i think 13 out of 16 is good...

 i got 13 out of 16 of the sweet sixteen correct, so i am pretty happy about that.

the USMNT lost to Canada yesterday, 2-1. it is quite obvious, they need a much larger group of players to choose from.

The White Lotus was amazing last night.

The Righteous Gemstone was fucking hilarious last night.

The Americas was very good last night.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan was great last night.

Yellowjackets was fucking insane last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be The Voice. 

i think Monday Night Raw is on Netflix this afternoon. i am going to try to watch that when i get home from taking mom to her doctor's appointment.

i talked to my insurance agent this morning. i finally got the letter he was telling me to call him about back in January. i guess on March 1st, Medicaid approved my application. he sent the application in December of last year. he was happy that they accepted me as it should drive the prices down for me. i had one question though. if i got approved on March 1st and didn't know about it until March 22nd, what 3 to 4 day period am i to believe that my Medicaid card will be sent to me? he believes i should already have it, as do i. he did give the number to cancel my other insurance with. thankfully, that hasn't been paid yet for next month.

i'm not going to cancel the insurance until the cards come, that's for sure.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

i have no damn clue when i will be on here tomorrow.

until then...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

Creo que trece de dieciséis es bastante bueno.

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:

Alice In Chains - Brother (Live)

William Fitzsimmons - Beautiful Girl (Live)

Pearl Jam - Black (Live)

The Civil Wars - Billie Jean (Live)

My Morning Jacket - Bermuda Highway (Live)

"I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." - Steve McQueen

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

where does the time go

it's been raining most of the day and my arthritis has me feeling like i'm fucking 80 years old. that's not good on a day where i have places to go and i have to deal with shitty fucking drivers.

i got mom to her test on time and thought i had plenty of time to get to the bank, get some gas and then get the blog done when i got home. little did i know i would drop shit in the bank parking lot. thankfully, the roll of change didn't break open. the hose for the gas at the gas station wanted to fight me today. thankfully, none of that ended up in my eyes. and i had so many fucking emails by the time i got home, there was no fucking way to do the blog then.

mom's test went long. when i picked her up she wanted to get some food and go home. so i had dinner at 5 pm today. i might as well get used to it.

Shameless was excellent last night. the season finale next week should be amazing.

The Chi was fucking great last night.

Crashing was pretty damn funny last night.

Divorce was good last night.

i did watch some of the football games last night. it was funny watching karma kick the Vikings in the ass. of course, i know the New Orleans Saints would have done better in the game. so it's the Patriots vs. Eagles in the Super Bowl. hopefully, the commercials are good.

i stayed up last night and watched the New York Rangers piss away a 2-0 lead and lose to the Kings 4-2. at this point, i almost hope the Rangers miss the playoffs so they are forced to make some fucking changes.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight  and Mosaic. i'll be watching Monday Night Raw for most of the evening.

i'll be on here tomorrow after i take mom to physical therapy in the morning.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

¿Alguien sabe un lugar bueno y seco?

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:

Orgy - Blue Monday
The Civil Wars - Disarm
Pixies - Head On
The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe

"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey." - Lord Byron

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

i'd give up a kidney for a good night of sleep

i don't know what the fuck it is, but nearly every night now i'm waking up and looking at the clock just a few hours after i finally fall asleep. and then try to fall back asleep when you're angry, awake and looking at a clock that says 3:44 AM. when i got back up at 7 i just said fuck it. i guess disjointed sleep is all i will get until i enjoy the sweet relief of death. so be it.

my blood sugar has been pretty damn good the last week or so. i'm keeping off the weight i lost, so that's good. now, i'm sure when i go to the doctor in the next few days all the numbers will still be shit.

the New York Yankees pissed away a 5-1 lead last night to lose at Baltimore 6-5. you can just imagine how happy that made me. hopefully they do better this afternoon.

VICE last night was really good. the story about plastic in the oceans was very interesting.

