Whole Lotta Talk

One of my long standing pet peeves of elected officials and their countless promises...is that they RARELY do what they have promised during their election running time...taxes, infrastructure, debt ceiling, schools, police, firefighters, shoot, the list of whatevers goes on and on...the latest is the homeless...everyone has an idea, until they get into office, and suddenly, NO SOLUTION!...and then, VOILA!, time to start raising funds for the next campaign to stay in office...a vicious cycle of greed and disparity...HOWEVER, here in south SoCal...in San Diego...the powers to be have done something that they have deemed warranted, promised, and then carried out...BIKE LANES!...we have them everywhere...and growing...now, there are rarely bikers on them, but dammit, if you  want to  bike in our fair city...you have lanes upon lanes to do so...my favs (sic) are the ones going totally uphill to Hillcrest...which would take a behemoth to use them, unless you have an electric bike...then to make matters WORSE, there is but only parallel parking...they have taken a lane of traffic out for the bikers, and then there are two lanes left...one will be stuck due to somebody trying, in vain, to parallel park...the hardest thing to do while using a car...for most peops...I digress...will take a breath and move on...

The NBA is running their silly season of All Star this and that...ie, the 3 point shootout and the slam dunk thang...before the actual All Star game...one thing that caught me fancy...in the All Star Futures...they had games that weren't timed, but had an end point of 50...first team to that number won...I like that...certainly, I wish we would have done that in summer league back when I was coaching...like YEARS ago...imagine a pro game going to 80...it would change things...think about it...

Prez B came on the tele, and said that Putin had made up his mind and will attack the Ukraine...all the while, Ukraine says it wants to join NATO...take over the spot that trump had us drop out of...I joke...sorta...Russia said no way, Jose...to be sure, I have no idea what is going on...figure the 'shock and awe' is just days away...

Speaking of trump...in his rapid departure of the White House, where he squatted for 4 too long years...he apparently took too many boxes of items...I'm sure inadvertently, as he can't read...some were highly sensitive and not to be taken...'dammit, Jared, why did you do that?'...

I did not watch one second of the Winter Olympics...not a sign of protest, but of disinterest...

Nobody has yet to tell me what wordle is...

The MLB...still in a lockout...and not looking good for the spring ball...at all...the meetings have lasted just minutes and there is NO give...rich vs rich...there you go...we want more...JCC...

This just can't be true, can it?...the GOP is still working on discrediting Hillary Clinton...and that gets them where?...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...in a bitter brouhaha, over having a questionable mask free party...needs to contact trump ASAP...find his hairdresser's name and pay him a quid or two to get his locks done right...or like donny's...on the other hand, leave it be...

I see that one of the stars of the Celebrity All Star game, was none other than Machine Gun Kelly...'mother, here is my new boyfriend, Machine Gun'...

Forever Friday

You know, the day of days...just has to be this day of the week...right?...who does not look forward to it?...last day of work, school, er, whatever...FRIDAY...just seeing it written, brings a smile to me face...not like a Monday....Thursday is bad...

We just went out and did the wild thang...booked a trip to Vegas...hey, we had TRAVEL DOLLARS that had to be used...coincided with a concert with none other than Carrie Underwood...well now, that will be a fun jaunt, right?...am having some probs linking the tix, tho...as they went to my 2nd email site...the old one...geez...nothing is ever easy...

Of course, the Russia/Ukraine border stuff is the number one...topic...each side is accusing the other of aggressions...aw, sure...the Ukraine is going to do that...this is what you call Russian propaganda, kids...trying to give rationale to start it up...

You ever wonder why the Beard has been on 4 teams in 2 years?...or Kyrie thinks the world is flat?...and yet, will not get vaccinated?...just maybe, these dudes did not take schooling too seriously...

The T is in LaLa for the golf millionaires...and they want more money in Saudi Arabia?...just imagine, for winning a tourney, you WIN over a million bucks...like 1 and 1/2...not bad...duh...

