Bonyscribe's Random Top 40 Flashback, Volume 1

 Hello again everyone. Today, I thought I would do my normal flashback feature on this blog but with a bit of a twist. Instead of dispensing a certain year on the week that a particular blog entry is published, I decided to switch things up and select a random date. Why? Because to keep things fresh and to give my D20 dice more of a workout. No, I don't play D & D (and I never have), but I had thought that a 20-sided die was cool ever since I was a teenager, so I got a dice set from wish a few years ago.

Anyhow I rolled said dice, and the D-20 landed on ten, then I rolled a regular die, and it landed on even (1980-1999). Then I rolled a D-12 die, it landed on three (March). Finally, I rolled the regular die again, and it landed on one meaning I would be using the first week. So, today's flashback is from the first week of March 1989. I thought about rolling the regular die again to see which chart I would use (Billboard or R/R or combined), but I skipped it and decided to go with a combined chart for that particular week. Keep in mind, back then Billboard's Hot 100 chart was based on sales while R/R was based on airplay lists submitted to them by radio station managers throughout the nation.

I use a points system based on chart position and longevity on the chart, kind of like music meets the old NASCAR points system, I have to write another blog someday and review said process for that points system and find a way to pin it on my blogger page or any other of my social media pages. I know I wrote it in the early days of this blog (before Covid), but I didn't really want to look through all the entries to find it. Writing this can be time-consuming enough as it is. 

So, without further ado, here were the top 40 songs based on data from Billboard and Radio and Records magazines for the week ending March 4, 1989. There were five songs that missed the cut as 45 songs reached the Top 40 of both charts that week, those were Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc (39 R/R), Room To Move by Animotion (38 R/R), Angel of Harlem by U2 (38 BB), The Last Mile by Cinderella (36 BB), and Second Chance by 38 Special (35 R/R). Tiebreakers are broken by higher chart position followed by weeks on the chart)

40. All This Time by Tiffany (39 BB--7 points). As I recall, this was Tiffany's final chart hit, but she's still very active in the nostalgia music scene touring across the world.

39. Heaven Help Me by Deon Estus (34 R/R--7 points). I know he was one of the backup singers for the late George Michael, who actually helped back him with this track, but I don't really know what happened to him after this came out.

38. Feels So Good by Van Hagar Halen (33 R/R--8 points)

37. She Won't Talk To Me by Luther Vandross (40 BB, 31 R/R--11 points). Story of my life, buddy. Though not so much now.

36. When The Children Cry by White Lion (34 BB--12 points). They disappeared after this song was released. I guess we were left "wait"ing for more. That's a bad pun. I don't expect you to get it unless you're GenX like myself.

35. I Wanna Have Some Fun by SAMANTHA Fox (33 BB--13 points). I'll assume you know why Samantha is capitalized. Anyway, this was the last of her three big hits in America, and like Tiffany, she's very active on the nostalgia circuit.

34. Your Mama Don't Dance by Poison (37 BB, 28 R/R--17 points)

33. Cryin' by Vixen (35 BB, 29 R/R--18 points). The only band (to my knowledge) that was a female hard rock/hair metal band from that era. Of note, Richard Marx co-wrote their other hit, "Edge of a Broken Heart."

32. Walking Away from Information Society (22 BB, 40 R/R--24 points). As I recall this band had a fixation with Spock from the original "Star Trek" series. 

31. You Got It by Roy Orbison (29 BB, 26 R/R--27 points). Orbison tragically passed away the previous December at the age of 52. He had been working at the time as part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys

30. When I'm With You by Sheriff (24 BB, 38 R/R--27 points). Song which was first released six years earlier but somehow found new life at the start of 1989.

29. Superwoman by Karyn White (32 BB, 22 R/R--28 points)

28. More Than You Know by Martika (31 BB, 21 R/R--32 points). Debut hit from the Cuban emigrant, who would later score with "Toy Soldiers" that summer. Her hit after that was a remake of Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move," which appeared destined to be at least a top ten hit but was victimized by rotten timing; the Loma Prieta earthquake which affected that year's World Series happened as that song was gaining popularity.

27. She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals (30 BB, 20 R/R--32 points)

26. Dial My Heart by The Boys (19 BB, 37 R/R--33 points)

25. The Love In Your Eyes by Eddie Money (27 BB, 23 R/R--34 points)

24. Stand by R.E.M. (28 BB, 19 R/R--35 points). The video of this song kind of freaked me out. Remember those three students that were detained for crossing into Iran a few years ago, and do you recall the video package showing those students doing a hideous dance? That "dance" reminded me of that video, and oh, my opinion speaking here, I think those students should have been detained not for crossing into Iran, but that dance performance. It was that bad.

