Welp...

 Welp, I did it. I got rid of X (used to be Twitter) because that piece of crap Squealon Muskrat in all likelihood will turn it into a warped right-wing propaganda outlet, much like Fox "News" or the garbage you hear on right-wing radio (Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, etc.). So, I peaced out of there and uninstalled the app off my phone. Speaking of Fox News, I bet those ditzy goofballs and so-called journalists over there are hamming it up and probably throwing a victory parade, over on radio, Glenn Beck is probably crying crocodile tears of joy. Fuck that guy, forever. Hypocrite. Oh, and the New York Times had this article today claiming that "evangelicals" are calling Mango Mussolini's election win as a divine mandate. As I stated over on Threads (where you can find me now), it's quite a flex considering the man is virtually the Anti-Christ.

This has been the latest, and the coup-de-grace, in what has been an extremely crappy six week stretch. First was the news that my dream woman, who I've spoken about before on this blog, went back to her husband. That set off a chain of events that has continued to this day. Then came Milton, which destroyed the roof of Tropicana Field in the process and all but rendered my favorite baseball team homeless for God knows how long. Then my favorite basketball team lost their best player due to injury and have been in free-fall since, my favorite football team lost their two top wide receivers due to injury and have lost three straight games with the 49ers coming to town off a bye this Sunday. The Lightning all of a sudden can't get out of their own way and are in the middle of a four-game winless streak. Then of course, Tuesday. I won't say anything further about that. So, I wound up deactivating my Facebook page this week, the reasons are what I just listed and this.

At least college basketball has started, so I actually have something to look forward to, even if UNC-Duke isn't until February, but this autumn has been anything but kind to me, I hope winter and the Yuletide season is much, much better.

Catch me over on threads!!

Bonyscribe

UPDATE:

Dream woman quit her job. My terrible autumn continues 🤦🏻‍♂️

America...Especially Florida...

 WHAT THE LITERAL FUCK WERE YOU THINKING??!!

Bonyscribe

It's The Final Countdown...

We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To Earth who can tell?

--"The Final Countdown," Europe, 1986.

Hello, everyone. We less than 24 hours away from the very first polls closing for Election Day 2024. Hopefully, most of you have took advantage of early voting where you are. I did a couple of weeks ago, and from the looks of things where I went to vote, many others did too, which is a good thing. If you're able to do so, please vote tomorrow. 

If you follow my twitter page, you likely know how I voted in this election, but for the record, I did something I hadn't done before, I voted Democrat up and down the ballot. I'm sure that my stepmom and father are probably turning in their graves, since they were Republicans for as long as I've known them, but they don't know how extreme right-wing that party has become, and I have a theory as to why that is, and it goes back several decades. I won't get into it on this post, although I may have alluded to it in prior posts. Not only that, if I knew nothing about politics (and I still know very little), knew English, and didn't know squat about either of the candidates, I'd likely pick Harris anyway. I mean Trump has no plan (to speak of, WE WANT DETAILS!) except deport immigrants and propose tariffs on everyone, which actually does us more harm than good. And the stunt he pulled the other day? Disgusting. We've already had four years of this shitshow, we don't need another four. 

Two other big ballot initiatives here in Florida are Amendments 3 and 4, which legalizes recreational marijuana and legalizes safe abortions here in Florida. I won't get into the details of each amendment, because there have been various debates and commercials (which thank God are ending tomorrow) about both of them, but I voted "Yes" on both. Why? Well since DeSantis is our governor, I'll let Dave Chappelle to explain:

Yeah, I don't like DeSantis, and I never have liked him. Unfortunately, I've lost a few friends over my political choices the last few years. For the better? Can't tell. Now do I think that the left is a bunch of communists who want us to conform to a certain way of life. No. Do I think the right has become a bunch of populist fascists? Not necessarily, but do most of them seem to blindly follow an individual with a cult of personality? Absolutely. Will said individual claim if he loses it will because the system is "rigged?" Probably, even though this isn't NASCAR, where apparently you can alter the results so that a certain driver advances in their "Playoffs."

So, grab a bag of popcorn, some Xanax, and your bottle of liquor and enjoy (at least try to) the events of the next 24 hours...or more. Probably more.

