Junior Highschool at Emmanuel Christian Academy

We are in class and started chatting. It was in 1991 and some of us were in 7th grade and some were in 8th grade. In private school, Junior high the 7th and 8th graders are in the same classroom. A former student who used to go to Emmanuel Christian Academy (ECA) in Newington, CT transferred to Hartford Christian Academy in Hartford. Tony, who came over from HCA to ECA along with his cousin Janice (who got expelled from HCA) told an 8th grader Alex what Jacob Hayes said to him about the people at ECA. The conversation began.

Tony: Jacob Hayes said that he beat up everybody at ECA and he beat up a dude named Flood.

Alex: Let's talk about the fights he got in. John Kay put him in a headlock and was punching him in the face. He started to cry. Josh beat him up real bad. Peter Gallucci beat him up! What else did he say about ECA?

Tony: Jacob Hayes said that he had A's and B's and he had a lot of girlfriends at ECA.

Alex: The dude had one A, one B, and the rest of his grades were 4 C's and 2 D's. We go to Chapel and he is telling me "Hey I'm going out with Stacey Mosur." and I'm like dude "I don't care!" What else did he say about ECA?

Tony: He said him and his older brother lift weights in their house.

Alex: I went to this dude's house and there wasn't anything in his house that had weights in it.

Peter: Jacob Hayes always talks about how he always beat up everyone. Alex, do you remember when Jacob Hayes got in that fight with Josh and he slapped Josh like 8 times and Josh slapped him once and Josh was crying?

Alex: Yes.

Me: I thought that you said that Josh beat up Jacob Hayes.

Alex: Josh got him back!

Tony: Jacob Hayes did beat up Bill Dorsey at HCA though. He punched Bill Dorsey in the face 2 times, punched him in the chest, and kicked him in the shin. Bill Dorsey only got one hit on Jacob Hayes when he punched him in the shoulder.

Me: Peter, I heard that you beat up Jacob Hayes.

Peter: I was slapping him around.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Conversations at private school can be hilarious, LOL. 

Mother-Daughter Nurse Duo and Driver saves officer's life

 

We have three Samaritans involved in this heroic act of kindness who helped saved a wounded police 🚓 🚨 officer who got shot in the leg 🦵 for pulling over the suspect in a  vehicle🚜. The driver in the vehicle provided aid ⛑️ of a tourniquet and the mother-daughter nurse duo got the officer water 💦 and asked him questions to help keep the wounded police officer entertained.

Meanwhile, the suspect hid to the side of the vehicle while this was going on. The driver was bold enough to assist in helping the police officer. The driver risked his life and didn't do what the suspect did. The driver was more concerned about saving a life in his selfless action. The suspect was shot to death and could no longer roam the street to try and attempt to do harm to anybody else. I thought 🧐 🤔 that I would share my shared video of free speech on all topics Samaritan version. Keep an eye 👁️ out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!  

Ten Nashville Suburbs Experience

 

1.) Brentwood, TN (5-13-25)

Very pleasant people. The woman cashier at Kroger gave me Kroger cards and a form to fill out. I went to First Watch restaurant up in Kroger plaza and the waitress was very pleasant. Country music millionaires and billionaires reside in this area. 

2.) Franklin, TN (5-20-25)

Pleasant people, they are probably more cautious than Brentwood people. They're also more conservative than Brentwood. There are more police patrolling the area. Country music millionaires and billionaires like Brentwood reside in this area. Dollar General (DG) was nice. Bar-b-cutie had very delicious sweet tea and their food was really delicious, too.

3.) Lebanon, TN (5-27-25)

Very outgoing and friendly people. A very friendly woman cashier told me where to go to give my filled out Kroger form in the Customer Service area. A very friendly waitress checked on me to see if everything was all good at Chili's Grill & Bar. The town itself was such a joy to visit. This is one of the suburbs of Nashville where I see purchasing a house in.

4.) Mount Juliet, TN (6-3-25)

Very laid back people here in this area. Once you get to know people here they can become more outgoing. Chill and laid back atmosphere in Kroger and at Red Robbin's Bar & Grill. 

5.) Murfreesboro, TN (6-10-25)

Friendly and mannerable people especially at Kroger. Jeff's Southern family and friends restaurant is diverse. Very kid friendly and people of different backgrounds and races came there to eat. I really enjoyed their food. Their sweet tea was very delicious!

6.) Hendersonville, TN (6-17-25)

Pleasant and friendly at Culver's restaurant. Especially the employees who served the customers. Kinda similar to how they serve customers at Chick-Fil-A. I saw some people interviewing for jobs there. People are helpful and courteous at Kroger there. It was flooding and raining there and people waited until it was close to stop raining before they left the grocery store. A woman offered to take a man home and he said to her that he was good. A man gave a woman his umbrella on his way outside Kroger when she was going inside Kroger and he kindly told her that she can have his umbrella when the heavy rain started to become a drizzle.

7.) Gallatin, TN (6-24-25)

Quiet and friendly people. A friendly waitress at Cancun Lagoon Mexican restaurant waited on me. I attempted to say the name of the food in Spanish that I wanted for lunch. The woman was very friendly and checked on me to see if I wanted more sweet tea. The sweet tea and the food was really delicious! The people are very appreciative when you are kind. I asked a woman if she wanted to take my cart at Kroger because I had finished loading my groceries in my ride's vehicle. The woman said, "Yes" and thanked me twice.

8.) Smyrna, TN (7-1-25)

Quiet and friendly people. The waiter at Toot's let me know how busy they were from the different parties that came to order food. It was a little on the noisy side but not disruptive and some parties had children with them at this restaurant. They were celebrating their 40th anniversary at Toot's. The food was really good. I also enjoyed their sweet tea. I learned that shopping at a Kroger grocery store that you need to take your time. If you are not in a rush then you will get everything that you need from the grocery store.

