"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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Week 3 NFL Plus Random Thoughts

 Greetings from the Free Fascist State of Florida. I'm beginning to hate it here; this feels like 1983 all over again. I wound up leaving Florida though later that year, and DeSantis is bye-bye from Jai Alai after next year, so I better not say anymore (don't want to jinx it). 

Last week was a very good one in terms of my NFL picks. I went 13-3 (only misses were Pittsburgh, KC, and Minnesota) to give me a two-week total of 23-9. On the college side, I was reminded once again as to why I don't go to Hard Rock Bet to pick games. I went 3-4 though I got the Georgia Tech pick right. Don't think I'll do college picks this week, even though there is one game I will have eyes on (UNC at UCF), though I might not watch it since it's on Fox.

For this week I have the following:

Buffalo over Miami
Tampa Bay over NY Jets (barely)
Philadelphia over LA Rams
Green Bay over Cleveland
Washington over Las Vegas
Atlanta over Carolina
Cincinnati over Minnesota (how did Nantz/Romo get that assignment?)
Pittsburgh over New England
Jacksonville over Houston
Indianapolis over Tennessee
LA Chargers over Denver
Seattle over New Orleans
Dallas over Chicago
Arizona over San Francisco
Kansas City over NY Giants
Baltimore over Detroit

And now, allow me to say a few more words surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination: XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XX XX.

Seriously, didn't that sound stupid? I guess free speech is no longer allowed in the US unless it falls in line with the narrative of the controlling political party, which in my opinion is what the right-wing has been trying to do in this country since 9/11. Long story which I'll get into one day, but let me ask you this first: how does a struggling formerly drug-addicted talk radio host in Tampa of all places get launched into superstardom and national prominence?

There used to be a segment on Kimmel's show (and I didn't watch it that often) where he would randomly add bleeps to whatever a person was saying on tape. I think it was called Unnecessary Censorship. I think this latest stunt by ABC and Nexstar (who want to complete a merger with Tegna) would qualify as such. Come to think of it, this was sort of the same thing CBS did with Stephen Colbert. All in all, this sucks.

Meanwhile, in England, let's check in on our "Dear Leader:"

Hoo boy...

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Somewhat Hot And Bothered Week 2 Picks

 Good afternoon, everyone. But definitely not Tyler Robinson. As you're probably aware by now, he's the individual behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Enough about that because I'm sure there are plenty of tweets/Facebook posts/blogs/podcasts/misinformation concerning all that.

Anyway, after a wild end to Week One, we are onto Week Two of the NFL season. So far, I'm 11-6 including last night's game which I touched on briefly on Wednesday night. This week I hope to do better and try to improve on a rather mediocre opening week. Tampa is playing Monday night in Houston as part of an ESPN Doubleheader, plus we have a Super Bowl matchup on our hands. Looking at 506sports, the games in the markets I care about the most appear to be okay, except for two: Orlando gets Jacksonville at Cincinnati and Lumberton, NC gets Seattle at Pittsburgh (despite every surrounding market receiving NY Giants at Dallas).

Here's what I see going down this week, and remember to take these with a grain of salt:

Buffalo over NY Jets
LA Rams over Tennessee
New England over Miami
Baltimore over Cleveland
Cincinnati over Jacksonville
Dallas over NY Giants
Detroit over Chicago
Pittsburgh over Seattle
San Francisco over New Orleans
Indianapolis over Denver 😮
Arizona over Carolina
Taylor Swift (KC) over Philadelphia (ugh)
Minnesota over Atlanta
Tampa Bay over Houston
LA Chargers over Las Vegas

Last week I scored big time on picking USF to cover at Florida. Not only did they cover, but they won outright, and now many Gator fans are wanting Billy Napier's head on a stick to be paraded throughout Gainesville (not really, but you sense their anger). This week, I think USF will cover again at Miami, but I don't think they'll pull off the upset, unless Mario Cristobal does something stupid. Oh, and Thom Brennaman is calling the game for the CW as Castellanos hits a drive into left field and that'll be a home run. Seriously, I don't know if he's calling an FSU game this season since their QB is named Castellanos, but wouldn't that be a hoot if it is indeed the case?

Some selected college picks:

LSU over Florida by at least 30
Tennessee over Georgia
Alabama over Wisconsin
Georgia Tech over Clemson (!)
Coastal Carolina to cover against East Carolina (+8.5)
South Florida to cover at Miami (+17.5)
South Carolina over Vanderbilt

Personal note here, had to put up with having no AC the last three days at Chateau de Scribe. Compressor on the unit blew up Monday night after a bizarre power surge. But all is good now, and I'm not so hot and bothered...for now.

Have a good weekend everyone.

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How I Did and Enough Already

 Good morning, everyone. I had a few thoughts I wanted to write about on this solemn anniversary, but breaking news yesterday afternoon has put those plans on hold for now. 

To tie up my picks from last week, I went 10-6. Not bad but disappointing because I could've easily been 13-3. As for tonight's game I have Green Bay over Washington. The rest of the week's games will be out on Friday.

As many of you are well aware by now, Charlie Kirk was senselessly murdered at a rally in Orem, Utah yesterday afternoon. Did I like him? Not really, since he's an avid supporter of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. But he was a husband, a father of two young kids, and a diehard Chicago Cubs fan. And even though he was on the far right, he at least encouraged the free exchange of ideas, which is more than some right-leaning talking heads do...talking to YOU Marc Levin.

