CRAZY HORSE

 The hazards of the highway…return trip from the kids…the bloody 405…NOT the culprit this time…2 crashes on the 5, circa Oceanside…adding an hour and half to the drive…yuck, and one could change one letter and it is really how I feel… Thankfully we have 71* weather…so that part is pleasant… Now that MLB is back…time to get some trades for the Pads…need pitching!…duh… The Tallahatchee Bridge.  Great song…Ode to Billie Jo… We have not seen the news tele, how is Ukraine holding up? Did see LeBron had 50 last eve vs the Wizards…and he was strutting like a goose…big deal, dude… Trump is hosting a revival in Ft Lauderdale…charging as low as $9 a seat…maybe an autograph line, too?.. So we are in stop and go traffic…and there’s a state cop on the shoulder using a radar gun… Boss Lady is at the wheel now…er, behind it…singing to the 60’s Gold…like a parakeet… How much you paying for petrol?…we had $5.89 and $6.09 for extra…2 stops… Talk at ya in the morn… PEACE 

Well, not really...but a different part of it...this Montecito...beautiful lush green mountain homes...where THEY inhabit...just outside of Santa Barbara....multimillion dollar casas....most all gated...we passed Oprah’s villa on the way to get pizza last eve...ho hum...today we played at Montecito CC...toughest course I have ever hacked on...2 pars only...oh my...and I hit the rock not bad...it is the greens...15 on the stimp meter...yet, fun to play with son, in the sun... Over in Vegas the PAC 12 be rapping up their T...the Ducks be done...no Big Dance this year...also, the Mountain West is rolling...SDSU still in hunt...also in LV... MLB settled!...some new rules, but I haven’t officially seen the results... We have one more day, then off to Indio...it is the vacay season... MNF...remember Dandy Don, Frank, and Howard?...now it’s gonna be Joe Buck...and Troy?... It is amazing how fast kids grow...the grand son, Cy...a mover and shaker...he sure seems smart... I am telling you...t...

There is no greater song that depicts the plight of the Ukraine ...than a epic tune by the infamous Kingston Trio ... 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone' ... when will we ever learn? ...the group was in it's hey day in the early 60's...the voices of concern...as we endure yet another senseless war...that takes our pawns of the earth into the graveyards...as the leaders push the buttons... when will we ever learn? ...apparently, not yet... the song was written by Pete Seeger... I read many people give their opinions on what the USA should be doing ...some very aggressive, some very diplomatic, some agreeing with what we are doing...but, these are just opinions...just like mine...some fight my sentiments with vigor...that's ok...we all have our own thoughts...yours may differ from mine... thing is, we are not the leaders making the decisions... What I will never understand, is how leaders can get so callous...as to want land...not theirs...and do almost whatever to get ...

The reason for the conference tourneys...in D-1 hoops...guys and gals...is to get the champ of it...into the BIG DANCE...right?...where as, their schedule of regular season wins might not have...they didn't play the elite schools...you know what I talking about?...however...isn't there a however in the stupid rules of the NCAA?...the governing branch of all the participating schools and their teams... We have such an exception just this season...in the Atlantic Sun Conference...the winner of their T, was Bellarmine...a 2nd year school upgrade from a lower class of divisional play....there is this rule, that it takes FIVE years before the school can represent the conference, if a school upgrades...what?...you are hearing me right...Bellarmine won the tourney, but can't represent the conference...imagine...what type of crock is this?... Wonder who came up with this?... The Russian War continues on...in what Putin thought would be a quick win and establish his satellite govern...

The faulty needs of leadership ...it is a disastrous recurrence over time...let's be clear...over and over...and over.. .at the mercy of the common man and woman...and child ...when they pencil in the desire to strike another person's homeland...for their own gratification...at all costs...the destruction...the loss of lives...the use of a young military for their personal gains...the list of those who have done this...fills the history books... The latest, is Putin ...and now...the rest of the World is at stake... I can't think back when the countries have filled the airwaves with more rebuttals than right now ...perhaps, WWII...but, the news system was so sketchy then...now, it is instant...and filled with video and photographs... and Putin is doing his dangest to scare everyone...with a nuclear war... Is this the direction we are headed? ...as I repeat myself...to be clear...we are just as fortified with the nuclear armament that they are...his FEAR CAMPAIGN only goes s...

As the Russian dictator Putin, presses on with his invasion of Ukraine ...he is asking for the country to surrender...and offering EVACUATION routes to, get this, Russia and it's ally, Belarus ...yea, so you are trying to save your life...and then go to the country that is taking your land away?...what is wrong with that picture?... The reality show that almost always intrigues me ...is American Idol ...I think the production has improved immensely...and last nites shown contestants were really good ...the back grounds of the people are interesting and warms the heart at times...it always amazes me how talented people throughout the nation really are...that are yet to be 'found'... The mess of a hoop game in Denver ...as the Nuggets hosted the Pelicans, er, the former Jazz, out of New Orleans...you know, the Jazz are now in Salt Lake City, ah what?...as the home team won in OT...an atrociously called game ...the refs lost control...and the result was chaos...squawking li...

Ah, since I have been gone ...what has happened?.. . t he trip to Havasu, was a real gas...dependent on the petrol for sure...a huge $1.30 a gallon cheaper in the state of Arizona ...A GALLON!...lord...made the mistake on the return trip to fill up in Blythe, which is in Cali...dumb dumb...oh well, the state needs it...for it's non-stop work on the roads?...right...yea, so, to answer the Q, what has happened?... The Russian War is still on in Ukraine ...as the people there have been putting up a valiant struggle...just wondering what form of military they actually had... you KNOW my feelings about what Putin is up to...this is his first step for notoriety...to  re-establish the old USSR ...a martyr...on the same lines of what donny tried to do...except, his country allows much worse 'leadership'...Putin will do what he can, at all costs...which will probably lead to major skirmishes with NATO...probably worse... until his demise...that WILL happen ... We lucked out so much...