9.) Nolensville, TN (7-8-25)

Outgoing, friendly, and helpful people. I met a very friendly and helpful waitress at Better Days Diner. Me and the woman were chatting like we knew each other for 5 years. I had brunch and sweet tea which was really delicious! It was so amazing how a little city like Nolensville can be such an attraction and potential place to buy a house. In 2010, Nolensville Rd was just a road. Then the next thing that they started doing was building businesses, restaurants, and grocery stores. I believe that they will build a Kroger in Nolensville soon. Their neighboring city Brentwood has more than one Kroger. I went there and it is just amazing how you meet different cashiers that are helpful. Nolensville is another potential area I see me buying a house at.

10.) Goodlettsville, TN (7-16-25)

The people are quiet in general they tend to be more friendly when you go to restaurants and Kroger.  I went to Buck's BBQ and their food and sweet tea was really good! Then I went to Dairy Queen (DQ) and had a caramel milkshake, strawberry lemonade, fountain drink and refills of Powerade. Everywhere I go and I wear the Tennessee Titans shirt or baseball cap the people are glad to see me. They are glad to see me in general because I'm either the only black person or one of a few black people who come to their grocery store or restaurant and they are always happy to see me. My impression of the people when they see me is that they feel, "finally a brotha comes in our neighborhood." A woman cashier at the Kroger saw my Bank of America change purse and she was amazed that she was able to lift it and scan my Kroger card with it. It was so heavy for her. Then a young man bagger who bagged my groceries was talking about the Titans getting QB Cam Ward. He wanted Cam Ward to go to another team. When you wear anything Titans either a baseball cap or shirt watch how fast people will start a conversation, lol.

In general, I decided to travel to these 10 suburbs of Nashville to challenge myself and come out of my comfort zone. I couldn't have done this back in Hartford, CT because there is absolutely nothing in Hartford for me. The people in Nashville have made me see that sometimes you need to get away from where you grew up from and be unashamed, loud, and proud to call where you moved to your home. I've been doing survey's of different restaurants and I will definitely be coming back to Brentwood, Franklin, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, and Nolensville. That is all for free speech on all topics local travel. Keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

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The Nashville Plant Experience

 It's been a little over a month since I bidded out of Music 🎵🎶 City 🏙️ Annex Warehouse. I'm at the Nashville Plant and the environment is very pleasant here. It's been a while since I last did a blog post. The Nashville Plant is 2-3 minutes from my house. I'm so glad 😊 that I bidded at the Plant.

The Nashville Plant has been such a wonderful 👍😊 experience. I enjoy working with the co-workers. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is really good. I met Britney, who is one of the people over the APWU and gave her my contact info to get National APWU updates. The Nashville Plant motto is, "our Plant is the people's Plant and all are welcomed" including transfers like myself.

I never been more welcomed 🤗 at any job than I have been at than the Nashville Plant. The co-workers are very respectful and so are the supervisors. Everyone is treated equally and this Plant have such a good reputation. They practice the motto "mine your manners " Coming from up North we don't see too much of that. I'm grateful 🥲 that my mom taught all seven of her sons to be respectful. 

Also, this Plant is way advanced than the Plant that I transferred from in Hartford. During the week we have 1st & 2nd pass finished on our machines for Zone 1. We do residue mail and then we print labels for 2nd pass for Zone 2 after we drop and put the mail in cages to be dispatched. We then have 1st & 2nd pass finished for the most part for Zone 2 and we drop and put the mail in cages to be dispatched, too. Some machines have more mail than others.

We have separate breaks and separate lunches. Here at the Nashville Plant we are comfortable running the mail by ourselves when our partner goes to break or lunch. Sometimes if we work straight thru then we get a final 30 minute break. I'm on Overtime Desired List (ODL) for April, May, and June Quarter. They may ask me 4 days a week to do 2 hours of OT. If they ask me in advance then I'm a "Yes." The supervisor have to let me know an hour before I clock ⏰ out to End my Tour or I can say "not tonight." Readers and fellow bloggers just thought I would give y'all an update of my Nashville Plant experience. 

Also, after giving this some serious thought 🤔 I decided that what was best for me is to postpone my vacation trips to Mississippi & Louisiana for this year and plan vacation trips to those aforementioned states for next year. I still haven't fully adapted to Nashville enough to want to travel🧳yet. I still need to visit more of Nashville and Nashville's suburbs like Brentwood and Franklin. 

With that being said, if I do travel this year it would be to see my family in FL for Thanksgiving 🦃 and in GA for Christmas. 🎄🎁  Well, that is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep and eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

 

Exactly a year ago I came to Nashville for the first time

https://paulbbrightly.blogspot.com/2024/03/visiting-nashville-tn.html

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When I came to Nashville for the first time March 19th, 2024 I was waiting to hear back from a job transfer that I put in from the Hartford Plant on September 3rd, 2023. During that span I had perfect attendance in 2024. I reached out to Human Resources at the Nashville Plant and let her know I was in town on March 20th, 2024 from March 19th, 2024-March 23rd, 2024. At the time I was waiting to hear back from my transfer because I didn't hear anything other than being acknowledged that they received my request to transfer. I was thinking to myself if I didn't get my transfer then I could reapply and try to transfer again. 

Meanwhile, on my vacation last year on my birthday while visiting the Volunteer state I was amazed how close everything is from Nashville International Airport (BNA). I had a chance to blog in posts mentioned in the links above. I'm now a resident here in Nashville. Nashville has improved so much where hotels, grocery stores, restaurants, etc., are near BNA some of the locals mentioned to me. The people are very friendly and their story is what inspires me to want to reach out and help those who are working 3 jobs and struggling financially to keep up with their bills.

Similar to last year when I was in Nashville I got a bite to eat and like last year I'm on vacation. The only difference was last year I went out to eat at a restaurant after I checked in my hotel room. Today I ordered food from a restaurant to be sent to my house here in Nashville. Like last year I plan on doing different activities while being on vacation from work. I do plan on traveling in June and August. I'm planning on visiting Mississippi and Louisiana. The dates are yet to be determined. Soon as I know I will book me a ticket. That is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

My decision to go to the Nashville Plant and why

 When I left Hartford, CT Post Office Plant and transferred to Music 🎵🎶 City 🏙️ Annex Warehouse in Nashville, TN I didn't know at first that that was where I would be at. I thought 🤔 that I would be at the Nashville Plant. I was at a hotel 🏨 Hampton Inn & Suites from November 29th, 2024 till December 27th, 2024. I found me an apartment December 27th, 2024 after I checked out of my hotel that I've stayed in for 4 weeks.