Bonyscribe

Top 40 Flashback: October 31, 1981

Hello, it's been a while, hasn't it? The last time I posted on here, I think Hurricane Helene was aiming at Florida's Big Bend. Since then, that same storm wreaked havoc in the mountains of North Carolina, and the Tampa Bay area virtually got drilled from Hurricane Milton, which is a name that rhymes with the name of my late father Wilton. My dad was a rather interesting fellow. He loved his family very much, but I didn't see it too much. Nor did my siblings who grew up long before I did. We mainly saw him grumpy, irrational, and somewhat mean. Suffice to say we had to endure a lot of negativity from him, I'll leave it at that. 

Anyway, I was going to do my World Series preview a few days ago, but now the series is almost over. Thank goodness, too. As a Rays fan, this has to be a nightmare matchup; your most bitter rival versus the team that beat you for the title in 2020 and is what you would aspire to be if you didn't have an owner that cries poor mouth. Not only that, but your team is also now homeless thanks to Milton. Better get to breaking ground on that new ballpark...

Speaking of Dodgers-Yankees, they last met in the World Series back in 1981, which happens to be the subject of today's flashback. I was all of seven years old, and my mother sadly would lose her life that Halloween, which is a big reason my family doesn't really participate in the holiday, even though I still want to. I guess I could things were a lot different.  

Anyway, this is a rather different top 40 chart from usual. Instead of going over what the Top 40 songs were from either the Billboard Hot 100, or the top 30 songs from Radio & Records Magazine's CHR chart, I decided to do a hybrid of both. I based it on a points system I use for said charts, I think I explained it on this blog some years ago. Keep in mind that during the 1980's Billboard was based on sales of singles while R/R was based on airplay lists compiled from radio stations throughout the US. Anyway, without further ado, here were the top songs for Halloween 1981, tiebreaker goes to whichever song had the higher chart position that week:

40. Trouble by Lindsay Buckingham. #30 on R/R, #55 on Billboard, 11 points.

39. Leather And Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley. #29 on R/R, #50 on Billboard, 12 points.

38. Hold On Tight by Electric Light Orchestra. #33 on Billboard, fell off the R/R chart, 13 points.

37. Harden My Heart by Quarterflash. #28 on R/R, #49 on Billboard, 13 points.

36. My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) by Chilliwack. #26 on R/R, #40 on Billboard, 16 points.

35. No Reply At All by Genesis. #25 on R/R, #41 on Billboard, 16 points.

34. Promises In The Dark by Pat Benatar. #27 on R/R, #38 on Billboard, 17 points.

33. Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. #23 on R/R, #56 on Billboard (debut), 18 points.

32. Urgent by Foreigner. #32 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 19 points.

31. Who's Crying Now? by Journey. #25 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 21 points.

30. She's A Bad Mama Jama by Carl Carlton. #22 on Billboard, never charted on R/R, 21 points.

29. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty. #24 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 22 points.

28. Alien by Atlanta Rhythm Section. #24 on R/R, #29 on Billboard, 29 points.

27. Superfreak by Rick James. #15 on Billboard, didn't chart on R/R, 30 points.

26. Young Turks by Rod Stewart. #21 on R/R, #30 on Billboard, 31 points.

25. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? by Diana Ross. #22 R/R, #28 on Billboard. 32 points.

24. Share Your Love With Me by Kenny Rogers. #14 on Billboard, fell off R/R, 35 points.

23. Sausolito Summernight by Diesel. #17 on R/R, #31 on Billboard. 36 points.

22. Atlanta Lady by Marty Balin. #20 on R/R, #27 on Billboard. 37 points. 

21. The Old Songs by Barry Manilow. #18 on R/R, #26 on Billboard, 38 points.

20. Step By Step by Eddie Rabbitt. #10 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 50 points.

19. Say Goodbye To Hollywood by Billy Joel. #16 on R/R, #18 on Billboard, 55 points.

18. Theme From "Hill Street Blues" by Mike Post & Larry Carlton. #19 on R/R, #13 on Billboard, 58 points.

17. Just Once by Quincy Jones with James Ingram. #13 on R/R, #19 on Billboard, 61 points.

16. Oh No by The Commodores. #10 on R/R, #20 on Billboard, 63 points.

15. Physical by Olivia Newton-John, #9 on R/R, #23 on Billboard, 63 points.

14. We're In This Love Together by Al Jarreau. #12 on R/R, #17 on Billboard, 65 points.

13. When She Was My Girl by The Four Tops. #15 on R/R, #12 on Billboard, 69 points.

12. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police. #8 on R/R, #21 on Billboard, 72 points.

11. Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. #5 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 85 points.

