Another one bites the dust, didn’t take long, dumb ass
Patrick Swayze died yesterday after his long fight with pancreatic cancer. To be honest I am surprised he held on this long. I always enjoyed his flicks, the favorite of mine would be Point Break. Sure it’s sad he died but 57 isn’t a horrible age to go, he was just about to enter the slippery slope into the abyss of old age. Man there have been a lot of names dying lately, more than I can ever recall in such a short time period.
It didn’t take long for me to find annoying things at Planet Fitness. Last week I got to watch four Haitians sit in the already small free weight area and do NOTHING but shoot the shit for at least 30 minutes. They didn’t move a single weight during that time period. Luckily I didn’t need the benches they were occupying needlessly.
One of the most annoying things about Planet Fitness is the myriad of rules they have. One of these rules is you aren’t allowed to use cell phones on the gym floor. I believe the rule is meant to prevent two things, people sitting on equipment while they yap on the phone and cell phone camera bandits that may try to snap up shorts or down shirt shots of a female in a compromising position.
Well a woman was using her cell phone on the gym floor. She was aware of the rule because she was using it back in a corner out of view from the front desk. It didn’t matter, the cell phone police sniffed her out. An employee spotted the infraction and made the woman end the call. Although I don’t agree with morons blabbing on a cell phone while they tie up a machine, I found the incident disturbing. Whenever I am in the place I feel like I am under surveillance.
I caught the end of the Patriots/Bills game. I tuned in with about 5 minutes to go. It looked like the Patriots were surprisingly going down in flames in their home opener to the Bills. New England was down two scores and had just received the kick off. Well Buffalo did the typical, stupid prevent defense that allowed the Patriots to march right down the field and score with about two minutes to go.
Instead of an onside kick New England decided to kick the ball deep. The kick went a few yards into the end zone. Instead of doing the smart thing like taking a knee, the guy instead decides to run the ball out. He takes a big hit and instead of going down and protecting the ball he continues to battle to get a meaningless yard or two and in the process gets the ball yanked out. The Patriots recover the fumble, go down and score another touchdown and the Bills fail when they get the ball back. Game over. That kick returner is grade A dumb ass. Of course the special teams coach should have been screaming at them ahead of time so they knew that protecting the ball was the number one priority.
Hey I was happy, TO gets to enjoy a crushing loss in his first game as a Bill. Hopefully there are many more of those to come. I can hardly wait for his first temper tantrum.
There was an odd moment after the game. Suzy Kolber was trying to interview Tom Brady after time ran out but Tom refused to stop to talk to her. So instead Suzy kept running after Tom trying to shout questions at him. Tom had no interest in speaking with her and only threw out a couple one liners as he continued to run off the field. It was awkward. You can see the blow off here. maybe Tom was afraid he would be lured by the same spell that Suzy used on Joe Namath.
I locked up top points in the league last night. I had 35 points more than my closest competition and beat my opponent by 65 points. I can only hope the good fortune continues.