close, but not close enough...

 so, before i get to another Dayton Flyers heartbreaking loss, i took mom to her doctor's appointment today. they took out one stitch from her eye surgery. everything is going exactly how the doctor hoped, so all are happy. the drive home was a bit crazy as it was raining. i had to go to the local grocery store again. mom forgot to put a few things on the list yesterday. thankfully, i was able to find everything and get in and out pretty quickly. eventually, this rain is supposed to change over to snow. joy.

the Dayton Flyers lost last night to #5 Iowa State, 89-84. they play #2 UCONN tonight at midnight. if they lose that game, they would have gone 0-3 in Maui. 

NXT was excellent last night.

The Voice was good last night. next week starts the live shows.

St. Denis Medical was very funny last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be AEW Dynamite and Inside the NFL.

the New York Rangers play at Carolina tonight. i really hope they find a way to win tonight.

i will probably watch the Dayton game at midnight, although i know i need some fucking sleep.

i'm going to try to be on here tomorrow before all the NFL games get started.

i will definitely be on here before Manchester United plays in the Europa League tomorrow.

if you are traveling for Thanksgiving, please be safe and have some patience.

i need to get started on dinner, so that's all for me today kids...

until tomorrow...

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.

Cercano, pero no lo suficientemente cerca

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:

Isak Thomas and The Stoop Boys - Miss Strut

The Devil Makes Three - Spirits

T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On)

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain

Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix

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why i love pro wrestling...

 night 2 of WrestleMania 40 was awesome. when the cash in happened in the first match, i told mom it was going to be a crazy night. i absolutely love they started the main event before 10 PM. and that main event had everything. as i explained to my mother, Cody and Seth had to lose on Saturday for Cody to have a chance to win on Sunday. to see the Undertaker come back to confront The Rock was a big shock to me. but most of all, i was so damn happy that Cody won and finished the story. now, it will be very interesting to see where WWE goes from here. i have to believe this was the biggest WrestleMania of all time. 

here are your 3 videos for this day of national poetry month:

the Yankees won yesterday at home against Toronto, 8-3. they start a series tonight at home against the Marlins.

the New York Rangers won last night at home against Montreal, 5-2. they tied their season record for wins last night.

the series finale of The Regime was crazy.

the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm was hilarious.

A Gentleman in Moscow was very good last night.

Last Week Tonight was BRILLIANT as usual.

here are your highlights from the NBA yesterday:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be The Voice and Monday Night Raw.

i'm mostly done with my laundry. i'm hoping my clothes will dry before all the shit begins tonight.

the national championship game between UConn and Perdue is tonight.

i was stunned to see the news last night about Kentucky's coach leaving to go coach Arkansas.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

i should be on here tomorrow after i get back from taking mom to get her injection in her back.

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.

por qué amo la lucha libre profesional

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:

Bob Seger - Sunspot Baby

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

Black Pumas - Black Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See the Light

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse

"Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier." 

                                                           - Barbara Kingsolver

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

two out of three ain't bad...

 i can't remember the last time we had a real snowfall before Thanksgiving. i checked my phone this morning and saw that the snow was getting ready to start. so, i got my ass out there and got the paper before it started snowing too bad. add in a good breeze and the shit is coming sideways. welcome to winter.

so, do i start with the good or the bad today. fuck it, let me change it up and start with the good.

i did get to see the first quarter or so of the Ohio State game yesterday. when i left, Ohio State was up 28-7. they ended up winning the game over Perdue, 59-31. hopefully, that is how they will play for the rest of the season.

the New York Rangers won in Columbus last night, defeating the Blue Jackets, 5-3. they are home tonight, playing against the Devils.

and now comes the negative. the Dayton Flyers, an 18 point favorite in the game, lost to UMass Lowell, 59-58, last night. Dayton played way too slow, had way too many turnovers and couldn't get off a good shot when it mattered. either the team doesn't know the offense yet, or worse, the opponents know the offense better than Dayton does. Coach Grant begged for the fans to stick with the team and stressed how young they are, etc. but, when there is no consistent effort and the coach refuses to switch up lineups or defenses or the plays, my fears are getting closer to reality. this "team" hasn't found a way to play better than their opponents yet. and when you lose a game like that, you can kiss any post season basketball away unless that is going to be your only bad loss of the season. and trust me, it won't be.

