The Hills are Alive

With the sound of...thunder and lightning...as we return from our mini-vacay from Ponte Wine Resort...just a terrific stay at their venue...the rooms are awesome...the pool and hot tub, perfect...and the restaurants and wine...sublime...just an hour away, but seemingly nestled in another part of the world...well, Cali...if you haven't yet, get on over and give it a try...do join the wine club, as everything is discounted...the rooms, the beverages, and the restaurant stuff...needless to say, our getaway....as we celebrated our 47th...

I did not post while there...gave that a vacay, too...a little concern that my reading numbers have been low...is this the time to retire the gig?...not sure...I lurve doing it, but perhaps, I am getting too mellow...or repetitive...give me a holler so I know what I should do...

Spent much time, well, as much as I could watching the Ryder Cup...man, I do enjoy the competition...the USA team is far exceeding what I thought...way cool....today, is the culmination...12 singles matches...right now, the lead is strong...11-5...just need 4 1/2 points (oops, make that 3 1/2!) for the crown...er, cup...will say this...Rahm, Sergio, DJ, and Morikawa are tuff tuff tuff in paired events...Rory is not...

Back and forth, channel swapping...as the Ducks and BEVOS, won their games last eve...another ho hum win for UO...playing below par...41-19, but the score is not indicative of the match...the Arizona line humbled the Oregon line...surprised moi...and the Beavers...went into SoCal, and put on their big boy pants...and mauled the Trojans...no match...the power of OSU was dominating...outside of some highly questionable refs calls against the Beavs...this was a stunning blow out...45-27...USC is not what it used to be, especially with an intern HC...

To the ridiculous...obviously out of my lane...for a number of reasons...not knowing the bloke at all...other than his odd name...Machine Gun Kelly...was performing in Louisville, Kentucky...well, I don't think he is a country crooner...last nite...and got booed, heckled and received a gaggle of hand gestures, as he was trying to do whatever he does...just thought you'd like to know...

NFL today...the Bucs and Rams...my two top picks for the season ending prize...they play today in LaLa Land...TT, has called this era of pro football soft...hmmm, music to the ears of the Ram D...pick the Rams by 4...

Tragedy over at Petco...as a wife and her 2 yr old child, fell to their death from the 3rd terrace at the ball park...imagine, as many saw it happen...traumatized...not sure how it happened, but the word 'suspicious' is being used...

Such a contrast in living in a city and then a vacay at a vineyard...sirens, people shouting, people movers, and then, from the country...dead silence, then the cry of the coyotes...

An Amtrak train derailed in Montana...on it's trip to Seattle/Portland...3 dead and 20 something injured...how did this happen?...we have been riding the Amtrak quite a bit in the past 10 years...there is a section of track around Del Mar that is quite iffy...rather than build that cliff side up, why not alter the route inland?...

Germany is voting on a successor to Merkel...haven't seen donny lately...you don't think he has moved to Berlin?...grabbed his henchmen, Bannon, Rudy, Miller, Lindell (pillow guy), Roger Stone, and Jared...and set up shop...established residency and is running for chancellor?...well, at least get a tower built...

'People see us everywhere, they think you really care...'...lyrics to what song?...