Hi!!
I'm sorry I didn't publish last week. I did write a blog, but I wanted to include what an awesome Halloween we all had. But I never got around to it. So we will start there.
The weather for Halloween was pretty perfect. We set up our candy and delegated Tim to hand it out to the kids. Tim figured he was too old to trick or treat. He's also pushing 6ft, another reason he was reluctant.
But we have some pretty awesome neighbors, and when Tim's buddy Luke and his parents came by, they insisted Tim come along. I took over candy duties and got to see all the really cool costumes. I think my favorite was a little girl in our complex named Sedona, who dressed up as a donut. (Sedona the Donut-LOL)
And because the weather was so nice, I fired up the grill for dinner. I was chillin and grillin out in the back, watching the Jets-Bengals game on my iPad. And I thought I needed to get my eye perscription changed, because the Jets were actually looking like a professional football team...with their backup quarterback nonetheless!
At one point, the Jets scored a touchdown, and did a double flea-flicker to get the 2-point conversion, and I was like a 10 year old in a candy shop. I even found myself saying, "If Joe Burrow marched the Bengals down the field and wins this game, I'll still have enjoyed the game*
But it was a moot point because the Jets defense held and they beat the team who coming in had the best record in the AFC. The experts were calling it the biggest upset of the week if not the entire season.
And again, it was all with the back-up QB Mike White , running the show. He threw the Jets first 400 yard game in over 20 years, and the Jets scored 30 points for the first time in 2 seasons.
Of course the Jets didn't even give me a whole week to savor the victory, as they went back to being the Jets Thursday night in Indianapolis. White, who's jersey was sent to Canton for crying out loud, got hurt in the Jets second series, and the defense decided to take the night off.
But, back to last Sunday, I grilled a really nice salmon and some potatoes and made a real nice dinner out of it. Timmy came home with a ton of candy, and nobody questioned his age or his height. People are good.
After the last year and a half we all had, it was great seeing the kids out and about. It really was an amazing Halloween, one I'll remember for a long time.
OK, let's see what else we got going on
ELECTION DAY 2021-Now the other reason I didn't publish last week was because I almost totally forgot Election Day was coming up and I didn't preview any of the races.
The mayor's race was between Democrat Eric Adams and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Of course living out on LI, I couldn't vote in this one, and I have to tell you, I may have voted for Curtis if I was still in the city. I realized that Adams was a virtual shoe-in, and I'm hoping that his being a former cop, that he is able to gain the respect and trust of the NYPD, while also making life better for ordinary citizens of the city, something his predecessor, the Dope from Park Slope was unable to do in his 8 year reign of error.
Now I'm not really sure that Sliwa was cut out for City Hall, but I will say this about him: I really believe that he loves this city and would do anything he could to protect it and make it better for everybody. Sure, he's a ham, always has been. There's a part of me that would have liked to see what he could have done as mayor. What can I say?
The two governor's races that took place were said to have been indicators of how folks feel about the job President Biden is doing. So the fact that Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe sent champagne corks a-popping all over GOP land. And as a bonus, there are reports that Youngkin's 17 year old son twice tried to cast a ballot for his old man, so there's the election fraud that Captain Orange and his crew keep telling us all about.
In New Jersey, incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy won, but he needed to squeak out a win against Republican Jack Cittarelli to do so. Murphy didn't even get 50% of the vote in a state that went bigly for Biden in 2020. So chalk that up as a moral victory for the Republicans.
In my neck of the woods, it was pretty much a Red Wave. Laura Curran the Nassau County supervisor was upset by Bruce Blakeman. I was happy to see that Todd Kaminsky was defeated for Nassau County District Attorney, I still wish he had lost his Congressional seat to Fran Becker.
The hopes and dreams of the Republicans is that all these wins are a harbinger of things to come, namely in next year's midterm elections. If there is really to be a "red wave" that's where the right would want it to happen. That all remains to be seen. A year is a long time and lots of things can happen. The President's infrastructure bill passed the House late Friday night, with 13 Republican's crossing the aisle to vote in favor of it. If the Build Back Better plan passes, that's two in the W column for the President. Not saying he doesn't have a ton of issues to address, but like I said, a year is a long time.