23. Walk The Dinosaur by Was Not Was (26 BB, 16 R/R--42 points). I seem to recall a long time ago, I want to say maybe 20 years ago, that I was watching (I think) "Pop Up Video" on VH-1 back before it became lame reality TV, and it stated that the song had a very dark meaning. Like the end of the world was going to happening.

22. Born To Be My Baby by Bon Jovi (15 BB, 30 R/R--46 points). I remember recording this on tape back when I was in high school on WJMX radio out of Florence, SC.

21. Dreamin' by Vanessa Williams (20 BB, 17 R/R--47 points)

20. I Beg Your Pardon by Kon Kan (18 BB, 18 R/R--50 points). I don't know if "The Jukebox From Hell" exists anymore on certain radio shows, but if I had a radio program, as well as that segment, I would submit this song as one such entry.

19. Respect by Erasure (14 BB, 24 R/R--51 points)

18. Just Because by Anita Baker (23 BB, 14 R/R--52 points)

17. She Wants To Dance With Me by Rick Astley (11 BB, 32 R/R--53 points). I haven't danced in a long time.

16. The Look by Roxette (25 BB, 10 R/R--56 points)

15. You're Not Alone by Chicago (21 BB, 11 R/R--61 points). Yes, the band Chicago was still a thing back in 1989, without Peter Cetera.

14. What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (7 BB, 25 R/R--78 points)

13. Don't Tell Me Lies by Breathe (16 BB, 8 R/R--79 points). That should be a prerequisite for any woman I may want to date. So, if you're reading this...

12. Girl You Know It's True by Phony Baloney Milli Vanilli (12 BB, 9 R/R--83 points). Remember the nostalgia circuit I was mentioning earlier? Well, I saw a photo on Facebook with Tiffany alongside Fab Morvan, the surviving member of Milli Vanilli. My question: he is actually singing the songs now, right? 

11. Eternal Flame by The Bangles (17 BB, 6 R/R--86 points). From what I recall by watching "Behind The Music" they HATED that song and part of the reason they split apart not too long afterwards, but they're back together now.

10. Wild Thing by Tone Loc (6 BB, 27 R/R--86 points). This song was on both charts longer than "Eternal Flame" (9 vs 4/5) so this wins the tiebreaker. 

  9. Surrender To Me by Ann Wilson & Robin Zander (9 BB, 13 R/R--87 points). Zander I understand has called the Tampa Bay area home for quite a while now, and I think him and the other members of Cheap Trick still get together.

  8. My Heart Can't Tell You No by Rod Stewart (13 BB, 5 R/R--106 points)

  7. Paradise City by Guns N' Roses (10 BB, 4 R/R--127 points)

  6. The Lover In Me by Sheena Easton (2 BB, 15 R/R--138 points). The fact that this song made it number TWO on one of the charts surprises me. I thought it was top five for sure, but TWO?

  5. Straight Up by Paula Abdul (3 BB, 12 R/R--139 points). Thus began my adolescent crush on Paula.

  4. You Got It (The Right Stuff) by New Kids on the Block (5 BB, 7 R/R--140 points). Many great things have come from Boston, Paul Revere, Dunkin' Donuts, Gillette, Sean McDonough, and this group. And speaking of things coming from Boston...

  3. Roni by Bobby Brown (8 BB, 3 R/R--144 points). How easy it is to forget that New Edition formed in Boston.

  2. The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics (4 BB, 2 R/R--187 points). I hated this song, and I imagine that this only gets played on the equally revolting Delilah program. This entry by the way was not sponsored by Tragic 94.9, all Delilah, all the frigging time. If you've ever lived in Tampa, you know what I'm referring to.

  1. Lost In Your Eyes by Debbie Gibson (1 BB, 1 R/R--262 points). A unanimous number one, which is something I should research from 1980 to 2006 when Radio and Records magazine got bought out by Billboard and vanished into Bolivia as Mike Tyson once said years ago.

And there it is, the first volume of my random Top 40 flashback, which is a welcome relief from the disaster that is current events and news as well as the recent play of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now I'm off to dispose of a dead squirrel that somehow got dropped beside my driveway by some bird of prey. Hey, at least it wasn't a cat along US 74 in North Carolina. Take care!

