Super Bowl Sunday...

 well, the day is finally here. Super Bowl Sunday. it honestly should be a really good game. the Chiefs going for 3 in a row. the Eagles, in my opinion, have the best roster in the NFL. but, you don't make money betting against Patrick Mahomes. so, i think the Chiefs will win a close game. i hope, mostly because of my bets, that it will be a high scoring game. 

the New York Rangers won last night in Columbus, 4-3. 

here are your links for this day of Black History Month:

https://blackfacts.com/fact/death-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-33-dayton-ohio

https://blackfacts.com/fact/invisible-man-wins-award

AEW Collision was pretty good last night.

Austin City Limits was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Dexter: Original Sin.

i'm pretty sure i'll end up watching most of the Puppy Bowl today.

i just watched Liverpool get knocked out of the FA Cup by Plymouth. they are in last place of the division below the Premier League. that is the beauty of the FA Cup.

i'm sure i'll watch some other sports today before the Super Bowl.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. 

i hope your Sunday will be even better.

best of luck to all the gamblers today.

i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow.

until then kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

domingo del super bowl

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

The Barr Brothers - You Would Have to Lose Your Mind

New Edition - Can You Stand the Rain

Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels?

Fugees - Killing Me Softly

Luniz - I Got 5 On It

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

felt like spring today...

 it was in the 60's today. felt kind of weird being out in February without a coat on. i did go to Menards this afternoon. i found most of what i was looking for. i had enough rebates, etc. that the final bill was a little over $15. mom nearly shit herself when she saw that when i got back home. normally, i would spend close to $100 there.

here are your videos for this day of Black History Month:

i did watch the WWE press conference last night to kick off the road to WrestleMania, etc. it was very good.

NJPW was good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Smackdown, AEW Rampage and Real Time with Bill Maher. i'll watch NXT Level Up sometime tonight on Peacock.

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at VCU. the game will be on ESPN2 i believe.

the New York Rangers play tonight at Chicago.

i'm not sure when i will be on here tomorrow. i know i need to go to Lowe's sometime tomorrow to find what i couldn't find at Menards.

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

i might be back on here later tonight if i happen to get my ass in gear and send some more poems out.

i did happen to write 3 more last night.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

Me sentí como primavera hoy

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Prince & The Revolution - Darling Nikki

Hiatus Kaiyote - Everything's Beautiful

Matt the Electrician - Human Echo

Nation of Language - Spare Me the Decision

Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

trades and more trades...

 today was the trade deadline in the NBA. the craziness started late last night when Kevin Durant got traded to Phoenix. that was a stunner. plenty of moves before the deadline this afternoon, but nothing as big as that. in all of that, the New York Rangers decided they weren't going to wait for the NHL trade deadline in March and made a trade with St. Louis. the Rangers traded Sammy Blais, prospect Hunter Skinner, a conditional 2023 1st round pick and a conditional 2024 4th round pick to the Blues for Vladimir Tarasenko and defenseman Niko Mikkola. the Blues are retaining half of Tarasenko's salary on top of it. HOLY SHIT, i love this move for the Rangers. i knew Tarasenko had waived his no trade clause for the 3 teams in New York/New Jersey area, so i was hoping the Rangers would get him. the fact they gave up really nothing to get him is even fucking better. i can't wait to see how Tarasenko fits in on the top line and since he will be a free agent next season, he will be playing for a contract. usually that means big things are in store. oh boy.

before i get to what the Rangers did last night...

here are your links for this day of Black History Month:

https://blackfacts.com/fact/death-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-33-dayton-ohio

https://blackfacts.com/fact/1944-novelist-alice-walker-was-born-in-eatonton-georgia

https://blackfacts.com/fact/invisible-man-wins-award

the New York Rangers won last night at home over Vancouver, 4-3.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

AEW Dynamite was good last night.

