Blue, Blue windows behind the stars

 Yellow moon on the rise,

Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us (N. Young)

i wasn't ready for the anxiety this time.......a feeling of sorrow and a gut punch of being homesick .

This week for the first time...i will observe a September 11th anniversary outside my safe space in the garden State....i will not get to sit outside my garage on Edgewood  with a fire on the evening of the 10th.....and listen to the spirits rustling through the trees as they arrive......I will not get to raise a glass at Donnavans Reef or walk the seawall in Seabright or the boardwalk in Asbury Park or Spring Lake........i won't be at Off the Hook to see the Twin Lights of remembrance or Martells Tiki Bar ....I won't even have a somber afternoon beer in Brannigans with the rest of the lost souls band...

Honestly....i don't have a plan.....i'm lost, slightly.....i will find the ocean, and i will stare at it most of the day...i just hope the ghosts can find me......i will listen to my tunes......but it will hurt to NOT be in the Metropolitan area this year......i deliberately pushed my trip north  back 2 weeks because i was afraid of emotional overload....i didn't want to retire to close to the 11th ....a wise move.......but today....i wish i was there......i don't know what to expect down here in the south.....so far away from new york city......both a blessing and a curse.

Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.

pigskin prognostications

 back by an extremely mild demand, i will start posting my college and NFL picks....you can go with me...or you can chose to make some money and go the other way.....

today we like

Duke  plus the 2 1/2 against Illini

South Florida  plus  18 1/2 in the swamp vs the Gators

Navy minus 20 1/2 over Alabama........Birmingham

2+3= BEEER

Rat in a train ditch

 Caught on a limb

You know better but
I know him (Hunter-Garcia)

yep, i smell a rat........Mandhani won the primary because the voter turnout was low, and few people were paying attention........most of NY, especially the women: were disgusted with Cuomo and indifferent towards Adams........the general election will be different......NOW everybody in the country is paying attention.......mandhani needs to distract people from his policies....distance himself from his own radical/socialist agenda, and somehow make this a rallying cry for the far left Trump haters.

In steps the NY Times......suddenly flooding the waters with stories about the Trump Administration injecting themselves into the race........supporting evil Andrew Cuomo over their own nominee (Sliwa) and the sitting Mayor who has cooperated with their immigration policy (Adams).

The Times is quoting anonymous sources (here we go again) that insist that Trump is offering jobs in his administration to Sliwa and Adams if they drop out and support Cuomo...........i smell BS.

I think this is a desperate attempt to make the race about the poor underdog (mandhani) against the big powerful political machine (Trump-Cuomo and other nefarious characters)......just another case of the evil orange man sending in troops to control the city....just like DC, LA, and Chicongo. the left loves to paint themselves as martyrs, casting a stone against Tyranny.....and the New York Times is more then happy to construct the narrative.

speaking of Trump and Crime........can you imagine if he sent the National guard into Florida, Texas or any other Red State......can you imagine if he made the Metropolitan area the focus of his crackdown on crime ? or if he wanted to protect the white suburbs of any state ?

well the left would be crying that all he wants to do is protect his own assets ( Mar a Lago, Bedminster or any of his hotels) and that this all just doing favors for his Republican friends and using Federal $$ and troops to preserve and protect white utopias....... .....yep, he is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't........instead he is sending help to the bluest staes and cities to help the blackest people and save them from their elected leaders.....racist bastardo

2+3=BEEER

Lost one round but the price wasn't anything
Knife in a back and more of the same
Same old rat in a drain ditch

Take the Highway

Lord knows I've been gone too long
Lot of sad days
One day you'll turn around and I'll be gone

And the time has finally come
For me to pack my bags and walk away

Hear me say (Toy Caldwell) 

Today is a big day for me.....for the first time since the Fall of 1988 , I am beginning a College Football season while living in SEC/ACC  Country. I remember fondly the days of living in Jacksonville and heading to a the Bars of Atlantic Beach on Saturday afternoons to watch the Likes of Georgia, Florida, Bama and Auburn. Tonight i will take a 7 minute stroll to Joey's Clubhouse ( I live between the 7th green and the 8th tee box, and the bar is between the 9th & 18th greens)  to watch the big Clemson-LSU game , but first we are headed to the beach to watch Texas-Ohio St from a Tiki Bar.....that's my version of America.

Before i talk about the upcoming season i need to eat some crow......I have been very vocal in my criticism of the Big Ten, and although i still stand behind my accusations of cronyism , weak non conference schedules and inflated poll rankings......I have to admit that they have won back to back National Championships, and honestly i think the expanded playoffs will favor this conference....one rivalry loss will no longer sink a teams season........and the midwest voters are blindly loyal to all things Big 10, so not only will they continue to put multiple teams into the playoffs, but they will probably host early round game(s) , so they have a greater chance to advance.

