welcome to the weekend...

so i guess there's a fucking full moon and it's going to be the Fourth of July. what the fuck could go wrong?...

i have taken advantage of Bandcamp Friday and bought a ton of music today. you'll see some of that listed below.

i ended up watching some WWII footage last night about Hitler's executioner and some David Blaine magic. you would think with nothing on i would have been a little more productive. you'd be wrong.

NXT UK was another best of last night. hopefully, one of these days, they'll have some new material to show.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Smackdown. i'll watch 205 Live sometime tonight on WWE Network.

my hunch was correct this morning. i put out the mail last night because i figured the mailman would be here early so he could start his 3 day weekend ASAP. sure enough, the mail was here before 11 this morning.

i should be on here tomorrow after Manchester United plays in the morning.

i have no plans for the 4th. hell, i doubt i even watch some fireworks on television.

i think we're making meatloaf for dinner tonight. on these type of dishes, i more or less play the role of sous chef until mom can't take standing or gets tired. she got a little worried last night when i put some garlic in the mac and cheese. i loved how surprised she was when she liked it.

if you are one of the dumb fucks playing with fireworks this weekend, be safe. don't burn anything down or harm yourself, unless you are a racist. then, please just find a way to die.

have a safe weekend kids. stay hydrated.

until tomorrow...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

wear your mask.

los monstruos saldrán esta noche

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:

Two Minutes To Late Night - Covers Vol. 1
Mandolin Orange - When She's Feeling Blue (Live)
Father John Misty - Anthem +3
Ani DiFranco - Skinny Love (Live)
Drive-By Truckers - The KKK Took My Baby Away (Live)

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." - Franz Kafka

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

with some snow blowing in the air...

it finally decided to be winter around here. i ventured out this afternoon to get the mail and paper. the windchill was certainly winter like. thankfully, we didn't get much snow.

my tickets and parking passes for the First Four arrived today. my sister is going to go with me this year, so that should be interesting.

ok, a ton of wrestling to get to and a holy shit performance from Manchester United, so away we go...

NXT last night was pretty good.

AEW last night was fucking great.

NXT UK was pretty good this morning.

WWE Super Showdown 2020 was ok for the most part until they had Goldberg beat The Fiend. unless Vince has some grand plan in mind for WrestleMania, this is a totally fucking stupid decision.

Miz & Mrs was pretty fucking funny last night.

The Masked Singer was good last night. i knew who The Mouse was as soon as she started to sing.

Manchester United won 5-0 today in the Europa League. they defeated Club Brugge 6-1 on aggregate. they have advanced to the round of 16 now. from the highlights i saw, it looked like a Manchester United team from years ago.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Will & Grace, Indebted and Desus & Mero.

the New York Rangers play tonight at Montreal. i'd love to see their road winning streak continue.

yesterday was 18 years since my stepfather died. my mother is still in the grieving process. this is where my understanding comes in. i know damn well that the process of grief is different for everyone. there are no set times or limits to how long each stage will last. and given her health here recently, trying to keep some laughter in this house is a fucking chore anymore.

i should be on here in the morning tomorrow. my Friday has clusterfuck written all over it. i need to get the grocery shopping done and get it done before i have to leave to go to the Dayton Flyers game tomorrow night. and given that there will still be snow in the air...

until tomorrow kids...

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:

Joan Shelley - The Sway
Wye Oak - Fear of Heights
Drive-By Truckers - Thoughts and Prayers
Tracy Chapman - Bang Bang Bang

