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Jake Matthews consecutive starts streak in in jeopardy after he suffered an ankle injury in Monday's game against the Bills. Matthews has started 183 games in a row, the longest streak of any active NFL player and the most by a left tackle in history. Matthews has only missed two games in his career, both due to an ankle injury in 2014. He is listed as day to day and missed practice on Wednesday. Falcons visit the 49ers on Sunday night.

When I first started training kata was my least favorite thing to do. We used to have M-Thursday class, and I hated it on Thursday night when the last ten minutes was kata, because I knew I wasn't going to get to train anything else until Monday. As I got older kata became my favorite thing to train. One of my instructors was talking about forms and said, "students say kata is boring, but that means you are doing it wrong." That made me rethink it.

Never heard of him. How did he get all that money?

I guess for me it would be that I didn't take better care of my diet at a younger age. I spent way too many years abusing alcohol, over consuming sugar, and eating fast food on the daily. Eating healthy feels so much better. More energy, better sleep, less stress, look and feel better in every way. What I am finding too is that there are healthy foods I like just as much as the unhealthy stuff. If I ate now like I did at 25 I would have been a better martial artist, would have been in better shape. For anyone under 40 reading this, take care of your health starting now. It is easy to think "well I am young it will be fine," but the problem is that if you don't take care of yourself when you are young that will catch up with you later. Youth can cover up a lot, and while you might not see the issues of bad diet in your 20s or even 30s, but they will show up at some point.

I'm still alive in survivor league as the Packers won on Sunday, now I have to decide who to go with this week. The easiest pick looks like the Chiefs, who are at home against the Raiders. The Patriots are also playing well and are visiting the 1-5 Titans. I don't see anything else on the board this week that I like.

The Dodgers should win the series since their payroll is over 200 million dollars higher. The Brewers, despite being 23rd in payroll, are a final four team. Good job by them.

I know it is early, but it looks like another long and miserable season is in store for the Buffalo Sabers, who are 0-3-0 and have been outscored 10-2 in those three games. They have a chance to get a win on Wednesday when they host the Senators.

Have you read the book? It is up next on my reading list.

Unfortunately the Dodgers have won the first two games against the Brewers, and take a 2-0 series lead back to LA. Maybe the Brewers can return the favor and win the next two on the road.

I will be spending a few days in Los Angles this weekend and was curious if you have any suggestions of things to do and places to avoid. I'm probably going to check out Sunset Strip and Manhattan Beach. Also, will be going to the KIA Forum for a concert. Not sure what else yet. I've never been there and don't know what to expect other than a lot of traffic. Any feedback is appreciated!

I'm not a MLB fan but I hope it is the Brewers and the Mariners, neither franchise has ever won the World Series.

Dexter Resurrection has officially been renewed for a second season.

Watched The Crazies, both the original and the remake. I prefer the remake. Also went back and watched Halloween 4 and 5. Four is eh, but five is a terrible movie.

ALCS and NLCS are set: Mariners will play Blue Jays and Brewers will play Dodgers.

The Jets still suck. They drop to 0-6 after losing at home to the Broncos. The Jets had a total of -10 passing yards for the games. Sheesh.

Florida beat Chicago 3-2, so the Panthers won the final game (Stanley Cup) last season and were the first team to win a game this season. Pittsburgh and Colorado also won. Games on Wednesday are Montreal at Toronto, Boston at Washington, Edmonton at Calgary, and LA Kings at Vegas. If your team did not have a game Tuesday or Wednesday, the season will start for them on Thursday.

Went back and watched The Purge last night/.

Three games tonight as the NHL drops the puck on opening day. Chicago at Florida, Pittsburgh at NY Rangers and Colorado at LA Kings Four games on Wednesday and 14 on Thursday. Time to Hit the Ice!

There were 65 penalties and 16 ejections, the Panthers had 17 power plays. Good chance there are some fines and suspensions handed out after this one. Some other notes: there was a player for Tampa who was ejected but somehow stayed in the game and later picked up another penalty. There was also an 8-0 lead for the Panthers then seven minutes after the goal the play was reviewed and the goal removed, making it 7-0. I doubt there has ever been a crazier preseason game in the history of the NHL.

The Cardinals just pulled off one of the most epic failures and meltdowns I've ever seen in the NFL. At home against a winless team who has a rookie QB and they get outscored 16-0 in the 4th quarter and lose by one point. Sickening. They had a play where the Arizona RB ran 72 yards untouched then carelessly dropped the ball before going across the goal line turning a touchdown into a touchback. That would have given Arizona a 27-6 lead, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the knucklehead had to screw it up. Then later in the game the Cardinals defense got an interception, but then fumbled, and it was recovered in the endzone by the Titans. How do you force an INT and give up a TD on the same play?? I've never seen that. What a disgraceful performance by the Cardinals today. Strike two in survivor league. Sheesh. Other losers on Sunday were the Browns, Seahawks, Eagles.....ya know what I don't care. We lost. We all lost today. To heck with it.

Is she open to changing teams? A game like that would test even the most loyal of fans. Colts win it 40-6.

If the 186 penalty minutes from Thursday's preseason game was a record, it isn't anymore. It's not even close to the record. Tampa and Florida met again on Saturday and rolled up 312 penalty minutes. By the time the game got to the last five minutes Tampa had three players left on the bench, everyone else had been thrown out. Florida won this game 7-0 but I don't think either team cared much about the score, they seemed more interested in fighting. Maybe the most heated sports rivalry right now is between two hockey teams in Florida.

Some calling for Bill Belichick to be FIRED from North Carolina after the Tar Heels got blown out on their home field by Clemson, 38-10 on Saturday afternoon. Many fans were seen leaving the game after the first quarter when Clemson took a 28-3 lead. The loss drops UNC to 2-3 on the season. Could Bill be on the hot seat after only one season?

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Watched a low budge horror movie last night called 13 Cameras. It's about a young married couple who moves into a new home and the repair man is a total creep. Not gory or scary, but creepy and suspenseful.