Thoughts of a Common Man

My buddy Bruce is out there making ‘Good Trouble’ by standing up and saying all the things that those of us opposed to this mess are saying in private. As usual, he was very thoughtful in his presentation as he spoke about what matters in this country, and one of the things that he said that caught my attention was that being kind, thoughtful and moral matters. Those of us who’ve been kicking around for a lot of years understand that over the last ten years the national dialogue has become nasty. Of course, the words coming from the office of President has reached new lows. Think the death of Rob Reiner, or Robert Mueller. Just absolute cruelty. And those words ‘Being thoughtful matters!’ was delivered in Bruce’s usual impassioned plea. So, what happened on Thursday morning? The response from the Oval Office was to call Bruce a ‘dried up prune’ and to say his music is ‘boring’. First, he should see a show. Bruce and the E Street Band are not boring. Second, a dried up prune? Should Bru...

Mellencamp has a line in one of his songs that goes like this: “Sometimes life is too ridiculous to live.” At 6:30 I exited the shower to a call from down below: “We got some water downstairs.” Five words that no one wants to hear. “Is it bad?” “Not too bad, but I didn’t open the front room.” I heard the door open. “Oh shit.” The sump pump that I hadn’t thought about in months decided to not do its freaking job anymore. Six inches of standing water. Where we keep our shoes. “I can shop vac it,” Kathy’s friend said.  “You can’t empty it full of water.” So, I bought a pump, set it up, and headed to work. An hour later, a text from Kathy: “The pump quit working.” Not what you like to hear. Just pushed it out of my mind… …got home to a packed house, pushing water around. A new sump pump. A new smaller Shop Vac. And the pump I bought. Cost me around $300. Ridiculous.

Holy Week always means something to me because the memories of the Catholic school upbringing are vivid. Altar boy duties were no joke back in the day, and man, we had fun with it.  Hockey and basketball in the gym. Kneeling for what seemed like hours for the stations of the cross.  Being at the church more than we were home. Thought of all this during the soaking rains yesterday as poor Ollie looked at me through sad eyes. He knew WHY we weren’t playing. He just wanted me to put a stop to it. As for time spent in the Holy Week church… …not happening anymore, but we are having a nice Easter dinner, followed by sports of some variety on television. Hoping it stops raining by then. “I think God is pissed,” a coworker said. “He certainly has reasons to be.” Amen.

In the never-ending quest to amuse ourselves to death, I was all over the board on Saturday afternoon. The undefeated Yankees were on, and Aaron Judge homered. The Sabres, who are charging to the playoffs for the first time in about twenty years had a big game too. The Yankees were on the big screen, and the Sabres were on my phone. Then Sam, who loves college basketball more than anything else in his life, walked into the room, and wondered about whether or not I wanted to watch the game with him. Thankfully, the Sabres finished up (win) and I switched the rest of the Yankees game to my phone. I also enjoy the NCAA tournament but my brackets were putrid this year, and being out of the running has been made worse because my wife has two of the top 6 brackets in a 100-bracket pool. Yeah. She hasn’t shut up about it. So, time is passing with sports to distract us from the country being sold. The Yankees won, by the way.

More than 3,000 cities had protests going on yesterday. Perhaps more than a million people took to the streets, headlined by my buddy, Bruce leading the charge in Minneapolis. Which does a heart good when the daily atrocities of the pig pedo are front and center every day. There are now hundreds of photos of that sick bastard with children. He’s in his underwear in some. He’s kissing children in others. There is talk that one of the videos shows information about him with his own daughter. When do we move beyond marching in the streets, and just usher all of them out the door to the trash bin of our country. The war is a disaster. The economy is in shambles. There’s enough proof to comfortably say that he is a pedophile. He’s convicted of sexual assaults. The protests are peaceful and as American as baseball and apple pie. But when will we see action? Steve Bannon is broadcasting to the world that there will be a third term. He’s claiming to have found loopholes in the constitution. Mu...

I enjoy watching documentaries on sports legends and the famous musicians. I loved the look at Derek Jeter’s life, Jordan’s recap, and especially the look-ins on Billy Joel. Hell, even Charlie Sheen! But one of them that I didn’t enjoy was the one they did on Tiger Woods. “He’s kind of an asshole,” I recall mentioning to Kathy. “Kind of?” She asked. News broke that he had another incident with another vehicle, and it appears, he was impaired as he drove. Which is an asshole move, and at least his second offense. He also had another incident that nearly killed him, and of course, he hit a mailbox running from his wife after she learned about his affairs. When something happens, social media does its thing. Tiger was all over every site on Friday evening, and that brings up all the garbage. “No matter what, people will talk about Tiger’s golf game a hundred years from now,” one genius pointed out. Yeah, he’s a great golfer, or was. He’s destroyed his body, not from playing the game, but ...

Being a Yankees fan comes with great responsibility to irritate the fans of every other team. The Yankees opened the season by pummeling the Giants 7-0 so, of course, for about 15 hours, they were the only team with a 1-0 record. A buddy, and fellow Yankees fan reached out. “You know what you have to do, right?” I posted on Facebook that the Yankees had the best record in baseball. I sent texts to a few idiot Red Sux fans, and if they came back at me with anything to do about not winning a title since 2009, I wrote the argument winning number: 27 That infuriates every fan base. “How many have you seen?” They’ll ask me. “Seven. More than any other team in the last 50 years.” There will be more aggravation coming for all who don’t care for the 27-Time World Champion, Greatest Franchise in the History of Organized American Sports. The best is when I get a Yankees hater and a Bills fan all rolled into one. “Don’t you own a shirt that says, ‘One before I die’?” I can’t help being an arrogan...

Well, this is going to shock a lot of people, but a report came out yesterday that Jack Smith compiled. Classified documents were definitely stolen, and shared with people aboard an airplane, and were sold to enrich one fat orange pedophile. Hard to believe, right? I mean, after all, he was a madman about Hilary Clinton using her email at home. “Lock her up!” Was the big rallying cry, as he and his cult members lectured us about right and wrong. He loaded classified documents by the truck load and stored them in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lardo. It’s enough to put a normal person in jail, for the rest of his life, but everyone forgot about it. Because there’s a new crime every day! For those not quite getting it: He stole classified documents and sold them and kept the money. A one word description would be: Treason. The Epstein documents have been put on the back burner because of the war that we already won, but hasn’t ended. Oh yeah, what else? The country is now insolvent. Another word fo...

It’s early for baseball season, and a little hard to get too worked up because it was 23 degrees yesterday morning. Not to mention that the Yankees are opening up on the west coast, and opening day is actually, opening night. But make no mistake: Life is better when they’re playing baseball, and I can open up the box scores shortly after opening my eyes. The Yankees won 94 games last year. They have finished with a winning record every season since 1993. That’s a lot of winning, and while the hedge fund dodgers are making a mockery of the payroll system, the Blue Jays showed the world last year that they can be beat. Toronto should have won that 7th game. On to this year. In the National League, the division winners will be: Phillies, Cubs and Hedge Fund. The wild card teams will be Atlanta, San Diego and the Mets. I think the Phillies make it to the World Series where they  will face, and lose to the American League entrant. Yeah. Take a wild guess where I’m going with this: Divis...

