NFL Playoff prediction(s)

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Week 1

49ers romp the Seahawks. Best backup QB in the biz since Tom Matte! Bills by 8+ over the Dolphins nad Bengals by 8+ over the Ravens, because back up QBs get romped in the playoffs <LOL.> Vikings by a last second field goal over the Giants. Chargers too close to call. Brady has NEVER lost to the Cowboys. Cowboys have had trouble in big games. And on the road. Blimp game. Don’t wanna call this one either. So I won’t

Week 2

WHOEVER goes to KC looses. Same for whoever goes to Philly but the ‘Boys will make it close. Brady will bomb. Bills will beat the Bengals in an emotional game. Very close. 49ers train keeps on rolling, this time over the Vikings in prime time.

Week 3

Chiefs/Bills too close to call two weeks out. Mahomes magic or Hustle for Hamlin? Niners will crack the Eagles defense to take THEIR magical season to the Super Bowl, TODAY I’d take the Niners over the Bills but I’ll be updating after each round so we’ll see.

EDIT AFTER FIRST ROUND

Niners? Check. Bills? Yes, but no. Bengals? Yes but no. No last second magic for the Vikings. Chargers/Jags WAS too close to call. And NOW Brady has lost to the Cowboys. Is he done now?

Chiefs – 8+. Chiefs win but I can actually see the Jags covering.

Eagles -7+. Eagles win but I can actually see the Gints covering.

Bills -5. Bills over the Bengals. Bengals to cover.

Niners -3+. Niners to win AND cover.

Then Bills over Chiefs by <3, Niners over Eagles by roughly 3. Niners/Bills currently too close to call.

EDIT FOR CONFERENCE TITLE GAMES

Chiefs won, Jags covered. 2-0. Eagles won AND covered 1-1, 3-1. Bengals won and covered. 1-1. 4-2. Niners won AND covered. 2-0. 6-2. A pretty good weekend.

Niners are getting 2+. I’ll take the point AND outright. I can smell what the Brock is COOKIN’! Chiefs are giving the Bengals 1. Bengals have been KILLING me this post season but I’ll take the Chiefs and lay the points.

EDIT FOR THE BIG ONE

One blown call in the first two minutes cost me the NFC game. 0-2. But the Bengals have FINALLY make me a winner. 2-0 for a split this week.

I’ll take the Chiefs to win outright, so I’ll of course also take the points, and the under. 25-24 thanks to a two point conversion.

Final review:

Chiefs got it done. Felt pretty good about the final score since I took the Chiefs by 1. Blew the over but thought it would be close. Congrats to all connections. Hope you enjoyed the season.

Just enough to merit a side-hustle post

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Still negotiating my sub arrangement with the school. Since their raise went into effect they’ve added a handful of regulars to the roster, which is good. For the school. But it means I’m not being used as much/often or well. I’ve proposed that I be allowed to pick up classes posted 24 hours in advance, thus putting me IN a classroom more often rather than covering Spec ed, study hall, coaches who need to leave early, vape patrol and cafeteria duty. Money’s the same, I would note. But it’s more about attitude. Figure next year I’ll relinquish the “building sub” title and go back to grabbing what I want and in the off chance I don’t have a gig I can STILL come in and they’ll plug me in to whatever they have. Time will tell.

This is ONE reason I stopped running food: Domino’s Delivery Driver Gets Car Stolen While Delivering A Customer’s Pizza

And fwiw I readily acknowledge that many of my “fellow drivers” are NOT among the most shining examples of humanity: Delivery Driver Tells Customer To Pickup Their Own Order After Asking For & Not Receiving A Tip

Perhaps the new Congress will look into these steps. The ’24 Senate will likely be on board as well. How To Empower Millions of Independent Workers

We HAVE gotten a small break from the Feds, however: The IRS Spares the Side‐​Hustlers (For Now)

Still counting, or not

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Some of this is 2-3 weeks old but we’ll post it nonetheless.

Game-changer? Huge Revelation in Kari Lake’s Election Challenge Trial.

AND THEREIN HANGS THE PROBLEM:  The Election Integrity Battle Must Be Won before It Is Fought.

Colorado Won’t Name 31,000 Foreign Citizens It Sent Voter Registration Info, So Counties Have No Idea If They Voted

I READ THIS BEFORE BUT DIDN’T LINK IT, AND I THINK IT MUST BE LINKED: Principles! Long but a very good read.

and since we’ve passed the Donk’s High Holy Day:   Ray Epps “Orchestrated” January 6.

and some fun stuff in case you’re looking to be entertained: Clang-Clang-Clang Went the Planet

Since 60 Minutes put their High Priest on last night

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thought I’d go with a little religion myself today.

  MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen Rejects ‘Climate Change’ As ‘A Quasi-Religious Movement Predicated on An Absurd ‘Scientific’ Narrative’.

The Climate Alarmists Are Deeply Disturbed People

New Age Idols (No, Not Taylor Swift)

And let’s address a few shortcomings of ANOTHER of the Left’s High Priests:

Report: 7,000 Americans more than usual are dying EVERY WEEK because of the effects of Covid lockdowns

Fauci Leaves a Broken Agency for His Successor.

COMING TO TERMS: The COVID lockdowns were all for naught.

The great Covid and cigarettes cover-up

Is YOUR life worth more than $40k? Setting the Record Straight on Ivermectin

9,000

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Most of you know I’m a big fan of flickchart.com. And that October and November bring in quite a few new rankings. And on New Years Day I hit 9,000! Gone in the Night, Nanny and Glass Onion were likely the biggie. And there are others watched but not yet rated. By their reckoning I’ve watched almost 645 days worth of movies. I’d like to see the site filter out cartoons. Not animated features but rather all of those Warner Brothers saturday morning Bugs and Daffy things. Love them. Watch them. But rating them feels like cheating.

