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- FINALLY. Should be perfect for opening weekend at the track, too. It's as if the weather knew.
- For those with families and close to Lexington, highly recommend Sunrise Trackside. Tons of activities and up close, personal contact and photo ops with the horses and jockeys at the railing. Also includes Breakfast With the Works; is there a more GYERO name than that? Saw 80 and B$ there last year, all seemed to enjoy.
- Didn't graduate from there or even in the class, but tagging along with a bunch of friends I had in Lafayette's '99 class for their "reunion" at a home football game tonight. Can't even remember the last time I sat under some Friday night lights. Everyone heading to Blue Stallion (partly owned by three Lafayette graduates) after for some solid brews. Looking forward to it.
- Love any kind of sports-adjacent documentaries, and ESPN's True South is just on point. Last episode I watched was about the mostly unknown, forgotten Italian, and more specifically Sicilian, heritage of New Orleans. As a history buff, was fascinating stuff. Count me as one who didn't know about any of it and was surprised, even having been there (albeit one time for Bourbon street and another for a short 2-3 day business trip).
- I lift weights and try to do more weight or more reps than I did the last time. Works pretty well, tbh.
- Went to a White Album tribute concert with my pops last weekend at Centre's Norton. It wasn't a secret. Featured Christopher Cross, Jason Scheff (Chicago), Mickey Dolenz (Monkees), Joey Molland (Badfinger), and Todd Rundgren (Nazz). Pretty much whole album was covered along with each musician doing two of their "own" songs. Fantastic show. And with that I completely solidified my status as a middle-aged dad who is not cool anymore in any way whatsoever. I'm okay with it.
- Doubt I'll go, but I guess it's pretty cool that the first concert at Kroger is at least headlined by a Kentucky native.
- Cade Cunningham wants to be the number one pick and get a max contract. Of 22 max contracts signed so far, 7 have been Cal's players. Is a discussion even necessary? Sign the dotted line, fella'.
- Expecting big things from IQ this year.
- Honestly getting really tired of hearing "so Kentucky football" about this season. In-game frustration is one thing, but when cooler heads prevail, we lost our QB1 and pretty much our biggest leader. Yes, other systems are failing, but it starts and ends with him, and without him on the field, this team is lost. They're down to the 4th string QB who they don't even trust enough to not move over their best slot guy. I GET it. Just make a bowl and get to next season.
- We saw Bargatze's show at Comedy Off Broadway a couple of months back. Dude is fantastic at being funny without trying too hard to be "extreme" like so many comedians these days. It's not lame, "clean" humor, it's just more original and clever than a lot of other stuff you hear anymore.
- Tried to watch Burr's latest, and it got old kind of fast. Always have liked that guy in the past, but something just wasn't there for me with this one.
- It's way out from now, but lass and I's ten-year anniversary coming up next summer, and we already are champing at the bit to travel somewhere. We always thought we would go back to where we honeymooned, St. Lucia. We stayed at Ladera, with an open back wall to the beach and pitons in the background. Incredible views. Now we are tossing around the idea of trying something else, but still may go back. Suggestions welcome.
- Had banana ketchup for the first time in St. Lucia. Sounds odd, but if you ever come across it, throw it on some fries. Amazing stuff.
- This is the NCAA's one chance to actually get something right. If they don't get a handle on this, the major schools will just break away and start their own tournament, sign their own billion dollar TV contracts, etc. Smaller, lesser schools and conferences will be left behind, and "college sports" essentially will no longer exist. Throw in the fact that, at least in basketball, you'll have a three-way $$$ battle between big time boosters, overseas teams, and going straight to the league, and this whole thing will become so fragmented it bottles the mind. They'll still mess it up somehow, though.
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