"If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice." - Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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

https://blackfacts.com/fact/charlotte-ray-graduates-from-howard-law-school
https://blackfacts.com/fact/debi-thomas-1st-black-to-win-winter-olympic-medal
https://blackfacts.com/fact/roston-james-a-1864-1924

such an ugly world

so, here i am yet again, starting a fucking blog off with another fucking terrorist attack. this is one thing i do agree with conservatives on. radical Islamic terrorism must be ended. but, unlike the conservatives, i don't think every fucking Muslim is a fucking terrorist. it's beyond obvious that the only way this government thinks they can beat Isis is through absolute force. how is that working out? i suppose you can't win a war for hearts and minds when your President doesn't have one. personally, i don't think there is much difference between Isis and the fucking Nazis. and i'm way too old and too fucking cynical now to believe love will ever win. i know that's the goal, but i'm a fucking realist. all i can do is treat people the way i would love for them to treat me. i would love to live in a peaceful world at least once before i die. i won't be holding my fucking breath. my thoughts are with Barcelona tonight. mucha fuerza mis amigos.

i see some of the GOP have found their nuts today. good job.

the New York Yankees won again last night, 5-3. Aaron Judge hit a mammoth home run last night. of course, he set a strikeout record as well. they will go for the sweep of the Mets tonight.

Big Brother was pretty funny last night. Cody will be the first one evicted tonight. i don't think the tv audience will get to see who wins the next HOH and the VETO competition and the next eviction until tomorrow night. hopefully there are some damn fireworks for a double eviction night.

Mr. Mercedes was fucking great last night.

Snowfall was fucking brilliant last night. easily, one of the best shows on television right now.

Lucha Underground was amazing last night. the matches were excellent and the brawl to end the show was fucking great. next week should be incredible.

NXT was very good last night. Takeover Brooklyn III should be great on Saturday night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Big Brother, Weekend Update and The Chris Gethard Show.

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

i wrote 3 poems this afternoon. i figured it was raining and i was in pain. so, i might as well try to squeeze a little creativity out of that. the first poem was a long ass one i had bottled up in me since the weekend. i'm not sure where i'll ever send that epic, but i'd love to see it get published somewhere. the other 2 were pretty good as well. i'm still on a good pace for the month. hopefully, i'll have another writing session and then another round of submissions in the next week or so.

Real Madrid thoroughly outplayed Barcelona yesterday to win 2-0 and win the Spanish Super Cup. given the players that weren't playing for Real Madrid, they are going to be a fucking scary team this year in the Champions League.

i didn't go to the grocery store today. i figure i will go tomorrow after mom's next eye appointment. i believe tomorrow is the measurement day to see what kind of new lens she can get for her eyes.

that's all for me today kids.

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:

Guided by Voices - Just To Show You
Drive-By Truckers - What It Means
Lorde - Royals
Tom Waits - Make It Rain (Live)

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West

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

so far, so good

i thought Ohio State was going to have a tough game last night. little did i know that it was going to be their most dominant performance of the season. they whipped #10 Nebraska 62-3 last night. i really hope this is the breakout performance all of us have been waiting for. the defense scored 2 touchdowns last night, J.T. Barrett looked great again and they seemed to have finally realized that Curtis Samuel must touch the ball more than just a handful of times each game. i suppose i'll know for sure next week at Maryland.

i forgot to mention yesterday the update on mom. the doctor she saw on Friday was pretty straightforward with her. she needs a new hip and she needs back surgery. they recommended she gets the shots into her spine to help decrease the inflammation with her discs in her back, but that is only to buy them time to decide which surgery comes first. as he was telling her this, i was just thinking to myself how i wish she would have never put off her hip replacement. she's known she's needed it for more than 18 months now. so the first injection will be the Monday after Thanksgiving. oh joy, the holidays...

the New York Rangers defeated Boston last night, 5-2. they gave up the first goal once again last night but i am convinced now it doesn't matter. the Rangers remind me of the teams i grew up watching that would use their speed to force you to make mistakes. they scored 2 short handed goals last night and a power play goal as well. there's the difference in the game. they play again tonight at home against Winnipeg. hopefully they will get their fifth win in a row tonight.

Saturday Night Live was hilarious last night. from start to finish, i was laughing my ass off. do yourself a favor and go find the clips or watch the show, it's worth it.

