Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

It took seven games for Citi Field to reject Jose Siri.  The Mets’ platoon center fielder, who missed most of the season with a broken leg and made his seventh home appearance Friday (and just his second start in Queens since April), was booed often in a 12-6 Mets victory over the Nationals because of a couple misplays and few rough at-bats.  “He didn’t have a good day,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Siri, with whom he talked because he wanted Siri to keep his head up.  During a dreadful, four-run third inning, which also featured a poor throw from…

We’re all wired for connection, and we’re driven to find meaning. These aren’t flaws, they are essential survival traits.

Just in time for Halloween, Trick ‘r Treat will be released in theaters in 4K! Many movies that are re-mastered in 4K are put back into theaters for a re-release for fans to truly appreciate the visual upgrade. However, 2007’s Trick ‘r Treat was never released in theaters to begin with. Instead, the movie was screened at festivals in addition to San Diego Comic Con, then proceeded to go directly to home release on DVD and Blu-Ray. Emma (Leslie Bibb) in Trick ‘r Treat 2007. This October, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., and Saga Arts have teamed up with Fathom Entertainment…

Already without quarterback Justin Fields, Jets coach Aaron Glenn ruled out two more starters for Sunday’s road game against the Bucs.  Defensive end Jermaine Johnson, who suffered a torn Achilles in Week 2 last year and missed the rest of the season, won’t play in Tampa because of a sprained ankle, Glenn said before Friday’s practice in Florham Park.  Wide receiver Josh Reynolds also will miss his second straight game due to a hamstring issue, Glenn added.  Johnson didn’t record a sack in either of his first two appearances this season, both losses, in his return from Achilles surgery.  Jermaine…

Priscilla Presley is sharing intimate details about her romance with Robert Kardashian. In her upcoming memoir, “Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis,” Priscilla claims her famous ex-husband once rang her up at 2 a.m. while she was in bed with the late Kardashian patriarch — though the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll wasn’t aware that was the case. “He’d have gone ballistic, maybe literally, if he’d known Robert was in my bedroom,” she writes, according to an excerpt obtained by the Sun. “Elvis always carried a loaded gun, sometimes more than one.” Priscilla Presley claims in her upcoming…

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that the US military carried out a third strike against alleged drug traffickers affiliated with a terror organization — killing “3 male narcoterrorists.” “On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump posted on Truth Social. The president did not say which terror group was targeted or which nation the vessel originated from. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans,” Trump…

When you think of the holiday season, images of sugar plums, Santa Claus, and Jack Frost may dance in your head, but what about the Yule Cat, Meat-Hook, or Window-Peeper? These are just a few of the overlooked creatures from festive folklore that have been buried in the snow over the centuries in favor of their more cheerful Christmastime counterparts, but thankfully writer George Northy, artist Rachele Aragno, and colorist Michelle Madsen are shining a long-overdue spotlight on these holiday horrors in the new three-issue comic book series Yuletide. Set in the deceptively merry town of Christmas, Pennsylvania, Yuletide follows…

It is a testament to the culture the Islanders have built, both before and during Anders Lee’s captaincy, that they could go into training camp with Lee, in a contract year, unsigned for next season without it being any kind of distraction.  Just as was the case with Brock Nelson and Noah Dobson a year ago, the Islanders know how to keep a lid on this publicly. Those storylines did not dominate the discourse until the rubber hit the road in the days before Nelson and Dobson were dealt to Colorado and Montreal, respectively. Lee’s contractual situation won’t either.  Still,…

In Something’s Gotta Give, Harry Sanborn, played by Jack Nicholson, defends his position by saying, “I’ve always told you some version of the truth.” The other side of this complicated relationship is Erica Barry, played by Diane Keaton, who has no intention of letting him get away that easily: “I didn’t know the truth had versions,” she says. Although it may be hard to wrap your mind around it, some people really do have trouble seeing, and coming to terms with, the truth. We see this in the microcosm of relationships, but also in the macrocosm of business and politics.…

The narrow definition of success for adolescents has persisted and pressured teenagers for decades. Good test results, high grades, and admission to reputable colleges have been considered the ultimate signs of success in youth. Since children enroll in school, their achievements are quantified in terms of figures on report cards and scores on standardized tests. Although these measures provide a perspective of academic aptitude, they do not always reflect the multivariate and multidimensional nature of success. Achievements go beyond academic success in today’s world. They also consist of emotional health, self-development, pursuing passions, and developing good relationships. A teenager can…