Name That Tune was pretty funny last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Young Sheldon and NJPW.

the wind here today has been fucking ridiculous. 

i did have a few bets that hit last night. i won more than i lost, which is always the goal. hopefully, that happens again tonight.

i need to go to Menards tomorrow, plus Rite Aid and Kroger for pills, so i should be on here in the afternoon sometime.

the Amazon order mom made finally got here. i wanted to make sure i was able to bring the shit in before the wind took it somewhere.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

el viento ha estado loco hoy

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Mary Elizabeth Remington - Wooden Roads

Linda Martell - Color Him Father

Linda Ronstadt - Los Laureles

Nagavalli - Guru

Tracy Chapman - Bang Bang Bang

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

what a crazy day...

 so, it got into the 40's today. everything started to melt a little. plus, it was trash day and i had to go to 4 different stores to get everything on the grocery list. and the only fucking thing i couldn't find was chicken patties. oh well. i did get some baseball cards today at Meijer. 35 cards for around $6. there was about $10 worth of cards in it. i also got a new binder to replace one of my old ones. the grocery stores were a bit nuts today. i swear, you would think the Bengals are in the Super Bowl or something. never seen so many people wearing Bengals gear in my life.

Manchester United drew 1-1 yesterday against Burnley. it never fucking fails. they play down to their competition every fucking chance they get.

NXT was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, AEW Dynamite, I Can See Your Voice and Celebrity Big Brother. 

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at home against Duquesne. Dayton is a 13.5 point favorite tonight. i'll be watching on ESPN+.

i really need to go ice my back down. i know i must have walked a few miles today in the stores. 

i should be on here tomorrow in the afternoon, probably sometime after the NBA trade deadline.

until then kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay socially distant.

get the fucking shot.

nunca confíes en un gran trasero y una sonrisa

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Betty Davis - Anti Love Song

Say She She - Forget Me Not

The Coasters - Down in Mexico

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

ODESZA w/Bettye LaVette - The Last Goodbye

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

waking up to death...

 so, i woke up this morning to the news of the death of Mary Wilson. i grew up with plenty of Motown songs being played around me, so i was immediately flooded in my mind with songs from The Supremes. rest in peace to one amazing voice.

and now comes the news of Marty Schottenheimer's death yesterday as well.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30866875/nfl-coaching-legend-marty-schottenheimer-dies-77

the New York Rangers lost last night to the Islanders, 2-0. for some reason, they can't score on Varlamov this season. oh well.

Monday Night Raw was pretty good last night.

The Investigation was really good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight and Black Art: In the Absence of Light.

the Dayton Flyers play at home this evening against VCU. they were supposed to be at UMass today, but COVID put an end to that. hopefully Dayton plays better than they did at VCU.

Manchester United plays West Ham today at home in the FA Cup. i really hope United advances today.

i should be on here tomorrow after i get the grocery shopping done. of course, that all depends on the weather. we got a couple inches of snow overnight. go 15 miles south of here, they got almost a foot of  snow. good times.

here are your links for this day of Black History Month:

https://blackfacts.com/fact/death-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-33-dayton-ohio

https://blackfacts.com/fact/invisible-man-wins-award

https://blackfacts.com/fact/walker-alice-m-1944

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

wear your mask.

descanse en paz Mary Wilson

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

The Supremes - Come See About Me

The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

The Supremes - Back In My Arms Again

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On

"Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

something like a Japanese game show but everyone was speaking Spanish...

i think if anyone has read this blog for any length of time, you know of my problems sleeping. last night was truly fucking bizarre. i was having this vivid dream that made no fucking sense. think of something like This Is Your Life meets Double Dare. around 5 in the morning, i opened my eyes and asked myself, what the fuck are you doing? i don't believe it was an acid flashback but it was certainly as close as i have experienced in the last 20 years. i eventually had to go get an ice pack and get in my massage chair so i could actually get something resembling sleep. good times.

the Dayton Flyers defeated Saint Louis yesterday, 71-65. the Flyers are now 21-2. they have a huge game at home on Tuesday against Rhode Island. if Dayton can win that, they would lead the entire A10 by two games.

i did watch a ton of college basketball yesterday.

i also watched a good amount of the XFL yesterday. it was better than i was expecting to be honest.