I started working at the Warehouse as a transfer November 30th, 2024 during heavy peak season. I remember some Postal Service Employees (PSE's) Mail Processing Clerks were asking me if I was a PSE or Regular. I told them that I was a transfer and that I am Regular. Some PSE's were coming from the Nashville Plant to do their overtime at the Warehouse. I remember how I used to come from the hotel at 5 PM (2 hours early overtime) and I would get off at 3:30 AM just so I wouldn't have to do 2 hours of overtime after my shift ended. Nothing was ever said about it.

I think that what really did it for me was the way they kept pushing relief 😮‍💨 on the MCA flats with us Mail Clerks when 9 Mail Clerks bidded out of the MCA flats. I found myself being told by supervisors almost everyday to do 2 hours of OT and even 4 hours of OT occasionally. I knew that I was going to eventually get off of the Overtime Desired List (ODL). So what I did was I bidded and got my bid at the Plant and got off of ODL after I got my bid.

My decision to go to the Plant was that it was another difficult decision that I had to make. I had to look at the transportation part of it. The Plant is 5 minutes from my house. The MCA Warehouse is 12 minutes from my house. I can literally walk to the Plant from my house, it's that close to me. I've been hearing different mixed reactions about the Plant. 

I get it but people have to understand that their not-so-good experiences that they had will not necessarily be what I will go through. I was careful when I got contact infos. I made sure that I got contact infos from those who were not career like me because those who are career will try to discourage me from going to the Plant just to try to scare me, intimidate me, and second guess my decision.

People saying negative things to me believe it or not is my biggest motivation. If I don't agree with the things they tell me I just nod. I'm not going to take what they say to heart because the things that they are saying is discouraging. By saying the things that they said to me, they made my decision much easier. Not all negative things that people say to us is discouraging. Sometimes what they say is a way to tune them out especially if we don't believe that it will happen to us like they're assuming.

The Tuesday/Wednesday Non-Scheduled days is not going to be permanent. I'm preparing a head for the next time that I will be able to bid again. I think for me it will be mid April where I can try to bid better job positions and better days off. I will keep y'all posted. That is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

Top 5 Events that I've Attended

 #5 1988 Sam's Birthday Party 

My brother Courtney baby-sat for a woman in Middletown, CT. The woman was a single mom and I remember when she came by the house. Me, Courtney, and our mom rented a house in Hartford that the landlord owned. Sam's mom came by and Courtney must've told her that I was his little brother. The woman said these very words that I will never forget, "You will definitely 😁 be a male influence on my son Sam at his birthday party."

I remember Courtney telling me and mom how he baby-sat Sam for his mom. One time Sam got into an argument with Courtney and Sam used some really bad 😞😔 curse words. Sam tried to even fight Courtney. Courtney picked Sam up and hung him on the coat rack until Sam's mom came home. 

Sam's mom came inside and asked, "What are you two doing?"

Courtney replied, "We're just having a little fun. 😊 

Sam's mom responded, "Carry on."

I got ready and I remember Sam's mom took me and Courtney to Sam's birthday party. Sam had just turned 6. I was 10 and Courtney was 14. Talk about a really cool party, I started chatting with Sam and mentioned to him how Courtney did stuff to me being my big brother. The next thing that I know one of Sam's friend at the party (a girl) said these very words that I will never forget. "You two could be brothers the way that you talk and get along with each other." That shocked me but it was cool 😎 the way that the girl said that. Sam's mom had this really cool game where Sam while blindfolded hit the pinata 🪅 and candy 🍬🍭 fell out.

I can remember the fun we had and the candy we got from that game. I remember when Sam's party was over Sam's mom asked me if I enjoyed it. I remember saying "yes" and telling her that one of Sam's friend said that we could be brothers. Sam's mom face lit up with happiness 😊 and simply responded, "Yes you and Sam could be brothers. Sam needs someone like a brother in his life."

#4 1990 Courtney's Appreciation 

I will never forget the birthday appreciation that mom threw for Courtney's 16th birthday party. My mom had ordered enough food that people could take seconds and thirds home from then Valley's Steakhouse. It was April 4th 1990 and a palm Sunday at that. You want to talk about something that was so well put together and in order, that was how mom did Courtney's Appreciation. I can remember the Shirley Temple drinks, I must've had 10 glasses of Shirley Temples that evening.

Meanwhile, mom kept the whole party quiet. 🤐🤫 She made up the guest list so Courtney wouldn't find out. So many people came out to Courtney's Appreciation. The Mayor of Hartford came by in passing and whoever wasn't able to come donated money. 💰 Sam and his mom came to Courtney's Appreciation. It felt like being at the Grammy Awards the way people had a lot of wonderful things to say about Courtney.

Mr. Steele Courtney's highschool music 🎵 🎶 teacher:

"Courtney borrow our saxophone 🎷 to play out of town at events. We let Courtney use our saxophone because we trust Courtney and we can always depend on Courtney."

Brother Melvin from the church in New York we attended:

"It's amazing how on a Palm Sunday like this how everyone comes together like this to honor Courtney."

This was amazing how the acknowledgement poured out for Courtney. Mom did this because me and Courtney used to get kicked out of the libraries when Courtney was 10 and I was 6 because of me and when Courtney had to deal with Sam acting up real bad one time. Mom gave Courtney a saxophone for his birthday because he had the highschool's saxophone more than they did.

#3 1992 Courtney's Highschool Graduation

When Courtney was born he was 12 LBS 3 Ounces. Courtney was so big that the doctor 🏥 had to brake both of his arms. Courtney was a critical baby and the doctor had to send Courtney to Hartford hospital. The doctor said to mom if Courtney lived he would be a vegetable. Thank the Lord we had such a praying mom who didn't accept evil reports. 

