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absolutely idiotic. it was a bad year. that went right last year went wrong this year. and that is often the case in NFL. The Niners didn't fire Shanahan and I think they may get back to the Super Bowl this coming season and they were 6-11 last year. Campbell can't magically make injuries better and i think Ragnow blindsided them with his timing a bit. His mistake was the OC hire. I know the D was bad at the end, but we were putting 5th string guys out in the backfield and our D-Line was very disappointing. These are all quickly-fixable things.

This game is going to cost them big time. Big time.

The moves (or lack thereof) this offseason makes me believe that the Tigers do not think they are legit contenders - that they might be able to win the Central, but nothing more. If they thought they were legit, they'd go get a couple of big pieces and go for it NOW. But no, they're biding their time and seeing what they can get for Skubal and then aiming for 2028 and beyond. If they trade well, could be much better than they are now. Can't do worse than Avila with the big piece. In the Verlander and Martinez trades combined we got Jake Rogers. Can't do that again. I swear that J.D. Martinez trade was the worst in Tiger history. Jose King, Dawel Lugo and Segrio Alcantara. All the same position, none of them were ever good enough to start an MLB game. Lugo and Sergio only made the team when they were the worst in baseball because they needed actual live bodies.

It's not HIS decision. The Tigers need to see what they have for the long haul now. They need to see if Jung, Lee, Anderson or McGonigle are viable options. The Tigers don't, and shouldn't care one bit about his offers from other teams in future years. That is not their concern. Maybe fewer games at 2b last year prevents the injury that wrecked the end of his season. They are going to look at what they have. If they don't it's incompetence. (Plus they maybe need to showcase a guy or two for possible trades). That's why they are not signing Bichette or Bergman, no matter what rumors are flying around this week. They have to know what they've got. What these guys do at Toledo or Erie doesn't matter anymore.

I feel like he's going to start 33% of his games at DH. At least.

Raymond is playing for Sweden I am guessing Seider for Germany.

So Dylan Larkin is playing for Team USA. You know what that means, right? Here comes the injury, that doesn't end his season, but has him return at less than 100% and here comes the March Dive again. I can feel it. It's all just a little bit of history repeating. That stupid Four Nations thing killed the Wings last year. Just killed them. Our guys did not come back the same after that.

This morning I logged into the music portal for work to see if anything new was released yesterday and I saw that Gwen Stefani has a new song called Rich Girl and I wanted to see, just see, if it was a really bad Hall & Oates remake, so I found the song and listened and it's not. But I do have to tell you this, and it's been the case since 1995 or so. Gwen Stefani is the absolute worst. Musically, I dislike her more than any other artist who has ever existed. No Doubt killed the "Alternative" format. The second they started getting played the quality of the format went down the toilet. I was forced to play that No Doubt crap. Why not just play Madonna? But Madonna's better. Stefani's got that Nails on a Chalkboard voice and just everything is fake. She's so fake and artificial and no wonder she's a big star. Shouldn't have been the first thing I checked on this morning. It was like waking up and vomitting.

But with Stephen Colbert it was a tumor and a botched surgery. With Brian his father hit him with a board (Murry was a real bastard). I don't know what's going on here. I was getting ready to go to sleep, no trauma, just gone. I can hear rustling a little bit when I rub the outside of my ear canal and it's a little stronger every day, but it's not like natural hearing, it's like a contact thing. I am going to go into the shower with a shower cap on over that ear because when water hits that cap it's loud and I want to know if I can hear it on that side. But today I am starting to deal with some nasty Vertigo, so I am a little worried about trying to stand in the tub. Does Vertigo this late mean something is changing? I had a little at the start, but it's profound now. Went to the movies yesterday and looked at the carpet with these swirly patterns and almost fell and almost gerfed too. I just took the 4th steroid dose this morning, they gave me a ten-day run which ends the morning of my follow up apt next Thursday. Maybe I'm just being impatient. Maybe they specified 10 days of steroids for a reason. My ear does feel blocked in a weird way. Like something wants to go POP. And I hear these tones all the time, but that's my brain searching for a signal. For someone who is 61 and has used headphones in my job for years and years, my hearing was really good. I could be in a crowded restaurant and the people I was with couldn't hear the overhead music over the people talking and I could tell you the actual song that was playing. I would do that all the time and people would say "I don't hear any music at all" and I'm like "that's McFadden & Whitehead, Ain't No Stoppin Us Now".

There's the little cheating on things that most of do in one way or another and then there is the blatant need to steal or ruin someone's website by infecting it or infecting a computer to lock it and demand a ransom. People like that - there's no use in the world for them, in my opinion. Of course many of those people run things now, so why would they ever stop? Cheaters prosper all the time. If only they didn't. If only we really punished people for it. I saw some documentary on You Tube about phone scammers in India. Many of them get suckered into thinking it's a sales job and then when they start they realize that no, they are scamming people and the folks that hired them had them sign these ridiculous contracts that basically allow their employers to take everything from them if they quit the job or don't meet certain demands, so they just do it. LIke trying to create sympathy for the guy that calls himself "Dave" on the that got roped into it. Sorry, no sympathy from me. They get away with it because the scammer overlords pay off cops and judges. That's why they never get shut down. Burn them all down. All of them. Sorry you got lied to as a working person, but you're trying to steal from my mom and you should suffer for it.

