Post Covid Hockey

A couple of nights ago I went to a concert for the first time since Covid came around. I knew I was missing live music after four years or so, but I wasn’t really aware of how much I was missing it.

So now what?

How about hockey? I’m watching the Bruins play Tampa Bay right now (tied at one in the first period). When was the last time I went to a hockey game? My Flickr account tells me I went to a Bruins game in February 2016. Was that the last time? It might be, I am not sure.

We are going to a game next month at my step kids’ school. Should I try to go to a UMass Lowell game before then? I hope I will be feeling the same sort of I-can’t-believe-how-much-I-missed-this feeling that I got on Saturday at the Letters to Cleo show.

I miss our pre-Covid world.

Oh Sweet Merciful Monday, It Is Finally Over!

Fear the Walking Dead is Over! The series has completed! After eight seasons, the last five of which are the worst television ever produced, they have finally put us out of our misery!

The last two episodes aired last night. I watched them this morning while exercising and eating breakfast and good lord they were AWEFUL. I mean… Holy shit, were they terrible! I was literally laughing out loud at the majority of the “dramatic” moments. The writing was so atrocious that it was funny. Not funny in a good way, but funny in an “I can’t believe how pathetic this is, how did this garbage make it to the air” kind of way.

Who cares though, the show is over. It will never come back again. Stick a fork in it, it’s done! I am so happy for the members of the cast who are now free to work on good TV shows and movies and literally anything they want without ever having to work on this shit heap of idiocy ever again. You are free, people! You are finally and mercifully free!

I feel so relieved. I no longer have to question my sanity as I hate watch the worst show on television, purely for the sake of completeness. This once fantastic show turned into a rusting, leaking, septic tank of bad and I no longer feel compelled to watch another second.

We are all free! We are all freed from the tyranny of the terrible TV show! Rejoice! Rejoice!

Boston

What is your favorite place to go in your city?

Daily writing prompt

Boston, Massachusetts. My city. For my entire life it’s been this shining beacon of awesome sitting 20-30 miles to the South. I don’t have a favorite place in the city. I have a hundred favorite places in the city, maybe more. Here are a few of them, my personal highlights if you will.

  • Fenway Park
  • TD Garden
  • Newbury Street
  • Boylston Street
  • Commonwealth Avenue
  • Beacon Street
  • Massachusetts Avenue
  • Haymarket Square
  • Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market
  • Everything on the Freedom Trail
    • City Hall
    • Granary Burial Ground
    • Old North Church
    • Old South Meeting House
    • Paul Revere’s House, even though it’s a tough spot to visit if you’re really tall
    • The Old City Hall which currently houses a Ruth’s Chris’ Steak House
    • The Bunker Hill Monument
    • The USS Constitution
  • Rose Kennedy Greenway
  • Boston Common
  • Boston Public Garden
  • Cambridge is not Boston, but there are sites that are close enough to include
    • Harvard Square
    • Central Square
  • Lansdowne Street
  • Kenmore Square
  • The North End

Okay… I am going to stop now. There are probably a couple of dozen more places that I love, but if I keep going I am going to spend hours writing this post and I’ll be late for work. Suffice to say that I love the holy hell out of the great city of Boston. There are other cities that I love, but Boston is mine. Boston is home.

Shoelace Time

Jen broke out the shoelace and the cats went crazy.

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I cropped the hell out of these, but you don’t mind, do you?

I have a feeling that today might be one of those days where I flirt with a new record for most blog posts in one 24 hour period. I don’t know what the record for me is. It’s over 10, I know that. I just have a feeling that today might be one of those days, you know? Forgive me, please?

Random Pics from Last Night

I took a few pictures with my iPhone last night. I figure I’ll share a few of the decent-ish ones. It has been almost exactly four years since I’ve experienced live music. I knew I missed it, but I wasn’t aware of how much I missed it. I am not going to be able to wait four years before I get more. I did wear a mask through the whole show though. Some things have definitely changed over the last four years.

Anyway, random pics: