Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ouch! That'll Hurt the Ole Pride!



 
 
If losing a shootout to rival Montreal wasn't bad enough...Then Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask a bit of a tantrum, that got embarrassing quick...

I hope the only thing he hurt was his pride!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Monday Moaning



Here we are again....Monday's seem to come some quickly...We really need to go to a four day work week, because Saturday and Sunday just aren't enough time...Especially if you have a lady like Rosie Jones (above) in your bed...

But this Monday is different...After more than a few years, sadly, I have to say goodbye to my Monday blog partner, B-Dub...If you didn't know, he has excepted an opportunity to do more writing and social media work for a Carolina Panthers site...They've offered him a 100% raise from what he makes at the Gab...Congrats partner!

Many years back at Sporting News, B-Dub was one of the first guys to welcome and support me there...When I took heat for the times I got off the sports topic, he pointed me to Blogspot, where he also had a blog....Then after TSN was going to hell in a hand basket...After much poking, he convinced me to join The Gab...The rest is history...Through blogging, and social media, and phone calls, we've gotten to know each other pretty well...Brad is great guy, and  a great friend, and I'd do anything for him...I wish him all the best...The Gab will miss him...

Now, on with the show...

-This past week started out shitty, as far as news goes...Especially on CNN! The whole Steubenville case is disgusting, and the way the media handled it, made it even worse...Then there was more awful news Friday...News that really makes me question our society...My first thought was WHAT_THE_FUCK!

-Besides that, there was some sports news that pissed me off...Local sports news...Cleveland Browns fans were upset when return specialist Josh Cribbs left when the free agent frenzy started...Me, I'm happy to see him go...Way too much money was spent on a guy who had a few years as an elite return man...He was also a top kick coverage man...but both those parts of his game started to slip...And as a WR he has been a work in progress...With little progress...

Then kicker Phil Dawson left for the City by the Bay...Let me say this...Thank God they didn't use the Franchise tag on their kicker, again!  Yes, he is an excellent kicker, but if losing your return man and kicker is going to devastate your fan-base, let alone your team...Then your team has problems...Serious problems...

-Now I know this week people have been fired up and all into "March Madness"...Me, not so much...But I have been following some NCAA action....This past weekend the college hockey's conferences tournaments were played, helping to setup their 16 team tourney...

In the Final CCHA tournament The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat Ohio State 3-1 Saturday, pitting the Irish against rival Michigan for the last ever CCHA Championship....The Irish continued their hot streak, beating Michigan 3-1, and clinching one of the top 4 seeds in NCAA Tournament...This is how the NCAA Hockey Tourney has setup...

Providence
Dunkin Donuts Center
Saturday, 5:30 and 9 p.m. (ET), Sunday, 6:30 p.m.

1. Quinnipiac vs. 16. Canisius
6. Boston College vs. 12. Union

Grand Rapids
Van Andel Arena
Friday, 2 and 5:30 p.m. (ET), Saturday, 4 p.m.

2. Minnesota vs. 15. Yale
8. North Dakota vs. 10. Niagara

Manchester
Verizon Wireless Center
Friday, 4:30 and 8 p.m. (ET), Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

3. Mass.-Lowell vs. 14. Wisconsin
7. New Hampshire vs. 9. Denver

Toledo
Huntington Center
Saturday, 1:30 and 5 p.m. (ET), Sunday, 4 p.m.

4. Notre Dame vs. 13. St. Cloud State
5. Miami vs. 11. Minnesota State


-Things here are still crazy...More crap has come up with the in-laws issues...It seems like every time where making head-way, something else goes wrong...Hopefully we can get it all resolved soon...It's been tough on the kids with my wife making so many trips to Erie...Hell, it's been tough on me...2 parents, 3 kids...Zone defense can be tough, but it's even harder when it's just one of you...But there was a moment Saturday that was just great, that made us forget about all the crap for a few minutes...

