Various Musings About Mostly Nothing

If I knew it all then would I do it again? If they knew what they said would go straight to my head... What would they say instead?- Eilish

I was revisiting these blogs last night for the first time in ages as they were moved here from the discord (thank you Logan, Parker and Ed) and I realized I may have painted a picture of someone who is not quite sure if he is happy with where he's at and that in itself bothered me some.

Funny stuff has taken place recently. So let's get to that.

I had lunch with a old pal on Monday that I hadn't seen in forever. Something a very peculiar epiphany took place.

Did you know that when you loan money to someone that you no longer are friends once the person receiving the loan can't or chooses not to pay back the loan?

It can be $200 for a plane to visit a dying aunt in 2010 but in 2024 that person who never paid back the 200 remembers it and it hangs onto their conscious as I'm one of the few or many they decided not to pay back and that changed the dichotomy of how one of you felt about one another this entire time.

I decided I respected the guy who's been hiding from me for 14 years because I might want my 200 bucks while he's buying houses, cars and having kids and shit than a psychopath that just gets me to back him in poker tournaments or asks for free rolls in sports they know they can't win in.

The craziest part of this story is as I'm paying the bill for our first meeting in what I thought was 20 years, the guy says hey Eddie you know about that 200 I borrowed from you in 2010?? I still remember how incredible of a gesture it was for you to offer.

He never paid me back after this song and dance. The aunt died and he didn't comeback for a year or something but I forgot all about the aunt, the 200 and I'm pretty sure I lost a friend or whatever the hell he was over the umm, gesture. Now I've done the inflation calculator and he owes me $430009 according to 2024 republican voters and I'm furious... So there's also that.

I do think the funniest thing on X or whatever that I'm trying to ween myself off of these days (down to a paltry 6 hours a day) is politicians tweeting. You ever look at the like to comment ratio??? Whoever told Biden that Twitter was a good idea is likely the same who advised Kristi Noem to write a tell all and leave nothing out.

A "Have a blessed Friday" tweet.. 20k likes 32k comments of full blown crazy. I love the comments, read the comments and laugh no matter who you vote for is my advice.

I would like to say that we have reached a stage of new found delusion in sports betting which I find encouraging. I prefer my colleagues as insane as possible.

A bunch of guys hired by sportsbooks who were actually bartenders, subway employees, construction workers and security guards in the Boston area 2 years ago didn't show up to a VOLUNTEER roundtable to discuss things they have no actual idea of how they work that could be detrimental to the corporation stock prices and share holders confidence levels didn't spill the beans on how they decide to limit winning players... Shocking indeed.

I fully expected a behind the scenes look at what draftkings looks for in determining a winning bettor and transparency has always been all of these legal books strong point so I'm just glad we almost got to the bottom of this...

In other news in the last 15 months Massachusetts got a river walk way, finished the 6 ramps and 5 new parks in the greater Boston area... They'll be bullish on this like they were with heroin and fentany or the DIG.

Kaitlyn Clark is being talked about constantly which means the WNBA is being discussed which is a huge deal.

Charles Barkley, LeBron, every ex wnba player is being quoted daily from what I can tell and bad publicity, good publicity it's all humongous for a league 5 games into a season. I've never heard anyone but gamblers say anything about the wnba this time of year before now.

I'm not going to pretend like I know anything about the league, the players or anything regarding the W but the very fact it's a daily talking point let's me know it's bigger than it ever has been before and that's awesome.

I got a chance to listen to a few podcasts regarding betting recently and one thing that really stuck out to me and it's the same issue I have with VSIN everytime I've ever been on there or listen to their programs.

Stop telling your guests what they're gonna be discussing. I tell this to every podcast host but no one ever listens because they want their show to flow in a direction that they are comfortable with and can dictate.

By losing the organic nature of conversation you actually end up with a prepared statement of just talking points. You've never heard someone say, "I'd have to think about it or I don't know top of my head" on any of these shows. That's not really how handicapping, betting or any aspect of life works.

Give the guest the topic and then just riff. Talk about all of it. If it's a Tuesday of game week and I need you to tell me what game you want me to discuss and I need a list of talking points beforehand I'm a shit guest anyway.

I'm home for the first full day in eight and I am gardening today, enjoying the sun and the company of the dogs and the lady once she gets off work. I certainly love writing this blog at times. Today was one those times.

I'm not attending WSOP for the first time in 12 years besides 2020 and doubt I'll get to betbash and I couldn't be more at peace about being completely unselfish with my time for the summer.

Joke of the week I hate the rainforest cafe. They take the rainforest theme WAY too far! I was sitting there eating my chicken tenders and they bulldozed 40% of the restaurant with no warning!

Hope you and yours are doing amazingly well. Thank you as always for the space, Eddie