Read it, don’t read it, I don’t care…just needed to get some things off my chest.

In no particular order of chronology or importance…

Not on the clock.  TRUE Airplane Cast (not buying the internet).  Early evening cast.  Not a Speed Version but not a long flight either (Tulsa).  Let’s turn and burn.

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1. Greetings and salutations, people.  Thanks for coming aboard (the boat)…well, the plane in this case.  Let’s move.
2. Sure, I get excited about big things in life. I also get insanely happy about having not one but TWO open seats next to me on this flight.  Proud to say, I officially look like I am maximizing every single inch of the three seats.  On editing, she gave me the WHOLE Coke Zero can.
3. The more I read about this Blake Griffin thing, I am convinced because of their tight friendship, it was about a woman and maybe some sort of crossing the line.
4. Yes, a lot of my business is there, but Oklahoma NOT an exciting state. I officially will stop teasing Route 35 North though, as 44 East is MUCH more barren and boring.
5. I was half asleep when it started the other night, but I had one of my sneeze attacks early morning. Given I did 19 consecutive sneezes AFTER I woke up and started counting, I assume I probably broke my unofficial record of 24.
6. Scary stuff reading about Mr. Sash and his very early and maybe CTE related departure from this world at age 27.
7. I was indeed half joking when suggesting serving pizza when presented with wedding menu questions. Be glad she is in charge, people attending.  I would just have you check what toppings you want.
8. If I served pizza at the wedding, it would definitely have cream cheese on it.
9. ESPN went through the one greatest team year for each NFL team this week. Some were easy like the 1985 Bears.  Some were harder picks like the 1975 Steelers.  And some were funny when they had to go back to 1950 for the Browns.
10. You will be happy to know, Browns fans, that USA Today ranked all of the non Super Bowl teams and their chances of winning it next year, and you were solidly and without a doubt last.
11. At least you have the Indians, as I am loving all of these internal strife basketball articles.
12. No LeBron, we are not saying you got him fired. We are just saying you definitely didn’t HELP.
13. We all know the writing is on the wall. I get that.  But I wish a microphone hadn’t picked up Peyton telling Belichick anything about a “last rodeo” as I wanted to be KIND of surprised when he did it immediately after the win.
14. Yes, Broncos fans. You read that right.  The so called Broncos hater on this side is officially on your side, as I am not ready for Cam Newton to be king of the world for an offseason.  I would rather deal with you Broncos fans chatting my ear off for that time about the win over the Steelers.
15. Seriously, I don’t like Cam. He has to go down, people.
16. It was a pretty good game the other night between the two teams I have NO idea what to do in the brackets this year.   IU.
17. If they make the tourney, add LSU firmly to that list.
18. Maybe that crazy, not deserved last second bank shot by UVA against a team in Wake that they should destroy will wake them up a little.
19. Good news for Sheldon Richardson that there will be no jail time, and you have problems when anything you are charged for has the word “chase” in it.
20. Speaking of problematic guys, Vince Young has now been elevated to my Rant Squad/ Castoffs. Congrats, Vince.  Tough crowd to join.
21. My interns will be reprimanded for forgetting him on the present brainstorm list.
22. The Mauk video might have been old, but is there a way I can get the list of jokes that accumulated in the brief time we thought it was new?
23. So, if Samaki Walker is correct in his Kobe story about punching him when he lost a halftime court shot he didn’t pay in one day, I believe we have a great heavyweight bout set up between Kobe and Blake Griffin. I will watch.
24. The US wants the Russian probes to extend beyond track and field. I agree.  Seriously, they were good for a certain amount of time, then came back to the pack, and it seems shady.  Do everything.  Maybe the ice skaters were on stuff too.
25. Speaking of Russian topics, can’t wait to have Mr. Varlamov over my house for some Stoli soon. Sounds like a keeper.  It has to be at my house since he would kill me if in Russia.
