Airplane Cast.

Thoughts for the day…

1. Greetings and salutations, people. Thanks for coming aboard (the boat).  The plane…whatever.  Let’s turn and burn.
2. Yes, I know I have been off for a few days. Some work, some play, some tiny airplane seats, some laziness…etc.  I am back now.
3. Crappy day of work travel. Flight got cancelled oddly this MORNING (what’s up with THAT, Southwest), and doing one of the things I hate most in life…taking two short flights that waste a LOT of time waiting at gate, getting into the air, landing, etc.
4. AND I will miss the Gonzaga-St. Mary’s game tonight.
5. For a tiny airport in the middle of nowhere, I LIKE Tulsa’s airport.  Plugs and seats galore.  Oh, and the rental car facility being ONSITE is always one of my top judgment factors.
6. Looking forward to giving you Final Four predictions after Sunday. SO looking forward to it.
7. I need to get my blogs out this week, because I head to Winter Park this weekend and will be off grid on Friday and Saturday.
8. S. players don’t play. Canada is having a mid-life crisis by having Eric Gagne and Ryan Dempster pitching, and the WBC can pretend like it has caught on, but it hasn’t.  Fact.  Part of me WANTS it to, and the other part of me is doing nothing to participate to get the cause going.
9. The 49ers are so bad that they are releasing players I forgot were still playing #torreysmith
10. Southwest does a lot of things right, but I have to say the old school cart going down the aisle (on American right now) seems to get me my drinks more quickly.
11. And on a 47 minute flight, you HAVE to get them out.
12. Ten women suing Baylor are allowed to proceed, and if you thought the stories were ugly before…to rehash them will be brutal.
13. Tom Brady is backing a food delivery service that will…deliver HIS diet to you for a healthy $78/ week. Come on.  It is called TB12 if you have $78 to burn or under the couch.
14. Say it together. Harden.  Westbrook.  And if Russell goes even a tenth of point under a triple double, he won’t win with his team’s worse record.
15. I am blind to the internet, but I smartly copy the links now into my Google Doc. CIA Operation code names were leaked.  Funny stuff.  http://gizmodo.com/the-cias-leaked-hacking-code-names-are-silly-as-hell-1793044136
16. Maybe we will find the Skins GM the same time we find the Brady jersey?
17. Even IF Scot’s relative passed when he said she did, he would be back by NOW.
18. I actually haven’t read it yet, but I bet it will be good. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18837255/the-official-guide-march
19. Oklahoma is just one of those places where you are quite aware when you are in between any such thing as a cell tower. Not a lot going on to say the least near Tulsa.
20. Too short of trip, and not enough hang time nor funny conversations to comment on my sales engineer for this round. Lucky for him.
21. This is going to be a long one, folks. It is a Catch-22.  When I blog every day, they are short enough for some of you people to read.  When I take time off, you get a break, but then the problem is I am still logging everything AND unfortunately have an opinion on every single item.
22. Not a good sign when the Celtics stand pat at the trade deadline, the playoffs are coming, contract time is coming, Magic becomes the head Laker, and your star player openly admits that he has always dreamed of playing for the Lakers. They are one beating by LeBron away from losing Mr. Thomas.
23. Draymond Green can get all sensitive about a Hawks coach saying he doesn’t prep his team for him, but if I am coaching against the Warriors, he is not in MY plans either. It is what it is.
24. Draymond also had a problem with the Knicks’ quiet time in the first half over the weekend. Dude, hold your Knicks jokes.  No need for them.  They makes funny stuff without you OR I.
25. Darth Raider’s NEW enemy. Bank of America.  Good luck, Darth.
26. That could be one SHORT rent a player by the Cavs for Mr. Bogut. Damn shame.  I guess now they might have to find a different veteran guy who simply wants to jump on the LeBron Bandwagon.
27. Myles Garrett jumps as high, has as big of hands, and basically is as badass as we all saw on film all year.
28. I get tradition, but am I the only person waiting for more game-like, on the fly thinking combine drills that use newer technology? I mean.  They will do that and then go overboard quickly, but it could be fun for a couple of years.
29. The ceiling of this blog IS the roof. And I am quoting Michael Jordan, so back the hell off if you don’t like me saying that.
30. I have said it before, and I might say it every day through the playoffs. I know basketball, but still can’t believe Dion Waiters is taking any team anywhere.  Literally blows my mind.
31. Happy trails, Chad Greenway. Dude was classy, a good citizen, was with the same team for his career, and is walking off right.
32. “Flights attendants, prepare for landing” for my first leg of way home. Talk to you after getting the hell out of Dallas.  Peace Take 1.
