SHAMES!!

I want to congratulate and thank a Mr. Shames Khan for making his donation to the Save the Ozarks Fund. It's good people like this who make this world a better place to live. Shames is truly a sincere and sweet individual and his contributions are most appreciated. Now, if everyone follows Shame's lead we will in fact "Save the Ozarks!" Thanks again Shames...much love! xoxo

On another note...the Lakers won last night to send their sorry asses to the NBA finals. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I'm positive the NBA didn't want the Spurs to get there again. I'm also sure that Boston will win the east and we'll have a Boston/L.A. finals...just like the old days. The NBA will get it's ratings and ESPNclassic will air all of those fantastic Bird/Magic matchups from the good 'ol days. Everyone will be happy...as long as Boston wins. Gosh I hate the Lakers...

On yet another note...my good friend Anne is in Austin, TX for a few days. What a terrific place to be! I've been there once before and it went something like this....
******** So, i go to texas for a wedding......and after eating pizza for thanksgiving at the gingerbread man, the hair salon, jackalope, blind pig, seeing chuck chuch the big f*t fu$k, listening to the soothing sounds of Joe Vega!, hanging out with carnival workers ("carnies"), watching byrd play outside the courtyard from 2-4am, walking 12 miles past the ironworks to get to IHOP, eating an ungodly amount of food at IHOP, having valet Garrett randomly show up at IHOP thinking we needed a ride home (in a guests' mini van), holding on for dear life as Garrett proceeded to drive 50mph through the narrowest parking garage i've ever seen, waking up with the biggest headache i've ever had, driving 89.3 miles to Brenham (yes Brenham), going to Bottles and Cans (just clap your hands), witnessing 5 separate fights (3 among girls with one doing her best Bob Knight chair throwing impersonation) and Steve almost playing Mike Tyson's punch out in real life, beating Byrd 3-0 in pool, beating Byrd 2-0 in air hockey (cheated in game 2), beating Byrd 21-17 in ping pong and losing to Byrd in Chutes & Ladders on an el cheapo move (the guy spins a 4 and moves 5 spaces! only to land on the ladder that leads to the winning square! and this chump move in a house of God of all places), going to the actual wedding, making awesome friends with a Budweiser wholesaler named Mike at the reception (he was 63 and drinking straight Crown!), asking the bartender the score of "the game" (ND/USC) and he gives me the score of the Brenham Cubs (yes they are the cubs!) basketball game vs. Giddings, paying $21.95 to watch the last 2 min of the Purdue/Hawai'i game, going to Daddy's or Wing Shop or whatever that place was called (Texas version of BW 3's), watching Grossman throw it up for grabs every fu*&ing play, going back to Blind Pig, watching the Colts try to play football, listening to the soothing sounds of Joe Vega again, eating 1 million pieces of pizza from Haux pizza (the most intimidating pizza place EVER!, witnessing Byrd take an awesome piece of memorabilia off the wall, urinating somewhere that was never intended for urination, ordering cheese fries and a BLT only to get regular fries and no BLT, driving past the No Trespassing sign on the Texas campus, waiting forever for our plane to take off, arriving to LAX seemingly the same time 7.3 million other travelers did, eating Of the Taco......i came home!

Thanks for your support!! BYE!!!

The Price is NOT Right!

When is it ever going to end?
$4.38 for a gallon of gasoline...In other words $83.22 to fill up my truck...which is fine if you don't live in LA and have to drive everywhere, or you are a zillionaire! Or if you are Joe Exxon, Bobby Mobil, Evan Chevron, Theo Shell, Joseph Seventysix or Andre Texaco. I mean where is it going to end? I thought it came to plateau when it hit $4.18 a week ago just before Memorial Day. This happens every year when Gas stations and companies raise prices before typical driving holidays. So I figured $4.18 just before Memorial Day, a $.17 hike from 2 days prior, would be the high point. Not so fast my friend! Just a day after Memorial Day it rose to $4.28 and by the end of that day was at $4.38...which is where we stand right now, at least until around 4pm when they usually change the prices. I'm not sure how much longer we can put up with this. We HAVE to drive...there's only so many home based businesses that I can try! By the way after you read this you should click on the ads on the right side of this page....anyway, not sure what my point is except that soon we will be paying upwards of $6 for 1 gal of freakin gas! I can get a 12 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon for $5.99 right now at Ralphs. They should just come out with an engine that runs on beer? HMMM.....
Anyway, it's a slow news day so far so hopefully I'll have better material later...
On another note...I'm gonna go work in the garden and maybe even wash my truck. Maybe I'll even do laundry. I can tell you one thing, I'm not gonna drive anywhere! They didn't get that blue ribbon for nothin'!! Cubs 6 Rockies 3
Bye!!!

Super Tuesday

Need yet another reason IndyCar beats NASCAR? Try $2.98million reasons. That's the winners share of a near $14 million pot. Not bad for a months work.

How about Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano? Bottom 9th, 2 outs, 1 on, Cubs leading 5-4...a routine fly ball to left. Should've ended the game, Cubs win right? Wrong. Bounces off his glove and the Pirates tie the game; Cubs lose in extras. $136 million? Hell, I'll do it for 10 bucks.