On the other hand, I read that a bonus was given to the teachers and staff, for a bit over $2,000...in Salem, Oregon...and the _hit hit the fan...way too much dough...oh my...what is wrong with this?...yet the bellyachers, will plop down $500 for a Blazer ticket...

The show 'Anna' that we are watching...the dialogue that she uses is driving me CRAZY!...her interpretation is just awful...maybe it is more than that, I don't like anything about her...but, I like the show...weird and wack...

Ye is cutting a new album...where can I get it?...kidding...

Off I head to the course...it's a Friday!...

The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat...

ABC's Jim McKay, his line at the start of the Wide World of Sports..."The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat"...gosh, the Horse watched that show most every time it came on...or so it seemed...well, it applied to the Russian 15 yr old ice skater...who has been the talk of the Winter Olympics...as early this am, our time...she fell multiple times and ended in 4th...which makes the doping part of it all, a sad commentary...

The thrills...man, did watch 2 hoop games that blew me away...my hated Lakers won, over the not so Jazz...in LaLa, as Utah blew a huge lead...and LeBron took over in the 4th...he can do this...perhaps, his 37 years of age dictates when to play and when to cruise...he was tough...and then...the Warriors lost again...at home...to the Nuggets...as the big guy from Denver was way toooooo much for GS...Nikola Jokic...was so dominant, that it was like 5 guys were trying to stop him...really...

Must add the Blazers won again...golly, they do play hard and it's 4 in a row...at Memphis...

OK, back to the Ukraine...was reading an article about the Russian need for the area...according to this reporter, it is not as easy as a need for energy...could be more like...Putin wants to re-establish the USSR...bring back into Russia's fold, what they lost in the Cold War...the answers are not clear, just more speculation...

Prez Biden expects that Russia will invade the Ukraine in the next several days....lord, please, no 'shock and awe'...

I can't make this up...Britney...yes, Britney Spears...says she is healing and ready to "take life by the balls"....what on earth does that mean?...is there some form of metaphor there?...

Not healing, is the infamous Tiger Woods...who a year ago, was involved in a massive car crash...and his body has yet to cure...he is hosting the T in LaLa this week...

Am deeply into the book written by the pathologist Cyril Wecht...on the assassination of JFK...if true, the amount of times that our Prez got shot was more than what the Warren Commission told us...'The JFK Assassination Dissected'...read it and judge for yourself...

OK, Snooki, you who disagree with moi, wholeheartedly on this...how on earth did Oswald, with little or no money, travel all over the bloody World...Germany, Russia, England, USA, Mexico, and live in multiple sites...paying with what?....never working for more than a week anywhere...very intriguing...or, very very sad...and how did the FBI know all about him, and do nothing?...or did they?...

Let's just say...you are a pro golfer...and this company comes along and asks you to join their new, goshfangled multi-bucked tour...however, NOT IN THE USA, and the stipend to join...they give YOU $30 million bucks!...would you do it?...rumor has it, Lefty said yes, as did a couple of Euros...and DeChamboo is strongly considering...did I see they wanted 30 blokes?...

You have by now heard of the death of Bob Saget...blows to the head that caused the death...speculation that it was due to the headboard...ah ha...more than one blow, it is rumored...so he got so distraught, that he kept banging his head on the headboard over and over?...really?...something smells to me...

Nobody guessed the song yesterday....it was Nelly Furtado...will try one more...a line from a song...'I'm gonna keep drinking', until I'm petrified'...no cheatin'...no google...just a guess...winner gets a signed MAGA cap...ah, just kidding...I am keeping that...

                                                                        Jim McKay...

Not Without Confusion

Mask or No Mask?...that is the question...supposedly, down here in SoCal, we are to be Mask Free, iff you have full vaccinations...OK then, why is no one talking about this?...is this going to go to the optional phase instead?...I mean, who knows what is going on?...talking the indoor usage...the numbers have been dropping way off of the Covid...it seems odd to me, that the news sources don't play this up as much, as when the numbers were rising...maybe that is not odd, as the negative drives the stories they produce...nevertheless, the people need to know the real decision here...come forth...

