i woke up this morning to the news of one of my voices of my youth passing away. if you watched any wrestling in the late 70's to mid 80's (or longer) you definitely remember the voice of Mean Gene. i think nearly all of my memories of backstage interviews involve Mean Gene Okerlund. i know he just turned 76 not too long ago, so i suppose his life circle is complete. my condolences to his family and friends. you will never be forgotten.
Ohio State was up 28-3 last night and then human nature kicked in. they took their foot off the neck of Washington and nearly pissed away that big lead. Ohio State ended up winning the Rose Bowl, 28-23. thank god i didn't bet on the game. the last spread i saw was Ohio State - 5 1/2. that would have been a brutal loss to swallow.
Smackdown was really good last night. and i absolutely loved Becky Lynch getting in John Cena's face. The Man wins again.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight and The Masked Singer. i'll watch NXT UK, NXT and 205 Live sometime tonight on WWE Network.
i guess the New York Yankees have signed Troy Tulowitzki. if he is healthy, it's a good, cheap signing until Didi comes back from his injury. plus, it never hurts to have some depth. now, i wish they would go sign Manny Machado and get that drama over with.
the New York Rangers play tonight at home against Pittsburgh. i certainly wouldn't mind if the Rangers keep surprising me with victories.
Manchester United plays this afternoon at Newcastle. hopefully, their good play will continue today. the game isn't on television here, so i'm going to follow online.
team USA plays the Czech Republic tonight in the World Juniors quarterfinals. if the USA wins tonight, they will have a chance to play for a medal.
i will probably be on here tomorrow after a trip to the bank.
i know i need to do a little writing as well and get the poems sorted out as i need to get some submissions out by next week. if a wild hair gets up my ass, maybe those will get out sooner.
i hope 2019 is treating everyone well so far.
La muerte es en realidad el dulce alivio que todos necesitamos.
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:
Conor Oberst - A Little Uncanny
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Dance Extended Mix)
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Trampled By Turtles - Alone
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
- Isaac Asimov
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
mom wanted to go out to Longhorn Steakhouse after her appointment with the eye doctor. i was fine with that as it is normally pretty empty around 2 in the afternoon. well, today the place must have got slammed right before we showed up. we probably sat for almost 15 minutes or so before anyone got our drink order. by that time, we already knew everything we wanted. our waitress was very apologetic and told us our appetizer would be free. after we got our check, mom asked me how much that appetizer would have cost. i said around $12 or so. our bill was under $30. she was thrilled. another lesson in patience boys and girls.
her eye appointment went pretty well. she should know in a few days when she'll be going in for a very quick surgery on her eyes. it's basically scar tissue behind both of the lenses they put in after her cataracts were taken out. the scar tissue has a crease or fold in it that is fucking with mom's vision. so the plan is to go in with a laser and zap it away. she needs it done in both eyes, so i guess i know what part of my September will be.
the New York Yankees were behind 4-0 last night. thank god the offense woke up in time. Andujar hit a 2 run homer. Hicks hit a 2 run homer to tie it. and Neil Walker hit a pinch hit home run to defeat the White Sox in the bottom of the 9th, 5-4. hopefully the Yankees can win tonight to win the series.
Smackdown was really good last night.
205 Live was good last night.
the season finale of Miz and Mrs. was hilarious last night.
The Jim Jefferies Show was fucking great last night.
the season finale of Deadliest Catch was really good last night.
Fuck That's Delicious was great last night.
Hard Knocks was pretty good last night.
The Shop was fucking great last night. i just wish the show was longer.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Lucha Underground, Big Brother and Mr. Mercedes. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.
the New Orleans Saints made a very interesting trade today:
we've had some rain move into the area here in the last hour or so. so, as you might imagine, misery has come knocking at my door.
the humidity has been fucking unrelenting the last few days.
i'm toying with the thought of taking the tracks i've done on SoundCloud and turning them into something bigger. if you know of or if there are some musicians that would like to collaborate on such a project, shoot me an email and let me know. i'd love to do something that has some drums, guitars and horns in them, along with the poems. my pie in the sky dream is to make it good enough that i have the balls to actually put it out on Bandcamp and let the world buy it and judge it. i'm sure if i was better at computers, i could probably just find all the shit online and do it, but i really prefer to have human interaction with shit like this. call me crazy or fucking old, but that's just how it is.
i'll probably be on here tomorrow, sometime in the afternoon.