Mom said that Courtney would live and be normal. Courtney was a miracle baby. Courtney had to use a walker. Courtney was a fighter and started walking at 9 months. Courtney got to the place where when he walked he took that walker and threw it because he didn't need it. Courtney also was very smart. 🤓 Courtney read a lot of books and studied from Kindergarten all the way till 12th grade. Courtney was left-handed because of what the doctor had to do when Courtney was born. Courtney made honors and high honors from Kindergarten-12th grade and graduated high school with high honors at 18. Courtney was the only brother whose father came to his highschool graduation. Courtney was considered most likely to succeed and all of his friends looked up to Courtney.

Courtney taught me that if I do good in school and graduate highschool that they will come to my graduation like they did his. Courtney is a realtor and a supervisor at American Airlines and been working for AA for 17 years now.

#2 1997 My Highschool Graduation 

I spent my elementary school from Kindergarten- 2nd Grade being taken out of teachers classes because they tried to say that I was slow or couldn't learn like the other kids in class and just proved teachers wrong when they doubted me. I never knew that I would be proving doubters wrong even as an adult.

My journey in school had me going through a lot of adversity and overcoming it. I missed making honor roll in highschool by one letter grade but I knew it was because I didn't apply myself more. When I did get good grades I made sure I did when it really mattered the most. At 19 I graduated highschool with 112 classmates. I work at the Post Office and been here for a little over 5 years now. I enjoy working behind the scenes scanning packages, feeding and sweeping the mail and getting the mail ready for the carriers to deliver.

#1 1997 Marisa's College Graduation

Ms. Mercedes who my mom knew from hairdressing school back in the 80's used to do my mom's hair. Ms. Mercedes has a daughter Marisa and a son Chris. When we were little me and Courtney used to go to East Hartford where Ms. Mercedes, Marisa, and Chris lived at. We used to bring food home. 

Anyway, Ms. Mercedes invited my mom and me to Marisa's College Graduation at UCONN in Storrs. Not sure what I was going to do I had a chance to see Marisa get her Bachelor's Degree. Seeing Marisa walk across that stage inspired me to go to Community college and I got my Associates Degree at Capital Community college. After Marisa's graduation Ms. Mercedes had a party for Marisa at her house in Windsor. Marisa's brother Chris went on to get his Bachelor's Degree in 1999 at a college in Philadelphia, PA. Marisa is in Long Beach, CA and is very successful. Chris is in Hartford and is married and have a daughter with his wife.

Those are my Top 5 events that I attended.

Trying to get over the heated argument I had with my now deceased brother Troy

 For those of you who had brothers whether younger or older than you, us brothers argue, fight, and it may take 2 weeks-till a month for us to start speaking to one another. Anyway it was December 15th 2023. I went to management in Newington to mail them a door key 🗝️ and mailbox key. My brother Courtney had helped me moved the last of my stuff out of the 3 bedroom 2 bathroom to the dumpster in Bloomfield.

I became an East Hartford resident on November 9th 2023. I sent Troy a text message letting him know how he & Paula hurt me when me and our mom stayed with them in Orlando, FL in 1998, 2000, and 2003. The last time that I went to that part of Florida was in 2003 and was to go to my cousin Ebony's high school graduation. 🎓 I didn't specifically go into the years that me and mom stayed with Troy and Paula but the episodes because I remember them very well.

Troy sent me a text saying something like this. "Paul I don't understand what you are saying. You need to just grow up and forgive me for the things that I said to you that offended you. This is the last time that I'm apologizing to you!" Troy then called me and had given me a scathing response but not before asking me how I was doing and if everything is good. I mainly listened to Troy tell me things like he doesn't remember everything that he said and that he doesn't make promises that he doesn't keep. My whole reason was to just address the issue about Troy belittling me saying things like, "If I ever get out on my own that I would fall flat on my face or I wouldn't leave home until I was forty." I mentioned to Troy that he said discouraging and encouraging things and that it was really tough to understand where he was coming from with his comments directed at me.

Troy took it upon himself to call me on the phone and come at me aggressively. That was the last straw for me. I read all of my one very long text to Troy to 3 co-workers and one to my mom's classmate from Capital Community College (these were all women) and they all said that I said nothing wrong nor was I aggressive at the text that I sent Troy. Troy ended the heated argument when I mentioned to Troy how Troy and our mom shut me down when I tried to tell him how I didn't like staying in Orlando in 2003 with Troy and Paula. Troy said these very words to me. "Paul you're leaving it up to me if you want me to be your big brother and look out for you. Here is what I will do for you since you said that I shut you down. I don't have to call you, I don't have to write you, and I don't have to keep in touch with you!" 

I had had enough of Troy talking to me like I was his child or one of his dogs that Troy and Paula own. I simply said, "That is fine with me." After I got off the phone with Troy I blocked his number and didn't unblock Troy's number until after I learned that Troy passed on February 1st 2025. Courtney has reached out to me and asked if I want to go to Troy's funeral and I'm explaining to Courtney that this is going to take some serious getting over this. I had to call out sick Tuesday and Wednesday from work. I'm waiting to get my plated ID card in the mail because of the temporary paper copy that I'm forced to use until then. I recently transferred over my direct deposit from M&T bank to Nashville Post Office Credit Union and I'm awaiting if I'm eligible for an early as 2 days before the pay period type of direct deposit. 

Could The Tampa Bay Buccaneers really fire Todd Bowles as Bucs head coach?

 After listening 🎧 to the 6 seeded Washington Commanders (12-5) against the 3 seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7) play on the radio 📻 last I checked online to see and read headlines asking Could the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fire Todd Bowles as Bucs head coach after the Commanders ended the Bucs season beating the Bucs 23-20 in Raymond James Stadium 🏟️ in Tampa, FL (the only upset 😭 in Super Wildcard weekend). I couldn't help but to wonder 🤔 why would the headline be that? It should be when will Todd Bowles be fired as head coach. I'm looking and reading reasons why Bowles should stay and none of the reasons make any sense to me. 

Bowles has had 3 years to make this Bucs team a Superbowl caliber team. Bowles has had a chance to make this Bucs team a Superbowl caliber team. In 3 years, the Bucs have managed to go (8-9) win the Division and get hammered by the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL 31-14 in Tom Brady's last season with the Bucs in the Wildcard in 2022. The Bucs at (4-8) on the outside looking in won 5 straight games to go (9-8) and win the Division in 2023 rolled the Philadelphia Eagles (11-6) 32-9 in Raymond James Stadium 🏟️ in Tampa, FL in the Wildcard. Then the Bucs loss 31-23 to the Detroit Lions (12-5) in Detroit in the Divisional playoffs which we knew that the Lions were a better team than the Bucs.