As of midnight (the time of this writing) a suspect has not been found, although on one video posted to social media, an individual that appeared to be dressed in black could be seen running from the roof of a nearby building. No word to my knowledge as to what bullet was used and what weapon, although the fatal shot was fired from a distance of approximately 500 feet, which is slightly further than the bullet fired from the would-be Trump assassin in the summer of last year in Butler, Pennsylvania. Now this of course is speculative, but a shot from that range appears to be that of a sniper or a sharpshooter.

The right, of course, is calling Kirk a martyr as a result, and some on the right are already calling for retribution.

First of all, stop. As I said already, we do not know who is responsible for this. Second, this attitude of "if you're not for us, you're against us" is not helpful like at all. The main culprit of that interestingly enough is the news media here in the US. Yesterday morning, I posted on Facebook mocking the coverage on cable news channels.

Seriously, this grandstanding on both sides has to end. What happened to "just the facts, ma'am/man?" This toxic behavior has been going around for at least two decades, and interestingly enough, I could pinpoint it to what happened 24 years ago this morning, but I'll write about that another time. There are a lot of YouTube videos I have to watch and make up my mind about first. But this attitude of retribution has to come to an end. More people are going to die as a result, and we won't have an America left if it continues.

Never forget.

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Week One Picks, For S***s and Giggles

 Hello again, everyone. Well, I said in my last post that I wasn't going to make weekly picks for football season, but here we are on the eve of the NFL season. Three things to remember as I write this. One, if you're going to place a bet on any games, college or pro, please do so responsibly. Two, for the love of all that is holy DO NOT take what I'm about to write as the gospel. Yes, I am a sports fan, but I am by no means an expert on anything, and what I usually write, for better or worse, winds up being wrong anyway. And three, there is NO SUCH THING as a sure bet. A classic example is the 2007 Michigan-Appalachian State game in the Big House, where nobody gave App State a snowball's chance in hell to win, and look what happened.

Once again this season, 506sports has announcer listings and maps to see what game you'll get on your television depending on your location. So, without further ado, here's what I think for this week:

Philadelphia over Dallas
Kansas City over LA Chargers in Sao Paolo
Atlanta over Tampa Bay (I hope I'm wrong)
Washington over NY Giants
Cincinnati over Cleveland
Jacksonville over Carolina
Pittsburgh over NY Jets
Miami over Indianapolis
New England over Las Vegas
Arizona over New Orleans
Green Bay over Detroit
LA Rams over Houston
San Francisco over Seattle
Denver over Tennessee
Baltimore over Buffalo
Chicago over Minnesota

Bonus college pick:

USF to cover at Florida (-17.5).

Football season is here. Enjoy everyone!

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Some Random Labor Day Thoughts

 Hello again, everyone. Except you, Ron DeSantis. Happy Labor Day everyone. You know, it wasn't that long ago where this holiday meant that regular TV programming on one channel in wherever city you live would be hijacked for 22 hours or so to run the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. He's gone now, and the telethon left well before he did. You can google it if you want. Anyway, college football is almost done for the week, and except for one result, it was pretty good. One game remains, and that's the TCU Horned Frogs facing off against Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tarheels. I'll definitely be watching...

Too bad tomorrow is Labor Day, because there is a lot of excitement for me personally this week, and I'll have to put it off a day (bank's closed). However, it should be a fantastic week; I get to see my woman, and the NFL kicks off on Thursday when the Eagles host the Cowboys. Will I do my weekly picks this year? I doubt it. As you may have been able to tell I haven't been too active on this platform lately, I can't really put a finger on the exact reason other than I just haven't felt like it, which is not to say that I haven't wanted to because there's a litany of things I wanted to talk about, some of them will be in this entry, but I digress. Anyway, my Super Bowl pick once again will be Baltimore over Philadelphia. I was going to pick Tampa Bay over the LA Chargers, but after giving it some thought, I changed it. I don't think I'm going to pick division winners this year either. All I can hope for is that finally the Chiefs miss the AFC Title game, in fact it would be great if they went under .500. That unfortunately won't happen. Stand by to be annoyed to death with nonstop camera shots of Taylor Swift, and now State Farm ads with the equally nauseating Meghan Trainor. Blyat. Like a good neighbor, stay over there.

Speaking of things that are annoying, I've noticed something a disturbing trend on YouTube lately. Videos that have a list of certain subjects with a quick explanation of how or why that particular subject became so infamous. Informative? Yes (here's one example). But what annoys me is it's seemingly lazy on the part of the particular content creator. Like go into detail. You don't have to go into the detail that say RealLifeLore does, but for Heaven's sake put a little effort into your product why don't you?

Another trope that is getting tired that I've seen is advertisements for game-playing apps on your phone where the "boss" of a certain company is throwing a literal hissy fit because his "customers" aren't downloading his app from a reputable source. Usually these ads are reserved for "money-making" apps (which I discussed a little about in an earlier post), but this one was for Vita Mahjong. An app that to my knowledge doesn't pay diddly squat for game play (unless another legitimate game playing app includes it). All in all it seems a little sus to me.

Here, have some eye candy:

The most beautiful woman on Earth.

Now onto other things of note:

Weekend At Bernie's?