Over the weekend, the pig backed himself into a corner with his tweets. There was a long tweet that threatened Iran, saying it would be a bombing that would be so awesome, like nothing that’s ever happened. The tweet threatened war crimes and came with a 48-hour deadline. Iran answered immediately saying that they didn’t need to think about it. Bombs away! The world waited in the balance and everyone was concerned because escalating the war would destroy the markets further and send gas prices to $6.00 a gallon. But Pedo Pig had a major problem because if he backed off he was going to be seen as chickening out again. If he bombed civilians he was going to be arrested as a war criminal. What to do? What to do? He did what he does best, of course. He lied! Told the world, in time for the markets to adjust, that the United States and Iran had embarked on very productive, unbelievably amazing peace talks.  The greatest talks of all time. An hour later, Iran popped the balloon  The...

Pluto television has all the old shows. More trouble for Kathy as she walks by asking: “What in the hell are you watching?” Now, The Odd Couple is a legendary show for a few reasons: 1). I remember watching the show with my Mom. For some reason, it always seemed as though we were the two watching the show, and man, that’s a cherished memory. Mom would always remark about what an absolute pain in the ass Felix was. 2). I wanted to be a sportswriter because of Oscar. For the longest time, as a kid, when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, ‘sportswriter’ was the answer. 3). My first newspaper interview as an author brought up my Oscar Madison quote. I told the reporter: “I wanted to be Oscar Madison. I wanted to dress like a slob, eat like a pig, and write things people want to read. I’ve done 2 out of 3 and my writing career is picking up steam.” The Buffalo News ran that quote under my picture. 4). The show stands up! I watched the episode with Deacon Jones where they m...

Speaking to Japan’s prime minister who asked about why she had to be surprised about the start of the Iran war, the fat pedophile said: “You didn’t tell me about Pearl Harbor.” Robert Mueller, a man who served the county through a number of administrations died on Saturday. “I’m glad he’s dead.” The orange pig said. We have zero clue about why the war was started. To save the good people of Iran who were killed for protesting? Saving them by dropping bombs on their children is a curious way to show love. “They were two weeks away from starting a nuclear war,” the obese idiot mentioned. That’s a lie. Gas prices are through the roof.  401 k’s are in the basement. Stock market has lost a trillion. All the money DOGE was going to save? Yeah. No. The deficit is climbing. “The war is over. We can leave anytime because they’re decimated,” President Shitsinhispants mentioned. As they talked about needing $200 billion more, and sending more than 2,000 troops into harm’s way. And did you see...

Wisconsin lost to High Point. I have zero clue what state the kids from High Point live in, but they shocked the basketball world. Duke barely survived their game with Siena, and the final score won me a square as 1 & 5 were my numbers. And then North Carolina went down to VCU. So, we have ourselves a tournament… …which is great fun because you can watch and forget about the world for a while. And baseball season kicks off in less than a week as the teams are packing up their gear and heading North. “Are the Yankees going to be good?” A worker asked me. “They’re always good,” I said. “I’m hoping they’re great.” It’s been 33 years since the Yankees last had a team that wasn’t ‘good’. They’ve had about ten great teams in that span. Of course, I believe they will win the world series. Even when they were mediocre in the 80’s, I thought they were going to win it all. And that’s the beauty of sports. Escape. “Would you rather the Bills win the Super Bowl or the Sabres win the Stanley Cu...

I’m friends with a couple of guys who are dyed in the wool Republicans, and we have had some spirited discussions. I don’t get where they’re coming from, of course, and I was a little apprehensive about bringing up politics, but they decided to tell me that Iran had to be dealt with. “That’s not what you said before the election,” I said. “You were telling me that it was all about taking care of Americans, and that you didn’t want any new wars.” “We had to,” one of them said, but he was looking at his feet. “Okay,” I said. “You started it. What about the Epstein files?” “What about them. Bill Clinton is in them, right?” “Who knows?” I said. “Your guy is hiding them.” “You know Clinton is in them,” he said. “If he is, put him in jail,” I said. “What about your fat friend?” “He’s not in them,” he said. I laughed. “Clinton definitely is, in your mind, but no way Shitler is?” “I need to see proof,” he said. “He’s hiding the files!” “Then I guess we’ll never know,” he said. “Besides, no mat...

Michael Lorenzen is a major league pitcher, who was on the mound for a couple of back-breaking runs as Italy lost to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. A group of people went on the attack, threatening Lorenzen with bodily harm. Even death! I happened to look in on the hate as Lorenzen’s brother sent out a post saying that threatening the life of a professional athlete is just ridiculous. Big mistake! The brother got tremendous hate for sticking up for his bro. “You’re soft! Your brother sucks and so do you!”  Those were the tame responses. Lorenzen is a decent major league pitcher. He even threw a no-hitter as a member of the Phillies. He has spent more than 8 years on a major league roster. He gave up a few runs in a big game! And people are making threats on his life? Now, it’s not just Lorenzen. Any athlete in any sport who has lost has been absolutely destroyed on social media. Some, if recognizable, face hate and vitriol in their every day lives. Despicable, but man, so...

We were in our 20’s and now we’re in our freaking 60’s. Long ass time to put up with someone else! Of course, Bruce put it the best when he said that we’re all puzzles and we find companions just to see if the broken pieces can somehow fit together. Nothing is more true as you age, because most of the pieces are broken. But we have been celebrating this birthday for a couple of weeks now, as it appears to be mentioned every half hour or so. A couple of things are a must on March 17th. Sponge candy and an angels food cake. My mother-in-law used to take care of such things, but I’ve had to fill the void. I tried making the cake one year. Did you ever try and frost an angel food cake? Not easy. Especially not for someone with my limited baking skills. Couple of years ago, I found a bakery that was willing to do it, and even that baker wouldn’t guarantee that it would look perfect… …because they can’t be frosted! I bought a second cake because an angel’s food cake is small, and Kathy gave ...

Kind of. We all know how much I loathe January and February, and the first week of March sucks too. But I watched the NCAA selection show with my son and one of his friends. The tourney is also being played in Buffalo, and Sam is going to the games as well. The Sabres are still in first, and the World Baseball Classic has been great fun, and Japan got the boot so we don’t have to listen to them gloss over Ohtani, never mentioning that he is a degenerate gambler who got away with it. The temperature will be in the 60’s tomorrow, but will be sinking into the 20’s on Tuesday for the birthday of my beautiful wife. (She’s been celebrating it since the middle of February). Anywhoha… …it appears that we made it through the winter. My fantasy baseball draft is scheduled for next week too. Opening Day is 9 days away… …just gotta hang on and pray that the obese pedophile doesn’t blow up the world.

