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I haven't watched it yet, but that was my prediction. That the final fight would end well before the episode. I liked my version. Might have been a bit syrupy, but I think my last scene would be great. There are other Stranger Things shows coming, but nothing to do with this story -- so no sequels. But something tells me that 15 years from now the adult versions of these characters will come back just in time for Y2K.

Who will get the funniest line in the finale? Gotta be Steve Harrington or Murray. Maybe Robin.

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Chet Lemon hurts the most for me, probably for most of us. He brought a level of joy to the game and was fun to watch in CF. And CF at Tiger Stadium was a canyon.

[SPOILER] I think the big fight won't even be half the episode. There needs to be some reckoning after the fight. Sarah Conner's gotta pay for her sins ! I would love it if when they are closing down the final battle, if they used the music from the Jeff Bridges movie Starman (at the end when the ship comes to the crater - awesome crescendo in that piece). So Hop lives? Wow, I don' see that happening. Hop is destined to "die". But will live, still tortured, but live in the re-set timeline (they've been hinting at time travel an awful lot). Saving Henry from Vecna may be a big key. Henry is not the real villain here. He's the portal. He didn't deserve what happened to him. When Lucas was hovering over Max in the laundry room - when she woke up, he looked about 28. LOL. Because maybe he is. I used to think Karen Wheeler was useless, but Karen Wheeler is a total badass [/SPOILER} I'm not seeing it until tomorrow at Noon at the theatre (unless they have to remove some kind of blood clot from my ear in the morning).