Molly had been upset all week because the nail polish my mother put on her toes had worn away/washed off...She kept telling me "Toes not happy" with an adorable pouty face...So when my wife got home Saturday evening, I ordered some food, the kids got ready to watch  the Kids Choice Awards, and my wife painted Molly's toe nails...Afterwards she shouted, "Yay, toes happy!"  She showed each of us, and told us, "Toes Happy!" She won't even let us cover her toes with a blanket while she's sleeping...Sh e kicks them free, because "Toes happy!"

It kind of put everything into perspective for me...

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

What The Fuck?


Every day there is another story in the news about a horrible act of violence...Every day some one is being shot...Some one is being killed...Some awful shit is happening...As a parent, there are times I'm left scratching my head, asking myself, 'Why did we bring children into this fucked up world?'  That happened again yesterday when we heard the story of 13 month old, Antonio Santiago being shot in the head while in his stroller...


His mother, Sherry West was taking him for a walk, when she claims two black teens approached her....She was told to give them her money...She tried to tell them multiple times that she didn't have any...They threatened her...She tried to explain she did have any...The trigger man asked, "Do you want me to kill your baby?" she said, "No, don't kill my baby!"

That didn't stop them...Officials say that one of the teens fired four times, grazing West's ear and hitting her in the leg, then he went around to the stroller and shot Antonio in the face...How the hell does anyone do that!?!

Now I wasn't there, and maybe down the line something more, and even worse will come out about this, but I'm not going to speculate, or throw out a conspiracy theory...I'm taking the police, witnesses  and the mother at their word....So it sickened me when I saw this....




This is from the facebook page of a friend of these little thug assholes...The name mentioned, Demarquise Elkins is the 17 year old shooter, who along with his 14 year old counterpart were arrested yesterday for this horrific crime...Now, I'm not saying these two are guilty or innocent...That's up to the system to let us know...But when your boys are talking like this about you, you sound guilty as fuck...I also looked at Demarquise's facebook page last night...Comments on there from friends and family, don't make him look innocent...

But this shit above, from "Moneyville Shawtii Mizzle" makes me want to drive to Georgia, find him, and beat his skinny little ass...Then, beat the idiots that supposedly raised him...Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a pretty liberal guy, but I may not sound like it here...

This mother fucker needs to go the fuck back to school...The word is THAT not dat...And stop saying Nigga!  I don't play that bullshit that Nigga and Nigger are two different words, and mean two different things...It's just you fucking being lazy, just how you say dat instead of that, and da instead of the...It's fucking lazy...and your boy, who shot a baby in the face, if you want to keep it real...Call him what he is...A piece of shit...Anyone who would support some one who shot a baby in the face, and talk about them like they are some kind thug hero, should be executed the same day as the shooter....

Everyday there is a another reason to question the importance of the human race...Why do feel we are such a greater species, when there are so many humans trying to disprove that everyday...

A 13 month old is dead, because of money...Clearly, we aren't that great of a species.

The Beeze.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Finishing St. Patrick's Day with a Bang!



This gives a whole new meaning to cum dumpster!   That's how you finish off or start off your St. Paddy's Day!

I wonder if he hit her up with the old, "Do you have any Irish in ya?" line!

Monday Moaning



                                     Well I hope your St. Patrick's Day was as good as hers...

Mine was the least St. Patrick's Day I've ever had...Yes, this is suppose to be a sports blog, but there's a problem with that...I have been disconnected from sports, and well, most stuff....Until Sunday evening, I hadn't seen any TV since Thursday...Well, except a few moments of "Caught on Camera" while we stopped at an Applebees Saturday evening...So this week, you're going to get a recap of my hellish week/weekend...You've been warned...

Wednesday we found out my father-in-law had another stroke or two...He couldn't stand or walk...He was confused...His speech was slurred...He was wetting himself...After an ambulance took him to the hospital, he wasn't admitted because he briefly walked...But by the time he got back home, he couldn't stand, or do anything for himself...The sister-in-laws were on their way in to Erie from Boston...Friday we were suppose to move my in-laws into their assisted living suite....

After calling an ambulance again Thursday, and my father-in-law being in another hospital, it was clear he wasn't going to assisted living...He needs to be in a secure, nursing home...My wife and I took Friday off work...The kids went to school just for a hour and change...Little Beeze was excited to shave his head...They were raising money for kids with cancer by shaving their heads...He was pumped, and I didn't want him to miss it...I'm very proud of him....