Then the Bucs at (4-6) looked like they were on the bubble won 6 out of their last seven games all against weak opponents. The Dallas Cowboys a team who had nothing to play for beat the Bucs 26-24 on a recovery of a key Bucs fumble that cost the Bucs a chance at winning in the end. The Bucs played two horrible teams in the Carolina Panthers who the Bucs steamrolled 48-14 at home and the New Orleans Saints who the Bucs needed a big play to win 30-19 to go (10-7) and win the Division. 

It's time to stop making excuses for a coach who is awful 😞 at clock management. Bucs QB Baker Mayfield made a costly turnover on a botched Jett sweep pass that Washington recovered at the Bucs 12 yard line when the Bucs were up 17-13 over the Commanders. You can blame Mayfield for that costly turnover but it's ultimately the coach who designs the play or plays. Emotionless Bowles didn't say anything to Mayfield to indicate that what Mayfield did was wrong. A really good coach would have had a conservation with Mayfield and said, "this is not the time to try anything fancy with our season on the line. You go out there in that huddle and tell the players do not give up 6 points force the Commanders into 3 points and when we play on offense and get first downs, run the clock out and get out of here with a 17-16 win and play another game!"

Todd Bowles much like Tony Dungy is not emotional. When Tony Dungy was the Bucs head coach he was in a similar situation when Dungy coached the Bucs in the late 90's. Tony Dungy took this Bucs team at (11-5) to the NFC Championship game in 1999. The Bucs loss to the Saint Louis Rams (13-3) 11-6. Management extended Dungy's contract. The Bucs (10-6) would play the Philadelphia Eagles (10-6) in the Wildcard and the Bucs got embarrassed 😳 21-3 in Veteran's Stadium 🏟️ in 2000. Then the Bucs (9-7) with the addition of Brad Johnson and Keyshawn Johnson played the same Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) in 2001 in Veteran's Stadium and got humiliated 31-9. Tony Dungy's scheme was so predictable that the Eagles stuffed their runs on 1st & 2nd downs that the Bucs were forced to throw on 3rd down and long and the Eagles played the pass really good and forced incomplete passes, interceptions, fumble and recovery, and sacking the Bucs QB.

Dungy clearly was out schemed and just didn't mentally prepare his team who were a better team than those Eagles teams to play the Eagles in Veteran's Stadium. Management had seen enough and decided to fire Dungy as head coach because the Bucs was no longer Superbowl contenders. They became a vulnerable team that was only a Wildcard team and they were afraid 😟 😳 to play the Eagles. Dungy went on to win a Superbowl with the Indianapolis Colts in 2006. Bowles won a Superbowl as Bucs defensive coordinator and nothing else. 

In my humble opinion (IMHO) I think 🤔 that we need to ask Bruce Arians if he would be our coach again. BA is a proven winner and he would have us at (13-4) or (14-3) and competing for Superbowl Championships. If we don't fire Bowles as head coach it will get worse every year. Bowles is not the right coach for the Bucs. That is all for free speech on all topics sports edition. Till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

Reflecting on my decision to move to Nashville

 I saw an opportunity to leave a job that had a toxic environment and be in a much better situation. This was my chance to move on from a situation that was reckless, out of control, and uncomfortable. 😣 Was it risky on my part? Yes but how many people that was in my situation would say they wouldn't have done the same. It's easy to tell someone that they should stay at their job and not transfer. If they had an opportunity I know that they would move especially if it was for the better.

The Hartford Plant tried to use every tactic they could by throwing so much questions at me. Even the supervisors at the Hartford Plant was questioning me. I answered every question ❓ no different than the first 30 questions that people asked me. I didn't care about losing my Seniority at the Hartford Plant because at the end of the day it was all about what the Lord felt what was best for me. I'm not easily intimated so job titles didn't phase me. I've had Mail Clerks, MDO Supervisors, and Automation Supervisors try all that they could to break me.

They tried to get me to be permanently put on light duty all because I was one of the harder workers on the job. I went through something similar when I was in the Army 🪖reserve back in 2010 where they kept sending me to a mental hospital 🏥 because I couldn't adapt to some of the simple drills in Fort Jackson, SC. They tried to break me and get me to plead insanity so that when I got out of the military I would be placed in a mental hospital instead of where I lived at. I thank the Lord for keeping me sane because they couldn't get me to confess anything but what a normal person would say. I left the military 🎖️🪖 with a General but honorable discharge. 

So far I'm 2-0 beating adversity in both the Hartford Plant and the military. Now everyone at the Hartford Plant misses me because I wouldn't let a broken down machine #41 that have heavy volume of mail and that breaks down all of the time make me crippled. I'm grateful 🥲 and thankful for having such a chill and laid-back job with days off that people are begging for on a hard and demanding job. I was happy 😊 and relieved 😌😅 to finally be able to confess the things I had to endure. That is all for free speech 💬 on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

How I made Tennessee my home

 I can remember when I put in my transfer back in September 3rd, 2023 to the Nashville Post Office in Tennessee. I knew that if I didn't get my transfer then I would try again. I first got denied May 6th, 2024 and received the letter May 10th, 2024 in the mail about my unsatisfactory attendance. I had unscheduled absences in 2022 (11) and 2023 (6). People at my job at the Hartford Plant were saying to me that I had good attendance. Mainly supervisors said all of the good comments about me.

 

I didn't know about the Family Medical Act (FMLA) because no one really wanted to help me or tell me how to get it. They wanted me to be a worker who never thought 🤔 that I would want to transfer from the Hartford Plant. Supervisors viewed me as compliant, someone who they could push around, manipulate, and disrespect. So I changed how supervisors viewed me.

