i made a bet back in August last year that the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl. after last night, i wish i would have been able to put more on that bet. but, the one rule i stick to when gambling is only bet what you can afford to lose. so, i put $1 down on it and won $9 last night when the Chiefs won in overtime over the 49ers, 25-22. i thought the game eventually got good. halftime was really good. the commercials were sort of hit and miss for me, but there were more hits than misses. add in the nachos i made for dinner and all in all, it was a pretty good night.
a delightful trip into the dark mind of an evil genius or simply the musings of an asshole
Monday, February 12, 2024
at least i made a little money...
Saturday, November 18, 2023
welcome to the weekend
i got up early this morning because mom wanted to be up so she could get ready to go to a funeral. i didn't go. i've got laundry to do, pills to pick up from Rite Aid, etc.
i did go to Rite Aid yesterday. probably 45 minutes after i got home, they texted me saying i had prescriptions ready to pick up. god forbid have them all ready at one time for me.
the Dayton Flyers won yesterday against St. John's, 88-81. they will play Houston on Sunday night for the championship down in Charleston. Houston is rated number 6 in the country, so Dayton will have nothing to lose when they play on Sunday night. a win will give them a really good resume come tournament time. a loss will be fine since they aren't supposed to win this game anyway.
Monday, June 19, 2023
of course it had to be raining today...
mom was hoping to go out to this store a few miles away to look at some plants. i looked at her and asked if she had looked outside. she noticed it was raining. oh well.
i really hope everyone took some time today to educate yourself on Juneteenth.
the New York Yankees lost both games of the doubleheader to the Red Sox yesterday, 6-2 and 4-1. it is so easy to see right now, this team fucking sucks without Aaron Judge.
Saturday, May 20, 2023
it felt like it was raining all the time yesterday...
and finally, at night, it did rain. it rained most of the night. i think i finally fell asleep around 4 when it finally stopped to mostly just a drizzle. on those days, my arthritis feels like an elephant has climbed on me for shits and giggles. fun times.
i did get up in time to see Manchester United win this morning. they won 1-0 at Bournemouth. add that with Liverpool dropping points this morning, United now only needs 1 point in their last two matches to officially qualify for the Champions League next season. and with the clean sheet today, David De Gea won the golden glove for the best keeper in the Premier League.
Sunday, March 12, 2023
lost a hour, gained some snow...
when i woke up this morning, the grass was covered with snow. thankfully, the driveway and sidewalks were not.
the Dayton Flyers won yesterday against Fordham, 78-68. they play VCU today for the A10 Championship. Dayton hasn't won the A10 conference tournament in 20 years.
the New York Rangers won yesterday in Buffalo, 2-1, in OT. they play today at Pittsburgh.
Monday, December 27, 2021
hello the rest of 2021...
as much as i'd love to get this fucking year over with already, there still is shit to do. i have had a productive day so far. i've been to the bank and i got my pills at Kroger. i got my new coffee maker going this morning. first time i have ever done the K cups. and it was also the first time i ever had Death Wish Coffee. i was happy that i liked it. i think the stronger caffeine is better for me actually.
team USA defeated Slovakia last night, 3-2, at the World Juniors. i'm happy they won, but they need to play a complete 60 minutes if they are going to repeat as champions.
Monday, March 15, 2021
thank you Drew Brees...
so, Drew Brees announced his retirement from the New Orleans Saints yesterday, 15 years to the day he signed with the team. he is easily the best quarterback in team history and in my opinion, one of the greatest of all-time.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
today was a day to remind myself that life is nothing but a slow death...
i wrote a poem last night that i broke into five parts. it was the first time i have done that in years. i'm doing my next round of submissions either tomorrow or Friday.
the first two stops on the grocery shopping day were fine. i went to Rite-Aid to get a ton of stuff for mom. they didn't have any baseball cards there. so, i went to the one where i got lucky the last time, near the Kroger i go to. more on the baseball cards i found in a bit. as for Kroger. you would think a damn blizzard is coming or something. fuck, it was way too damn crowded for my liking, especially in a fucking pandemic. but, i got everything on the list, so we are stocked for weeks in my opinion.
as for the baseball cards, i paid $13 for 3 Fairfield boxes. i got 1 autographed card out of one box and all told, probably close to $50 worth of cards. not bad.
the Dayton Flyers started off like shit yesterday at Duquesne. and honestly, when the score was 15-3, i turned the damn thing off. the final score of 69-64 does no justice to the fact the game was never close.
here are your links for this day of Black History Month:
https://blackfacts.com/fact/negro-baseball-league-founded
https://blackfacts.com/fact/blanche-kelso-bruce-elected-to-us-senate
https://blackfacts.com/fact/u-of-alabama-first-black-student
enjoy some music:
Thursday, December 31, 2020
the final day of 2020...
i am so ready for 2020 to be over. i'm not sure if that's the pain talking or the naive fucker inside of me that thinks 2021 is going to be better.
so, just before the Dayton game last night, i saw that Chase Johnson was leaving the team for the second time in 2 years. i'm hoping he gets his health in order and shit, but it is a little funny that this has happened after the end of the first semester 2 years in a row. on top of that, two other players were injured and weren't going to be able to play against LaSalle. that meant that their new player from Finland, Mustapha Amzil, was not only going to be making his collegiate debut in the game, he was going to be starting. now, he was probably the only Dayton player i couldn't be mad at, mostly because he scored 22 points in the game and was the only fucking player on Dayton that looked like he cared. Dayton lost last night to a fucking horrible LaSalle team, 67-65. that was the first time LaSalle won at Dayton since 1999. the more i type about it, all the shit i felt last night keeps coming up. so yeah, they play against George Mason on Saturday at home. if they play like they did last night, they will lose again.
https://soundcloud.com/talkingoutlowd/rapid-reaction-la-salle
AEW last night was very emotional. they gave probably the best tribute show i have ever seen last night for the memory of Brodie Lee. i cried for nearly the whole damn show.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
here comes the rain...
i'm hoping to get this written and get the damn trash picked up before the rain starts...
i went to Big Lots today hoping to find some baseball cards as i had a 15% off coupon. of course, they didn't have any. so i picked up a Joker figurine, a Darth Vader Funko Pop and some candy. with the discount, it cost me less than $15. so, that was a decent find in my mind.
Monday Night Raw was pretty good last night.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
this coffee better work...
i'm still working on a huge mug of coffee this morning. i didn't get to sleep until 5 this morning. ah, the joys of a poet's life on the weekend. where watching porn is actually "research" and sleep is an option that no one ever fucking needs. i guess Wild Turkey had more of a say in the night than i even thought.
Manchester United played a lifeless 0-0 draw yesterday against Chelsea. the optimist in me could say well, at least they didn't lose at home or the defense played good enough for a clean sheet finally. but, i'm not a fucking optimist.