me encantaría bailar con un hermoso diablo solo una vez en mi vida
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:
Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
Cody Jinks - Somewhere Between I Love You and I'm Leavin'
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Dance Extended Mix)
"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you." - Charlie Parker
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
i decided a few months ago to make my Google Hangouts public just in case any friends or fans wanted to get in touch with me. what it truly has done has brought every scam artist in the world to chatting with me. sadly for them, i have caught on. so, if you happen to be a genuine person and have no interest in fucking me over, i do apologize for being an asshole right from the get go. as for the rest of you, best of luck convincing me that you need money because you are stuck in Ghana or need help getting through nursing school or my favorite one, you need money because you have been left behind on your trip with UNICEF.
here is your poetry for this day of National Poetry Month:
a little more poetry news to pass on. i heard back from Philosophical Idiot on my poetry submission i sent back in August of last year and then asked to send again last week. they decided to pass on the poems. this made me laugh. truly. so the plan is for me to get these poems published as a group of five at a certain place so you can see what another place happens to reject. just another way for me to perhaps help any of the younger poets out there with a little trick to make you a better poet. so more on that in early May.
the New York Yankees won yesterday against Toronto 5-1. it wasn't the Yankees top prospect they called up that stole the show yesterday. it was two other younger players that did the job. the Yankees lineup had no one in it that was over 30 years old. this was the first time they had a lineup like that in April since the early 40's i believe. i'm very happy to see them truly commit to being a younger team. now, let the kids grow into the jobs and let another dynasty build in the next few seasons. they start a series with the Twins tonight at home.
Westworld was spectacular last night. i forgot just how much i enjoyed this show. season 2 looks like it should be amazing.
Barry was very good last night.
Silicon Valley was hilarious last night.
Last Week Tonight was brilliant as always.
Homeland was really good last night. the season finale next week should be great.
Billions was excellent last night.
Drop the Mic 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, The Voice and The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special. i'll be watching Monday Night Raw for most of the evening.
the rain started this afternoon. thankfully, the grass got cut yesterday. now, if only the turf company mom uses would have fertilized the grass before it started raining instead of during the rain this afternoon.
it was really coming down when i went to the grocery store to pick up my prescription.
but, the weekend weather was really nice for a change.
i will probably be on here early tomorrow as mom has physical therapy in the afternoon. and then we have to do a late lunch plus some shopping at Menards while south of town. so, given the traffic at that hour down there, if i'm back up here by 7 PM, i'll be stunned.
i hope everyone had a great weekend.
licor gratis para todos en el mundo por favor
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:
Garbage - #1 Crush
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel
PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
i was walking from the kitchen to the living room last night to shut the blinds and i could feel my left knee just absolutely give out. that was fucking fun. i didn't really hear a pop or felt anything tear, so i took it slow the rest of the night. after a glass of something strong and 5 hours of sleep, i woke up today and didn't feel any pain. i figure there's a war going on inside my body. however it turns out, i'm going to lose one way or another.
we had the power go out for a few minutes today. at least i wasn't in the fucking shower like last time.
i wrote 10 poems yesterday. that brings the total for February to 55. that's a fucking ridiculous number to be honest. of course, if i get them all published i will be fucking thrilled. i typed the 10 up last night after i got the trash out to the curb. the poems are pretty good. a few of them will be in my first round of submissions for March.
The Voice was pretty good last night.
Smackdown was pretty good last night until they had John Cena defeat AJ Styles. talk about ending a show with a bitter taste in your mouth. what a clusterfuck.
205 Live was excellent last night.
Baskets was pretty funny last night.
Hate Thy Neighbor was really good last night.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight and The X-Files. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.
the Dayton Flyers play tonight at LaSalle. they haven't won there in 7 seasons. i highly doubt tonight will be the night that changes.
the New York Rangers play tonight in Vancouver. it will be interesting to see how some of the new players fit in. i'd love to see the Rangers tank the season and get a high draft pick.
i did watch a good portion of the New York Yankees today. they lost to Detroit 9-6. that was their first loss of spring training. i did get to see the mammoth home run Gary Sanchez hit. i saw that right before i left to go to the store.
mom had me go to the store in town to see if i could find anything we could use the strawberries we had left on. i was hoping to find something like an angel food cake like before, but i couldn't. instead i settled on a small butter pound cake, which i think will work fine. that will end up being dessert tonight.
i think there is a 90% chance of rain tomorrow. so, i'll be a cranky fucker. there's your warning.
i hope you have enjoyed the videos of the day this month. i do feel it's somewhat sad that so many people don't know shit about black history. i hope you did learn something in the videos i've posted.
i'll be on here tomorrow in the morning, before mom's last physical therapy session.