Anyone and everyone this weekend was speculating left and right about the health of President Trump since he didn't make any noticeable appearances over the weekend nor as I can tell hold "many many meetings" (remember that phrase from his last administration?) Some people on the far left, not on air mind you, even went as far as to speculate that he kicked the bucket. No, he's alive and tweeting...or truthing...or whatever he calls it on Truth Social. As far as I'm concerned, this apparently was his relaxing at one of his golf courses over the weekend:

Seriously though, despite rampant speculation and misinformation (which seems to be the norm in 2025) he is still in office, and we haven't seen any of the propaganda channels (formerly news networks) break into regular programming with crocodile tears announcing his demise...yet. Although when it does happen, I'd imagine it would look something like this:

Only except instead of Peppermint Patty displaying performance activism shown here, it will be Fox and Fiends sobbing over their Cheerios. 

By the way, I know that the Minneapolis church shooting was hideous and tragic, as well as gut wrenching, but Psaki, you're a professional, at least you're supposed to be, when doing your job. This may sound heartless on my part, but act like it.

Outright National Champions at Last

This weekend Georgia Tech battle Colorado at Boulder in what could be a battle of sorts between the two schools that shared college football's national championship in 1990. Georgia Tech outlasted Colorado 27-20, so that means that GEORGIA TECH ARE YOUR 1990 OUTRIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! According to me. Hell, if UCF can claim a natty eight years ago, I can claim that Georgia Tech should've won the outright title in 1990, and this game backs that up. Besides, Colorado won a game on a fifth down that year. Case closed.

Speaking of College Football, mad respect and props to Lee Corso on his retirement. He went six-for-six on his picks last week, which included FSU's upset win over Alabama.

Cracker Barrel of Laughs

One subject I was going to write about last month was Cracker Barrel's attempt at rebranding, which was ultimately rescinded. There were many memes created from the new logo (many of which can be found here), and maybe I'll still share some of my favorites on here. About the remodeling though I don't like it from what I've seen. It doesn't have that old rustic country store feel and looks more like a Temu version of Bonefish Grill. Get rid of the white paint and brig the old look back.

Well, I've run out of things to talk about, I would talk about Swift getting engaged to Kelce but honestly who gives a rat's ass? Because I certainly don't. Found out that I have to postpone my date with my love for a couple of more days. Dammit. In any case, this should be a great week. I'll post again sometime before Thursday...I hope. Until then, later.

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I Think I Found Me A Cheerleader...But Not That One

 Hello everyone. Football season is here, and while the regular season is just a few days away, we already have controversy in the pro ranks. Does it involve any rule changes? No. Does it involve more teams in the CFB playoff? No. Does it involve Taylor Swift? Lol, no. You know what it does involve? Cheerleaders.

You read that right. Cheerleaders. But more so who's being added to cheerleading squads of certain teams more than anything. You see this week, the Minnesota Vikings announced that they were adding males to the cheerleading squad. I'm not going to hyperlink the story; you can google it if you want. Let's just say there was plenty of outrage to go around.

When I was little, I thought that cheerleaders could only be female. But then I was told at same early age that males could be cheerleaders to by some girl who was slightly older than I am. And as it turned out, as I was watching college football for the very first time, they were right. The males would shout into their megaphones and hoist the females high into the air using incredible strength and coordination. Coed cheerleading is a rather athletic sport at the college level. 

Then you go to the pro ranks, and the cheerleaders are nothing more than a glorified dance squad used primarily as eye candy to the majority of spectators in attendance. But then someone in Australia (as I was watching a cricket tournament) a few years ago went, "you know, why don't we add males into our dance squads to make things more inclusive." That's how Pandora's Box was opened.

The LA Rams and the Bucs were the first to incorporate male dancers into their squads, and now the Vikings are one of THIRTEEN teams to have male cheerleaders. Except they aren't cheerleaders. Instead of hoisting females into the air or shouting into megaphones, they are sashaying and shontae-ing around like a bunch of Solid Gold Dancer rejects. Folks, I usually don't agree with the right on a lot of things, but as a football fan, the outrage here is warranted somewhat. Guys do not wave pompoms. Period. 

This could lead to a dangerous slope in my opinion as far as telecasts of games and advertising is concerned. Soon, you could watch NFL Doubleheaders on the Logo cable network, followed by a marathon of "Rupaul's Drag Race." Steve Bartelstein could host the pregame show with analysis from Stephon from SNL, Johnny Weir, and the one dude from "Modern Family." 

Seriously, this is nothing more than left-wing propaganda to appease that sector of society. I know the NFL isn't what it used to be but quit trying to turn the NFL into Campbell's Stars on Ice. I'm already jaded enough with professional sports as it is.

Now THIS is a cheerleading squad.

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This Is CBS...Or Is This BS?

Hello again, everyone. Remember back in the day when the Columbia Broadcasting System, better known to you and me as CBS, was considered the Tiffany of networks? Yeah, good times. Well, the past couple of weeks have demonstrated how far that corporation, as well as most of "legacy media," has fallen. 

The stars of CBS in happier times...