That being said....I will continue to call out the absurd when i see it.

There really is no point in making predictions anymore....with expanded playoffs, college Football has become like the NFL and other sports, just get in, and then hope for good matchups........but I will continue to shine a light on some overlooked Conferences......starting with my favorite, The American Conf.....Tulane, South Florida and Memphis are legitimate programs that can give anyone a game and will play any one.....Army and Navy do not need any introductions and  Tulsa, Temple and East Carolina are always solid and occasional spectacular........the jury is out on Charlotte....a program with great potential.

The Most fun conference to watch however will again be the Sun Belt, and i am not just saying that because of my proximity to Conway, Home of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (although the Teal Field is awesome).....but throw in the Dukes of James Madison,  The App State Mountineers, Troy, Marshall and the Warhawks of UL Monroe and you have weekly mayhem and chaos.

The one thing i like about the creation of the Super-Conferences is the elimination of Divisions  ...the ACC, SEC and BIG 10 all went back to one large division from head to toe......that makes every Conf game count....nobody wants to live in the basement and everyone is clawing their respective ways to the penthouse...

on a personal rooting note, I have always been part of the Wolfpack and still am....but i have added Clemson and South Carolina to list of core favorites along with perennial members Navy and Coastal Carolina.....and of course Army 364 days a year.

i am looking forward to sipping bourbon in my Garage and in my Carolina room and thinking back to the legends of the Grid Iron from the Deep Red South...and i look forward to many road trips in my retirement years to visit the massive Cathedral like stadiums  erected on Campus...and participating in the local tailgating customs, it's time to take back September after a long retreat.

Today also marks the final show for Mr. Lee Corso,,,,,an old school classic fella.....funny but Legit....his good natured , self deprecating demeanor takes way from the fact the he was an incredible teacher and groomer of young men ...and a football genius.......his son told a funny story about when he played for his Dad at Indiana.....Corso Guided the Hoosiers to the second Bowl game in school History in 1979...they played the undefeated and heavily favored BYU Cougars in San Diego .....when they arrived on day one Corso told his players there were only 2 rules.....the first one is that there is NO Curfew , you are all adults.....the second rule is when you go to breakfast, put on a clean shirt so nobody knows you were out all night.........the game came down to a last second chip shot field goal attempt for the win from BYU......Corso called over his friend Father James Higgins ( the IU team priest) and he said "cmon, nows your chance, say a prayer....it's you against 6 million Mormons".....and the BYU kick was blocked......IU won 38-37........first ever bowl win in School history.

Sweater Nite will be proudly represented in Chestnut Hill as the Rams of Fordham take on BC ....look for the Hospitality tent flying the SN Flag...............and also down in Hollywood Florida for Irish against the Hurricanes........slainte

2+3= 6 points

I'll be back someday
But darling, please don't wait for me too long
There's just one place I can't stay
Memories of your love still lingers on

And the time has finally come
For me to pack my bags and walk away
Make me stay

Take the highway
Take the highway
Take the highway
Take the highway

The silicon chip inside her head

 Gets switched to overload

And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's gonna make them stay at home (Bob Geldof)

there are many many roads branching out from the Minneapolis church shooting, so many issues and angles...where to begin ?

First and foremost we know the shooter was mentally ill,  because we know the shooter was a Man who wanted to be a girl....so much so that he changed his name to a girlie name.

We know he was angry that he allowed himself to be brainwashed by the Trans movement and their enablers.

We know he regretted the steps he took in trying to become a girl

We know Mommy was an enabler and she signed off on his name change documentation.

We know he hated Christians, Jews and Trump.

How do we know all that ? it was in his manifesto, the one that the mainstream media is ignoring .....all the news that's fit to ignore.

We watched as the demonrats piled on Catholics in their time of grief by mocking thoughts and prayers.....it was another unified front and talking point....all the demons woke up on Thursday and viciously attacked Christians for praying......Gavin Newscum mocked the fact that the victims were literally praying when they were shot......i  assume the deity that he worships would be expected to step and in and stop bad things before they happen........the moronic jenn psaki echoed his stupidity....and the rest of the morons followed the lead...as if they had just discovered something new and were eager to be the first to share........over on Fox the self loathsome imbecile Jessica Tarlov dug deep into the shooters manifesto to suggest it was too easy for him to buy the guns.......this soulless twat has to be taken off the air....she is a combination of lazy and stupid.....she gets all her talking points from chatbot for morons.