Talk about confusion...the Russia/Ukraine conflict to be, or not to be...that is the question...sorry, about that...some sources say the Russians have done a bigger pull back of troops...and others are saying just the opposite...another query...why, when our state department, told those Americans that are in the Ukraine, to get out NOW!...why are they there in the first and last place?...

The Olympics, Winter style...yes, I am not following it much...enough for this ditty...how can an athlete who has tested positive for a banned drug, be allowed to participate?...regardless of age...the history of the Russian athletes that have been using the drugs is beyond compare...well, back when there was an East Germany, there was a competitor for the most used...but, a committee to allow the athlete to compete after the failed test, is totally wrong...no ifs ands or buts...

donny, oh donny...has asked Prez B for a favor...ha ha...lol...chuckle...belly laugh...to restrict the Jan 6 Coup committee from seeing his presidential visit log during that time...ah, what is he trying to conceal?...duh...Biden said 'nope'...I can hear trump now, "he is weak"...

I was gandering at a periodical of some sort...really just fast forwarding thru the articles that did not interest me one bit...VOILA, I saw this ad, that was sensational...a senior (senior only thang)...a senior toe cutter...toenail trimmer...now THIS is worthy...

In the aftermath of the Sooper Bowl...the stuff said...was tame compared to others in the past...of course, some complaints about the refs, but that is normal...the half time show...either you loved it or hated it...the commercials were many and not so good...the 4th quarter drive by the Rams was near legendary...the numbers for being watched, was considerably greater than last years...112.3 million, which was up 14%...and, finally, the team that I predicted early in the season to win it all, did...the Horse knows...

Oh my, so it is said...that Rudy G, the former Minister of Madness, is going to COOPERATE with the Jan 6 Committee!...what is his angle?...mad at trump for not paying him?...or, just sit there and take the 5th over and over...he can't lie to them, can he?...something is brewing...

What is wordle?...

Stumbled on a series on Netflix...which got us good...about a writer, for a NY mag, finding a story...well, doesn't that sound great?...the lead character is odd...the subject is interesting...the scenery in NYC, is too...'Inventing Anna'...supposedly a nice binge watching set...thus far, it is...

4 decent NBA games today...Nets at the Knicks for the NY crown...Blazers at the Grizzles (the former Vancouver Canada team), which are now in Memphis...the Jazz (there is no Jazz in Salt Lake City) at the LaLa Lakers...hate the Lakers...and the Nuggets at the floundering Warriors...when is Draymond coming back?...they need him badly...

Gonna fly you away with this song...'I'm Like a Bird'...who sang this?...

Actual Talks

As I have been foreboding the Russia invasion of the Ukraine...there has been an abundant amount of ACTUAL TALKS between our Prez and theirs...some may call it threats, some may call it strategy...whatever it is...for the first time in over a month, there has been some amount of Russian troops moving back...hmmm...from the Ukranian border...settlement?...I was listening to an analyst last eve, that was saying what I have thought all along...the wants and needs of energy that the Ukraine land has, that Russia is desiring...

This Ukraine...the focal point of the investigation of trump, way back when...his, in his own words 'the perfect call'...not sure if I have ever heard of a guy that used the telephone for whatever as much as he did...and not only his phone, but whomever's was around him at the time...thus, no trace to him...

The calls to the people involved in the Jan 6 coup...all records destroyed...the call to Melania, after the news came out about his hookup with a stripper, using a secret service agent phone...ha ha...his calls to different voting tabulators, to get the vote changed in states like Georgia and Arizona...yea, you got it...it was his mode of operandi...but really, I digress...

I hear so much about the senility of Prez B...and the onslaught of distrust on VP Harris...all the while, guess who is in constant contact with Putin?...without a doubt, that which would not be going on, if donny was still squatting in the White House...trying to fend off the Ukranian attack...hey, it probably will still happen, but the effort to stave it off, was there...

