Knuckle Them Under

Well it’s been a while since I posted in here. I’ve been actively posting on a political blog under an alias. I’ve had a lot to say there and not so much here because I would simply rather not be whiny here.

Wow, the baseball season is almost half over now and I haven’t mentioned anything about it.
Well, I’ve been watching intently and there isn’t a whole heck of a lot to rave about. That’s even though my team, the Mets are actually first in line for a playoff spot right now in the NL. They only trail the Nationals, of all teams, in their division and are three spots ahead of the hated Phillies at least for now.

A couple of the main stories, individually, are R.A. Dickey a pitcher for the Mets and Bryce Harper, the 19-year old rookie from Washington.
Dickey is a 38-year-old knuckleballer who came into this year with an overall losing record in his career. He is currently 11-1 and leading the league in ERA and pitched two consecutive 1-hit shutouts for the Mets. He has a current scoreless inning streak of 42 innings which is just a couple games short of the major league record.
He goes against the Yankees tonight at Citi Field and will have that streak seriously put to the test.
Dickey also has a biography of his life for sale now and in it he speaks of his sexual abuse when he was a kid and how that has affected his life even today. He is also probably one of the smartest guys in the league, well liked, and is easy to root for in these times.

R.A. Dickey

 

Bryce Harper has burst onto the scene in a big way. With all eyes upon him because of his age he has shone like a bright star. He is hitting about .280 with 7 homeruns and has provided a spark for the Nats that has kept the team in first place for quite some time and has helped boost ticket sales in the nation’s capital.

As clearly confident as he it is clear that he has just enough humility to be likeable as well. We know that he is going to do and say some things that will show his lack of maturity, such as an incident where he punched or threw something that came back and cut him in the face, but as long as he continues to hustle the way he does and grows emotionally, he’ll be a star for a long time.

Bryce Harper

It does make me want to see more young guys called up to the big leagues. I truly think most players are sitting in the minors far too long. Many are coming from college and are already 22 or 23 when they get drafted and then spend a couple of years “seasoning” in the lower leagues. Bring them up already and get that energy onto the field.
I think that has been the second biggest mistake that big league clubs have been making over the last 15 years or so. The first is the ridiculous concentration on pitch counts. There is no way that any of these pitchers can strengthen their arms if they are limited the way that they are. What is truly insane is the amount of pitches (100) that makes everyone panic and the announcers in the booth start to worry about the health of the pitchers and the sanity of any manager for pushing the boundaries beyond that mark.
In between each inning the pitchers warm up by throwing 7-9 pitches. Stop throwing so many of them then. Throw 2 or 3 if its really such a concern. Use the energy for the game.

No one listens to me though so I am just talking to myself.

I have had a stack of hypnosis shows recently that have all gone really well. My show continues to get better and I continue to get great reviews for them.
I am trying to step up game somehow. I have been trying more booking agents to put me on their rosters across the country and have had some recent success with that.
But I believe that my show is ready for much greater things and I am trying to find a path that will take me there.
I am trying to find a publicist or a public relations firm that can help with this process.
I mention this mainly because I have to talk about how insanely expensive this is and how arrogant I have found these people to be so far.
These particular groups of people are supposed to help make contacts with important media outlets. For example one guy claims that he can get bookings on places like Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, Oprah, and places with large audiences like that.
But just to speak to this guy to find out if he will even work with you costs hundreds of dollars. That might not seem like a lot of money but that’s just a consultation. Then, if this guy decides to grace you and allow you to hire him you put him on a retainer for thousands of dollars… A MONTH. Then there are a minimum amount of months that they charge. Of course there are then no guarantees that it will work.

So I don’t really have thousands of dollars to spend on something without a guarantee. If I guaranteed success, then that’s a different story; I’d have the money. But I wasn’t born yesterday either.

Some idiot in Canada made national news when he hypnotized a bunch of young girls and allegedly couldn’t wake them out of hypnosis. He had to call his mentor to do it who told him to talk “in a stern voice” to awaken them.
What a quack. Both of them.
It is literally impossible to have someone not awaken from hypnosis. Somebody could fall asleep and a tap on the knee might be needed but in this case these morons simply didn’t say the right thing. I’m not going to give away how it’s done here. You have to pay ME thousands of dollars to learn how to do that.

I’ve started hitting the gym again with more intensity and have actually started to run again. I recently submitted an audition tape to the TV show Survivor and suddenly realized that I better get my ass in better shape just in case they actually call me.
The chances of that are slim, I would imagine, and I won’t even know one way or the other until January or February. But now I have a fitness goal in mind so that is helping motivate me to get in great shape.
It would be bad enough to be out in the wilderness without good shelter and little food but then to have to compete in lots of physical activities in horrible shape would make it even worse.

Besides, I’m 50 now and trying to find one more woman to spend the rest of my life with. Since no one wants to date a 50-year old dude, except 60 and 70-year-old women I don’t even want to look remotely porky. Wow this whole process is horrible and a completely different and long story. I’m trying to do it online and only have horror stories and funny stories to tell. I’ll save them for another time because for now I’m

Done.