NJPW was excellent last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was hilarious as always.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live and ROH.

the New York Rangers play in Ottawa this afternoon. all i'm hoping is that no one gets injured before the playoffs start. neither team is really playing for anything today.

my sister did come down last night. she went out and got mom's phone fixed this morning. apparently mom didn't know she put the phone on voice command (usually used for the blind). that made me laugh as mom's eyes are so bad right now she might as well be blind.

i will probably be on here tomorrow after Manchester United plays.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

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 Cure - Pictures of You
The Civil Wars - Dance Me to the End of Love (Live)
The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You
Metallica - Now That We're Dead

"People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field." - Julian Lennon

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

why i'm happy i never became a father day...

so i was doing a little more reading of my father's medical records last night. his grandmother had dementia. his mother had dementia. he had dementia. well, i suppose i know who is next in line for that one. his father committed suicide. so, it's pretty plain for me to see i come from a long line of crazy people. and since this country doesn't believe in doing anything for the mentally ill, i guess i'm fucked. good times.

Copa America Update:
Argentina defeated Venezuela 4-1. that sets up Argentina vs. USA in one semifinal. Chile destroyed Mexico last night 7-0. that sets up Chile vs. Colombia in the other semifinal. do i think the USA has a chance? yes. do i think they will beat the #1 team in the world? no. but i would love to be proved wrong. finishing in the top 4 of this tournament is a success for the USA team. now it's time to have dessert.

Euro 2016 Update:
Hungary got a very late gift from Iceland (own goal) to get a 1-1 draw yesterday. Portugal spit the bit again and ended up in a 0-0 draw against Austria. i can't believe CR7 missed the penalty kick. today France takes on Switzerland and Romania takes on Albania.

the New York Yankees came from behind yesterday to beat Minnesota 7-6. they will go for the sweep today.

ROH was excellent last night. i thought the episode did a great job setting up their next ppv.

mom and my sister got home around 8:30 last night. and mom wonders why she's in pain today.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Silicon Valley, Veep, Last Week Tonight and the season finale of Penny Dreadful.

most of the evening i'll be watching Money in the Bank on WWE Network. this looks like it could be an amazing pay per view. hopefully the show has some surprises and all the guys i want to win actually do win. plus, tonight will be the match that no one ever thought would happen, AJ Styles vs. John Cena. should be a very good night of pro wrestling.

i'll somehow try to keep up with Game 7 of the NBA Finals tonight as well.

i'd love to see Cleveland win. it will take a miracle for it to happen though.

i got a little sun yesterday feeding the birds. nothing too bad though. it's supposed to be even hotter today, so i'll be indoors.

that's all for me today kids. happy father's day to all the good fathers out there. the bad fathers don't deserve any recognition at all, so fuck off.

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 Civil Wars - My Father's Father (Live)
Sturgill Simpson - Sugar Daddy
Faster Pussycat - House of Pain
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

"Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow." - Tobias Wolff

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

i thought the weekend was for relaxing...

the fog from early this morning has finally started to burn off. i got a good laugh from the wild turkeys in the lane scaring off the little birds as they came up to the house. of course, they started to scatter when my cat Whitey looked at them and started to think... i believe all of them are safely in the back woods now.

after i feed the cats this morning, i'll be making a trip to the store with my mother. she's going to a conference for a few days next week, so she thinks it would be nice if there was some food in the house for me. so kind. i actually believe she wants me to come along to lift the heavy shit we have to get at the tractor supply store.

the Yankees won last night 5-3. 3 wins in a row. the fools are starting to think they can still actually make the playoffs. i won't believe until they actually do it. Jeter had another good game. i figure this next week is going to be him trying to turn back the clock. they play again this afternoon. i don't like their chances given the pitching matchup.

the Big Brother episode was better than i thought it was going to be last night. i'm not a big fan of the flashback episodes, especially when you've watched most or all of the season. the season finale of the show will be Wednesday night. i will be shocked if Derrick doesn't win it all.

The Knick last night was excellent. the ending was especially creepy. i do love the detail in which they go into for a historical type of show. plus, i do love a show that is graphic. now, if i would just remember that it's on Friday nights and not recall that i missed it when i'm getting ready for bed at 2 in the morning...

when i get back from the store, unless there is something important in the mail, it will be a day of sports and who knows what else. there are a few college football games i want to watch today. plus, a few good soccer matches over in Europe.

late tonight i'll watch ROH. hopefully it will be another great episode.