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Top 100 of 1994 and a Personal Note

 Good evening, except for you Megyn Kelly, you sick f**k. Haven't been very active on this here blog lately. That isn't because I've had nothing to talk about, but I haven't felt like doing much writing lately. Like I've said in previous entries, I've been a bit too depressed to write anything. This time it's a combination of what's been going on in the news, which is depressing enough to begin with, and not being able to see my love interest for almost a month. I hate it. Plus, the holidays are coming, which aren't what they used to be now that there's just the two sisters and I left...for now. I did have a somewhat good evening, minus one detail. Five of the teams that I root for won, and while the autumn chill has descended upon the Tampa Bay area, the weather hasn't been bad (except for last week, when it was colder than a well digger's a$$), so I thought I would submit this entry.

Tonight, I'm going to give you my Top 100 songs of 1994 based on data compiled by both Radio & Records Magazine and Billboard Magazine. So, without further ado, away we go.

100. Anything by SWV
  99. Loser by Beck
  98. At Your Best (You Are Love) by Aaliyah
  97. Mr. Vain by Culture Beat
  96. Dreams by Gabrielle
  95. I Wanna Be Down by Brandy
  94. The Way She Loves Me by Richard Marx
  93. Stroke You Up by Changing Faces
  92. I Miss You by Aaron Hall
  91. Something's Always Wrong by Toad the Wet Sprocket

A few things of note here, both 100 and 95 appeared on Billboard, but not R&R during 1994 (although Brandy did appear briefly on there the next year), the only two songs in this list that accomplished that feat. Also, Stroke You Up was backed by R. Kelly, who controversially was seeing Aaliyah at the time, who was only 14. But according to Megyn Kelly, it shouldn't be a big deal. Megyn...

  90. Never Lie by Immature
  89. Never Keeping Secrets by Babyface
  88. Misled by Celine Dion
  87. Circle Of Life by Elton John
  86. Beautiful In My Eyes by Joshua Kadison
  85. Basket Case by Green Day
  84. Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots
  83. Far Behind by Candlebox
  82. Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf
  81. You Better Wait by Steve Perry

In this group of ten, we have the breakout hit by Green Day, a song that my former roommate had a fixation for (Far Behind), and Steve Perry with a comeback hit of sorts that kinda ties into recent headlines, and someone I mentioned before on this entry.

  80. Sukiyaki by 4PM
  79. Understanding by Xscape
  78. Allison Road by Gin Blossoms
  77. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
  76. Lucky One by Amy Grant
  75. Groove Thang by Zhane
  74. Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  73. Love Sneakin' Up On You by Bonnie Raitt
  72. Regulate by Warren G. & Nate Dogg
  71. You Gotta Be by Des'ree

Among this group is a fantastic hip-hop track that could've been the song of that summer, Last Dance, which featured Kim Basinger in the video (and I didn't know Mary Jane was code at the time, I was 20), and You Gotta Be, which lasted on the charts about as long as the Energizer Bunny did.

  70. Round Here by Counting Crows
  69. Turn The Beat Around by Gloria Estefan
  68. You Want This by Janet Jackson
  67. Stay by Eternal
  66. Everyday by Phil Collins
  65. I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff
  64. Living In Danger by Ace of Base
  63. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? by R.E.M. 
  62. Fantastic Voyage by Coolio
  61. Linger by The Cranberries

Every time I see the song "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" I'm reminded of a former shipmate onboard the Eisenhower that had the first name of Ken, although I never got to use that line when asking what the frequency of the generators on our ship were (it was always set at a certain frequency).

  60. Can We Talk by Tevin Campbell
  59. Amazing by Aerosmith
  58. Choose by Color Me Badd
  57. Again by Janet Jackson
  56. I'll Take You There by General Public
  55. Here Comes The Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze
  54. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by Us3
  53. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies
  52. All That She Wants by Ace of Base
  51. Said I Loved You...But I Lied by Michael Bolton

Numbers 55-53 were noteworthy because they were from artists that were genuinely one-hit wonders. Neither of those three were really heard from again after their respective songs.

  50. Streets Of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen
  49. Until I Fall Away by Gin Blossoms
  48. Prayer For The Dying by Seal
  47. I'll Stand By You by Pretenders
  46. Always by Erasure
  45. Endless Love by Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
  44. Bump N' Grind by R. Kelly
  43. I'm Ready by Tevin Campbell
  42. Back & Forth by Aaliyah
  41. Because The Night by 10,000 Maniacs

I had mentioned earlier about the controversy between R. Kelly and Aaliyah. Well if it weren't for Tevin Campbell, they would actually be together on this list. Eww.

