ufl game, st. louis

 this evening i watched a UFL game that was being played in st. louis, on ABC. the st. louis battlehawks beat the arlington (texas) renegades on a last-second field goal. i had heard of a merger of the two spring football leagues and had to research it further. both leagues had eight teams, the XFL and USFL, and the combined league has eight teams as well. this means just half of the teams survived the merger. i had seen some of the USFL games on TV the past two seasons. i just barely recall the earlier versions of both leagues, the former had folded after just one season due to low TV ratings, then tried again and folded due to the pandemic. the latter lasted three seasons, then folded, although it was the same league in name only. the later version of the USFL acquired the intellectual property and that was it. i do visit st. louis annually to see the cardinals but it is unlikely that i will attend a football game when i am in town as the league plays just a 10-game schedule, so five home games a year. but i still might want to snag a souvenir, and i would like to think there are some at the airport. what i found online from the league's website that is of interest to me is magnets, towels, pins, and pennants. this interests me more than hats and shirts. not too surprising that of the eight teams in this merged league, three of them are in texas, as that state loves its football. 

  before watching the game this evening, i was pleased with what i got done. in the morning i went to the credit union to dump change into my savings account, in roseville. i tried eagan first, but their machine was broken. i went to the nearby walgreen and got some discounted easter candy, reese's peanut butter as well as some oreo cookies in a plastic egg, then made it to the alternate location just before closing for the day. the total going into savings from the past three months was over 15 dollars. then i went to eat at the cane's chicken near the mall as it was midday. enjoyed the music i heard while there, it was johnny cash's 'i walk the line' and shaggy's 'angel'. i dropped off recycle near the capitol, then picked up one order at the post office. then i went home for a little while and did my taxes online, first time with jackson hewitt. cheaper than with h and r block, and it included both federal and state returns. when i went out again i picked up a can of icelandic beer at a liquor store, so now there are four beers waiting. then i went to the copy store to print the tax returns and two event reminder pages. and i got a jamocha shake at arby's. after i had the evening meal i went to get groceries at aldi. later on i went on a walk and found 59 cents.