Had a visit with Mom yesterday, and somehow Dean Martin’s name came up. “I don’t remember him anymore,” Mom said. I pulled up a photo of Dino, and she smiled. “He looked like Dad,” Mom said, and that was certainly true. I put on “Everybody Loves Somebody” and Mom’s smile grew wider. “Oh yeah. He had a great voice, but I’m thinking of someone else.” “Frank Sinatra,” I said. Mom nodded. That was all I needed. I played six straight Sinatra songs, and during ‘Summer Wind’ Mom sang along. She knew every word, and every nuanced groan from Frank, and I noticed that her eyes were filled with tears. “Why are you crying?” I asked. She shrugged. “I don’t know.” “It’s because Dad sang all these songs to you,” I said. “He’d put the records on and blast them all through the house. He loved Sinatra.” “Why do you listen to him?” Mom asked. “Because Dad was right. Frank was great.” We listened to the last few minutes of “Summer Wind” and I said: “That’s one of my favorite songs ever,” and I meant it. “...

Those who know me are well aware that I love baseball. I am of the firm opinion that it is the greatest game ever invented, and the changes they made a couple of years ago made it even better. They got rid of the shift, and a lot of the dead time. When the season starts, I have a long-running soap opera to follow as I check every box score, and my day is better following a Yankees win the night before. Of course, I’m keeping an eye on the World Baseball Classic, and the team from the USA is absolutely stacked, and of course, they have the best hitter in the universe batting third, Aaron Judge. But I’m not sure I want them to win because they may be invited to the White House and I don’t want to think less of some of the players who might make the visit to shake hands with a criminal, pedophile. Some have mentioned that it would be a great opportunity to visit the White House no matter who is the president. 👎  No freaking way! Tage Thompson is the best player on the Buffalo Sabres,...

There was a rally on Tuesday night in Ohio. One lie after another. Bashing Obama for some reason because he bounced down the stairs. Called it below the standards of the office. He wore a baseball cap to greet the bodies of soldiers who died in his fake war. Then he danced to YMCA as bombs were going off all over the Middle East. He also golfed on Sunday. Having the time of his life, as every day brings more evidence that he raped children. I saw a woman, a victim, who was held at the island. She was raped, three times a day. She was 10 years old. She specifically mentioned Maxwell, Epstein and the orange pig. Ten years old! There are videos… …people have seen the videos… …they have chosen to try and hide it. I can’t just leave it out of this blog. I certainly don’t want to talk about it, or think about it, but most Americans are oblivious, or simply don’t believe it. I know why that is. It’s simply because it’s too horrifying to believe that a man would do such things to children. Our...

Happened to watch the second season of Ted - hilarious. I loved the movies too, and had a laughing fit in the movie theater when they visited Tom Brady to try and steal his sperm. I thought about the series and movie when Ollie jumped into my bed and tried to hide under me when the thunder started. “We’re thunder buddies,” I said. The other great show going right now is “Shrinking”. Harrison Ford is great in comedy. Yet, it’s the entire cast. It’s a funny show with a lot of heart. The Ted series is a little lower on the intellectual tree, but all goes in comedy. I’m alone when that series is on because Kathy’s response is: “This is stupid.” She automatically goes to a murder mystery when she’s watching alone. I’m always.s searching for the sit-com, but never “The Big Bang Theory” as Sheldon gets on my nerves. Think “Modern Family” or “Two and a half Men” but only the Charlie Sheen episodes. Television is a great way to escape… …especially during a thunderstorm when my Thunder buddy is ...

So much shit to sift through. Whenever he opens his mouth lies just fall out, but one made me angry when talking about greeting the gold star family members. “They told me to finish the job,” the pedo pig said. No they didn’t.  I don’t have a child in the service, but I’m a Dad and I wouldn’t be so gracious in that moment. Then I happened to catch his: “This is the best economy in the world and other leaders are congratulating me on bringing back a dead country.” Does he know that we are out here every day? “No one talks about affordability anymore!” He exclaimed. Because we can’t afford anything. The rising gas prices is going to just destroy people, because when gas prices rise so does everything else. And there is no sensible reason forthcoming as to why a war was started… …other than one… …he raped children. A lot of what happened is public record, but for one reason or another, the mainstream media won’t print it, or ask about it. Do a search on the family of the children he p...

And the Buffalo Sabres are in first place. I haven’t watched a lot of hockey in the last 15 years or so, but watching the game on Sunday night- the Sabres beat Tampa 8-7 to take over first place, I was reminded of the year that my buddy Kimball, gave me and my buddy Jeff his two seats in the reds at the Aud, and we watched Mogilny and LaFontaine go crazy every night. I was out of town for a work event so I watched the entire game, trading texts with my boys. Good to have hockey back. Woke up early and walked to the car, thinking, “I don’t even need this coat.” The event took place at a golf course, and while it wasn’t open, I watched the crew work to get the place ready. Hope springs eternal. And the world is an absolute mess. We’re going to pay $5 for a gallon of gas soon. The war has everyone on edge, and one idiot is saying it’s just beginning, while the other loser is saying it’s over. Our 401ks are being beat to shit. The evidence on the Epstein files and the rape of children cont...

On Saturday night, Kathy drifted from the television so I had free rein with the remote. I went old school with James Garner in Rockford Files, but Kathy returned about a half an hour in. Rockford was chasing a suspect who ended up dead, and the guy he was interviewing said: “He was going to die anyway, the guy was old. He’s in his 60’s!”  Then Rockford offered twenty grand to buy a house. “We have to change this,” Kathy said. “I’m watching it,” I argued. “There’s fifteen minutes left.” We watched the end together. “A great story,” I said. “It’s old!” Kathy countered. “So are you,” wasn’t the right answer. Yet, I found myself up an hour early on Sunday morning because no one told Miller and Ollie about turning the clocks ahead. Back to Rockford as I had the television control again. During the second episode of the morning, I considered that Rockford Files is the perfect show for an old guy on a Sunday morning. I’m in my sixties!

My poor sister. She came for a visit and promptly got sick. And it’s her birthday! And it was nearly 70 degrees here in Buffalo. Which felt great. I struggled at the end of the week as my hip went south on Wednesday, and took my legs and back with them. I needed a massage, and my people scheduled it for me. I got ready to go, threw a few passes for Ollie and it hit me. I could head out in shorts and a tee-shirt. Thoughts of golf creeped in (while my body felt like the tin man). Tried to figure out how old Carrie is now. She doesn’t want me to advertise it, but suffice it to say that I can’t believe that the youngest of us all is that freaking old! The massage worked. The poor therapist was very skilled, and she wondered how I could get my body in such a state. Happens as we get older, I guess. When we were growing up, I knew that if Carrie got sick I would get sick soon after. Anywhoha… …moving better… …it was great to see the sun… …and Happy Birthday, Carrot… …we love you.

