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i deeply respect both teams in the Super Bowl... the Packers played both teams on consecutive weeks,losing to both,which honestly they kicked our butts(until a late Packers' surge,the Carolina Panthers had a 23 point lead,with thirteen minutes left in game,before winning 37-29)... the Denver Broncos demolished the Packers the week before(and the Packers went 4-6,in last ten games of the regular season,frustrating everybody)... the Panthers are 17-1,going into the game,Sunday,and the Broncos beat the then-defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots,last week... i "hate" both teams,so i do not have a dog in this fight... i will not be watching the game Sunday,because it is so so boring to me... both teams can basically kiss my backsides... who cares who wins???

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ever have one of those days that you feel getting out of bed was the worst thing that you could have done that day??? woke up with a headache,and went to the store,but the bus schedules were messed up,because of a work crew putting a new signal light up,at the onramp of Marconi/Business 80(Capital City freeway)... what morons decided to do that stuff in the middle of the morning??? the City of Sacramento public works department... that's who... what a real mess!!!!

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i have had a very long morning... paid "Bill",every single one,this morning,including rent... picked up medication at Walgreen's,ate something that i brought home from McDonald's,and it is time to relax,and get some rest(perhaps sleep),before the NHL game,tonight(Red Wings/Lightning)... walked about two miles this morning,too... hope you enjoy the blog today... will ramp up blog... will have something to say about Super Bowl 50(the NFL has gone to regular numerals only for this year),later on in the week...

my mother...

no one will ever know what my dearly departed mother's passing did to me at that time... i was in extreme shock,could not sleep at night for months,because i would wait for that shuffle of her feet over my head(it never came),and i really hurt very deeply... i was a mama's boy,and very proud of that little fact,and still miss her every single day of my life,since she passed away... people may find this strange,but i deeply respected her for the way that she passed into the afterlife... she really did not want to be a burden on anyone,and after that last doctor's appointment that she had,she simply decided that it was her time to go,so she did what she had to do to go on to the afterlife... in my opinion,she was on her last legs of a wonderful life,and she did not want to hurt anyone,by wasting away in a condition that was near impossible to live much further... damn,i really miss her in so many ways that i can not explain how deep the hurt goes,even now... it will be eight years,next Monday,since she has been gone,and i am in tears now typing this,so i will stop... i simply give a silent hug to her now.....

a story that i will never forget...

i remember walking around San Luis Obispo about once a week with a pair of SONY WALKMAN headphones,with a cap to make sure it fit,listening to talk radio,some great county music,and i would buy jazz music from BOO BOO Records,and books from Barnes and Noble... i would buy BBQ chicken sandwiches from MO's(the best BBQ joint in SLO),and simply walk the city,then take the RTA city bus home to Cayucos... i lived down below from my dearly departed mother,exactly 1/4 mile from the waves(by GPS)... my mother was a real character,with very true character... she lived in so many places over her oh so short life... she was self-educated,but she was in no way a county hick... she worked at two sheriff's/police departments,in her life,at the radio station at USC,a television station,in Denver,a well-known shopping store chain,in New Mexico,at two colleges,including Stanford University,and so many odd jobs that i can not count... she was a city council member in Morro Bay,and if you tried to bully,and buffalo her,she would shut you down quickly,because,unlike most of the city council,she read every bill,or ordinance that came before the city council,while she was on the city council... to get elected the first time,she walked to every house,every one,folks... her home library was spectacular,and i have her collection on Winston Churchill... i used to talk to her almost every night... three stories,from that time,that i will mention:we had not talked in a few days,because we both were very busy,so i hear a knock on my apartment/duplex door,i open the door,and she is standing there rather sad,and she said to me,"i need my harassment"(our running joke),and we hugged and talked for a few minutes,that night... now for a funny story:she had to go to Lompoc for a medical appointment,and so we both went down... we stopped at real dive of a restaurant near Vandenberg AFB,and it was so bad that we kidded each other about going back there for lunch every so often from then on... UGH!!!!  for now the final story that i will mention:when we talked most nights,she would ask me what was on television,i would say,"hock,hock,and more hock",and she would laugh,or i would say to her,"i was not coming back up" for the night,and then sneak up and tell her,"I LIED!!!!",and she would give me that look,and laugh... when we went to bed,i would come up to the sliding glass door,and we would give each other the sign for "i love you",and slowly touch the glass together... she even did it the night before she died,and i will always remember that for the rest of my life... what a real character,and a true lady...

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day off... "Idaho Spud" time... strangely,i do not feel too bad,but my body has an overall body ache,today,so i am delaying my blogwork for a few days... possibly tomorrow,or Thursday... most likely,tomorrow,but who knows... i will talk about some personal things sometime this week...

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i needed time off... taking more time off,but i will be up to speed,by Wednesday...