2012.

I need to take advantage of my woman not being here and NOT doing brunch and just going to Moe’s or Einstein’s, so this will be quick (editors note:  I was too hungry and just went right after I wrote that sentence).

1. Greetings and salutations, people.  Thanks for coming aboard (the boat).  Let’s move.
2. There WILL be prizes.
3. McGregor/ Diaz was one of those fights that lived up to billing and money.  I assume the reason Diaz didn’t win, aside from his front leg weakness was because he had too much blood in his eyes.
4. If that fight had 20 more seconds, it would have gone to Diaz.
5. What a freaking fight.  What a brawl.  Dude covered with blood talking smack to the other guy.
6. Incredible.
7. Conor, you are cocky, you fought great, you didn’t go to the ground and had great defense, and masterful effort overall.
8. I was rooting for Conor, but bet on Diaz (well, money that I later won back in pool).
9. Move back the penalty kick ten yards, people, but the end of Brazil-Germany WAS very exciting.
10. I am of the conclusion that since we are going to a work event that I don’t want to attend, and given that we are going to mansion party I don’t want to go to, and given that Lindsey is on call, that I am NOT driving today.  Not consulting her on this decision.
11. I go to UVA on Thursday.  Can’t wait.  Greatest university on earth.  
12. I shot a 17 under in the second GTee game yesterday, but more importantly (and unfortunately) I shot a 9 under on the first game to knock me back into the silver bracket.
13. When I went to play GTee, it was during the day, and if you haven’t been to Williams Tavern during the day, then you apparently don’t know what it is to have a good time in the daytime during the weekend.
14. I wouldn’t recommend going there ever so you never know.  
15. When Tennessee football makes the college football playoff this year, I would like for you to remember you read it here a year ago, and you read it here just now again…I told you so.
16. Watching closed captioning is so captivating at a bar.  (groans) (angered) (yelling)
17. If you ignore me and never go to Cheba Hut as the best kept secret outside of Retrograde in Denver, then you will probably never go to a bar that serves Mickey’s Big Mouth.  Your loss.  
18. Just download the phones charades game already.  Just do it.  You are welcome.
19. I wonder if my wife knows that my work event at Boondocks is EXACTLY during the gold medal hoops game.  Not going.  
20. I don’t even want to go to the “mansion/ pool” party later, but since the dude hosting was an OU football player, I have a feeling we have to go.
21. Boomer Sooner.  See you in a month.  
22. Well, we will just be in town.  Waiting on the Houston-OU first week result to invest in actual tickets.
23. I love my new CD Avery made me, and I love even more she has no idea WHEN she made it.  
24. Favorite song on it?  #8.  Just the Girl-The Click Five.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMH7W5iA488
25. Sound like the same band that did that mom song.
26. Damn.  While editing, I turned it on again and am listening to it.
27. Betting on random sporting events (MMA, Olympics) without knowing anything about either competitor is the best.  “I will take the OTHER guy.”
28. Anthony Johnson was so respectful in his UFC win last night.  Classy.
29. I would not ever want to play Hoban and I on the same team at billiards.  
30. Ever.
31. I will handle talking all the dumb smack.  He is my silent lethal weapon.  Kind of like Chris Sheppard was on the backhand side of our doubles team in our state run in doubles in high school.  I was pulled from #2 singles voluntarily to play #1 doubles and destroy people with my forehand.  It was a good plan, Coach Breech.
32. I think Casey was the only person who gave me money for the fight.  
33. And, he actually didn’t give me money.  He just pushed back the $20 I lost in betting on Greg P. showing up.  I am an idiot.  Never even came close to showing.  I put money on the fact that Greg would actually come out.
34. No gang sign winners.  It is actually a pretty clever gang sign.  Ask me about it next time you see me.  Two Cat Mark.  Ask this chick about it.  
35. I will miss hanging out at random times during the day and watching random sports on channel 220.
36. I feel like I maxed out on watching the Olympics.  See you all in four years.
37. Well, two years if I want to watch skating and skiing I guess.
38. My injuries are just about healed.  Back side of healing.  I need them fully healed before heading to my favorite place on earth in two weeks.
