DELAY OF GAME ON THE COLLECTIVE MIND

 

           Well.....I was planning on doing a post of my friend Greg's arrival last night however Greg's Health threw a Yellow Flag so Delay of Game on The Collective Mind Blogger $5 of buying me some of my needs when at the National still a good friend, he will be delaying his arrival to Michigan to visit me. I can only hope that he arrives either sometime later tonight or Sunday at the latest so we can have fun in Chicago.  Yesterday after I woke up to a text message saying he won't be coming right away have to see the doctor about some health issues I told him to keep me posted so I can still prepare for his visit later that night then no sooner I sent that text when I hear from another friend about the passing of Legendary Wrestler Hulk Hogan. 
              I remember as a kid watching the Hulkster run wild on TV watching every Saturday after the cartoons were over switching over watching Hulk doing his famous speech "Brotha` eat your Vegetables.....take your vitamins.... say your prayers cause whatcha going to do when the Hulkamania runs wild on you." I would watch wrestling up until Wrestlemania III when it made its appearance at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Watching the Hulkmaniaics take on The 8th Wonder of the World aka Andre the Giant as the main event my friend in the 8th Grade Robert Clark was a lucky kid he got ringside seats for it & saw the match live in person I had to wait until after he came to school to have him tell us how each match came out before watching some of the highlights that Saturday then be on the waiting list at the local video store for to watch a copy of the match once it was released on VHS tape. After viewing it my older brother David told me & my little brother Ethan that wrestling was fake he proved his points by showing us how it was staged on the tape.  However it didnt stop my mom to get me this board game prior to the Wrestlemania match & my mother just told me we still have that game in the basement wondering if she should get rid of it. After I mentioned about the Hulksters passing she said well I guess we don't. 

Darn Right mom we ain't getting rid of this game yet. RIP Hulkster.

               Well by the time you read this I am hoping that Greg will pass along an update to me & I can wait for his arrival still so stay tuned for future posts. Until then I am off to sheet up some of my sets that I need to put in respective binders as well figure what sets I will be focused on once I hit the National floor. I leave you with my usual signature quote from Rogers Hornsby "Any ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."