10. For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton. #4 on Billboard, fell off on R/R, 85 points.

  9. I've Done Everything For You by Rick Springfield. #11 on R/R, #9 on Billboard, 89 points.

  8. Here I Am by Air Supply. #5 on R/R, #11 on Billboard, 111 points. 

  7. Tryin' To Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger. #7 on R/R, #6 on Billboard, 122 points.

  6. The Night Owls by Little River Band. #6 on R/R, #8 on Billboard, 125 points.

  5. Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner. #2 on R/R, #16 on Billboard, 127 points.

  4. Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones. #14 on R/R, #2 on Billboard, 145 points.

  3. Hard To Say by Dan Fogelberg. #3 on R/R, #7 on Billboard, 160 points.

  2. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross. #4 on R/R, #1 on Billboard, 225 points.

...and the top song for Halloween 1981 was...

  1. Private Eyes by Hall & Oates. #1 on R/R, #3 on Billboard. 230 points.

So, those were the top 40 songs for this week 43 years ago. No good spooky songs among those listed, however "Halloween II" was released that particular weekend. I went to a Christian school at the time (maybe that's why my worldview is sometimes messed up), and interestingly enough, I liked a girl with the last name Myers at the time, although I had zero clue about Michael Myers; I thought Halloween at the time was about ghosts, Dracula, withes, and candy. Little would I know that my world would be turned upside down come that Sunday morning. 

In any event, have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Bonyscribe. (it will always be Twitter to me, Elon!)

Here We Go...Again

 Good morning, except for you Squealon Chickenshit Muskrat. That was a lousy stunt you tried to pull on the people of America on Sunday. You may have deleted the post since then, but the internet is forever, and several of us have receipts. Anyway, I fortunately woke up NOT feeling like P. Diddy. Yes Kesha, I guess that opening lyric from "Tik Tok" (which I think you should be getting royalties from the app TikTok for) was somewhat karmic when you consider Dr. Luke, the alleged Harvey Weinstein of the music industry, produced the song. But I digress...

 

Anyway, I'm somewhat licking my wounds after a terrible week in picking games in the NFL. Started 12-4, but lost the Thursday Night game, went 3-7 on the early games 2-1 on the late games, won the Sunday night catastrophe, but lost MNF thanks to an epic collapse from my Super Bowl favorite this year. I wish I had the knowhow to splice two sound bites together because I would follow Kirk Cousins "YOU LIKE THAT!" quote from several years ago with Jameis Winston's "HELL NO!" quote from around the same time frame (I believe it was when the Bucs were on "Hard Knocks" when Jameis was in Tampa), because that's how Eagles fans and a few Bucs fans are feeling after that game. So, I wound up with a 6-10 record for the week, but I'm still above water at 18-14 overall. Now you know why I don't bet on sports.

Had a lab appointment in Port Ritchey yesterday and will have a follow-up next week. Hopefully, I should get good results back. On the way there though, I noticed that traffic on Shady Hills Rd was rather heavier than usual (I know it was around the time of school starting) and on Little Road, some drivers were rather impatient. Then on the way back, I saw one car nearly run off Little Road and one vehicle on Shady Hills pull out nearly out of control in front of where me and my sisters were driving. It was like Crazy Town. Then again, there's a full moon tonight, so maybe that's it. 

Or is it? Because man was there some crazy shit that went down this weekend. Some of it stemming from Donald Trump's crazy (and untrue) rant on illegal aliens eating cats and dogs. First, the flat-out hideous. Reports surfaced over the weekend that numerous bomb threats had been claimed in Springfield, Ohio alone. Some of which targeted schools. Then the ridiculous, JD Vance, the Ohio Senator who is Trump's running mate this election went on CNN on Sunday and said that they sometime makeup stories and somehow spun it to pin the blame on The Biden Administration's immigration policies. Reminds me of a radio host a couple of decades ago named Lionel, who once upon a time had a show on Tampa Bay's misinformation station, News Radio 970 WFLA, who in one of his promos back then said that they just make it up. By the way, 970 is nothing but right-wing talk radio FWIW. At least I think they still are--I haven't listened to them since the 2016 election. Oh, speaking of Vance, he doubled down on a racist quote made by Donald Trump's new flame (allegedly), and serial Botox abuser Laura Loomer. 