SPORTS RECAP:
I had turned in around 10:30 on Tuesday night. I woke up a couple hours later and checked my phone...
This is the 21st Century version of what Don McLean described as Bad News on the Doorstep...
I was hoping Bobby V would become mayor of Stamford, if for no other reason he'd make things interesting at Stamford's City Hall. You want to talk about fun press conferences! On the other hand, he is now free to become the Mets Head of Baseball Operations, a job apparently nobody in America seems to want.
The Rangers losing in Vancouver, while not the end of the world, especially at this juncture of the season, does present an issue I'm all too familiar with. A goalie/pitcher done in by a lack of goal/run support. Igor Shesterkin has been awesome this year, but so far our big guns have been silent, with the exception of Chris Kreider.
But the most disturbing thing that happened on Tuesday night, was the Braves winning the World Series. At the risk of sounding like sour grapes, the Braves winning the World Series was the capper on what to me was the most aggravating baseball season I've experienced in a long time. Even years where the Mets went wire to wire in last place wasn't at bang your head on the wall frustrating as this year was. Between deGrom getting hurt, the dysfunction in the Met front office, the collapse of the team on the field, plus teams like the Dodgers, Astros and of course the Braves enjoying tremendous success, there were no feel good stories, nothing to say "Hey at least this happened." All the news was pretty much bad.
And to top it all off, unless a miracle happens, there's going to be a lockout starting December 2. TBH, that might just be what the doctor ordered.
Back to the Jets for a minute... I realize that the reason the Jets had to throw the ball so much on Thursday night was because the defense thought the game against the Colts was on Sunday, but still 317 yards and 3 TD's is pretty good for a 3rd string journeyman QB. I think it also speaks to the fact that GM Joe Douglas may have actually made a few decent picks in these drafts. Running Back Michael Carter had 150 all purpose yards against the Bengals, and Elijah Moore, a wide receiver has had two nice games in a row, he was a rare bright spot against the Colts.
We started off this post on a happy note, so let's see if we can get back to happy...
I saw this story in the Post a couple of weeks back and it cracked me up...
BUDGETING: The Secret to Financial Freedom..
A 33 year old electrical engineer in California, claims that he was able to pay off his student loans, get married and buy a house, by eating almost every meal for the past 11 years at his local Six Flags Amusement Park.
The man, who only gave his first name, Dylan, told Melmagazine.com that when he got his first job, his office was located right near Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, just north of Los Angeles. A roller coaster aficionado, he was looking at his options for an annual pass, when he noticed that for $150 a year, he could get access to the park, and two meals a day.
So he would trek over there for lunch and then hit it again after work for dinner. That was a lot of burgers, fries and cardboard pizza, but it kept his belly and his wallet full.
Thankfully for the sake of his health, he has since cut back to 4 times a week. That way he's not blowing his wife out of bed every night. And while he admits, "It's still amusement park food" the menu has gotten more diverse.
I don't know man, maybe it's because I have a heart history or maybe it's just common sense, but I don't know if I could do that. One of the things he discusses on the "healthy side" is a Thanksgiving Dog. It's a turkey hot dog topped with cranberry sauce, stuffing and a slathering of mayonnaise. Blleech!
If that's the kind of shit you have to eat in California to save some cash, I think you're better off being poor. Can you imagine?
When I first saw the story, and saw that he was able to pay off his debt like this, I thought maybe it's guys like these we should be sending to Congress. But at some point this guy's gotta realize you can't take it with you. And on a diet of amusement park food, you're going a lot sooner than later, believe you me.
Clocks went back one hour Sunday morning. The end of DST to me always means winter is around the corner. But I was at my folk’s apartment on Sunday evening and got to see this..
That made it easier to handle. Well, that and the extra hour of sleep.
Stay safe
and Have a Great Week
*I know that is probably nonsense but it’s a nice thought
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