39. Ummmm.  Yeah.  Water World.  
40. I work 65 hours a week.  I don’t feel like seeing my coworkers on a SUNDAY.  That is my time.
41. But I really, really like rides, and want to spend $50 on dumb unwinnable games for a $10 stuffed animal.
42. And I am SOOOOOOO good at the basketball games.
43. Let me see if I can find the link.
44. I can’t find it, but look at THIS gem while I was searching.  
45. Or this one.  
46. O this one.  
47. Or this one.  
48. Or this one.  
49. Or this one.  Dammit 2012.  
50. Or this one.  
51. Or this one.  
52. 
53. Or how about the time, Cerk’s karaoke setup didn’t work at his wedding, so I started it up with singing, and then did a closing love song for him and his wife.  
54. Ahhh. 2012.  
55. 2012.  
56. I notice I wore that shirt a LOT in 2012.  
57. TOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
58. Ok.  Basically, I was searching for the video when I made 5 straight three point shots in a very cocky fashion at Elitches to win these two kids the huge stuffed animal.  I will post it another day.  I am pretty sure I will write another blog at some point.
59. FOUND it.  October 22, 2012 on this link.  Boom.  I just watched it.  It is amazing.  Well, considering I had a couple cocktails that day.  WATCH it.  https://www.facebook.com/mfiller11
60. Serbia won’t beat us, but they will make the USA team actually focus.  No pushovers.
61. EDITOR’S NOTE:  forgot the 4×100 was just the semifinals yesterday.  Whoops.  YOU try and write 50 totally accurate things a day.
62. I have to go do stuff.  Here is my big announcement.  In mid September, I am A) pinging every sports writer in the nation (5 a day) B) cleaning up the format of this thing C) giving this site a shot at my 15 minutes.  Ben/Amit, you are not on the ride.  Ben wrote two articles in 3 days and then vanished.  I need people with a writing addiction.  ANYWAY, I will become famous at some point, and this thing will be huge.  So, my announcement is this.  Everyone who is on the distro right now is officially a stakeholder.  You receive the emails, some of you read it, and some just hit control f like Marty.  Or, you are like Ponto and it goes to some subfolder in Outlook that he never reads (I know-he was my engineer for a while).  Or, maybe you read it but never show up anywhere like Greg.  But, you all subscribed.  Therefore, the deal is this.  Every single person you get to subscribe new is NOT a stakeholder, but YOU get $1.  You just have them email me about who referenced them.  Everyone gets paid in $5 increments on Venmo or Paypal.  I am capping it at 300 people.  Then, we will figure out a new way for my stakeholders to benefit.
63. The stakeholders.  Three people I don’t know, and then Joseph, Greg, Avery, Omar, Chris K. (my web designer), Hoban (love you man even though we disagreed at pool after you scratched on the 8 ball), Ponto, JJ, Bob, Marty (control f guy), Vince (consistent commenter and love them), Casey (not the FWI one).
64. Interesting people NOT on the subscriber list.  Ryan Sanchez (lives and breathes bball), Bryan Szabatura, my mother, my wife, my brother, Ralph, Marc Eisenburg, Kevin Edds…just to name a few.  Patak not on the list but he has explained to me his theory of ruining the blog by hanging out with me AND reading it.  I think he just wants to watch more HBO shows.
65. Damn.  I am like 3 weeks behind in Ballers.  I need to catch up.
66. You can take your Nirvana and Soundgarden and go somewhere in 1993.  I will take my Alice in Chains and STP and run.
67. Lindsey misses me right now because she is NOT a good hungover driver, and she had a bachelorette party last night in Fort Collins.
68. I think what type of cream cheese you eat really defines you.  I am a horseradish or garlic-herb guy.
69. That’s it stakeholders.  You wait.  I have an ace up my sleeve and you 16 people are along for the ride officially.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.  Peace.