Saturday Night Live was pretty good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Axios, Vice, BMF, Hightown, Succession, Insecure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Week Tonight, Dexter: New Blood, Yellowjackets and Desus & Mero.

the New Orleans Saints play this afternoon at the Titans. i'm not expecting the Saints will win. i'm hoping i will be surprised.

i think we're getting more snow than the experts thought we were going to get. good times.

i should be on here tomorrow after i take mom to her doctor's appointment. thankfully, it is in the afternoon.

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

until tomorrow 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.

nadie odia perder más que yo

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:

Meat Loaf - Two out of Three Ain't Bad

The Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet

Red Wanting Blue - Hitchhiker's Lullaby(Peppermint Sessions)

Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser

The Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." 

                                                                                                           - P.J. O'Rourke

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

the joy of back pain...

 remember how i was going to have the blog done before my sister got down here, etc. etc... well, the joy of a bad back is when that happens, your day just turns to shit. 

now, i did manage to get the poems out this morning. i sent out 11 poems; 3 each to Terror House Magazine and The Beatnik Cowboy; 5 poems to Synchronized Chaos (already accepted for publication). when i hear back from the other places, i will pass along the verdicts.

so, the Yankees got swept last night, losing yet again to the Toronto, 6-4. the Yankees now are clinging to a playoff spot by 1/2 game. they are on fucking life support. they start a series tonight at the Mets, and given what tomorrow is, it should an emotional roller coaster.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

Big Brother went as i expected it to last night. Claire got evicted and then Alyssa went in the second eviction. so, The Cookout is the final 6, all of whom are black. i don't mind that at all, but i can't remember Big Brother ever having 6 minorities on the show ever to begin with, so what they did was never possible before. now, it will be fun to watch them have to destroy each other.

Holey Moley was great last night.

When Nature Calls was hilarious last night.

What We Do in the Shadows was crazy last night.

Dark Side of the Ring was the sneak peek of the new episodes starting next week.

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 205 Live sometime tonight on Peacock.

so, not only is tomorrow the 20th anniversary of 9/11 it is also a crazy fucking sports day for me. Manchester United will play in the morning and that will mark the glorious (hopefully) return to the club of CR7. after that game, the Ohio State vs. Oregon game will be on. so, i am really going to try to get the blog done before all of that starts tomorrow. if not, it will come after it is all done.

my sister brought me some hockey cards she found. she paid $5 for them. i paid her the $5 and there was about $20 worth of cards in the packs. that made me pretty happy.

so, mom wanted me to go out with her to check on the tomatoes this afternoon. of course, i look away to pick some of the cherry tomatoes and she falls down somehow into the grass. this shit frustrates the living shit out of me. i try to explain to her, she can't do more than one thing at a time. and i mean it that exact way. if you are going to think, then do that first. then walk. you can't do both at the same time. i'm just happy she didn't fall on the concrete porch as i'm sure she would have broken something. my sister came out when she heard me say god dammit as loud as i could. good times.

i am going to make some burgers for dinner tonight. i have no clue if my sister will be eating dinner with us or her friends. 

i hope everyone has a great weekend. 

until tomorrow 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 shot.

y te preguntas porque quiero morir pronto

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:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves

Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels

Ted Hawkins - Long As I Can See The Light

Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (Live)

Green Day - Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)

"The road to success is always under construction." - Arnold Palmer

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

hello darkness, my old friend...

