Blogtown.

Read it, don’t read it, I don’t care…just needed to get some things off my chest.

In no particular order of chronology or importance…

On the clock.  Not an airplane rant (didn’t have enough room on plane).  Evening rant.  Super-speed version.  Let’s turn and burn.

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1. Greetings and salutations, people.  Thanks for coming aboard (the boat).  I have a lot of things to say.  I am having one of those travel on Sunday work trips, and it is 630pm and I am tired.  Luckily, I am in Oklahoma City on a Sunday, so there is NOTHING to do really and I have already seen the Memorial.  Let’s fly through this one.  One sentence hooks.  If you saw my legal pad papers and my notes, you are glad I am doing one sentence hooks.  I predict plus 100 hooks in about 75 minutes, add 20 minutes for pictures, and there you go.  Let’s move.  I feel the need…the need for speed.
2. JJ-two beers and two shots in 90 minutes for a Denver guy at sea level does not qualify as “pops.”
3. I have said it 500 times, but still have NO clue why there is a GAME on ESPN News, which I thought was created to ONLY have updates like when I am in a hotel room where I don’t know the channels.
4. Breaking news is Austin Nichols is transferring to UVA in basketball, and for you basketball junkies, you know he is a past top 25 recruit who went to Memphis and scored 13 plus on a LOADED team.  
5. I think that Kyle Busch won the turn left faster contest today, and that may or may not be the married to the assassin guy.
6. I have stayed at many, many Starwood hotels, and still am figuring out what is good about their business aimed hotels.
7. I went out for dinner and drinks after settling in my room in Oklahoma City, and I read the ENTIRE top 50 NFL players on Grantland during that time.
8. I went to Bricktown, and that is one of my favorite places in this country, complete with a bar that was built in literally an ALLEY…and they have expanded-one damn good looking alley.  
9. Almost bought a shirt for JJ’s Alley Pub (not to be confused with JJ from work), but I fought it off.
10. I am staying at the Sheraton Downtown because it is work, but stay in Bricktown if you are ever in this town for fun.  
11. So weird staying at a regular hotel as opposed to a casino.
12. They even had 3.2 beer at the freaking BAR.
13. Funny that the Heat are trading Napier, as we still don’t know if they moved UP to get that guy because LeBron liked him and tweeted about it.
14. SOOOOO refreshing that Antonio Brown is not holding out, as though his salary is technically outside the top ten in WR salaries (which is CRAZY), he mentioned the Steelers did HIM a solid by upping him years ago after only year two (a year early).
15. Cole Hamels is rumored to be heading to Texas or L.A., but throwing a no hitter in your last “audition” before BEING traded is SOOOOO dope.
16. The Phillies are freaking 8-2 in their last ten games…ugghhh.
17. I say ugghhh because either I am mad that A) they are doing well while this far back or B) they had a chance at some miserable records.  
18. …after having their starting pitchers win a total of FOUR games out of 50 at one point.
19. Zack Greinke’s scoreless streak is now done, but getting within 15 runs of Orel’s badass record is pretty impressive.
20. Justin Verlander’s ERA is a crazy 6.62…where have all the good times gone…  
21. I didn’t have a printer handy this weekend, and not only was I slow on the draw as always in checking into Southwest (hold on, setting reminder to check in at 8pm tomorrow), but I was a little nervous not carrying a piece of paper through the airport.
22. You are reading a blog by a guy who still always carries a checkbook, paper and all.
23. Great MLB HOF class inducted today, and do you realize that in 1997, Craig Biggio did not hit into ONE double play ALL YEAR…crazy consistent stuff?  
24. I have a feeling like the Mariners have MUCH more talent than their record indicates, and I am predicting not only a Cano bounce back, but a late season playoff push by the team.
25. That is a bold statement if you look at the standings.
26. Watch they trade away someone in the next few days…ugghhh.
27. I think Dalembert is not DeAndre Jordan, but I think the two big guys Cuban picked up are pretty good added together for scrambling late in the free agent game.
28. John Smoltz is a badass because not only does he have HOF credentials, not only was he ridiculous in the postseason, but he had one of the best closer runs for four year in history.  
29. Pedro was a master at throwing inside on batters, and I almost fell off my chair when he called the foot taller Randy Johnson “my brother from another mother.”  
30. Randy was a badass, and I don’t need to give reasons for a guy who won 5 Cy Youngs.  
31. You lost to PANAMA, U.S. soccer team.
32. Kind of a downer that a guy who likes “adjective/ adverb animal” named bars can’t come to OKC when the Wormy Dog is open (only Thursday through Saturday).  
33. I wasn’t there, but believe Reggie Jackson more than the initial reports.
34. If you were in my gray area where I wasn’t sold on the Royals just for defense, they just gained a possible two wins per postseason series with the nice pickup of Cueto.
35. I was tired when I got to the airport, and don’t travel on Sundays that much, but the saddest moment of my day was sitting down in my plane seat and opening the Friday weekend edition of the USA Today.
36. This was 30 minutes after being tired and getting into an Uber and walking into one of those ultra talkative guys…
37. All roads in my town eventually lead to Williams as the night cap, as happened on Saturday.
38. The beer tasting event at Mile High Station was fun on Friday, highlighted by a mountain band called Rapid Grass, and oddly having a billboard above that was of the most unoriginal non tasting beer called Michelob Ultra.  
39. 
40. Great event, great venue.  
41. The morning started out with mac and cheese on a hamburger at City Grille.  
42. Hanging out with these two (Phil and Stacy), who are definitely WAY up there in my favorite people on this earth, and DEFINITELY way up there if you just want to start early and have a lot of fun.  
43. Before Williams, we hit up X Bar, and it is always fun taking 10 people to a gay bar, with only one of the ten being actually gay.  
44. Baseball tonight is on, so that is now fine background TV sound.