ROH last night was really good. i'm interested to see how the new Kingdom works out.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Westworld, Divorce, Insecure, Last Week Tonight, Shameless and Masters of Sex.

the New Orleans Saints play out in San Francisco this afternoon. a win against the 49ers will put them back at .500 on the season. i really hope they take care of business against a team they should beat.

Manchester United got 2 goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and a screamer from Paul Pogba to defeat Swansea City today 3-1. other than the usual second half brain fart, it was a very good game for United. sadly, Zlatan picked up a yellow card, so he'll miss the next game against Arsenal. fuck. but, time for me to go enjoy a victory beer.

i turned back the clocks last night one hour like you're supposed to. i'm not sure we really need to do that any longer, but i know how this country holds on to shit much longer than we should. and honestly, turning the clock back 1 hour doesn't help a guy who doesn't sleep as it is.

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

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:

Drive-By Truckers - What It Means
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy

"The only safe thing is to take a chance." - Mike Nichols

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

amazing what a little liquor can do

so i finally got my ankle to crack last night (think of like cracking a knuckle on your hand), only to have the pressure build right back up. not fun. it was supposed to rain today. so far, nothing. great.

the New York Yankees did something they haven't done all season last night, actually sweep a 3 game series. a 2-0 victory over the Blue Jays was exactly what they needed. they are now just 2.5 out of the wild card and amazingly, just 4 out of the division. they start a 4 game series with Tampa tonight at home. they need to keep winning.

NXT was pretty good last night. i'll never get tired of watching Nakamura wrestle. and oh, what my mind imagines when Ember Moon wrestles.

the CWC last night was excellent. the final 4 is now set for the live finale next week. Gran Metalik vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and TJ Perkins vs. Kota Ibushi. should be amazing.

Lucha Underground was great last night. i love how the show mixes in the vignettes with the wrestling. season 3 should be as good as the first 2 seasons were.

the season finale of Tyrant last night had a little bit of everything. i knew the son was going to get shot, but i didn't expect the cliffhanger. and, i suppose, there has to be a season 4 given that the war never actually started in the finale. but, i also expected another season of The Bridge and that never happened, so i don't know.

Big Brother was pretty funny last night. i was stunned that Corey won the POV so quickly. my best guess is that Natalie gets evicted tonight, much to the heartbreak of the producers and most of America.

Any Given Wednesday last night was basically the primer for the NFL season starting tonight.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Big Brother, Better Things and Impact Wrestling. i guess they are doing another crazy Hardy Boys match, so i'm only recording it for that.

the NFL season does start tonight with Denver hosting Carolina, a rematch of the last Super Bowl. i don't have any players from those teams on my fantasy teams, so i probably won't watch much of the game.

i did write 4 poems today to go with the 1 i wrote yesterday. i typed all 5 up this afternoon and really liked them. i should be doing another round of submissions in about a week or so.

i listened to the latest Sam Roberts Wrestling podcast today. you can find that by going here:
http://notsam.com/wrestlingpodcast/2016/9/8/wrestling-podcast-98-edge

and finally, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister today. as i told her in an email this morning... don't drink too much and don't get anyone pregnant.

that's all for me today kids. have a good one.

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:

Zack de la Rocha - digging for windows
Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under Protest
Metallica - Hardwired
The Ragged Jubilee - Can't Stop Loving You

"There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed." - Peter Sellers

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

and here comes the wicked wind...

the wind has been blowing like fucking crazy since last night. i've had bird feeders knocked down from trees and it's funny watching the flimsy pink flamingos hang on in this hellish wind. i'm shocked they are still in the ground.

i managed to do some writing today. i wrote 4 poems. i haven't typed them up yet. i'd love to write a few more and then type them all up in one sitting. in other poetry news, got some good news from Janne Karlsson on one of the poems i sent him. i'm going to hold off on the details for now, but i'm certainly extremely pleased with the news.

at least a few of my favorites made the cut on The Voice last night. i'm hoping Madi Davis wins it all. i absolutely love a 16 year old with an old soul. reminds me of myself at that age.