After that we all headed to Erie...The kids got settled in, surrounded by chaos...My Brother-in-law and nephew and I started the heavy lifting...We moved all the heavy shit Friday to my mother-in-law's assisted living place...We also took a shit load of boxes...My wife and her siblings took turns visiting their father...That night we had Pizza and beer at grandma's new place...

Side note...1 reason PA sucks...You have to go to a specific store for beer, and another for wine and liquor...And you can only buy beer by the case, which was just forcing me to drink more...Fucked up state...Here in Ohio, I can buy beer, wine, and liquor almost anywhere...I bet I can find beer in a toy store!

Saturday I woke up to snow...In Erie it snows almost every day from November to  May...We all met for an awful breakfast at Perkins...Although Molly enjoyed hers...


Shockingly, after that, there was more shit to move...My brother an law made a bunch of trips over with crap...Our bitch sister-in-law tried to make it out like no else was doing shit but her...I didn't see her stepping up to move that big fucking headboard...I didn't see her humping that dresser down the stairs...I'm not joking, she was driving everyone nuts...I sometimes worry about my anger, but realizing I wasn't the only one who wanted to choke her out made me feel better...

Between one of the trips we stopped at this awesome Candy/Ice Cream/Coffee shop...While we were there, my nephew and Little Beeze strolled in like they owned the place...


To him, his cousin, and uncle are two of the coolest guys on the planet...He loves when he gets to roll with them...While he was having ice cream, and us big guys were having Mocha shakes, we were checking out the rest of the shop...I asked my nephew if he was going to get his girlfriend something...Little Beeze piped up and said, "Yeah, get your wench something!"  My nephew cracked up, as did we, and I gave him a look, and he said, "What, that's what they use to call women."

Kid is hilarious!

Then my brother from another mother and I started going through the basement...My father-in-law loved buying tools, and appliances that he never used...He hadn't even been in the basement for a few years...The house has to be cleaned out, so we were taking what we could use and what could be sold for the family...I brought home a new, never used tools, including everything I need to put in anew kitchen floor, and a nice set of knives...My wife took some old memories, and some old school cameras he had...It all felt strange...

Later, my wife and I snuck the kids in to see grandpa...They aren't allowed to visit if they're under 12...I wasn't going to let that fly...And I'm glad, because they were glad to see him, and he was happy to see them, even if he forgets their names...

The cool sister-in-law/brother-in-law and kids left, headed back to Boston...That was a bummer for all of us...My wife and I brought up dinner to the bitch...She was unresponsive, so we ditched her and we took the kids  to Applebees...It was nice and peaceful being away from the madness...When we got back, there was more work she had for us...Her attitude was starting to get real old....Finally I got loud when I was making it clear that I was putting Molly to bed, and shit needed to stop...The bitch was staying at a hotel...She must have said she was leaving for 2 hours, before she finally left...

Once she did, the wife gave me a gift for the work I had done, and for not killing her sister...Yep, may have been the last sex that busted old house may see!

Sunday I woke up to the sound of her voice...The only weird thing is, she wasn't there...I dreamed it, it woke me up, and pissed me off...That's how she grates on you...I later found out that this has happened to other people...After I did get up...I had two more trips to the assisted living place...I then talked with the manager about getting my mother-in-law's cable set up, as well as her storage space...

When we were saying goodbye to her, there was a St. Paddy's Day party going on...She loves this place...She has fit right in, and it's exactly where she wants to be...After seeing the place as much as I did, I'm looking forward to hitting 55 years old and getting into something like this...It's a relief that she's settled in and taken care of...But my father-in-law's situation still is up in the air...We feel like we've made headway, but then you think about that, and just say, fuck...

With everything going on with my in-laws...His Dementia and strokes...Them now living in two different places...Their kids cleaning out their house...the whole mess...Yeah, it's added stress and frustration, and extra stuff to my plate...But imagine what my wife and her siblings are feeling...And what are her folks feeling...It's pretty depressing...Let's hope next week, I can get things a bit more upbeat, and with some sports...