Manchester United plays early tomorrow morning. so i'll probably be on here after that game.

i had some fun this morning on iTunes. i bought four songs, one that has been stuck in my head for weeks now. the other three were spur of the moment decisions. mostly, i just go wherever my ears get excited.

for those following the stories within this blog, high school football didn't go as i wanted last night and i heard that i missed one great concert. oh well. one day i'll have something close to a disposable income.

that's all for me this morning. i do hope all 3 of you that read this have a wonderful 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:

Nikki Lane - Right Time
The Civil Wars - Billie Jean (Live)
John Prine - Crazy As a Loon
Young Summer - Blood Love

"Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life." - Sophia Loren

not what i was hoping for...

last night left a pretty bitter taste in my mouth.

the New York Rangers had so many damn turnovers in their own end last night that it looked like 9 of the 10 guys on the ice were playing for the Penguins. a well deserved 5-2 loss. they play in Toronto tonight. i'm not really expecting anything better.

Ohio State lost 40-35 in a pretty entertaining game, if you were lucky enough to not be an Ohio State fan since birth. and what pissed me off the most were the stupid mental mistakes by seniors. simply unacceptable. if most of the defensive coaches aren't fired by the end of today i'm going to be even more livid. i haven't seen an Ohio State defense play so bad in my entire fucking life. on the good side, that was the last college football game i'll give a shit about for a few months.

i haven't been too pleased with the updated weather reports i've seen. the most dire model has us getting a foot of snow tomorrow and then spending the next 48 hours below zero. as i told my mother, that's akin to mother nature taking a shit down my throat. it's pretty warm (all things considered) today. i saw all the cats when i fed them earlier. if i can say the same thing by Wednesday i'll be shocked.

today is a pretty busy sports day. i did watch a good portion of that Sweden vs. Russia game in the World Juniors. always nice to see a game end in a brawl. i wasn't surprised that Sweden won. they seem to have the Russians number as of late. i'll try to catch a good portion of Canada vs. Finland later as well.

the Dayton Flyers play down at Ole Miss tonight. i'd love to see them get a victory but a close loss wouldn't shock me.

the New Orleans Saints play at the Eagles tonight. i'd love to see them get their first outdoor playoff win in franchise history. i'm bracing myself for the usual disappointment as something always bounces wrong for them in outdoor games. but i'd really love if they could shut the world up and win tonight. that would be one sweet victory beer.

other than all that and some more college basketball, i'll be watching ROH late tonight. i believe SNL is a rerun. i might check out some of Austin City Limits tonight as well.

i'm really hoping that i can get out to feed the cats tomorrow before the snow starts. especially if we're getting a damn foot of snow. i've already done the things i usually do on Sunday today. i only want to have to go out once tomorrow . and i have my tomorrow all planned if that goes my way. a mix of laundry, playoff football, and Manchester United playing in the FA Cup. i'm also old enough to know nothing truly ever goes as planned.

i'll be on here tomorrow sometime. probably bitching about something.

be well. peace and chicken grease.

music:

Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - Blues at Sunrise
The Civil Wars - Live at Eddie's Attic
fun. - Before Shane Went to Bangkok: fun. Live in the USA

"You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself." - Ethel Barrymore

update: Finland beat Canada 5-1, which made me chuckle. Sweden vs. Finland for gold tomorrow at the World Juniors. Canada vs. Russia for bronze for the second straight year.

Saturday Night Live is a best of the season tonight, so i'll check that out.

the latest weather report has the snow arriving at 3 am. so, no chance of me getting up before that to feed the cats. sadly, the snow looks to be ending at 5 am Monday morning. 10 inches or more. lovely. and then the coldest temps since i was a senior in high school, 1994.

just another Monday

let me peel back the onion a bit and give you a glimpse into my day. i'm out feeding the cats and i suddenly have the need to shit. do i go in the kitty litter? do i hold it and get back inside? i'm not an animal, so i made it back inside. and after a huge movement, just as i'm getting up from the bowl, i sneeze. and the sure force of the sneeze produces more shit falling right out of me. do you laugh? do you wonder how you can make this a poem? both? if you chose C, you are correct. why am i still single?

i did catch bits and pieces of the Yankees game last night. i'd like to thank those dumb asses in Boston for hitting A-Rod and waking up his teammates. hopefully this is the light bulb for the rest of the season. 9-6 win after being down 6-3 before A-Rod's response to getting hit. off today and then a doubleheader tomorrow. i'd love to sweep that doubleheader, but Phil Hughes is starting one of those games. my fingers are crossed for a split.