You're The Worst was fucking hilarious last night. it also reminded me why i don't do much family shit.

American Horror Story was great last night. the end startled me, which was perfect. the show just keeps getting better.

NXT was really good last night. anytime you have a title change, it's going to be a good show. Table for 3 was really good as well.

enjoy some music kids:

and now some of this and that:

for some fucking reason, 3/4 of the videos i wanted to use today i couldn't find. if you'd like to see what this blog could have been, check out my Google+ page.

on the DVR tonight will be The Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces.

the New York Rangers have a tough game tonight with St. Louis. if the Rangers can keep the winning streak going tonight, i'll really be impressed.

i have no fantasy players playing tonight but mom's favorite team is the Jets, so i imagine i'll end up watching some of the NFL game tonight.

i did listen to Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast today. i highly recommend it.

i will be on here tomorrow in the morning. we have a college basketball game tomorrow night. very hard to think that college basketball is already starting.

i hope everyone had a great day. hopefully the wind isn't destroying where you live.

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:

Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon

Mary Gauthier - Snakebit

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy

"True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure." - Auguste Rodin

and your pro wrestling video of the day:

giving in

so, after once again being frustrated with my beard (mostly because i don't like hair with my food and i grow a beard like a sasquatch), the full beard is now just a funky ass goatee. this should help with the dog days of summer. though, i now need to decide what the fuck to do with my hair.

a big thank you to my latest muse on Google+. i wrote 4 poems today with her in mind. she hasn't given me any indication that in a few days she's going to ask me to send money to family in Africa, so that's a good thing. plus, she told me she's been in jail, another good thing. i always have liked women where there is a slight possibility i might get my ass kicked. as usual, i don't have my hopes up, but fuck, one of these times it has to lead to something. right?

two of the poems by the way are really fucking good. they will probably get sent out before the end of the month.

Monday Night Raw was pretty good last night. the brawl between the Undertaker and Brock Lesnar was probably one of the best ones i have seen in about 20 years. when Brock yelled "I'm going to kill you" and the Undertaker replied "You're going to have to" i laughed my ass off. that sold me on the match right there. being an old wrestling fan, i'm all about the small details. i did like that there were two women's matches with Charlotte and Sasha Banks coming out as winners. now if they only would do that for the men coming up from NXT. the rumor i saw today about Kevin Owens being shuffled back down the roster because his merchandise was selling better than Cena's merchandise is so far fetched that it is absolutely true. i would never wish ill will on someone, but man i would love to see Cena stop wrestling SOON. the same damn act for over a decade. and honestly, i blame all the fucking parents for allowing their kids to root for him and buy his shit. my father was a complete asshole but the one thing i will be forever grateful for is he taught me to root for the heel. that the bad guy is way better to root for. and if you see my top 10 list, it's riddled with heels.

here's some music for you to enjoy:

there was plenty of funny shit on last night. strap in boys and girls:

tonight is going to be a busy one. the Yankees start up a series with Baltimore. Manchester United plays the San Jose Earthquakes late tonight. between those games will be WWE Tough Enough, Total Divas, Tyrant and Deadliest Catch. the DVR will be busy tonight.

i think i may be a happy camper when Big Brother rolls around on Wednesday and Thursday. my least favorite house guest seems to be on the way out. thank fucking god.

here's some more funny shit:

that is all for me today. hope this finds everyone with a cool drink or some sexual device in their hands.