They also went after Robert Kennedy for questioning America's dependency on anti-depressant drugs......the same drugs that often result in suicide........considering the alternatives, it might be better to crack a bottle of Jamesons and put on Muddy Waters or BB King.

The shooters Mommy by the way is refusing to talk to the Police and has hired a criminal defense attorney.......it is high time we start going after the enablers.....the pathetic parents that accept or encourage their child trans Mental Illness....the ones that buy Johnny a dress and a bottle of SSRI's.

I remember in the 90's when Israel was being inundated with suicide bombers......day after day the palestinian losers were blowing themselves up in markets and restaurants, and since the bombers were in a million pieces, the Isrealis identified them through DNA and then tracked down the parents....and bulldozed their homes that same day.....hows that for due process ?  it is time we did something similar......can't hurt, could very well help.....we should start by not only allowing assisted suicide, but insisting upon it for lost causes......anyone who keeps crying that they want to kill themselves should be locked in a room with enough pills to do the job.......and if they refuse.....they should have COWARD tattooed across their foreheads , so all the world knows......compassion and meds are not  working.....let's try something new.

2+3=BEEER

be sure to check back Saturday for my College Football predictions.

And Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown

I don't sense affection

 No gratitude or love

Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above (Dylan)

So here we go again, another major US corporation with a steady and loyal customer base has turned over the reigns to their business to a young , white female.......Julie Fells Masino.......and just like the progressive white female that tore down the Bud Light Empire, the latest dingbo is steadfast on destroying Cracker Barrel .

We have talked about this before.....it was not the Dylan Mulvaney ad that killed the Bud Light brand, .....all companies make mistakes, endorse bad ideas or produce stupid commercials........the American Public will not abandon a brand they like because of that........it was the aftermath of the Tranny mistake that sank Bud Light...it was the interview Alissa Heinerscheid conducted after the initial push back.....she painted herself as the victim.......she said the #1 Beer in America was a dying brand....and it was her job to Evolve their customers.......she referred to her loyal customers as Frat Boys and Rednecks.......

Americans have thick skin........but we aren't stupid.......we do not stay where we are not wanted,,,we will pick up our pile of cash and go somewhere else......Bud was embarrassed by their clientele and so a significant portion of their fan base left......in the 2 years since the uproar, Bud Light sales are down 40% in the USA.

Now comes Cracker Barrel..........the old white man on the logo is gone........the country charm decor is also gone.......and like we said......Companies make mistakes....but here is another white female that seemingly Hates the brand that employs her......she is embarrassed by their client base.....she looks like an AWFUL ( affluent White Female Ultra Liberal) and someone who would not be caught dead in a Cracker Barrel.....she wants to turn Cracker Barrel into an East Hampton Brunch Bistro......and instead, if they do not immediately reverse course and apologize; they will face the same fate as Bud Light.

i am not part of the Cracker Barrel fan base......i have been there once or twice in my Florida/Mississippi days.....and i didn't really have a strong opinion about the franchise.......but if they apologize and undo the changes of this AWFUL woman, i will give them another try or two.....just to remind Corp America about the purchasing power of the silent majority.

2+3=BEEER

Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself
You’ve never learned to read or write
There’s no books upon your shelf
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark

 

Quasi-Annual Sweater Nite Sweaters Promulgation

 now that's a mouthful.

Last year we were thwarted by sleepy Joe Biden and his Chinky Chow chow friends.....the Jerseys we ordered were first delayed, and then outright cxld......and although after the inauguration, Mr. Trump tried feverishly to help locate the Sweaters in time for Gala...we simply ran out of time.........so this year we have a double award.......

4 Sweaters will gifted to loyal and deserving skaters.........and they are beautiful.......we channeled the slate Blue of the Utah Wooly Mammoths.   without Further Ado...the honorees are:

Roy Delorenzo , Steve O'Dowd, Kevin Woods, Steve Collins.

Congratulations lads....the Sweaters are in my possession and will be mailed to you shortly.

also today on the agenda in the Alaska summit between the Donn and Vladimir, is the details for Sweater Nite 28....the exact date and Location will be decided without input from that ungrateful half a fag Zellensky.......details to follow.....

This winter is an olympic year.....so our choices are to stick with Presidents weekend and on that Sunday afternoon at 3:00 (9:00 pm in Italy) we have a preliminary round game between the USA & Germania.................or we push back one week....that FRIDAY we have the semifinals  at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 pm New York Time.......and the gold medal game is Sunday at 8:00 am...............i have a reliable source that has assured me that if the USA advance to the semifinals that there is an agreement that their game will be the 2nd game......so 3:00 on Friday afternoon..........lots to consider...stay tuned.

2+3=BEEER