  40. I'm The Only One by Melissa Etheridge
  39. December 1963 (Oh What A Night) by The Four Seasons
  38. Crazy by Aerosmith
  37. Found Out About You by Gin Blossoms
  36. On Bended Knee by Boyz II Men
  35. Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa
  34. Always by Bon Jovi
  33. Please Forgive Me by Bryan Adams
  32. 100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters
  31. Return To Innocence by Enigma

December 1963 wasn't actually the track that first appeared in the mid-70's; it was a remix by Ben Liebrand that got significant airplay thanks in part to John Garabedian's "Open House Party" back in the day. I don't know if that program exists anymore, last I checked it was being run by the former evening DJ at WFLZ radio in Tampa. Yuck.

  30. All For Love by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, & Sting
  29. Anytime You Need A Friend by Mariah Carey
  28. So Much In Love by All-4-One
  27. Anytime, Anyplace by Janet Jackson
  26. Now And Forever by Richard Marx
  25. Because Of Love by Janet Jackson
  24. Secret by Madonna
  23. Come To My Window by Melissa Etheridge
  22. Hero by Mariah Carey
  21. Whatta Man by Salt-N-Pepa w/En Vogue

"Secret" by Madonna was off her CD Bedtime Stories, which is noteworthy because a female shipmate (who I had one of my first...uh, relations with while driving around Norfolk) played the cassette in the car I had at the time, a 1985 grey Mercury Grand Marquis. Oh, by the way, she was a redhead.

  20. Shine by Collective Soul
  19. Breathe Again by Toni Braxton
  18. Another Night by Real McCoy
  17. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World by Prince
  16. Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John
  15. When Can I See You by Babyface
  14. You Mean The World To Me by Toni Braxton
  13. If You Go by Jon Secada
  12. Without You by Mariah Carey
  11. The Power Of Love by Celine Dion

songs 17-11 seem like a list of songs that would be played during one of those Long-Distance Dedications that the late Casey Kasem used to do on his countdown shows way back when. Speaking of which, here is the most beautiful girl (woman) in the world to me:

  10. Baby I Love Your Way by Big Mountain

    9. Wild Night by John Mellencamp w/ Me'chelle Ndegeocello

    8. All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow

    7. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows

    6. I'll Remember by Madonna

    5. I Swear by All-4-One

    4. I'll Make Love To You by Boyz II Men

    3. Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    2. Don't Turn Around by Ace of Base

    1. The Sign by Ace of Base

Finally, we come to the top of the list. It was a consensus number one for the year, as The Sign (by a hefty margin) nabbed the top spot on both Billboard and R/R. In fact, eight of the Top Ten I tabulated from Billboard made the Top Ten, while nine came from Radio and Records. Interestingly, "Baby I Love Your Way" failed to make the Top Ten in either Billboard or R/R (14th and 11th respectively) but reached #10 when combining the data. 

Anyway, before I go, I wanted to express my dismay on what's going on back in North Carolina. President Trump this week has sent his ICE goons to both Raleigh and Charlotte in an "immigration crackdown" of those areas. I sure as heck don't like it and neither do the majority of folks that live up there. I guess he wants another distraction from The Epstein Files, which will be released this week. Heck, if what has been going around TikTok the last 24 hours is true, he'll start a war with Venezuela. Stay tuned. And F*** ICE.

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Taco? No, Chicken S***

 Good evening to all except for Dave Portnoy. You've heard of the term TACO to define Trump always chickening out on his outrageous tariffs. Well tonight, Senate Democrats said, "Hold my cerveza." Not even one week after Democrats scored a resounding victory in races throughout the nation, a handful of Senate Democrats caved and voted to reopen the government, putting many people on the ACA at risk of having their premiums skyrocketing and giving our s***bag in chief his own resounding victory, unless the House sacks up and votes it down. This has been a rough day all around with the Bucs and Tragic losing, as well as seeing Doofus on my TV screen during the Washington-Detroit game today (where he was mercilessly booed). I have to deep cleanse my TV from the stench coming from his appearance. You know what really sucks, I now have to play his double jerk-off dance. FML.

Shoot me now (no, not really)

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Out of Friggin' Control...

 Hi everyone. Is it just me, or has our President lost all control? Seriously, this weekend he threw a temper tantrum over an advertisement that aired on FOX (of all networks) during the World Series. What was that ad? It was snippets of a radio address made by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 concerning the dangers of the only other thing that President Trump does well (other than throw fits on Truth (Anti)Social), and that's imposing tariffs.