Yep, and one of the reasons Brian shut down in the 70s was the move to stereo. He couldn't deal with it.

Because he probably had someone stealing the defense's signals

SPOILERS There is one big gripe I have about the finale. So this other world is descending upon ours and time is running out and people are having conversations and just standing there. We can't walk and talk?

SPOILERS I enjoyed it too, and I guessed a few things where I was close. Like there would be a lot after the fight ended. I was wrong about Henry being redeemed, but it was close Wrong about Hop dying. Kali did not betray anyone I thought someone from the party would certain die to hit the audience harder, and I don't count Kali No timeline reset, but they did play a game of D&D in the basement I was right about Dustin going to M.I.T. I was right about them flashing forward to the Graduation. And I predicted will would write the stories but it wound up being Mike and I like the fact that Karen Wheeler refuses to cover up her scars. And I'm glad Ted's alright. Hope he gets his bacon every morning. Good ol Ted. I don't think EL is dead, we did not see her get blown away with the upside down, Her image vanished before that and here's another reason why. You talked about Hop being okay with it. Hop knows she's alive, but he has no idea where because he realizes they can't ever know to keep her safe, but he told Mike before the Graduation and that's why Mike was calmer in the last scene in the basement. As far as no jail time for killing soldiers, because they have to keep it quiet. Keep in mind that there are other Stranger Things stories coming, but nothing to do with this story, but Dr. Kay could be behind something else. They probably made some deal with the govt to stay quiet about the hundreds of deaths they caused - if everyone got left alone. I am worried Nancy going to turn into a killing vigilante. She did not seem right in the end. I think it took so long for this to come out because they really did wait about 18 months to film the last sequence. Those kids looked quite a bit older. Especially Lucas, who looks 30 (he's only 24). I am a little disappointed because when they were showing the graphic novel version of the characters they showed a lot of characters from previous seasons, dead and alive, but no Argylle. Unless it was super fast and I missed it. Someone oughta get schmacked for that. I liked the finale. Fun little show Best Line Joyce "You ****ed with the wrong family" 2nd Best Delightful Derek to Henry "suck my big fat one" And I expect Purple Rain to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 next week. I should do a whole segment on the air next week with songs from the finale. I can do that without spoiling it. END SPOILERS

Had an MRI on my head. Ain't nothing in there. No clots, no tumors. Funny that they asked what kind of music I wanted on the headphones and I picked Bossa Nova (neither tech ever heard of it) because it chills me out the most and I can still hear in the right ear. About 20 minutes into the scan a song came on and the rhythm of the machine and the song were in PERFECT UNISON and I started to laugh and they must have a camera on my face because they thought I was having a panic attack, but I told them it was just laughing. I thought I'd have to start over. I am a bit claustrophobic, but that wasn't the problem, it was so painful on my neck in that position. So - No perforations in the ear canal or ear drum In fact, the doc says my eardrum looks great, perfect color, no swelling. No blockages, almost NO earwax, there was actually more on the right side, the good ear, and the sucked it out (and it kinda hurt). So the theory is - at this point - that I have a virus that is causing major inflammation right on the nerve, behind the eardrum. That's not likely to show up on an MRI. So they've given me a high dose oral steroid, I took the first dose Tuesday afternoon and the last two mornings. Tuesday, rubbing my finger around the ear, I could not hear a thing. Yesterday, the finger test - I could faintly hear something deep in my head if I blocked the right ear, Today I can hear slight rustling in the left ear when I rub my ear without blocking my right ear. So maybe this is actually getting better. I think I'll know if this is the answer by Saturday. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to go see Stranger Things in a theatre today because it's VERY loud, but I got Vertigo about 4 times at the AMC Livonia. The carpet has these swirly patterns and when I looked down I got Vertigo. Then I went to look at the menu, but I tried to read it using reading glasses which made me really really dizzy. Driving was fine, however. I am hoping to be able to hear actual sound by Saturday. This is so scary. Music is like the absolutely #1 joy in my life and I miss hearing it the way I am supposed to. Regarding the steroids, I am waking up in the morning with absolutely NO PAIN. That's kind of nice.

People who use the internet to scam and steal should have their damn hands cut off. Discussing with our radio station engineer and IT guy that fact that pretty much EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE is infected with viruses, and most of the time the actual host of the website has nothing to do with it and no knowlege. So by going to any and I mean ANY music-oriented website, or You Tube or anything is now risky and our company might start actually blocking sites that we need to use for research every single day. They don't want to do this, but it's gotten so bad that they are considering it. I just really hate dishonest people. Just go earn a living not ****ing someone over, please. It can be done.

Is he the new Homer? What happened to Marco Kasper. It's kind of an alarming drop off. Looked so promising last year. The Wings are having a nice season but they are extremely top-heavy. Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond, Seider, then a big cliff. They're in first, but still only 7 points from missing the playoffs. Better keep those guys healthy.

I don't know what that means. I mean, I like it if it's anti-Ohio State, but what does that mean.

Thank You Miami.

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.

Staying off You Tube tonight and tomorrow. The Algorithms will make suggestions in my RECOMMENDED line

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.