Stumbled upon a Facebook request of an old college friend. I’m thinking that the last time I saw him was 1986. Probably hadn’t thought of him in 25 years. And there he was, and he looked human! It showed that he was recently retired from the bank where he worked for 36 years! I was happy to see that because I wasn’t sure that he would be able to survive in the real world. We all drank a lot in college, but he set records. We once placed him at the door to the party with a sign around his neck that said: “Welcome to the party!” He slept in that chair for about 6 hours after he’d attended the party for about an hour. About a month later, he was set adrift in a canoe… …in Lake Erie! I didn’t participate in that one, but saw him after he woke up and swam ashore. Yeah. So, I was happy to see that he was alive and seemingly healthy. I sent a message that I was thrilled to see that he was good. He answered: “Hey Fuzzy.” And nothing else. So, I guess we are as connected as we are going to be, ...

During the summer months there’s an audible groan of we get advanced notice that the Yankees game has been rained out. Pops will usually send me the following message: “Bah!” Ollie has a whole new level of disappointment for a rain out. We played catch all through the winter in horrendous temperatures. The warmer temps lately have made an absolute mud pit out of the backyard, but we can play in that - I just have to clean his paws. The heavy rain brought the end of the game yesterday afternoon and I swear I heard Ollie say: “Bah!” And for anyone keeping count, he’s up to 9,685 for the year. We should go over 10 grand over the weekend. Weather permitting.

Gas prices, electric bills, grocery prices and insurance costs are soaring. The morale of the country is as low as I’ve ever seen it. We are at war. Corruption is being bandied about as Congress got around to asking questions. The Epstein files are horrific. And everything we hear from the administration is even worse. Hearing Hegseth say that they aren’t going to follow any ‘stupid rules of engagement’ as they talk tough regarding ‘Epic Fury’. It made me think of high school kids trying to name their band before they learned how to play instruments or write songs: “Hey, dudes, how about ‘Epic Fury’?” It’s not a planned event at all. Try and find the basic reason as to why the bombing started. Little Marco can’t get the story straight. We’ve heard that it was to free the good people of Iran, and now… …they’re dropping two hundred pound bombs on the good people’s heads. Blew up an elementary school. Of course, America is now looking for allies to help in their effort. We don’t have any ...

I don’t do anniversary dates of tragedies, but it’s impossible not to realize that 17 years ago, we lost my brother, Jeff, and the light of the world severely dimmed. There’s been a lot of death around us. The two Americans killed in Minnesota, for nonsense. Americans who are shot and killed on the streets every day because we can’t have common sense gun laws. I knew a man who arrived on a construction site last week. He sat down and laced up his boots, and then he collapsed and died of a heart attack. A school of elementary children were bombed in Iran. Sad stuff to think about on the saddest day on the calendar, and yet, it made me contemplate the value of a single life. Alex Pretty and Renee Good have been gone for less than a month, and the millions of us that were shocked and horrified have moved on with our own little lives. Both those who loved them won’t ever fully get over it. The light of their world has dimmed. And we don’t talk about death much past the fact that it’s too s...

I don’t know much about the coming technology. I have no clue what Crypto is about. I still write checks to pay my bills, and I pay with cash as often as I can. My boys don’t carry cash. I handed Sam two twenties and a ten one day and he asked if I could Zelle it to him. “I’ll lose that in ten minutes,” he explained. And now we are talking about AI and I’m starting to hear that down the line there won’t be any need for drivers as cars will self-drive. We won’t need lawyers as AI will write briefs and summarize arguments in seconds. Surgeons? Gone - robot surgeons and computer doctors will be all we need. As for artists, teachers and writers and musicians and movie makers? Human participation is not required. The article that I read stated that the work force will be cut in half in the next 5-7 years. Companies won’t need to buy health insurance or give time off to robots or computers. In order to be a productive member of society those who lose the jobs described above will be picking ...

I’m at a loss. Has any leader anywhere ever said, “That’s the way it is” when asked about the loss of soldier’s lives? Could he care any less? And as everyone expected there is no plan for the war in Iran. It seems that they are expected to drop some bombs and leave. Iran was ready and had regime succession plans in place. They immediately began bombing bases all around them. And immediately there was an ask for a ceasefire and Iran said, “Yeah, no thanks.” This is why there should never be an impulsive entry into a battle. It is why Congress (wherever the hell they are) is supposed to be consulted. I spent most of Sunday just plain sick to my stomach as I considered the loss of life, and the giddiness inside the GOP as they try to figure out what is going to happen next. Iran is not going to roll over. China and Russia will provide them with all the missiles they need to destroy Israel and U.S. interests. And the pedophile scumbag says; “That’s the way it is?” From a golf course. End ...

It was quite a show of force on Saturday morning, as the United States, for some reason, attacked Iran. It’s too bad Congress slept through it. What will it take to kick this administration out? They ripped up the Iran no-nukes agreement, and are now dropping bombs to get them to agree not to use nukes? The guy who ran on ‘no new wars’ has now - with his drunken secretary of war, shooting down air balloons over Texas. They have also now bombed 8 nations. And again, all those war hawks are saying that there will be casualties but that the soldiers know what they signed up for. They didn’t sign up to fight a war that was started to protect the pedophile from being found out. Saturday’s strikes took out a girl’s school. Soldiers be damned. Citizens be damned. There is money to be made off war! There are pedophiles to protect!! Get him out. Feels like we are heading for WWIII.

The construction safety community was rocked this week by a fatal accident at a local construction site. It’s one of the calls you get that makes your skin crawl. Every day, there are safety guys walking sites, talking to people, checking site conditions and doing our best to protect the workers. Usually it is one of four things that results in a fatality. Struck by a moving vehicle, caught in between, falls from elevation or electrical shock. Unfortunately, I’ve had to participate in every one of these types of accidents, and the struggle is in speaking with the guys who’ve worked with the man, or hearing about the people who are simply devastated by the loss. Each of the incidents sticks with every guy who does this for a living. There are about 4,500 workplace deaths every year these days. Back when OSHA started in 1970 there were more people dying at work than people who were dying in Vietnam at the height of the war. I get so irritated when I hear that we need less regulation, or ...

I hate February. I start thinking about how much I hate it around November. Almost done. Think of it. Sports is fairly quiet as we wait for March Madness and baseball. The weather stinks. And I’m doing a lot of training. Couple that with the pedophiles seemingly get away with things and it’s just blah. Hope springs eternal! The Yankees are now playing every day, and we are looking at mid-40’s next week. The doldrums have been rough for another reason too. I know of three men who have suffered heart attacks in the last two weeks. Two of the three passed away. Both guys were in their late 50’s. Just horrific! And I read an article that said that the drop dead stage for men is precisely that age… …if you make it to 60 without dropping, you’re kind of home free. I’m past that number. Freaking February! All done in a matter of hours now. Bring on the madness of March.