ROH was pretty good last night.

Saturday Night Live was pretty funny last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be the series finale of Power, My Cartoon President, Homeland, two episodes of Kidding, The Outsider, Avenue 5 and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

i doubt i watch much of the Academy Awards tonight, mostly because i didn't really see any movies this past year.

the New York Rangers play at home tonight against the Kings. i might watch some of that. hopefully, they will start off much better than they did in their last game.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. hopefully, your Sunday will be even better.

i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow. your guess is as good as mine.

until then...

mantén tus pies en las nubes y tu cabeza en el suelo

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Live)
Otis Redding - For Your Precious Love
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
                                                                                        - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

https://blackfacts.com/fact/paul-laurence-dunbar-1
https://blackfacts.com/fact/invisible-man-wins-award
https://blackfacts.com/fact/juanita-jewel-shanks-craft-1902-1985-and-the-long-civil-rights-movement-in-texas--birthday

i need more sleep...

i was hoping to have this done way before now, but life gets in the fucking way sometimes. i was up until 4:30 this morning. i had to go back to the grocery store earlier today to get fucking pills i called in on Monday. and then i had to go to the local drug store to get the shit the grocery store didn't have. joy.

the New York Rangers lost last night to Carolina, 3-0. hopefully, #LoseForHughes is back on. the ceremony before the game was great.

NJPW was good last night.

WOW could have been so much better last night.

Celebrity Big Brother was crazy last night. it was double eviction night and of course, both of my favorites got evicted.

2 Dope Queens was excellent last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was hilarious last night.

Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me was excellent last night. i highly recommend it to anyone who loves music.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live, ROH and Won't You Be My Neighbor?

the Dayton Flyers are playing right now at Rhode Island. hopefully Dayton wins today, but i'm not holding my breath.

i did not watch any of the Manchester United game today. i woke up and saw they were winning at halftime. i decided to go right back to bed. they did win today over Fulham, 3-0. i can't wait to see what they do against PSG in a couple of days in the Champions League.

here are your links for this day of Black History Month:
https://blackfacts.com/fact/death-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-33-dayton-ohio
https://blackfacts.com/fact/alice-walker
https://blackfacts.com/fact/paul-laurence-dunbar-1
https://blackfacts.com/fact/invisible-man-wins-award

i will probably be on here early tomorrow (hopefully).

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Teddy Pendergrass - Turn off the Lights
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

never fall asleep with Macy Gray's voice in your head

i was trying to get some writing done last night and i ended up spending 3 hours on one damn phrase that i seemingly couldn't build off of. a little sleep and sure enough, i wrote 5 damn poems this morning. i typed them up and think they are pretty good. those poems put me back on the pace i want for the month.

for some reason i got Macy Gray's version of "Creep" stuck in my damn head last night.

the grocery store was a fucking zoo today. between the elderly, the pissed off housewives and young males looking fucking lost, i think i was in the damn place for almost 2 hours. thank god i bought some liquor today.

Lip Sync Battle was pretty fucking funny last night.

Celebrity Big Brother was pretty good last night. i believe James will get evicted tonight. i think the show is live tonight, so that could get interesting.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, NJPW, Real Time with Bill Maher, Celebrity Big Brother, High Maintenance and 2 Dope Queens.

the New York Rangers play tonight at home against Calgary. the Rangers will have 2 kids playing on defense tonight, so i'm interested to see how they do. the coach said they are going to try to win every game that's left this season. and he said it with a straight face.

i will probably be on here sometime in the afternoon tomorrow. i believe we're supposed to have some weather rolling in over the weekend. maybe some snow. maybe some ice. regardless, i know my arthritis will be fucking with me.

