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Rest in Peace, Mr. Mayhew

Fell down a rabbit hole today. "Best Rock Auditions from the Voice." only it's like from the Franchise so I'm watching Chinese guys sing Highway to Hell and Back in Black (occasionally struggled with the lyrics but damn) Anyway, I was captivated by some guy in his 50's or 60's from Norway or Holland belting out this song and not only were his vocals pretty damn good, but the song caught my ear. Never had heard it before. So I went looking for it with misheard lyrics and then again with correct lyrics. The band is Kensington, they're from the Netherlands. This is from their 2014 album Rivals (which I promptly bought and have enjoyed quite a bit)

I remember someone on Reddit saying how the Raiders were better off with all the draft picks than with the guys they traded. My thoughts always were, but who is drafting them?

yeah

Well the Raiders drafted Kalil Mack's replacement. No pressure kid.

Sounds like he won't be back.

It's Draft Day! How will your team screw it up? Going to say the Panthers draft a corner with great tools but low skills who gets abused all year round.

ESPN had no faith in us (and after last year I can't blame them)

I'm a Russell Westbrook Apologist, and I was worried when, in a beautiful, no defense extravaganza, on the last night where we were kind of trying to lose, Portland's reserves handing us OKC who had swept us in the regular season when we had our starting center...And then Russell Westrbrook and the OKC can't shoots took the field and turned Dame into a superstar if he wasn't already. They took shots at Portland and Dame specifically all year. And then Lillard took their whole squad out by the wood shed in five games. Capped off by a 40 foot 3 that everyone knew was going int the moment he shot it. I'd say we have a shot against Denver or San Antonio in the Semis, not sure vs whomever comes out of Houston (or, way outside chance of Utah) and Golden State but I'm banking on the Warriors. But I won't get ahead of myself. One series down.

I liked the second Celtics team. they were demonstrative but tough, KG had toiled in Minnesota for a decade with nothing but ineptitude or tragedy around him, RIP Malik. Pierce was a tough guy (got stabbed after being drafted) and stayed loyal. Allen upset me with his traipsing off to Miami but hey, I can't fault the players for exerting their power. I am after all anti ownership. I respect the Magic/Kareem Lakers but never liked them (Cheered for them against the Pistons though I'll say that) But really the Dirk/Dwayne careers were more worth following than Magic decided he didn't like the idea of running a team. They beat one another in championship series in eerily similar margins, and that will be their legacy. it's been an interesting season. Giannis Antetokoumpo is the Hakeem Olajuwon style player I love though he starts from the outside. My disdain for Hardin is strong, but the guy got the Rockets on track after a horrible start and a chris paul injury. The AD situation the Lakers dumpsterfire season, Boston's inability to gel...both conferences were surprisingly competitive but it wasn't teams we were expecting, "Hi Clippers!" I'm cautiously optimistic for absolute playoff mayhem and then onto next year. Portland losing the Bosnian Beast was a playoff deathknell though Canter can fill it up I don't trust him on defense like I do Nurkic. We'll see if we can look respectable this year. We certainly don't have to worry about facing AD again. I wonder if how many free agents are concerned with the situation in Laker land, and might look to the Clipps as a destination? New York seems to think they'll get KD at least and well good luck to him if he signs there. Also, even though no one asked, I'm still amazed Russell Westbrook has averaged a triple double 3 straight seasons. Once thought the kind of thing that would never happen again, this guy does it 3 straight seasons and suddenly it's no big deal. Stat padding? Sure, but the Thunder have made the playoffs each of those seasons, and I don't hear grumbling from the locker room there. In fact his usage is down this season. He's a terrible volume shooter to be certain but you can't take your eyes off him.

Classic Canadian Rock time! from Moxy's 1975 album - Sail On Sail Away. I am now convinced that I instinctively love songs with Sail in the title....

Strange Rocket Reed Man.

So in the last home game of their respective careers; both Dwayne Wade and Dirk Nowitzki dropped 30pts in lopsided wins. Miami might still have slight relevance but I don't think either are playoff bound. Still it was a great night. But guys. GUYS! Did you all see Magic's "I Quit" press conference? OH MY GOD as someone who hates the Lakers with the might of a recently photographed black hole sun, it was hilarious.

So apparently, some guy (reportedly an MMA fighter) attacked Bret Hart at the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony?

Raiders are going to be interesting this year. I can't say with confidence they'll be bad. Or good.

Child #6 Hisako Ichiki

wow I AM behind. Let's see... Child #6 Llywelyn Lambert (I made it up) aka Scattermane

Child #5 Piotr Nickolaievitch Rasputin

Post Edited with replacement child.

Thanks! my Due Dilligence was faulty. I'll fix that.

Captain Gropeass McCarcrash* isn't exactly a one man wrecking crew anymore. I think Tomlin is a better coach than the Steelers deserve, and they probably will look formid - hey did they get swept by Jacksonville two seasons straight? Oops No, it was 1-2 and that was with Bell and Brown in 2017. I guess we'll see as we always do. I don't see them at the bottom on the division. But maybe not at the top. (*I know it was a motorcycle. It worked better as is. I cleared it with my editor)

The Panthers are bleeding free agents. *sigh*

The Browns have looked to make decent growth. (but did sign a trashcan human) The Ravens broke up their defense for spare parts and fooled Denver into paying for Flacco The Steelers best players at the RB and WR position pouted their way out of town The Bengals....did....things...kind of. The Browns could be winners by default?

Tigra Captain California.

Fallen behind again. Child #4 - Roberto Da Costa Child #4 Maya Lopez