 

still shot from said radio address.

Let's see how Trump responded, shall we?

First of all, what is his obsession with fake media? It wasn't fake at all. Hell, I saw that speech on videotape on social media channels this past week. Now the Reagan Foundation on Twitter is coming to Trump's defense, sort of:

So, the Reagan Foundation says that the ad misrepresents his comments from 38 years ago. Well, duh, it was a more than minute speech that the Province of Ontario had only a minute for, of course some parts of said speech are going to be cut out. Don't you know how advertising on television works? SMH.

Oh, and speaking of the World Series, Trump may or may not have posted this, likely the latter, but as unhinged as he sometimes gets, he may have...

from X

Now I seriously doubt that the DOJ is investigating MLB, but after the events of the past week, they should continue to investigate the NBA. And Dems and the Mafia? Pffft. Like I said, he more likely than not didn't write this.

BUT, it appears he may be getting ready to go to war with Venezuela, and maybe Colombia. Not good folks, so all I can say is stay tuned. In the words of Edward R. Murrow, good night and good luck.

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Ugggghhhh...Monday Night Thoughts

 Good morning, I guess. It's 1:07am right now as I'm typing this, and I have plenty of Coke Zero Sugar in my system, so I may as well get some writing done, and humor you with some random thoughts.

The "No Kings" march was a resounding success nationwide. Seven million participants and only two arrests that we are aware of. Pretty good for the so-called "violent left." No, they're not violent President Trump, they (like me) just don't like your ass. 

Speaking of Trump, you know that "peace deal" he brokered between Gaza and Israel? The media led you to believe it was the single greatest accomplishment in either of his two terms as president. Well, so much for that. But hey, at least if he isn't allegedly tearing up our republic, he is tearing up the White House. 😬 

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Tonight felt off for some reason. The Bucs crapped the bed against the Lions. I mean, it was kinda expected since the Lions got jobbed last Sunday night at Kansas City (they had to please Taylor Swift I guess) and were pretty pissed online, but I thought the Bucs would have a little better effort. Oh, and to add injury to insult, Mike Evans broke his collarbone and may be done for the season. I think me breaking out the Doug Martin jersey had something to do with it. RIP Muscle Hamster.

Remember back in March when I said the Dodgers would cake walk through MLB and win the World Series? Well, they're four wins away from successfully repeating, much to the chagrin of everyone not rooting for them. Their opponent? The Toronto Blue Jays. A surprise from the American League in what has been a season full of surprises. Heck, look what I wrote for my picks this year:

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Guardians
AL West: Rangers
WC 1: Yankees
WC 2: Astros
WC 3: Royals
Pennant: Rangers

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs*
NL West: Dodgers

WC 1: Phillies*
WC 2: Barves
WC 3: Padres

Pennant: Dodgers

Outside of the Yankees and Guardians, I completely whiffed on the American League, and the Guardians only won the division thanks to an unbelievable comeback (and a generational collapse by the Tigers). In the National League, I got the Dodgers and Padres sort of right since they captured a Wild Card spot. The Phillies won the division, and the Cubs won a wild card spot. I thought the Rays would finish 83-79; they wound up below .500. Oh well...

Anyway, back to the Blue Jays, congratulations to them and their fans (except one who can't keep to its own business on social media). And to Don Mattingly, who finally gets to go to a World Series after forty-two years in baseball...

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One thing that I dislike about my life is that I can't go out at nighttime. Seriously, because my sisters will have major anxiety if I do and that they're elderly. The three of us have to stick together because that's all that's left in our family. And we're surviving so far. 

Speaking of which, the mother of my daughter followed me on TikTok. I don't post much on there; I just repost mainly underreported news and sometimes humorous cat videos. But interesting that she's following me all of a sudden. 

80s music hits different when you haven't heard it in a while, and especially after you've heard snippets of the 6, 7 songs that are popular these days. See what I did there?

Call me cynical, but I don't have a bunch of high hopes for the Lightning this year. Vasilevskiy just isn't the same netminder that he was five or six years ago, and the defensive core is suspect and aging. I think the time for a franchise rebuild may be sooner than all of us thought.

You know, flipping the bird at the numerous commercials for Morgan & Morgan as well as the number of Trump stories I have to hear on Fox 13 gets exhausting after a while, but that's my protest. Which begs the question: Why didn't I go to the No Kings March? Well, I saw on Facebook that there was a decent turnout in Brooksville, but as for Spring Hill I can only guesstimate what it was like here. In fact, here's what I thought it looked like:

Seriously, with as many Trump bootlickers that live around where I do, I wouldn't be surprised if the "No Kings" march in Spring Hill was actually a counterprotest in support of MAGA. Yuck.