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

bebe hasta que puedas sonreir con facilidad

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Macy Gray - Creep
Tracy Chapman - Stand By Me (Live)
Willis Earl Beal - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker

and your what the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

light at the end of the tunnel

well, i think (or hope) the worse part of my coughing is over with. i think i hit bottom last night with a coughing fit that had me sweating like i was in a Turkish prison. today has been much better. i felt good enough to actually do my laundry and go out of the house. hopefully i'll feel even better by this time tomorrow.

NXT was pretty good last night. i'm sort of interested to see where it goes now with Bobby Roode as champion.

i did listen to the latest Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast today. you can find that by going here:
http://notsam.com/wrestlingpodcast/2017/2/9/wrestling-podcast-120-curt-hawkins

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, The Big Bang Theory, Life in Pieces, Baskets, Fuck, That's Delicious and Lip Sync Battle.

the New York Rangers play tonight at home against Nashville. hopefully they can keep the winning going.

i talked to a close friend for the first time in months today. she's going through some rough shit right now. hopefully she takes my advice and gets the fuck out and never looks back. it really enrages me when a woman sticks by a man that treats her like shit. mental and physical abuse is not love. and it never will be love.

i just finished folding my last load of clothes, so now it's time for a nap.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day (Remix)
The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

old bones and snow, not a good mix

we got a few inches of snow overnight. i didn't think it was much until i saw that schools were closing. it has snowed on and off all day long. that is supposed to continue into tonight. i told mom with how she was feeling and how i was feeling, there's no point trying to go out today. the last thing i need is either of us falling and breaking something.

so that means i will be watching the Dayton Flyers on the television tonight. they play against Duquesne. Dayton is up to 19 in the AP poll. that is the highest Dayton has been in February since the 60's. hopefully they take care of business once again tonight.

the New York Rangers were without two of their best players last night. thankfully, they decided to not feel sorry for themselves. they were dominant for most of the 60 minutes last night against New Jersey, although the last few minutes were a little more scary than they should have been. goals from Klein and Miller and some huge saves from The King, the Rangers won 2-1.

The X-Files were pretty interesting last night. i'm interested to see where the show goes in the last few episodes.

Monday Night Raw was really good last night. they saved the Daniel Bryan retirement to the end. that was probably for the best. i loved that Dean Ambrose showed just how crazy he is by going after Brock Lesnar. plus, anytime Ziggler and Owens wrestles anymore, it's a classic. the Daniel Bryan ceremony was excellent. i teared up a few times as he was easily one of my favorite wrestlers of this generation. he will be missed, that's for sure.

enjoy some music kids:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be The Muppets and Total Divas.

i guess i should actually got out and get the paper and mail now. hopefully the driveway isn't icy.

sometime tonight i'm going to go through some poems and see where my next round of submissions are going to go to. i've got a couple of places in mind, including a few new ones.

that's all for me kids. i was busy on iTunes this morning, so you may see some songs that you wouldn't think i would listen to.

i hope this finds everyone warm and enjoying something. i'll let your imagination decide what you think i think that something is.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Amber Mark - S P A C E
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis w/Jamila Woods - White Privilege II
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You
Evanescence - My Immortal
Martika - Toy Soldiers

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

bleary eyes and a splitting headache... welcome to Monday

i got a headache last night that nearly dropped me to my knees. it had to have been when the cold front was moving through. between that and trying to force myself to stay awake, just another weekend of a borderline sociopath.

i did watch the Grammy Awards last night. i thought some of the performances were good. but, the show overall was just ok. i know i am in the minority, but i can't stand Sam Smith's voice. to me it sounds like two cats fighting over a dead mouse. i was happy for Beck. i loved how he was shocked that he won. i felt old watching AC/DC start off the show. amazingly though, i knew everyone that performed. more useless information stuck in my fucking head.

