CRAZY HORSE

The Pads have won 3 ...count 'em three !...in a row ...what?...and the 9th inning rally last nite was scintillating...what?...yup...as we were down 5- 3 ...and then BAM!... Hey, I have to spend as much time as I can with the positive...here goes... Amarista singles...PH Quentin doubles hard to LF, run scored...5-4...P Cashner runs for Carlos...Venable doubles to LC...Cashner scores, tied 5-5...euphoria...PH Rivera bunts Venable to 3 rd...Cabrera sac flies deep to CF...and run scores and WE WIN! ...so cool...get this...the Pads are favored again...what?...wait...EVERY HOME TEAM IS!... LPGA... Very eery thing...as just like last week where Martin Kaymer distanced himself from the field at the halfway point, Michelle Wie is doing the same for the gals...unfortunately, the feat was missed by the viewing audience, as only the 12-4 time slot was shown...she was already done... Close to her, are the three Americans ...there's that number again... Lexi Thompson (-1), Stacy L...

Point and click... We went all about town yesterday taking pix...and when we entered them in the computer...realized I had to enhance every one of them...woooah...and then realized that technology had passed me way by ...as the pixels I had were 8mp ...which is the same as on my iPhone...so, you got it... I am in the process of upgrading... I prefer the point and shoot type ...small little ones that I can put in my pocket...and like phones, every half year, more and more have been released to the public...and lordy, there are reviews all over the place...and very similar... Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, the list goes on... Most of the preferred ones have at least 16mp...double the pixels I have now ...and the key to me is the Wi-Fi and the zoom ... AND CLARITY! ...and figure that within a year, the one I pick out will already be trumped... I have landed on the Nikon Coolpix S9700 ...and now comes the money part...where to buy...the best price I have found is at Bestbuy...but....

Shirley! Shirley Shirley bo birley Remember this song from way back...by Shirley Ellis... "The Name Game"... Like a pop culture thing that you couldn't get out of your brain...for goodness sakes, it just a name...BUT...this was all fun...in those times also, there were mean names used ...and accepted by way too many people...and sport's franchises gobbled them up...one of them oldie but goodies was by the NFL team out of Washington DC ...they got their kicks out of the "Redskins"... abruptly changed from the Braves after one year... This where I get conflicted...I don't want the idea of the Native American to die...and I like the glorification of symbol...but just not in that context... there are those people throughout our land that use that sort of thing in a most disgusting manner...like the chop at the Atlanta Braves and the Florida St games...repulsive ...I was scouting a team out of Roseburg HS, they called themselves the Indians...and th...

Where do you get your eyeglasses made?...from your eye doc?...or do you go to a place like Lenscrafters?...Pearle Vision? ...where do you get your sunglasses?... Sunglass Hut? ...well, kids, you are buying from a conglomerate...probably...as the company, Luxottica ...has pretty much bought up MOST of the distributors in the ah hem, WORLD! ...they own like 80% of the market...can you say MONOPOLY? ...that's why you pay so much for them... Ray Ban...Persol...Oakley...and on and on... You can get much cheaper priced ones at Costco, Walmart, or online ... CUZ they are not owned by THE company ...and if you would ask one of the owned sites, they would say you would be getting inferior products...not so, my friends... do your homework and get your money's worth... It wasn't that long ago that At & t got blown apart by the gov't...you know, a monopoly ...and then it opened up a bunch of options for the rest of us... not sure it saved us any money, but it did gi...

This is what Tony Parker would be saying about his team right now... THE BEST! ...not only in the regular season, but the playoffs, too...as they totally destroyed the defenseless Heat...it would not have been even close...at the beginning as Miami ran up a 14 point lead...BUT...if you looked closely, SA had uncontested shots, that they missed...and it was just a matter of time... And the rout was on...the highlight for me was that the SDSU product, Kawhi Leonard , was named the MVP!...he was splendid...harassing LeBron, and also took on the role as supreme scorer, too...deserved the accolades...amazing that the ancient C, Timmy Duncan , played as well as he did, er does...and the lefty craftsman, Ginobli! , carved up the Heat... In the end, it was the system created by Coach Pop ... the TEAM ...that was the difference...in this day and age of pick and roll...and that's all you do...they still use five guys and their bench...sports are fickle people...(is?)...now, the rest of...

And to all of you out there who are papas , have a special day ...and do the remembrances of yours who have passed...like mine, Allan Shepard ...take the time to be around yours in the here and now...there's a reason for you being on this planet...enough of that...you know what I mean.... Scathing article in the Trib today...about firing the Pads manager, Bud Black ...basically, l like I have been saying for awhile...a change is needed and you can't move ALL the players...it's pro sports kids...unfortunately, it happens more in the lower levels...like even high school quicker... Tenure ...for teachers...struck down in California...hmmm...protect the bad ones, so they say...one thing that I always feared, was being judged by an incompetent administrator...or the tie in as a coach...struggle on the field, and you may also get the boot from the class room...a lot more Q's than answers... You watching the US Open? ...the course won yesterday...as there were but a f...