days now and it's become a challenge that I refuse to give up on.

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Here are some links:

• That's a lot of meth.



• If you want to drive around while smoking your weed, move to Florida.



• I'm pretty sure this is not an emergency.



• Yet another reason I won't go on a cruise.



• Mr. Terminator is a great name for a swan.
  Swans are murderous assholes.



• Presenting the Brilliant Criminal of the Day.

Great win

Crochet pitched a great game and left the mound after 8⅔ innings with a 3-1 lead.

Chapman came in to pitch to the last batter in the 8th and then pitch the 9th. When he left the mound, the game was over and the Red Sox had beat the Judges 3-1, taking game 1 of the 3-game series.

The ESPN announcers were sad because they wanted Judge and his helpers to win.

As a matter of fact, the "ESPN sucking up to the Yankees and elevating Judge to godhood" got so bad last night that at one point, Eduardo "I got something in my throat. It might be Judge's penis" Perez said, "Judge is in scoring position whenever he has a bat in his hand."

Here's the reality:

Judge went up to bat 4 times last night, he got 2 hits, struck out once, flew out once and scored zero runs.

Bregman, a guy who is getting over either the flu or a cold, went up to bat 4 times last night, he got 2 hits, struck out once, walked once and drove in one run.

For the record, Bregman has the better line and he wasn't feeling all that great.

Tonight's game has Bello on the mound. First pitch is at 6:08.

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Speaking of baseball, it's time to revisit the giant-brain predictions from the beginning of the season.

Back on February 4^th, some outfit called "Baseball Prospectus" released the following 2025 regular season prediction:

As of October 1^st, these were the regular season standings:

I'll let you decide if the so-called experts were anywhere close to being accurate...

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Golf was played today and it was a bit chilly this morning.

In keeping with our normal procedures, we decided to meet at 10:00 this morning. I gotta tell you, I'm glad I brought my long sleeve shirt along with me because not only was it in the mid 50's, there was some pretty steady winds blowing which made it seem even colder.

We've decided that the next time we play, we're going to throw tradition to the wind and tee off at noon when hopefully it will be a bit warmer.

Of course, given that this is New England, it could be in the 90's next time we play...

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Here are some links:

• Only in Florida.



• Presenting this episodes Brilliant Criminal of the Month.



• He was a pretty good writer but he seems to have been elevated to demi-god status and I'm pretty sure he was no saint.



• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya, turns out to be an asshole you have to keep working with.



• What the hell is "trauma bond"?