I have to go get some sleep. I have a VA Appointment tomorrow then lunch with the sisters. I hope to have more later this week. Until then, have a good one.

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What Are We Doing Here??

 Okay, so I haven't posted on here for a couple of weeks, but today something happened that I just couldn't resist not talking about. Our President, who ran on the platform of "America First," decided today that he would allow the military to use an airbase in Idaho. Except it wasn't our military, it was the Qatari military. America first my ass.

Was this in return for the gift that Qatar gave President Trump? Who knows, but it sure reeks of quid pro quo. This was a country that somehow rigged the voting to gain the FIFA 2022 World Cup and is allegedly bankrolling Hamas, and now we're rewarding their troops with the use of the Mountain Home Air Base.

Meanwhile, Trump brags to his rich friends on the golf course about the government shutdown while throwing a hissy fit that he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize. What a piece of human waste...

Release the files already...

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"Crapture" At Scamelot, Plus More...

 Hello again everyone, except the cultaholics over at Sinclair Broadcasting. Yeah, keep pounding your right-wing views on everyone (and guess what? The hyperlink on Twitter does not work, thanks a little Hulk Hogan). Your little stunt for Jimmy Kimmel to get his show back on air in the ABC stations you own is nothing more than extravagant extortion attempt. Anyway, Tuesday the rapture was allegedly supposed to happen...again. And just like in 1988 and 2012 and every other time it was supposed to happen, it didn't happen...again. 2016 may have seemed like the rapture, when everyone notable seemingly died, but in my estimation, it was our Creator calling certain ones home because it knew what was going to happen from 2017 and beyond; the rise of Scamelot.

Another event that happened on Tuesday was President Trump speaking at the UN General Assembly, which was a shitshow in and of itself, but what made it more so was that his teleprompter took a dirt nap in the middle of his speech, and before that, the escalator he and Melania were taking suddenly stopped as they were entering it. This led to the "world's most powerful man-baby" throwing a glorified hissy-fit about the whole ordeal, wanting an investigation into the whole matter even going as far as calling it sabotage. Fox Faux News even called (sarcastically) called for the UN to be bombed.

Turned out it was one of his staffers accidentally hitting a safety switch that stopped the escalator, and that his own White House staff was operating the teleprompter that went kaput in the middle of his speech. Which has me thinking, was the escalator incident a visual metaphor for the rapture that was supposed to happen on Tuesday? Furthermore, if it was Trump's WH staff behind the two faux pas, were they low-key just trolling him? After all, his presidency (more so his first term, but it also applies to the current one) seems like a bad SNL skit. As a song from last year said, get me off this ride.

NFL Week 4

Last week on my NFL picks, I went 10-6, putting me at 33-15 this year as of Thursday Night. I already made my pick for the game between Seattle and Arizona across various social media platforms earlier today, so let's see how I do this week:

Minnesota over Pittsburgh
Philadelphia over Tampa Bay (Eagles are due in Tampa and the Bucs are banged up)
Washington over Atlanta
LA Chargers over NY Giants
Buffalo over New Orleans
Houston over Tennessee
Detroit over Cleveland (more on this in a moment)
New England over Carolina
LA Rams over Indianapolis
San Francisco over Jacksonville
Taylor Swift over Baltimore
Chicago over Las Vegas
Green Bay over Dallas
NY Jets over Miami
Denver over Cincinnati

Some other thoughts

Cal Raleigh is a monster, but he won't win MVP. Aaron Judge is the better all-around player. 

Detroit's football team will probably win Sunday against Cleveland, but their baseball team is on the verge of completing a generational choke job to the same city. 

Make sure your alarm clocks are ready for Green Day on Thursday.

Speaking of which, Mariah's beginning to thaw. Great.

Hockey season is here; they skate for realsies in a couple of weeks. GO BOLTS!

I haven't done a flashback in a long while, and I think only one this year. Might need to do something about that.

All eyes may be on the coast of the Carolinas early next week, as the storm that may be named Imelda approaches. Too bad we can't throw a shoe at it to make it disappear. 

Halloween is nearing, and I'm excited for it.

Speaking of Halloween, separated at birth: Lara Loomer and Momo

I also can't wait to see my favorite person again...

Have a great weekend, peeps!

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