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:

Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
The New Basement Tapes - When I Get My Hands On You
Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream
The Doors - The End

"Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma." - Robin Williams

and your pro wrestling video of the day:

when sleep consists of nightmares and long legged Russian women...

welcome to the 28th day of National Poetry Month. today, i'm shining a light on Linda M. Crate. it seems like i have been published with her for years now. although i have never had any contact with her, i do like her poetry. hopefully, you will as well. enjoy the links and a YouTube video i found:
http://deadsnakes.blogspot.com/2015/04/linda-m-crate-two-poems.html
http://napalmandnovocain.blogspot.com/2015/01/three-poems-by-linda-m-crate.html
http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2013/11/3-poems-by-linda-m-crate.html
http://calvarycrossnow.blogspot.com/2015/02/linda-m-crate-three-poems.html
http://www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/March2014/LindaCrate/LindaMCrate.html

for some reason, i wasn't able to sleep well last night. not sure if it was the weather or an impending sense of loneliness or maybe deep down i felt like my father just won't die. whatever the fuck it was, i was up at 3 in the morning eating cheese and crackers and playing chess against the computer. good times.

the New York Yankees won last night 4-1. that was a nice victory beer as they are amazingly in first place in the division. i didn't expect that this early in the season. hopefully they can win another series tonight.

the New York Rangers will play the Capitals in the next round of the playoffs. that starts on Thursday. this will be the fifth time in the last seven playoffs that they have faced each other. this will be a series full of hatred. i can't wait.

i did watch The Voice this morning. i thought the performances were good but not great. the only one i truly enjoyed was this:

i'm interested to see who makes the top 6 tonight.

Monday Night Raw was ok at best last night. most of the show was about the King of the Ring tournament. i'll be watching the semi-finals and finals of that tournament tonight on the WWE Network.

Gotham was fucking brilliant once again. i absolutely can't wait to see what happens in the season finale next week.

here's some things i saw in my insomnia that i enjoyed last night:

tonight on the DVR will be The Voice, Undateable and Deadliest Catch.

i need to get going. i have to get the mail and feed the cats before i take mom out chair shopping.

hope everyone is doing good. take it easy and then take it again.

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:

Reverend Tall Tree - Light My Candle (* FREE on iTunes)
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
No Sinner - Angel from Montgomery (Live)
Will Hoge - Woman Be Strong
The Firm - Satisfaction Guaranteed

"I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends." - Ian Rankin

and your pro wrestling video of the day:

surviving the winter blues...

with it getting dark so early here, it's very easy for me to slip into the winter blues. i do my best to cope and not fall in my traps, but... let's just say i'm a lazy fuck who is too smart to trick his own mind.

yesterday was a very long day for me. today is feeling like it will be longer.

the New Orleans Saints apparently can't win at home anymore. they played like absolute shit yesterday. a 41-10 loss that wasn't even that close. i stopped watching midway through the game and started watching the MLS final between Los Angeles and New England. that game was certainly better than the Saints game. plus, it was Landon Donovan's final professional game, so i wanted to see it. i'm happy he gets to go out as a winner. as for the Saints, if the Falcons lose tonight, they will still have a chance at making the playoffs. sadly, i'd prefer them to lose and get a better draft pick at this point.

i did order Final Battle last night on ppv. ROH put on one hell of a show. my favorite matches were the 6 man tag between ACH & The Young Bucks vs. Cedric Alexander & The Addiction. it was a fast paced holy shit match with great action throughout. the main event, Jay Briscoe vs. Adam Cole was fucking great. any match that has tables, chairs, thumbtacks, a few holy shit chants, plenty of 2 counts, a staple gun, and an incredible image to close out the show is worth every penny spent on getting the ppv. i'm a fan for life. just a great show.

the Sunday night shows were excellent. The Newsroom had yet another holy shit, i didn't see that coming ending. the series finale is next week. Homeland was excellent. i wish they didn't have the week off between the episodes. that would have made this episode that much more meaningful. The Affair did a good job of peeling back the onion a bit without revealing too much.

i woke up this morning amazingly refreshed after that long ass day. of course, 45 minutes of doing the dishes and my bad back was right back on my doorstep. not much has helped it today. thank god it isn't raining.

