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And one of the strangest tributes to him you will ever see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlieo6mM7rk (Sorry, embedding not allowed on this video..)

He's one that won't RIP. He'll heaven on the fly, his angels have been waiting to dance. Lyrically, musically, its a song that makes troubles melt away.

there are still ways to avoid/escape technology and to many, an off-grid lifestyle is fashionable. Of course, most of them have a monetized Youtube channel, a solar array and a Jackery to power their laptops, phones and other electronic items. So in a way, they are missing the point, but to each his own. I always had a certain mode of respect for a Dick Proenneke, a guy who found an uninhabited lake in Alaska and built his retirement cabin there. He stayed for 30+ years, finally leaving in his early 80s. He built his cabin with non-power hand tools and 95+ percent of his building materials came off the land. His modes of transportation were his feet and a canoe, and supplies were flown in every month or two by a bush pilot friend. His nearest neighbor was at least 40 miles away The only reason anyone knew about him was because he filmed himself building his cabin with a wind up camera to send to his family. Someone came up with a way to market his film, photos and journals and he became a PBS sensation. He was a survivalist before there were survivalists, A Youtuber before there were Youtubers An Into the Wild personality decades before that foolish young guy, Chris McCandles went Into the Wild and never came out.

Only have time to list 3, all from the Knox era: -Joe Devlin- solid, solid, solid. When Mark Gastineau was leading the world in sacks, he said he voted for Joe Devlin every year for the PB. Yeah, he was that good. Gastineau, and most others never got past him; -Shane Nelson-extremely short career due to injuries, but when he played, he was the glue of the Bermuda Triangle. Smart, fast and equally good in run and pass D; - Ben Williams-he came on during the Knox era to have double digit sacks from 1980-83 Others like Smerlas got the talk, but if you needed someone to get to the Q< Williams was the guy.

Now I'm wondering if he just stood outside the wedding, waiting to be invited in. (A Sinners reference to those that have seen the movie). Its all starting to make sense now.

But back to the topic...Janis Jopln remains the godmother of rocker queens. Her performance of Ball and Chain can still run chills through you. And Mama Cass in the audience saying "oh wow" is enough of a peer review and an inner statement by Cass that says, "I wish I could do that." Honorable mention to Joan Jett, who, after I love Rock and Roll took her to the stratosphere, went back and did a video of her older classic, Bad Reputation, giving a big FU to the 23 record companies who rejected her.

I found out a few years ago, she's a distant cousin of mine. Which makes those teen fantasies seem a little weird now. She's in the class that wanted to be a rocker queen but her producers steered her more into the diva role. I saw her on an interview a while back and it was one of her regrets. You can hear it from her early songs, with her husband/lead guitarist given a long solo. He seemed to disappear on later recordings. Her voice got softer, the songs got softer. Eh, sorry cuz!!

Like Draconator, our jackabee was named at the shelter. Garth. We decided to keep it. The lady who named him said she was on a country music kick that week. For a jackabee, he has the true coloring of a beagle. Except his ears are shorter, is legs are longer, his eyes are more almond shaped, he's not as broad in the shoulders and he's thinner. He was about a year old when we got him. IF we took him to the dog park for an hour, he'd be at a full sprint for 55 minutes. He'd want to chase, or be chased by the other dogs. And fast. the other dogs couldn't keep up. Well until the day someone brought in 2 Italian Greyhounds. After chasing them for 10 minutes, he stopped and looked at me and I could hear him saying, "did you see how fast they are"? I used to say, "he was listed as a stray at the shelter, but I know what happened. Where ever he lived he got out one day and just started running. By the time he stopped, he looked around and said, 'where the hell am I?'. He's 10 now so not quite as fast as he was, but he still has his moments. If I had had the time, he would have been great for the dog Olympics, where they do the obstacle course.

I think Steve Smith gave the best analysis of Keon Coleman's rookie year. To sum it up...Keon has work to do. It isn't just his lack of downfield speed, it is his footwork. Well, it is a number of things. I hope he is going the Shakir route and reaching out to Moulds in the offseason, or Andre Reed. Never a fan of the pick. When BTJ started to fall, I was hoping they would trade up for him. He was the consensus 4th WR in a stacked WR draft. He had at least Coleman's contested catch ability, his size, but he also had sub 4.4 speed, ability to get open deep, and being far better in most routes. In short, BTJ was a far better prospect I think Beane said he tried to trade up for BTJ, but teams wanted his 2nd rounder, which he didn't want to give up. But what he didn't say whether he offered anyone one of his 2 2025 2nd round picks. A team like Pittsburgh at 20 or Philly at 22 might have taken one of those to move down. Instead, he kept his 2nd in 2024 and drafted Cole Bishop, a guy that really didn't do much to impress in his first year. We traded down with the Chiefs, and swapped a 4th to move up into the 3rd and picked a 3 tech in Dewayne Carter. Just a year later he used both of those 2025 2nd round picks to move up and take...another 3 tech. Keep in mind that Carter and Sanders are playing behind/spelling Ed Oliver. IDK, between 2024 and in 2025, I see a great deal of maneuvering, Im not seeing a great deal of benefit. Sanders better be the true stud they hope he is. We got a pretty meh WR and with a little work, we could have gotten a bona fide stud.

