Latest Info on Montecito

Morning, kids...the rains have left...and the destruction is now news for all...tragic...the numbers I am hearing are 17 dead and 17 still missing...in Montecito...the mudslides...thanks to all who have asked about Cris and Leila...they are fine...his practice, miraculously escaped the damage...it was all around it...amazing!...yet, the village and the town, will take years to...recover...the only highway thru the area...the 101, is reportedly closed until Monday...listen, I have no idea what it's like south of there...in Carpenteria and Ventura...such a very sad phenomena...
BTW...KEYT runs a 24 coverage on this...
BREAKING...there are 48 missing...  
Double breaking...the numbers are skewed...it is now 8 people missing...

And the rest of the stuff...

Diet Coke...apparently the company just can't stand pat...and are coming up with 4 new flavors for the  'diet' drink...geez, none of them seem appealing to me...they have been dabbling in the sweetener Stevia...but only in their Life...not included in this change, tho...er, addition...

The mighty Titans at New England...talking NFL and the Bill Bellycheck (sic) Patriots...the odds are overwhelming...to lose...weird though...as the point spread is only 13 1/2...if you went by all the 'analysts', that would not nearly be enough...hmmm, Vegas thinks otherwise...seems that you should give the points and take Brady...

The US Border Patrol...has issued this warning to our travelers...don't go into parts of Mexico!...they listed 5 Mexican states to avoid at all cost...cartel problems...you are forewarned...I got it and I get it...

No...I did not get THE book yet...on yet another list to be notified if the store gets it in...ha ha...I should just drop this and get the book on my iPad...but...I prefer the hard copy...you know this...it's now a project...

'Rainy Night In Georgia'...not the mantra of the Georgia Bulldogs, but maybe it should be...but one of my fav songs by Boz...also, was first done (er prior to) by Brooke Benton...a velvet voice, kids...and his rendition of it was mahvelus...too...

Walmart is boasting that they are upping their minimum wage to $11 an hour...what was it?...what is the national minimum wage?...call me...confused...

Now that I went back into time for music...is there not a better voice than that of Connie Francis?...OK, I just stumped many of you...check her out on iTunes...you'll see what I mean...

How about this for a combo tour...Little Big Town and Miranda Lambert...just announced...so far, none in Nashville or San Diego...will it expand?...interesting...oh yea...the Eagles, Zach Brown Band, and the Doobies...are here in September over at Petco...tix available on the 19th...hope I can score...

This just announced...the former HC of the University of Oregon Ducks football...Mark Helfrich...is now the offensive coordinator for the...Chicago Bears in the NFL...cool, huh...

Man, it's great to see the sun again...this is why we moved here...right?...right...