Zendaya, Packers, Recall, Ooga

 Before I speak of The Packers maybe I'll lift spirits a tad for my male readers - I thought Zendaya's leather outfit at the Venice Film Festival was magnificent. and it was only one of the five outfits she wore.   Bravo! 

OK  Packers SUCKED - maybe they should have taken one snap before actual gameplay?   

I have Madden 22 and was looking at their ratings for each player - WHY was Green Bay favored - seriously.  The ratings for their offense front line are a dismal ( pitifully or disgracefully bad ).  

But after my lucky bet on Tampa Bay winning I got out my spreadsheet with every football line for the last 36 years and found some oddities  

For instance - if a team is -9 favorites they only win the game 77% of the time. Far below what they should do.  At -6.5 they win 85% of the time.   I made sure every spread had at least 150 chances to get stats.  So out of boredom I placed a $2 bet on every game where the moneyline was out of whack with what they SHOULD win.   Heck  -8 to -8.5 only wins 60%   

SO - with moneyline bets I lost

Da Bears +280
Cleveland +205 so close
Buffalo -280 OUCH

And won

Cincinnati +135
SD Chargers +100
Houston +150

Obviously with a $2 bet I had not a lot of confidence LOL   OH - Packers are -10.5 favorites and -500 moneyline next Monday night .  -500 you SHOULD win 83.3% of the time and in the last 15 years it has won 82% of the time.   PASS 

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The CA recall - I keep hearing America needs more than 2 political parties. What a horrible idea.  Look at California - If the Governor gets recalled the winner will be who among the 40 people running in opposition has the most votes.  So a person with 7% of the popular vote COULD be the next Governor. 

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We went to Ooga Brewing Saturday night to see Band O' Barley and their Irish Scottish music and it was an awesome night.  I now have two friends from the home brew club that are professional brewers.  Gerry purchased Next Door Brewing and Jeff at Ooga Brewing. 

Ooga is in Beaver Dam and has outstanding beer in a unique place.  Ooga used to be a gas station and now sells the most beer in Beaver Dam. 

They refuse to make high alcoholic beer and are more like European bars with lower alcohol (nothing above 6.5%) AND one of the few I know of that produce ESBs (extra special bitters**)     

**  This style is known for its balance and the interplay between malt and hop bitterness. English pale ales display earthy, herbal English-variety hop character.

Fantastic place that almost did not survive Covid. 

OTHER BEER news - HyVee has Oberon on sale for $2.99 a six pack  NORMALLY $9.99 - I got 2 cases for $12 each - cheaper than Michelob Ultra and a high quality seasonal beer.   

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I REALLY want this 

https://youtu.be/fb6I6oWXkf0

 

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Copper replacing Silver in solar panels.  15% of the cost in solar panels come from silver.  Now a company has found a way to replace silver with copper - a much less expensive mineral.  The Institute of Solar Energy Research found that copper is actually more efficient than silver 

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Cannabis  A study found that "cannabidiol effectively promoted cell death in bladder cancer" and that "CBD may become a novel reliable anticancer drug."

OK - nuff said