Insanity

Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman, just celebrated her 116^th birthday. She credits her old age to eating a lot of sushi and getting proper amounts of sleep. 

Many people would consider Misao blessed with such longevity. These pictures are exactly why living to 116 is simultaneously a curse. I’m having a hard time getting dates now at 52. I can’t imagine the horror of trying to get one 54 years from now, unless some Fountain of Youth miracle makes its way into our lives. 

Who would want to have sex with her except someone who is 130 or 140? And is it even remotely possible, if someone that old was around, that Misao would want to give it up to a 130 year old and whatever he might look like?

Since the Tonight Show has changed hands and Jay Leno has been booted out in favor of Jimmy Fallon, I have clicked back and forth between the four or five late-night shows in the last couple of weeks. (Fallon, Letterman, Kimmel, O’Brien, and even Arsenio Hall.)

Why anyone gave Arsenio Hall a show again is beyond me. He sucked in his old one but I guess all around he is a nice guy.

Jimmy Kimmel was the least funny of the duo that rose to some cult fame as co-host of The Man Show. Adam Corolla is much funnier and should have gotten that slot. But the Kimmel show is still decent.

Conan O’Brien had the Tonight Show for a while and I always liked him and still do.

The clear mystery now is David Letterman. Man, it’s time for him to get put out to pasture. He looks horrible, hasn’t been funny or relevant for at least ten years, and his audience is forced into laughing at jokes he still thinks he is delivering with the vigor and effectiveness of his younger days.

I would rather see Misao Okawa do his monologue every night now. Then the show would make much more sense. 

Baseball players are back in Spring Training and pre-season games have already begun. Even as big of a fan as I am of baseball, I just can’t seem to get into it. I know that there are personal reasons that have nothing to do with baseball that are the cause of it. That makes me pretty sad. But once the season starts and I can start playing Fantasy Baseball again, I’ll be more enthused. 

Speaking of Fantasy Baseball, the best baseball game out there is from Strat-O-Matic. I’ve been a fan of the SoM games since before I was ten years old and I sent $5 cash in an envelope to that company to make a purchase. They dutifully, and honestly, sent my board game to me and I had my face in that game for a lot of time. The computer version isn’t one that you might think it is. It’s not a graphically driven game. Its more for fans of stats of the game and baseball is the best game for sports stats lovers like me. They even have fantasy leagues with players all over the country, and world I guess too, that make use of players from seasons since the start of baseball. Fascinating stuff for those inclined to dig that sort of thing, like me.

Finally the weight that I gained over the course of the last 4 months of 2013 when I was in a short-term relationship is gone. The gym has been my friend the last couple of weeks along with the fact that I referee basketball games and had a chance to do a lot of running around doing that this season. 

Couldn't care less about the Oscars so that means I'm...

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