Last night about 8:30 I realized I was not getting my spam phone calls and became concerned. Was I no longer worthy? Did my advancing (like everybody) age cross yet another line? and . . . where was my phone anyway?
Wait . . . . . I remember telling myself in Target "DO NOT PUT THE PHONE ON THE SHELF - YOU WILL FORGET IT". But then on my other shoulder "it's OK, because you just told yourself not to do it so it is literally impossible to forget it now".
FUCK!
I knew exactly where my phone was. I call Target and 8 minutes later I'm talking to an actual human. I tell him, "My find my phone app on the iPad says my phone is in your coffee maker section. I tell him it's top row, 2nd machine, Cuisinart ((top of Consumers Reports Drip Coffee machines - The Cuisinart PerfectTemp 14-cup (you never know when you need a quick 14 cups) Programmable Coffeemaker)).
"Oh he says - I will send somebody over to look". A minute later "nope sorry". My app makes it LOOK like it's right near the front door - near Starbucks where I purchased coffee. I tell him but now he is all confused about the whole coffee thing . . Starbucks? Machine? What?
I drive to Target - go in, talk to the three baristas (because you need three baristas at 8:30 at night at Target) and they have not seen it. I walk to where I know I left it and yup, exactly where I left it 8 hours earlier. Well done on "looking" for my phone.
SO - the lesson here is the next time you talk to yourself, actually listen.
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I have this photo I'm trying to do SOMETHING with but it just comes out gritty or whatever. The color is harsh and I can't seem to make it friendly.
And it's really detailed - maybe too detailed.
Maybe I'll go onto something else and come back
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The MLB / Network nightmare begins tonight. The last thing MLB and The Networks want is Milwaukee to advance. A World Series of Houston and Milwaukee would be a ratings nightmare. Heck - even I might not watch. No - I bet I would.
According to a couple articles the ranking of World Series popularity
4. Brewers/ Astros
3. Brewers/ Red Sox
2. Dodgers/Astros
1. Dodgers/Red Sox
BET? Brewers are +140 to win the NLCS. Bet 100 pretzels and if the Brewers win the pretzel bookie would give you 240 pretzels back. Seems like a good bet to me actually. I'll take toke odds. Brewers have to win that bet about 41% of the time to break even.
Tonight the Brewers are +135 to win. Just get to the Dodger bullpen with a 1 run lead.
Is this going to be a series featuring as many left handed pitchers as they can find? Both ball parks LOVE left handed hitters. Dodger stadium is one of the better homer friendly parks for lefties and Milwaukee is HEAVEN for left handed hitters. With both teams throwing lefties that means both teams are putting right handed hitters into the line up.
But that is only where the chess game begins. This will be a most interesting series when it coems to strategy. LOVE IT!
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Talk about Republican voter suppression. In Georgia the Republicans have ordered that if you register to vote you must be EXACT on your name compared to the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration. Anybody that has worked in IT knows that name matching is REALLY iffy. Rodney G Melotte is no match for Rodney Melotte. FAIL - you can not vote. Pat O'Mally can't even be entered in Wisconsin because on many systems a ' can not even be entered in a computer system. So if you put Pat O'Mally - FAIL! you cannot vote.
In Georgia 70% of new voter registrations are so called African-Americans (NOT the politically correct way to say "blacks"). In fact 53,000 have been turned away so far because their name is not an EXACT match.
Of course Wisconsin is making news as the worst state in America for gerrymandering making it almost impossible for anyone BUT a Republican to win. I mean - look where Columbus is. They just cut us out so our liberal votes won't turn the district west of us blue (which it would).
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BTW - the coffee this morning is AMAZING!! If you have a keurig you are not drinking real coffee and you probably have forgotten what real coffee tastes like.
1. do not buy pre ground coffee - it's stale and old
2. do not buy coffee in the clear plastic bulk bins in supermarkets (exposed to light and air and old)
3. DO buy pre packaged unground beans and grind them at the store. BIG difference
4. Dark roast beans are lower class beans - it's all about the roast and nothing to do with the flavor of the coffee bean.
If you want a coffee maker under $100 get a Cuisinart PerfectTemp 14-cup Programmable Coffeemaker.
Did you know there is a tablet you can put into RO water that will make perfect water for perfect coffee? I think that is a little over kill.
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GO BREWERS - GO PACKERS (remember the packers?) I believe this is Mike McCarthy's last season being a Packer unless the Pack get to the Super Bowl or go VERY deep.
OH Brewers are +500 to WIN the World series.
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