Flashback: March 10, 2006

 Holy cow. Has it really been twenty years? Geez I'm getting old. Anyway, welcome to the first regular flashback of 2026. I've already had a random flashback earlier this year, but this one is consistent with the date published, as in earlier flashbacks I've done.

I WAS initially going to do a special flashback based on the firing of noted dog killer Kristi Noem, but let's just say other current events have messed with my mood, and that entry is on hiatus for the time being. I'll probably get around to it soon, but for now I rolled my D20 die as well as a regular die, and it came up 7 and an even number, so we're going back to 2006 for this entry. So, without further ado, here were the Top 40 songs based off data from Radio & Records Magazine for the week ending March 10, 2006. Mar10 Day; itsa ME, MARIO!!

40. Here We Go by Trina f/Kelly Rowland. I don't recall this one, so let me speak about what's going on in the Middle East. A total travesty, and it's for the most part our (US) fault. 

39. Hips Don't Lie by Shakira f/Wyclef Jean. You know who does lie? The American media, all politicians (especially the current administration), snake oil salesmen, etc. Enough to make me pull my hair out...oh wait, my head is currently shaved. But you get my drift. Anyway, one of the more notable events of this skirmish in the Middle East was the bombing of a school that killed 150+ Iranians.

38. Soul Survivor by Young Jeezy f/Akon. At first, I thought that the Israel regime was responsible for it, but after a photo that showed it was actually a US Tomahawk missile that struck the school, I knew it was us. The obscenest (apparently that's a word) part about it was the Department of Defense (more on that in a bit) claimed that the Iranians somehow stole the missile and exploded it on the school.

37. Ever The Same by Rob Thomas. Like COME ON! How in the hell would the Iranians be able to pull that off? Just another blatant lie by the Trump regime, not the first and definitely not the last.

36. Geek In The Pink by Jason Mraz. Speaking of the DoD, notice that per the Trump regime, it is now the Department of War. Another stupid name change along the lines of "Gulf of America." I guess Keg-breath and Trump wanted to change it to sound more intimidating. 

35. Who I Am Hates Who I've Been by Reliant K. Did they do this name change because they knew all along the US was going to create a war, legal or not? I mean it was called the Department of Defense during Trump's first term. They just had to create an "excuse" to send troops/battleships/fighter jets. 

34. The Real Thing by Bo Bice. Sometimes I wonder if our Commander-in-Chief is Emperor Palpatine or Joe Isuzu. Probably both. Enough ranting about this clown show of our administration. Now on with the countdown.

33. We Be Burnin' by Sean Paul. I'm not done ranting, however. Another thing I want to rant about is the obscene amount of AI-generated content online lately.

32. If It's Lovin' That You Want by Rihanna. It seems like every other post I see on Facebook these days is AI-generated. You can't tell what's real and what isn't anymore, and in the age of fake news, that's dangerous.

31. L.O.V.E. by Ashlee Simpson. How interesting I make those comments and a song Ashlee Simpson, who was infamous for lip-synching on SNL around this time, shows up. 

30. For You I Will (Confidence) by Teddy Geiger
29. Savin' Me by Nickelback 
28. Unpredictable by Jamie Foxx f/Ludacris. One more rant while I'm at it. Have you noticed that local commercials are virtually unwatchable these days? On Fox 13-WTVT in Tampa (which my sisters watch for news), almost every other ad is for Morgan & Morgan or Farah & Farah. Morgan & Morgan you've probably heard of, Farah & Farah (for the courtesy for anyone reading this outside Florida) is a Tampa-based law firm.

27. Don't Forget About Us by Mariah Carey. To me, the Tampa market has gotten as bad if not worse than the Norfolk-Newport News, VA market was in the late 90's/early 00's with the plethora of personal injury attorneys that polluted the airwaves then and probably still do now.

26. Crash by Gwen Stefani. Another ad that airs almost everywhere in the Tampa market if you have Spectrum Cable is the one for Spectrum that ends with a cringe-worthy locker room speech where the assistant coach insinuates that bundling your services with Spectrum is more important than winning the game that they're supposed to get hyped up for...YEAHHHHHHH!! Randy Orton, your thoughts?

25. There It Go by Julez Santana
24. Girl Next Door by Saving Jane
23. One Wish by Ray J. You know, if not for Ray J, some of us would have never heard of Kim Kardashian. If you know, you know.

22. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) by Chris Brown
21. Beep by The Pussycat Dolls. This reminds me, speaking of commercials. Back in the day, around 2006 if not earlier, incidentally, Spectrum (then called Time-Warner cable) ran a radio ad campaign promoting their Road Runner high-speed internet service. It featured the announcer and what I assume was either a mentally challenged person or a head injury survivor. Either way, they tried to get him to say "Beep-Beep" before a webpage using Road Runner would load up and every time he failed. Looking back, I felt that this ad campaign was rather exploitive not only to the mentally challenged but also to those who may have had head injuries.

20. Stupid Girls by P!nk
19. Pump It by Blackeyed Peas. I believe that this song was featured in a Best Buy ad campaign around this time.

18. Right Here by Staind. Hadn't heard this song in a while, but I remember making a mixtape and this was one of the songs on it. Yes, I made mixtapes for my own personal use back then, and even one for someone who I had a crush on, but as Garth Brooks sang long ago, one of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

17. Temperature by Sean Paul. Speaking of which, glad to see that spring is approaching rapidly after a brutally cold (by Florida standards) winter

16. I'm In Luv (Wit A Stripper) by T-Pain f/Mike Jones. Stripper? No, Strip club bartender? YES! Incidentally, her birthday is less than two weeks away and she's throwing a party to celebrate. Her Facebook page has the details of it. I'd really appreciate it if you stopped by. 

15. Because Of You by Kelly Clarkson
14. Shake That by Eminem f/Nate Dogg
13. You're Beautiful by James Blunt. I want to say that this recording has a blooper in it that got left on the final track. The first time he says "My life is brilliant" I don't think was supposed to be on the recording but somehow was. Whether or not it was done intentionally I have no idea. Perhaps I should do a deep dive into it. Guess what? It was a blooper after all. From the song's Wikipedia page:

at the beginning of the song, Blunt sings the first line twice ("My life is brilliant"). The mistimed delivery was left in the final recording...After the initial start, he says, "What, was I too early? Oh, sorry...

...and THAT is editing on the fly!!

12. Everytime We Touch by Cascada. Duke basketball fans rejoice.

11. Run it by Chris Brown f/Julez Santana
10. SOS by Rihanna
  9. Stickwitu by The Pussycat Dolls
  8. Grillz by Nelly. Twenty years ago, most young people wanted grills. Nowadays, they want facial tats. WHY??? Pardon me for having a grumpy old man GenX moment there.

  7. Dirty Little Secret by The All-American Rejects. Sounds good. By the way, their signature song in my estimation, "Move Along," would debut in the top 40 the very next week.

  6. Walk Away by Kelly Clarkson
  5. Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy
  4. Unwritten by Natasha Beddingfield
  3. Be Without You by Mary J. Blige
  2. So Sick by Ne-Yo

and the number one song this week twenty years ago was...

  1. Check On It by Beyonce f/Slim Thug. 

So, there's my flashback/rant for this week. If I can get my act together (which shouldn't be too hard) I hope to have another blog post next week at this time, if not sooner. On top of that, I may on my social media channels link up a post I made three years ago in honor of Samantha's (Vixon) birthday. In the meantime, you can catch me on Twitter (no, Squealon, I'm not calling it THAT) and Bluesky at Bonyscribe. But not outside, that's for that girl in Broward County. In the meantime, have a great and safe weekend.

Bonyscribe

Random Thoughts On President's Day

 Hello everyone, except you Pam Bondi. Nothing else better to do this President's Day but to give you some random thoughts I have had over the past couple of weeks.

Happy President's Day, this is a better dance than Trump's.

Watched some, but not all of the Daytona 500 yesterday, and I have to say NASCAR has become a joke, or at least a shell of its former self. Tyler Reddick won, which gave owner Michael Jordan a Daytona victory on top of his victory in court late last year. It was the typical restrictor plate race from what I saw; pack racing followed by a stupid wreck, followed by more pack racing, followed by "the Big One," followed by more pack racing, followed by several wrecks on the last lap. Just ridiculous. When does Formula 1 start?

Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for two weeks, and I hate to say it, but I don't think she'll be found alive when that case in Tucson, AZ finally concludes.

I had the best Valentine's Day EVER this weekend. Didn't do a whole much, just got to spend time with my boo at work, and that's all that really matters. 

I have only watched a couple of hockey games in these Olympic Games, both US victories. Haven't gotten too much into these games but I do admire members of the US team speaking out on what's going on here, which hasn't been ideal to say to the least.