33. Greetings, take 2. I forgot this Dallas flight was that short.  Gotta move quickly.  Thanks, American Airlines for taking everyone in Group 8’s bag even though the back of the plane has empty seats and empty overheads.  I might as well end this hell travel day at baggage claim.  Let’s move.
34. Close your eyes, people.   Ok.  Think “Mike Glennon.”  Scary, right?  Until the situations of guys like Cutler, Romo, Taylor, etc. are figured out, HE is the top ranked free agent QB out there.  Scary.
35. The Bucs offered Glennon top dollar, but even HE recognizes the state of the QB market and knows he can be a starter.
36. Pastner was ACC Coach of the Year? Did Georgia Tech even end up with a winning record?  When we have the quality of teams we have in the ACC, can we reward some results while we are at it?
37. I think you are the man, Mark Cuban. But, some battles you win, and some you lose.  Bro, Russell is a “superstar.”  Let it go.
38. I will make the assumption that you have read about Floyd Mayweather’s addiction to nice cars. Using that given in this proof, he might be a LITTLE upset about his car being lit on fire outside of his event, but we all know he has a LOT of other cars.  All good.
39. (I don’t care if it wasn’t one of HIS cars. I wanted to comment on the amount of cars he owns and this is my blog.)
40. Kim Anderson is a nice guy and was a good, targeted hire by that program. But, it is what it is, people.  It is not even like they have a losing record in the ACC or Big Ten.  It is the freaking weak SEC.  Dude needs to post more W’s.
41. Have I recently said how Dustin Johnson leads a pretty darn good life? I have?  Oh, ok.  Well, he won again.  So, just thought I would throw that in there too.  #1.    Rich.  Etc.
42. By the way, I have some fun pics, but will hold them until the Sunday blog. The during the week blogs just don’t speak “pictures” as much.
43. One of the recent pics will be of my attendance of our friend’s roller derby game. Avery was watching it with a look on her face that said “so THAT is a way I can throw around some of this anger…hmmmm.”
44. I think a highlight of my weekend was seeing a bum on the street with a jacket that literally said “bum.” I tweeted it.  That is probably the platform it will live and die on.
45. How convenient. The Matt Barnes trial will be a date AFTER the possible NBA Finals dates.    http://deadspin.com/judge-agrees-to-postpone-matt-barness-assault-trial-unt-1792975616
46. Very simple. You should click on this because of the words “skateboarding taco gets hit by car.”  http://deadspin.com/skateboarding-taco-hit-by-car-1697533282
47. I have no idea how I literally go up in Twitter followers repetitively to 495, then down to 475, then back up to 495…not sure how I could even do that on PURPOSE.
48. The illusionist I saw. Ivan Amodei or something like that (no wifi).  Dude was pretty awesome.  Intimate setting where a LOT of people were involved in the show.  Anyway, his specialty?  I will summarize this succinctly since I have to keep moving.  He brought in two elements to every trick.    And audience decisions.  And then every single time, he would bring the finale of each trick along in a way that showed you that he already had thought of all of that randomness and people’s decisions WAY before the show.  Crazy shit.  Seriously.  A video wouldn’t do him justice even if you can find one.  Go see him.
49. I didn’t know this-did you? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/03/these-elephants-sleep-only-2-hours-a-day-and-scientists-have-no-clue-how-they-do-it/?utm_term=.09d97f87978f
50. I can’t believe I am missing the Gonzaga-St. Mary’s game for this shit.
51. Life as an NBA player wouldn’t suck.  Calderon made $415k for his brief stint with the Warriors.  Depressing.  http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/jose-calderon-will-earn-dollar415000-for-spending-two-hours-with-the-warriors/ar-AAnJ4xK?OCID=ansmsnnews11
52. Baby steps. Over the weekend, I turned down a fun “brunch” with Lindsey to go to the gym.  Baby steps to the elevator.
53. Two a day tomorrow. Can’t wait.  Workout and swim.  Because I definitely haven’t eaten well in the last two days.
54. It is a shame. He might end up being a bad dude off the field someday.  But know this.  Reuben Foster might have had a couple teams cross him off their board with his spat at the combine.  But the rest are more than happy to get their future LB just FINE.
55. So, I know that US Soccer said everyone has to stand up for the anthem, but I must have missed how they would punish anyone who doesn’t. Just curious.  But, by the way, I agree that if you play for a team WITHIN the USA that you can sit, but if you play for the COUNTRY of the USA, then stand your ass up.
56. Good idea, questionable execution. Great idea to get Lindsey the #1 thing on her bday and Christmas list.  Bad idea of not thinking about WHERE we will store the 9 foot long thing sitting in our house right by the couch.
57. I went to Moe’s Bagels over the weekend. “Bacon horseradish” is a pretty awesome two word combination I have decided.
