this is a day that has me torn...

 as most of you know, i had a horrible relationship with my father. So, father's day hasn't really meant anything to me since my stepfather, the first male to ever treat me with any fucking respect, died. but, today also happens to be my mother's birthday. i was hoping that thought would be the prevalent one today. but, as usual with this fucking family, mom is depressed and woe is me ever since last night. so, the breakfast i wanted to make her she doesn't want. yeah, going to be one of those days i guess. the joy of being a poet. ultimately, it is all fucking content. 

that being said, i do hope she likes the gifts i got her.

WWE Clash at the Castle yesterday was excellent.

AEW Collision was good last night.

here are your highlights from Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final:

the New York Yankees lost last night at Boston, 8-4. hopefully, they will win the series tonight.

i didn't get to see much of the Euro 2024 action yesterday. i should be able to watch some of it today.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Last Week Tonight, The Chi and Power Book 2: Ghost.

i'm sure i will watch some sports today and hopefully, get some more sleep.

i should be on here tomorrow before i take mom to her physical therapy appointment.

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

until tomorrow kids...

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.

este es un día que me tiene desgarrado

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:

Nolen Sellwood - Banjo Song

Anderson East w/Foy Vance - Maybe We Never Die

Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon (Live)

Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (Live)

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got The Blues

"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother...

 well, since the last time i was on here, some things have happened... i wrote 4 poems yesterday while mom was in her physical therapy session. i typed those up eventually last night. they are pretty good. on the way to lunch after physical therapy, saw a really good car accident. two women, both on the phone, in a construction zone. the jokes write themselves people. mom wanted to have lunch at Lee's. she got a free lunch for her birthday. we ate in the restaurant. it wasn't bad. got back home and was going to go to Kroger last night for mom's pills. she said go on Friday instead. ah, the beauty of hindsight...

so, i got up this morning later than i wanted and put on some cinnamon rolls for mom's birthday breakfast. i had to go to Lowe's to get the garage door lubricant i ran out of. mom wanted me to find her a snake plant. they had everything but that there. after that, i went to Big Lots and found some hockey cards. then, i went to Dollar General and found some baseball cards. after that, i went to the bank to deposit my check. and then finally, i went to Kroger. i had to get mom's pills, a birthday cake and some hand soap. and while i was waiting in line, i got her some alcohol for her birthday. she texted me as i was getting ready to leave the parking lot, wondering where i was. i figured she would enjoy some time alone.

the USMNT defeated Mexico last night, 3-0. the game was ugly, which i was kind of expecting as Mexico has fallen way behind the USA now in soccer. 4 red cards in the game. the USA will play Canada Sunday for the CONCACAF Nations League title, but they will be without McKinnie and Dest. plus, i wasn't thrilled with the news last night that they were hiring the old coach back again.

NJPW was really good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Smackdown, AEW Rampage and Painting with John. i'll watch NXT Level Up sometime tonight on Peacock.

the Yankees start a series tonight at Boston.

i have no clue what mom wants for dinner tonight. problem is, i don't think she knows what she wants either. so, yeah...

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

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

until tomorrow kids...

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.

tres a cero

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 Beatles - A Day In The Life

Good Field - Full Pool

Annie Fitzgerald - I'll Wait Here

Witch Prophet - Memory

Bettye LaVette - I'm Not Gonna Waste My Love

"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother...

 so, i made my mother breakfast this morning. i was happy that she felt like eating. that is different from most mornings. she enjoyed the coffee cup and Marvin the Martian t-shirt i got her for her birthday. now, i'm hoping she can get through physical therapy without too many problems. fingers are crossed.

the New York Yankees won last night over Tampa, 4-3. they will go for the sweep tonight.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was very entertaining. Colorado won in OT, 4-3.

AEW Dynamite was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, NJPW, two episodes of The Old Man and Desus & Mero. i'll watch NXT UK sometime tonight on Peacock.