the shows last night were excellent. The Newsroom was brilliant. i can't wait to see what happens in the next episode. Ray Donovan was really good as well. Total Divas was probably the funniest episode of the season so far.

i did see the results of Summerslam last night. i'm a little disappointed but not dismayed. if the payoff to what happened last night is more CM Punk A+ matches and a huge feud between Orton, HHH, and Daniel Bryan... i'm all for it. i will definitely be tuned in to Monday Night Raw tonight to see what happens next.

i got 3 more cartoons and another illustration i need to write a poem for from my artist friend in Sweden today. i'm holding off on putting out the 3 cartoons until i hear back from the publisher i've contacted. i'd love for a book to come out with a ton of material that no one has seen before.

i did watch a little bit of Manchester City this afternoon. once their opponent got down to 10 men, i didn't bother to watch anymore. i hate to say it, but they looked good.

that's pretty much all for today... until tomorrow.

music:

The Civil Wars - Live at Eddie's Attic

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." - Coco Chanel

an unexpected high energy Tuesday

today is the first day where it truly feels like it is summer outside. full of sun, a bit of humidity, sweat, bug spray, short fuses and cats sleeping on the concrete.

today is also the birthday of the biggest crush i ever had in my life. i use the past tense as a way of telling myself she's never going to leave her husband. but if she ever did... i would have killed people if she asked when i was 17, you can only imagine what i would do now.

the house is open and nearing 80 degrees inside. mom complained about being cold last night with the air conditioning on. i hope she enjoys the other extreme. this feels like my sister's condo now. and she won't run the a/c because she's a tight wad when it comes to money.

i enjoyed Monday Night Raw last night. i got a good laugh when they said it was the first time Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins wrestled against each other. i do believe i recall a match 5 years ago in ROH between Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black. it was great then as it is now. i figure when CM Punk is back and the Wyatt Family is running around, it might actually become 3 hours of great television again.

i did watch most of The Voice last night. i'm not sure if my 3 picks are going to make it or not. i really didn't care for Sasha's performances last night. i still believe it will be Danielle, Michelle, and Sasha. if she doesn't make it, i can't believe i'm typing this, but i think The Swon Brothers could crack the final 3. tonight should be heartbreaking for 2 people at least.

so, from The Voice tonight i will jump to Deadliest Catch. from there it will become crazy time. all going on at the same time mind you. the Yankees are out in Oakland starting a series. team USA plays Panama in World Cup Qualifying. and game 3 of the NBA Finals are on as well. needless to say i will be wearing out the remote once again. and hopefully enjoying two victory beers at the end of it.

i have been a busy boy networking over at LinkedIn. hopefully it actually leads to some productive ideas. or at the very least, increased book sales.

and speaking of the devil...

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no news on the critter front. both traps were closed this morning with nothing in them. i'm figuring the curious ass cats triggered them or the dumb ass birds did. i did laugh when the groundhog was sniffing around the closed trap at dusk last night. life truly is a comedy of fucking errors.

that's all for today. i'm off to figure how the fuck i'm going to get to wherever to see NIN play on this tour coming up. these are the moments where i figure it might have actually been good to have more than a handful of friends over 37 years of existence.

hindsight, you evil fucker...

music today:

Niki & The Dove - Instinct
G. Love & Special Sauce - Who's Got The Weed (MP3 Single)
The Crystal Method - Busy Child (MP3 Single)
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence." - Vince Lombardi

after a good weekend

i was going to do this blog post a few hours ago but my "high speed" internet (wink, wink) shit the bed once again. supposedly someone will be out here on Wednesday to "fix" the problem. so, once again Frontier Communications, thank you for the bullshit.

i'd like to welcome RvP into the Manchester United immortals after this weekend. go win the league and the Champions League and you will never be forgotten. and if you City fans ever wonder why i've always thought of you as worthless pieces of shit, the blood running down Rio's face should always be exhibit a. may the 6 points quickly become 15 and the world can forget about the blue turds.

won 2 of my 3 fantasy football matches. would have won 3 but my dumb ass didn't start the Patriots TE. that cost me, but that team still won the division. next week, the playoffs.

thanks to those of you who have let me know that my Christmas gifts arrived. after the week i've had with the post office, good to know miracles still exist.

my sister's last gift arrived so now it's all about deciding do i wrap the presents with the comics or the obituaries. decisions, decisions.

