i did watch Alex Ovechkin break Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record yesterday when he scored his 895th goal. to me, the best part of the game was that the Capitals lost, 4-1.
a delightful trip into the dark mind of an evil genius or simply the musings of an asshole
Monday, April 7, 2025
history was made...
Monday, August 12, 2024
apparently, i don't sleep enough...
i had all these plans today. i was having a good morning and was getting ready to go to the post office. i got an ice pack as i wanted to ice my back before i went. and then the plan was to come home and start my laundry. well, apparently i must have got the ice on the right spot as i fell asleep and woke up 4 hours later. holy shit. i saw the time and was stunned. of course, i was sweating, so i looked to see what the temperature was in the house. 77. oh fuck. i shut all the windows and doors and turned the air on. at least my back felt better.
so yeah, i guess tomorrow will be my busy day.
the Yankees won yesterday against the Rangers, 8-7. they start a series tonight on the road at the White Sox. these are games the Yankees have to win. the White Sox fucking suck this year.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
well, at least it isn't ice...
the freezing rain we were supposed to get last night and into this morning wasn't as bad here as i was expecting. now, it hasn't helped my arthritis any, but at least i didn't have to ice skate out to the mailbox. the trip to Rite Aid last night went smoothly. i actually got some baseball and basketball cards there. the baseball cards had 2 decent cards in the box. the 2 packs of basketball cards were much, much better.
had a really good conversation with the spanish princess last night. and i heard from the muse today. i was a little worried when i didn't hear from her on my birthday.
Monday Night Raw was really good last night. might have been the best show before the Royal Rumble i can remember in years. i was a little shocked when i saw the news this morning that starting in January of 2025, Raw will be moving to Netflix. i don't use Netflix, so as i told my mother, i will only be jumping on that if all of WWE is going on there. she's probably happy that now her Monday nights won't consist of 3 hours of pro wrestling.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
while checking my emails last night...
the next to last email i had of the 370 i had to check last night before i tried to fall asleep, was an email from Ancestry.com. so, in that email, it let me know i had a new match on the site, and it just happened to be the cousin that molested me as a child. fuck me. no matter how much i feel like i have moved on, dealt with, been through and continued to live, etc. it almost seems like the universe is letting me know... no matter what, this is going to haunt you until the day you take your own life. exactly what i wanted to be on my mind right before bed. good times.
the New York Yankees got swept last night at the Angels, 7-3. that means they went 1-6 on a very winnable road trip out of the All Star break. joy. they start a series at home tomorrow night against the Royals.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
so, it has been a day...
mom made me give her a COVID test today. i did the test on her and after 10 minutes, i let her know that she was negative. i get the feeling she is depressed yet doesn't know why. and i have been dealing with depression for so long, i tell her all the things i see. of course, i don't do it in a way that she finds supporting or uplifting, so i'm not sure how much she takes what i'm saying to heart. honestly, i sometimes think she is just looking for someone to tell her what she wants to hear. i understand that. i never really search for that in my life. i'm more interested in the ones that will tell me the hard truths and give me some thoughts on how i could make something better. i have learned in 47 years to check my ego at the door at times. i know if i never learned that, i would be dead by now. especially given how this country is now.
so yeah, there is a level of frustration in the house from one side that you can feel it. and as much as i will help my mother i know, this is something that she has to take the initiative to actually want the help. i'm very much a do something about it or just accept it kind of person. mom is so entrenched in her procrastination that i'm not sure she actually knows how to deal with any mental shit without just pushing it away to deal with it later. as much as i tell her that will come back to bite her in the end, she keeps on doing it. as you can imagine, nothing but fun times here. as one photo in the house says, we put the fun in dysfunction.
part 1 of the finale of The Voice last night was excellent. i have no damn clue who is going to win. i know tonight will be Blake Shelton's last night, so i'm expecting a shit ton of nostalgia.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
so damn hot and humid...
i got woke up this morning when the truck came around to pick up our recycling. that was at 7:54 this morning. i fell asleep in my chair around 5 this morning. so yeah, i guess i almost got 3 hours of sleep. joy.