Stranger Things Series Finale Predictions The text will be in white, if you want to mouse over to see it so we don't spoil it for those who are not caught up to the final episode Okay, we're headed for the final fight. I think there will be a few deaths. And the final fight will end with 45 minutes to go or maybe an hour because a lot will need to be unpacked........... #1 I think Hopper dies. I think Hop's had a death wish since the show because carrying tremendous survivor's guilt over his daughter, but he needs to redeem himself like he could not do for Sarah and he knows that allowing Vecna to kill him will enrage Eleven to the point where she will be able to team up with Will and defeat Vecna together. Remember, if Hop lives, he's probably facing the death penalty for killing soldiers. #2 But part of killing Vecna actually will have a redemption arc for Henry. We saw in the memory scene in the cave that Henry was being the best a Boy Scout he can be by trying to save a man (rumored to be Dr. Papa Brenner's father) and wound up getting shot. We don't know what happened when he opened that briefcase, but the Mind Flayer is in that thing and it takes control of Henry from that point on. Henry was good until he was corrupted. Killing "Vecna" will free him and may help him join with Will and Eleven to defeat the REAL villain, the mind flayer. #3 Kali will try to betray Eleven on behalf of Dr. Kay. But Eleven will pull some kind of trick on them, somehow forcing Kali's own "vision" power against her and Dr. Kay will be stricken with locked-in syndrome, like Eleven's birth mother, who will, in-turn, be released and from it and reunited with Jane. They move to another state, far away from Hawkins. #4 Someone from The Party will die in the final fight. It's either going to be Steve or Jonathan, who will die saving Steve telling him he's cool if he gets with Nancy, that Nancy will protect him, then Jonathan "dies" But................... , #5 Eleven will collapse the wormhole, which has a Tesseract within (remember Dip**** Derek was making a little tesseract in class). When she does this, she resets everything to November 6, 1984 and the boys are in the basement playing D&D. Will goes home, safely, nothing happens to him. Joyce comes home, gets on his case about not washing the dishes and is a real mom finally. Elle uses her new power to "lock in" several of the scientists at Hawkins Lab. The whole project is deemed too dangerous and shut down - freeing the children. The families of the children sue the government, allowing them to leave Hawkins. Then we flash forward to June 1988 (or 1989). The boys in The Party are getting ready to Graduate Hawkins High School. Elle quietly attends to watch her friends, who have now never met her. We find out Dustin got a scholarship to MIT. Mike is headed to Indiana University and that Jonathan, Bob, Hopper, Barb and everyone that seemingly died is still alive. Lucas and Max actually dated but broke up. Billy, seeing how sad his stepsister is, goes to Lucas and apologizes to him for being a jerk and tells him go to be with his sister. Joyce ends up marrying Mr. Clarke, the science teacher. Jonathan pursues photography and Nancy goes to Journalism school. Steve "The Hair" Harrington goes to play college basketball at some small Indiana college, but has an on/off thing with Nancy. Hop continues living a sad and lonely life as the pudgy drunk Sherriff, never getting over losing his daughter. While El is in Hawkins for the Graduation we see her go to a bar where Hop is. He's sitting drinking alone. She approaches him and tells him that he should let go of the guilt. He asks "are you old enough to be in here?" and she says she's leaving but she just wanted to tell him that bad things happen to good people. She knows from her own experience and that holding the guilt will destroy him. Hop gets really pissed off and El says "it wasn't your fault, sir, you need to realize that. Hop tells her to leave, and she does. Hop sits back down at the bar and reaches for his drink and it slides away out of his reach, pan to the door, El turns and walks away. Hop ponders things for a minute. Reaches for the drink again and stops and buries head head in his hands and sobs. Maybe not a happy ending for Hop, but a Catharsis. We are given details about all the characters futures. Dustin still met Suzie at Science Camp (he was headed there in the show anyway). Dusty-bun and Suzie Poo are married and work on the SETI project. Lucas and Max stayed in Hawkins and married and Lucas became a teacher and coaches the basketball team at Hawkins High, while Max counsels troubled youths. Mike got married and works as an IT expert and lives a quiet life in Indianapolis. Jonathan became a photojournalist and actually won awards. Nancy writes a column for a Chicago newspaper. Joyce & Mr. Clarke stayed together and are happily retired (but Mr. Clark still tutors science). Erica is now the science teacher at Hawkins Middle School and constantly battles with her brother over school district policies. Robin became a DJ in Chicago, but never met The Party. Ted gets bacon with his breakfast. We even find out that Suzie's sister Eden, on a trip to California, met Argyle at a Surfer Boy Pizza. They got married and now Argyle owns a vegan pizza chain called Garden Of Eden Pizza. Murray has a popular Conspiracy Theory blog and podcast (kind of like a tamer Alex Jones) Eddie has had a couple of minor hit records with heavy metal band Halos Of Hellfire. And then we flash forward to Will. Will took much longer to come out in this new time line (it was a different time). It caused him torment and he had vivid dreams about the things that happened on the show. So he writes a series of WILDLY popular Science Fiction novels called The Upside Down. His latest book has just been released and he's at a book signing (around 2003 or something like that). They'll age him up with special effects. A woman comes up to the table (we see a low angle from behind) with a book and slides it over to Will and tells him she loves the books. It's Eleven (Jane). They look at each other and time kind of freezes as Will reaches for the back of his neck as he gets that feeling again. He looks at her, understanding that they weren't dreams at all. He says to El "Was it real?" and El says "it doesn't matter now" and she moves her finger to turn the page with telekinesis on the book for him to sign and they both laugh. END.

Only one way to pay tribute to Isiah Whitlock.........

I am so glad The West Wing is back on Netflix. I just watched a Season 7 episode called "Duck & Cover" about a nuclear power plant crisis that changes the election. Incredible writing. Nice to imagine actual intelligent grown ups handling a crisis.

No perforations. No earwax blockages. Theory is that the nerve is being blocked by viral swelling, but I am doing a head MRI to see if it's something else. Wish me luck. They gave me steroids for the possible viral swelling. I'm really hoping that's what it is.