Energy is the evil of so many modern wars...ah, WWll as an extreme example...and one of the most recents...well, we are witnessing what is still an issue, right?...

Other...

Had a terrific Valentine's dinner at Buon Apetit...in Little Italy...man, does that place rock...and fuggit about finding a parking spot anywhere close....take an Uber, Lyft, or Taxi...it is the only way to travel comfortably there...not exactly sure how they do it, but there is nary a homeless begging at your table...a very beautiful relief...to your time in the wondrous street of Indio...5 stars!...

This is the day, that masks are to be taken down in Cali...that is, if you are fully vaccinated...odd, that of all my 24 sources, I could not find anything that confirmed that...nor talked about it...am I wrong?...when I Googled it, that is what IT said...so, what the heck?...if you went by the stars at the Sooper Bowl, they started the mask extraction on the 13th...

Another nice outing for the Blazers, this time in Milwaukee (-12)...as they beat the Bucks, minus the Greek Freak...whatever, a while back, it would not have made a diff...this is weird, how this team is gelling...speaking of that, when is the last time YOU had Jello?...

Seriously, is there anything more grueling, agonizing, odious, than listening to either of trump's sons talk?...one appears to be on something, all the time...and the other is clearly just off his rocker...

Oh my, what is this outside my window?...can it be?...NO!...it is...ah....wet stuff...ah, rain?...my goodness...yet, still, there is a bloke in the next door condo's hot tub...

Well, for the first time in a while...we are gonna have live hosts for the Oscars...the Academy Awards...the rich and famous honor themselves...'you are so pretty'...'what are you wearing?'...'Dolce?'...'no, Ryan, this is a vintage dress from Goodwill'...fat chance that is ever said...anyhoo, here you go...Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer...don't get me too wrong here...but, why oh why is Amy popular?...not funny...oh well, maybe she will make fun of the pretty people, and that will make me turn...

Now, I thought this was funny...do not judge me...I borrowed it from somebody on FB...it is a joke...cartoon...nothing to it, reminds me of no one...

Happiest Valentine's

Morning, kids...hope your day is full of happiness...still gonna be very nice weather here in the southland...so, right, off to the course...and later on, a dinner date in Little Italy for the celebration of...our 48th Valentine's Day together...take that JLo...I digress...

Did you see all the stars at the Super Bowl in LaLa Land?...I dunno, my good readers, but when I say stars it's just not the same as MY STARS...Sinatra, Streisand, Jimmy Stewart, Johnny Carson, Elizabeth, ah, I could go on and on...very similar feeling to the halftime show...just not me genre...but one thing is the same...the play on the field...

Congrats to the Rams...as they had a monumental drive at the end of the 4th to pull this game out...23-20...I was shocked at the good play of the Bengals lines...stopped the running game of LA...sure, there were some blown calls by the refs...duh...but,' they were letting them play'...as the say...I still don't know what constitutes pass interference...

That's two in a row for the home team playing the Sooper Bowl, and winning there...last year was Tampa...where is next year's?...bet a quid on the team in Vegas...

Flowers are such a staple for the day...will say, for us down here...that Allen's did a marvelous job of the production, but quickness...of delivery...a tip on the bill, just might have helped that procedure...sposed to be here by 3, and arrived at 11...hmmm....anyhoo, they are beautiful...and smell so fresh...

Over at the Soprano's Waste Management...Scotty Scheffler won for the 1st time on tour...in OT over Cantlay...as my hope, Theegala, finished 3rd...as I saw him walk to his parents and break down...he was in on a sponsor's exemption...near story book finish...one hyped up hit cost him...

Oh yea, the commercials...in the Super Bowl telecast...mainly duds...but, my fav was the 'Woke Up This Morning' song, commercial for the electric Chevy...that featured the two kids (Meadow and AJ) of the show, The Sopranos...I thought it was great...