hasta entonces mis amigos
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:
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Live)
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Dance Extended Mix)
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
Lisa Fischer - How Can I Ease the Pain
"Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head." - Michel de Montaigne
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
i feel like so much has happened over the last 30 hours or so... between the Super Bowl, a trip to the doctor's office, a child i nearly beat the shit out of, an incredible documentary and yet another Manchester United meltdown... as you might imagine, i'm tired.
i'll start with Manchester United. i was fucking pissed at halftime because they had 10 corners against Chelsea and didn't manage to get 1 fucking shot on goal. thankfully, they played a much better second half. Jesse Lingard scored an incredible goal to put United up. with 6 minutes left in the game, i actually thought that United was going to win at Chelsea for the first time in a long fucking time. silly me. Chelsea scored in stoppage time for a 1-1 draw. not the way i wanted to start off my Sunday.
after i took a shower i decided to watch that James Foley documentary before the Super Bowl. i should have had some tissues by me as this documentary absolutely brought me to tears. it was gripping from the start to the finish. i HIGHLY recommend everyone check it out on HBO.
i did watch the Super Bowl. i don't give a shit about either team. i picked the game wrong, which is something like 5 Super Bowls in a row i have picked wrong. the commercials were ok but nothing really blew me away as holy shit great. maybe the Doritos baby commercial was my favorite one. i enjoyed halftime. if Bruno Mars doesn't watch out, he'll have to do halftime every year. as a New Orleans Saints fan, i'm happy that Peyton Manning won. now he can fucking retire.
i watched Shameless and Billions this morning as i wanted to get some sleep. i might have got close to 5 hours of sleep. that's plenty for me. Shameless was great. it also reminded me why i don't have a cell phone. i really enjoyed Billions this week. most likely that's due to Metallica being on the show.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
tonight on the DVR will be The X-Files.
the New York Rangers take on New Jersey tonight. i'm interested to see how they are going to play given that the captain is out with a concussion. the defense was already hurting enough.
Monday Night Raw should be very interesting tonight now that the news has hit that Daniel Bryan has retired. he's going to be on the show tonight. i was really hoping he was going to be able to come back and compete again. hopefully they give him the proper sendoff tonight. i will definitely be watching.
so the doctor was really pleased with my numbers. but, he decided to keep me on the pill he had me on to see if the numbers can get even better. he also sent in orders to set up a trip to get my colon checked. now that i'm 40 and given the family history, i figure i better start the checks for colon cancer now. not that i don't mind dying, it's just that i'd like to have a bit of say in the matter.
here's where the shit got weird at the doctor's office. i walked in, signed in and sat down. this little kid, i'm guessing 5 or 6 years old, comes up to me and says hi. i said hello. he then starts to grab my goatee and play with it. his mother grabs him and says i'm so sorry. i said nothing. the kid then sits next to me and touches my neck for some fucking reason. his mother says he must like you. i said i guess while in my head i'm saying i guess your son has never had the shit beat out of him. i told my mother this and she said it's obvious that children find you fascinating. i told her that's great but kids don't have disposable incomes to buy my books and art.
i got my latest order from Steiner Sports today in the mail. i really need to get some frames to get this stuff up on the walls. i got an autograph photo of Mike Keenan holding the Stanley Cup when the New York Rangers won in 1994. i also got a little bit of dirt from Derek Jeter's last game at Yankee Stadium.
the weather is supposed to get snowy and windy here soon. my bones are saying it should have already began. but, after watching that documentary yesterday, i don't think i will be complaining about pain that much anymore.
i hope everyone had a great weekend. hopefully you won some money on the Super Bowl. and hopefully this finds you in a warm place with a tall glass of something cold.
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:
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
TV on the Radio - Will Do
Beyonce - Formation
"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf." - Lana Turner
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
i went to bed really late last night/this morning. i had to do the dishes, mostly because i wanted to make sure there was some hot water running in these old pipes. the joys of having an old house and you're having your first freeze warning of the season. when i got up, it was close to 40 degrees. sadly, that's probably the high temperature for today. good times. reminds me of my youth having to wear a winter coat over my Halloween costume. thank god those days are over.
my plan worked out again with the New Orleans Saints last night. i picked against them and they won again, on the road even. i'll gladly keep up that habit if it gets them back to the playoffs. they are first in the division once again. a very good 28-10 win on short rest.
i did watch a little bit of LeBron's return to Cleveland. he played tighter than a nervous virgin in an orgy. painful to watch. i doubt they will play that bad again this season. especially against a team that sucks like the Knicks.