Game 6 of the NBA Finals is tonight. i will probably watch some of that.

i should be on here tomorrow after a trip to the bank and to Meijer.

it looks like the heat is going to finally break this weekend. i can't wait for that.

that's all for me kids. 

until tomorrow...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay socially distant.

get the fucking shot.

feliz cumpleaños a mi madre

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:

Monsieur Glize - Voyage

Lana Del Rey - Buddy's Rendezvous

Sturgill Simpson - I Don't Mind

DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World

Banditos - I Put a Spell On You

"The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother

 i woke up this morning and my mother was already in the shower. that surprised me. thankfully, it was just because she wanted to take one, nothing bad had happened. she liked the card i gave her. hopefully what i bought her will be here tomorrow.

the grocery shopping today was tedious, mostly because i have to check every label for sodium, carbs and calories. fun times. i did get everything on the list and a few extras for my mother so she could at least attempt to enjoy her birthday with everything going on. i did luck into some baseball cards today at the Rite Aid near the Kroger i shop at. i got 2 Fairfield boxes for $9. there was about $15 worth of cards in the boxes. and it was warm enough today that most women were wearing something tight. and seeing that i'm an ass man, i enjoyed the view a little longer than i probably should have.

NXT was amazing last night. having Samoa Joe back as Mr. Regal's enforcer is going to be fun.

Deadliest Catch was a tough one last night. but, it is clear why the show is one of the best reality shows around, especially when it comes to dealing with a death.

Mr. Inbetween was excellent last night.

here are your highlights from the NBA playoffs last night:

here are your highlights from the NHL playoffs last night:

i did see a little bit of the Euro 2020 this morning before i had to go.

i did make a deposit at the bank today. there was nothing but dudes working, which kind of disappointed me. oh well.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight.

the Yankees won last night over Toronto, 6-5. hopefully, they will win again tonight.

i'm sure i will watch some of the NBA and NHL playoffs tonight.

mom wanted popcorn shrimp for dinner tonight, but that doesn't exactly fit into what she can have sodium wise. so, i'm hoping to convince her into some crab cakes and maybe some steamed vegetables. 

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

i need to go ice my back down and catch up on the shit i missed while i was out today.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay socially distant.

get the shot.

feliz cumpleaños a mi madre

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:

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball and Chain (Live)

The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Zombies - Time of the Season

"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother...

i went to the bank this morning to make a deposit. after that. i brought back some breakfast for my mother. it was a big enough breakfast that she slept a good portion of the afternoon away. i'm pretty sure she liked what my sister and i got her for her birthday. her sight is such now that she needs large print books to read. and she loves doing puzzles and word searches, so i got her some large print books for that. enough to keep her brain busy for a while i suppose. not sure what she wants for dinner tonight. i'm sure she'll surprise me with something.

Monday Night Raw was good last night.

the season finale of Songland was very good last night.

Fuck That's Delicious was hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Deadliest Catch and WWE Backstage.

i have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon. this is the one that was rescheduled from back in March. so, i'm hoping i get to find out if the pill they put me on is actually making my A1C drop like it is supposed to. after i get done with the appointment, i need to get the grocery shopping done.

i think the plan for tomorrow is to hit up the local grocery store in the morning to get the stuff i usually get from there. hopefully, i won't have much more than my pills and a couple other things to get at the bigger grocery store after the appointment.

i need to get the trash picked up, so that's all for me kids...

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

fuck fascism.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands...

¿mencioné que anoche solo dormí 3 horas?

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:

Tunde Adebimpe - PEOPLE
Dua Saleh - ROSETTA
2Pac w/K-Ci & JoJo - How Do U Want It
2Pac w/Dr. Dre & Roger - California Love
2Pac - Dear Mama

"We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother...

my mother slept in this morning, so she really didn't want much for breakfast. that made things pretty easy for me this morning. i was hoping we'd have really good weather today so maybe she would want to go out for lunch or something. of course, we're supposed to have some strong storms move through in a couple hours. joy. so this will be the house of arthritis really soon.

the New York Yankees won last night, 8-4. hopefully, they will get the series split this afternoon. the Yankees did make a trade last night, getting Edwin Encarnacion from Seattle. he's going to be the primary DH when he shows up tomorrow. apparently, the Yankees can't get any pitching, so they will just try to pummel everyone to death.

i did watch plenty of the Gold Cup last night. Canada won 4-0 and Mexico won 7-0. that should be interesting when they play each other this coming week.

congrats to Ukraine for winning the U-20 World Cup.

Canada won in the Women's World Cup yesterday, 2-0. Sweden defeated Thailand this morning 5-1. the USA beat Chile 3-0. Sweden will play the USA in a few days to see who wins the group.

