CRAZY HORSE

So ya'll want some satire, do ya? ...how about these apples...the one person on staff that you re-up his contract...for an additional 3 years...and then watch this bloke, the apparently highly regarded GM...er, AJ Preller ...do his magic on getting the team, the mighty San Diego Padres , stocked up with better players for the oncoming year, and wait for it...years...to come... And GASP out loud at what he came up with...yesterday...widely panned, as owning the poorest starting pitching staff in the bigs ...he signed a couple of dudes to bolster that group...you know, to improve it...oh my... Tyson Ross and Chris Young ...what?...former Pads, that have seen their better days...this is what he spends his, er, the Pad's $ on?...let's see...he already brought back Chase Headley ...is Adrian Gonzalez next?...I know Kooz is out there, too...hey, is Jake Peavy ready to commit?...cuz, that's what they are gonna do...to this asylum ... We could be the ancient Padres ....

'Hey baby, they're playing our song' ...you recognize that line?...this is the day, that the Horse gives out his BEST and WORST of the year, two thousand and seventeen, er 2017...or '17 ...whatever...over 360 days of trials and tribulations, whatever that means...dictates the brain of the Horse...to divulge the winners...his winners, er, MY winners ...do not speak in the 3rd person...listen, kids...it is just an opinion...you may not agree with me...it's OK...I get that a lot... Do I start with the best or the worst?...let's go with the BEST ...first...so many nominees...without a doubt, for ya'll in it, the stock market ...a steady upward angle that befuddles most of us...the DOW, S & P, and the NASDAQ...all up substantially...normally, this would be the winner...nothing tickles the Horse more than $...normally... Tweets ...what?...this could also be in the worst...however, gone are the fireside chats of other Prezzes...this is the mode of info ...

'Streets full of people' ...as the song begins... Everyone's Gone To The Moon ...you see, I was playing so many old vinyls the other day...and stumbled on this song...it's a beauty...from the LP, 'The British Are Coming' ...OK, I peeked (peaked?) your interest... Jonathan King wrote it and recorded it...others like Chad and Jeremy, Nina Simone, Jan & Dean, and even Doris Day covered it ...I listened to it a couple of times...yup, I liked it then and I like it now ...but, listen up kids...you can actually hear the words to it...hmmm...and they got me a thinking...what is their meaning?...not like so many of the pop songs of this era...just a gaggle of words (maybe) clumped together...to fit whatever melody there may be... And then... I saw the ultimate interpretation ...that it had to do with the military peops... JK wrote it in 1965...he was a student at Cambridge U ...it was an abstract tune, that had reference to the futility of the soldiers in V...

Them bloody New Year resolutions ...do you do 'em?...I think we all try to...well, most of us...and in our inevitable aging process, we attack the weight issue ...boo...for you youngins, it's a much easier task...us senior citizens, it's pretty much how many pills we take... laugh now, you heathens, your time is coming ... The time between Xmas and the New Year has always been a discerning space of sand in an hour glass...scrambling to return gifts ...using up days-off wisely...finding the hidden gems of 'sale items' that are all about...choosing how to celebrate the New Year ...watching gads and gads of sporting events ...oh yea, and down here in SD, playing the golf thing , with the only time that you need a turtle neck...it's true...and sure... figuring out your NY resolutions ... Hdcp Andy and I hit the off track, 2 blocks away at Striders ...I must say it is way too convenient...outside of that obviousness, it is magnificent...cheap beer, and good ...

Morning, kids...so, how did YOUR Christmas go?...ours?...was a spectacular one...our kids were here...we did the usual and it was just...great... topped it off, with a superior meal at Island Prime on Harbor Island ...so so good...here is the pix after...and before they made their jaunt back to SB...we are not complete, without them... we are...blessed ... Throughout the day, the NBA popped the cork on some interesting games...the feature one...was the Cavs at the Warriors ...geez, I just lurve watching GS play the game, the right way...and the King losing...albeit, the Love kid out of Portland, had a super game...still, even without Steph Curry, the Warriors won...and later on...in the nightcap... the Rockets visited the Thunder (Soopersonics)...I guess I have to give up on their former name...as of this date...OKC got it and yup, I like to see the Beard lose...I will say this...he is playing harder...and passes the rock real well... How are the Xmas decorations in your are...

                         From the Horse , to all of you out there on the web net...a wonderful...                                                           MERRY CHRISTMAS! Well now, it appears I have more time than I thought ... the sugar plums are still in bed...how about this... pictured above was on our dinner cruise in Maui ... 'heaven on earth' ... If you like the NBA ...you got it...all day long...as they play the entire Christmas ...not sure how they roped all them players into this...and... this is the season for many, many injuries ...for some reason...so, not all of them stars are hitting the floor...they already have... Your NFL ...sweetness for you (and me) Cowboys...non-lovers ...as they virtually got eliminated from the playoffs yesterday...in another...

Man, we have loads to be thankful for ...don't we all?... the kids have escaped what could have been devastating... the Thomas Fire ...now ranked as the biggest fire in the state's history...imagine having to start over from the ground up...well, we are celebrating the goodness ... Sometime today I have to pop in the turkey in the oven...is there not a gazillion methods of success for this?...I'm gonna try it at 325* for approximately 3 hours ...we only have the two sides of the breast... no legs and wings ( and necks and beaks, inside joke ) to cook up ...I dunno...any hints I should be using?...please share...I am a rookie at this... Not often I get surprised ...I did yesterday...as my son and I went out golfing ...for you PNWers you will lurve this...we were on a FROST delay...so went over and hit some balls to pass the time...away...got back to my golf bag...and took out a wedge and a 7 iron to swing ...and Cris said, 'hey, hit this one, too' ...he had sn...