26. I know Denver has a Toby Keith’s, but the bologna sandwich just tastes better in Oklahoma. Just like a cheese steak tastes better on South Street.  I assume the ham sandwiches and fried pies are stellar also within OK state lines.
27. Just like assuming OJ Simpson killed someone, I just assumed we all knew Shaq got paid to go to LSU. He openly said so the other day, and pretty sure we are not splitting atoms with this.
28. My 2016 running mate and colleague, Omar, escapes vague stories in the blog this time. Nothing to report except that I think we will travel very well together.  I am a good athlete with some stories, and he is an ex-athlete with many, many actual credentials.  If he wrote a sports blog, he would be like Keyshawn Johnson telling you about receiving a football and I would be like Jim Rome telling you about receiving a football.  Great dude.
29. And many more trips to make the blog, sir.
30. I think he was surprised when I knew ONE country song and singer (we were in OK…when in Rome) and it was Blake Shelton. I really only know Charlie Daniels band from being a kid, Garth Brooks from my college days, and Blake Shelton because he was on that Voice show.
31. The Thunder outlasted the Knicks in OT behind 44 by Kevin Durant, but the story that keeps coming around is whether Porzingis should be nicknamed The Unicorn. I will answer that.    Aside from the fact it is tacky and complicated, it has the same amount of syllables as his freaking last name and therefore violates one of the most simple nickname rules in my book.
32. Adding another menu item to my soon to be built badass blog page. Weekly or daily betting advice.  That way I can keep a record of my hypothetical bets.
33. I like to get sucked in to movies even though afterwards I break down details that bother me. Well, I got sucked in and the effects were that good.  Guess I could have figured it out on my own though but sometimes I am just slow.  Of COURSE the bear in The Revenant was fake.    Here I initially was thinking they super-trained that bear from The Edge.
34. The Edge. Top five most underrated movies no one has ever seen.
35. Initial descent already????   Moving to speed version and one sentence hooks.
36. Sammy Hagar has a new show coming out, and he will be playing with Bob Weir, which should be an interesting mix of styles of guitar.
37. You can get some sleep now, people, as the U.S. has finally announced the participants in the Table Tennis Olympic Trials.
38. I know getting advice is a good thing, but the NHL really has no one to design their own app besides the MLB people?
39. Voters, it is ok, we can hug it out, and GET DUKE BASKETBALL OUT OF THE TOP 25 UNTIL TOLD OTHERWISE!!!!!!!
40. How many freaking losses does it TAKE?????
41. I see John Thompson probably still has bad memories about losing some championships and is still mad at stuff and crashing press conferences where he is not the one being interviewed.
42. He is not a top 25 recruit, but kind of hoping the latest Michigan recruit, whose last name is MCDOOM, does well.
43. Harbaugh probably recruited him BECAUSE of his name.
44. Kind of crazy that ELEVEN of the top 25 football recruits have not committed yet…with a week to go.
45. It was news today that Eli is rooting FOR Peyton????
46. Wow, really breaking those big time stories, ESPN.
47. I thought that Azarenka would cruise into the Aussie Finals by beating Kerber and whoever she had to next in that ridiculously weak part of the women’s draw.
48. Savor it, enjoy it, and let it marinate afterwards, as we don’t have too many more Federer vs. Djokovic Slam matches left.
49. This week, The Great One had his 55^th It is always awesome reading through what he did, and I thought I would remind you of some of them so you don’t forget how ridiculous he was.  Here are a few.
50. He technically was never drafted.
51. He had 50 goals in 39 games and 92 for a season, which will never be broken most likely.
52. He had FOUR seasons of 200 plus points.
53. He is the only retired hockey number.
54. They waived the 3 year mandatory wait for him and just put him in the HOF.
55. His daughter is beyond hot.
56. And finally my favorite. If you ONLY took his assists and threw out all of his goals, he would STILL be #1 all time in points ALL TIME.
57. I get that if we adjust points by era, Howe would be a little ahead of him…but only ahead of his ASSISTS.
58. That’s it. They are shutting me down soon.  Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed.  Will I blog tomorrow?  That is a CLOWN question, bro.