Cold Stadiums

You must show your bravado and attend the NFL games in the deep, deep COLD...so what if it is below freezing?...you live there, you gots the appropriate warming clothing...and all them heat warmer thangs that you can stick purnt near everywhere...for GOODNESS SAKES, you ARE a season ticket holder...c'mon now...you love to scream your silly arse out at the games...pound the sideboards, clang the seats...blow them damn airhorns...cowbells?...can't get enough cowbell...if you weanie out, and decide to watch it on the pixels...you may have a problem...at least in KC...as the Dolphins/Chiefs game is being televised EXCLUSIVELY on Peacock...you don't have it?...get your thermal stuff ready and get out the door...

It's the sign of the times...$...cash...dollars, and lots of them...that take these games, and televise them in sordid spots...like Prime...where the signal freezes for moi...these fat cats want pay for view...I guess...more of that green stuff that they can stick in their 401 K's...that seemingly they never ever get taxed on...yea, that upper 1% of our very own society...it is them...when the Demos say that they want those fat cats to pay what they should be...and are embraced by the Repubs, their revered donors, so they can keep ALL their loot...makes me sick...you KNEW I would turn this into politics, didn't you...

Staying in football...your reminder that one school was going to lose their cherished coach to Alabama...yup, the Washington Huskies was the one...had to be 'Bama's 2nd choice after Lanning...guess DeBoer doesn't bleed purple as much as Lanning does green...and so it goes...the Huskies recruits will leave...some to Alabama...Washington will start anew...and the story goes on...listen, can't blame the bloke...it was a huge step for any coach...and sure...the $ is there...just win, baby...

You probably don't know his name...but, Peter Crombie died at the age of 71 yesterday...too early, right?...I think so...but he was a key character in the 'Seinfeld Show'...'Crazy' Joe Davola...who had a string of spots on it...his 5 episodes were legendary...in real life, was considered a great guy...and not crazy at all...

A missing step...I am all for the athlete to get his due in cash...talking hoops, kids...but, there is a missing part in their growth in the game...a very important one...the years in college...where you learn to live on your own, without the parents hovering...and the teaching, the further teaching of the game during that span of life...the athletes go to the pros TOO SOON...they are expected to already have the nuances of hoops..99% do not...a mandatory 3 year session should be installed...the Horse rests...

This is funny...the Chargers (the Spanos version) will meet with Harbaugh this week...if he signs with them he must not only be the head coach but be the GM....no other way would work...this cuts out the Spanos son and then, and ONLY THEN, does the franchise have a chance for success...my guess, he passes...

Now...one of the things in football, baseball, not so much basketball, is the lip reading of the opponents...the enemy of sorts...well...the pretty people are doing it...as the cameras are all over them...and the closeups have the things they say, splattered all over the web net...so NOW, they hide their lips with their hands...trump ought to try that...

Add that to his trump circus train...

Looking at the 2 wild card games today in the NFL...the Browns are favored over the Texans (in Texas?)...and the Chiefs fav over the Dolphins in KC...and I have no clue...still can't believe how well Flacco has played...and how poorly the Chiefs have moved the ball...hope I get Peacock...

Finally, Taiwan elected a new president that China has labeled a 'troublemaker'...Lai Ching-te...the former VP...I fully support the vote...it was not a stolen election...there were no 'fake electorates'...there was not ballot stuffing...and this is NOT FAKE NEWS!...

I'll Have A Scone

In the depths of these very cold, winter days...might you wander down to your local coffee house and order...A SCONE!, with your coffee?...have you ever made them?...a bit more devilish than the biscuit...but, my mind wonders back to the Oregon State Fair of my youth...where, inside one of them halls, buildings, there was this Fisher Scone booth...selling the delights for a nickel, the ones with the raspberry in the middle...I do recall my dad getting a bag full for us...a very sweet memory...YOU, can still get them, as the scone mix is sold...the REAL Fisher ones...which we have done...alas, but if you want a scone from the coffee house, you will have to settle for whatever they have...not the Fisher's...Starbucks USED to have a maple frosted sensation...for some reason, they quit them....boo...well, it does sound good right now...as I am sconeless...do I dare stop at Starbucks on my way out to Singing Hills?...