As many of you are well aware by now, CBS pulled the plug on a 32-year-old franchise recently when they decided to cancel the wildly popular "Late Show" with Stephen Colbert. All of this stemming from President Trump being majorly butt hurt over a technique done many times by networks over the years, an edit to an interview. This one just happened to be one of Kamala Harris, the former VP who Trump "beat" in November's presidential election. Trump sued claiming CBS was trying to influence the election, and CBS and Paramount, hoping to acquire Skydance, capitulated. As a result, or "financial decision," Colbert and the Late Show was canned. 

Fast forward to the very next week. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of "South Park," signed a $1.5 billion deal to have 50 episodes over five years on their streaming service (Paramount+), and immediately mocked the Paramount's settlement with Trump in the most "South Park" way possible. 

Now I don't watch Colbert (I did watch Letterman), nor have I seen South Park in years (since their movie came out years ago), but I've seen bits and pieces of both shows over the years. Colbert is pretty much an answer to the talk radio format (mostly conservative), and very left-leaning politically. I guess Gutfieldless on Fox "News" Channel would be considered their polar opposite. The bits I saw from South Park's premiere last week were something I can't describe without being graphically vulgar (which begs the question, how can South Park keep getting away with this?). Trump gets absolutely skewered in this episode, which was all satirical (which answers my previously parenthesized question). 

But in my opinion, the loss of Colbert sets a disturbing precedent. If he can go, who's to say that other late-night talk shows aren't safe from the corporate axe, and could this mean the death of late-night television as we've known it for generations? I mean, we've been in a 24/7 news cycle for about a decade now, and morning shows are starting at 4am. Back when I was a kid, some TV stations didn't air programming until 6am. But the 1980s and 90s were a different time. All I can say is instead of hearing "this is...CBS" which I would hear as a kid between network programs, it will be only a matter of time before we're all saying to ourselves, this is BS.

 

Oh, we're still waiting for the Epstein files...

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Mixed Emotions...

 "You're not the only one, with mixed emotions..."--The Rolling Stones, 1989.

Good morning, everyone. This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions for most everyone between the ages of 45-60, or the GenX generation. I mean life in and of itself is a rollercoaster, but this week, man. 

For me personally, I've experienced the highest of highs on a personal level; when the youngest child of your love interest (who you've never met before) runs up and gives you a hug, you know that you are a hero in someone's life. That made me week, especially since my own daughter when she was younger didn't give me a hug when I left Virginia to go back to Florida. So, I felt rather special.

And I've felt the lowest of lows along with everyone else, and man was it low. Three legends we grew up with gone in one week. As Ginger the GenX DJ (go give her a follow on TikTok) so duly pointed out in her latest post on Facebook, we (GenX) are not okay, but we will be. She also mentioned in said post that these (deaths) come in threes. However, there were more than three, because in addition to Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and Hulk Hogan, who are the focus of this blog entry, we also lost Chuck Mangione, Connie Francis, Anne Burrel, and one of the founding members of the band Golden Earring ("Radar Love", "Twilight Zone"). 

This gives me flashbacks to 2016, when it seemed like everybody that we grew up admiring back then died as well. Prince, David Bowie, Carrie Fisher, just to name a few. But this week really hit home, especially as a fan of rock music and pro wrestling.

First, we start off with Malcolm Jamal Warner, who many of us remember from his role as Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show." Warner tragically drowned in Costa Rica early this week at the age of 54. I didn't regularly watch Cosby, but I remember two scenes that stick out. One being the argument that Theo had with Cliff Huxtable in which Cliff told Theo, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!" and the one scene where Cliff gets pelted with snowballs as he's about the enter his house much to the delight of Theo and his friend (I don't remember his name).

Then there's Ozzy. We all know he was on his last legs to begin with, but it doesn't make the pain of his loss any less. His actual goodbye to us was his charity concert in his hometown of Birmingham, England at the stadium of his favorite soccer club (Aston Villa) and was that ever emotional. I've had "Mama, I'm Coming Home" playing in my head all week. Growing up in the predominantly Christian south (at the time), I originally thought as a kid that Ozzy's music was for the devil, and I avoided it at all costs, but as I grew older and much less naive, I started to appreciate his music more and more. His TV show "The Osbournes" showed his as a family man and launched him into the mainstream in my mind. There isn't enough that can be said about Ozzy, because words alone would not do him any justice. His death is about as hard-hitting to the music industry as those of Elvis, Michael Jackson, and John Lennon, and it leaves a gaping hole in pop culture.

Speaking of leaving a gaping hole in pop culture, let me tell ya something brother! Hulk Hogan suddenly passed yesterday in Clearwater at the age of 71. It was he more than anything that helped put Tampa Bay on the map being that he called this area home for most of his life. Much like Ozzy, words cannot merely express how important he was in his particular field of work. Ozzy helped shape heavy metal, Hulk helped shape professional wrestling. He helped launch wrestling into the mainstream of American society. From WWE to his role as Thunderlips in Rocky III to his reality show "Hogan Knows Best," Hogan was a consummate professional. Plus, he was a huge fan of the Bucs, Rays, and Lightning. The last decade of his life however was shrouded in controversy and a fall from grace of sorts. However, he turned his life around in the past 12 months and, polarizing as he may have been recently, will leave an indelible mark in the realm of sports entertainment.

Two other things happened this week that sort of tie in together, and that's Paramount's sudden cancellation of Stephen Colbert and the premier of South Park. I'm going to have to write a separate post concerning those two, but oh is the right going cuckoo for cocoa puffs about it. In short, make it make sense, CBS.