A couple of questions 1. Who would you like to see win it? 2. Which team out of all of them do you NOT want to see win it? 3. Who do you think will be in the Super Bowl? 4. Who will win the Super Bowl? Some fresh blood in the playoffs this year. Jacksonville is a great story. A redemption, of sorts, for Trevor Lawrence. I am sure if they won the whole thing we'd get a better DUVALL from Liam Coen than we did in his press conference. The fresh blood in the AFC might ber stifled by Buffalo and Baltimore - showing that playoff experience out does W/L records. In the NFC Ben Johnson certainly is the story for the coaches. Amazing turnaround. We lost a real gem there. But it would be so painful to see Stafford win in his first year after the Lions and then Ben win in his first year after the Lions. I don't think the Bears will. 11 or 12 win teams are not frauds, but they did benefit from a weak schedule, and keep in mind that last year the Bears were a better team than their record. They Eberflused several games. Philly's obnoxious. Seattle is the team tucked way up in the corner of the country that nobody seems to talk about. That works in their favor. And Carolina is a cute little story - but a reason that the Lions were right to try and change playoff seeding. It's ridiculous that a 12 win team from the West has to go on the road to Carolina or Tampa to play an possible 8-9 team. I'll Go First 1. Buffalo. As a long-suffering Lions fan, I feel their pain. I would love to see that city exorcise it's Super Bowl demons 2. Rams. I just don't want to see Stafford win 2. That would rip me up. 2b. Chargers. Because Jim Harbaugh is a dirty rotten sociopath and the ****ing Chargers belong in San Diego so we can hear that great disco Superchargers song again. Put Chicago, Philly and Green Bay near the top. Yep, good ol' spite 3. Buffalo vs. San Francisco. No more Mahomes to get in the way and San Francisco's return to form would give me hope that the Lions could see a similar path soon. The least-likely would be Carolina vs. Houston. 4. Buffalo 41, San Francisco 35. I think long playoff experience comes in handy for both coaches.

It hasn't been fully investigated yet. They shouldn't take action against him. But if it turns out to be true, he should be gone immediately.

Coach Hot Seat Rankings GOOD AS GONE 1. Jonathan Gannon - Cardinals. Full rebuild coming here. Maybe the Lions can find an O-Lineman for a mid-round draft pick. Kyler Murray will be leaving too (my guess would be for Minnesota). We could see a similar Stafford for Goff type deal with JJ going to the desert with a few draft picks. 2. Raheem Morris, Falcons. They had a nice swansong for him against the Rams, but this dude's been done since midseason and Arthur Blank was just being patient. 3. Pete Carroll, Raiders. Remember when Al Davis was the maverick who spit in the face of the NFL and won (for awhile). Well, his son is the opposite. Horrible owner. How many coaches in how many years? Pete should have walked into the sunset after Seattle. What a story if Gruden came back. It's the Raiders - Never Say Never. 4. Kevin Stefanski, Browns. I don't think it's his fault that the Browns are a mess. It's still because of Deshaun Watson. And they still have to pay him next year. I don't think the greatest coaches of All-Time could have done anything with this mess. HANGING BY A THREAD 5. Zac Taylor, Bengals. The team is too dependent on Joe Burrow. Is it Tay-Tay's fault they struggle? Would be a great choice for Lions OC 6. Todd Bowles, Buccaneers. Injuries played a huge part in the Bucs' collapse. I think he gets one more shot 7. Mike McDaniel, Dolphins. The Pats leapfrogged them big time. I expect the Jets, with a better QB, to close the gap next year. They continued playing hard for him. Tua is a bust with good numbers, but not a real winner. Goff might get that rep pretty soon too. 8. Mike Tomlin, Steelers. It's just stale. But Pittsburgh does not change coaches often and haven't fired one since 1968 and have only had 3 Head Coaches since then. That's amazing. 9. Shane Steichen, Colts. The collapse was brutal. It was a great story, they were the Belle of the Ball until about week 10 - from 8-2 to 8-8 and no playoffs. I think he gets another shot. BUTTS GETTING WARM 10. Dan Quinn, Commanders. We don't know much about the new owner and his patience, but what a drop off. 11. Aaron Glenn. I don't think the Jets will dust him after 1 year. He doesn't deserve that. But that owner is an idiot 12. Matt LaFleur. Pack fans might be sick of just making the playoffs, eh?

