The Week Since Hangman Adam Page Became Champion at AEW ALL IN: Texas

July 19, 2025 Tony Burgess Leave a comment

It has been one week since All Elite Wrestling held its grandest event of the year, ALL IN. Hangman Adam Page beat Jon Moxley in a Texas Death Match to capture the richest prize in the sport, the AEW Men’s World Championship. It was a bloody and violent match that no one will forget for a long time. Indeed, it has been the week for our champion, Adam.

Other historic matches happened, such as Toni Storm beating Mercedes Mone and Kazuchika Okada beating Kenny Omega. Dustin Rhodes at 56 years of age also won the TNT Championship and that was a huge surprise.

I have to say, last Saturday was great. Thanks to my Missus for helping make it happen. Professional wrestling is the greatest sport!

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Daily Prompt – No Bringing Back Dinosaurs, Not Even One!

July 19, 2025 Tony Burgess Leave a comment

Daily writing prompt

If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

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All it took was one Jurassic Park movie to make me realize that no dinosaurs should ever be brought back. Not even the “cute” ones because that is a slippery slope that we should never slide down. They are best studied from the safety of paleontology and science books. Dinosaurs should remain extinct. We do however have birds that are a descendant of the raptor.

To quote Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) from the first Jurassic Park movie, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

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Trouble On The Air Waves In America

July 18, 2025 Tony Burgess 2 Comments

Yesterday, congress in the USA voted to defund Public Media in America. That means that PBS and NPR, which made up a small part of the total budget, will not receive aid from the government and that will impact Public TV and Radio stations from coast to coast. This is a problem because many of those stations provide an essential informational and instructional service to communities where there isn’t a good commercial option. Everything from news to Sesame Street will be impacted. This move is an act of political aggression if you ask me.

Then came word yesterday that Late Night with Stephen Colbert is ending after May 2026. The whole show has been canceled, and that means an essential voice in calling truth to power will go silent. Stephen Colbert always spoke truth to power, and in these days that is so needed. The parent company of his network, CBS says it’s a cost-cutting move, but that isn’t true if you ask me it’s political for sure. Colbert is a decent man with a wicked sense of humor that will be sorely missed.

It’s like some folks can’t handle the truth that comes with abusing power. To me, we are on a slippery slope, and that is never a good thing. The whole thing is wrong, and I am not happy about any of this. Now we wait for the next shoe to drop, impacting the culture of the USA.

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We Made It To Friday!

July 18, 2025 Tony Burgess 1 Comment

Hello good people, we made it to Friday. It seems like that is an achievement of sorts as time goes on. Let’s have the best day possible as we head into the weekend. Peace and love my friends!

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Aside July 17, 2025 Tony Burgess Leave a comment

Hello to you, my friends and fellow bloggers. I hope your week has been a good one. The weekend is almost here. Peace out, good people!

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Something About Cuts To Public Media

July 17, 2025 Tony Burgess Leave a comment

I’ve said it before that cutting funding to NPR and PBS is a horrible thing. They are worth every penny in making our communities better, more informed, and connected. My local public media stations WTCI-PBS and WUTC-NPR in Chattanooga, Tennessee are vital to creating a culture where everyone can learn and grow. Without public media America is certainly not great.