This. Will. Be. Good.

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.  No, it is not an airplane cast.  Saturday afternoon blog.  Semi-speed version.  Let’s turn and burn.

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1. Greetings and salutations, people. Thanks for coming aboard (the boat).  I have people coming over for the fight tonight, so let’s MOVE.
2. I remind you all of this every now and then. I would write this if no one read this, but readership is up in the last week, and THANK you for your readership.  Whether you find me exciting or likeable or not, I pour my heart in this thing and don’t know how I operated from day to day without writing it.
3. In September is when I plan on doing a cleanup of the site and inviting sports writers from across the nation to check me out. I just want my 15 minutes.
4. I can’t figure it out. I go from 494 Twitter followers to 480 and then back up again…and then back down again.  Always in that area.  I want to get above the 500 threshold and it is SO hard evidently.
5. Lindsey is out of town tonight, and I don’t have to worry about my night ending up like those Notre Dame players, as I don’t have a gun, don’t have marijuana, and sure as hell don’t plan on driving anywhere.
6. (And then a separate incident with a Notre Dame player? Crazy)
7. The Bills got tired of losing players to rehab or injury, so they just decided to release their running back.
8. I seriously LOVE listening to side effects on those prescription drug commercials.
9. See? All this worry about nations not caring as much or heavyweights not starting out strong, and guess what?  We have Brazil and Germany in the gold medal match.  All’s well that ends well.
10. And I was watching water polo before I noticed it was on.   Changed.
11. But before we leave water polo, I have questions.  How are teams like Serbia and Croatia so good at that and then suck in actual swimming?  Why do they wear those dumb helmets?  Afraid of water in their ear?  And WHY do they continue to wear the banana hammocks?
12. The story was about the USA men getting DQ’d, but didn’t we all know Jamaica would win anyway? I did.
13. Swept under the rug of streaks is the fact that the USA women’s basketball team has won FORTY NINE straight games.
14. I might start counting the dollars we save if I can talk Lindsey into ONE less brunch per weekend.
15. She LOVES brunch.
16. In the new Star Wars Rogue One trailer, I noticed that the empire is trying to be stopped BUT no mention of the perennial plot of “where is Luke?”
17. My brother is Matt. I am Mark.  Do you think that if there was a kid in between in our family that I could have snagged Luke?  Can you IMAGINE growing up in the Star Wars generation with the name Luke?
18. Actually, I would have probably been even MORE irritating if I could make constant Jedi jokes.
19. I left the remote control on the bar in the kitchen and once AGAIN did not have Jedi powers to not leave the couch to get it. I will keep trying though.
20. Why don’t they just call Sully “Flight II?” I would make more fun of it if it wasn’t Tom Hanks with Clint Eastwood directing.
21. No Water World for me today. One, I don’t want to be the 40 plus year old solo at a water park with a bunch of kids around.  Two, my alpine slide injuries are on the final leg of healing.
22. I haven’t worked out this week, and it has been killing me. But, too many end parts with scratches.
23. Going in two weeks.
24. Plus, I didn’t have any canned food around the house.
25. OK, colleagues, I lied. I thought August was MY month.  My clients have all teamed together and decided SEPTEMBER is when I rake…BIG time.
26. I’m coming for YOU.
27. Le‘Veon Bell’s punishment got reduced to 3 games. If one guy is missing drug tests, and a kicker is assaulting his woman 20 times in three cities, I ASSUME that should be reduced.
28. In a 24 hour span, I got “whatev’d” and “ridic’d” in conversation.  A stranger at the airport ridic’d me.  Sanchez at work was the one who whatev’d me.  Easy, Murdock.
29. Actually, to be perfectly clear, the quote was “whatevs.”
30. Is it bad that a part of me is pumped to have people over for the fight, but a part of me is quite content in just sitting here on my couch, having a private party, and watching it solo?
31. But, it is a fight, not a Steeler game. THAT is when I isolate myself.
32. I actually forgot when I told people to come over. I might have said “as soon as you get the notification my blog posted.”
33. I blew off grocery shopping and just realized I need to go somewhere or cook spaghetti when I get hungry.
34. How come we didn’t hear more about the Olympic spirit when that speed walker shit his pants while walking, kept going, and got 8^th?