On year 4 of a 20" Ryobi. Best investment I made in yard care (except maybe the cheap electric chain saw I bought at Harbor Freight.) My lot is about 1/3 of an acre. Battery times are still kinda low, you might only get 25-30 minutes out of it. But knock off batteries have really come down in price. I bought one last year and it was about $40 or so as an extra batt. Mine does fine in relatively high grass, and since it mulches, I haven't raked my front yard in 2 years. (I used to have about 20 bags over the season). If you keep up on it, it can be done. IT has a one lever height adjustment. Its light weight, I fold up the handle and keep it in a small shed, but that takes a good 30 seconds to extend the handle. But to be warned, there are a number of plastic parts that can break pretty easy. Mine came with a 3 year warranty on the battery and 5 years on the mower. Last summer my original battery went, but I still had a few months left on the warranty. Ryobi sent me a replacement batt in a few days. I didn't even have to send back the old one. Now, the "extended warranty" from Home Depot was/is worthless. I was told when I bought it that the warranty wouldn't begin until the manufacturer warranty ended. Yeah, no. I took the battery back to Home Depot first, and was told the warranty ended a year ago. After some arguing, she brought the "Ryobi rep" to the front and he freely admitted that he didn't know anything about their warranty. So deal with Ryobi directly and tell Home Depot where to stick their extended warranty. IDK, I charge the battery, plug it into the mower when charged, press the button...and it starts. I had a lifetime of saying "will my gas mower start? Did I leave the gas in too long? Do I have to tear apart the carb again?" I don't miss that. PS, If your batt won't charge, you might be able to reset it. There are tons of videos on YT about how to do it. The only tools needed are a no. 10 torx security bit and a paperclip.

The original from 1936 The Cream version

I saw it this weekend, really liked it. Buddy probably didn't need much make up at the end, considering he's nearly 90. Still really good to see him. A few thoughts: -Like many, I'm surprised about how popular it is. Blues, esp. old time Delta Blues isn't very popular these days. And it was heavy in the music, but even more heavy in the background build up to it. Meaning, things like the street scenes in the first part of the movie were probably pretty historically accurate for 1930s Clarksdale MS. And unless a blues guitarist at that time was lucky enough to be recorded, their audience was basically by playing on a street corner or playing in a juke joint; -It reminds me a bit of Unforgiven in the sense that people told Clint Eastwood that no one was going to see a western. Sometimes a good script, good acting and good direction overcomes a genre that is considered dead, or gone. -I'd guess a majority of of viewers don't know the origin of the dual role Michael B. Jordan's names. I know my youngest didn't. I told him he's heard the origin of the names. Its my ringtone: -The one thing I thought they could have added was a quick cameo of the Robert Johnson deal with the devil event. Something simple like a car driving down the road, on the way to the juke joint, and passing by Robert Johnson at a crossroads, playing his guitar. Considering it was early 1930's Clarkdale, and that is where his deal happened, it would have fit. -Hailee had the line of the movie when she blurted out, "This isn't what it looks like". (I won't give the context so its not a spoiler). I burst out laughing when she said it. ********************SPOILER ALERT***************************** the vampire River Dance scene was the creepiest scene in the movie. It just was.

Someone texted me that video 2 years ago, when I lost power to my house for the 3rd time in a week. The last time it happened, the guy from Evergy said "seems like I've been here before" and followed it up by apologizing for his delay because power was going on throughout the city due to squirrels. They have an unhealthy habit of chewing on power wires on utility poles. -Last year one did it and the power was out 4-5 hours because it blew out the breaker on the pole. normally an inconvenience but it was 104 degrees at the time. -Id like a vegetable garden but I'm not dishing up a salad bar for them. A neighbor behind me told me 2 years ago that he had planted 10 tomato plants and got one tomato out of the planting. They took the rest. Last year, he supplemented his fencing by adding a "roof" of chicken wire fencing. It looks like a giant cage. -things like tulip or daffodil bulbs...lotsa luck. They either dig up the bulbs or wait for them to start growing and eat the leaves. -I looked into some of the homegrown deterrent remedies, such as Irish Spring soap shavings, Bone Meal, and a few others...but no luck. The one I hadn't tried was fox urine. I think you can buy it. I doubt I could live trap a fox and pretty sure I couldn't squeeze urine out of one. So good luck, hope you find a cure. I've just learned to live with them.