Have a week...




Why is CNN Feeling Bad for Rapists?


Yes, the title is correct...I want to know why big fat, stupid Candy Crowley, Poppy Harlow, and Paul Callan spent 6 minutes feeling bad, and wanting us to feel bad for to high school football stars, who raped a 16  year old girl...They kept talking about these assholes lives being ruined...But the idea that these two pieces of shit ruined a girls life, doesn't even cross their minds over there at CNN...Watch for yourself...




WHY!?!  WHY!?! Why are they making these bastards out to be the victims and just blowing off the actual victim...These two crybaby rapists got off easy....And no one should feel bad for them...Fucking Paul Callan talking about them being haunted by being registered sex offenders, like it's a bad thing...They should be haunted...Their lives should be ruined...They are sex offenders...

Candy Crowley, Poppy Harlow...Fucking Poppy...Die!  Paul Callan....All three should be fired, along with the fucking suits that let them on the air...This is one of the biggest disgraces in the history of the news media...Fucking burn CNN to the ground!

The Beeze.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Monday Moaning

 


WOW! The weather got so nice in Cleveland on Sunday,  it had everyone thinking about Summer...Which got me thinking about images like this one!

While my Brother-in-law in Boston is looking at another mountain of 20+ inches of snow, we're here with sun and 68 degrees....In the last year or two, there has been some crazy weather in the U.S.  I mean we're hearing about Tornadoes year round now...Serious weather seems to be hitting everywhere...Well, except one place...The Cleve...Yes, we got some rain and serious wind from "Super Storm Sandy" but our homes didn't blow into the lake...Maybe Mother Nature has realized Cleveland has been shit on enough...

Besides that, we do enough damage ourselves...Just look what this dump truck driver did Saturday morning...



A large portion of I-90 has been closed all weekend while crews take that pedestrian bridge down...Dude knocked it off the pillars...Only in the fucking Cleve!

So, I have to admit that my writing has slipped lately...I've been distracted and tired...So Friday night I forced myself to write...I gave myself a time limit, and knocked out A_15_MINUTE_BLOG just to get my juices going and get shit off my chest...

Now I feel slightly recharged...

A couple months back I was talking about fan loyalty, and how owners and players don't show that same loyalty much these days...That piled on with years of watching Cleveland teams lose, I decided to go free agent...I said that I would choose my baseball team to root for in April...I'll still pay attention to the Indians, but they aren't making the cut...I think Terry Francona will get them going the right direction, but it's not happening this year just because they added 3 guys who hit below .265 and strike out a fucking ton...

I'll also pay attention to the Red Sox because of the family connection...I like that they added Joel Hanrahan...But as some one who kinda got hooked on the Pirates last year, that sucks for Pittsburgh...Also NESN always have hot chicks covering the Sox....


There's the former NESN chick Heidi Watney getting put in her place by the latest NESN hottie, Jenny Dell and her huge creamers!  Which would you take?

This year, I'm focused on two teams...Both from the same area...The Baltimore Orioles, and the Washington Nationals...I really want to see if the Orioles can build on what they did last year...But I'm not waiting for April...The Nationals are my team this year...That Harper kid is good, and he's a cocky prick...I like that!  Strasburg is a beast, and I'd love to see what he'll do with a full season...They've got a solid staff, and balanced lineup...Screw it...I'm signing a 2 year deal with the Nats!

And I'm not waiting for after the draft or free agency with Football...I have no faith in the Browns, and even if they land some big free agents, which is tough to do here, It will still take time, especially with the hellish QB situation this team has constantly been in...I'm all in with the Seattle Seahawks...Pete Carroll is a douche, but that's a hell of a team they've got going there...Plus, as much as a dick as Richard Sherman seems to be, I love that told off Skip Bayless last week...You can see that HERE...

- Saturday I posted some WISDOM from Bill Burr...The guy kills me...Just hilarious...There was another clip I was watching, and planning on posting...Then it was suggested to me to check it out by a facebook friend...Great minds right!  So here's Bill on Gold Diggin' Whores...