Fiesta Hermosa was this weekend. Good times. Great food! Is there anything better than carnival food? Can't wait til the Circus City Festival in July.

Was there any doubt that Joakim Noah smoked weed? I heard he got from the shortbus driver...

Congrats again to Indianapolis for getting the 2011 Super Bowl. Can't wait to watch the Bears in Indy...

Can someone please tell Hillary to step aside...

Isn't it ironic that as soon as they start debating whether instant replay should be in MLB we have about a dozen blown HR calls in the last week...

Horry Kow! Wrigleyville residents are brushing up on their Japanese today; Hiroki Kuroda vs Kosuke Fukudome!

Cubs 4 Dodgers 3

Best place on Earth

Oh! and I almost forgot to mention that Indianapolis has the best place on Earth...Nicky Blaine's!!! oh Nicky Blaine's.....

Snowblowers

Has anyone read Gene Wojciechowski's article on ESPN.com about Indianapolis? If you haven't heard Indy was awarded the Super Bowl in 2011. They nearly got the 2010 game but were edged out by 2 or 4 votes. This is a city that has hosted the most Final Fours of any other city, NBA All-Star games, the NFL combine and not to mention the 1997 Peru Tiger football team against Madison Grant in the Hoosier Dome! Needless to say, the city knows how to host. It is a perfect setting for any major sporting event. You have all the first class restaurants, 5 star hotels, high end shoppping and plenty of waterin' holes. And it has all of this in a very compact space where you can walk or take a short cab ride within a matter of a few blocks. Yet, Gene Wojciechowski would rather the NFL go on strike in 2011 than play a Super Bowl in Indianapolis. He states that it is too cold; that he you're gonna need snowblowers to get around. What a toolbox! The avg temp in Indy in February is around 30, but knowing the midwest it could just as easily be 60! Hey, lets have it in Miami where it's 70 in February...oh wait they did 3 years ago and it poured down rain the entire weekend and cost Da Bears da Super Bowl! I say we take up a collection and buy this A-hole a nice packet of hot chocolate and some ear muffs...just in case.
On another note...Carb day is getting rained out; ruined my tv watching for today. Oh, and I got new pillows; they're just ok. Oh, and I went fishing and caught a 378lb Marlin...I thought it was Miguel Cabrera but then remembered he's in Detroit. Big up's!! Bye!!

random

does anybody really know what time it is...
does anybody really care?
...About tiiiiimme

Well I was walking down the street one day...


iced coffe or hot coffee? hmmm. i think hot today...

...we're closed for 40 min!! come back...

"and heeee's on it!"

Bye!

Playoffs? You wanna talk about Playoffs!?

Did anyone really give the Spurs a chance last night? Didn't think so, but to be up 20 in the 3rd qtr and only lose by 4 says something. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Spurs fan. I think they're boring and they all flop too much. And don't get me started on Bruce Bowen. But for them to come out and play a first half like they did speaks volumes for the kind of guys they are. Sure, LA won, and overcame a 20 pt deficit, but they were expected to take game 1 at home. All signs pointed to a blowout. The Spurs just finished a 7 game series against the Hornets who are twice the team as anyone the Lakers played in rounds 1 or 2. They also had to sleep on their plane which was grounded on the tarmac in New Orleans! I'm sure they had nicer accomodations than we would stranded on a plane but regardless 12 6-7 ft men sleeping on a plane can't be good for the legs. I look for the Spurs to take this series in 6 games. Maybe I'm a closet San Antonio fan (not a chance) or maybe I just dislike the L.A. Kobe's that much (yes, I do!), but for the Lakers to come out and play like that against a bunch of guys with 1 leg says something.
On another note...I watched the classic movie "Serpico" last night. One word-Fantastic! This was Al Pacino's breakout movie directly after he did the Godfather pt 1. A tremendous film. Also, I used to think Oreos were hands down the best cookie in the world...but Chewy Chips Ahoy are gaining ground very quickly!! Not so fast! Bye!

Is there any way that the IRL and Tony George can get Big Brown to enter the Indy 500? I mean what is with this horse? He's like out of some freak show at the local circus. The first two legs of the Triple Crown he's won by an avg of 5 1/2 links! This is a man among boys out there. It's like he's racing a bunch of mini horses. I bet that if they let him race next weekend against the likes of Helio, Danica & the rest of them he would finish in the top 10. Just a thought...

On another note, anyone who thinks that NASCAR is more fun to watch than IndyCar is just plain stupid. There's no other way to put it. First off Indy cars go 80-100 mph faster...that's the obvious reason. And they do it in open wheel cars with no roof or steel cage protecting them if they happen to flip or roll. One little tap from another car sends 'em into the wall. It takes much more skill to negotiate through the pack when you don't have bumpers and fenders. I should know, I've raced Indy before and it was super hard! Second, anyone who watched the last day of qualifying today had to be on the edge of their seat. You had 3 guys going for one spot with $320,000 at stake...and they had to run 4 laps all before the gun went off at 6pm. That's pressure my friends. NASCAR qualifies everyone on one day like 2 or 3 days before each race...no drama, no pressure. Pretty lame if you ask me...Now maybe I'm being a "homer" because I'm from Indiana but I'll bet if any NASCAR fan would take a break from cuttin' the sleeves off their flannels, datin' their cousins and get the cigarette smoke outta their eyes and watch IndyCar on their tv that sits on top of the broken tv, they, too would agree that it's pretty good racin'!!