But that's for my next entry. I may also do a flashback entry as well sometime over the weekend since I'm not going anywhere. Until then, take care.

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A Very Special Playlist...

 Good morning, everyone. Especially to the folks at the Wall Street Journal. Why, you ask? Because last night, they blew the cover off this whole Jeffrey Epstein saga that's been infiltrating the news cycle for the past week. First, came the news that there was no client list. Then came the furious backlash from the right. Now comes this bombshell. Oh, did I mention that the guy that runs WSJ also runs Fox "News" Channel?

Yesterday, I wanted to play MIA's "Double Bubble Trouble" over a CEO of some tech company being busted of having an affair by a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert. But it appears that ol' Mr. Byron and his sidepiece took a backseat, because uh-ohhhhhhh, Trump's in trouble.

Come to think of it, there are plenty of songs that I could play on Spotify (or whatever music service you use) that could perfectly encapsulate this scandal. Let's go over a few of these songs:

"Moi Lolita" by Alizee

"You're Sixteen" by either Johnny Burnette or Ringo Starr

"Sweet Sixteen" by Billy Idol

"Seventeen" by Winger

"Into the Night" by Benny Mardones

of course, "Double Bubble Trouble" by M.I.A.

and especially, "Breaking The Law" by Judas Priest.

Oh, Trump says he doesn't do drawings. If that's the case, explain this one that's been floating around on social media within the last 24 hours?

I said back in January that I didn't think Trump would survive this term. That prediction may actually come to fruition sooner than a lot of folks thought.

Get your popcorn ready, friends and neighbors.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

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It's That Time Of Year Again...

 Good early early morning as of me writing this. I saw something on Facebook yesterday that I guess would send horror and fear amongst some of you: a picture of a frozen Mariah Carey beginning to thaw out because we are beyond the halfway point to Christmas. Hide the women and children y'all. 

That being said, now is high time to start looking for Christmas gifts, and I already have a couple in mind, and I've noticed some stores and sites on social media that I will certainly be checking out over the next several weeks.

Of course, this will have implications on how I decide to go out...WHEN I decide to go out and get out of my house. It will disappoint some (while some will be muttering to themselves "thank goodness"), but I think that in the long run, it will definitely be worth it.

Come to think of it, why can't Christmas season be from Halloween to New Year's? Oh, wait. Some institutions already do that. This means another month of putting up with HER. Oh well. Like she says though, "it's TIIIIIiiiiime!!!"

Please don't curse us with Mariahgeddon (or Whamageddon) this season.

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It's 7/11...Oh Thank Heaven...(Flashback)

 Hello again everyone, except for TEMU Fred Durst and the management at Crazy Squirrel Bar. You may shut me out from patronizing your establishment, but you aren't shutting me down. And with that, it's 7/11 day, which will score you a free small Slurpee at 7-Eleven, if they still have that offer. Hell, with the way things are going in the world, I doubt that even they would be free. Thanks, Trump.  

Anyway today, I thought I would publish my second flashback this week, and third this year. Usually, I would have several more flashbacks under my belt this year, but this hasn't been your usual year by any stretch of the imagination. My mental and emotional health have been on a roller coaster to say the least, first sky high, then down in dumps. I'm trying to get back to the way things were in February and March. Kind of like my mental state in the summer of 1994, which is what this flashback is going to cover today. Here are the Top 40 songs according to Radio & Records Magazine of the week of July 11, 1994.

40. All I Want Is You by U2. Not my dream woman's genre of music per se, but a song I would definitely send to her. I think you know who it is...

39. Longview by Green Day. Incredibly, "Basketcase" was not the first top 40 hit from Green Day, this was.

38. It's Over Now by Cause & Effect

37. I Need Your Love by Boston. Kind of random since their heyday was about two decades earlier.

36. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. As I remember, Z104 in Norfolk, VA was all over this (as was MTV) that summer, too bad within two years, the station would go away from playing rock music that crossed over to pop altogether.

35. Selling The Drama by Live. Much like Green Day, one of their signature songs ("Lightning Crashes") didn't debut first. On a side note, as a younger man at the time and quite possibly naive, I thought that the voiceover dude from WDCG G-105 in Raleigh, which I would listen to on liberty from the Navy Base at the time, was actually the lead singer of Live because they had similar voices. Looking back, I could have done a lot of things differently back then...

34. When Can I See You Again? by Babyface. I liked this song at the time because I had met someone from Puerto Rico that spring while on port call, and this kind of applies now to the woman of my dreams; I haven't seen her since Mother's Day weekend...

33. You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast by The Spin Doctors. Well, maybe I did. I always do that.

32. I'll Be Loving You by Collage. The last gasp of the freestyle dance format, which was wildly popular amongst radio stations in Florida during the early 1990s but quickly fell out of favor. Could it be because it was popular in Florida???

31. Hard Luck Woman by Garth Brooks. Yes, you read that right. Garth Brooks hit the pop radio Top 40 thanks to a cover of a song first released by Kiss.

30. Backwater by The Meat Puppets

29. Fall Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Speaking of falling down, I'm feeling a bit down all of a sudden. I have an inkling as to why, but I'd rather not talk about it on here for now...

28. Sleeping In My Car by Roxette. This was the final top 40 hit for the Swedish duo. Reminds me of one of their iconic songs. It must have been love, but it's over now. Rest in peace, Marie Fredrikssen.