ROH was really good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Axios, Big Little Lies, Euphoria, Last Week Tonight, Our Cartoon President, City on a Hill and the season finale of The Chi.

i think mom liked her gifts this year. my sister got what she put on her Amazon.com list and i got her a candle and a pillow. hopefully the rest of the day will be uneventful for her.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. i hope your Father's Day is even better.

and as i told the last person that asked me about Father's Day... i'll go dig the fucker up and ask him about it.

i have no damn clue when i will be on here tomorrow. mom has appointments nearly every day this coming week. good times.

that's all for me kids. until tomorrow...

feliz cumpleaños a mi madre

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 Beatles - Come Together
John Lennon - Imagine
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary
Tom Waits - Come On Up To The House

"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." - Tupac Shakur

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

happy birthday to my mother...

my mother turns 65 today. sadly, it's going to be a really hot day here, so no big parties or drunken episodes of family dysfunction. at least not this morning. knowing her, she'll want to have a quiet day and sleep most of it away. i've been up 3 hours and i think i did a pretty good job of not waking her up.

i woke up about 20 minutes into the France vs. Australia game. France did not play well at all. thanks to Paul Pogba, they escaped with a 2-1 victory. i'm currently watching Argentina vs. Iceland. it's 1-1 in the 40th minute.

the New York Yankees got 5 shutout innings from the kid they called up from AA last night. the offense broke it open late and the Yankees won 5-0. they can win the series against Tampa with a victory this afternoon.

Vice was really good last night.

NJPW was good last night.

Major League Wrestling was very good last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was hilarious last night.

the season finale of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas was really good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be ROH. i will be watching NXT Takeover Chicago 2 for most of the evening on WWE Network. if it's like most of the Takeover shows, tonight's wrestling will outshine the main roster tomorrow night at Money in the Bank.

the other World Cup games today are Peru vs. Denmark and Croatia vs. Nigeria.

i will most likely be on here tomorrow before the Yankees Old Timer's Day festivities begin.

i might do some writing today. i might get off my lazy ass and do a Soundcloud recording. who knows.

that's all for me kids. i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

perdido en una espiral de muerte, encontré a una mujer disfrazada de sueño

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:

AC/DC - T.N.T.
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
White Reaper - Judy French
Pearl Jam - Mother (Live)

"The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams." - Tupac Shakur

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

a hot and humid happy birthday

today my mother turns 64. she looked a little puzzled at the card i gave her. it was a penguin saying all these positive things. she then looked inside and it was blank, except for what i wrote... don't worry, it all will be over soon. HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY i then gave her a Marvin The Martian Hot Wheels car and a deluxe edition of Sgt. Pepper's by the Beatles. i figured with her turning 64, that gift just made too much sense. she liked them both.

the frames i ordered from Hobby Lobby came today. thankfully, nothing was damaged like the horror stories i read on their website.

the New York Yankees are now inventing ways to lose games. they scored in every inning from the 6th on last night, and still managed to fucking lose 8-7 in 10 innings. and now the injuries are piling up. Adam Warren, Gary Sanchez and Aaron Hicks. just fucking great. hopefully they stop the damn losing streak tonight in Oakland.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

The Putin Interviews, Part 4 were pretty damn comical last night. i did howl when Putin more or less said Trump is stupid and will have to learn while on the job. and i love when he suddenly starts talking perfect english when he's talking to a woman.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be VICE, NJPW and Real Time with Bill Maher.

i went to the grocery store earlier this afternoon. it was probably too damn hot but, fuck it. as soon as i walked in, this unbelievably attractive woman walked past me and smiled. of course, i was headed to the pharmacy and she was going the opposite direction. i was really hoping to run into her while going around the store. of course, that never happened. i figure there's another poem. i got mom a small birthday cake and some other things she wanted. and amazingly, i got her the right pads this time. i made sure she wrote down as much info as i needed on the grocery list so i would get the ones she wanted this time. see women, a man that can follow directions. how you doin'?

i guess my sister is bringing pizza for dinner tonight. oh goody, pizza and cake. and only two toilets in the house. at least we know the code to get in next door. that might come in handy at some point.

i hope everyone has a great weekend. i will try to be on here tomorrow before the cleaning ladies are here.