Classic Bill Burr!

- I rarely talk Basketball, mainly because I don't watch it...There is nothing I like about the NBA...But I'm going to talk a bit of Basketball this week...Why?  Because at one time I use to think Jason Whitlock was a good columnist...Now, after some of the shit he has written and tweeted over the last couple years, I realize he's almost as big of an ass-hat as Rick Reilly...This week Whitlock wrote a column stating that the entire NBA is afraid of LeBron James...REALLY?  Why the hell would other elite NBA players be afraid of LeBron...This guy isn't the living legend that Whitlock and dolts at ESPN try to make him out to be...He's only has one NBA title...1...

Whitlock goes on to say that James and Dwayne Wade are the best duo the NBA has seen..."We’ve never seen anything like the pairing of James and Dwyane Wade. Two superstars playing at this level of efficiency, shooting over 50 percent from the field. They invented and perfected the three-quarter-court, alley-oop outlet pass. They popularized the chase-down, hear-my-footsteps blocked shot at the rim. They’re lethal at both ends of the court. James and Wade are 94 feet of hell. It might take a fluke or an injury to stop the Heat’s winning streak."

I'm not an expert on basketball, but this guy is nuts...Why doesn't he just give them credit for inventing the game...This shit is retarded...They've got one title together...They haven't proven shit yet...With age, Whitlock gets more and more full of shit!

Plus if you believe any bit of what Cleveland sports talk radio says, LeBron wants to come back to Cleveland to end his career...The rumors say he isn't happy in Miami...How much of that is true, I don't know...I know he crew isn't getting their asses kissed and put on the team payroll like they did here....Even worse is how many people would welcome him back with open arms...After all that hate...After feeling so screwed, they'd welcome him back...These are the same people who will never forgive Art Modell for moving HIS team...Gotta love the fucking Cleve!

In closing...Fuck LeBron James...Fuck Jason Whitlock....Cleveland is a bitch, but the Weather has been better then most places...Jenny Dell has great cans...Bill Burr rules...Go Nationals!

Have a Week...

The Beeze.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Some More Wisdom from Bill Burr



This video is from a few months back, but in under 5 minutes, Bill Burr sums up the change in Boston sports and sports fans...The bullshit Politicians spew...And Lars was right...





The Beeze

Friday, March 8, 2013

A 15 Minute Blog


I have been in a serious writing slump...So I'm making my self take 15 minutes, and just letting shit fly....

The slump has mainly been because I'm tired...For too much of the time, in the last month, I've been a single parent, while my wife has been back and forth trying to get her parents in an assisted living place...Her father has Dementia/Alzheimer's...He has also recently had a series of small strokes...These factors have contributed to him putting his household in a horrible financial situation....So in her back and forth she has also been talking with lawyers about the best strategy to handle those issues...

Then there is her mother who is having some serious short term memory loss issues...And her brother who had a serious car accident, while not having a license or insurance...She handled all the car accident issues, as well as got a car for her mom...

She has  had a lot on her plate...Her sisters have helped, but they're in Boston...We live the closest to her folks, so she has been doing most the leg work...Believe me when I tell ya, I've had a enough of this shit...But she's my wife...Her problems are mine too, and I have to do whatever I can to help her...But mostly, I've just had to increase my Mr. Mom workload...

I haven't gotten to enjoy my pain meds, or muscle relaxers I got after wrenching my back, and cracking up my ribs...They knock me out pretty hard, and I have to be on high alert for the 3 kids...Little Beeze tends to fall out of bed a lot...Kid is a flopper at night...

So, after getting the kids off, going to work...Cooking way too much Grouper for working at a Steak House, picking the kids up, helping with homework, making dinner, doing dishes, getting kids ready for bed, and getting the days update about what's going on with the in-laws, my drive to write has been shit....My sports viewing has been limited...Sleep just sounds, and feels better...

She is at her folks again tonight...The kids are asleep...And I'm seeing that The Chicago Blackhawks are looking like they may finally lose a regulation game...Well, streaks are made to end...