Priorities 1. Find the best OC you can find. Brian Daboll was a very good OC at Buffalo (but was it Josh Allen?). I think he'd be great. If the Bengals fire Zac Taylor - he's the #1 choice, since he's worked with Goff in the past in LA -- and very well. Stay away from Eric Bieneimy (that was Andy Reid & Patrick Mahomes). Press Taylor from the Bears could be an option too. 2. Figure out the O-Line issues. Losing the anchor Ragnow, AFTER the draft, really really hurt. If he retired before the draft I think they would have taken a Center. His late retirement made it so guys had to move over, play in different spots. I think Decker is done - and honestly, the way he was playing late, it might not be a drop off having someone else. I would be stunned if he doesn't retire. Some of the young guys are okay, but they need better anchors. I don't know that I'd move Sewell to LT, though he may be the best option. He's the best RT in the NFL. They'll have to draft someone and sign a top level FA. I don't know why Zeitler left to go to such a horrible team. He'd have helped. But we went from a Top 3 O-Line to a bottom 10-O-Line in one season. Having an inept OC made it worse, and losing both TEs, who were good blockers hurt too. After Wright went down, the offense really fell apart. I think this is actually very fixable without being super expensive. 3. Hire medical experts to maybe help you figure out a way to stay healthy, dammit. Do something. Figure this out. It might be from playing so much man-to-man, but they've been a MASH unit on Defense two years in a row. Even with all that the defense was really good in the Minnesota game. Only a couple of mistakes. The horrible Offense gave the Vikings a short field all game. 4. Coach, Keep your onions packed away a little bit more often. Sometimes it's okay to take the 3 points. The O-Line is not the same one that made 4th down tries a good gamble. The 2024 season - just about everything broke their way. The 2025 season - just about everything didn't. Look at the Niners - last year they had this kind of season and then, they are back in the playoffs with a legit shot at reaching the Super Bowl. They lost a lot of players too. This year they had a 4th place schedule which the Lions will likely have next year. If it is a 4th place schedule, then they get The Saints, The Jets, The Giants, The Titans and The Cardinals. Their baked-in opponents are the AFC East and NFC South. The NFC South is garbage. If the Falcons actually hire a good coach they could be decent. I think Kyler Murray will be the Vikings QB in 2026. I always believed they'd have a step-back year, I didn't think it would step back this much, but this was it. A lot of people have soured on Brad Holmes and I think that's ridiculous. He built a great machine in the span of 3 years and I think he can do it again. The biggest failure of this season was the hiring of John Morton as OC, which a lot of people around here questioned. Going from Ben Johnson to John Morton is going from a Ferrari to a Golf Cart. He may be one of the worst OCs we've ever had. It was a very strange hire. They should have promoted from within.

Urgent care didn't have the equipment to see the full ear, but there was very little earwax, but he thinks it's a perforated membrane, so sound goes in, goes through the hole and has nothing to bounce off of. It heals by itself, but I am still going to the specialist on Monday. I hope he's right. I know not to use Q-Tips like that. FAFO.

Yeah, I am going to an UC or ER a little later today. I am really scared. I mean, it's TOTAL deafness. I can't even hear my own finger in my ear. I was stupidly messing around last wee with a Q-Tip to get some water out and I did accidentally push it too hard - so I am hoping it's that and not SSD or Meniere's. Sometimes there is no recovery for those. I work in radio, I need my hearing. If I lost hearing in both ears, I'd end it. I would not be able to live without hearing music. And I KNOW about not using a Q-Tip in your ear canal. I usually just use it around the outside to get water out, but I got careless.

Worst Christmas/Birthday Ever part two Last night, as I was getting ready for bed I was a little dizzy and the sound in my left ear started sounding like a broken speaker. I tried to pop my ears several times. Then my left ear went COMPLETELY deaf. I can't even hear my finger in there. Just totally out and I am really scared. Has anyone ever had this happen. Could it be a really large clump of earwax? It's gonna be really hard to get into to see a specialist around the holidays and if it's SSD, they say the faster you deal with it and start taking steroids, the better your chances are of recovery.

My mom's big gift to me on Christmas is a Gift Card, one of those Vanilla Gift Cards. I take mine out today to activate online and the 3-digit security code is not there. I angle the card a little bit and see that it has been rubbed or scratched off. Uh-oh. I go to the store, try to buy some strawberries with it - just to check - and it's declined - no money on it. Someone got to it, re-packaged it and put it back in the rack at the CVS on Outer Drive in Dearborn. She purchased the card on 12/22. So if it can be shown that itwas used before then, and the company sees that, she should get refunded, right? I'm not holding my breath. This sucks. This really ****ing sucks. Gee, what a great Christmas/Birthday. People who use their hands on computers to scam others out of money - when they get caught, they should get their fingers broken. You know, like in the movie Casino. They get caught twice, the should get fingers sawed off. Oh yeah, that's brutal, but to hell with people like that. My mom is very upset over this and she did nothing wrong. The card and the packaging did not look like it was tampered with at all.