the problem with living and dying with your favorite sports teams has always been the dying part. and last night gave me a feeling i haven't had in 16 years. watching the US Men's National team somehow find a way to lose to Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 while Panama and Honduras won was fucking surreal. that all means the United States will not be in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. this is exactly what i feared when they lost the first two games of qualifying. and now the unthinkable has happened. it's the first time the USA won't be in the World Cup since 1986. i'm truly hoping that US Soccer does the right thing and burn the fucker to the ground and build it back up the correct way. and it's such a fucking shame that one of the best young players on the planet, Christian Pulisic, won't be able to show the rest of the world what he's capable of. i was hoping to wake up this morning to the news of resignations from the head coach and president and just about everyone else in US Soccer. of course, that didn't happen. i'm not sure what is going to have to happen for them to recognize their own fucking arrogance.

the New York Rangers lost last night to St. Louis 3-1. they ran into another hot goalie, which they can't help. they can help having the right players playing, but AV refuses to allow that to happen. when there are 5 guys playing that should be in the minors, you're not going to win games against good teams. plain and fucking simple.

last night was the end of the blind auditions on The Voice. now the good shit starts.

The Jim Jefferies Show was fucking great last night.

Smackdown was pretty good last night. i absolutely love Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens being together again. endless fucking possibilities of where that could go.

205 Live was pretty good last night as well. i'm hoping that the reports of Neville walking out of the company aren't true. if they are though, i can't blame him. being asked to lose to Enzo more than once would be a little too much to ask for for any wrestler/performer with any fucking pride.

American Horror Story was excellent last night. they started the show off with a disclaimer and said they edited some of the gun violence for what happened in Las Vegas. so, when they showed a woman blowing her brains out later in the show, i laughed. i guess not all gun violence needs to be censored.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Lucha Underground, the season finale of Mr. Mercedes, You're the Worst and Total Bellas. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.

i did listen to the latest Jim Norton & Sam Roberts podcast this morning. you can find that by going here: https://soundcloud.com/jimandsamshow/js-podcast-lawrence-odonnell

the New York Yankees play Game 5 tonight in Cleveland. since they have won the last 2 games with me not watching, i won't be watching tonight either. as i told my mother, if me not watching helps them win a championship, so be it.

i'm doing this a little early today as i need to go to the grocery store. well, actually stores, since one of them has a better price on mom's vice of choice, Diet Coke.

i have no clue when i'll be on here tomorrow. i'm in one of those moods where i can't guarantee i won't end up being arrested at some point today.

la vida es una mierda y luego te mueres

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:

Social Distortion - Bad Luck
Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser
The Doors - The End

"I try to leave out the parts readers skip." - Elmore Leonard

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

imagine a beautiful woman looking away in disgust...

i saw two absolutely stunning women in the grocery store today. both looked at me and turned away in disgust. suddenly, i remember exactly what high school felt like. good times.

mom had both physical and occupational therapists out here today. she did really good. so, in a week, it will be onto outpatient physical therapy. i guess i'll be writing more poems in waiting rooms again.

the New York Yankees finally won last night, 8-4. thank fucking god. hopefully they win again tonight.

NXT was really good last night.

Lucha Underground was great once again last night.

Lip Sync Battle was pretty fucking funny last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight.

i will spend most of the night watching the NBA draft.

i wasn't really surprised with the selections for the NHL expansion draft last night. i think Las Vegas will have a pretty good team. it's obvious they want to build from the draft.

i did listen to the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast this morning. i loved the interview with Alexa Bliss. you can find the podcast by going here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-roberts-wrestling-podcast/id934576040?mt=2

i guess we're going to get a ton of rain over the next few days. fucking great.

if i can tell rain coming from a couple hundred miles away because of my arthritis at age 41, what the fuck is it going to be like when i'm in my 50's or god forbid, my 60's?

i did see a little of the 1-1 draw between Cameroon and Australia today. i watched the first half of Germany and Chile before i went to the grocery store. i saw the game ended with the same score as when i left, 1-1. the Confederations Cup group play will end this weekend. i don't think any team has qualified for the semifinals yet, so it should be interesting.

that's all for me today kids. i need to go make dinner and ponder if heroin will take away my arthritis.

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:

Bush - Alien
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Soul Asylum - Summer of Drugs
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
Bob Seger - Sunspot Baby

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's." - Billy Wilder

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