Manchester United played like shit today. too many fucking giveaways and surprise, surprise, another fucking injury. (insert superhero music here) RVP to the rescue. 2 goals from him and United stuns a Southampton team that outplayed them by a mile, 2-1. the win puts United in 3rd place in the Premier League. that's 5 wins in a row, first time that has happened since Sir Alex left the club. i suppose LVG is getting shit done faster than he thought it would take.

the New York Rangers play at home here in a few minutes. hopefully they can get a win tonight against the fucking Penguins. i'll be watching that as i listen to the Archie Miller show on the radio. i suppose i know why i am single.

also tonight is the usual clusterfuck of The Voice and Monday Night Raw. it's the Slammy Awards tonight on Raw, so i guess i'll be watching that.

later tonight i'll watch Men in Blazers as well.

i was happy that Ohio State made it into the college football playoffs. they will have their work cut out for them facing Alabama, the number one seed in the playoffs. but, i like them as an underdog. keep doubting them. please.

i will be on here sometime in the morning. i think i may have to drive mom to a doctor's appointment and we have a basketball game tomorrow night.

hope everyone had a great weekend. i'm off to go enjoy a victory beer. 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:

Lucius - Hey, Doreen
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
Trampled By Turtles - Where Is My Mind? (Live)
Shooter Jennings - The Gunslinger
The Glitch Mob - Can't Kill Us

"Where's your will to be weird?" - Jim Morrison

the great melt...

you wouldn't know if had snowed here and we just had a week of fuck it's cold temps. there is only one spot on the farm that still has a little snow on it. i slept like shit last night, of course, it's not great sleeping weather when it's 50 degrees at 2 in the morning. not when you've got used to it being 20 or less at that time.

i did get everything i wanted to get done done yesterday. i'm paying for it today. my back is hurting like a motherfucker. i still have to pick up the trash and feed the cats today. needless to say, i'll be taking my sweet ass time.

Manchester United got a HUGE road win yesterday, beating Arsenal 2-1. first road win of the season. it also stops Arsenal's 23 game home unbeaten streak. i really hope this is the moment where this team starts to take off. given all the damn injuries, the sky is the limit if/when the others players come back healthy. the win yesterday put them back in the top 4. now, they need to finish there.

Ohio State got off to a great start yesterday and then struggled. struggled so much that they were trailing at one point. thankfully, they woke the fuck up to win 42-27. they play the school i fucking hate next week. if they win that game, the school i fucking hate won't qualify for a bowl game this year. i will be fucking jacked for that one. with the win yesterday, Ohio State has clinched a spot in the Big 10 title game.

i did type up the 4 poems yesterday. all 4 are good. i REALLY like 2 of them. i think i'm going to try to squeeze in another writing session this month and then send out some poems early next month.

i bounced between some college football and hockey last night. and then after a much needed shower, i settled in for Saturday Night Live and ROH. i thought SNL was pretty good in spots. this one skit had me fucking laughing my ass off:

and then this one:

the rest of the show was mostly hit and miss for me.

as for ROH, another excellent episode. the match between AJ Styles and Hanson was awesome.

the Saints don't play until Monday night, so i'll be basically bouncing between games today. mostly, just following my fantasy players most likely.

later today the Dayton Flyers take on Boston College in the 3rd place game down in Puerto Rico. that will basically go right into the New York Rangers taking on Montreal tonight. hopefully i'll be enjoying two victory beers later this evening.

tonight i'll be watching The Newsroom, Homeland, and The Affair. hopefully all three of those episodes will be good.

and then, hopefully some good sleep.

i'll be on here tomorrow sometime in the afternoon. we're supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. that should make the mud even more interesting.

hope everyone is having a great weekend. thanks again for allowing me to waste some 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:

The Hush Now - Sitting on a Slow Clock
Rancid - Ruby Soho
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon

"People think you can't be clever if you have breasts." - Kelly Brook

a stuffed nose only means one thing...

welcome to fall in Ohio. it was damn near 75 yesterday and this morning i wake up (way too early) and it is 38 degrees. that's the kind of temperature drop that makes me curious to see if my flu shot will actually work. we didn't have any frost thankfully. if it gets too cold the crops could be fucked. but, it certainly feels like football and hockey weather now.