A couple nights ago we had a rare bit of time for just us...After getting the kids from school, I took them to the Dentist for a check-up...Then I took them home, got them dinner, and my Mom came over to stay with them...I had a doctors appointment...My wife did as well...I was shocked to find out that my Cholesterol wasn't bad...So, I thought we should celebrate...

We stopped by a new place called Drink Bar and Grill...They're in a soft opening phase...The space was once a pile of shit, but this guy has busted his ass, and made it look great...The place had great Jazzy vibe to it...The Jazz playing in the background helped, but I felt that vibe when I walked in...We sat at the bar...I had a Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale...Love that stuff...We order the Bruschetta...Very fresh, and very good...Then I had a steak sandwich with onion rings...The wife had a burger and fries...She quickly regretted not getting onion rings...These were without a doubt, the best onion rings I ever had...Everything about them was perfect...The Steak sand was good...Kind of small, but the steak was real steak tips, and had nice, fresh, crisp onions and peppers on it, with fontina cheese...

If we didn't have kids to get home to, I could have drank Conway's and eaten Onion Rings all night long...It was nice, just to sit and talk, and leave all the stress and bullshit outside...I can't wait to get some more of that quality time....

My 15 minutes are up...Sorry for this rambling, but it felt good, just to write...It's actually stirred a couple ideas of things to write about soon...I gotta get myself back at it..

The Beeze.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Monday Moaning



Well here we are again...Another Monday...And another post I'm not really in the mood to do...But you know me...I'll keep plugging away and try and give you something good to read...Or at least a nice opening pic...

In the Hockey world, the Chicago Blackhawks have extended their amazing run of not losing a game in regulation time...The Blackhawks beat rival Detroit in a shootout to take their record to 19-0-3...This is an impressive run...The 'Hawks have plenty of fire-power and have seen some great goaltending from Corey Crawford...Even Ray Emery in spot duty has been very good...Without a doubt, Chicago is the front runner to win the Cup...How long can they keep this streak alive?

Friday I posted Quick little Hockey story...If you missed it, you can find it HERE....

The weekend was full of us taking care of shit in Erie, PA for my inlaws...We did take a few hours to hang with some friends...It was a nice little breather...Then Sunday we had to get back home, so I could go to a wake...I had to say goodbye to an old co-worker/friend...

He was 30 years older than me, but he one of the guys...He was a salt of the Earth kind of guy...He served in Vietnam as a medic...One time he was working on a marine during a fire fight...His helmet had fallen off, and he was grazed in the head by a bullet...He did stop doing his job until some one grabbed him...He was a real man...He'll be missed.

Rest in peace "Old Hickory"

AS for the rest of this post...Sorry gang, this week is short and sweet...I've fallen asleep 3 times trying to write this.

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Friday, March 1, 2013

A Quick Sports Story


 
A couple nights ago, my high school Alma Mater and perennial power, St. Edward played a thrilling 5 overtime playoff game...The Eagles lost 3-2 to The Green Wave of Holy Name, coached by a couple of former Eagles...

Holy Name goalie Sam Pikus was outstanding, making 74 saves...74! That itself was impressive as hell....

But today I was talking with the father of St. Edward captain, Gabe Lampron...The kid is really good...It's looking like he may pass on a college scholarship, and take a shot at juniors...Well after the game...After 5 overtimes, and a crushing loss for a program that expects to be in the state final four every year, Lampron's father noticed a number of players crying...This is something we see often in youth sports...He asked his son "Why weren't you crying?"  Gabe responded, "I left everything out there, I have no reason to cry. It's just hockey."

Those words. "it's just hockey" may bother some people...But to me, this kid seems like he may have his shit together...He's been scouted...He's had scholarship offers...But in the end, compared to other things in the world, "it's just hockey."   He was confident enough, and proud enough to know he "left everything out there"...So why cry?  He's right...Sometimes you lose...But if you leave it all out there, you've got no reason to cry.

Great season by the Eagles!

Holy Name takes on the Rocky River Pirates Saturday in the District finals...

Go Green Wave!

The Beeze