Day: April 15, 2026

I was not going to do the Waiver Wire this time. I didn’t really have much to say other than to show my legitimate angst at my teenager being, well, a teenager. This is not to excuse his behavior (No chance of that at all… He’s getting that verbal whipping). I expected more from him and from our relationship and he did not deliver on his end of the bargain. Instead he fell into that modern trap of playing the victim and using clinical language in order to reframe the situation as anyones fault but his own. This is what happens when you get a girlfriend and start to feel yourself a little.

But I digress…

How is he gonna ball? Well, based on the new AZcentral.com report, he is not one of the top 40 players in the state. I can see why: He doesn’t get turnovers. When I studied the PFF grading system in relation to his big brother I learned a very important fact. Grades are swayed remarkably by splash plays. If you give up a touchdown, it hurts. If you don’t get interceptions, it hurts more. Still, he did force several fumbles and that peanut punch got him 4 offers so far. I still implore him to take one of these offers, because I’m learning that the teams that want you first are the teams that actually want you. He’s supposed to visit one of those teams this weekend, but we will see if that happens given how much trouble this child is in.

Short waiver. We need to talk schedule and playing both ways and all of that eventually. I think that waits till after the summer. Next time I return to the waiver, I’ll get into an analysis of UNI and what is going to happen on defense with my boy joining the roster. There are impacts to be made.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Hot dogs and steaks and bacon, oh my! Meat raffles keep a beloved Midwest tradition alive” We are an extremely strange country.

I Think….

I’m low energy lately. It has been several days of this. I thought it might be just the days I have no coffee, so I should continue to monitor that situation. But I know it is more than that. I got struck down with depression a few days back and I am trying to work myself out of it. Until I do wipe away the residuals, I will definitely be struggling.

I Think…

My classes all need a rebuild and a streamlining. I need to make this all go faster and make more sense so people can spend more time actually working with the material they are learning.

I Think…

People get upset when you talk about politics because it makes them feel upset and powerless. I also think it makes some people nervous because they don’t agree with you and want to avoid that confrontation. Politics is a difficult bridge to traverse. We have to get away from the sides and the polarization and get back to starting at a place of recognizing what we have in common, as opposed to seeing disagreement as unamerican. Until then, we are gonna always cringe when we try to talk about politics.

I Think…

We need to talk about politics, because the Trump stuff is getting worse by the hour. This is pretty much new territory when it comes to dereliction of duty. I’m not here for the whataboutisms either. You cannot constantly use what we all agree was a fading old man as an excuse for being bad yourself. I fear though that is exactly what future administrations will do based on the straight grifting and dereliction Trump has put on full display. We’re at war. We started this war alongside Israel. Yet, when it comes time to have negotiations the president and the secretary of state cannot make it there because they’re at a UFC Fight? Come on, man.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic after photos published of her with Mike Vrabel” Some context here is needed. See, Russini and Vrabel are longtime friends. Moreover, these photos showing them together laughing in a pool, were zoomed in to remove the other people who were also hanging out with them. This helped to promote an affair narrative. As a result, she had to quit her job before the Athletic fired her. What is nuts to me is that these friendships she has with these powerful sports figures are exactly why she gets scoops. Someone wanted to make a story happen. Someone succeeded.