Along those lines, I don't get why so many people (mainly on the far-right) had with Bad Bunny's halftime show. If people had a problem with the language being spoken in it, why then...

• Did you sing along to La Bamba in 1987?
• Did you dance the Macarena in 1996?
• Did you shake your hips to any song Shakira did over the last 25 years?
• Speaking of whom, just six years ago she was in The Super Bowl Halftime that also featured Bad Bunny...
• Do you seemingly enjoy Pitbull?

Not to mention, the alternative halftime show, which should have been sponsored by Dollar General and Steak N Shake, was woefully performed by a bunch of second-rate country artists and Kid (c)Rock, who despite his claims on Faux News, lip-synched horribly his performance of "Bawitdaba."

On a brighter note, it finally rained here in west central Florida.

In what some would still consider a "cancel culture," I think it's time to cancel the Slam-Dunk contest during NBA All-Star Weekend. I think it peaked about ten years ago when Aaron Gordon dunked over Stuff the Magic Dragon, a performance that, no thanks to Dwayne Wade, got him second (he should have won). But this year's contest featured a scary moment involving Jace Richardson of the Magic. 

Speaking of which, remember the Tik Tok trend early last year that featured audio of that Saturday Night Live skit involving The Maharelle Sisters in their spoof of "The Lawrence Welk Show?" For those that don't recall, it featured concert footage of three singers of well repute, followed by Katy Perry's awkward dancing being performed over the "AND I'M DONEEEESE" part. Well, someone ought to show clips of Dwight Howard, Aaron Gordon, and Max McClung doing their dunk contest performances, followed by that fall Jace Richardson had.

Well, I guess I should do some doom scrolling this remainder of President's Day. I'm not watching the news or Olympics; in fact, my TV is on Music Choice to ensure that I have as peaceful as an afternoon as possible. Until then, have a good one.

BonyScribe

Bony Scribe's Random Top 40 Flashback, Volume III

 Hello once again. If you didn't catch my last entry, we had snow in Florida yesterday, and south of Tampa, there still may be a threat of snow showers believe it or not. Later today, the NHL Stadium Series comes to Raymond James Stadium as the Tampa Bay Lightning face off vs. the Boston Bruins.  As of right now, the temperature in Spring Hill (about 45 minutes north of Tampa) is 31 with windy conditions and going down to about 25 by daybreak. Quite the start to my birthday month. 

Today marks the third edition of my random Top 40 flashback feature. In November, I did March of 1989. Then in December, I did May of 1987. Today, I'm going to do the fourth week of August 1997. For those of you who may be new to reading this blog, the way I do my flashbacks is that I take the data (depending on the date) from either the Billboard (Hot 100 from 1980-91, Hot 100 Airplay from 92 on) charts, the Radio & Records CHR charts, or both. For these random ones, I utilize both. A predetermined point value is given to a song in relation to the position of that particular chart, along with bonuses for longevity, or how long that song has been charting. I wrote how and why I did this several years ago on this site, I might have to repost it to give you a reference. Anyway, from the data given, here were the Top 40 songs for the week of August 22, 1997.

Before we begin, there were fifty songs that charted on the BB Hot 100 Airplay and R&R CHR pop charts, so ten missed the cut. Those were:

On My Own by Peach Union (#40 R/R)
Everything by Mary J. Blige (#40 BB)
Turn My Head by Live (#39 R/R)
Love You Down by INOJ (#39 BB)
What Do You Want From Me? by Monaco (#38 R/R)
Supernatural by Wild Orchid (#37 R/R)
Not Tonight by Lil' Kim (#37 BB)
Happy With You by Samantha Cole (#36 R/R)
Stomp by God's Property (#35 R/R)
Walkin' On The Sun by Smash Mouth (#35 BB)

40. Takes A Little Time by Amy Grant (#33 R/R--8 points)

39. G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. by Changing Faces (#32 BB--11 points)

38. When I Die by No Mercy (#32 R/R--11 points). While both GHETTOUT and When I Die had 11 points, When I Die was on its ninth week on the R/R chart while GHETTOUT was on its eighth week on the Billboard chart.