58. No pumpernickel though. I have lived my entire life being the only person who asks for pumpernickel and suddenly they had a Saturday morning RUSH on it?
59. Changes to the NBA All Star Game?   Let’s do it, Adam Silver.  Playing street ball has always existed in it.  We get it.  But, ALWAYS also in the fourth quarter, they lock up on D until the last few years.  Change this up.
60. Did we ever find out WHERE this island that Adidas was going to give away was? Just because John Ross didn’t sport the shoes and was therefore not offered it, I would like to know what they had in mind.
61. Houston, we might have a problem. I was listening to two young Widespread Panic fans talk in Moe’s when I was there, and it wasn’t irritating all the way, but let’s just say I didn’t jump IN the convo.
62. So, now along with “I see what you did there” (stolen legally from Rudy), I find myself after a few pops urging everyone to say “nope” and “yup.” Just like making house guests watch Rounders when they have to crash, I need to curb that habit.
63. I am also going to start saying “take a lap” to people.
64. I forgot that American Airlines were one of the “plug” airlines. How can’t one airline reel all of these good things from each airline and just do it all on THEIRS?
65. One of the weirdest things someone said to me this week was what Lindsey’s friend, Jacob, said after a few pops. “At least I don’t hide behind my blog.”    To a fault, I don’t hide behind anything.
66. In this day of overpaid athletes, it is really scary when you come to one drastically UNDERPAID.  Noah Syndergaard will make $605k this year.  That is just laughable.
67. Just water weight.   http://deadspin.com/leonard-fournette-i-didnt-get-fat-that-was-just-water-1792936154
68. Well said, Deadspin. Well said. http://deadspin.com/when-nick-kyrgios-gives-a-shit-hes-the-future-of-tenni-1792939046
69. Anything about Mulkey is funny to this point actually. http://deadspin.com/baylors-kim-mulkey-spent-the-week-trying-to-convince-ev-1792944673
70. Did you guys see the video of A.P. being interviewed in Houston about road rage without the interviewer having any idea of who he is?
71. I don’t have the link.
72. I have a cool link for an alligator on a golf course though. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/golf-highlight-of-the-day-bigass-gator-with-bigass-fis-1792951807
73. Dog stories are just really cool. http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/18804102/arthur-dog-completes-2014-adventure-racing-world-championship
74. Dirk Nowitzki will return for his 20^th NBA season. Want to entertain yourself for 20 seconds?  Look at some of the idiots who teams took before him.  And you know what?  He accidentally ruined the next five years of drafting because teams were like “look at THAT guy.  We need one of those.”  And then they drafted foreign dudes a little too high for a couple of years.
75. Going to Tap 14 on a Friday evening is walking into BUSY bar time. So, just a hint.  Same owners, guys.  You can bring your drinks up from Hayters and put yourself out of your misery of waiting for service.
76. David Price doesn’t need surgery, so now we can go back to discussing how incredible Boston’s pitching rotation is.
77. I won’t bore you with the details, but any time the word “coup” is used in SPORTS, that is pretty cool.  #lakers
78. Wait until the Knicks have a coup.
79. Lindsey changed her hair to such a degree that I even noticed without having to remind myself where she went so I could not forget to say something even though it looked pretty similar to me. She went way brown.  Looks cool.
80. I am behind on this week’s The Voice, so I will make this quick. The one thing I am noticing is that Ms. Keys is putting together quite a team…or at least was before this week’s episodes.
81. Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple. Remember how excited I was to go there?  There is a freaking non-negotiable cover at night.    Not in Uptown, guys.  I won’t be back for a bit.
82. I really have thought about being more focused in my blogs and not hitting everything. I could do that.  But not really how this thing was made, and I really do have an opinion on most things out there.  I don’t know.  I will mull it over.
83. I forgot one more thing.  Good article in USA Today about Marty Aronoff.  He is 75 plus years old, and all you need to know about him is this.  He does basketball games and is the guy you never see on camera.  All he does is hand little notes to the announcers to embellish their telecast.  Then, he drops the notes on the floor.  A pile by the end of a game.  Little things like “no 3 pointers for 10 minutes” or “13-2 run by UNC” or “5-7 from 3 now” and etc.  We here it all the time.  He is the “guy.”
84. I want to go work for a bit and then read my book while this flight gets finished up.  I don’t even feel like going through the random standings page in USA Today or the Life Section so we can talk some movies.  And notice one weird thing about this blog?  Odd LACK of college basketball for pre-March Madness.  Why?  Because since there will be overload over the next few weeks, I thought I would make this one more general.  Since my brain will revert to basketball for most of a month, I wanted to be a little more diverse today.  I will shut it down.  And I didn’t feel like editing this thing either even though I have the room (open seat next to me).  Posting on Uber ride home from airport.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.  Onward and upward.  Peace.