looks like the Yankees will be getting older in the next few days. there are times when i wonder why i bother.

thankfully, the Dayton Flyers have turned the season around pronto and things are looking promising once again. as i stated in the preseason, this team goes as far as Kevin Dillard takes it. thankfully, he's now understanding that as well.

looking forward to the 12/12/12 concert coming up. always good when i can just sit back and listen to music for hours and hours. torn if i should get the Rolling Stones PPV on the weekend. i've seen them live before (with Beck) and i'm not convinced this is really the last tour. but still, it's the Stones...

enjoyed the final 4 on the Voice. i'll be completely shocked if someone from team Blake doesn't win again after the performances earlier.

enough of my ramblings. hope this finds everyone well.

music today:

Hammock - Departure Songs Sampler
The Civil Wars - Live at Eddie's Attic
Brooke Annibale - Silence Worth Breaking

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci

ready for the funeral

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i'm in all black today, ready for the Yankees funeral. i'm not very happy mother nature postponed the inevitable, but oh well. here's hoping CC doesn't do the same today. i am so ready for this season to be over and for the team to be blown up. of course, that will be next to impossible with all the horrific contracts they have, but a man can dream can't he...

plenty on the tv docket tonight as well. a good NFL game, a sneaky good college football game, and the usual Thursday night television as well. guess i'll be napping in front of the tv again.

actually wrote a poem yesterday that came out of nowhere. love when that happens. of course, the main line popped in my head at the post office. so, like a madman, i repeated it out loud to myself over the blaring music on the ride home. thankfully, i only live about 5 minutes away. i'll be typing that up tomorrow most likely. hopefully, a few others pop in my head and i'll be thinking about another submission next week.

music today:

The Civil Wars - Live at Eddie's Attic
Hammock - Departure Songs Sampler
The Charlie Daniels Band - A Decade of Hits
Matthew Perryman Jones - Land of the Living
Metallica - Death Magnetic

"Life is half spent before we know what it is." - George Herbert

a couple of drinks into a Wednesday...

this blog post is brought to you by Frontier Communications. the worst fucking Internet connection i have ever had, and that includes the ten plus years i was on dial up. avoid this company like the fucking plague, they fucking suck.

you would think from that little diatribe i have had a shit day, but honestly it's the complete opposite. i've been trying to get on for the last hour to post my happiness. if it would be anything else, this computer would be in pieces.

so nice to see Andy Pettitte pitching again. gave the Yankees exactly what they needed. 5 shutout innings. of course, i turn away to watch some Champions League and the bullpen managed to turn the game into a stomach turner. but, great games from Ichiro and Swisher, a tack on run and game over. now, hopefully they go out and win the second game and have yet another day in first place.

speaking of the Champions League, nice win from Manchester United. i would prefer if we do score in the first 7 minutes in the next game, tack on a few more goals instead of having to defend for the next 90. also, MAKE A FUCKING PENALTY KICK. jesus christ, i can guarantee that is going to cost us sometime this season.

finale of Big Brother tonight. i'm hoping Dan gets rewarded for being a bastard this season. he's the only reason this season has been watchable.

music today:

William Fitzsimmons - NoiseTrade Sampler
Delta Rae - Live at Lincoln Theater
The Civil Wars - Live at Eddie's Attic
Kristy Lee - In This Room

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill

insert Beth Orton lyric here

a good sunday morning to anyone who stumbles upon this blog. i hope you are doing well. better than i am at the very least. a night of shitty sleep after helping the muse deal with a shitty day. got 5 poems rejected from Gloom Cupboard on top of everything as well. you win some, you lose more times than not. welcome to life as a poet.

a nice sports day for me. Yankees going for the sweep. French Open finals. a little Nascar, EURO 2012 as well and i have a nice, well rounded, sophisticated white trash day ahead of me.

nice to see my favorite anti-hero make the NBA finals. maybe LeBron will win it for a change and give the entire world the middle finger. enjoy being the heel. embrace it. you'll never have more fun in your life.

i'm hoping the storms they are calling for tonight are just rain and not much else. i don't need a light show or the power going out. masturbating by candle light can get tricky, if you know what i mean.

happy birthday to the first real love of my life. i hope you are doing well and have a wonderful day with your family and friends.

went a little soft and pretentious for music this morning

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

"All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
   - Victor Hugo