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:

Violent Femmes - Add It Up (Live)
2Pac, Dr. Dre & Roger - California Love
Portugal. The Man - Rich Friends
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

"My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'" - Tupac Shakur

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

better than i thought it would be

i decided to be the good son and humor my mother today on her 60th birthday. so, i went shopping with her at Target. anyone that knows me knows just how much i hate shopping. this was a pretty painless trip. just a few odds and ends and some things we needed for the animals.

after driving around looking at houses for sale in the area and a little lunch, we were back home in time for a little Confederations Cup soccer. that probably made the trip much better for me actually.

after watching that i decided to fuck with myself and watch the Yankees. i didn't watch their loss yesterday and i was less than happy when they had yet another injury. so when they got up 6-0 today, i figured the end of the world was coming. CC was pitching great and then the 9th inning came along. they tried their hardest to make this one of the worst road trips i could ever remember... but held on to win 6-5. the first victory beer since god knows when. they are off tomorrow.

throw in a little golf and some more soccer, a nap, a little dinner, some birthday cake, and there is most of my day. it hasn't rained as much as they said, which is great as the crops have enough water for now. plus, the trash seems to be in the same place (fingers crossed). i know i don't feel like picking up 10 bags of shredded paper that don't get picked up somehow.

tonight will be a little basketball, a little Nurse Jackie and Veep, more basketball and then some sleep. i didn't get much last night as the muse and i were on the phone to nearly 4 in the morning. always love when i find someone i can actually talk about anything and everything to. those people are rare these days. too many fuckers just waiting for their turn to talk. not sure what stories i will hear from her tonight. i believe she's spending most of today on a boat.

mom has decided that we are going to go shopping again tomorrow. somewhere i can hear god laughing.

a special thank you to RC Edrington for the kind words on my book, Sofisticated White Trash. i really appreciate it.

hope everyone had a great weekend. until tomorrow... i believe the shopping is going to be in Indiana, so i might have a few stories to share.

music today:

Red Wanting Blue - Live at City Winery
Five Dollar Milkshake - apartinthemiddle

"I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated." - Tupac Shakur

oh so close yet so damn far away

let me start with last night. i was feeling pretty damn good about myself until i watched the New York Rangers blow a 3 goal lead. now, they did come back to win the game 4-3 in a shootout. but, no lead like that should be given up with just 11 minutes to go in the game. but, i decided to try to focus on the positive. the win. the 2 points. beating Boston 2 out of 3 games.

now, for today. i did my best to keep my expectations and my emotions level while waiting for the Manchester United game against Real Madrid. of course, once the game started i was my usual loud, obnoxious self. a great goal from Danny Welbeck 20 minutes in and i'm feeling great. then, of course, CR7 ties it 10 minutes later. Real Madrid controlled most of the rest of the game. Manchester United's goalkeeper played the best game i have ever seen him play for the team. RVP had a few chances late to steal the game, but, all in all, a draw is not that bad actually. away goals are huge in these events. so, now just win the home leg in March and the team advances. as for Gus Johnson, not a bad job announcing for that big of a stage. a few mistakes but nothing awful. i was worried the Gus effect was going to take place in the game. thankfully it didn't happen. if you want some fun go here:
http://www.gusjohnsongetsbuckets.com/ and play around. or, if you happen to be at work, piss off a co-worker with it. as for the referee, who the fuck blows the final whistle when a team is getting ready to take a corner kick? there's 20 minutes of screaming i'll never get back. leave it to the Germans to try and ruin everything.

that brings me to the Dayton Flyers. for some fucking reason, they can't beat Rhode Island. a team that has fucking sucked for as long as i can remember and Dayton plays them like they are a UCLA team under John Wooden. so, as usual given the scenario i just laid out, Dayton loses on the road by 3 to a team that now has 7 wins on the season. thank god i didn't have a chance to watch this debacle. the biggest game of the season comes up this weekend (noon Saturday on ESPN2) and i am absolutely not looking forward to it. not sure if i can stomach watching those assholes from down south celebrate on our floor once again.

found out today (or yesterday as it now past midnight here) that my sister won't be here until the weekend. not sure what to expect but hopefully it will be a nice diversion in case Dayton loses again.

also, heard back from Five 2 One Magazine on my poetry submission from back in November. they have decided to pass.

hope everyone has a good valentine's day or at the very least, a better than you expected one. i'm not a big fan of the hallmark holidays, of course, i'm single. i imagine if i wasn't i'd be singing a different tune.

music today:

a random mix of bullshit from my Amazon.com cloud player

go check out the Sam Roberts Show Online #43 if you need a good laugh. look for it at iTunes, Stitcher, and at notsam.com.

"The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams." - Tupac Shakur