45. I am glad that A.P’s comeback is including a tattoo he is calling the Armor of God, and I hope I didn’t offend any Minnesota or religious fans.
46. I need more information on this shooting of Damond Powell, as it wasn’t late at night, it was in front of his home, and there has to be something else to this thing.
47. Someone I THINK is about to win the Tour de France, but not really sure.
48. I really, really like the word “gorgonzola,” and will order something I am on the fence with if it has this cheese in it.
49. Not really sure of this run of people telling me “has anyone told you that you look like…,” but sticking with the Eric Dane as my keeper, though aware I am not NEAR that level.  
50. That person had some drinks before telling me that.
51. I think the second tattoo is coming within a week in Vegas with Lindsey, and the queen of hearts for my grandfather I think will eventually win out.
52. I bartended during the Red Bull with everything time of bars, have noticed my friends don’t do it much, and am wondering if that era officially ended.
53. Ha-I have “WNBA ASG” on my list, meaning I was just noting ALL sporting events.
54. We figured out Saturday that if you say “hey” in a question tone at the end of ANY sentence, whatever you said is less abrasive by about 40%.
55. I won’t say who it was, but I heard one female I hung out with on Saturday say “when I was taking my fast pits and crotch shower this morning…”
56. Someone asked me at Williams what I wanted to hear on the jukebox, and I said Dr. Dre, Widespread Panic, or any glam rock song from 1985-1989.  
57. I think that Colin Cowherd’s comments about Dominicans would be forgiven MUCH more quickly IF he didn’t live his show borderline offensive and aloof MOST times.
58. I know I said that the Mets were not good this year, but they have hung in there, my second roster run through makes me more of a possible believer, and love the Uribe and Johnson pickup.
59. Will someone let me know when it is official that Braxton Miller is taking WR reps?
60. I successfully went to Howl at the Moon in Denver without getting the urge to get up on stage and play the keys.
61. Well, I got the urge, but just fought it off.
62. I did NOT get to sing a four man Boyz II Men End of the Road rendition on Friday night kareoke, but witnessed a sick, sick Kyrie rendition by some dorky dude that made me OK with the fact that we were too late to sing.  
63. I have new glasses, and if I am NOT hip now, just know that Lindsey WAS with me when they were chosen.
64. I have decided that putting your phone in airplane mode on Friday night while out with the people you need to be with not only makes you one of the few people at the end of the night with a full phone charge, but also keeps you out of trouble for the most part.
65. Cruising…as I have one single side left of blog hooks.
66. At one point this week, the ESPN top four stories were ALL of negative NFL stories…nice week (Smith, Wilson, Galette, Rice).
67. I appreciate your honesty, Jerome, but would rather remember you as a fleet footed large RB than a crack selling youth.  
68. So, I am hearing that Southpaw is really, really good, and kind of the Top Gun version of Rocky.  
69. The USA Today paper was good for one thing, as the story on his training for this movie was really cool.
70. (Top Gun) As in, INVERTED.  
71. I don’t use words like “reversed,” as I prefer “inverted.”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZxSf_P2r0
72. If you haven’t seen the new Jim Gaffigan show, watch it.
73. This video is ridiculously sad.  https://www.facebook.com/gem106fm/videos/807821732596144/
74. 25^th Hour I still say is one of the best movies no one has ever seen.
75. There is a reality show coming out (or maybe already out) about being the next weather man?????
76. We are officially OUT of ideas.
77. Southern Miss coach gets busted for violations in basketball, which is funny because it is obvious that they are NOT advancing anywhere elegant WITH cheating.
78. If you haven’t checked out the Scrabble guy story on ESPN, I ask you to go check it out.
79. I see Cuttino Mobley is making the D League look fit and fiddle.  
80. I need to sign up for fantasy NFL leagues, so hit me up.
81. It may or may not be true that I split queso and chips with Lindsey last week and then had mac and cheese for my main course.
82. I assume you all have seen that crazy Japanese batter routine, so I will move on.
83. I also almost fell off my chair this week when I saw “Stephenson” and “humble” in the same sentence.
84. I actually did not know Hulk Hogan was still even WITH the WWE.
85. Marquise Goodwin, it doesn’t matter which sports you pick, and if you get a silver medal at the Pan Am Games with your OTHER sport, you are a badass to ME.
86. I remember watching Last Comic Standing years and years ago, and I watched 20 minutes of it last week, and it literally SUCKED beyond all belief, and I am talking about the whacked out hosts and not the contestants.  
87. My colleague, Neel, brought his kids to work last week, and they are ALMOST cute enough to make me think about how much I never want kids.
88. But I was in an airport today, and airports and festivals ALWAYS cure THAT thought.
89. I can barely handle a cat and look to move up to a dog in the next year…no kids.
90. For all haters, Tom Brady’s uniform sales are still #1, even WITH all of this Deflategate stuff.
91. Shit, I just checked, and I guess he is #2 due to Mariota signing his deal finally.
92. If you don’t know who Nick Bosa is, just know Urban Meyer is still just pulling in top 20 recruits while we are all doing this and that.
93. After like 15 trips, I finally have decided to take time out of typical Vegas strip time and go see this Hoover Dam.  
94. Paying the extra $ to go in a helicopter, as driving there WOULD cut too much into my time there.
95. The Pirates made a nice, quiet, solid pickup with Ramirez to make sure THEY are doing what they can as we approach a very interesting MLB postseason.
96. Not saying I hate what Cardale Jones said on Twitter, but just saying in his position in life, he should not go SO gray area, or he will be the best trivia question in history 20 years from now.
97. OK-I am at the hour time frame, so shutting it down. Posting pics and then exiting stage left to go work.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.