I'm off to watch a new episode of "Ax Men"...Watch the deer! Bye!

7-1

Too bad the Cubs can't play at the Friendly Confines every game. Off to a 7-1 start on the homestand and everybody is coming through. Soriano must be a fan of the Indy 500 since he loves the month of May so much. I'll admit, I was ready to trade him 3 weeks ago when they were winning all those games with him on the DL. Not so fast my friends! And who needs Brian Roberts anymore? I said that from the first I heard the rumor in spring training...DeRosa is just fine and mighty sexy at that! He can play anywhere and will more often than not put the bat on the ball. It's too bad they can't play Pittsburgh every game either...it's like they all go asking for their brown pants when they play the Cubs! Get it, because they shat on themselves....anyway, did anyone go get a free chicken sandwich from McDonald's yesterday? Just curious if they are any good...well, it's $3 PBR night at the Lighthouse guess I'll head down for a few and some great tunes from Buck & the Bang! Everyone have a great weekend and watch out for the sharks! Bye!

Rubbers

Purdue University safety Torri Williams was suspended from the team indefinately by Joe Tiller for yet another run in with the law. He was already in the dog house with Tiller and the 5-0 for drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and for being at the scene when teammate Selwyn Lymon was stabbed by a 4' 11" woman. He was on probation and only had to make it until December without another incident. Well that lasted all of 5 months. He was arrested for shoplifting...from a grocery store...and it wasn't even food! Yes, just when I thought I'd heard it all, a Purdue football player (senior by the way), who is already on real probation with the real police, gets arrested for stealing CONDOMS!!! Yes, CONDOMS. I'm pretty sure that Planned Parenthood gives them away for free right? He must have wanted the super fancy ones that are flavored or colored or ribbed for her pleasure...or maybe he needed the Magnums!! Doubt it...anyone who has to steal them obviously doesn't have big enough juevos to simply buy them or stop by the 'hood! Is this not the most ridiculous thing anyone has EVER been suspended for? How embarassing...BOILER UP!
On another note, I fixed my flat tire. But as I was fixing it my truck fell off the jack and the axle landed on my hand and chopped off 3 of my fingers. I now only have a thumb and pinky on my left hand. Bye!

serenity now!

2 flat tires in the matter of 2 months...it just keeps getting better! bye!

what the crap?

Jim Edmonds? C'mon Cubs...

Trecherous Waters

So I just got back from the beach and man was it interesting. I brought my boogie board hoping to do some innocent wave riding when something happened that will change my life forever. I had just finished 2 totally awesome rides when I paddled out for one last one. To my surprise right in front of me was a freakin shark fin!! I panicked a bit but remembered from the National Geographic Channel that it's best to just stay still and not swim of flail around. Well, this whole standing still thing lasted about 2 seconds when the fin turned and started coming straight toward me! It was probably only 10 or 12 ft away and I was swimming as fast as I possibly could toward shore. In a panic I turned and clinched my fist and popped the great beast straight in the nose! It was then that I realized it was just my friend Jamel wearing a shark fin! Jamel is crazy! Bye!

My Love

I see you there staring at me,
All bubbly and hot.
You smell so fantastic,
I should just take a shot.
But I know what comes next,
You'll just leave me wanting more.
That's why I take it slow,
Until I'm completely sure.
I reach out my hand and grasp for yours,
Who would've thought you were such a whore.
But now I've got you once and for all,
As you touch my lips my heart starts to fall.
And then it happens,
You make me feel free.
Oh how I love YOU,
My cup of coffee!!!!!

Seriously?

Anyone heard about this whole OJ Mayo thing? I mean of course there was some funny business going on the whole time...The guy comes out of nowhere and commits to USC with Tim Floyd telling everyone what a surprise it was to him, saying he didn't even really recruit him. Of course he didn't, a sports management company did! Who just gets up and leaves W VA, goes cross-country, to LA!, to play for a team that didn't really recruit you? Answer, nobody! Unless you are getting fancy shmancy things from 45 year old men trying to profit off of you. And you can't tell me USC and Mr. Floyd didn't know anyhing about it...The main guy involved was at almost every USC home game! C'mon...first Reggie's Bush and now the other OJ....California is stupid!
On another note I just made probably the best ham & cheese omlet in the entire Southern California area...that's real! Do work!

Bye!

It's a Girl!!

Hello all,

I simply wanted to get your attention to my new Blog. This is the first installment of many. I hope to bring you a blog a day covering topics ranging from sports to snack foods to television and literature. Some will be entertaining, some serious, some sad and some will probably confuse many people. I hope you get as much out of it as I do and encourage feedback as that will keep me motivated. I hope this finds all in good health and having a great day! Cheers!

Shu