I agree with the growing into his body and controlling his frame part. There are some reps in his Senior Bowl practices that show the need for him to do so: 00:54 02:10 04:34 02:28 03:00 04:55 On the good side, he gets to go against Dawkins in camp, where he gets a baptism by fire on controlling his balance. Dawkins is great at taking advantage of a guy's imbalance. Or, he can use the Rocky Balboa string-around-the-ankles trick.

Good luck

Both of my sons saw it, both highly recommended it. My oldest saw it twice already. Both specifically told me I need to see it. My youngest told me I'd like it because it has a ot of blues music in it. I know it takes place in 1930's Mississippi, so yeah, I figured the blues would come into play. But they really liked it.

I've got a Hisense 4k (smaller screen 50 inch), and it works great after 5 years. I picked it because when I was looking in Best Buy, it had by far a clearer, sharper picture than most others. I did end up having to buy a Roku player though. It has a few apps, but even in its app store, they are pretty limited. Not even Youtube TV. But other than that, it works fine. **An aside, as to the loose wire thingy. Years ago, I had an old Sony rear projection tv that lasted forever. But the screen was getting really light, to the point you couldn't read writing on the screen. I was about to toss it, figuring the lamps were dimming and replacements were probably the cost of a new tv. Then i came across a vid on Youtube about how to clean the inside of one. It turned out to be easy. Lamps and the back of the screen were a bit dusty, but it was the mirror in the back that was really gray. After cleaning and polishing the mirror, it was in near new condition. I kept it another several years before putting it on the curb with a sign that said, "works really well"., I doubt it lasted to midnight. I wish I could have kept the sound system and hooked it up to my Hisense. It was far superior, but that would be beyond my pay grade for electronics.

I can give you my thought process, as best I can remember it. But not taking a CB in the 1st 2 rounds was really due to what happened in the 1st. -as I said, both Trey Amos and Hairston were taken before pick 30 in the sim I ran. I may have, or probably would have, taken either if they were available. Especially with the depth of the DT class. In the second, things get a little more sticky. Of those who were, or might have been available when they picked in the 2nd... -Thomas from Florida St. known as a man cover corner. Kair Elam flashbacks are too fresh. -Revel from East Carolina...(not even sure if he was there)... coming off a knee injury early in the season last year, didn't do any testing this spring. No one is sure if he is available this year. -Morrison from ND. Hip injury. Hip injuries always make me nervous. Esp in younger athletes. -Porter from Iowa St. Excellent athlete, has exactly 1 year as a starter at corner. I don't have problems with a switch from WR to CB, especially if they turn into a Richard Sherman. But there is certainly no guarantee of that happening and he is by no means a sure thing. -Parrish from Kansas State is definitely fast and pretty good. he was the one I was hoping for in the 4th. The 2 CBs I took later in the draft scored close to what the guys I passed on in the 2nd, if you put any credence in Lance Zeurline's ranking scores. They may be boom or bust, but I wouldn't write them off as practice squad fodder. Both have good size/speed combinations and a history of production. What I did get in the 1st and 2nd were 3 players that have a good chance of contributing significantly right away in areas of need. In fact, each has a chance at being a bona fide difference maker. As far as Tre White goes, idk. Maybe I'm a little more optimistic than others. I wasn't expecting much out of him last season anyway. It seems that it takes a year of playing after an injury like that to get their play back. It April. There are still options if all you are going to need is a CB 2.