27. Misled by Celine Dion. With the exception of "That's The Way It Is" in 2000, I think every other song she released after this was a ballad.

26. The Way She Loves Me by Richard Marx

25. Round Here by Counting Crows. Round here lately, here being social media, I've seen posts about profiles being "stalked." I have a few thoughts on that.

24. I'll Take You There by General Public. One, isn't one the purposes of social media is to put yourself out there? Hell, I WANT my social media pages to be stalked to an extent, as long as I control what I put out there so that everyone can see...

23. Ain't Got Nothing If You Ain't Got Love by Michael Bolton. Two, if you're so paranoid about your social media being "stalked," there's always the "block" button. Just saying.

22. The Sign by Ace of Base. Now that I have that rant out of the way, this song was ubiquitous in 1994. Hell, Ace of Base was ubiquitous. You couldn't get away from them.

21. Return To Innocence by Enigma. I remember that the video was kinda like time going in reverse, with a white horse with a unicorn horn poorly attached to its forehead.

20. Back & Forth by Alliyah

19. Come To My Window by Melissa Etheridge

18. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World by Prince. I wonder who that might be??? 

17. Prayer For The Dying by Seal

16. Wild Night by John Mellencamp f/Meshell Ndegeocello. This was an amazing song that somehow didn't reach number one. It peaked at #3 on both R/R and Billboard.

15. Until I Fall Away by The Gin Blossoms

14. Baby I Love Your Way by Big Mountain. Loved this one as well.

13. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows. Gonna be big stars...

12. Always by Erasure

11. Shine by Collective Soul. Debut hit for a group that would help define mid-90s rock.

10. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? by Elton John. No, I actually can't. Not since March to be honest.

  9. Anytime, Anyplace by Janet Jackson

  8. Crazy by Aerosmith. Alicia Silverstone was so hot back in 1994. Why did she throw it all away and support RFK, Jr.???

  7. Anytime You Need A Friend by Mariah Carey. It's just a DM away.

  6. You Mean The World To Me by Toni Braxton. If only I meant the same to her...

  5. If You Go by Jon Secada

  4. I'll Remember by Madonna

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

  2. I Swear by All-4-One. Without going into too much detail, I hated this group because at the time I thought they flat out stole it from John Michael Montgomery. Turns out there were two versions of the same song by two artists release concurrently, one for pop radio and one for country radio. I thought the country one was better.

...and the number one hit this week 31 years ago was...

  

1. Don't Turn Around by Ace of Base. See, I TOLD you that you couldn't get away from them in 1994.

Well, that puts a wrap on this week's second flashback. Long before there was such a thing as social media, or Jet2 Holidays, or TikTok. I'm going to spend part of Saturday meeting new friends and running other errands before possibly watching wresting tomorrow night. I might have another entry in me for later this weekend, that is if I'm feeling up to it. Until then, take care.

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A Jet2 Holiday Flashback

 Greetings once again. If any of you have gone onto the TikTok app in the course of the last month or so, you have more likely than not ran across content of video of an epic failure or some other blooper, that's accompanied by the audio from a British commercial from Jet2 Holidays. If you don't know what it is I'm talking about, here's the actual ad:

Of course, the meme has become viral over the course of the past couple of months, and the song that's used in the advertisement, "Hold My Hand" by Jess Glynne, is the subject of today's flashback.

It wasn't until the meme became popular that I realized that the song in question reached the US Top 40 late in 2015, so with that in mind, here were the Top 40 hits roughly based off Mediabase 24/7 for October 11, 2015, which was the date that this particular song peaked on the chart:

40. That's How You Know by Nico & Vinz f/Bebe Rexha

39. Cake By The Ocean by DNCE

38. Break A Sweat by Becky G

37. Something Better by Audien f/Lady A(ntebellum)

36. 679 by Fetty Wap f/Remy Boyz

35. Marvin Gaye by Charlie Puth f/Meghan Trainor

34. El Pedron (Forgiveness) by Nicky Jam f/Enrique Iglesias

33. Lay It All On Me by Rudimental f/Ed Sheerhan

32. Confident by Demi Lovato

31. Feelings by Maroon 5

30. Fight Song by Rachel Platton

29. Hold Me Up by Conrad Sewell

28. Hold Each Other by A Great Big World f/Futuristic

27. HOLD MY HAND by Jess Glynne. Nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday!

26. Hide Away by Daya

25. Like I'm Gonna Lose You by Meghan Trainor f/John Legend

24. Powerful by Major Lazer f/Ellie Goulding

23. Same Old Love by Selena Gomez

22. Here by Alessia Cara

21. Hotline Bling by Drake

20. Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy

19. Ex's & Oh's by Elle King

18. Cheerleader by OMI

17. How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris + Disciples

16. Levels by Nick Jonas

15. On My Mind by Ellie Goulding

14. Love Myself by Halie Steinfeld

13. Renegades by X Ambassadors

12. Cool For The Summer by Demi Lovato

11. Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

10. Drag Me Down by One Direction

  9. Lean On by Major Lazer

  8. Photograph by Ed Sheeran

  7. Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd

  6. Good For You by Selena Gomez f/ASAP Rocky

  5. Stitches by Sean Mendes

  4. Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

  3. What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber

  2. The Hills by The Weeknd

and the number one song on October 11, 2015 was...