For you bettors...you got 4 points and took the Bengals...well YOU WON!...there must be some solace in that...you don't and then you do...and Joe, perhaps, you can burn that suit you wore...thinking back, I had a black turtle neck sweater I rarely lost in...when the fashion was ties, I would still come to the game in the black sweater...hmmm, whatever happened to that?...must have left it in the big move to the southland...it was heavy...

Recall this song, 'He's Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'....the song by the Hollies...wow, where on earth did that come from?...based on a motto for Boys Town...a community formed in 1917 by a Catholic Priest named Father Flanagan...Omaha, Nebraska...now, you can see, why the halftime show was certainly NOT MY GENRE!...

                                HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

I Have Returned

Do not exactly know what got us...but we both came down with ornery indigestion ailments...nasty stuff...fortunately, at different times, so we could take turns nursing...must say, that Boss lady was much better at it, than the Horse...not even close...took the Covid test, and it was negative...I am up rolling this am, though...yesterday, flat on me back the entire day...

So you got your Sooper Bowl today...all the hoopla, the beautiful weather, the 'stars', $9,000 buck seats, and up to a million for the suites...we shall be watching from the comfy confines of the condo...no party, but on the agenda will be the chicken wings...that is, if we can stomach them, so to speak...

Prognosticator Horse...have not wavered on this...31-13 for the Rams...do NOT bet what I say...ever...never ever...the halftime show is not for blokes like me...rap is not my genre...expect 4 really really good commercials...gosh, I hope Dr Rick has one...he is my fav...the Clydesdales?...c'mon Budweiser, bring 'em back...who will be going to Disneyland?...for the first time, a D lineman (ever?)...there you go, the Horse picks...

The next state over has the Soprano's Waste Management Open...some of my favorite holes...a 3 set, starting on 15...a par 5, water surrounding, then the all enclosed par 3 16th...where the patrons go silly wild...then the 17th where the risk factor of going for the green, has the agua to the left...a drivable par 4...won or lost right there in those 3 holes...my choice, is with my heart, Theegala, who does not have a sweet swing...the others do, that are close by....X, Koepka, or Cantley...oh well, it is great viewing...                              

Traveling 10 hours east via the airplane...the horrific challenge of the Ukraine...staying independent of Russia...it is said that the Russia troop build up at the border is at 1,000,000 soldiers...imminent is certainly the correct wording...what do the Russians want and need there?...oil?...gas?...has to be energy of some sort...and they don't want to buy it, but take it...

The Valentines Day...manana...flowers?...'she doesn't want them'...ah, wait a minute buster...don't fall for that trap....which it is...is there such a thing as ruby begonias?...or, is that joke in the back of my head?...our entire condo is now black and white...so some deep red roses would be striking...does she buy them or me?...

The LaLa Lakers were at the GS Warriors...if James and crew decide to play D, they can make it close...which they did...but, the Lakers blew a 6 point lead late, and lost...ha ha...hey, on the other hand, the new PDX Blazers are playing D...looked damn good in a win over the Knicks, who were fresh off a win over the Warriors...hmmm....play hard, guys...

What is wordle?...

Rand Paul, Sen outta Kentucky...just let this out.."he hopes trucker protests clog up cities, including Super Bowl and DC"...what a jewel he is...no surprise that his neighbor beat his arse up...

This 80*+ temp down here in south SoCal is really easy to get used to...February?...now, if I can just get off me back...and down to the pool...

When did the winning of a big game, trigger the lighting up of a cigar?...the first I can recall was Red Auerbach, of the Boston Celtics...I can think of MJ smoking up after their championships...shoot, I can still see NFL football guys smoking cigs on the sideline...the latest, in a long line of dudes doing so, is the QB Burrow of the Bengals...doing so, where smoking is clearly a taboo in the parks...well, not for all, I reckon...

Well, let's settle in for a grand day of just about everything...ie, the game...and the golf...where are my stogies?...