I’m saddened for my son, who is a huge Buffalo Sabres fan, and especially likes their best player, Tage Thompson. Tage was on the gold medal winning USA squad, and he went to the White House. My son, is not a fan of the current administration, but he allowed the players a little rope, figuring that it’s an honor to be invited to the White House, no matter who is in power. I can also see why those kids may have gone. They won a gold medal for the first time in almost fifty years. But, it got more complicated for ms son when Tage appeared in a photo wearing a MAGA hat. “That’s a bridge too far,” he texted. “You can’t back that guy, unless you don’t care about women at all.” We didn’t talk politics as our boys were growing up, but we did discuss respect and morality and making good choices. All three kids arrived at their own conclusions. Their thoughts mirror ours. Yet, I hate the absolute division that is a real, vibrant thing in this country. It may be the worst of all of this. There a...

I’ve been around for a long while now. The state of this union is dismal. There was no chance that I was watching a second of it. We’ve heard it all before. Crying about the 2020 election.  (It wasn’t stolen although 2024 probably was). Saying the current economy is the greatest of all-time. (All indicators show that we are not booming). Making a case for a war in Iran. (It’s to distract from the Epstein files). He’s been totally exonerated. (He’s a pedophile). There was a report that stated that Oompa Loompa is now the least popular politician of all-time. Epstein victims were there last night. A whole bunch of Democratic Politicians did not show up. “He’s taken ten years of our lives,” a longtime friend mentioned the other day. Without a doubt. And there’s no way to escape it. It’s part of our lives now. Despair. Tariffs. Lies. Money being stolen hand over fist. American citizens killed in the streets. Families being destroyed. Racism. That’s the state of this union. Not quite su...

As the USA won the gold medal yesterday, I mentioned that the Oompa Loompa would claim credit in about ten minutes. It was more embarrassing than that. There was an AI video that showed him, in a suit, skating by the Canadian team- even checking the professional athletes into the boards, before he scored, what I guess, was a golden goal. Not to be outdone, the FBI Director crashed the locker room party, and appearing to be loaded, screamed obscenities into the phone, whilst wearing a gold medal. The White House posted a photo of an Eagle killing the national bird of Canada. Then the icing on the cake. A congratulatory phone call to the men’s team ended up in Oompa taking a shot at the women’s team. They also won gold. The women immediately turned down the invitation to go to the White House. The Seahawks also turned down their invite. “If you’re invited to the White House you have to go!” MAGA cried out. Not a chance. If I were invited and guaranteed a 2-hour slot to speak, steak and l...

46 years to the day the United States Miracle on Ice played out as the underdog American team beat the mighty Russians. The USA hadn’t won gold since. Until yesterday morning. I wanted to watch the game that was to start at 8 a.m., and my roommates, Miller and Oliver made sure that I was up in plenty of time. My cat and dog don’t understand the concept of the weekend. They will make sure that I’m not late for work, that’s for sure. The cat is extremely annoying as he will get right in my face and yell at me. So, I was up, and the first USA goal sent a chill up my spine as it was a great play. Now, of course the game wasn’t quite the same as 1980. Every player on both teams is an NHL player. Not quite the underdog story, but man, it was a great first period. In the second, Canada took over, and tied the score and would’ve taken about a 5 goal lead had the goalie not been a brick wall. I had a sinking feeling that it wasn’t going to work it out. 46 years of it not working out brings doub...

I got the notification that the Yankees game was about to start. The second spring training game of the year, and the first where some of the regulars were in the lineup. I wanted to watch Aaron Judge’s first couple of ABs just to see the big guy. He flew out to center his first time up, and then homered in both of his next two at-bats. The Bronx Bombers hit a half dozen and put 20 runs on the board. It means nothing, of course, but it was great to see the sunshine and hear the crack of the bat. Real games don’t start for another month, but I do know that the Yankees will be good again. In a day and age where teams tank and lose in an effort to get ahead, the Yankees have finished each season with a winning record since 1993. I hear people saying: “They haven’t won a title since ‘09 “ True enough… …but in the 33 years where they’ve been in the running every year, they have won five titles, and I have a great memory. So, I’ll take it! The people busting on me about the lack of titles si...

I visited the hotel that I’ve always stayed at in Syracuse. I was second in line so the young girl at the counter went through the closing talk about breakfast and where the ice machines and vending machines were located. When I stepped up in line I mentioned that she didn’t have to tell me all about the place as I’d been staying there since about 1992. “Oh my God!” She exclaimed. “I wasn’t even born yet. What was it like?” I turned and looked at the lobby. “It was just like this,” I said. But I had obviously blown her mind. “I can’t believe you’ve been coming here since way back then,” she said. “Before I was born. That’s crazy to me!” I laughed. “There was a lot going on as we waited for you to arrive,” I said. She laughed. “But like all the bricks and stuff were here? Just like this?” I was a little confused by her reaction. Did she think that we lived in bamboo huts way back in the 90’s? “It’s been updated a few times,” I said. “But yes, it looked just like it does now.” She ran my...

The fact that ex-Prince Andrew was the first of what I hope are many dominoes to fall. He was all over the files, of course, but he’s mentioned about 75% less than the President of this freaking country. If they can arrest a Prince they can arrest a President. There are so many countries who are now reading the files and they aren’t redacted. Information is leaking out about 4 accusations of rape of a child… …the accusations were deemed credible and specifically mention one huge, orange guy. The file was yanked by the DOJ. So, don’t expect an arrest here. There are a lot of people blocking attempts at justice. What will happen? The people of Iran should be very afraid as bombs may be dropped there in an effort to change the discussion. The discussion won’t be changed. France, Poland, Europe, and many other nations are all over this. Bill Gates pulled out of his keynote address in India. Gates is also all over the files. Lutnick is shuffling, bobbing and weaving. Won’t help. And I’ve th...

Getting there. February is an absolute garbage month. Football ended. March Madness obviously doesn’t start until March. Baseball season (which is when life actually begins) doesn’t get going until the last week in March, and let’s face it, the weather stinks. Hearing rumors of a winter storm coming, but again, it will most likely miss Buffalo. In fact, it was 40 degrees all week. But a cold rain fell all day yesterday, making everything an icy and muddy mess. Which makes it hard to get enthusiastic about what one is doing. I had a long drive yesterday, and for the first time in about a year I put on a news channel. I listened for two hours. You know how much time was devoted to the Epstein files? If you guessed 3 minutes, you got it! Why is this not being discussed and reported on? Never mind, I know why. But I heard the dumbest thing ever in the MAGA echo chamber. There’s a growing consensus in the cult that Springsteen is a pedophile because he once sang; “Hey little girl is your Da...