When a Mail Processing Clerk (Level 6) position became open for June 1st 2024, I immediately reapplied to transfer to Nashville. At that time I took 3 trips (twice to FL and once to Nashville). The Nashville Post Office had already looked back at my attendance record from 2020-2023. I knew my attendance was good and kept track of the Annual Leave (AL) using the paperwork when AL was needed to take time off from the Hartford Plant. I didn't do any callouts accept the time when I went to Nashville the 2nd time from June 26-July 2 (I set my alarm ⏰ clock for June 30th instead of July 1st and missed my flight ✈️). By the time I planned my 5th trip I went to ATL, had the 16 hours of Sick 🤢 Leave (SL) approved and I put in 24 hours of AL which is automatically approved, when I came back to work the 90 days of 3 unexcused absences found my 1 unexcused absence wiped out from that quarter.

Meanwhile, my transfer request was sent out October 4th 2024 from the Hartford Plant when my evaluation and a record of my attendance was sent 📤 to the Nashville Post Office. I got the email ✉️ on October 15th approving my transfer request from the Nashville Post Office and they had given me a 10 day to respond date by October 25th. I waited 2 days and it was an easy accept the offer for Mail Processing Clerk position. I accepted the offer on October 17th 2024 and my schedule was all set for November 30th 2024 from 7 PM-3:30 AM with Sunday/Monday off.

I'm currently staying at Hampton Inn & Suites in Nashville. I will probably be here for 2-4 weeks the most and I plan to look for apartments, I will try every Monday and hopefully get me an apartment like I had to do when my mom passed last year when I was in Hartford. I am so relieved 😌😅 and excited to have made the decision to leave Hartford and come to Nashville. I'm looking forward to meeting 🤝 new people, making new friends, and ultimately see what I can bring to the table at the job. That is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

 

Nashville Music 🎵 🎶 City 🏙️ Annex (MCA) Warehouse Post Office 

Why do black guys like white women?

 I thought that it would be a really good idea to come up with a topic like this. For my readers and fellow bloggers I'm going to say personally I have always liked white and Hispanic women. When you can communicate and share things on a personal level with a woman it's almost like a sense of relief 😮‍💨 especially when she isn't ghetto.

I noticed when I share things with a woman who is white or Hispanic I feel that good vibe. I don't feel under pressure or feel like she will judge me and it is almost like the woman understand I will be honest when I tell her things. White or Hispanic women feel the same way about me and know that I'm going to listen to what she has to say. 

I come across as a very understanding person and that is why having conversations with white or Hispanic women is so wonderful. People really don't know that there are a lot of black guys that like white women. As a black man myself I always like the company of a white or Hispanic woman. I think the interracial company goes back to me growing up in a interracial Non-Denominational church. In church we learned not only all denominations are welcome 🤗 but all couples are welcome both of the same race and interracial. Readers and bloggers out there don't be surprised 😯 if you see me with or married to a white or Hispanic woman or a woman of another different race. Most of the women that I liked were white. On that note that is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

WHO'S CHICKEN NOW?

WHO'S CHICKEN NOW?: Harris Accepts Only 1 Debate, Refuses To Commit To More Against Trump

We knew that Kamala Harris was afraid 😟😳 to debate President Trump and here is proof 🧾 of it. President Trump is not afraid and was never afraid to debate Ms. Harris. Ms. Harris only want to debate President Trump on ABC. The agreement 🤝 was that President Trump would debate Joe Biden on FOX on September 4th. Never did it say if Joe Biden step down in his reelection bid for President that there would be changes in the agreement.

Ms. Harris must agree to do FOX on September 4th or no deal for ABC September 10th. If ABC continues on with a debate with Ms. Harris if President Trump is not on ABC, then FOX should continue holding their debate Town Hall style if Ms. Harris is not on FOX. Ms. Harris should step up and do the 3 debates with President Trump or vacate consideration as Democratic Nominee for President. Just My 2 Cents. That is all for shared articles on free speech 💬 on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

Political free speech on all topics Barack Obama

 

This political free speech on all topics will focus on the 8 years Barack Obama was in office. I'm going to tell the truth about Obama that the media will never tell you. Obama was a Senator from Chicago who decided to run for President in 2008. I'm going to give a little background info on Obama.

You probably didn't know that at one point that Barack Obama said that marriage was between one man and one woman. Obama flipped flopped 🙃 and said that he was for same-sex marriage. Obama was a below average student in school and falsely used Barry to apply for college. Barry as he referred himself to used a dead woman's Social Security number to get in a college which he didn't have the GPA to get into as Barack Obama. I believe they said Obama was a C- student.

Obama aligned himself with gays in bathhouses in school. What people didn't know about Obama was that he used to like white women and dated white girls in high school but different influences in Obama's life told him that if he wanted to have a political career that Obama was going to have to date women and marry a woman inside his race. Obama broke off the relationships that he had with white girlfriends because of it. Obama met and married a transgender woman Michelle (Michael) Robinson. After Michael's parents died of AIDS, Michael who at one point wanted to be a Pro NFL football 🏈 player changed to be a woman in 1983. Barack & Michelle Obama have 2 adopted girls Sasha and Malia.

Obama's father was black and married his mom who was white. Obama's mom was ashamed to be white thus denied her race and that was why she married a black man. Obama hung around William Ayers who was a socialist therefore adopting Ayers socialist views. Obama illegally came from Kenya to Hawaii and Obama is Muslim and champions the Muslim Brotherhood.

Meanwhile, this unknown wildcard Senator Obama would go up against Hillary Clinton a frontrunner to be the Democratic nominee for President. Hillary Clinton threw barrage of attacks at Obama and started the whole Birther thing saying Obama was not legally in the US. Obama despite being attacked, he was calm and was on the defense. No one thought wildcard Obama had a chance against frontrunner Clinton. With that being said, the DNC already decided to go with Obama as their Democratic nominee for President in 2008 and after an aggressive Clinton loss in states that she was favored to win in, Hillary finally conceded to Obama.

The DNC felt that Obama who they referred to as the first black man who would be elected the 44th President of the United States to run the country and fundamentally transform the US. Bill Clinton negotiated with Obama and said, "You put my wife in your cabinet and I will help elect you to be the 44th President. If you don't then I won't help you." A weak and "yes" man Obama agreed and appointed Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State.