  1. Locked Away by R. City f/Adam Levine

To be honest, I kinda stopped listening to pop radio for the most part in 2015, because in my opinion it had turned into a crap payola scheme pushed onto us by ClearChannel (iHeart Media), of which the majority of pop stations across the USA were part of. Oh, and who controls Mediabase 24/7? iHeartMedia, the same nitwits that have enabled blatant right-wing misinformation across their various stations (Rush, Glenn Beck, Hanniturd) for decades. But I digress.

I recognize some song on this list, but not all of them, including "Hold My Hand." Still though, nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday!

Until later this week...

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Strange Frequencies

 Hello once again. I alluded to this briefly in the post I wrote last Tuesday, but it seems like there is something strange going on with life in general. For a hot second, I thought things were slowly getting back to normal, but after last night I suddenly realized this wasn't the case. 

Last night, I was out on our lanai with my sisters, drinking a Twisted Tea. A nice rainstorm was wrapping up, when suddenly the younger of my sisters mentioned how things weren't quite normal and haven't been for a while. She's not the only one. A friend in Pasco County said the same thing. Another friend in Brevard County said it as well. So, something is amiss. I of course have felt it myself since the middle of March. Especially from a personal standpoint.

Things I have noticed lately associated with what's going on: longtime friendships being busted apart. Family friends now going through addiction issues. Wacky weather. And of course, war, destruction, tumult and upheaval. A few months ago on TikTok, some influencers over there were warning about a cosmic shift that was occurring with Pluto entering Aquarius. Now, you probably should take that news with a grain of salt, however things have indeed been lets' just say different over the past several weeks.

I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing.

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Everybody Hates Chris...

 Good evening. Yes, it was the title of a show from the late 2000's that portrayed a younger version of Chris Rock. Well before Will Smith slapped the shit out of his at the Academy Awards in 2023. It's also kind of how I'm feeling this week. When people you don't know arbitrarily block you on social media for no apparent reason, and nobody else really wants to chat with you or ask how you're doing. You tend to feel that way. I could sense it a little bit on Thursday when I went out. I kind of alluded to it in my last post, but I felt that the energy was a bit...off. Oh, and that vindictive bar manager actually banned me from that one place. To quote the Spin Doctors, I hope them cigarettes are gonna make you cough, I hope you (read this blog), and it'll piss you off.

On top of that, one of my bartender friends had her car illegally towed before work on Thursday. Fortunately, she did get it back free of charge. But I wound up going there soaking ass wet thanks to a rogue thundershower that hit Port Richey (I thought the rain had already passed). On top of that an earlier shower caused me to miss the bus to my destination by a minute or so. Dammit. 

Then came yesterday, the Fourth. No, I didn't feel like celebrating thanks in part to the Big Stupid Bill passing in Mango Mussolini signing it into law. At least thundershowers temporarily delayed the Battle of Spring Hill, even though some idiots shot off fireworks while there was lightning around (MAGA, man) 😒. But they did come out in masse once the storms passed through, and they didn't stop until 2:30 in the morning.

Yes, the Universe hasn't been kind to me this last week. Yes, everybody hates Chris.

Oh, and the fireworks are back for night two. I hate it here.

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It's July. Yay, I Guess.

 Hi everyone, except for Pam Bondi, RFK Jr, other members of the Free-Dumb Caucus, and a rather vindictive bar manager in Pasco County, Florida. Apparently, you must think I'm the worst person on Earth. Trust me, there are a lot of hombres and mujeres MUCH worse than I'll ever be. And on a somewhat related note, to the guy I call the TEMU Fred Durst, fuck you.

Anyway, it is now July, which means Hurricane season is just ramping up. We've already had two named storms (which didn't amount to much) and we have a possible third right over the Gulf Coast of Florida as I write. No, I'm not referring to the perpetual Tropical Depression that's my love life, but a blob of storms that will cause rain, rain, and more rain for the remainder of this week. According to some forecasters, it may develop into a tropical system, but for now I'm not worried. Heck, if it cancels the "Battle of Spring Hill" this year, all the better. I'd rather watch fireworks at home on my computer. That said, Happy Independence Day. 

Now, as to why I haven't been active on here lately. The last blog I wrote I deleted because I didn't want to potentially face repercussions that the aforementioned bar manager might try to pin on me. Let's just say that a potential reset of an episode of the Jerry Springer Show could have potentially happened, and nobody wants that. Heck, I kinda blame that show for playing a part of the downfall of American civilization over the past thirty years. Even though I have friends that have been on that show. I also have a friend who was a Jeopardy! champion, so there is that. But I digress. The reason I haven't been active lately because I didn't want to be Negative Nate on this blog and piss and moan about everything and anything. Yes, it has been a difficult couple of months, but life goes on. But I didn't want this blog to be a typical 90's rock song: rather depressing. So, I stayed away for the most part.

Another reason is that the main source of motivation was kind of taken away from me. If you remember what I did write in my deleted post, you might know why. Love is my biggest motivator, and I felt it was swiped from me. Plus, the geopolitical situation was tenuous to say the least. One week, Iran and Israel are at war with another, the next week, a hastily pieced together cease-fire is put into place thanks to Mango Mussolini. I think the real reason the cease fire was installed wasn't told to us by the press, but for now the cease fire is holding. I guess all of WWE's employees that were in Saudi have left there by now, so I think Iran and Israel will be like Itchy and Scratchy again in no time.

