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You Want Some Football?

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Hey, you're gonna get it this weekend... the NFL Playoffs ...the final 8 teams...what a great opp to bet on your favorite...today's matches...have the Seahawks at the Falcons ...and the Texans traveling up to the Pats ...yes, the Horse has already done his picking...and...I really like these games....you know, watching New England play, is like watching the Golden St Warriors do so in hoops ...almost magical...and done the right way... In the aftermath of the Bolt's move out of the southland...lingering thoughts abound about the franchise and the owner, the Spanos family ...there are those who say that ever since they bought it in 1986, it was a doomed one...long before we moved here...too bad, as the team has been here for 56 years...always tough to see a team leave...but, under this pathetic ownership , it is a loser...good luck LA... You know we have never stayed in Oahu ...for like 15 years of us going to Hawaii...we have always gone to Maui ...appears that if o...

Friday the 13th

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Morning, ya"ll ...top of it to you...as you pour a cup of Joe ...and settle in to see what is on the mini-mind of the Horse ...well, he is doing just fine, thank you...the weather here in SoCal is rainy...ewww... 'but, we need it' ...and you realize that this is Friday the 13th ...hey, are you one of them superstitious peops?...I used to be...when I coached...stupid...well, maybe try this 13 beers theory ...ha ha... let's get going... You know who Justin Thomas is?...PGA bloke...fresh off of a big W at Kapalua ...in the T of champs...took a puddle jumper and landed in Oahu for the next T...and, get this, started off with a 59 in the opening round... OMG!...FIFTY-NINE! ...think he's not on his game right now?...ha ha...listen kids, it is fleeting...and these guys get it going for a couple of weeks...just like you and me...wait, that is totally wrong...congrats to a dream start for JT...geez, another JT?... Imagine the uproar about the Bolts ...leaving...

Bolted!

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They gone ...geez, the Charger ownership has been threatening to do it...for at least 5 years...finally have done the deed... they are moving their franchise to La La Land ...in hopes that the grass is greener up yonder... This once proud team... the San Diego Chargers ...the darlings of the south land...rich in tradition back in the AFL days and the better of it all in the late 90's and the early 00's... with the likes of many stars...Lance Alworth...Dan Fouts...LT...Antonio Gates...Nick Harwick...John Hadl...Paul Lowe...Junior Seau...the list goes on ...who were part of a great thing...until... The ownership altered things... Alex Spanos and now his offspring ... blatant mismanagement at the top of the list...as the team began it's extreme fall from grace... his son, Dean, has shouldered most of the blame...deservedly ...the end has been awful...the past season filled with embarrassing losses...but worse, the ploy of the bosses that they were staying...the publi...

Weather

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I'm not sure of the definition of 'global warming' ...but dang, we have had more rain here in SoCal since we moved here , some ten years ago...it took like 3 of them first ones, to get any...it's been like almost a full month's worth now...and my good friends up in the Pacific Northwest, have had a bundle of snow and damn cold rain ...like for the entire month, too...supposed to have 3 straight, more days of the wet stuff in SD...boo..."we need it"...tired of that statement... global cooling? ...ha ha... Gone will be the eloquent way of talking to the country... Prez O let us hear again, his parting statements...one of the all time great orators...wonder what he will do next?...please, don't be a lobbyist...any comparison to one of them pro athletes?...play for 8 years...have the rest of their life to live...doing what?... The great divide ...the Demos are going to drive a stake in the line...I fear we are going to have 4 years of a battle......

Clemson!

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This was as good as it gets...how many times did I read or hear, "I have no pony in this race" ...or there abouts.. ."but this sure is a great game!" ...my sentiments exactly...as Clemson scored at the buzzer...on a full length drive...against that vaunted 'Bama D ...who I think is the best in the nation...hey, sometimes good O perseveres ...it was a beaut...and well deserved...I, am like many...that lurve to see Alabama's HC Saban, SQUIRM!... the 2 best TEAMS in the nation? ... I reckon ... The Horse is heading out to the course ...to play some golf...yes, I figure it may be the last chance prior to my Dr appt. tomorrow...I fear some type of immobilization...so...gonna play while I can...hmmm...fearing the worst... Confirmation hearings ...the peops that President-Elect Trump has selected for his cabinet...have to go through to get the OK by Congress ...is it odd that they are doing this before DJ Trump has been sworn in to office?...I dunno...i...

Bad Timing

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Morning, kids ...this might just not sit well with you today...hmmm...hear me out...all the way...geez, I set you up for something that is not much like what the Horse says...usually...it starts with the, and well, ends with the Golden Globes ...did you watch it?... the Hollywood Foreign Press Awards...whoever they are ...that honor the past year's, in their eyes, best flicks and pixel shows...and the stars thereof...OK, that is the set up... As the show was sailing along in the fantasy land of the screen, both big and little...where the pretty people picked up the awards...hey, the most honored was the musical, "La La Land" ...that won most everything possible...all the parts ...and really became a celebration of the movie...I've wanted to see it for awhile now...it's not at our local theater...boo...another story for another time... The telecast was moving a bit slow ...these all seem to do so...and then... it slowed...waaaayyyy down ...time for the bit ...

Golden Globes

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Ah yes, the pretty and rich people get another set of awards...by their fellow 1%... the Golden Globes ... hosted by Jimmy Fallon ...we have the honor to watch the elite...what they are adorning themselves with...how the glistening of the diamonds do so...they are wearing "whom?"...blah blah blah... these, are the dudes that Bernie was talking about, right? ...wait, no, he was talking about them Wall St Blokes...hmmm...they all have that one thinger...lots of money...so, yes, Bernie, these fit the mode, too ...will you watch?...yea, me too... Well, your Seattle Seahawks won the playoff game vs them Lions of Detroit...kind of easily...but... I'll bet you won't hear a peep about them talking the officiating ...a couple of brutal calls, er non calls, that helped the 'Hawks score a couple of TD's...not sure about what the other team has said...I know what I'd say...if they do, they get fined by the league... I think they should fine the refs ... Staying...