When John McCain became the Republican nominee in 2008 and Mitt Romney became the Republican nominee in 2012 they wasn't smart enough to investigate illegals voting in the US Presidential Election in 2008 and 2012. Bill Clinton was helping Obama with his speeches and Obama was promising illegals (mainly millennials ages 18 and up in states that they were not registered to vote in nor lived in) Obama Phones and food stamps if they voted for him. Were there voter fraud 🤥 in 2008 election and 2012 election we will never know. However, the fact that Bill Clinton and Obama had 10 offices in the key swing states in 2008 and 2012 and that there were illegals voting (mainly millennials ages 18 and up) should have been enough to challenge the results of the 2008 & 2012 US Presidential Election.

Meanwhile, during the Obama years we went through a recession in his first term as President. The stock market crashed and many people were laid off from their good paying full-time jobs. People were forced to get 2 and even 3 part-time jobs. The economy was bad 😞 and we only had a job growth of 1.2%. What was worse than our country being divided, Black Lives Matter and Antifa formed. By Obama's second term Isis grew and an emerging US ally the Kurds fought along side us against countries that fought with us narrowly avoiding WWIII.

Obama hated America and wanted the voters to know that he supported Anti-American enemies. Obama ticked off our allies which caused us to have strained relationships with our Allies at best. With the help of Bill Clinton and Obama's administration he became the worst President after leaving office in 2017. That is all for political free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

Political free speech on all topics

 Today I am going to talk about President Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, and Joe Biden on this political free speech on all topics. People need to understand that everything has been politicized from the mainstream media, Dems, RINOS, etc.

Last Saturday President Trump gave a rally trying to unify our country in Butler, PA. Then a shooter who was about 550 feet away from where the rally was went on top of a roof. Secret Service reacted after about 4 gunshots, Secret Service killed the shooter that tried to assassinate President Trump. The gunshots grazed President Trump's ear and face just missing President Trump's head. President Trump ducked in the nick of time. President Trump got up with his fist ✊ raised unifying the country. All over the 🌎 world saw an impact that that had. President Trump showed what a true leader and a real President does.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden who I refer to a lot as Fake 🤥 President is not my President and I will never refer to anyone who steal an election like Biden did in the 2020 US Presidential Election as President. Biden is a fraud. The mainstream media finally realized that Biden's gaffes are real. Biden has 4th stage dementia that the Dems, RINOS, and the mainstream media has been ignoring since Biden first announced that he was running for President in 2019. Biden has singlehandedly with the help of his administration put our beautiful country in the gutter. Now even a growing number of Dems are calling for Joe Biden to step down and not seek his reelection bid for President.

Lastly, the Director of Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle who admitted she didn't do the right thing to prevent an attempted assassination of President Trump refuses to resign. There are protests because the crooked CIA and SS were all in on trying to take President Trump out. The CIA, SS, and FBI is so tainted that no one believes it will properly investigate anything. It is corrupt just like the Biden administration. I think that Ms. Cheatle and all that were involved with the plan to take President Trump out should testify under oath, get fired from their positions, and serve the maximum of 75 years in jail. Just My 2 Cents. That is all for political free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like these. God Bless You!

15-year-old teenager body slams 68-year-old grandma

15-year-old teenager and his friends have a party blasting music at the pool party in Fort Lauderdale, FL. 68-year-old grandma just tells the teenager to turn down the music because it's too loud. Teenager body slams 68-year-old grandma and began to drag her and tosses her in the pool. The grandma was humiliated while the teenager friends cheered. This kind of thing is disturbing. No one came to the aide of or tried to help the grandma.

I believe that the woman had to have hip and leg surgery. The teenage boy's mom was the only sincere one when she apologized on behalf of the teenager's action. The boy was looking down on his written statement with a non-sincere apology. The 68-year-old grandma let the teenager off with 200 hours of community service and some AM-PM curfew on school days. The grandma felt that it was cruel and inhumane with what the teenager did to her. 

The grandma felt that video footage will follow the teenager for the rest of his life. He is a promising teenager with a bright future and accepted the judge's sentence of 200 hours of community service and AM-PM curfew on school days. In my opinion the teenager should have served 6 months- 12 months jail time. The grandma is not only old enough to be his grandma but she is a senior citizen, too.

I felt that the punishment didn't fit the crime in this case. The only thing the teenager learned is that community service will wipe away all of the cruel and inhumane things that you do. The teenager got a "pat on the back" in other words, "don't do it again" type of punishment. 15-years-olds do some dumb things but never to the point like what that 15-year-old teenager did. The grandma felt he should have had a lenient punishment and another chance because it was his first offense. 

Y'all can weigh in and comment and say if the punishment was fair, unfair, or if the teenager should have gotten a more harsher punishment. Well, that's all for shared videos on free speech on all topics, till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!

Missed my ✈️ flight

 Well, I overslept and missed my flight ✈️. It is a $45 change of flight fee. I'm not upset at all. I was prepared just in case I had to call out from my job. I couldn't imagine any other city 🏙️ or state that I would rather spend another day in. The great 😃👍 state of Tennessee with their southern hospitality and their great home cooked food and delicious 😋 sweet tea.

Yesterday I went to The Waffle 🧇 House. Marie was there along with her co-workers and a lot of customers were there including myself. Marie didn't wait on me, it was her co-worker KyKy who waited on me. I saw how busy Marie was waiting on a party of 4. The young man Marie trained on Wednesday really did a fantastic job calling out the order and Marie was proud 🥲 of him and told him how great a job that the young man was doing.

Meanwhile, Marie wasn't at the Waffle House on Saturday so Shelby Rae waited on me Saturday. When I left, something told me to write ✍️ on a sticky note my name 📛 and phone 📱 number on the name of the hotel 🏨 that I'm staying at. I felt that Marie was going to be there. Marie had a 14 hour day yesterday because it's her busiest day working on Sunday. I had a chance to talk to Marie when she came near my area. Before I left, I told Marie, "Marie I wanted to give you this" so I gave Marie the sticky note with my name and number and told Marie, "Marie this is my contact number to reach me if you want to keep in touch with me." She calls me friend but when I left, she said "Talk to you soon Paul." I said, "Talk to you soon Marie."

