The Cast Awakens.

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…

No need to be on the clock but I will be.  Steelers are on.  Not an airplane cast.  Sunday afternoon rant.  Semi-speed version.  Let’s turn and burn.

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1. Greetings and salutations, people.  Thanks for coming aboard (the boat).  May the force be with us.
2. Writing during commercials if it seems a little disjointed.
3. JJ.  No real pops.  Relaxing day on the couch after two pops at brunch.  Love that guy, and he is a part of this blog.  Hi, Anthony.  
4. My parents and I just spoke and they are off on their yearly cruise to dodge the holiday. Thomas is on the list.  Told them they should REALLY consider going to Magen’s Bay.  Place is legit and then some.  And there is a fully functional bar.  
5. Yeah, the place is horrible.
6. Steelers are presently getting worked. At home, and with a half of football left down 10.  Not worried.  Glad I am not out at a bar listening to Broncos fans chirp in my ear to try and trigger my inner New Jerseyness, but not worried.
7. 23-5, and hoping the rest of the nation keeps watching the Warriors. The Spurs are legit also, and Leonard needs to get some commercial deals soon. 21/7/27 PER.  Not bad, kid.  
8. You are just the Clippers, Clippers. You haven’t shown me you are ready to go to the next level yet.  
9. Where did Blake’s Kia commercials go?  I miss them.  
10. UVA basketball is really, really good. What helps me sleep at night is that I watch their deficiencies, and know they will minimize them as they progress during the year.  Nothing broke that stops them from winning it all.
11. And I love all of the good players, but this guy is my underrated favorite.  
12. Once again, I thought about picking winners from all 40,000 bowl games, and then I just get tired.  Too many bowls.  Too many jokes.  
13. Matt Bush was a previous #1 overall pick in MLB. He went to prison after killing someone on a DUI.  After announcing he is joining the Rangers, he said he has been sober since March 2012.  Great info, Matt.  Thanks for telling us that you were strong in prison and didn’t drink.  Sure it was tough.  
14. On editing, eating the leftover meatballs from the Friday party.  Gini, what do you DO to these things.  They are magical.
15. I don’t think Brett Brown should be concerned about his head coaching job in Philly. We know you are not picking the players, sorry you have 15,000 power forward’s that are hurt or unhurt, and Mike D’Antoni being placed there is more about his failure and less about yours.
16. And try to confuse someone at the watercooler with Dantonio and D’Antoni.  Let me know how it goes.  
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18. 27-10 Broncos. Slightly worried.  Steelers have enough time left, but seen nothing to indicate that they prepared for this game at all.
19. Keep spending, y’all. FOUR MLB teams had to pay a luxury tax this year.
20. Pre-marital counseling might sound funny for a person like me, but I like the guy doing it, he knows who Patrick Warburton is from Rules of Engagement, and I actually have used my learnings several times this week already.  Truly.  I just say “I am feeling anxiety by your response.”  This is awesome.  High five?  
21. Belize is booked, people. Cancun wedding, hop on a direct flight, three days booked in the jungle, and three days booked by the ocean near San Pedro.  Boom goes the dynamite.  
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23. We have fun when we go places.  
24. Valvano said you need to cry every day to live a full day. Well, if you want to cry today and have already laughed and thought, then this article is for you.  Crazy sad.  http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-teen-zaevion-dobson-dies-shielding-friends-gunshots-police-say-n483111
25. I met someone this weekend who said “I WAS a Cubs fan.” Conversation was then over.  Don’t give up on your teams, and especially don’t give up on them when they are about to win it all or come close.  
26. The BYU-Utah game kind of mirrored the Giants-Panthers game today. Huge deficit, mesmerizing comeback, but so close, and so far away.  
27. I don’t have a lot of friends and therefore don’t host too many parties, but Lindsey’s sister’s party was here Friday night, and I happen to think I am a good host.  I care.
28. Plus, I got to see Lindsey’s mom, who reads this cast regularly and quotes it all the time. She is pretty awesome.  