37. I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face) by Rome (#34 BB--12 points)

36. To The Moon & Back by Savage Garden (#29 R/R--17 points)

35. Barbie Girl by Aqua (#36 BB, #27 R/R--19 points)

34. How Do I Live by Leann Rimes (#38 BB, #26 R/R--20 points)

33. I Wanna Be There by Blessid Union Of Souls (#30 R/R--21 points)
32. MMMBop by Hanson (#30 BB--21 points). MMMBop was a former #1 on both charts. I Wanna Be There merely reached the top 20 on the R/R chart and only charted for one week on the Hot 100 airplay chart. Interesting because IWBT was on its 18th week on R/R while MMMBop was on its 19th on Billboard; it had already reached recurrent status on R/R (Under #20 with 20 or more weeks since its debut). Kinda indicates some vast differences between the BB Hot 100 Airplay, which I assume covers all formats, and the R/R charts, which only covers mainstream pop. I wish I had worked in the radio business so I could better try to explain it and possibly give some insight as to why IWBT didn't get as much run on BB.

31. I Don't Wanna Wait by Paula Cole (#33 BB, #24 R/R--27 points)
30. Mo Money Mo Problems by The Notorious B.I.G. f/Puff Daddy & Mase (#19 BB--27 points). In this instance, the opposite of what occurred with the last two songs appears evident, as this was the only song by Biggie to chart on R/R (it hadn't reached the Top 40 yet), and when it did it only reached #29, doing so in October. I'll have another example of that featuring Diddy later.

29. Fly by Sugar Ray (#25 BB, #31 R/R--28 points)

28. Coco Jamboo by Mr. President (#31 BB, #20 R/R--33 points)

27. The Impression That I Get by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#27 BB, #28 R/R--37 points)

26. Invisible Man by 98 Degrees (#28 BB, #18 R/R--38 points)

25. Say You'll Be There by Spice Girls (#29 BB, #34 R/R--39 points). Pause here to give some of you some eye candy:

...and you wonder why my affinity towards redheads comes from? Forever grateful, Geri.

24. More Than This by 10,000 Maniacs (#26 BB, #22 R/R--41 points)

23. Building A Mystery by Sarah McLachlan (#17 BB, #25 R/R--42 points). No, there wasn't a sappy commercial from the ASPCA that accompanied this song, nor was it featured in that infamous dead dog dedication. Maybe my next flashback will feature the song that was involved with that.

22. Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik (14 BB--45 points). Already reached recurrent status on R/R.

21. A Change Will Do You Good by Sheryl Crow (#22 BB, #23 R/R--47 points). The song with one of my favorite lines, "Jack off Jimmy everybody wants more."

20. If You Could Only See by Tonic (#21 BB, #21 R/R--47 points)

19. The Difference by The Wallflowers (#23 BB, #16 R/R--47 points)

18. One Headlight by The Wallflowers (#11 BB--52 points). As was the case with Barely Breathing, One Headlight had also reached recurrent status on the R/R chart.

17. Honey by Mariah Carey (#18 BB, #14 R/R--53 points). I read recently that Mariah has only five Grammy wins. How is that possible?! Then again AMPAS voted Jethro Tull over Metallica for best hard rock performance in the early 90s and in 2001 had an album of the year win by Steely Dan. Steely Dan.

16. Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band (#20 BB, 19 R/R--58 points)

15. Push by Matchbox 20 (#13 BB, #12 R/R--73 points)

14. Foolish Games by Jewel (#12 BB, #10 R/R--76 points)

13. Return Of The Mack by Mark Morrison (#16 BB, #17 R/R--79 points)

12. Where's The Love by Hanson (#24 BB, #6 R/R--84 points). Coming off the heels of "MMMBop," this track proved that a strictly pop hit while almost a certain smash on R/R doesn't guarantee success on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.

11. The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe (#9 BB, #13 R/R--97 points)

10. I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans f/112 (#6 BB, #15 R/R--103 points). Remember the earlier example regarding Biggie? Diddy reached #4 on Billboard with this tribute track to Biggie and Tupac (who were assassinated in separate incidents over the prior six months), and surprisingly got some rub on R/R yet only managed #13.

  9. Do You Know (What It Takes) by Robyn (#15 BB, #7 R/R--108 points)

  8. Bitch by Meredith Brooks (#10 BB, #9 R/R--110 points). Don't think that song would work today. Censorship has started to run rampant present day. Case in point, the E****** files.

Seriously, nothing makes sense anymore. That gets bleeped out on TikTok while Chappel Roan practically exposed her breasts on the red carpet of the GRAMMYs last night.

