CRAZY HORSE

It's been awhile...but to hear the sounds that a 2 yr old makes...is totally incredible ...first of all, the mimicry can be dangerous ...ha ha...one must be careful of what one says around the child...our grandson, Cyrus, is in this age group...of course, as cute as a bug...wait, a bug?...since when is a bug cute?...anyhoo, he is forming near sentences...counting...identifying objects...and any service is a huge deal...gardener, sanitary service, firemen, police, you get me drift...the books, my gosh, the books...it is so important to read to the kid...but, I think I missed my calling...man, I coulda wrote a million Horse books... Eating time is a real trick ...the kids will double team him...the knack is something I had forgotten all about...they are extremely health conscious...there are no Twinkies in the kitchen...smoothies are the substitute...in my time, they did not exist...and Cy loveth them...start early enough and there you go... Bed time ...this never changes, regardles...

Some might say that this is jumping the starting gun ...er, whatever they use in a track meet...like what Jerry did to his old classmate...in that classic Seinfeld...but, the mighty Padres are UNDEFEATED and ahead of the Bums!!! ...well, the sample size is small...one game...and the win over the DBacks was hard earned...but as one of my old coaches told me a long time ago... 'scoreboard' ... I did mention that the rumor is that the baseball is to be 'deadened' ...hmmm, there were 6 taters in the SD/Az game itself...so perhaps, that rumor is wrong...again, the sample size thang... Today, the same visitor, the DBacks ...interesting name, shortened for the Diamondbacks...snakes ...I am really intrigued by our starting P, Blake Snell ...who I believe is one of the best in the biz...geez, now I went and whammied him...hope not... The long time HC of North Carolina , Roy Williams , has called it quits ...he is only 70, and well, that in itself surprised moi...the way coll...

I thought about writing an entire blog dedicated to a fib...er, a joke ...an extension of the truth...and end it with, April fools! ...hmmm, foo?... NO , I will not do that to my faithful readers ...it shall be the truth and nothing but the truth, as I see it... Jerry it's not a lie, if you really believe it ... This is Opening Day for the Mighty Padres ...an afternooner over at Petco Park...the crowd will be limited to 10,000 or so...due to the restrictions of gatherings... hosting the Diamondbacks ...who, without a doubt, have the most awful looking uniforms in the league...which, of course, means absolutely nothing at all...unless you are a fashion aficionado...the game...should be a low scoring affair...as we are going with Darvish , and they are chucking Madbum ...yes, there is high anticipation for our team this season....starts with game 1... Texas ...apparently has it's own rules...in their home opener, is allowing a capacity crowd in...masks?...social distancing?...naw...

Gonna put you back a bit, but one of my all time fav 'feel good' songs ... by Archie Bell and the Drells ... 'Tighten Up' ...who puts his name at the intro of a hit?...they did...of Houston, Texas ....one of them Final 4 teams this year... Houston ...who plays Baylor ...in the other side of the bracket, the front running Gonzaga ...vs the last Pac 12 candidate... UCLA! ... What a game that was!...as the Bruins beat Michigan for the last spot in the semis...you can't say that the Wolverines didn't have their chances... missing 2 good looks at the end ...in a match up that I didn't really care who won, I can enjoy the game more... Sooooo, who wins out?...figure it will be the Zags and Baylor for the title...and get this, either team can win...yup, the Horse sticks his long neck out... I had my annual physical yesterday...why do I stress over this?...well, not too high on getting poked and prodded ...but, my insurance has added a bit to the agonizing hour....

Too soon?...not soon enough? ...dine in, but at 25%...carry out only...wear masks...masks aren't needed...so what's the answer?...according to the San Diego meds... we are at 33.8% fully vaccinated! ...and this is before the rest of the people get the option for theirs, ah, less than 65 peops...is this a good sign?...appears to be... what's it like where you live?...similar?... And yet, there is a very stern warning that we are not out of danger...far from it ...too many people are not taking the advice of ALL doctors...get your Covid shots...they are either disregarding the truth, as the medical field sees it...or just don't believe there is a deadly flu out there that will get them...oh my...listen, kids...everyone needs to get the vaccinations...BEFORE, we open up everything... I think that is the gist of what the CDC is saying ...prior to the 'feeling free', we need to get inoculated...the country...yet, we get the push from the likes of the ladies hoop coa...

What a wonderful surprise! ... Mother Nature laid an 82* day on us yesterday...and to make it even better, the swimming pool person, Mother Weismuller , hit the wrong button, and we had 90* water ...thus, the swim was near Calistoga type ...can you spell C-O-C-O-O-N? ...we tried it without our noodles...now THAT would have made it perfect...of course, they figured out the mistake and were dropping the temp while we lingered in the almost natatorium like waters... The Oregon Ducks , both the ladies and gents, got eliminated in their respective Big Dances ...up against it, and the opponents talent shined through...there was no upset to be had...yet, on the gents side...of the elite 8, 3 are from the much maligned Pac 12...and 7 of the 8, are from west of the Mississippi ... the ladies? ...Maryland got beat, and other than that... form was followed ... The PGA Match play in Austin ... Billy Horschel won over Scott Scheffler...yes, it was fun to watch...but, using the word 'watch...

In all of my many years of existence, I have seen efforts to find a way, or ways, of BLENDING all mankind together ...as one...the color of your skin, should not be a definition of whom you are....but, what you are inside...what you say, what you do, what you achieve...and so on...but, the past 5 years there has been a relapse in that thinking...for all of the progress made, it was sabotaged by a leader that had very little care for the uniqueness of us all...the names he called people that were not like him, in his quest for being the president...beyond presidential...his need to put down people of color, especially the Latinos...but, somehow, it banded together many...the rise of white power emerged, yet again...and as that happened, alienated people of color...and sent the United States of America, spiraling back to the 50's... We, as educated human beings, should work on what we have been doing, for so many years... BLENDING our cultures together...not tearing them apart ...unf...