BB Grey–musings

The stock market took back a little today, and the gambler in me shoved a wad of shares into some quantum stock just to make the day less of a yawn. The humdrum was enough to choke the life out of me, so I wandered over to Walmart for groceries because it was across from Home Depot where I picked up some wood for a job. To call that an event in my day sounds absurd. I wanted to write but didn’t have much to spew, but there’s this damn goal to scribble something every day, so here’s your apology if this is all I’ve got.

Monday ought to be something. Trump gets sworn in, it’s a holiday for MLK, and the College football championship’s on. That’s the highlight, I guess. No more bowl games around New Year’s, not like how it used to be with the Pac 10 against the Big 8 or whatever. Now there’s this playoff thing, which might be good, but I miss the mystery of not knowing the best team because they never played each other. That honor was handed out by coaches and some know-it-alls. This year, Notre Dame squares off with Ohio State. Both teams, old and steeped in tradition. But what’s with all the celebrating after every damn play? Isn’t it your job to catch the ball? Do we need a choreographed line dance for a first down? Junk. That’s what that is. I always thought it was classier when a player made an awesome play and just laid the ball down or flicked it to an official like it was just another day at work. Let the fans do their weird dances, not the players.

So, Michelle Obama might not show up. Or so the rumor goes today. Whatever. Nice show of unity, right? But then again, Trump didn’t grace Biden’s ball four years back, too busy trying to burn down the Capitol in protest. Perfect. There’s even money on whether Michelle will attend or not on this new site, Kalshi. Took a glance, and the landing page asks, “Who will Trump pardon in his first 100 days?” Eric Adams at 40 percent, Enrique Tarrio at 64. Great, if you know who those clowns are. The site’s tagline? “Legal prediction market.” Gambling. I’ll stick to my short sales on Robinhood.

Enough of this opining for today. Hit my 500 words, thanks for letting me do so.

Oh, and let’s go, Irish.