29. If we have to get ticky tacky about Star Wars instead of just feeling great that it was awesome, someone explain to me how everyone automatically knew how to use light sabers with no training. But, I am ok with that, since it is the force.  Movie was still beyond dooopppp…incredible.  Not aloud to say that word per my mom.  
30. Someone find me a 2005 Range Rover or 4 Runner so I can buy it. I make jokes about driving my Jeep until I break down, but I assume I will hit a blizzard when my phone is low on battery.
31. Trevor Knight to Ole Miss? Musical chairs.
32. I love fantasy football when I am in first place in the league. I don’t like fantasy football when I have one bad day and could lose in the playoffs.  Today, I don’t like fantasy football.  
33. Steelers-Broncos are just going to half and it is 4:01. Guess this game will run a little long.
34. We had a Groupon to Max’s Wine Dive Bar in Denver. It has been so long since I ranked Mac and Cheese (my favorite dish), that I forget who is number one.  That being said, Max’s feels about a #3 of all time.    Then I tried the chicken.  Next time I go there, I am going to ask them to just throw the chicken pieces IN the mac and cheese.  
35. Utah beat Duke, which makes everyone in the world happy in hoops, but Utah did EVERYTHING they could to try and lose that game. Still pulled it off though.  Usually Duke would capitalize on late mistakes.  Happy regardless.
36. I am tired of telling people I have not seen more than 5 minutes of any Lord of the Rings movie.
37. We wanted a drink after Star Wars last night. So, are the Coyote Ugly chicks basically strippers who have down time during the day?  I have no respect for Coyote Ugly.  I worked at Jacksons in Lakewood (now shut down), and the WORST bartender I ever worked with made it through the initial screening process and got a job there.  Danielle was not exceptional looking and a subpar bartender.  That is how I got my synopsis of Coyote Ugly.  
38. Saw The Secret Life of Pets long preview again before Star Wars. GREAT idea for a movie, and I will go see it in the theater.  
39. Great to meet you, Rita and Rusty, and we might be picking your brain about Belize. On the books now, so now it is just details and inside information.
40. I think that I might pick the Cowboys to lose next week, so that they can win.
41. Byron Scott said after his team’s 40 point rout that they were in awe of OKC. The team disagreed.  And I agree.  I am sure every once in a while they just have mental reminders of how bad that roster really is.  
42. Grier will leave Florida. If I need a QB and I coach college, I am grabbing him.
43. Be right back.
44. It may or may not be true I just consumed a half bottle of Easy Cheese in ten minutes.  
45. Like other kinds of actual cheeses, but just go American if you purchase Easy Cheese.
46. So, Jimmy Butler wants Hoiberg to coach “harder?” I am sure if Butler wants him to be the mayor, he will oblige.  
47. Still have no idea how an upcoming coach leaves that ridiculously talented Iowa State hoops squad.
48. One more thing about fantasy. If somehow Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald can get me 80 points, I am home.
49. On editing, I think I need 95 points between those two.
50. Glad that I spent 20 minutes of my life debating between Hilton and Cooper, chose Hilton, and Cooper already has 2 TD’s and over a hundred yards not even into the fourth quarter.
51. Is there a compiled list of excellent and future pro football players who got suspended from their final bowl game? I need that.  
52. Lindsey is researching transpo for our honeymoon. She just mentioned the term “water taxi.”    I am IN, and I don’t care when we get to destination.  
53. Here are the new contenders for my wedding band. I found better ones when adding to my search “water ocean.”  rings
54. I think this one is money though.
55. I agree with Josh Norman about Beckham being a jackass. What’s more is that Beckham has a commercial contract, so he needs to be acting a little bit better than he thinks he should.  
56. You need to be doing it better…  
57. I love Lindsey to death, but pretty sure I wouldn’t be doing wedding stuff during a Sooners game. God Bless Her being so excited about our wedding and not thinking about that.
58. This is Lindsey’s friend, Nick.  He is a brother from another mother.  
59. I just don’t like most Nebraska fans except for Marty and I liked this guy’s hat.  
60. This Steelers-Broncos game is NOT over, people.  Signing off, but hope this town is depressed tomorrow.
61. That’s it, people. Midway through the 3^rd quarter, so I need to hunker down.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.