Don't Believe Everything You Read or Hear....and Sometimes See.

I've watched a lot of televised sporting events, football, baseball and hockey. I enjoy things I played as a kid. 

Last night I watched a very good game between the Oakland A's and the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim. Must everything in southern California have big important sounding names? Sure are lots of egos down there.

Irving loved a pitchers duel and I agree. When the score is low, any pitch, hit, or error, may be the difference in the game. Last night each team scored one run in the first inning. For the next three hours they battled but didn't score. Oakland finally won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning.

In the seventh inning the A's were in the midst of a potential run scoring situation. I was reading, watching the game with one eye, and thought I heard something pertinent. The announcer said, "Look at all the A's up on the dugout steps hoping for a rally." And sure enough the entire team was standing shoulder to shoulder rooting for their teammates.

This mornings news:

Tuesday evening in the seventh inning of a close game the Oakland A's players reported "foul smells" from the bathroom end of their dugout. Several minutes later sewage and water began leaking into the dugout floor. Jemile Weeks said there was "a good amount of water being cleaned out of the area during the teams 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Angles.

Up on the top steps rooting for a rally my ass. The dugout was flooding with putrid stinky sewer water. The players needed fresh air.

Like I said, Don't believe everything you read, hear and sometimes even see.

You probably didn't notice. I haven't mentioned Twerking this week. I'm on to another subject....Cosplay. Until a few days ago I'd never heard the word. I had no idea what it was. Now I know different.

In last weeks Cheers & Jeers section:

56% OF FANS JEER IT! FACEBOOK JEER!

JEERS (think they made their point?) to Syfy's new reality show Heroes of Cosplay (with Jessica Merizan). 

'It's one of the worst shows. It disgusts me as a cosplayer. It's a misrepresentation, and these cospplayers need to get their egos in check. This show is nothing like how cosplay really works. It's shameful.' (I'll not mention the author, she has enough issues).

Yesterday I turned on the television, surfed through a dozen channels and stopped on Syfy. What a coincidence, "Heroes of Cosplay." I watched a few minutes. 

Here is a link to "The World's Largest Cosplay Community." If you don't want to waste any more of your time, Cosplay is short for costume play. 

Young people (I didn't see anyone over 30) design and construct their own strange costumes. They attend comic, sci-fi and other conventions all over the country, and some the world. They compete for cash prizes and for exposure to their craft. The amount of work they put into this is amazing.

And I was worried about the adults of tomorrow. Hey, it's good clean and creative fun. I'm just not sure about a husband and wife spending hundreds of hours fabricating a "Rocket Girl" outfit (jet packs and helmet included). One thing these people on the program had in common? I don't think they had real jobs.

So there you have it. Over the last week I've discovered two pastimes the youth of today indulge in, Twerking and Cosplay....maybe getting old isn't so bad.

I always consult several sources for the celebration of the day. The consensus of three is as follows: Today, September 18th is National Attention Deficit Disorder Day....I can't remember the others.

Now don't go getting all pissy with me, it's a joke.

It's also National Cheeseburger Day. 

Cheeseburgers and paradise — a combination with songs dedicated to it. If you can’t manage an escape this September 18th, bring paradise home and celebrate National Cheeseburger Day with a home BBQ. After all, according to a recent study, 66 percent of people polled said grilling at home is like a "staycation."

You may be a vegetarian or a vegan (soy burgers don't count). It may be too late to grab a burger today so get ready for tomorrow. September 19th is "Talk Like A Pirate Day." It's one of my favorite's of the year. "Avast me hardy buccaneers the ship is ours. Now go collect me booty."

As a donut lover on a perpetual diet I can't take advantage of this Krispy Kreme offer. Free donuts for all you pirates. By the way, the other day I read Krispy Kreme is now a hot stock buy. (not responsible for any financial loss)

News of the day.

In Oslo, Norway a school break-in perpetrator was caught red footed. Surveillance footage shows a very large moose crashing through a window. The moose was seen with two calves prior to the incident. It's thought she was trying to protect her young and didn't recognize her own reflection. The moose has not been apprehended and it's not known if charges will be filed. 

She is a very dedicated teacher.

Mrs. Diane Krish-Veromy, 30, a teacher in East London went into labor a week before her due date while at work. She sent her husband a text to "COME AND GET ME" but the baby couldn't wait. Three of her colleagues helped deliver the baby, called Jonah. Mother and son are doing fine after their transfer by ambulance to Queen's Hospital in Essex. One of her students said, "It was the best day of the semester. It was so cool and I hate physiology. The best part is no homework for a week. I'm going to cosplay."

It's not known how Mrs Krish-Veromy feels about exposing her "coochie" to two of her male teaching assistants. One of them said, "I was only thinking about the little one.....the baby."

A Chicago lawsuit alleges a woman's breast implant was ruptured by an overzealous hug from a restaurant doorman.

Kelli Belparo's lawsuit alleges she entered the Epic Awesome Eatery and was immediately hugged by doorman Schyler Tuesdale, described in the suit as "a former college football offensive lineman who weighed approximately 300 pounds."

When Schyler hugged Kelli against his body she felt a pain on the right side of her chest and pressure against her right arm. When Kelli awoke the next morning her right implant was deflated. "To say I was a little lopsided would be more than accurate."

The lawsuit names the restaurant owner as a defendant. "Tuesdale's bosses should have told him doorman duty does not include bear hugging customers."

The suit is seeking $50,000 in damages.....that's one expensive boob. And the poor guy was only trying to "cop a feel."

On to other blown up playthings.

A scary stranger is getting the towns folk nervous. One woman reported he had knocked on her front door and offered to paint her windowsills, despite having no equipment on him. He's been spotted with juggling clubs and balloons waving at cars passing through a busy intersection. Nobody knows his name, nobody knows what he wants, nobody knows why he's appeared. 

Local residents fear he is "up to no good" and have gone so far as to say they'll "attack him if he shows up in their neighborhood."

Meanwhile he has taken to social networks and posts he wants to be spotted.

He wrote: "Too much hate not enough love."

"To prove I'm real to all the lovers and doubters, I'll see you in town today. Keep those eyes peeled."

"I don't terrorise people, I just want to be spotted."

"I not on twitter as it confuses me."

"I might go for a jog around that pond in the park later as I'm really unfit...See you around."

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

Now that's what I call Cosplay.