"Go Bills..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #324)

 

James "Kimo" Rosen along with Buffalo Buffalo Bills
Quarterback Doug Flutie  on the sidelines at Aloha stadium
during the 1998 Pro Bowl during his tenure as Publisher of Alaska People Magazine.

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  
amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser,
 Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

                                                                 Pac-Man sunrise!  :-)

                        Sunrise/weather/photos January~2022

                     (These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)

                                                       Photos courtesy,

                                                      James "Kimo" Rosen 

Blog #2078~Kimo's world #324

Go Bills!

 I have been a Bills fan for over 60 years. When  I was a lad I went to all the Bills games with my season ticket holder father at the Old War Memorial stadium. I left Buffalo for college in 1976 and have not been back except for a handful of times in over 45 years. I am currently retired and living

on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. Although I have not lived in Buffalo for many years I have remained a hardcore Buffalo Bills fan!

We are known as the Mafia, not because we make offers you can’t refuse, but short for Bills Mafia. A moniker given to the  Buffalo Bills fan base worldwide.

I have been part of a Facebook group that streams every Buffalo Bills game every Sunday, Monday, or Thursday and comments with each other.

We have Mafia members from all over the world, Europe, Israel, the Bahamas, every state in the union, and even some guy named Kimo in Hawaii.  We are family or as we say in Hawaii, ohana.

When I wear my Bill's garb in public here in Hawaii I am many times greeted by other mafia members with a 'Go Bills,' which means, 'I love you man!'

It also means Hello, Goodbye, and God bless. It is only to be answered with another Go Bills! It's very similar to the word Aloha in the Hawaiian language.

The Mafia has endured much heartbreak over the years, more than just about any team in the  NFL.

 

There was the infamous 'wide right' along with 4  consecutive Super Bowl losses and

who can forget 'Homerun throwback' during the music city miracle. Believe it or not just last year with only 11 seconds left on the clock the Arizona Cardinals threw a Hail Mary also known as the 'Hail Murray pass' into the endzone to defeat the Bills in a game they were sure they had 

The Mafia is used to heartbreak and if we were the real mafia we would do something about it. What do you think Tony Soprano would do? LOL.

Just last week the  Bills played the Chiefs in one of the most viewed playoff games in history. 

 To many, it has become known as the coin toss game only because the Bills never got equal time on offense to touch the ball in overtime. It was a heartbreak to see Josh Allen brave his heart and soul in what the media is calling the greatest football game of all time and lose it to a coin toss.

What is it with Buffalo Bills history and luck? I believe somebody once upon a time put a hex on the Buffalo Bills to never win the Big one and always leave its fans heartbroken?

The mafia is sick of hearing,

"there's always next year." This was our year. This will be hard to get over, even harder than wide right, because the wide right was not as hard of the fought battle of the coin toss.

There is a meme on the internet that says, "cancel the remaining playoff games and the Super Bowl and just have a best of seven series between the Bills and the Chiefs!"

 We now have the best Quarterback

in the NFL. We now have Superman on our side and for now, it's just a matter of time! I believe the only thing holding us back is the Kryptonite at Arrowhead!

Go Bills! 

Hana Hou (Encore)