  7. All For You by Sister Hazel (#7 BB, #8 R/R--120 points)

  6. 2 Become 1 by Spice Girls (#8 BB, #4 R/R--137 points). Again, I ask for your indulgence:

  5. Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin (#2 BB, #11 R/R--167 points). Speaking of the GRAMMYs, remember Colvin's win for Best Song in 1998 and her acceptance speech got hijacked by Ol' Dirty Bastard? Come to think of it this was the same GRAMMYs where "Soy Bomb" interrupted a performance by Bob Dylan. Now, the whole WORLD is unhinged...

  4. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) by Backstreet Boys (#5 BB, #2 R/R--190 points)

  3. How Bizarre by OMC (#4 BB, #3 R/R--195 points)

  2. Men In Black by Will Smith (#1 BB, #5 R/R--210 points)

and my top spot for the week of August 22, 1997 went to...

  1. Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind (#3 BB, #1 R/R--235 points).

A quick word about this week before I wrap things up for this entry. Not only is Sunday my birthday, but it's also Super Bowl Sunday. I pick Seattle to get revenge on what happened a dozen years ago in Arizona to the hands of New England. Friday I'm going to have some fun, but also the Winter Olympics begin in Italy. During the Opening Ceremony, wouldn't it be something if, given the state of matters in the US, a member or several members of Team USA as they're marching into the San Siro for the parade of athletes did THIS gesture:

Food for thought. Anyway, enjoy the week!

Bonyscribe.

Hell Hath Frozen Over

 Good evening, and I sincerely hope you're staying warm. As I'm typing this, there are scattered snow flurries across Florida. You read that right, it's snowing in Florida. For the second time this year in some spots in the panhandle. We don't plan on getting any accumulation of course, and anything from this point forward will only be some stray flakes every now and then, but the bottom line is hell hath frozen over.

I wonder for a brief second if this is karma for what has been happening in Minneapolis this month; ICE terrorizing the citizens of MSP. You already know about the two shootings that happened there this month, but according to eyewitness accounts on the ground there, it's been worse than what you're being told by the media. 

So, what happens? Mother nature has sent two wicked winter storms the past two weekends over MAGAland. Oh, and the new Melania movie that's out? 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. Add that to the batch of Epstein Files that were released last night, and this has been a rough weekend for MAGA.

Good...

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One Year In...

 Good early morning to everyone, especially to Curt Cignetti, who has successfully turned what was a traditional basketball school into a football school with their triumph over Miami last night. Congrats, Hoosiers. Before the game, as the "Star-Spangled Banner" played, the cameras at Hard Rock Stadium cut to a shot of the Petulant Toddler in Chief, to a mixed reaction. Which reminded me that we are now exactly one year into Trump's second term, and to call this administration of Keystone Cops a shit show wouldn't do it any justice whatsoever, and folks this seems to be the general consensus around the world.

Seriously, covering Trump if you're a journalist (unless it's Fox "News") has been more than annoying and exhausting, and it's only getting worse because HE'S getting worse. Did you hear his latest presser outside Air Farce 1 (that's what I'm calling his plane while he's in office) last night? Batshit crazy stuff coming out of the man's piehole. Remember last year when I predicted on this very blog that Trump wouldn't make it for the entirety of this term? That still applies, but I'm now willing to bet his presidency doesn't survive the calendar year. 

This just in: Trump is threatening to send Army troops to Bloomington, Indiana if Curt Cignetti doesn't hand over Indiana's newly earned National Championship trophy. 

I just want to post blogs about music charts of days gone by, sports, and life in general. But these past two weeks have really been tough. 

Oh, by the way, about that ICE shooting. I am of the opinion that the wife of Renee Good bears some responsibility for what happened. Now does that justify his actions? Abso-freaking-lutely not. He was very thin-skinned and obviously less than qualified to be in such a position, however, the wife, obviously not knowing he was this way, didn't help the situation by taunting him and getting in his face. That's all I have to say about that.

Back to Trump though. He's leaving (or has left) for that economic conference in Davos this morning, and the way he's been carrying on about occupying Greenland in what is tantamount to what is called in the business world as a "hostile takeover," this should be a doozy.

And we're only one year in...

Bonyscribe

Happy New Year, Welcome To World War III

 Good afternoon, I'm more than a little bit late with this, but since I had to wait to have a procedure done in Tampa yesterday (isn't getting older fun?) I had to wait until now to say it...