Ohio State plays a trap game today at Maryland. hopefully they come out and take care of them early. if this gets into a back and forth game, the young Buckeyes could be in a for a cruel lesson once again. hopefully they win as they play at noon and the rest of my day will be shit if they lose.

there are a ton of college football games on today. i plan on watching a few of them between naps and whatever else goes on today. later tonight i'll be watching Saturday Night Live and then ROH. and then getting a few hours of sleep to get up and watch Manchester United tomorrow morning. i'll be blogging after that, hopefully. i believe my fantasy hockey roster will be known by that time.

The Knick was fascinating last night. Clive Owen was brilliant. withdrawal is one cruel fucking time in a life. i can't wait to see what happens next week.

the wrestling ippv on YouTube last night was long and was good in spots. i'll say this, thankfully it was free. i would have been pissed if i paid for it given all the technical problems. of course, that's life in the indies. the match of the night was Candice and Joey vs. Tommy Dreamer and Ivelisse. some comedy, some hot women, part fucking gross, part holy shit, and there was blood. the rest of the show was overbooked for my liking but it was better than doing nothing on a Friday night.

the New York Rangers won in a shootout last night 3-2 over Chicago. albeit the preseason, i was happy that the Rangers came from behind to get the win. after last night, i'm pretty sure Ryan Malone is making this team. plus, here's the video i might be watching for the rest of the day:

the final preseason game is tonight. i doubt i'll watch much of it. hopefully i'll catch the highlights. it's the final chance for the kids to make an impression. there are spots to be won out there, so it should be interesting.

i need to get going. i have cats to feed and soccer in Europe to go watch. hope everyone has a great Saturday. 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:

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
JJ Grey & Mofro - This River
Shooter Jennings - The Gunslinger
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
Street Sweeper Social Club - The New Fuck You

"I was told I had an overabundance of original sin." - Susan Surandon

busy doing nothing

since some people that tell me they love me think i'm just bullshitting myself with this poetry thing, i wanted to pass on the news that i sent out 30 poems today. 5 each to Carcinogenic Poetry, 5 AM, and Presa Magazine; 3 each to Napalm and Novocain, Pyrokinection, Dead Snakes, The Camel Saloon, and Fuck Art, Let's Dance. when i hear back from these places, i'll pass along the verdicts here on the blog.

i talked to my sister today. she's been really getting into this ancestry.com shit. i humored her and my mother and did that DNA kit for them. i'm not really interested with the results unless it's something other than what i've been told all my life. i believe i am part Irish, Scottish, and German. if it comes back different than that, i might be mildly amused. my sister on the other hand is tracing shit back to the middle ages. good for her. i don't really want to know about the long line of assholes and alcoholics we came from.

made my football picks today and juggled both of my fantasy football teams a little. as usual, i have some injury concerns and i'm trying to take advantage of players being let go way too early by owners. that's usually how you win a championship.

the Yankees lost last night 4-3. i might have watched a few innings but that was it. i doubt i watch that much tonight.

we're under a tornado watch for tonight. that should make things interesting as there is a line of fuck you storms supposed to come through the area tonight. i hate night storms. they tend to come out of fucking nowhere.

Big Brother last night was pretty good. i did find myself laughing a few times. i can't wait to see the looks on their faces tonight when they realize the last week of the show has to be played again, all in one night. and hopefully, fucking Frankie gets evicted tonight. please.

i also watched Inside the NFL last night. it certainly isn't the show i grew up watching.

i'm really looking forward to The Bridge tonight. hopefully the storms stay away until i've seen the episode.

that's really all for me today. i've got some podcasts to go listen to and a weather radar to go watch. 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:

Steve Earle - Colorado Girl
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
K's Choice - Not an Addict

"Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger." - Arnold Palmer

and here comes the fog...

i was up a little later than normal last night. that's the problem with being a sports fan and living in the eastern time zone. you find yourself up at 2 in the morning after watching sports on the west coast. at least the game was a good one.

