Category: Entertainment

  • Clemson’s Upset: A New David in March Madness

    Clemson’s Upset: A New David in March Madness

    This time of year a lot of folks will get caught up in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Rightfully so. It’s good fun.

    What draws people to the Tourney are the David vs Goliath match ups.

    In case you don’t know, Goliath was a Philistine giant and fearsome warrior. David was a meager Israelite Shepard.

    Goliath challenged the Israelite’s to send out a champion to fight him one on one.

    Dave, with only a stone and sling, took down the great Goliath with one mighty blow to the forehead.

    David the underdog won the fight vs Goliath, becaming the symbol of faith and strength.

    Since Goliath lost, he proved to be the underdog.

    In this time of March Madness, Clemson the underdog 5th seed, just lost to McNeese State, the mighty David.

    Sorry, but David hasn’t been the underdog since Goliath fell. The expression needs to change, as should the narrative.

    “Can David continue down the path of righteousness and hold his place as the proven Champion or will over matched, over sized Goliath find his redemption”

  • Why I’m Never Really Retired: A Personal Journey

    Why I’m Never Really Retired: A Personal Journey

    More times than I think it would happen I am asked if I am retired. Most times I will say something like “I own two businesses but have flexible hours, working when I want.”  It is a fair, honest answer.

    Yet it is also an incorrect answer.

    I still have my two businesses. Since Covid I have not put forth the effort into either of them I should have, especially since I moved to my current home. I am also the Board President for my self-managed community. I have been doing that for almost the full four years I have lived here.

    Being on the board, much less President was nothing I had planned. I will save that story for another post when I introduce my third business. But I will tell you that being the President of this community has been a full-time job. It should not be, but it is.

    Like most every other adult, I still have adulting to do. Another full-time job. One that pays even worse than being Board President. Cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, making decisions, helping others, and making sure I walk or go to the gym. 24 x 7.

    When I am asked “are you retired” the truly honest answer should be “No. I am never NOT tired.” To re something implies that you stopped something. Being tired is something I have never stopped being.

    In my younger days I fought through it because I was going to work then going out with friends or on a date. I would get up early, stay out way to late and start the cycle all over again.

    Once you get married, have kids, get a real adult job, take on adult responsibilities, when are you not tired? Seems I have not had a good night’s sleep in over 35 years. I am tired.

    I am always tired.

    Last year the best sleep I got was when I went to a movie. Only made it to 26 movies. I had better sleep in 2023 when I got almost 70 movies.

    The problem is not falling asleep. I can fall asleep anywhere. Doctors’ waiting rooms, the gym (those stationary, recumbent bikes can make for good sleeping), my car (when in park). In front of the tv when I am trying to focus. The library. Coffee shops. Airplanes.

    The sleep is just not good sleep. The sleep is just not plentiful.

    I was tested for sleep apnea. I have it / had it. I had surgery to fix things. Was given a CPAP. The surgery did what it was supposed to. CPAP did not.

    How in the world can anyone sleep with an engine running next to your ears while wearing a mask with a long hose? Every time you move, the mask comes lose and it whistles like a rusty harmonica. (Tried that for a month. No sleep was had.)

    Yet I am writing this post today after getting up from the sofa at 11 PM to go to bed. Getting to bed around 4AM. Falling asleep about 7AM and giving up on the concept of sleeping at 8:30 AM.

    I do not drink any caffeine. I will not use any sleep aid (I take something today; I will still feel dysfunctional for the next three. Heck, so dysfunctional that I could be a GOP Congress person or Elon Musk).

    I am tired.

    I wish I was re-tired. It would mean that at some point I was not tired. If I was not tired, it means I must have gotten sleep. After sleep, I had a full day and retired.

    Oh, well maybe I just need to

    (Sorry fell asleep)

  • Ted Mosby’s Love Story: Insights from HIMYM

    Ted Mosby’s Love Story: Insights from HIMYM

    In 2005 a witty little sitcom called “How I Met Your Mother” began its 9-season run.

    The premise of the show was simple. Ted Mosby, using flashbacks, was telling his two teenage children how he met their mother.

    During the nice year run, Ted and Robin had a will they will, won’t they relationship. Throughout the 9 years, Ted and Robin did and they did not.

    The real focus of the show was sharing one man’s journey. That journey? Ted finding the woman that would become the mother of his children.

    Each episode was focused on Ted, Robin, Barney, Marshall, and Lilly. Ted shared stories about the shenanigans he and his friends experienced. He talked about the trials and tribulations they endured, all in the name of love.

    The last season focused entirely on Ted meeting his soon-to-be wife and getting to the altar.

    The very last episode is what has caused much strife in the HIMYM universe.

    SPOLIER ALERT!!! If you do not want to know what happens, stop reading.

    Ted marries The Mother. The couple have two kids. The mother dies. Ted asks Robin on a date.

    The outrage!!! After 9 years of will they or won’t they. After 9 years of “who is the mom”. Ted FINALLY meets the Mother, she dies, and he is back with will they or won’t they Robin.

    Many people felt betrayed by the show. People were angry that Mother was only in a handful of episodes; angrier yet that she died. The audience exclaimed, “What a waste of 9 seasons!” They were frustrated to end up with the woman Ted met in episode 1.

    I was not one of the small-minded angry mob. I knew and stand by the fact that the name of the show was “How I Met Your Mother”.

    The show was not called “My Long, Happy Life With Your Mother”. The show was not called “Let Me Tell You About The Ups and Downs of My Relationship With Robin”.

    The show was called “How I Met You Mother”.

    That is the exact story Ted told to his kids.
    That is the exact story Ted told the audience.

    Do you need to be mad at a TV show? Be mad at “Lost”, they were all found.