...and no sooner than the calendar had been freshly turned, the United States, or rather Donald Trump's regime, sprung itself to a war with Venezuela. JFC.

Now, is Maduro in the words of Trump a "bad hombre?" Of course he is. But the way this administration has went about this capture and arrest, as well as the reasons we're being told Maduro was arrested, is totally bogus. It isn't about fentanyl, which is evil in its own right because there have been friends of mine that have been greatly affected by it. It isn't about cocaine either. It's about Venezuela's crude oil supply all for the purposes of making the American Oil Lobby richer. Remember George Carlin's line from that one comedy special he did about twenty years ago, in which he said, "it's a big club, and you're not in it" when he was talking about the rich and powerful? The American Oil Lobby is part of said club.

And now, Trump is bitching and whining about wanting to take over Greenland...again. Greenland was part of the Kingdom of Denmark long before the United States even came to existence. Furthermore, Denmark has been a long-standing ally of NATO. In the words of Scott Van Pelt, "what are we doing here?" Then again, Trump has never been a friend of NATO and totally wants to upset the "New World Order" applecart that George H.W. Bush spoke of in 1988. It seems like he wants the new axis of evil to be us, Russia, and China. Let me repeat that, US, Russia, and China, an axis of evil.

Folks, we're better than this. At least I thought we were. Because this isn't the same America that I gave six years of my life defending in the US Navy in the early 1990s. One such indicator is probably the obscenest "billboard" I have seen in my life, heading northbound on US 41 just north of Tampa. If you're from that area, and you know my world view, I think you know what I'm referring to.

But don't take my word for it, check our my reposts on my TikTok page (@bonyscribe1), especially from Former MLB agent Joshua Kusnick. There are other reposts I have on there sounding the alarm that World War III is impending.

Folks, it isn't impending, it's here. The world is at war. Buckle up buttercup.

I should have my normal flashback blog post sometime later in the week. But for now, 2026 is off to a rough start.

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Happy New Year, I guess.

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A Bony Scribe Christmas Wish

 Good morning, everyone. It's hard to believe that we are already less than a week away from Christmas, which means we are less than two weeks away from 2026 and less than three weeks away from my colonoscopy. Isn't it fun getting older? Heck, may as well write up a small review of 2025 while I'm at it.

2025 personally was filled with plenty of highs, a few lows, and some personal growth at the end. All in all, it was a pretty good year for the Scribe, even if the end didn't quite live up to what I had hoped for. However, I didn't let what may or may not have occurred upset me like in years, heck, even months past. That's a terrific attribute I hope to take with me into the new year. As usual, I won't have anybody to kiss in the New Year with (I think), which is a shame since there is some mistletoe hanging in the boundary between the kitchen and dining room. But hey, the year isn't over just yet, and stranger things have happened.

I haven't really gotten into the Holiday Spirit much this year. That isn't to say I haven't felt it at all, because I have as evidenced by this tree: 

But there have been several things that have contributed to the lack of spirit this season. The Bucs are playing like total crap, and so are the Lightning. Over the past week, headline news has been anything but inspiring, including two noteworthy deaths yesterday in North Carolina alone. Moreover, the general mood surrounding what's been happening in the US has been awful. To be honest, I don't think I've ever felt as low about our nation as I do right now, and as Forrest Gump would say "that's all I've got to say about that."

However, there is hope for the upcoming year, most notably come November when the midterms happen. Plus, the Chiefs are not going to the playoffs this year, so there's that. It would be great if the entire Trump administration were removed by ANY LEGAL MEANS NECESSARY, so that we don't have to worry about the future of our nation. I'm not looking forward to the Olympic Games or the World Cup this summer, because you know Fox will ramp up the propaganda machine for it, and I for one, won't be in the mood. When certain entities use a sporting event to push forth a political ideology, I have to draw the line.

Perhaps I've become jaded with the prospects of the future. I don't see myself becoming a stepfather anytime soon, if ever. I'm also coming to grips with the fact that next year I will have lived as many years in the 21st century as the 20th century. I know I'm appreciated, and that matters more than anything, I guess. Heck, I consider myself a good luck charm at times. Hopefully that continues into 2026.

So, I guess for my Christmas wish for 2025 and the New Year is to maintain my peace throughout the year and beyond. Just hope and pray that things don't get topsy-turvy because I know everything can change in a New York minute. 

So, from me to you, have a merry and blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year, and I'll see you in 2026.

Thank you for reading this blog,

Bony Scribe