The Neil Blog: In One Sentence

An election that will never end.  An eye-opener.    That’s all I’ve got to say about it.   America faces challenges like never before.

The Academy went well.   It’s three and a half hours of talking.   Half an hour of questions.    Questions are at a minimum because the program pretty much covers it all.

The Neil Blog:   It’s regular.   I stick to it.   It’s about talking about “whatever.”    People like what’s in here.  

The English language:  Every day, I just shudder when I read what people type.   

My father, not around to talk about things anymore.   He wouldn’t be very impressed with the world.

My brother Mark, same thing.

Grandpa Taylor was good to talk to and he ignored most of the other stuff pretty well.

My mother still doing it, she’s a little upset with the way things have gone.

I miss being in the woods.   Catching a freshwater trout.    Will I ever do it again?

Firewood, I need.

People who owe me money.  I don’t understand.

Coffee, still very necessary.

I miss the umpiring days.

More than that, I miss seeing the umpires.

I don’t like autocorrect.

I liked spell check.

The yard looks great.   

The hose will have to be turned on with the rainy season over.

Eleanor’s leaves keep falling on my deck.

The blower still works.

Let the cold fronts begin.

Johns Pass is filling in:  Haven’t they heard of a bulldozer?

Covid cases, at a record.  What happened to it disappearing after the election?

Beer remains worth waking up every morning.

Pompano hate me.

Flounder hate me.

Speckled trout like me very much and then…they hate me.

Your dog ran away.    Ever hear of a fence or a leash?

Despite warnings from business groups, $15 minimum wage:   My friends shutting their businesses down.

The Bible, I read the whole thing in 1991 and 1992.

You abuse kids:   I want you to be abused worse.

I’m cooking a turkey.

The war on drugs was never really a war.

Use your head, not your fists…unless you are beating someone up.

“Nancy Pelosi is already trying to put a 25th amendment in place to remove an unfit president.. I think that’s to remove Biden if elected for dementia and Harris to take over.”

Records show the man assumed the identity of a 5-year-old who had died in 1945 and remained on the run for more than 40 years.

Florida man who thought he heard an intruder outside his bedroom door instead shot and killed his wife, who was six months pregnant. Investigators said doctors were able to save the baby.

Ruined your life:  Let’s make a TV show about it. 

I am officially no longer from Arizona. 

I’m linked to 8433 people on LinkedIn.

Facebook, continues to fail.    Perhaps another break is in order.

New sites to consider, why did it take so long and why are there two new ones now?

People come up with names for themselves where I don’t know who it is.   Can’t you just use your name??

Tax hikes seem likely, say the wealth management experts. But another stimulus package should be the White House’s top priority.

The wind is proof that God doesn’t want us to be happy.

Tides: Next Academy January 9^th. 

piscivorous – Pertaining to organisms that feed on fish.

Be calm with quiet demeanor – this promotes success through inspiration rather than with intimidation

On a cold-weather day your teeth can chatter involuntarily, there can be involuntarily chattering

Building to a crescendo

You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life!

Heroes come in all forms

Nothing’s ever meant to last.

A police department in Colorado has put an officer on administrative leave after a contentious Facebook post, saying he’d “beat the hell” out of Democrats.

Imagine whirled peas.

She likes me.

Cough droplets, the latest “in the news.”  

The riots.   Why are there riots?

The last tropical weather of the year.   Let it rain.    The wind:  The wind needs to go away.

50% of people you know are below average. 

Who decided how big a bag of potato chips is supposed to be?

I’ve never been homeless, but I was an umpire and that put me close. 

John’s Pass is closing in.   Can’t figure it out:  Haven’t they heard of a bulldozer?

I’d like to go back to the days when it was a big deal to build a sandcastle. 

I don’t have the answers.   I have answers for myself.

Enough of a storm, the wind, they closed the Skyway again.   No one has ever been able to tell me:  Why not keep it open and make people drive 20MPH?

They found more sticks on Oak Island.

Once a year fun:  Renewing health insurance.   45 minutes of fun.

Football pool, I went from good to really not good the last three weeks.    Need to turn it around.

More people wanting to go fishing.  One, in a tropical storm.

Alex Trebek, dead.   I didn’t know him.

Honking your horn?   What is your problem?

The bank stopped asking for my drivers license every time I drive through.

I don’t miss working out.

Tied 200 flies.   Sold like five.

Tied 500 teasers, sold like 50.     Supplies continue to rise.  At some point, I’m retired.

New kayak deal?   Pending.

Rods:   Temple Fork.

Reels:  Tsunami.     Sold some of what I have, another order probably not far off.

12 Fathom lures:  Moved to North Carolina.

Lures:   For sale at Trout Tournament check-in.

Teasers and flies also available for whoever wants them.

Thanksgiving:  Canceled?   Where I go.  Isn’t going to happen this year.   Virus fears   That’s fine.   I’ll just sit right here.

Christmas?   Will it ease up by then?   Next spring:  The Captain Mel Classic.   A date to be announced soon. 

The fate of the Senate?   The Senate is more worth paying attention to than the presidency.    The presidency is lame duck.

The house:   More concrete.  Move the kayak trailer over.   More shell for where I put down bird seed.     A roof over the deck in the side yard.   Improvements are coming.

The rain with what is now a hurricane, watering the bushes good.  Tornado watch.   Landfall somewhere to the north.   Attempt to fish today. Nope. It’s a hurricane. He’ll be back in early February. Two hours at the launch, just watched it deteriorate.

Unreal, the behavior of some people.   Hurting others.  Trying to wade through it.

Back to the olden days, I used to go camping.  Fishing trips with camping.   I like being in my bed nowadays.

Veterans Day.  Still people that can’t figure out the difference between that and Memorial Day.

You should quit smoking.

Your brother should quit drinking.

Steve’s back home.  Six weeks, hospital and rehab.  Good to see him sitting on his porch again.

Longest trout in my tournament gets a Kumpa trout print.   It’s nice, about three feet long.  Great colors.

Cheating on your spouse:  No good.   Don’t make me see it.

The stuff you don’t know about:  Let’s keep it that way.

Schools are prisons.

The Masters.   In November?   Weird.

It’s a dog.  You own a dog.

It’s a pompano.   You caught a pompano.  The rest of you:  That’s a catfish.

The next Neil Blog:    More interesting.    Thus ends the one sentence Neil Blog.