Hello friends, neighbors, and strangers. Thought I'd share a few thoughts about things from over the weekend.
While I was watching the Stanley Cup playoff game from Amalie Arena Saturday afternoon, I couldn't help but cringe a little bit when play by play announcer John Walton kept referring to the Tampa Bay area as "Central Florida." This of course started a brief furor amongst Lightning Twitter, because most of them think Central Florida as the Orlando area, and Tampa as the Tampa Bay area; and for the most part, it is true. While Tampa does lie halfway between the Panhandle and the Keys, most people that are FROM Florida NEVER refer to the Tampa Bay area as "Central Florida." The opposite can be said about Orlando; they call their area as Central Florida and DO NOT include the Tampa Bay region. Yes, there is some overlap in Polk County, but the majority of which is considered part of Tampa Bay. But, the two regions are not the same...at all.
Please, Don't Complain...
Last night on Twitter, one poor lad wound up getting himself muted: Why? A hashtag game...that was played three months ago. The hashtag game in question last night was #ImEmbarrassedToAdmit, in which I replied "watched one Harry Potter movie in its entirety." One guy, however, decided to go rogue and play the hashtag #TheLastTimeIHadSex 🙊. Not only that, he had several tweets about it. For editorial comment, let's check in with this blog's unofficial spirit animal:
Seriously, nobody wants to hear about that stuff. It's a bad look on you to complain about things that aren't really any of our business. Who knows, maybe the poor guy was drunk or something, but complaining about it won't help at all, and it definitely not get you laid...
"BuT cHrIs, WhEn WaS tHe LaSt..." STOP!!!
An Absolute Farce
Late last night, Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul had a boxing "exhibition" (and I use that term very loosely) in Miami Gardens. No winner was declared, unless you decided to NOT spend $50 or so to watch this on Shotime, and for those of you who did, as DJ Khaled would say, "Congratulations, you played yourself." I would link you to a tweet that basically epitomizes how much of a farce this fight was, however, Shotime filed a complaint that the video in the tweet was cleared with them first, so I'll try to describe it to you as best as possible. During a later round, Mayweather landed a right hook that staggered Paul, however Mayweather held him as Paul was about to collapse to the canvas. Yep, Mayweather held Paul up so he wouldn't get counted as knocked down, and take the mandatory eight count. Howard Cosell is probably still spinning in his grave right now...
No "SOS' In The NBA Playoffs
Yesterday, the
Clippers beat the Mavericks 126-111 to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Dallas's elimination meant that there are ZERO teams left in this year's playoff field that has reached a NBA Finals over the last ten years, hence the SOS (same ol'...stuff) in the paragraph header. In fact, of the eight teams left, only two (2001 Sixers and 2003 & 2004 Nets) have reached the Finals this century, and only three of these franchises have
won a championship, the last being the 1983 Sixers. Two of the eight (Clippers and Nuggets) have never reached the Championship Round, and the Clippers are one of three franchises total (Hornets and Pelicans being the other two) to have yet to reach a conference final. It will be nice to see some new blood, if not new players, in the Finals this year (now watch it be Brooklyn and Los Angeles in the Finals)
Coming Up
No Rays baseball or Lightning playoff hockey until tomorrow, and nothing (besides NYI vs BOS n hockey) worthwhile on television to watch tonight, so I'll likely be on Twitter. I'll probably post again sometime this week; not sure yet what I'll write about. Until then, stay safe and take care. Oh, ad since I haven't said it yet, Happy Pride!!
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