shockingly, i did watch a good number of the shows i wanted to watch last night. i was in and out of sleep, so a few of them i'm going to try to catch tonight. so, it looks like Monday Night Raw is going to get the YouTube treatment tonight. i only got to see the last few minutes of Shameless last night so i HAVE TO watch the rest of it tonight. that was a holy fuck ending. i also want to catch Last Week Tonight and The Jinx tonight. mix in Gotham and a little wrestling, and you have my Monday.

as for the shows i did watch last night... Girls was good. Togetherness had me laughing. i really like that cast. House of Lies was good. Episodes was good. Total Divas was yet another fascinating hour of bullshit. i think i finally got some decent sleep around 5:30 this morning. of course, i was up and checking email 2 hours later.

team USA beat Panama 2-0 in a chippy soccer friendly yesterday. it was a good win as the boys have been spitting the bit in the second half for the last six months it seems. finally, a clean sheet and a good solid effort. here are the goals from yesterday:

the New York Rangers lost yesterday 3-2 in OT. i was happy that they got a point out of the game since quite honestly, they didn't deserve shit out of the game. they were asleep for the first 40 minutes. i am fearing what this team is going to look like when The King gets back from his injury.

i saw 18 cats when i fed them this afternoon. i guess they were a little hungry.

when i saw this last night, i smiled. easily, one of the best shows EVER:

mom just had a realtor over about the farm. he thinks we can get a decent price for it and have it sold by mid April. all i could think is from your lips to God's ears. if we can get anything over $5,000 an acre out here i will be beyond thrilled. that means i might actually have a decent vehicle to drive come the summer. the truck stalled out on me again today while getting the trash cans from down at the end of the lane. good times.

that's all for me today. i hope everyone had a great weekend. hopefully the weather is decent where you are. thanks again for allowing me to waste a few minutes of your precious time.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Over the Rhine - Ohio
Exitmusic - The Cold
Barbarian Overlords - The Harvester
Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." - Alice Walker

a weekend ruined

after a few deep breaths, i look back and suppose this is the price we Manchester United fans are having to pay for all the years of glory. today's game ran the entire chart of emotions. happy to see old faces, utterly disappointed to be losing to a team at the bottle of the table, to the utter disgust that the lead was over a hour long, to jubilation when RVP scored, to pure elation when Carrick scores seconds later, to the bottom of hell when Fulham gets a goal in "Fergie" time. 2-2 against that team is beyond unacceptable. i shutter to think what Wednesday is going to look like at Arsenal. if i had a white flag, i'd be waving. i can't see any chance of ending up in 4th place now. the only way United plays in the Champions League next year is by winning it this year. and honestly, the only manager capable of pulling that off this year is sitting in the stands.

the pain will be a bit sharper the rest of the day, i can guarantee that.

i didn't sleep well at all last night. we had a cold front moving through and it was killing my body all night long. i tried to stay up to watch ROH but fell asleep in the middle of it. thankfully, wrestling fans post results to everything on the internet, so at least i know what i missed.

the Dayton Flyers surprised me yesterday with an unlikely win at St. Bonaventure, 72-69. especially when they were trailing by 5 with 4 minutes left or so. that's when i looked over at my mom and said they've got 'em right where they want 'em. when Dayton won, i kept telling her over and over, i told you, i told you... that was a nice victory beer.

not sure how i'm going to manage my Sunday viewing schedule tonight. i want to watch that Beatles special but that means all my regular Sunday shows are going to be shuffled back into the middle of the night. not that i won't be up or anything, i'm simply trying to plan which shows am i going to fall asleep in the middle of. hopefully, if we do end up moving, we get that DIRECTV whole home DVR. that would solve these god damn dilemmas. that being said, there's no fucking way i'm falling asleep during True Detective. i LOVE that show.

i suppose i should go eat lunch as i have pills to take. this is the downside of being a sports fanatic. the lows can get really fucking low, especially when you have a neck and left arm that is killing you slowly. i swear my left thumb is permanently numb. haven't had any damn feeling in it for 2 fucking weeks now. i imagine that will be a poem somewhere down the line.