the Yankees won last night, 4-3. seemed like every time i turned back to the game, the Yankees made another error. glad they won though. i needed a victory beer. they play again this afternoon.

mom and i got to talking about the possible vacation and whatnot, and the conversation shifted to what do we do with the cats if we go away for a week? that ringed in my head as, well, i'd love to take you with me but someone has to feed the cats, get the mail, paper, etc... so, i've got the gut feeling that if we do go away, it will be a series of day trips and nothing more. i can't wait until we move and get rid of these little fuckers.

there's a thick fog rolling in right now. just how i want to spend my Saturday.

as i was avoiding the Yankees game last night, i was flipping between the Food Network and various shows on Hitler. welcome to my usual Friday night. can't imagine why i'm still single.

i did see that Manchester United has made it to the USA. i would love to see them on this tour. sadly, i'd have to give up just about every penny i have to see them. hopefully, i'll be able to find the games on television or YouTube.

since the baseball will be over before the evening comes, i'm really hoping to get some artistic shit done today. i need to bust out another logo idea and i'd like to get a few poems down on the page. hopefully i get all that done before a new episode of ROH comes on late tonight.

that's all for me. everyone go back to your cartoons. until i grace you with my presence once again...

be well. be creative. be a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. and then remind people you cause cancer.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Shooter Jennings - The Gunslinger
Jeremy Pinnell - The Way Country Sounds
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
Social Distortion - Bakersfield
Turnpike Troubadours - Gin, Smoke, Lies
JJ Grey & Mofro - This River

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

getting old

i've had this damn Lucinda Williams song stuck in my head for months it seemed like. the problem was,  i always thought the song was done by Heartless Bastards. so yesterday, i finally figured this mystery out and got the song on iTunes. not sure why yesterday was the first day i decided to use the internet to figure out this question in my head, but oh well.

mom had a doctor's appointment this morning. she didn't want me to go along, so i didn't. she's been having problems remembering shit, and given the history of dementia and alzheimer's with her parents, i believe both of us want to catch anything as soon as possible. of course, the beauty is it could be a number of other things as well. but, i'm a worse case scenario type of guy. so, i'll have my mind elsewhere while she's waiting on the results of the blood tests and the appointment for a neurological exam. good times.

the Yankees were leading last night 3-0 when the news of the partial ligament tear for Tanaka came down. and just like that, they were trailing 9-3 and the game was over. it felt like the season was as well. that makes 80% of the starting rotation is now on the disabled list. hard to win games let alone contend in the division with those kind of injuries. they play tonight in Baltimore, who happens to be in first place in the division. i'm sure they have the hammer out to put the nails in the coffin tonight. i'd like to see the team show some fight, but even that is probably not enough. it's going to be a long rest of the season.

i did watch Big Brother last night. i'm very happy that Zach stayed in the house. the new HOHs aren't going after him. both of them want to get rid of Devin this week. hopefully, that will happen.

other than baseball tonight, not sure what i'm going to watch. mom got me a charcoal art set, so i guess i might play around with that a little. i'm trying to come up with logos for this blog, for my book, etc., for t-shirts, mugs, mousepads, anything i could possibly sell. i need to start making some money. especially given the fact that the farm is going to go away soon and who knows if i'm going to live with my mother still or not. trust me, i'm not exactly hoping i get to live in my 1992 Ford Ranger.

well, after the last few days, i know that all the cats are alive. Boomer made it back up from the wood lot. and amazingly, my cat Alfred had two kittens recently. saw her nursing them today. so, that makes it that Batman, Robin, and Alfred all got pregnant. where is a damn villain when you need one?

that's all for me today kids. i hope everyone has a great weekend.

be well. be creative. be loud. be the prince of mischief. be the first one to order a round with a stranger's credit card.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Lucinda Williams - Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings
Jeremy Pinnell - The Way Country Sounds
Drive-By Truckers - Grand Canyon
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." - E.B. White