I did it my way. And still am.

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.  Evening rant.  Speed version.  Let’s turn and burn.

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1. Greetings and salutations, people.  Thanks for coming aboard (you know…the boat).  Sure, it is Friday early evening and I shouldn’t be in a rush.  But, I am absolutely tired of this laptop after a nice 12 hour day with no lunch.  I will be skipping stuff and making this pretty quick.  Let’s get to this.
2. Well, relatively quick.  I am home after work.  I might ramble a bit.  It is my nature.
3. How adorable. Derek Jeter hits a walkoff single in his last home game.  That just gets me weepy.  So, for all of the people (sometimes and very occasionally me when I am in a bad mood) who are devil’s advocate and throw his overall defensive prowess at the big time fans and say he an overrated player who plays in the hub of the baseball universe and has gotten a lot of championships in a team sport, we ALL have to admit he has always had a talent for the dramatic.  Come on.  That was dirty.  I don’t need to say much more on the brilliance of Jeter.  Royal covered that the other day.
4. I am hearing that Coors Field WATCHED this happen somewhere else and gave the biggest roar since 2009 with THEIR team.
5. Smart that he took off today out of the lineup only if he stays out of the lineup for the duration. Just have your last hit be THAT, bro.  Do it right.
6. Oh, and off the record, I am WAY happy this farewell tour is over of his. Great, great player.  No one have any more farewell tours.  I am not even watching the GAMES.  SportsCenter has HIGHLIGHTS every night of his farewell.
7. The roll call was ALMOST cool, but got homered over.  Nobody mentioned THAT in this cute little story.
8. It sounds like I am being mad, but I am smiling.  Not mad.
9. Thanks, by the way, Mr. Royal. I had a lot going on for work the last couple days.  Thanks for writing not once but TWICE consecutively.  Great stuff, partner.
10. Phil Jackson announced that the Knicks are a playoff team. Well, Phil.  Let’s take a look.  Your team plays in the East, meaning .500 is your objective.   I could see that.  Playing in the postseason?  That gives me at least another 6 or 7 games to memorize the spelling of Thanasis Antetokounmpo.  Maybe 4 or 5.  
11. I get that the DBacks are clearing house to show that they want to build a winner. But, I don’t think firing Kirk Gibson is the solution.  I think perhaps getting him a little talent might be the next step.
12. Plus, Kirk Gibson is a guy who just SHOULD be managing someone somewhere in MLB.  
13. But, they countered that by hiring Dave Stewart as GM, who is ANOTHER legend who just SHOULD be doing something in the MLB somewhere.
14. I am glad that Luol Deng forgave Danny Ferry. One, I don’t think Ferry is a racist.  Two, I was tired of reading the story.
15. I didn’t see any of it, but the final Ryder score sounds about right. Europe leading after today 5-3.  Looking forward to catching a lot of it this weekend.
16. Evidently, the fact that they are suing each other is making them fall apart, Phil.
17. I miss Tiger at the Ryder and watching him and wondering how he suddenly becomes so ordinary or subpar during this thing.
18. LeBron says the Cavs resurrection will take time and has told fans to be patient. Nice work, King James.  Way to deflect things if you all start slow.  I like it.  Not exactly counting the amount of championships you will be winning with lights on stage?  
19. Not sure if he was serious, but hoping Lindsey’s friend, John, was serious about us constructing a miniature golf course on my patio that folds up in the corner when not in use. Sounds like one fun Lowe’s trip.  Here is a blueprint?  
20. I think I am tired of reading any Ray Rice updates these days, no matter how much breaking news they are.
21. Watching the doggie who we are unsure who the owner is again this weekend. It is a family dog thus far I guess until someone is ready to commit.  Looking forward to watching him.  Guiness.
22. I love the term “football move.” I plan on using it in general conversation as much as possible moving forward.
23. Another one of the million reasons you should read Deadspin. Faceoff was indeed an absolutely odd movie with a tough concept to swallow that somehow made a lot of money.  Their take on it.  http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/face-off-is-even-weirder-and-radder-than-you-remember-1639075778
24. QB U? THREE QB’s from Michigan State are starting in the NFL.  Tell your friends.  Drew Stanton.  Kirk Cousins.  And the tricky one.  Brian Hoyer.
25. How anyone walks the earth and doesn’t love Bill Murray is beyond me.  
26. The Tigers clinched and I still like them out in the AL to make a World Series appearance.
27. The Winston rape victim evidently wanted $7 million. I will make you a deal, victim.  I don’t have much extra cash to offer, but I wish I did.  I want him BUSTED.  Will $20 help?  It is yours.
28. So, this is how I think this went down. A bunch of genius architects doing months of drawings, someone leaks their brilliant creation, and THEN it was realized that their design looked like a toilet bowl.  Now, backtrack, backtrack, backtrack.  Screw it.  I like toilets.  The nickname is already set.  Get Moen (are they just faucets?    Roll with the hook.) onboard for some cash and sponsorship, and GO with it.  Plus, things go down a toilet like a basketball goes in a hoop.  RUN with this.  Just my two cents.  
29. Rex Ryan says that Suh might be the newer version of Sapp.  Hold on.  Let me think about it.  Actually, no joke here like I intended.  I think that is ballpark possibly.  I actually agreed with Rex Ryan.  Crazy.  
30. You know what I like about Clayton Kershaw (besides everything)? In his last game, he was down 1-0, he got pissed, and then just decided to tie it on his OWN with a triple.  RBI.  Take THAT, position players.