Jesse Jackson passed away. Jackson was all over the place since the late 80’s, running for president a couple of times. He was polarizing to some, but he was about civil rights, so I was all for his messaging. Springsteen announced a spring tour, and he made no bones about what his message will be. Contrary to what people think, Bruce does not preach from the stage. He does it through his music. I’m sure we will hear, ‘Primised Land’, ‘American Land’, ‘Streets of Minneapolis’, ‘Land of Hopes & Dreams’ and ‘Born in the USA’. Bruce has been spreading his message for decades. The same message will be in full display and will be shared with Americans who believe in the constitution. Buffalo is not in the tour list, but Pittsburgh and Cleveland are. I will be attending! Ollie had to take a day. Weirdest thing ever. He didn’t want to catch the ball yesterday. We made our trips to Ollie Stadium but he caught 20, and quit. He never quits! Everyone needs a day now and again. As for the Epst...

Of course, I admired Robert Duvall as an actor - he was so great in so many roles. “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.” The Godfather. The Great Santini. Yet, the role that got me was “The Apostle”. Not sure that was his most watched movie, but I remember watching that one and thinking: “Man, that was one of the best jobs of acting I’ve ever seen.” Now, he was 95 years old, and he deserves accolades and a lot of tributes… …but the people who post: “What a horrible loss!” He was 95! He wasn’t acting anymore. “I’m shocked at the loss of Robert Duvall!” Really? Shocked? He was great, though… …and his performances will certainly live on. Watch “The Apostle” if you haven’t. It was a masterpiece.

Netflix has an Epstein series regarding his arrest back in the West Palm Beach days around 2005. Before each episode they run a disclaimer that “There are interactions with minors that some may find disturbing.” Some???? It’s hard to believe that so much was just let slide back then. Notes on telephone pads saying that one girl was running late because she had to stay in school. One of the first girls on the show spoke about how young she was and how she’d never even thought about herself in that way - she was only fourteen! - and how she never, ever thought of herself the same way again. Ruined lives. And I know there are a whole lot of people who are turning a blind eye to it. My wife doesn’t want to watch it. “It’s too insane.” Yeah, it certainly is. Some may even find it disturbing. I explained to a friend that we are in the stage where MAGA digests the sick information and processes it. In an effort to excuse it. Some have already floated excuses by saying the age of consent is to...

There was no crazy Valentine’s Day celebration here at Camp Clifford. No cards, or flowers or chocolates. In fact, we didn’t even mention it. I did bring my Mom a candy bar and some cupcakes, but I usually do that each week anyway. Kathy has never cared about any of the celebrations for any event - we forgot our anniversary one year, celebrating it, by going out to dinner, on the wrong day. In fact, the only memories I have about any sort of Valentine’s Day celebrations goes way back to grammar school when we’d be expected to bring a Valentine for all of our classmates. I do recall making sure that I gave the best one to the girl I had a crush on, but it didn’t have much of an impact. I certainly had a date or two on Valentine’s Day in high school or college… …but certainly nothing earth-shattering. Yet, it’s freaking February! There has to be something to look forward to. So, I checked out sone of the posts on social media. Flowers here… …out to dinner there. And there’s going to be d...

Pam Bondi made a complete fool of herself in front of Congress. She was belligerent, nasty and biased. The thing about her job is that she’s supposed to be impartial. She sure seems to be favoring the members of the administration and protecting pedophiles. At one point, she mentioned that they were ‘moving on’ from the files, and it was further announced that there would be no more arrests. All the while the information continues to be leaked. Listen, it’s the last thing I want to discuss. Rape of children. Murder. Even stories of possible cannibalism. That’s what they want to move on from? And imagine the men who KNOW what they did, and now realize that their crimes will see the light of day. Alan Dershowitz, who penned an opinion that the age of consent is too high. He famously mentioned that he received a massage but kept his underwear on. I read some claims made by victims who implied that he most certainly did not keep his underwear on, and that he allegedly raped children who ha...

Much of the country has been caught up in the story of Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old woman who appears to have been kidnapped from her home. The horrible story has demanded our attention because Nancy is the mother of reporter and news anchor Savannah Guthrie, who coincidentally enough interviewed the Epstein survivors. It’s a crazy story. A ring camera caught images of the person who may be responsible, but we didn’t see a lot because the person was dressed like an ICE agent. A ransom was offered. There have been tearful pleas from family members, and leads and clues, and hopelessness. And of course, it has turned into a social media event where the most nasty amongst us say things like: “Who cares? People go missing every day!” Or “They’re only looking for her because her daughter is rich!” Sad stuff. I’m hoping the woman is somehow safely returned. Imagine how terrified she is. Try and think about how heartbroken her children and grandchildren are. Empathy. Hopefully, we can find it...

I started writing on November 15th. Just a solid first chapter that centered around my sister calling me by the nickname she has for me. I started the story the day before the Blizzard of ‘77, and then included a story I’d heard, as a kid, about a man who’d taken his half of the house (during divorce proceedings) by using an excavator. Just writing for writing’s sake, and a funny thing happened: The characters took off. By December 1st, I was all in. Wrote into my phone, thinking about their lives. I knew I had something special because I was gifted the plot, and it held a message. Something I had to say. On Monday night, I went to sleep, knowing that I had to get out of bed around 5:00. Woke up at 1:00 anyway because I had the final few pages that I needed. I wrote them into my phone, and when I woke up, I wondered if what I’d written down out of a deep sleep was going to make any sense. It did. That afternoon, I typed the final few pages, and a book that I’d started writing on Novemb...

“We’re all done with that,” Karoline Leavitt said when she was questioned about the Epstein files. “We’re moving on.” Really? Patel and the DOJ came out and said that there was no evidence of a child trafficking ring. Meanwhile, they’re still hiding millions of pages of documents and videos and evidence of the most heinous of crimes. One of the senators who was allowed to look at the files that have not been redacted stated that the huge orange guy’s name appears more than a million times. No wonder they’re hiding it. And some are warning that the files must stay hidden or the entire world might collapse under the weight of the gross misconduct. They are threatening us with destroyed lives if we hold the rich bastards to account. I’m pretty sure that the outcry from the general public would be to let it all burn to the ground. The government is compromised because many of the people in the current administration are also in the files. “If we kick everyone out because they’re mentioned ...

On Sunday night, I asked Kathy if it was supposed to warm up. “For sure. It’s going to be 40 one day this week.” So, imagine my surprise on Monday morning as I left for work. “Damn, it’s frigid!” I yelled, as I dragged the garbage tote in from the road. And I play a game, guessing what temperature it is as provided by my car display. “Five degrees,” I called out, not believing that I missed by 14 degrees! -9 Minus-freaking-nine! That’s as cold as I’ve ever seen. We were up to zero by 9:00. And of course, it all brings havoc to my aching bones by the end of the day. Now, one might ask, how is Ollie handling this? On Saturday, I put out a text: “How many passes has Ollie caught in 2026? Closest to it gets $50.” Kathy, Jake and Sam all put their guesses in… …Sam was closest… …just 130 away. As of this writing, Ollie has caught 6,020 passes in 2026, averaging about 150 a day. Yesterday morning, at minus nine… …he had no interest. Can’t blame him!