THEN there's the big event that took place Sunday, another assassination attempt on Trump, this time thankfully with no shots fired on the former POTUS. The potential shooter wound up being a certifiable nutcase from Greensboro, NC who once voted for 45 but became disillusioned and was calling for Vivek Ramalamadingdong or whatever his name is (Ramaswamy) and Nikki Haley to run instead. He also laid out on his social medias (which have now been wiped) his plans for the ongoing war in Ukraine, amongst other things. Now the Secret Service dropped the ball big time when Trump was supposedly shot back earlier this summer. I say supposedly because I sure as hell saw no evidence of his ear being hit by a bullet. And the modified maxi-pad he wore over his ear during the RNC? Didn't help his cause as far as optics are concerned. This story though appears to be more straightforward, but Routh was in his hideout spot for twelve hours. Okay, Trump's golf outing was supposedly a last-second change of plans because he was supposed to make a campaign stop on Sunday (I can't find evidence of such news), so how did he know he was going to be there? Did somebody tip him off? Furthermore, you would think that the Secret Service would have scouted the perimeter of Mar-A-Lago to weed out any threats, yet Routh was there for twelve hours. How was he able to avoid being detected until he stuck his AK-47 through the bushes the afternoon of? Not as many questions as the case in Pennsylvania, but still...oh, and nice virtue signaling from our bum-ass governor deciding to waste Florida taxpayer dollars on doing his own investigation 😒.

Quite honestly, I can't wait for election season to be over with. If you follow my Twitter page you know where my thoughts lie, and I, as I imagine a lot of other voters, are exhausted with the rhetoric and the vile mudslinging that has gone on for almost a decade now. I wish I could do exclusively flashbacks and NFL picks on this blog, yet here we are...again.

BonyScribe

NFL Week 2 Picks

(Note: I started this post on Thursday morning, but didn't complete it until the following morning)

 Hello, once again. With Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime doing their season premiere this evening, I may as well get my picks out of the way for this week. Week One was very successful for me personally, as I went 12-4 for the week, with my only misses being the Bengals (ugh), Giants (derp), Browns (what was I thinking?), and Steelers (yes!). This week, I hope to have more of the same. And as usual, 506sports has maps of what games we'll see this week.

Miami over Buffalo. Well, it was quite the interesting Sunday Tyreek Hill had, wasn't it? I'm sure everyone knows by now what happened to him before the game on Sunday entering Hard Rock Stadium, so I won't rehash it here. However, his touchdown in the third quarter in the Dolphins comeback win against Jacksonville reminded me of a very iconic call from years gone by, which could have been put to good use in this example. I would embed it here, but the NFL doesn't want bloggers sharing their content here, so the link goes to YouTube. Buffalo last week had a more epic comeback against Arizona, before Josh Allen took over. I expect a close encounter this time, with Mr. He's Got Getting Away from the Cops Speed being the difference.

(UPDATE: Buffalo won 31-10 and Tua got a concussion...again, so what do I know?)

NY Jets over Tennessee. Hey, at least Aaron Rodgers survived this season's MNF debut, despite the loss. Tennessee meanwhile had a 17-0 lead on Chicago and wound up sh*tting the bed, losing 23-17 while not giving up an offensive touchdown. Will Levis with an early candidate for meme of the season with his surrender cobra after his dimwitted interception that was returned for a pick-6:

San Francisco over Minnesota. The Niners' revenge tour got off to a rousing start on Monday, even without Christian McCaffery. Minnesota got a surprise win over Les Habitantes de East Rutherford. Maybe Sam Darnold can recover his career with the Vikings, but they're the Vikings, a franchise that can't catch a decent break.

Baltimore over Las Vegas. Ravens should have little difficulty against a squad that looked flat against the Chargers, though their fans were in midseason form. Seriously. 

LA Chargers over Carolina. Speaking of the fights that happened in Sofi, the Chargers look to keep pace with Kansas City against a team, and a franchise, with absolutely no fight. Hey here's a hack if you're participating in a knockout pool this season. Select whoever is playing the Panthers for every game this season except for week 9, 11, 17, and 18. Then all you need is to correctly pick whichever teams on weeks 9, 11, 17, and 18 who don't play the Panthers this season, and you should win your knockout pool.

Jacksonville over Cleveland. Jaguars let one slip away in South Florida last week, while the Browns got throttled by Dallas. It may be high time to put Jamies in at quarterback, which is something I thought would be done last week, but then again, what do I know? Jags should be able to righten the ship for their home opener.

Dallas over New Orleans

Indianapolis over Green Bay. Yes, I'm picking the Colts in an upset since Jordan Love sprained his MCL against Philly and will be out up to a couple of months.

New England over Seattle. I don't think anyone would have imagined the Patriots off to a 2-0 start, but it could very well happen after this week.

