“What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?” (Documentary Film Review)
SPINNING WHEEL: WHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN
….”WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS?” — A REVIEW
Read More2024 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 17
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2024 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 112
LOSSES — 101
PUSH — 2
NET WIN/LOSS — – $540
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 8-5 (+ $250)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.
CURRENT BANKROLL; $9,460.
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Read MoreLook What I Found (Finding Al Alvarez’s “The Biggest Game in Town” — Now, 40 Years Later)
Read MoreAl Alvarez’s book undoubtedly had some role in changing my life and the direction it took when at a crossroads.
2024 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 16
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2024 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 104
LOSSES — 96
PUSH — 2
NET WIN/LOSS — – $790
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-8 (- $205)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.
CURRENT BANKROLL; $9,210.
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Read MoreToday at the Orleans Sportsbook
MY ORLEANS SPORTSBOOK STORY:
GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE CAN SOMETIMES BE A SIMPLE ACT OF HUMAN KINDNESS
Something happened this afternoon and I must share the story with you.
Read MoreReview: No Good Deed (on Netflix)
No Good Deed is the type of show I rarely watch.
It’s yet another all-too familiar television series about rich narcissists living in the lush foothills of Los Angeles who apparently don’t work for a living — yet they have no money problems, never clean the house nor do any yard work, and still somehow manage to drink cosmos all day long while desperately trying to manage all that daily stress. Of course, each of their lives is a giant clusterfuck, intersecting with one other in rubbernecking matrix of crippling insecurities, greed, jealousy, adultery, and spite, laced with an overdose of pettiness.
Aww. Poor things.
Read MoreBlack Doves — Review (Netflix)
BLACK DOVES — REVIEW (ON NETFLIX)
There’s a lot to love about Black Doves, the latest popular series now available on Netflix. There’s also considerable chaos and confusion. To enjoy, we must suspend all sense of reality. This sort of thing could never happen in real life. Think of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels crossed with The Gentlemen melded with Kingsmen and frosted with Zero Dark Thirty. Rarely does a spy-caper provide so much style. Death monologues become poetry. Killing is art.
I loved most of it. I hated parts of it.
Read More2024 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 15
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2024 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 97
LOSSES — 88
PUSH — 2
NET WIN/LOSS — -$685
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 3-7 (- $575)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.
CURRENT BANKROLL; $9,315.
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ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
Read More50 Years Ago — On Monday Night Football
50 YEARS AGO — ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
One of the special things I miss the most about Monday Night Football is the human drama and unpredictability of the broadcast.
Read More2024 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 14
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