poetry news, wrestling thoughts, victory beers and some kind of BIG game later today

i sent out 8 poems this morning, 3 to The Camel Saloon and 5 to 48th Street Press for their broadside series. i was in last year's as well. when i hear back from Russell and Chris, i'll be sure to pass along the info.

the poet of the day on my Google+ page is my friend Alan Catlin. i've been published with Alan since i began getting published. if you haven't read his work, i urge you to seek it out.

my poem "nuclear winter" is the featured poem at Jeremy Benson's website right now. you can find it here: http://www.jeremy-benson.com/FeaturePoetry.html

my thoughts on Wrestlemania are pretty simple. CM Punk vs. Undertaker was easily the best match of the night. sadly, not much of the rest of the show was worth a fuck. i did enjoy The Shield winning, mostly because Dean Ambrose is the future of this business. other than that, it was too damn predictable to be exciting at all. i was most disappointed with the Jericho vs. Fandango match. those 2 simply did not click at all. and considering Jericho is my 4th favorite wrestler of all time, you can imagine where i'm placing the blame. hopefully Vince is smart enough to spend the next year building some new talent so the relics don't have to carry the show any longer.

thankfully, the season finales of the Showtime shows saved my night. i really enjoyed all 3 of them.

the Yankees had a nice, i didn't see that coming, win yesterday over Detroit, 7-0. i doubt the Tigers will get shutout many times this season. amazing what decent pitching and some timely hitting can do. they play today in Cleveland, yet another opening day to go through. i imagine i'll sneak a peek or two, hoping they can finally win 2 games in a row.

tonight will be a true test of my attention span. on at about the same time for all of these, tonight i will be trying to view as much of the following as possible: New York Rangers vs. Toronto, the Voice, Monday Night Raw, and the National Championship game. if i'm not already insane, tonight should do the trick.

i am way behind in my fantasy hockey playoffs. if i pull this off in the games this week, it will be some kind of miracle.

and finally, a little game later on this afternoon between Manchester United and Manchester City. the result of today's match will basically determine my mood for the rest of the day, probably the week as well. a win, and i will be on cloud nine. a loss, and i will be pissed beyond belief. not that it will change the chances of United winning the league. it's just that losing to that team of fucking clowns burns me deeply. i suppose time will tell.

for those interested, i have Louisville winning tonight, 71-64.

hope everyone had a great weekend. until tomorrow...

music today:

The Breeders - Last Splash

"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it." - Mark Twain

i'm running on fumes

i got an email yesterday from a publisher wanting to know if i would like to send him some work. of course i said yes, knowing damn well that i hardly have anything sitting around that i've written. so, there i was, at 3 in the morning, listening to techno and pounding out 5 poems. i typed them up this morning and holy shit, i actually like a few of these. they will be sent out tomorrow in a couple of submissions. more details will come tomorrow.

and while we're on the topic of poetry, the poet of the day on my Google+ page is my good friend Ross Vassilev.

what a massive win last night for the New York Rangers. Hank played probably the best i have ever seen him play in net. nearly 50 saves in a 4-1 win over Carolina. below are the game highlights

for some damn reason i did follow the Yankee game yesterday from time to time online. why? i suppose i'm a glutton for punishment. my pitching theory is still holding true. Detroit goes for the sweep today. i'll probably watch some of the game just so i can get some sleep.

and i will need that sleep as not only do i have Wrestlemania to watch this evening, but also all the season finales of the Showtime shows. this will be another late one for this old man.

can't say i remember much of Saturday Night Live or ROH last night. i was busy trying to figure out what to write. i remember watching both but my mind was clearly elsewhere.

i did watch the Final 4 last night. much like most of this tournament, i got half of it right. i picked Louisville before the whole thing started to win. on Monday i'll see if i was correct. and seeing they are playing a school i absolutely can't stand, i'll be all in for Louisville.

and to whet the taste buds for this evening, here is my good friend "Primetime" Sam Roberts interviewing CM Punk about Wrestlemania

that is all. the trash is picked up and all the animals are fed. i'm off to go read the Sunday paper, watch a little hockey and take one long nap.

music today:

Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
AC/DC - High Voltage

"Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack." - Rainer Maria Rilke

Good Friday? i guess...

so, the New York Rangers laid the egg i feared last night, and now are tied for the final playoff spot with the Islanders. if we miss the playoffs and those ass clowns make it, i'll be quickly transported back to my youth in the early 80's. please, god no.

also, only got 2 of the 4 college basketball games right last night and one of the losses was, of course, a team i had playing in the title game. i have to have Louisville win it all just to be over .500 on my main bracket. this is the absolute worst i have ever done on this, and that goes back to 1986.

so, needless to say, i was a bit pissy this morning and didn't take the camera into town. but, i did take some photos on the farm a bit ago. below are my favorite 3 of the 17 i took.

you can see the other 14 shots i took by going to my Google+ page. and if you go there and aren't following me already, what are you waiting for? and i would suggest following this blog as well. thank you.

Manchester United plays tomorrow morning. hopefully they win so i can get out of this funk of losing. it's bad enough that i'm expecting a shit year for the Yankees. United might be the only hopes i have for a title.

the Rangers play Saturday night in Montreal. i'll do my best to avoid that disaster as they never play well up there. NEVER!  i think it's been over 3 games since they have scored up there. not good.

hope everyone has a great weekend. for the religious ones, enjoy your Easter. for the C & E Christians (Christmas and Easter are the only time my ass shows up in church Christians), enjoy playing dress-up. and for the rest of us, enjoy the candy. be safe and be well.

music today:

Beach House - Bloom
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Massive Attack - Mezzanine

"I'm not ambitious." - Amy Sedaris