The Big Bang Theory was pretty good last night. Billy Bob Thornton did a great job in his role. thankfully, i'm not that fucking awkward around women.
i got an email from Janne Karlsson this morning with an assignment that i'm going to try to get done sometime this weekend. it's always a good sign when he sends me some art and i immediately have some words come to me.
mom and i have a hockey game in Columbus tonight. the Blue Jackets are facing the Toronto Maple Leafs. i love getting to see teams from the Original 6. all i have left out of those teams are Montreal and Boston. i think we have tickets for the Boston game in Columbus... or maybe not. i got to see Detroit and Chicago play in Chicago years ago. and i have seen the Rangers a handful of times in my life. hopefully it is a good game tonight. the Blue Jackets have a ton of injuries, so i'm thinking it may be a glorified minor league team tonight. but, another chance for me to amaze my sister by knowing all the words to O Canada.
it is supposed to be snowing tonight after the game. i would prefer if that shit would wait until i get back home. not that i fear driving in the elements... it's the other assholes on the road i can't stand. plus, most of the drive will be in under construction zones on the highway. good times.
hopefully we get home at a decent time as i would like to catch the new episode of Sonic Highways tonight. Foo Fighters are quickly becoming one of my all-time bands.
i have no clue when i'll be on here tomorrow. i'm guessing late morning/early afternoon as Ohio State plays tomorrow night. it's a pretty big sports weekend, most notably it is the Manchester Derby weekend. i'm slowly gearing myself up to be mentally spent by Sunday at noon.
hope everyone has a great Halloween. try not to be too big of a prick to the kids knocking on the door. and don't be the asshole that gives something other than candy.
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:
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
The Orwells - Let It Burn (Live)
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
Wolfmother - Joker & The Thief
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
"There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music." - John Keats
since i'm not sleeping worth a shit these days, it does provide me the opportunity to watch plenty of the Winter Olympics live. and i did watch most of the 4 hockey games today. i couldn't give a shit about any of the other sports. Sweden took care of Slovenia 5-0. yet another shutout for The King. Finland put a smile on my face, defeating Russia 3-1. the USA beat the Czech Republic 5-2. and Canada was stymied for most of the game, but eventually beat Latvia 2-1. that sets up 2 delicious games on Friday. Sweden vs. Finland, a rematch of the 2006 gold medal game. and the USA vs. Canada, a rematch of the 2010 gold medal game. i will definitely be watching both of those games. plenty of skill and hatred.
i satisfied my itch to write last night by writing 5 new poems. i typed them up while i was enjoying a victory beer this afternoon. i do believe i have a few winners in the batch. i'm hoping to get a few submissions together for next week.
i really didn't watch much last night until the late night talk shows. it was basically just flipping through the channels. that won't be the case tonight. Dayton plays LaSalle at 9 tonight. since my neck isn't cooperating with me at the moment, i won't be going to the game. but, i will be watching on tv. hopefully Dayton comes out on fire since they have been off for a week. it's another MUST win game. they are certainly knocking on the door of march madness this year. they already have more wins this year than last year.
i go back to the doctor at 11 tomorrow morning. i'm hoping the appointment doesn't last too long as i would like to see a good portion of the women's gold medal game in hockey between the USA and Canada. so, i'm hoping it goes we're going to go in this direction, here's a new script for some pain pills and then off to the sports bar. i imagine i will have a MRI in my future. unless the doctor thinks some other course is the better way to go. but since i've been dealing with this for over a month now, i'll assume it is time to take this to the next level. as well as i'm managing the pain, i wouldn't mind not having to deal with it at all.
the farm is in a state of 80 acres of a sloppy fucking mess. the slow melt is definitely on. i don't mind that in the fields, as that will certainly help the crops down the line. but i really wouldn't mind if all the damn snow around the house was gone. since not one inch of this place is flat or level, it's tricky as fuck to walk to the bird feeders or even to the cats. hitting a bump wrong isn't real fun with a bad back. of course, tomorrow night i believe we have some thunderstorms moving through. i think there already is a high wind warning. that should be loads of fucking fun.
that's all for today. i hope everyone is well. i'll be on here sometime tomorrow afternoon with the health update. and hopefully i'll have a good buzz going as well. until then my friends and enemies.
peace
music:
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Bonus Tracks)
Muddy Waters - Blues Legend
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling
"The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work." - Michael Jackson
so after the Yankees won (more on that tomorrow) i decided to get out to the barn before the rain is supposed to come. when i got to the one that houses most of the cats, i heard one crying. i went to go find it. and i did, 2 stalls over from its mother.
so i went back over to the main stall to see what Rita Dove was doing. much to my surprise, she was a bit busy.
so i guess Rita Dove has 3 kittens. good to know.
here is my cat Michael Jackson
and here is one of Whitey, who was being a little more bitchy than usual today, hence no pictures of her kittens
and one final one of Kit Kat being her normal nosy self