31. Not everyone in the world is impressed with the best soccer player in the world. Messi gets a throat check.  
32. SO cool. So refreshing.  Twins P Phil Hughes has rain ruin his chance at a $500k bonus for ONE more inning pitched.  Then, he GETS another shot at it, as the managers offer him the chance to pitch over the weekend to get it.  He declines.
33. I don’t care if the above story went down differently in some minor detail. I like my story.
34. I am pretty sure Bill Simmons just wanted a vacation. Three weeks.  He is not that dumb, and this has gotten him media attention.  I like it.  I DON’T like that he has decided to do anything but WRITE.  Subpar on TV, INCREDIBLE with the verbiage.
35. Thanks to Steve and Debbie for taking the family to Texas de Brazil the other night. Happy birthday, Steve.  Thanks for paying also.  I hope to make enough at some point to pay for everything on YOUR birthday.  Still working on it.  That place is awesome.  Basically a lobster bisque that is incredible with a salad bar that you TRY not to overindulge in (not just salad-far from it), and then just dudes rolling around with slabs of meat slicing it off on your plate if you have the green side of little circle next to you up.
36. Am I the only person in the world who thought that Texas Tech wasn’t going to suck this year?
37. Maybe Joe Philbin is smarter than me, or maybe this is an act, or maybe they have solid communication outside of the media, but not sure about this whole wishy washy attitude with your young QB, Ryan Tannehill.
38. However it happened, Eric Bledsoe will be more happy in Phoenix than…anywhere else who was going to give him more money.
39. Not picking on you, Minnesota.
40. Well, not consciously. I admit you were on my mind when I wrote that.  See?  I came clean.
41. So, let me get this straight, and forgive any lack of details about a sport I just read the results on. Tony Stewart runs over a guy, comes back to race ONE race after weeks in the hills, gets the not guilty nod finally from a grand jury, and then says he has NO interest in jumping in a racing car because of the incident?  He already RACED one.  Am I missing something?  Should I have read the article?
42. Kind of cool. If they would have known, they could have gotten on the line and talked shit.  TWO people who didnt’ know each other were watching the Bears-Jets game with a 15 team NFL parlay on the line.  They were on opposite sides.  Just a meager $57k to the Bears guy.
43. Sad to hear about Jordan Staal. A broken leg is no way to start a season in the NHL.  Luckily, you have like 18 other NHL playing brothers who can give you support.
44. I am on a two month streak of picking up full looking ink pens that don’t write. We have nanotechnology, and I can’t find a working ink pen.
45. I just looked into my Rant Crystal Ball (yes, it exists) and have seen that Yasiel Puig is either going to be suspended for drugs, run over someone drunk on the highway, or beat up a stripper in the next 3 years.  
46. I like it. One hook with a Rant Crystal Ball.  Hey, intern.  Write that shit down.
47. Just to recap.  A Dallas Cowboy was told he wouldn’t start this week, ran out of the facility, and then was welcomed back and we were told he took an ego hit.  All I know is that if someone ran out of the facility and it got to the media and reported, then I KNOW how bleak things are at CB if I am still playing him this week.
48. I am waiting to see The Equalizer until it goes to video and I can have a November Man-Equalizer old man kick ass night.
49. Lindsey sent me an article documenting what happens when a McDonald’s cheeseburger is dropped in acid. I don’t care how scary it is.  They are delicious.  And even if I stopped eating their burgers, how would I stay away from their fries?  ONLY fry I don’t need dipping sauce in the whole entire world.  
50. Oh, geez. That My Way/ Jeter commercial is on again.  I thought it was cool.  I think I am starting to hate it very suddenly.  Not sure why.
51. I like the song though. Boom goes the dynamite.
52. It is still on. I definitely still like the commercial because the song is so dope.
53. The Pirates are in the playoffs. Now, they get to be eliminated on this goofy one game wildcard crap.
54. The 1058^th reason I am glad I don’t bet anymore is because I thought that Kirk Cousins was going to do mad shit against the Giants on MNF. AND beat the spread.  Glad to be a consultant.
55. I would say the Redskins are in some deep shit right now.
56. Sorry for the cussing, Mom. It has been a long two days at work and I am now relaxing.
57. I think this guy from Denver radio got into my head.  Jeter was pretty awesome…and even on defense.  Kool-Aid spit out earlier, and then licked up again.
58. I am editing this thing midly, and that commercial is playing AGAIN.  Awesome.
59. So, is it coincidental that A) Texas football is giving much more drug tests B) Strong has kicked off 9 players for team rules, or are they related?
60. Steve Smith talked trash about playing the Panthers. He mentioned blood guts, and all sorts of stuff.  I LOVE how DeAngelo Williams responded visually in an interview.  
61. Ballmer (Clips owner and MS guy) wants Apple out of his team’s office.  Too funny.
62. Eddie Lacy is blaming his pads for something and I am too tired to look up the full story.
63. Hornets Jeff Taylor did some domestic violence charge, meaning he is being paid by the NFL to deflect media coverage. Good plan-should have paid off a better, more famous player.
64. PICKS-I have a feeling I am getting the groove now as I know the teams now.  MONEY PICK
65. That is it. Lindsey is home.  Hope you enjoyed or are least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.
66. Someone will be writing SOMETHING tomorrow, however brief it is. Not a full blog tomorrow.  Probably a catch of the day.