As we watched the Super Bowl I couldn’t help but thinking about Game 7 of the most recent World Series. I didn’t care who won that game either - but man, that was great drama. The Super Bowl is the big television event of the year. The game itself was a snooze. There were a couple of interesting commercials. I liked the fake sitcom one with Ted Danson, Jennifer Aniston and Tom Brady. I was also curious about the halftime show because I knew Bad Bunny was going to be singing in a language that would make MAGA’s heads explode. I hear a lot of Hispanic music on the job sites. It’s an upbeat sound, and has never bothered me at all. I’ll usually mention something, and get a smile or two. As soon as the halftime show ended the pedo put out a post that condemned it, saying, get this: The dancing would be offensive to children!!! Imagine that! The guy mentioned in the Epstein files 38,000 times is worried about the kids! It was a positive performance and while it may have been interesting if t...

Our golf weekend was pushed up this year because there was a feeling that the Bills were going to be playing today.  They aren’t, and I tried to imagine what this day would be if it were Bills-Seahawks today. There’s no doubt that if the Bills ever win one, this city might burn to the ground. 30 some years ago, my buddy Jeffy and I made a pact to streak through our hometown if they pulled it off. To everyone’s great relief, it didn’t happen, and I don’t think either of us want to honor that pact anymore. I can’t run fast enough to streak at this age! Patriots-Seahawks is a yawner of a matchup unless you’re from Seattle or Boston, and yet, everyone will watch because we are all trying to pretend that the country isn’t going to shit. Of course, there is controversy because Bad Bunny and Greenday are the featured artists for the halftime show. MAGA is screaming because Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, and they want a good old-fashioned American artist! Doesn’t matter that Puerto Rico is...

Every day I set a new personal record for consecutive days I’ve been alive. Every day this administration sets a new low in the ‘how low can they go?’ in this shit hole country. The pedophile posted a video that showed President Obama and his wife, as apes. My theory is that it was posted as an effort to remind his followers - who might be disappointed that he’s a pedophile - that he’s still a racist. Some people thoroughly enjoy racism so this might take the sting out of the sexually abusing children stuff. I’m only half-kidding. Posting such a meme is certainly an attempt to divert attention away from the Trump-Epstein files. So. Another low point. There were actually GOP members who were SHOCKED by such blatant racism. Really? Shocked? If there’s one thing that we can all agree on it’s that he’s a blatant, raging racist. It doesn’t matter that if a janitor at the local school posted this he would be fired. Everyone is held to a higher standard than this despicable human. And still, ...

The artists at the Super Bowl were announced quite a while ago. Of those two artists, I know one song: “American Idiot” by Green Day. It was a song that they wrote about George W. I’m told that Bad Bunny is a very popular artist who is from Puerto Rico. The uneducated masses want to know why we couldn’t find an American artist. Um, Puerto Rico is a part of the United States. “Yeah, but his songs aren’t in English! Can’t we find someone who loves our country?” Which is ridiculous. Artists from all over the world have played the Super Bowl gig. The Stones and Who and U2 and Paul McCartney were all from different countries. ‘Course they are white men. I don’t care about the halftime show. I don’t care much about the game either. I do care about my squares. But I hope that Bad Bunny and Green Day get under the skin of all those who are racists and fans of the pedophile portion of our current government. Go get ‘em!

Kaitlin Collins is an excellent reporter. She works at CNN and for years I’ve admired her work, as she always seems to be well-prepared, and she asks concise, detailed questions. Problem being that she is usually asking those questions to a pig. Collins asked about the survivors of Epstein. “You’re the worst,” Pedo Pig responded. “You should smile more.” Which is horrible. She’s supposed to smile when asking a question about pedophiles? And man, what are we even doing here?  There are sworn statements from the victims that clearly identify that disgusting human in the half-demolished White House as being heavily involved. The mainstream media isn’t touching it. Other nations are now threatening to expose everything, and here, in America, we have people in MAGA donning shirts that say: “I don’t care if Trump is a pedophile.” Seriously. Raping children is not a bridge too far for these people??? I’m not surprised. J.D. Vance, who calls to mind ‘Creep’ every time he appears felt compe...

My siblings certainly get a thanks for the dinner that I put together for the golf weekend with my buddies. Two weeks before I left for the trip, I met up with Jim and Scott, and we made a batch of sausage. I put the sausage in my golf bag, and it was still slightly frozen when I finally got my hands on my luggage. I had also stuffed Corinne’s recipe for sausage cacciatore in the book I was reading. Corinne detailed the recipe, and I followed it to the letter. I put it all together on Friday night, and on Saturday I set it to simmer as we played. When you’re feeding a group of people there’s a moment, as they’re digging in, when the cook wonders: “Is this good?” I’ve learned to start eating and make up my own mind about it. Two forkfuls in, I knew: “Nailed it.” One of the Italian guys, who I’ve shared a lot of meals with, kept saying: “Mmm, good.” As if he were a caveman eating for the first time. He kept saying those two words. By the end, I had to share the recipe, and as usual, ther...

It’s way past time we have a conversation about the billionaires (one soon to be a trillionaire) in this country. When one reads any of the documents in the Epstein files, the overwhelming feeling is one of depravity. Children. Some as young as four years old, collected and abused, and discarded. Normal human beings can’t understand it. There is an impulse to simply not believe the horrific events that unfolded. We can’t understand it, but billionaires can because evidently they got bored and needed to satisfy their disgusting, vile, horrific, inhumane, murderous, (insert any adjective you can think of) urges. Make no mistake. Hoarding money. Wielding extreme power. Denigrating others. It’s all a moral sickness that builds a billionaire. As normal human beings, we might sometimes fantasize what we might do if we suddenly become ultra-wealthy. Helping other people is often where the mind goes… …if you’re normal. Here in America and around the world the billionaire class appears to be ma...

- Played 4 rounds of golf. Played pretty well 3 times - putted horribly on day three. - Had the big crab cakes and the perfect omelets at the daily brunches. - Used my sister Corinne’s sausage cacciatore recipe to make dinner for the boys and it was a huge hit. - Slept outside under the stars, got some sun on my face. - Had 4 flights cancelled on the way down, but made it, and my clubs did too, but lost a bag for a little while, so had to buy a day’s clothes. - on the return my flight was delayed for hours on end, and the worst part was that there were 4 gate changes at LaGuardia that had me walking for miles. But I had a smile on my face because we freaking laughed a lot. We have so many inside jokes after decades of hanging out, and we bash each other over the head with them at every possible turn. And God help you if you misspeak. We have a very generous host who allows us to move about his beautiful home as if it were our own. The only price paid is that of laughter. Going to have ...

