Back in the Groove

Happy New Year to everyone.
Any News Year's resolutions for you?
I do make them every year although they are more goal oriented.
Last year I did not reach my goals though and it was a bit distressing. My particular issue was that I set a particular financial goal but didn't even focus on all of the moving parts that would ultimately have made it possible to reach it.

So this year the overall goal is the same but the focus is taking care of the details.
There are a lot of things into which I get my hands and if you pass through my world at all you will hear about a lot of things, some old and some new. Please just keep in mind that anything that I do all has a final purpose. It might look like I am crazy and scattered but I just have an ultimate goal and will do whatever it takes to get there and reach it, that is legal and doesn't hurt anyone.

Some people will do whatever it takes to succeed including illegal, immoral and unethical things to get there. It can sometimes be frustrating watching those people in action and then to see the damage that all of those actions causes. But I do think that, in the end, they get what they deserve.

Take, for example, the recent MLB Hall of Fame selections, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Johns Smoltz and Craig Biggio.

Craig Biggio

John Smoltz

Randy Johnson

Pedro Martinez

These four guys had great success during the steroid era of baseball.
Now, on the surface, one might wonder how the heck Craig Biggio's star shined so brightly beyond the fact that he amassed over 3000 hits, usually one of those numbers that people reach that end of earning such a selection.
Other offensive players during his time included Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez. All had much better numbers and/or exciting careers, but all have been linked to steroid use and cheating at succeeding.
For the pitchers, the other three had to face one of the most successful pitchers of the era in Roger Clemens, a 7-time Cy Young award winner who won over 300 games and had over 4000 strikeouts; again, normally a 100% lock for HoF induction. BUT...he cheated too. So...NO SOUP FOR YOU CLEMENS...and Bonds, and Sosa, and McGwire and Palmeiro.

I was watching pieces of Cocaine Cowboys the other day and took particular note to a building boom in Miami in the 80's; most of it financed by blood money. Most of those connected to it either in jail or dead or cracked out in some alley somewhere.

So while the lure of financial success can be great and, I admit it is for me because I simply don't want to work anymore; I just want to retire in peace and travel like most everyone else I know does, I will never resort to cheating, in any way, to get there.

I had to watch the Golden Globes last night and since I had to I made the best of it. One of the shows I watch and recommend is The Affair on Showtime. Don't laugh, it's awesome, and it won a GG for best show in one of the categories and best actress in Ruth Wilson, who gets naked a lot in the show.

Another show I recommend is on Cinemax called Banshee. It's in its third season now and there is much hotness, nakedness, and blood on there with some good plot twists to keep it exciting.

Of course, its that time of the year for The Bachelor, the best sit-com on TV next to The Big Bang Theory. It's a game show for me where I show off a very useless talent picking out the final four winners after watching the very first show with amazing success. For those interested this year will feature Whitney, Kaitlyn, Jade and Becca as the Final Four. Whitney will be the winner. Yes...Whitney with the horrible voice.