I think Whit stays only 3 years and then hangs it up, but in plenty of time for Michigan to find the right replacement. Jesus, General Hospital is still around? I haven't watched daytime TV since my foot surgery in 2019. A lot of medicare ads on during the day. I seem to have to be recovering from hospitals to watch daytime TV.

We're gonna have to get him on the air and have a little challenge................that could be fun.

The "Michigan Man" thing came from Bo Schembechler when basketball coach Bill Frieder took a job at Arizona State just before the tournament in 1989 and thought he was going to coach Michigan in the tournament. Bo said no, he wanted a "Michigan Man" and Steve Fisher coached them to a title. Ironically, Bo Schembechler was more of an Ohio State Man than a Michigan Man when he got hired. When does the ink dry for Whit? Once it does can we finally clean house at the top. He's got to go. All of this nonsense has happened under his watch - he's just got to go.

like college sports.

They blocked me from my account because I used my on-air last name. That is how almost everyone knows me. In order to unlock my account they want me to scan my ****ing drivers license. WHAT? I tried that - by redacting the DL number and my address and they rejected it. I AM NOT GIVING YOU MY DL INFO - YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND IT ANYWAY. So I started a new account with Marc instead of Mark. They'll get around to shutting that one down too - and then I am done with them. I once was put in Facebook Jail for quoting Step Brothers. But hey, go ahead and post extremely stupid and dangerous conspiracy theories all day. The kind that make a normal 40 year old man believe his infant children are demons. His name is Matthew Coleman. Read about him at your own risk. What he did was absolutely horrible and it was all because he got sucked into conspiracy theories on Facebook and Twitter. He was a normal guy - never broke a law in his life and he got so pulled into stuff on FB and Twitter that he killed his children to save the world. That stuff is fine. No worries there, but quote Step Brothers or Letterkenny and you're in big trouble. And you can't appeal. There are no humans involved.

The Kelces. Just ****ing go away. Both of them. One is on a ****ing Chunky Soup can, another one can't be photographed walking off the field. Two of the most annoying people involved in sports. They're like the Paul brothers. Just..........go.............away. Jason, you and TayTay - go buy an island somewhere and just stay on it. Have supplies helicoptered in so we don't have to see either one of you again.

Problem 1 - Going from Ben Johnson to John Morton is trading a Ferrari in for a Golf Cart Problem 2- O-Line going from the best to barely functional. And Decker's retiring. Better fix that and quick Problem 3 - Injuries. Holy **** can this team get hurt. Problem 4 - Dan, you don't have to go for it on every 4th down. We get it, your balls are big. Okay. Jake Bates is great. Use him. I still strongly believe in this regime. Next year they'll have a 4th place schedule and that'll help - a lot. Remember, the 49ers were toast last year but came back strong this year. I think we just had the season they did last year. The Super Bowl window is far from being closed. And by the way, I could go look up my earlier posts from the last year and this year, but I thought this team might take a backwards step before making the big leap to SB contention. This was that year. But please - figure out a way to stay healthy. PLEASE! Okay - The Pistons are 24-6 - the best in the East (with NY only 2 games behind them). The Pistons aren't even a great shooting team. They could pick up a piece that gets them all the way to the Finals. I know, I know, trade deadlines are tremendous letdowns in this town. I think the Pistons buck the trend The Red Wings are in first. They're playing great. They have most people believing. But we've seen this before in recent years. Can we please avoid the March Malaise this season? As good as they've been, they're only 6 points away from missing the playoffs. Can't afford even a mini-collapse. We already know that no help is coming at the trade deadline. And the Tigers. Well, maybe Jace Jung can put it all together because they sure aren't reaching for anything to improve this team. Selling more tickets in the middle of the season seems to be the only real goal for Chris Illitch. Fill those parking lots.