Considering how busy it was yesterday at The Waffle 🧇 House I decided it was best if Marie had my number. Here is why, I didn't want to put Marie on the spot by asking her for her number and I don't live in TN, I'm from Hartford. She would have felt awkward because she wouldn't have known my name if I would have asked for her number and let's say Marie gave me her number, it would have been like this for me, "you're not even from Nashville and you're asking a woman that you like who don't even know you like that for her phone number." I was putting Marie's feelings ahead of mine by not asking her for her number. No woman should feel put on the spot like that and that is why I did this the way that I did.

For people who don't think 🤔 us guys never give out our numbers to girls that we like, we do, it's just you rarely hear 🙉 about it. You normally hear about girls who give out their numbers to guys that they like. I plan on coming back to Nashville for Thanksgiving. 🦃 God Bless You!

First time visiting Downtown Nashville

 

I went Downtown Nashville for the very first time. I went to Nissan Stadium 🏟️ to check out where the Tennessee Titans play and took pics. Then I walked across the bridge 🌉 near the Stadium until I got to the heart ❤️ of Downtown Broadway and got me some good grub at a restaurant called Sun Diner. The food was delicious! 😋 I had chopped up ribs, hash browns, scrambled eggs with cheese and cooked onions, fresh fruit, and three servings of sweet tea.

 Downtown Nashville in Broadway sidewalks are narrow and it's a very busy street. The sweet woman waitress who waited on me name 📛 was Mariana at the restaurant that I ate at. In Downtown Nashville, people are walking, jogging, riding their bikes 🚲, and riding the green scooters. 🛴 Downtown Nashville is nice during the day to come to. I heard country hits from Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Patsy Cline. Johnny Cash Bar & BBQ were near a lot of restaurants in Broadway. I will have to plan another day to come back the next time I'm in town to come to Downtown Nashville.

I enjoyed The Waffle 🧇 House yesterday. I met a woman waitress who calls me friend back in March when I went there a couple of times when I first flew to Nashville, her name 📛 is Marie. Marie reminds me a little of Tiffany back home. Marie likes waiting on me at The Waffle House like Tiffany did at Hall of Fame Lanes. Marie's job doesn't consume her. Marie was training a young man who just got hired at The Waffle House who looked to be no older than twenty. I had a chance to tell Marie about me trying to transfer to the Nashville Post Office on Royal Parkway. Marie likes the way I tip. It's not hard to get a big tip from me. If the service is good 👍😊 and the waiter or waitress is friendly I'm going to leave a big tip like I did at the restaurant in Broadway.

Lastly, I'm going to try to go to the 🎢 amusement park, bowling 🎳, the mall, The Cheesecake factory 🏭 etc, the rest of my 4-day stay here in Nashville. I will keep y'all updated if I hear anything from the Nashville post office. God Bless You!

Back in Nashville

 

I decided to take a vacation and come back to Nashville, TN. This time this is for relaxation and vacation. I have a little over 4 weeks of Annual Leave (AL) and normally carry over 30-40 hours of AL a year till I get issued another AL batch after building up AL every pay period. I needed a break from my job at the Post Office plant in Hartford that I work at and took some time off and even including my Non-Schedule days as well as my Scheduled days for this vacation.

I reapplied for a transfer at the Nashville post office after the 8 months process and being denied to transfer in a letter ✉️ May 10, 2024 that I put in for September 3, 2023. I was home with my mom at the time taking care of her while she was still living up till she passed. I learned how the transfer process works when you are trying to transfer. That's why June 1, 2024 I put in another transfer at the Nashville Post Office. 

I flew into Nashville today and it was about 9:30 AM Central Standard Time. I plan to get out during my 5 day stay here and perhaps go Downtown and even check out Nissan Stadium 🏟️ in Downtown Nashville. The locals here have been really helpful and made this like a second home to me. I'm a Tennessee Titans fan as well as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan.

I'm here at La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham and thought 🤔 that I would take some pics. There are more pics and blogs to come. I just want to relax and get a bite to eat which will likely be at the Waffle 🧇 House. Feel free to comment and suggest maybe other things to me to do here in Nashville and I will take your suggestions and opinions in consideration. Thank you and God Bless You!

Hall of Fame Lanes should they close?

 I'm noticing a bowling 🎳 alley that should close their doors. People aren't coming there to bowl anymore. The only other bowling alleys in the Greater Hartford area is Bowl-o-rama in Newington and Spare Time in Windsor Locks and Spare Time in Vernon. Personally, I think that Hall of Fame Lanes in East Hartford should be turned into a Super Stop & Shop. I ride by the bowling alley and see the parking lot 16%-20% full since Tiffany left Hall of Lanes over 7 months ago.

League bowlers aren't coming to bowl there anymore. Customers like me aren't coming to bowl there anymore. Parties aren't booking birthday parties, anniversaries, and family fun day there anymore. Take off the open interviews on Wednesday nights from 9 PM-10 PM. Even if Hall of Fame Lanes can hire employees if there is no customers or League bowlers, then it's pointless to have employees there.

Some of those employees have 20% customers come, some have 30% customers come, and a few 40% customers come to Hall of Fame Lanes. It's not just about percentage of customers who come there. The company has to make sure 😊 that they can keep a lot of customers. I am going to share something that really caused me to take to the bowlero.com survey. I didn't mention this before.

One Wednesday I went bowling, I'm not sure if it was in September of 2023. I went to Hall of Fame Lanes and I saw Tiffany along with an employee his name was Tyler. Tiffany was bussing tables with a lot of drinks serving people like a busboy do at restaurants. Seeing Tiffany like that hurt me to my heart. No way on earth should a General Manger Assistant ever do something like that. Tyler the employee there at the time should have handled the drinks.

Y'all can understand how I feel the way that I do. If I saw any woman in Tiffany's position I would address it. I will go in to the comments section and tell any woman going through being mistreated that they need to find them another job where they won't be mistreated like that. I have never been a Supervisor or Manager on any job, just an employee but at my job if you are being mistreated you can talk to a union Stewart and the Stewart will file a grievance on your behalf and it would show up on your adjustments on the next pay period. It's a good 👍 thing to get paid when you let the company that you work for know when things are not right there. That is all for free speech on all topics till next time keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!