The Wait Is Over

I have completed one third of today’s trifecta, a vigorous pole-assisted walk through FC’s neighborhood two, its most posh. I now feel the need to post because, in the furthest recesses of my imagination, my audience is restless.

A late congrats to #1 for taking the Extended Village March Madness pool.  His SB1, who came in 2nd, had been leading in the early going. I came in 3rd and noted MI alum the Wolv was 4th. Four others that had picked MI took the 5 through 8 slots.  My wife came in 9th.  She had chosen Duke.  I had forgotten to remind her that our family does not root for Duke.

In my recent YouTube viewing, the Pod Save America dudes were discussing Tucker Carlson’s recent question re Trump: "Could this be the Antichrist?" I’m glad to see him coming around. Trump’s beef with Pope Leo and his posting of pictures of himself as Jesus – or maybe just a doctor – is not harming Tucker’s case. If you bomb a country to distract from the news that you could be a rapist and pedophile, you might helping his case.

Trump said the pope was weak on crime. Somebody needs to inform Trump that Leo is Bishop of Rome, not Sheriff. I saw a clip of a comedian making fun of this.  He said maybe the Popemobile is for fighting crime. JD jumped on the bandwagon, saying the pope should stick to theology. I expect JD’s career will be going up in flames soon enough that nobody will give a shit what he says.

I had a brief exchange with #1 about the bastardization of our language.  He brought up stanning and I responded with my disdain for that, and looksmaxxing, and all the other crap people come up with on a daily basis. I may get a DJmobile to fight language crimes.

One of the big proponents of looksmaxxing is Clavicular. I’m not sure if he smacks his cheekbones with a hammer as some of these knuckleheads do, but he did manage to OD while he was livestreaming. I myself have a strict no-alcohol policy when I livestream. I am also unclear on the origin of his nom de guerre. I did consult Merriam-Webster and, as I thought, it means of or relating to the clavicle. I’ve been familiar with the clavicle bone since I was a small child, as my brother busted his when he was three or four.

I was glued to the TV last week watching the Masters. I was rooting for Rory all the way. Things are starting to go his way. Sergio Garcia lost his shit and smashed a tee box with this club, but at least he apologized a few days later, which made me feel better. He also received the Masters first code of conduct warning.  Man, that’s gotta sting!

The Gray Lady recently did a profile titled "Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?". I sometime put things I perceive to be witty on FB, and I was going to post it and say “read it and puke” but I decided to rise above it. I was glad to see Katie Couric chime in, along with a few thousand other commenters. Somebody said, “the NYT is rage-baiting us”. I appreciate the sentiment but not the use of “rage-bating”, which I put in the same category as stanning and looksmaxxing. In any case, I’ll close this paragraph by letting you know that Jeff and Lauren are currently visiting the Galapagos on their half billion-dollar yacht.

I’ve got my calendar marked for July 3.  That is when Confessions II, Madonna’s new album, drops. I just listened to a preview of “I Feel So Free” so you don’t have to.  It’s a whispery spoken word piece with some electronic music in the background.  I don’t know how she does it.

We had the 4Ms over for dinner on Sunday. The recipe for the masterpiece I created is below.  They found it tolerable.  As usual, 4M digs around in his wine cellar to provide us with his best.  He recently hit 70, so he dug up some of his 1956 wares. He brought this one to share with us. The bottle will have a special place in our kitchen hall of fame ledge along with his homemade vino from their last visit.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026287-one-pot-roman-chicken-cacciatore-with-potatoes

I’ll end by reminding you that my 69th birthday is a mere two weeks away, so get your gift shopping done quickly.  I’ll be celebrating with this dignified individual.