Happy April!
If you look at the post below this one you probably think the writer of this blog is a moron. He really isn't but was a little over confident in the athleticism of the Kentucky basketball team. If you watched the game you know Wisconsin was the better team that night. And the Wildcats could have lost the week before to Notre Dame in the Elite Eight. With my apologies to Wisconsin I was wrong.
-Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils! When the tournament started I really hadn't given them much consideration. But, from past experience knew not to count them out. When your team is led by Coach K, you have a chance of winning it all.
-Baseball season is underway again and Spring has arrived where I live. As you know I am a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan. I believe every Opening Day that the Cardinals will win the World Series. Maybe I am an optimist. The Birds have the pitching this year to win it all. But I am concerned about the team's apparent lack of power. I will re-visit this topic in a few weeks when we have seen a few more games.
I am at work as I write this so have to start doing what I get paid for. Thanks for reading and come back soon for more of my incite into the world.
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March 21, 2015
If Kentucky Doesn't Win the Touirnament, It's Fixed
As I write I am watching the Kentucky Wildcats play Cincinnati in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Round of 32. Kentucky has played poorly in the first half and the Bearcats have busted their butts but Kentucky still leads by seven at the half.
The Wildcats are 35-0 entering this game and should end up 40-0 when they are crowned NCAA National Champions on April 6th. With five first round NBA draft picks starting and the next five kids off the bench good enough to have their own team ranked in the Top 20 no one will beat them.
The Wildcats are 35-0 entering this game and should end up 40-0 when they are crowned NCAA National Champions on April 6th. With five first round NBA draft picks starting and the next five kids off the bench good enough to have their own team ranked in the Top 20 no one will beat them.
March 15, 2015
Happy Ides of March
It's been about four weeks since I last wrote and it has been a relatively uneventful period. Maybe the biggest thing to happen is Mizzou Basketball ended its season at 9-22 and Spring Football Practice has begun. Mizzou's first home game is only five and a half months away.
Other random thoughts on this Sunday morning...
-"The Americans" may be the best show on television right now. It is a spy drama set in the early 80s focusing on two Russian spies embedded in Washington D.C. and their neighbor who works in counter espionage for the FBI. If you haven't seen it yet check it out on FX on Wednesday nights at nine.
-Good riddance to "Two and a half Men". It had its series finale several weeks ago and for the most part it was unremarkable. Jon Cryer is a very good actor and his portrayal of Alan Harper was very good. The rest of the show turned to mediocrity after the departure of Charlie Sheen. I thought it vindictive of the writers to kill off his character in the finale.
-And finally, the worst commercials on TV are still those for Sonic Hamburgers. The two gay guys in the commercial make me turn the channel whenever I see one of the ads.
That's it. Happy Ides of March to you. And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to my Irish friends as well.
Other random thoughts on this Sunday morning...
-"The Americans" may be the best show on television right now. It is a spy drama set in the early 80s focusing on two Russian spies embedded in Washington D.C. and their neighbor who works in counter espionage for the FBI. If you haven't seen it yet check it out on FX on Wednesday nights at nine.
-Good riddance to "Two and a half Men". It had its series finale several weeks ago and for the most part it was unremarkable. Jon Cryer is a very good actor and his portrayal of Alan Harper was very good. The rest of the show turned to mediocrity after the departure of Charlie Sheen. I thought it vindictive of the writers to kill off his character in the finale.
-And finally, the worst commercials on TV are still those for Sonic Hamburgers. The two gay guys in the commercial make me turn the channel whenever I see one of the ads.
That's it. Happy Ides of March to you. And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to my Irish friends as well.
February 17, 2015
Brrr...
If you've read this Blog at all you know how much I dislike Winter. To paraphrase the old standard, (sung to the tune of "I Love Paris"), "I hate Missouri in the Winter, I hate winter in St. Lou, I hate winter all the winter, oh this winter, I hate winter why don't you".
We dodged a bullet yesterday but I still got a snow day, when my employer shut down for the latest version of "Snowmageddon". That is the term one of the local TV stations actually used on its' forecast Sunday night. Snowmageddon turned out to be a whopping three inches. Yesterday I enjoyed the day off and never left the house all day even though my driveway needs shovelling. And I probably should have done it while it was relatively warm. The forecast now calls for the temperature to be below freezing from now until next Thursday, except for several hours this Saturday. Still, I'm not complaining since it has been a relatively mild Winter to this point.
My driveway will remain covered with snow for this period. Since, the good Lord put it there who am I to move it until the good Lord melts it.
We dodged a bullet yesterday but I still got a snow day, when my employer shut down for the latest version of "Snowmageddon". That is the term one of the local TV stations actually used on its' forecast Sunday night. Snowmageddon turned out to be a whopping three inches. Yesterday I enjoyed the day off and never left the house all day even though my driveway needs shovelling. And I probably should have done it while it was relatively warm. The forecast now calls for the temperature to be below freezing from now until next Thursday, except for several hours this Saturday. Still, I'm not complaining since it has been a relatively mild Winter to this point.
My driveway will remain covered with snow for this period. Since, the good Lord put it there who am I to move it until the good Lord melts it.
February 03, 2015
Super Bowl 49 Thoughts
Seattle should have won Super Bowl XLIX (Every time I look at those Roman Numerals I think they belong to a Mexican radio station).
Pete Carroll outsmarted himself by not running on second and goal from the one yard line with a timeout left late in the 4th quarter. Seattle's Offensive line had been winning the war in the trenches for most of the quarter. With Marshawn Lynch going into "Beast" mode I doubt the Patriots defense, even with nine men in the box, could have stopped Seattle. So, the Seahawks management decided to stop themselves and lost to New England 28-24.
The game reminded me of Super Bowl 36 when the Patriots pulled off a huge upset by beating the Saint Louis Rams 20-17. The Rams had All Pro and future Hall of Fame Running Back Marshall Faulk in the backfield. But, the Rams Head Coach "Mad" Mike Martz decided to throw the ball all afternoon. That didn't work out so well for the Rams and they lost to an inferior team which just happened to be quarterbacked by Tom Brady and coached by Bill Belichick.
Oh and one final thought. Belichick and the Patriots cheated that year too, as they spied on the Rams in their practices leading up to the Superbowl New Orleans. I guess the saying "Once a cheater, always a cheater" is true.
Pete Carroll outsmarted himself by not running on second and goal from the one yard line with a timeout left late in the 4th quarter. Seattle's Offensive line had been winning the war in the trenches for most of the quarter. With Marshawn Lynch going into "Beast" mode I doubt the Patriots defense, even with nine men in the box, could have stopped Seattle. So, the Seahawks management decided to stop themselves and lost to New England 28-24.
The game reminded me of Super Bowl 36 when the Patriots pulled off a huge upset by beating the Saint Louis Rams 20-17. The Rams had All Pro and future Hall of Fame Running Back Marshall Faulk in the backfield. But, the Rams Head Coach "Mad" Mike Martz decided to throw the ball all afternoon. That didn't work out so well for the Rams and they lost to an inferior team which just happened to be quarterbacked by Tom Brady and coached by Bill Belichick.
Oh and one final thought. Belichick and the Patriots cheated that year too, as they spied on the Rams in their practices leading up to the Superbowl New Orleans. I guess the saying "Once a cheater, always a cheater" is true.
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