Something else I've noticed the last couple of days that the frequency is a little off kilter. Yesterday was my sister Carmel's birthday, and we went out to a local Longhorn Steakhouse to celebrate. Usually the food there is amazing, but yesterday it wasn't that good, except for the ice cream. I didn't even finish my baked potato, and I NEVER leave my plate other than clean when I eat. The steak wasn't cooked correctly and full of gristle. Not like Longhorn at all. Maybe we should have gone to that new Olive Garden further up Cortez Blvd. 

Then this morning me and my sisters found out that the last living sibling of our father died on April 15. I don't know if that's why the last two months plus have been substandard as compared to February and March, when I was incredibly happy and for good reason. But after hearing about it, the frequency kind of turned around a bit. The sun came out, the clouds cleared, and I'm back to writing again.

Oh, one more thing before I go, because I get the sense that something didn't happen, I thought I'd post this photo as a "F You" to TEMU Fred Durst.

To paraphrase a line from John Mellencamp, "I saw her first."

Yes, I might be a little off kilter myself.

Until next time

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OH, BY THE WAY...I'm back on Twitter! (I still refuse to call it X, just like I refuse to call the Gulf of Mexico that other name)

The Month From Hell

 Hello again. This week pretty much confirmed what I thought about this month; it could not have gone any worse for me personally. 

If you caught the end of my last post, you may have sensed while there was some trouble, I was at least hopeful for the future--not anymore, at least for the foreseeable future. I won't go into any details, but long story short, a long-time friend of said woman suddenly broke things off and how that went down was rather unsavory. So, I'm back at square one...again. 

Do I have feelings for her? Yeah, but I guess that will wane eventually. What a shame too because I felt I was so close to finally having a girlfriend, but not to be. So, that wraps up what has been a very shitty month. Fortunately, the new month starts on Sunday.

Let's hope it's a thousand times better than May was.

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Updates And Other Stuff

 Hello good people, except for the Florida Panthers and some putz from nearby where I live. Won't go into detail but I have four words for him, step the fuck off. Now that I have that out of the way, this month has been nothing short of a disaster, except for a couple of things that I'll talk about in a moment. Remember the entry that I wrote about two weeks ago? Well, that's part and parcel why this month has been a disaster. Especially when you consider what my future goals and aspirations are (yes, even 50-year-old dudes have goals), and what I haven't really had the chance to experience in my life. So, yeah, that's really been weighing on me...a lot. But I can still rally, it may take me a week or two. Bottom line is I'm still around and writing in spite of several people hoping for the exact opposite of my hopes and dreams, some of which I've waited my entire life for.

Another thing I wrote about last month was about those stupid advertisements for certain online apps. Well, earlier this week, I happened to notice that the app I mentioned that had the obscenely long ad has a company, and I'll switch up the name so as not to completely expose them, I'll call them Pay Imperfect. I went to their website and looked to see if there was any contact info...there wasn't. However, they did have a LinkedIn bio. So, I took the time and went Grumpy Old Man on them in the email. I haven't heard a reply, nor do I plan on it. Oh, and as a side note, according to their website, they are based out of Tel Aviv and has very minimal staffing, so chances are they are nothing more than a shell company, or a clever start-up. Plus a few other things that I won't go into speculation on here about.

"We didn't have internet nonsense back in my day, and we liked it, we loved it!!"

Another reason this May has sucked is that Dear Leader's "Big Beautiful Bill" passed in the House last night. More tax cuts for the wealthy and nothing for the middle class and poor. Yay, class warfare. I'm counting down the days already for January 20, 2029...if not sooner.

seriously...fuck this buffoon

Okay, enough with the negativity. Something rather interesting and unprecedented is occurring in the NBA Playoffs. The final four teams this year are New York, Indiana, Minnesota, and Oklahoma City. Only the Knicks (in '70 and '73) and the Thunder ('79 as the Seattle Supersonics) have ever won the title before. This year will mark the seventh different team to win the Championship in as many years, which is a record in the NBA.

It got me to thinking, what similar streaks have there been in the other four major team sports leagues? Well, during my lifetime (since 1974) baseball had nine different winners from 1982-1990. In hockey? Also, nine (over ten years since there was no 2004-05 season) from 2003-2012. In the NFL has a streak of eight different winners twice, first from 1979-1986 and again from 2007-2014. Interestingly enough, both those streaks began with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

And in English football, Crystal Palace won a top-flight trophy for the first time in their over-100-year-old history by shocking Manchester City to win the FA Cup. This comes weeks after the club I root for, Newcastle United, won their first top-flight trophy in seventy years by winning the League Cup over Liverpool, who won the Premier League this season. Good to see some clubs that haven't been on top before or in a long time have their day in the sun.

Speaking of which, my day in the sun will be coming up soon. Had a conversation with my sister last night that kinda put things into perspective. Guess I'm a little anxious because it's a situation I honestly really haven't been in for a lonnnnng time, and me overthinking things are putting things in jeopardy right now. Like my other sister says, "slow down, Tyner." 

I think I'll talk about it at length on my next entry, but for now, have a safe Memorial Day weekend.

BonyScribe