I plan on continuing my October and December plans. Maybe add November? And there’s the re-watching of annual stuff. And one of my top twelve will be watched each month.

Global
Ranking		Movie TitleRelease
Year		DirectorMPAA
Rating		Your
Ranking
169The Sting1973George Roy HillPG1
23Casablanca1942Michael CurtizPG2
170Lawrence of Arabia1962David LeanG3
38Citizen Kane1941Orson WellesNR4
5112 Angry Men1957Sidney LumetNR5
2266Holiday Inn1942Mark SandrichNR6
3The Godfather1972Francis Ford CoppolaR7
19The Silence of the Lambs1991Jonathan DemmeR8
9The Godfather Part II1974Francis Ford CoppolaR9
168Stalag 171953Billy WilderNR10
258The Magnificent Seven1960John SturgesNR11
98Rocky1976John G. AvildsenPG12

Started with Holiday Inn yesterday. The Sting or Rocky next month. And of course Sunday is the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, so there’s that.

Happy viewing.

Christmas final

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NASTY weather here in central Ohio. Huge bonuses being paid to drivers last night but I chose not to brave the elements. Stayed in with Kim, ate chili and watched movies. Will hit the final two tomorrow but wanna wright this up tonight.

We start the final run with the Griswold’s. I give it an 8.8. Makes the list because everybody else loves i and we tend to latch onto the movies of our childhood.

Then back to MY childhood. 1966 Grinch. We drop it a bit every season but it’s spot on the list should stay safe. It’s a solid 9.2 and should last another decade.

My second favorite Christmas Carol (Scrooged) is in a cluster of four movies: the 9.5’s. the 2019 version with Guy Pierce, Scrooged, Christmas in Connecticut and the Bishop’s Wife. Are 414 through 417 on my list of nearly 9,000!

Miracle on 34th Street. Because. Same for It’s a Wonderful Life. Maureen O’Hara is beautiful. Natalie Wood is adorable. The bit players are awesome. Rocks a 9.2. And Donna Reed keeps the 9.5 for Jimmy Stewart.

We’ll finish up tonight/tomorrow with A Christmas Story (dropping to 9.1) and Charlie Brown (9.6).

Hope you and yours have a happy.

The war is lost but the battle rages on

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Don’t think this one’s winnable but it’s fun to keep tugging whiskers.

ABOUT TIME FOR SOME PUSHBACK:  AZ state asst. AG refuses to certify election until questions answered.

Maricopa County Made Arizona’s Elections Even More Of A Disaster Than People Realize

I WAS TOLD VOTING FRAUD WAS UNKNOWN: LaFayette Man Must Serve 15 Years In Prison For Trying To Vote Twice In Same Election.

Poll Worker Gives An Inside Look At ‘Complete Chaos’ In Maricopa County On Election Day

PA County Cements Suppression Of ‘Thousands’ Of Voters By Flip-Flopping To Certify Disaster-Plagued Election

Back on the road soon

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Got a NICE raise in the classroom last month so I’m looking at driving through a different lens. I’m not as driven to drive, you might say. But drive I will. At least a little. Thursday and Friday. And next week. But school starts back up 1/3 and it’s back to the classroom.

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and to stretch this out a bit, a few Christmas movie posts:

10 Christmas Movies That Must Be Canceled By The End Of 2022

Film Review: A Christmas Story

NOT SO FAST, BUBALA: All the Evidence Needed To Enshrine ‘Die Hard’ As a Christmas Classic.

● You’re All Wrong, Die Hard Is A Hanukkah Movie.

● Yes, Virginia, ‘Die Hard’ is a Hanukkah Movie.

● ‘Die Hard’ is the Ultimate Hanukkah Movie.

● Differences Between Christmas And Hanukkah (With Tongue Firmly In Cheek). Includes The Answer To The “Die Hard” Conundrum.

Christmas week 3

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Now we get serious. A Christmas Carol 1938. The entire Lockhart family. N stuff.. Dropped it out of the top 1000. Still 8.8/10!

The 2019 version. VERY different, But I LIKE it! 9.5

A bit of questioning from others – NEXT year we’re gonna add the sill stuff – Die Hard, etc. Just because

Then there’s the Muppet version! 9.5

The Bishop’s Wife. Because it’s good. It just IS. ALSO 9.5

One of those non-Christmas Christmas movies? Love Actually. Bumped up from a 9.1 to a ….9.5!

and finally … Black Christmas, 1974. Same director as Porkys ….. AND A Christmas Story. 8.8 but likely dropping

Wearing thin

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My tolerance at school (and OF school) is getting thin. Year end stuff. Winter break stuff. Nerves are fraying. Curious to see where the break ultimately comes. In the meantime:

Chronic School Absenteeism. RACIST!

THIS one was cool. Forget bake sales: This elementary school is set to raise $50,000 because they grew wheat as a school project.

I was NOT …. I repeat NOT involved in this. Grades For Attractive Female Students Dropped During Remote Learning

HARD TO DISAGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT: ‘America Is Getting Dumber’: Experts Say Lockdowns Aren’t The Only Cause Of Student Struggles

Public high schools are failing to prepare students for freshman year of college, professor warns

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Community college is a better, more viable alternative for many students.

Biden is a doddering old man who has no idea what’s going on but that’s no excuse for putting someone like this lady in your education department

And speaking of …. dress codes? The Case for Bringing Back Neckties (and Classical Liberalism).

SHOT: CEO Of Failing Baltimore Public Schools Gets $444K In Yearly Pay, Comp

CHASER: Baltimore City Schools hits new low in nationwide testing | WBFF