The Daily Dose: Is ‘Cobra Kai’ wearing out its welcome?

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Tuesdays are better than Mondays, but that doesn't make them unforgettable and worth celebrating. So, let's kill some time and discuss a few things as September prepares to end. Chief among the usual suspects today are the Cardinals. 

Facing Milwaukee today, the team languishing behind them in the N.L. Central. Not so fun fact: the Brewers are just 6.5 games behind St. Louis, who started getting lazy here in the past two weeks. With less than eight games left, the chances of being caught isn't a worry for the Cardinals, but more of an indication that a kickstart is in order. It's all about playing well into the playoffs, as in when they are starting. 

Player to Step Up: Half of the lineup. Goldschmidt, Arenado, Carlson, and especially DeJong need to crank it up.

*Carlson is 7-37 recently with just a single home run. 

*Complaining about Goldschmidt, who still has a .988 OPS, seems out of place, but he's slugging just .304 in his last 15 games. 

*Arenado is starting to come out of a mini slump, but he's only hitting .222 with a .650 OPS in September. 

*DeJong just needs to hit something resembling a baseball, and hit it farther. 

St. Louis sit one win shy of 90 with a little over a week to go, a place many teams would love to be sitting in. With the strength of the teams ahead of them in the league-on full display with the Dodgers series loss as the latest example-the Cards will have to do some upsetting to dig deep into the postseason. The sizzle off their August streak is gone, so build something fresh. Thankfully, the baseball team hasn't gone stale yet, something that runs afoul of many television shows. 

Example: COBRA KAI is starting to show its age. Few were begging or even asking for a "Karate Kid" reboot a few years back, but YouTube TV and Netflix helped reestablish that desire. Five seasons later, the paint is starting to chip on that idea. High school rivals fighting harder with each other as adults than they ever did in their youth carries some terrain to drive on, but it will run out. 

Season 4 started to run out of runway, but the recently released Season 5 shows even more fluff, drag-on, and sudden loss of interest. You know how it can be when a new show or season hits the streaming service: Drop everything being done that isn't dire, and watch all of it! With S5 of "Cobra Kai," I am taking my time, even if the William Zabka as an older Johnny Lawrence living in a digital world will never lose steam. 

That's where they should have hit harder on in the last two seasons: the modern dyslexic effect that advancing technology can have on older souls. Johnny trying to use an iPhone, equating style with his 80's gear, or fumbling over newer computers is comic gold--like Brad Thompson and Dan McLaughlin talking baseball instead of incessant loudmouth Jim Edmonds describing his text stream. 

Fish out of water Johnny Lawrence: broadcast booth goodness. 

Endless rivalries with Daniel LaRusso and other past mentors: JIMMY! 

Everyone won't get that reference, but I don't care. This is my world and you're in it. The free subscribers can't talk. I haven't convinced you to pay yet. You wouldn't go into someone else's house, and tell them how to talk, especially after they give you free shit. 

I HAVE NOT gotten into the new Jeffrey Dahmer Netflix show. Keeping up amid the rapid release style these days is a match for no man or woman. The cause of this madness: real life psychos.

These real life fucked up guys creating stacks of content for Netfix is beyond redemption. Can you imagine the Netflix service without true crime docs or mini-series based off fucked up guys? And it's always messed up GUYS who do these nasty things. I love St. Louis native Evan Peters playing Dahmer-and the supporting cast and showrunner-but there is only so much time in the day. 

Day jobs mean you don't have time in the world for all the latest and could-be greatest. The main thing I aspire for when I leave downtown St. Louis at 5pm each day is medicating. Yeah, the Mary Jane therapy dance happens every day upon exiting the parking garage. 

Speaking of the green drug that doesn't make you angry, OG Kush and I finally met. It's one of the most revered cannabis strains ever put on the market, and it hits the weight behind it. A renowned Indica breed, OG Kush can lock you to the couch if too much is concerned, but it can also clear your calendar mentally if you know where the brake pedal is. If there's a Lannister strain, the main Kush is it. Long term, this kind of relationship would veer off the road eventually, so treat it with respect and take your time. 

The basic template for cannabis consumption is knowing what exactly is going into your body. It's evolved from the 70s withdrawal of essentially smoking anything. Is it an indica? If so, it's going to bring the dial down and relax you. Sativas can give you a rush and a touch of euphoria, before yanking the parachute and sending you back to the ground. 

As George Carlin said, it's important to know which drugs are okay and which ones are not. After consuming more than the average smoker over the past four years, I can tell you it's important to also know what version of that drug is best for you?

Finally, a sad note. One of the most gut-wrenching things to discover on your Facebook feed or Twitter timeline is a trusted pal losing someone close to them, especially if it was suicide. The tale gets more grim if the survivor had no idea that the person lost was going through hell during their last few days on Earth. Being able to talk about our problems, especially men, is a landmine that people need to get comfortable with stepping on. Blow your problems up by telling someone who has been there and been there often. 

Life moves so quick, people think stopping to ask for help or just a human sounding board to throw something off has to be illegal. We are taught to be strong like our parents or find the answer on our own time, but the best idea can be asking someone. A stranger, your humor, best friend, second best friend, person you checked on two months ago, etc. Every soul for himself isn't the game here; it's stick around as long as you can. 

Suicide is a beast that will not be slayed. It just won't. But if someone can at least have a shot to deliver a powerpoint presentation on the goodness and value of life before the fateful decision is made, the world shifts into a better place. 

Be well and don't let the little shit get you down. The reality is the bigger stuff crushes harder.