That Brother From Hawaii

The weather experts here in the Capitol City were calling for about a foot of snow overnight. There is about 2 inches on the ground at the moment. So, I turned on the local NBC affiliate a bit ago to see if their weather wizards would offer some kind of mea culpa. And of course they didn't. They had folks in a panic over the weekend - grocery stores running out of shit, hardware stores selling out ice melt and shovels, etc. Someone texted me yesterday asking if I had everything I needed for the big storm. And I replied truthfully. I texted back - I bought 2 extra packs of smokes. I'm good.

The TV's here at the Old Bag of Dicks in Clintonville are tuned to CNN again today. They have a countdown clock next to the blonde talking head that is counting down to a CNN Town Hall. It's featuring the current occupant of the White House - one Joe Biden. Anyway, I have no idea what the thing will be about - perhaps hair plugs or plagiarism of dead British Prime Ministers. Maybe both. That would seem awkward though. I don't think I've ever watched a town hall before. I don't know why anyone would.

I was watching the old college hoops on Saturday and I have a new favorite player - Cameron Krutwig from the Ramblers of Loyola Chicago. He was on their team that made the Final Four three years ago. Me and my intern at work bet on them every game in the tournament. They won outright as underdogs in the first four rounds. It was epic. Anyway I was texting with Geilfuss during the game and Geilfuss noted that Krutwig sure looks like a rambler. And I guess that's true. To me he looks like a 22 year old Andy Reid. He can play though. For a big slow white kid he can really ball.

I was at some joint Sunday afternoon around 4 watching the golf. This kid walks in wearing a Trump cap, MAGA hoodie, and a mask that had two words on it - Fuck Dewine (for those unaware Dewine is the governor of the Buckeye State). This kid said this as he walked past me "Trump 2 Swamp 0." It took me a few seconds to figure out what the kid meant. But then I realized he was referring to Trump's acquittals by the US Senate. He then proceeded to get shit faced while playing pool with a guy I see from time to time around town - a guy I call glasses. I call him glasses because he has the most amazing glasses of any man I've ever met. These huge blue frames and really thick lenses. Anyway, at one point this MAGA loving kid came over to me and asked if I had any quarters on me. And I did. So he gives me a crumpled up single and I hand him the quarters. I then asked if I could take a photo. And he obliged.