and speaking of poems, i didn't do the 15 poems like i should have done last night. instead, as the pain was torturing me, i did a little shopping at amazon.com. i decided i was going to buy music from artists i have never bought before. i'm looking forward to hopefully finding some new bands to obsess over. i feel sorry for the fucker that has to fill the order though. i think i hit nearly every genre there is. and thanks to Christmas and my birthday, it didn't cost me a thing.

see all the good shit you have ruined this weekend in my life David Moyes.

i fed the cats this morning in the snow. that wasn't fun. the cats weren't exactly thrilled to see the snow either. i believe we have crossed the 40 inches of snow this winter. we still have a fucking month of this shit to go. hopefully it all melts slowly into the ground and the crops are wonderful this summer because of it. that's really the only good i can make out of this miserable fucking winter.

that's it. i need to eat. enough of my rambling for today. i hope everyone is well. you are surely better off than me.

peace and chicken grease.

music:

Son House - The Original Delta Blues
Howlin' Wolf - The Definitive Collection

"I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have." - Alice Walker

like a punch to the gut

been back home for a few hours now. thought i would compose my thoughts before i would blog about the game i went to today and rant like a motherfucker.

shitty officiating, but that was for both teams. Dayton missed way too many fucking free throws for as many as they took. neither team quite frankly deserved to win the game. but, when you are up by 10 with 5 minutes to go you should never, ever, ever fucking lose at home by 1. especially when the officials give you every chance to win the game and your 5th year senior can't make at least 1 of the 2 biggest free throws of his life. these are the games i hate as i will spend the next few hours thinking and replaying the damn thing in my mind.

after the game, went to my favorite sports bar and had a few drinks and some bad for you food to just unwind. a bit at least. i did get some enjoyment when i saw that Manchester City lost today. now, if Manchester United can win tomorrow the lead will be 12 points and i will absolutely think everyone else in the Premier League is playing for second place.

mother nature is putting a huge wrinkle in my fantasy sports. thankfully i don't have too many guys on the teams that have had their games postponed. hopefully the New York Rangers game will go on tomorrow night as planned. the team they are playing, Tampa Bay, is coming from Boston. i bet that will be a fun trip.

a busy Sunday as i will somehow squeeze in Manchester United, the New York Rangers, The Grammys, Girls, Shameless, House of Lies and Californication while trying to get some sleep as well.

as for tonight, i might as well just write as i don't have much interest in watching that ass clown host Saturday Night Live. might have to flip between Austin City Limits and ROH until i just give up and fall asleep.

so much for a day at 12:45 PM i thought was going to be nice, sunny, fuck, even serene. welcome back to reality asshole.

music today:

Howlin' Wolf - The Definitive Collection
Various Artists - Millennium Funk Party

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." - Alice Walker

a matter of free speech

was having a pretty good day. another cool morning, so i opened up the house to air it out. rare when i can do that in August. watched a few teams i hate (Liverpool, Arsenal) struggle in their openers over in England, which brought an even wider smile to my face. and then came a little email from Russell over at The Camel Saloon.

the email was about G. Tod Slone, publisher of The American Dissident, and his bizarre bullshit situation going on with the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, MA. for the complete story, i urge you to go here http://thecamelsaloon.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-library-defender-of-freedom-of.html and if you so desire, you can email the library here sturgislibrary@comcast.net.

i know i try not to get political on this blog but free speech is one of those topics as a poet that gets my blood boiling. between this and the whole Pussy Riot fiasco, hopefully everyone wakes the fuck up already. enough is enough.

i now step off the soapbox and return this blog to regularly scheduled programming...

thanks to MLB and their asshole blackout rules, looks like i will be following the Yankee game today online. hopefully another win after the home run derby display of last night. the foot is on the throat of the Red Sox, now apply pressure.

music today:

The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker