CRAZY HORSE

For you all that live in SoCal, you ALREADY know this...according to US News and World Report ...the best weather in the entire United States of America...is HERE ... number 3 on the list is...drum roll, please... SAN DIEGO! ...why only 3rd?...well, it's always 70*...sometimes cooler, sometimes hotter, but you can figure on the median... So, what city is number ONE? ...speculation?...you got any?...well, now, it is the city of where the kids reside... SANTA BARBARA! ...listen, the temps are so close to ours, it is near humorous... a mecca for LaLa peops ...it is their getaway, I suppose... There is a tag that goes with this... housing prices ...it costs a LOT to live in these cities...just the facts, mam, just the facts...I need not say any more... I dunno...must be mainland only in the report...cuz, I think Maui , is REAL hard to beat... Other... The TARIFF War with China has begun ...thank you, POTUS...billions of bucks are now in play...and who is gonna pay this?...

Didn't yesterday seem like a Saturday? ...well, a weekend day for sure...so I reckon that most of ya'll are using this day as a holiday, too...and it is but Thursday ... doesn't feel like one ...the character of a typical Thursday just isn't there ...you know, like 'this week has just dragged on forever, and it's only Thursday' ...like that...this whole paragraph resembles a bit on Seinfeld ...as George would be talking to Jerry, er Kramer...weird?... The epic party here at the home was not too bad...of course, disregarding the shameful photography contest ...the amount of peops was staggering, I do not lie...many, we had no idea who they were...that was even with name tags, to boot... the lines, my Gawd, the lines ...so long, the missus and I did not choose to stand in them, to belly up to the food trough...we had a live band, playing dance music...really fun...really...of course, there were moments that you had to bob and weave to avoid the strollers...

Yup, here we go, more of the extended weekend I have been blabbering about...and this is the foundational reasoning for it... July 4th ...the USA's Independence Day ...when, back in 1776 , the founders came up with the 'doctrine' that gave us solidarity and freedom from the British... actually, it was done on July 2...but it took 2 more days to ratify ...and there you go... It's a Federal Holiday ...and all the fireworks and gala productions are due to it...with our change of the weather... we have to be a bit more cautious as to what we light ON FIRE! ...some places forbid it...like in the brittle mid states, such as 'Zona...where they are sending up, lighted, drones...that they can electronically simulate the 'fireworks'...cool, huh... Here at the home , we have a big big party...food, music, and then some, old people trying to dance...it's a sight for sure...have you seen the movie 'Cocoon?' ...well, believe me, there are way too many s...

The flood gates have opened in the NBA ...it took LeBron James to open them...and now, you need me to help find your stars destination...of course, I watch the west coast the most ...the Warriors , Lake Show , the Clip Joint , and PDX ...are my targets...so let's take a peek... The LaLa Lakers ...have brought in a gaggle of mid-level 'stars' ...the befuddlement is, there are NO shooters in the mix...probably the most curious is the PG Rajon Rondo ...does that mean that the Lonzo Ball experiment is on the way out?...and, probably more important to the here and now, what will it take to get Kawhi Leonard? ...I am thinking we will know real soon, where that dude is going... Golden State ...not to sit quietly...signed the C Boogie...DeMarcus Cousins ...for like $5.3 million...seems like a lot to you or moi...not so for the NBA...well, he is coming off achilles surgery...and has been a pain in the neck for the teams he has been on...does he fit for GS?...it gives them...

Your headline for today, just has to be the signing (imminent) of the King, er, LeBron James , to the Lake Show...banners be with the purple and gold... Magic Johnson got his man...as he promised ...and who else will work their way to Los Angeles?... 'build it and they will come'... You see, they have the cap space ...money, kids...that allows them to go out and put together a formidable team...to challenge the Warriors...and the Rockets...for moi?...I will see him play all the time...well, on the pixels...he is one of, if not, THE best in the game... So...who will follow him out to the west coast?. ..Kawhi?...Boogie?...Dwight?...and, how will the Ball Bumbling Bizerks coexist with him?...will Luke Walton be able to 'coach' the dude?...the Cavs Lue, could not...I think we have just begun to ask the Q's and see who will be wearing the purple and gold jerseys... kind of cool, really... Let's move on... The T in DC ...was a one man show, and NOT Tiger....

Yup, kids, it is now officially BASEBALL season...the immortal song of the game, 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' ...often played and sung in the middle of the 7th inning...of most, if not all MLB parks...written in 1908, gulp, by 2 dudes who had never, ever seen a beisbol game... Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer ...so many peops have sung it...on LP and led the crowd do so at the ballparks... But, what is Cracker Jack? ...is it still made?...for you young blokes and babes, you probably have NO IDEA what it is...of course, it had to be made prior to 1908...actually 1896...wooah... boxed up sweetness of popcorn, that is caramel and molasses coated, with some peanuts...and inside, too, was a very cool prize ...yup, the Horse thought it was a mighty special day to have a box of Jack... Da Cubs are the club that maybe had the most success with it...the song, that is...with their announcer, Harry Carey , belting out the tune, for the masses in Chicago, singing right along with...