We played our final round of the getaway on Saturday n 62 degree weather. Which was fine with me. We had tee times for today and even tomorrow, but cold weather is going to end that dream. Yeah. Into the 30’s!!! And there are 7 guys here - we’ve all been friends for decades - and political talk - in 5 days - with everything going on this week - has never been discussed. The pig’s name has come up, as a joke, and there isn’t anyone in the group who believes that his continuing to be the leader of the free world is a good thing, but…. …there are a lot of heads in the sand around here. Also, the signs are gone. Not even a single MAGA sign… …and we are way down here. It seems that people in the neighborhood who were once fervent supporters may be trying to distance themselves from ever believing it was a good idea. Which, as more and more of his vile behavior becomes exposed, will be a problem. What do those of us who KNEW all along, do with those of us who will have to PRETEND that they d...

Someone dropped a few more items from the Epstein files and it’s becoming apparent that Epstein had a partner or that Epstein was working for the pig that is currently hiding the files. And the worst part of it all is that the mainstream media appears terrified of even commenting on anything that is being leaked. Please. Read those vile accusations and the testimony of the victims. And then stand up with the rest of us who believe that all involved need to lose their jobs, and their freedom. The people who are guilty must go to jail. Each and every line of these documents must be investigated. The files detail the rape and murder of children. Not underage men or women. CHILDREN  Who were trafficked and abused beyond belief. ICE? It’s a distraction. The tariffs? Just hiding this information. Get them all out in the open. Try them all. Then bury them under the jail. Pigs. Straight up sexual predators. That’s deplorable.

I parred the first two holes of the year, and 3 of 4. Which is rough for the poor guys who’ve known me for the last thirty years. I don’t shut up. And we played again on Thursday morning…and it was so much fun to stand out in the sun and swing a club as the entire northeast is in a deep freeze. As a matter of fact, Buffalo will be below zero today… …so I’m gaining about 75 degrees. Chippy has been solid. My drives are mostly straight, and while I’ve missed a few short putts… …oh hell, it doesn’t matter. I was golfing, with good friends. We have laughed a lot. We’ve eaten great meals. And kind of laughed about how bad it is back home… …but down to a matter of days before I’m back in the frozen tundra. But I will be a little bit happier than I was before I left. Golf and sunshine can do that for you.

I’m so proud of Bruce Springsteen. Now, readers of this blog, and dear friends of mine know that I love Bruce’s music. It’s not just because I can sing every word to Dancing in the Dark or Glory Days. It’s because he has always been there - every step of the way as I’ve journeyed through my life. His lyrics have taught me about growing up and becoming a man and a husband and a faithful, kind, compassionate American. Yesterday he released a song, dedicated to the Americans who lost their lives to a thug fucking Army in an American city. Bruce stood up. Again. And a song or a book, or a blog won’t change the world, but it might change one person’s mind. I will keep trying. And Bruce is always on the right side of love and compassion. Those Americans should not have died. And if you’re on the ‘other side’ of this - you know that too. Thank you, Bruce. It’s why you’re the greatest to ever do it.

It’s hard to describe the day I had yesterday. My flight was delayed for two hours. Then another hour.  Then it was cancelled. I got used to the idea of going on Wednesday, but found out, I was rebooked and I’d be leaving at 3:00. Good enough. A snowstorm on the way to the airport, and yet, we were loaded onto the plane. We waited 30 minutes and were greeted with the following announcement: “You might wonder why we aren’t leaving. We can’t find the pilot.” Seriously! We waited. 30 minutes later: “We found the pilot. We will be leaving shortly.” My phone pinged. My connecting flight from Charlotte was cancelled. They rebooked me on a flight for the morning, but I looked around, there was still a flight leaving at night. I got off the plane and went to customer service and switched my flight. Found one of the guys from Syracuse who was booked on the same flight. As we ate an $11 slice of pizza, twenty feet from the gate, both of our phones pinged. “The flight has been canceled.” We w...

There’s a photo floating around that the NFL put out on September 4th for the start of the new season. In the photo (which I couldn’t post for some reason) a player from each team was shown, staring up at the Super Bowl trophy. The two players closest to the pedestal where the trophy was displayed were: You guessed it: Drake Maye and Sam Darnold. In a league with Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Jalen Hurts… …among about 200 other players you’d think of before Maye or Darnold entered the conversation… …that was who the NFL decided to feature… ..4 months before the big game. Coincidence? Now, for years, the NFL has heard rantings of lunatics who discovered that the Super Bowl logo (which is released before the start of the year) always gets the colors exactly right… …red for Chiefs and dark green for Eagles last year… (It’s happened a lot!) But this????? Darnold and Maye?????  Seriously???? The Patriots and the Seahawks both missed the pl...

I came in from cleaning the car and creating a path to it from the front door. My feet were like blocks of ice when I came in. We got about 9.5 inches here, which is basically a dusting. Ollie got his reps in, and we watched a couple of movies and checked the football games. I’d even watch the NFL to stay away from the news. That poor guy was murdered on video, and the pigs in charge are doing whatever they can to blame him for being beaten, disarmed, pepper sprayed, and shot in the back, and then shot 9 more times. An RN nurse who went to check on a woman who was body-checked into the snow bank. One guy explained to me that “Americans need to learn to carry their papers if they leave the house, but should just stay home.” Really? Doesn’t he know that ICE doesn’t need a warrant to enter your home? This is the America we want to live in? A virtual police state? Ruined the weekend for a lot of people. Check social media… …it’s just scared Americans wondering how the madness can be stoppe...

Saturday was the latest day to be ruined by the tyrannical administration ruining what was a once great nation. “We are a shithole country,” was what I said. Watch the video - as painful as that might be - ICE murdered another American in Minnesota. They got away with the first murder by claiming that a woman was a domestic terrorist. Her murder was absolutely disgusting. The one yesterday was even worse. ICE officers pushed a woman down - for walking down the street - and a 37-year old man, who is a nurse, has no criminal record, and was a legal gun owner, approached in what can best be seen as an attempt to help the fallen woman. Eight ICE Agents took him down, disarmed him, pepper sprayed him, bashed him with their gun, and then shot the man multiple times. There are videos from every angle. Murder. The Kent State moment, and as I watched the video for the second time, all I could think was, it’s not sustainable. It has to stop. The premise is that ICE is ridding the country of ille...

The weather has been downright miserable. Frigid cold. High winds. Snow. And I know everyone is wondering, Ollie is still catching passes. 150 yesterday in 4 different sessions. I’m all dressed up, he’s running and diving, and leaping in the ice cold air. But he’s going to get a break because if I can get the hell out on Tuesday, I’ll be playing golf in the sunshine. Yet, I have to battle through this storm like everyone else. And this isn’t one of those storms that might miss us somehow… …I’m not much of a meteorologist, but dead red on the radar is a tip-off. The problem being, of course, that clearing snow is most definitely more difficult as an older man. Especially because by the end of each week everything hurts. And in a widespread storm like this the news reporters spend the first ten minutes every hour giving us all tips on how to survive: Here’s a handy recap: 1). Stay inside. 2). If you go outside, dress warmly. 3). Don’t shovel for too long if you’re old cause you’ll end up...