the grocery store was a bit crazy today. they only had 2 checkout lanes open that had cashiers at them. if you wanted to scan all the shit yourself, all those lanes were open. given the number of elderly customers today at Kroger, it didn't take a fucking genius to know maybe we should have a few more checkout lanes open. to make matters worse, one of the lanes closed with a few people still in line. hot temps, short fuses, and melting frozen shit... what a recipe for disaster. the icing on the cake was after i bagged most of my own groceries and paid the $164 for everything, i went outside to put the items in the Highlander. within 30 seconds of putting the stuff in i heard a loud crashing sound. i started looking around and there looked like there was a head on collision in the intersection near the grocery store. thank god i would be going home in the opposite direction. what a shit show.
i did watch bits and pieces of the MLB All Star game last night. the American League won, 3-2. hell, the National League only had 1 hit after the first inning. Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees won the MVP for the game. he is only the 3rd Yankee ever to win the award (Jeter and Rivera).
Friday, March 25, 2022
so, the rain is going to turn to snow...
so much for spring... when i told my mother she needed her winter coat today when we were going to her physical therapy session, i could tell she wasn't happy. mom freaked me out last night. i went and got some Lee's chicken for dinner. her sodium numbers were low enough that she could have a meal. so, after she ate, she felt so full that she wasn't sure if she was dying or not. i took her blood pressure and it was at a level where she probably should have been having a stroke. low enough that i asked if she wanted me to call the squad. she said no, let me die in my chair. i said i'll have to call someone or they are going to charge me with something. all in all, i think it was a ploy to get some red velvet cake. after the cake and some lemonade, she was fine. i helped her with her exercises and by 2 AM, her blood pressure was fine. by this morning, it was truly back to normal, it was high.
i did watch the USMNT play Mexico last night. the match finished up 0-0. honestly, if the USA would have been clinical in the final third, they would have won 2 or 3-0. oh well. a solid point on the road. now, the USMNT comes home to take on Panama. if they defeat Panama on Sunday and Costa Rica does something other than win, the USA will be in the World Cup.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
nothing like being below zero...
as soon as i opened the blinds this morning, i could tell it was colder than shit outside. good times.
the Dayton Flyers won last night at home against Rhode Island, 53-51. i watched most of the game on the television. i'm happy i wasn't there as i'm sure i would have been miserable given that Dayton couldn't put the ball into the ocean last night. but thankfully, they actually won one of these ugly ass games for a change.
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
CR7 to the rescue again...
so, i wasn't really sure what to expect from Manchester United today. they were playing in Spain at Villarreal in the Champions League. they needed a win today to secure a place in the last 16 for the Champions League. David de Gea made some great saves. and then late in the match, CR7 to the rescue. United got a second goal from Jadon Sancho. i'm so happy he finally did something positive. i hope that opens the floodgates for that kid. United won 2-0. Michael Carrick got his first win. they have a huge test this weekend against Chelsea.
Monday, June 7, 2021
the boys became men last night...
so, i was hoping for the best last night when the USA took on Mexico in the Concacaf Nations League final. when Mexico scored in the first 2 minutes, i wasn't happy at all. thankfully, the USA tied it in the 27th minute. it was the second half where this game became a classic. between the injuries, the constant skirmishes, goals and penalty kicks, it had a little of everything. when Weston McKinnie tied the game at 2, i just had a feeling that the boys were going to find a way. Captain America Christian Pulisic scored a penalty kick in the 114th minute to make 3-2. and then Ethan Horvath stopped a penalty kick from Mexico in the 124th minute. i'm pretty sure everyone in the neighborhood could hear me screaming by then. this was the first time in over a decade that the USA came from behind to beat Mexico in a final. i'm so hoping that this is the start of a golden generation that takes the sport to unknown heights in this country. USA won last night, 3-2. i'm still buzzing all these hours later.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
i can never understand it...
i have never accepted the act of playing down to your competition as a part of human nature. either you have the competitive spirit to always win, no matter who you are playing, or you don't. it's painfully fucking obvious that Manchester United doesn't have that win at all costs mentality anymore. the 1-1 draw today against a Fulham team that is already relegated from the Premier League is inexcusable. they are fucking around with the possibility of pissing away the chance to finish second in the league. this will also mean they will probably piss away their chance to win the Europa League. hats off to Cavani for the screamer he scored today from 35 yds. out. i wish everyone else on the team had an assassin inside of them like he does. and to think, i was actually having a good day.