Yeah, it depends who is there at 30...and its a classic case of how the board falls. Example, in my latest mock, Amos and Hairston were both off the board. So Im not sure there was going to be a Round 1 CB available. I can see something like that happening, because the CB group seems to drop off pretty quick after them. But as a door was shut, a window was open. Nolen was available at 30, so it wasn't a difficult decision. I missed out on CB (maybe), but I like the way the rest of the positions came out: 30 Walter Nolen DL | Mississippi A+ Again, not a difficult choice in a position of need. 56 Jayden Higgins WR | Iowa State A+ Everyone is looking for a pure speed burner at WR and I agree for the most part. Higgins is big at 6'4" 215 but he's not slow. He did a 4.47 at the Combine. More importantly, the one word that comes to describe him is ....smooth. About 1200 yards last year and that was sharing targets with Jaylin Noel. A favorite of Greg Cosell. If you watch him run routes, he glides in and out. What really sold me was watching Steve Smith discuss him. But right before that, I saw that he did an e v a l on Coleman's rookie season and he kind of slammed him. (Nah, he did slam him). he talked about wasted movement, wasted steps. There were enough "WTF is he doing?" comments. Then when I watched him break down Higgins, it was the opposite. Footwork, spatial awareness, smoothness. He has what Coleman doesn't. He can get open at the 2nd and 3rd levels. Steve Sith gives a comp of Mike Evans. Im thinking Jordy Nelson. 62 Xavier Watts S | Notre Dame A+ SAfety position still needs work. And Im less confident that Cole Bishop gets it, but part of that was waiting for Kair Elam to get it. So Mr. Instincts was available, not a difficult choice. 109 Ashton Gillotte EDGE | Louisville B+ In the ever elusive search for an edge rusher, Mr. Lower Body comes off the board. Really strong in the lower body, you can see it. And some bend to him. Not sure why his numbers fell off a bit last year, but he had an outstanding 2023. Well worth taking a shot at him. 132 Zah Frazier CB | UTSA B+ Finally a CB . All American JUCO, all conference at a small school UTSA. Tall (6'3") with excellent speed. 4.35 at the Combine. 6 ints and 9 PBU last year. 169 David Walker EDGE | Central Arkansas B+ Double dipping on the edge rusher pool. Mr. Backfield resident. Had over 60 TFL's and 30 sacks over the past 3 years in a small school. Shorter at 6'1", shorter arms at 32", but at 265, packs a punch and knows how to get there. The small school thing is a bit of a concern, but then, he was doing the same thing during Senior Bowl week, he was doing the same thing. 170 Jaydon Blue RB | Texas A+ picked for speed out of the backfield. Nothing else. End of convo. 173 Bilhal Kone CB | Western Michigan D Its late in day 3, best CB left at 173. Size and speed is good. 17 PBUs in the past 2 years. Worth a shot. 177 J.J. Pegues DL | Mississippi B+ Nolen gets his teammate to line up next to. Equally important, the Tush Push is gone. he was used in short yardage situations. 7 tds and 18 first downs isn't bad for a DT. He's big enough, strong enough and gets in the backfield enough. 206 Isaac TeSlaa WR | Arkansas B+ Eh, good speed, really good ypc average. Over 19 yards...not a bad way to end the draft. Not happy with the CB position, here's hoping Tre shows something more in his road to recovery. Personally, after an Achilles injury, I have always looked at the season they return as a throw away/rehab year. Its usually year 2 of the return that they actually come back..if they come back at all.

Not happy with how the Cb choices fell, but I had to go quantity over quality, with the hope that one of them works out. Other needs, it didn't turn out bad. Doubled up on a number of positions 30. Derrick Harmon DT Oregon- Nolen and Grant were already taken, so it made the choice easy. It was going to be between those three anyway. 56. Jack Sawyer DE Ohio State- Based on production, esp. late year production while looking for the ever elusive pass rush. 62. Xavier Watts Saf Notre Dame- Mr. Instincts. Will probably be a day 1 starter. 109. Ashton Gillote DE Louisville- The Angry Bird. Hell of a lower body and knows how to jolt an OT. More than worth a shot at 109. 132. Tai Felton WR Maryland- speed to the outside with a 4.38 40. Could use a few pounds, but can get open deep and draw safeties from the middle of the field. 169. Jamaree Caldwell DT Oregon- Stout with a great first step, can add some run plugging on a rotational basis. More than one person has said, "I was watching tape on Harmon, and it was Caldwell that really stuck out. 170. Cobee Bryant CB Kansas 173. Jordan Hancock CB Ohio State 177. Bilhal Kone CB Western Michigan 206 Justin Walley CB Minn let 'em fight it out and hope one of them emerges. Or take the best traits of each and build one NFL starting CB.

Definitely an eclectic mix, and I love that. I love when a band puts its own spin on a song. I mean, that's how Rock and Roll began. People took old blues classics and transformed them. The Stones, Zeppelin, Clapton, Allman Bros, the list goes on. Sometimes, the original song doesn't even have to be good. Example. A song I haven't heard in decades popped up on my Youtube the other night. Its all I really remember from the movie. Movie makers in the early 90s took a god awful Pat Boone song and gave it to Jeff Beck. "Jeff see what you can do with this". (Smiling) "let me see what I can do." If nothing else, the kids loved it. Keep it going. Happy to hear about the awards.

Antonio Rebollo. A name so random I didn't know it until I pulled up the YT clip. But responsible for the coolest Olympic torch lighting in history.

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Biggest difference from last week. The Eagles defense isn't the Lions defense.

In the middle of Chiefs country. The watch party has dwindled since my son and his gf are going to Arrowhead. Still have a few coming over. All Chiefs fans. Ribs were cooked yesterday. Im saying screw it, making jambalaya. Getting ready for New Orleans. It still has Franks in it. Just got back from the store, looking at everyone with their Chiefs coats on as opposed to my Bills jacket. Got out my phone and played the Shout song on my phone as I was walking down the aisles.