35. Ken Starr is presently trying to find that magic “spin” on the resume he just started updating.
36. Tell me Michael Vick just dialed up Ishmael Zamora. TELL me its true.
37. Get better, Lloyd Carr. The CFP committee needs you on it.
38. Why does Android name their updated OS’s flavors?
39. I didn’t know that Samsung was run by Android, but I guess I never really put one single second of thought into it.
40. Hey, Ben/ Amit/ whoever. I need a guest blog to carry me through next weekend.  I am in Virginia and would LOVE a guest blog for Friday or Saturday.  Saddle up, someone.
41. I think the racist feedback Ellen Degeneres got on that Bolt joke was ridiculous, and this is coming from someone who hates that chick.
42. You don’t have to read the whole mag. I get it.  Takes time.  But, you should ALWAYS read the quote and the sign of the apocalypse every single SI issue.  This week.    Umbrellas.  Great stuff.
43. I really loved another SI article recently. It talked about the haunting depression people feel when finishing 2^nd or 4^th in the Olympics.  Bronze people were fine as they just got a medal.  But, the others have had withdrawal considering they just missed being the best, and just missed getting a medal.
44. The Astros haven’t lived up to the billing, but man…Jose Altuve is having a season for the ages.
45. Casey beat me in a good game of foosball, and it was SOOOOO nice playing against someone who didn’t finish me in 30 seconds. I am talking to you, Hoban.  He is SOOOOO good.
46. Landry Jones threw four picks in a televised practice the other night, but I watched each interception.  The numbers are skewed.  The receiver messed up a few times as much as he did.  Not our savior if Ben goes down, but not the end of the world either.
47. I watched some of the decathlon the other day, and wow…Ashton Eaton doesn’t have commercials like some guys back in the day, but dude is a stud.
48. Germany just tied Brazil.   1-1.
49. I am back on Valentino for hot sauce. All in…until I change again.  It is all a rotation.
50. I heard In Your Eyes today on my car radio. Man, every time I hear Peter Gabriel’s songs, I think “genius,” “incredible lyrics in a pop world,” and one of the best live performances I have ever seen.
51. This is the end of the Olympics, and now I can get back to watching things that I am sure are either taped or live.
52. Man, if I am a Lakers fan, I know they are trying EVERYTHING when they are giving calls to former washout Yi Jianlian.
53. Not sure what I would do without a personal MIFI that will work anywhere.   Technology.
54. I am getting there. I shot an 11 under on the front nine yesterday, but then ended up 14 under overall.    But, my Gtee prowess is showing signs of my former brilliance.  It is a slow comeback.  And, my golfer has some really, really fun clothes at this point.
55. Uh oh. I just wrote that and suddenly want to play a game.  For those of you coming over, if I am not home when you get here, I am at Williams sneaking in a game.
56. It is like the Dodgers woke up one day and said WHY are we mentally challenged just because Clayton Kershaw is not here?
57. I have figured out a way to go play Golden Tee. I won’t post my fun pictures today.  Just words today, people.  Video golf is more important.
58. My cat jumps on my shoulder like a falcon every single day when I get home. The other day, I turned around because I forgot something and the poor thing almost tested every cat stereotype of landing ever.  I caught him though.
59. When do they REALLY clean planes? We see the quick clean when we get off the plane, but do they ever REALLY clean everything?  Do they shut the doors once a week and fumigate the whole thing?  Do the seats ever get wiped down?  I need to know.
60. I am not saying Phelps is definitively more legendary than Phleps. I am just saying it is more of a thinker than you assume it is.
61. Got an idea.  I will give $1 dollar to anyone in the next 24 hours who either snapchats or in person does Two Cat Mark’s gang sign.
62. This morning, when discussing the second cat, my wife suddenly realized she might have to hear the Top Gun Anthem even more than she did before.  Cat’s name will be Charlie.
63. In finances, I think I paid up Casey last night, I still owe Vince Roe Sr. a beer, and Bryan Szabatura still owes me $40.
64. I had full intentions, Rudy, of doing prizes until I wrote the hook about Golden Tee.
65. And let’s give Ryan Lochte a day off from my wrath.
66. Who will win tonight?  McGregor moves up in weight, he is the better fighter off the mat, Diaz has a front leg that can be exposed, and Diaz wants Conor on the MAT.  I will root for Conor like I always do.  Just not seeing him staying off the mat for the majority of the match.  Diaz in the fourth, but I hope I am wrong.
67. This blog is unedited. Sorry for any grammatical errors.  My intern is out of town and I have a video golf addiction.
68. That’s it for today. Have to go tee off before the fight party.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.
69. 39 minutes door to door (Greg is actually coming OUT tonight, which I hear is like seeing a lunar eclipse).