Detroit over Tampa Bay. Pains me to pick this, but after last week, questions have arisen about the Bucs secondary, which took a hit injury wise against Washington. I do love what I see from the Bucs offense, and if this turns into a shootout, Tampa may spring the upset.

Washington over NY Giants

Pittsburgh over Denver

LA Rams over Arizona

Kansas City over Cincinnati. Did you know that in Springfield, Ohio, illegal aliens there are eating pets? They're eating the dogs; they're eating the cats. Seriously though, the Queen City kitties did not get off to a promising start at home to the Patriots this week, and they play the official team of America's favorite childless cat lady.

Houston over Chicago. Until the Bears score on offensive touchdown, I refuse to believe in them.

Philadelphia over Atlanta. The Birds get their proper home opener, against the pigeons. I can't wait to see the Pigeons go into an 0-2 hole in the NFC South.

And that is your slate of games in the NFL this week. Enjoy.

NFL and College Picks for This Weekend (Part II)

 Hello again everyone. Last I was with you yesterday afternoon I was giving you my picks for college games this weekend. Now, I'm giving my picks for Sunday's and Monday's NFL slate, where I'm off to a 2-0 start with KC and Philly winning their games so far. As usual, to find the games you'll be getting from anywhere in the USA, 506Sports has your hookup. Here in Florida, you'll see the battle of Florida between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Miami Dolphins on the CBS early window, while on Fox the state (except Miami/Palm Beach) will get Pittsburgh at Atlanta followed by Washington at Tampa Bay. Since SE Florida is a petty fricking market, they'll get Minnesota at the Giants followed by Dallas at Cleveland. 

from twitter

Miami over Jacksonville. Probably the most notable matchup of the early slate. Jags went unbeaten in the preseason, which doesn't really mean anything. However, this could shape up to be a possible playoff matchup.

Cincinnati over New England. The Jarrod Mayo era begins in Foxborough.

Houston over Indianapolis. Might be closer than expected. We'll get to see how good these Texans really are and if Indianapolis will be competitive this season with a healthy Anthony Richardson.

Buffalo over Arizona. Buffalo's new stadium is starting to take shape, otherwise I have nothing on this game.

Atlanta over Pittsburgh. More like PittsbUGH, since I'll be rooting for them.

NY Giants over Minnesota. Week One is too early to have a tank bowl but there might be one on Urinating Tree's YouTube page.

Chicago over Tennessee. If I may go off topic for a second, but have you noticed that those annoying ads on your phone have been getting longer and longer? Like you're playing a game, but you need to watch a stupid ad to gain a powerup? Well, it sure seems that ads that used to be thirty seconds long are now a minute long. That's an outrage. Maybe there should be a law put into effect where online ads that interrupt streaming or gaming should be limited to thirty seconds max.

New Orleans over Carolina. And another thing, those ads that are ten times louder than the usual noise level coming off your phone should be banned. Especially the ones for the app called Playwell, who has a failed hip-hop star who probably knows a Nigerian prince, some struggling actress from a cancelled Telemundo series, and an alleged Russian spy as their spokespersons. Yeah, TOTALLY not suspicious at all. Okay, rant over.

Tampa Bay over Washington. The Bucs begin defense of their NFC South crown at home versus the Commanders. I've read online that some fans prefer the old Redskins nickname to that of the Commanders and even want their old logo back. I wish Daniel Snyder hadn't run that franchise (and their stadium) to the ground. Anyway, even Bucs head coach Todd Bowles is excited for the season to start. So are we, Coach. So are we. GO BUCS!

LA Chargers over Las Vegas. An added bonus about living in Tampa Bay (and Florida), we don't have to listen to Tony Romo since he'll be calling this game alongside Jim Nantz (hello friends), but the other three NFC South markets do! LOL.

Denver over Seattle. At least Broncos Country won't have to ride with Russell Wilson this season.

Cleveland over Dallas. My upset pick for this week. Jameis Winston comes off the bench and OUTPLAYS Dak Prescott, surely triggering Skip Bayless, who come to think of it, won't be seen or heard on FS1 anymore, hooray! Oh, and Tom Brady makes his broadcasting debut. 

Detroit over LA Rams. Nice to see Detroit get the opening Sunday night game. Hopefully we'll see more of the Lions in the spot over the next few years.

San Francisco over NY Jets. The 49ers revenge tour starts in Santa Clara against Mr. Discount Double Check, who'll hopefully play longer than four snaps this season. That is as long as his other Achilles holds up.

And there you are, enjoy the games everyone!

BonyScribe