Xpinionated

A recent graduate of Georgia Tech decided to celebrate his new alumni status.  So he, and I’m assuming friends, did what many coming of age men might do when it’s time to celebrate, they went to a strip club. 

At the end of the night, the graduate had run up a $53,000 tab.  Now daddy wants to sue to get some money back.  He claims there are fraudulent charges and only the first credit card signature matches his son’s signature.  Never mind that some receipts are initialed as a means of itemizing.  I know strip clubs are far from the moral high ground, but do we really think strippers and bartenders are going to take the time to fraudulently itemize receipts to get this kid’s loot? 

That’s why you only go to strip clubs with the exact amount of cash that you want to spend….no more, no less….

And after re-reading the article, I noticed that it’s the guy’s father that is pursuing criminal charges.  The article says over and over the father says this and the father says that…has the father asked the son what exactly he spent?

I got home last night, slightly disappointed because of the game, and fearing that Mrs. Xpinionated was gonna be upset at me for taking to long returning home.  I put on some Buju Banton on the ride home and sang my heart out.  As I get out of the car, I hear Mrs. Xpinionated and lil Mr. Xpinionated. 

Uh oh, lil Mr. Xpinionated had been fussy all weekend from his teething and flu shot.  Fussy is an understatement, the boy had been bipolar, from laughing and cooing to straight throwing a fit like we left him with Michael Jackson and R.Kelly for a weekend getaway.

But to my surprise, they were playing and laughing.  I walked just inside the door and just watched for a few moments….taking it in.  Suddenly, the horrible game, or games including Thursday night’s events, were wiped away.  The house smelled of Sunday dinner, my wife and kid were having a blast and I got home in time to see it and enjoy it.

My heart put two hands in the air like lil man does when you say ‘YEAAAAAAA’

It’s called pro football.  For the New England area, the ‘pro’ is short for professional as in professionalism.  Something the Pats haven’t showed…..

Running up the score is an iffy situation.  As a coach, you don’t tell your team to stop playing when you’re up 38 - 0 in the fourth quarter.   As a coach, though, you also don’t call bombs and go for it on fourth down….twice….when a field goal is a chip shot.   Unless you’re Bill Belidick.  Whatever chip is on his shoulder will come back to his team, whether it’s an injury or an opposing coach running the score up.  But it will happen,  and I pray that there are Pats fans around me when it does.

Oh, and according to ESPN, the Redskins headsets malfunctioned as well…odd that would happen against a team that has already been caught cheating dontcha think?

As far as everybody else’s golden boy Tom Brady is concerned, I would love to see how many of his touchdown passes this season have come long after the game is decided….there’s an asterisk worth adding to any records accumulated by him this year.

You ever feel like no matter what you do you’re wrong?  Or that you just will not be able to make some folks happy?

Disclaimer from the new popular Alli weight loss system based on not following the six guidelines of the system:  gas with oily discharge.  It’s a very nice way of saying if you don’t follow the rules you may shit yourself.

I truly believe that it is no longer a man’s world as James Brown used to screech.

I loathe the ciy of Boston right now.  Yes, because of the Pats, the Red Sox,  and to a much lesser degree BC.

It’s amazing how much a shorter commute can change your frame of mind.

Why is retirement so far away?

Or hydrangea, whatever.  A bride in New York is suing her florist because the colors she thought she was getting for her ever important day were not the color she desired.  Apparently she wanted rust and got pastel.  Now she believes the florist owes her 400,000 dolares for 27,000 dolares worth of flowers.  Nearly 16 times the value!  

Let’s take a step back.  First and foremost, she should be punished for spending 27 grand on flowers.  Don’t care what the occasion is, that’s preposterous.  Second, I noticed how the article said the bride was suing, not the couple.  Ol’ boy is probably like a lot of grooms out there.  He’s thinking ‘Honey, they’re just flowers…’  Lastly, I can’t imagine 27 grand worth of flowers were delivered ‘just in time’ for the nuptials.  Did she not take the time to verify the color of the flowers before her big day?

And I think lawsuits should be itemized.  Tell the court and the public exactly how you were hurt by flower color discrepancy (never thought I’d type those words) to the tune of 400 grand?