Thoughts of a Common Man

At the Bills Stadium opening game, the Bare Naked Ladies sang Canada’s National Anthem. I’m not sure about the choice of singers as they kinda’ hurt my ears, but I love the Canadian anthem. I know every word because the Sabres have opened every game with it for nearly 60 years! Didn’t think anything of it until I saw MAGA going off on social media because the fat, orange pedophile has declared Canada our mortal enemies. “That’s it! I’m never watching another NFL game ever!” One of the MAGA cult members declared. Oh no? Didn’t you stop watching when Colin Kaepernick knelt for the anthem because men were being shot all over the country because they were black? How about the Miller Lite protest? Or because Kendrick Lamar or Bad Bunny played the halftime shows? Didn’t you quit the NFL then? You’ll watch 7 games next week. The fake outrage over the anthem will be your talking point as you try to decide where Lake America is on your map. Go eat some Canadian bacon, slip on a hockey jersey, a...

There were a lot of: “Go Bills!” all day long on Thursday. I asked almost everyone if they were going to the game. Some talked about being priced out. A few others mentioned that the game started at 8:15 and that it wouldn’t be over until late, and there is work on Friday. Those who were going were excited, and they should be. We spent a lot of years thinking that they were going to move. They’re here to stay for another generation, and the Bills are good. I knew that I wouldn’t be staying up late to watch it. I go to bed the same time every night unless the Yankees are in the playoffs. “Easy enough, I took tomorrow off,” one guy mentioned. So, I’m imagining that I might be the only guy out and about tomorrow. A win brings a lot of happy people. When they lose a game, everyone is pissed and quiet. A brand new $2 billion palace. A happy community… …and one rested safety guy!

We have a wooded area and a ravine directly behind our fenced in backyard. Every now and again the deer will hang out in the space between the fence and the ravine. Every morning they hang around the side yard and the neighbor’s home across the street. One day, the biggest of the deer was inside our fenced in area and I spotted him laying beside the cat! Neither the deer nor my cat cared the other one was there. And of course, the deer will hang out and watch as Oliver soars through the air catching the football. Sounds like a Disney movie! Yet, on Sunday morning, on the way to play golf, my heart skipped a beat when I saw a deer, on the side of the road. The big deer had been struck by a car! “No!” I yelled out. Now, I’m not sure that it was OUR deer, but it bugged me nonetheless. I’m hoping that in the next few days we see our deer with his little ones… …just hanging out with my cat.

Cory Booker absolutely went off on FBI Director Kash Patel at a congressional hearing. There’s no doubt about it. Patel would not answer any questions. It was also noted that every FBI agent who was involved in the missing documents case has been dismissed. So, Booker explained that the hearing, and the entire Patel tenure has been a ‘mockery and a sham.’ I’d go further. This entire government is a mockery and a sham. Just this week: 1). Russian oligarchs paid for Don Jr.’s lavish wedding. They were worried about Hunter Biden selling paintings, but the entire GOP is good with Putin buying his way into the government (that he seems to be running). 2). There was a trip to Ireland - important trip - to watch golf. The cost estimate for the romantic getaway ran to about $50 million, 3). Mitch showed up for work. He has absolutely no idea where he is, who he is, or why he’s here. Doesn’t the man have a family that cares? It’s a mockery. And a sham. 4). The Kennedy Center is closing its door...

So, after taking 92 paid days off of work, it appears that Mitch McConnell isn’t completely dead. The 84-year old man was wheeled into the Senate. Reporters were shouting questions that he didn’t appear to hear, and even if he heard them, he wouldn’t be able to respond because last we saw of him, he was staring blankly into the camera. Term limits anyone? Diane Feinstein was completely around the bend as she occupied her seat, and Thurmond was pushing a hundred, They aren’t doing any work, Sleepy Joe???? The sitting president was sound asleep at the 9/11 memorial. It’s a story that’s received a lot of ink through the years. I think that citizens who are republicans or democrats would agree one this one thing: Being elected should not be a lifetime gig. Going into office as a private citizen and coming out as a multimillionaire because you’ve sold your votes shouldn’t be a thing. As for Mitch? He was/is a nasty man. He voted against family leave time and was certainly not a fan of healt...

Football is back which means baseball season is winding down. I have to accept the lull between November and April. “Halfway through September,” I thought when I felt the chill in the air. I wondered how many more rounds left in WNY. I was about 5’ away from an ace yesterday. Was just 58 degrees at 7 AM. I’m not putting that damn hoodie on until 10/01. Speaking of October, I’ll be eligible to collect social security until they steal the rest of that to wrap themselves in gold. But I’ll hold a proof copy of the new book today which is exciting, and I booked a long Florida weekend for more golf in early November. So I got that going for me. Speaking in Vegas in January too… …Kathy likes that one. Yankees are playoff bound. City is Bills crazy. But that chill in the air scares me.