The Houthis...which I told you about, a week or so ago...continued their sabotage on vessels in the Red Sea...these people are from Yemen...southeastern border of that body of water...which is a key transporting passage...the USA and Britain, had had enough...and struck the attackers, via the air and missiles...of course, the Houthis vow revenge...they already have been revenging...the 3 H's...Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah...all bad...very bad...and I fear a greater spread of this...war...I really don't see a way out...time for NATO to step in, too...guess it is not that simple...as, Iran is laying in the weeds...

Is he or isn't he?...the rumors were all over the place yesterday...as the Alabama job opened...the No 1 guy that EVERYONE was figuring would make a great fit...was the Duck's Dan Lanning...he was seen there, and then, here...and well, everywhere...'Here, There, and Everywhere'...the Beatles...he then let out a vid saying he is staying in Eugene...as the Duck fans rejoiced...now, it is someone else's turn to weather a possible move by their beloved coach...to the best coaching job in the states...well, it has been...now?...

The trump case in NYC...had it's closing arguments yesterday...donny wanted to do his thang and close it...the Judge said no, and that was how it was arranged...trump did anyway...and did himself bad...duh, every time he opens his mouth, he does wrong...just don't see why the court doesn't lock him up for insubordination...really...he wanted a jury...but, his latest set of clowns...his attorneys, didn't ask for that...as your trump circus ramble thru town...they better take their show to Iowa...

Hmmm...my new name for his mess...the trump circus

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62 points...what?...who scored that?...nope, that was the deficit of a NBA game...aren't these pros?...yes, I see mismatched high school teams do that...but, 62?...oh my, the victors were the OKC Thunder (the former Seattle Supersonics) and the losers...were the PDX Blazers...the Portland Trailblazers...139-77...I warned you of the ineptness of this team...no greater example...the mighty have fallen HARD!...

The Horse is not into Broadway Shows much...the musicals I can dig, though...and there is one coming up TODAY that intrigues moi...'Beautiful', the Carole King Musical...just HAS to be good...love love her songs...love them...my fave?...so many, but probably 'It's Too Late'...

Frost delay?...probably...

2 outta 3 Ain't Bad

Mesmerizing?...no...but, interesting?...yes...the final 2, well, outta 3...republicans left in the race for their side of the ticket...as Nikki Haley and DeSantis of Florida (DF)...had a semi-rocking debate last nite at Drake U in Iowa...this after, earlier in the day, Chris Christie dropped out...did anyone say anything about Hoot?...I guess he succumbed earlier...I said outta 3, as donny refused to show...had his own FOX 'town hall' elsewhere...JCC...did I get that all right?...anyhoo, there was nothing that would discourage me from keeping with my prediction, that Nikki will be the one...eventually...watch New Hampshire REAL closely, kids...the beginning of the demise of trump...ha ha...well, he has been demising for some time now...there will be some more evidence of that in his trial today....another part of his freefall...Google wants that as two words...this Iowa caucus is set for next week...and the real show begins...

Oh my...the amount of quality coaching spots has opened up...the biggest surprise and plum of them all?...Nick Saban is stepping down at 'Bama!!!...now each and every school is sweating up a storm...as their pride and joy present coach, is being mentioned as his predecessor at Alabama...think Eugene isn't in a tizzy?...Lanning is a prize and a sure up and comer...the hot rumor...is that Dan Lanning is indeed in Tuscaloosa...and that the Alabama AD, Greg Byrne, will announce who is the new HC within 72 hours...do you Ducks have a dance that may sway the man, back to Eugene?...

Not sure following Saban is a sound move...nowhere to go...but...down...

In the NFL, the announcement of the Seattle's Pete Carroll getting fired was a big shock and disappointment at the same time...and early this am, New England let Bill Bellychick go after 24 seasons...these owners are so full of it...I bet they are all forevers...you will NOT find better coaches than those 2...nope...no way...however, it is the owner's money and he can do what he wants...I think that Green Bay has the right system...stock owners...

Late breaking...the judge who is overseeing the trump civil fraud trial...a bomb threat was made on his house this morning...Judge Arthur Engoron...just hours before closing arguments...MAGA...or make it worse than when he was president...SWATTING?...

Now now, boys...there is these sports pundit guys...that are seething with anger towards one another...and are putting it into words and vid...Stephen A Smith and Jason Whitlock...ripping each other a new one...getting mighty personal and for doggones sake...must be listening to the crap that trump puts out on his forever misnomer 'truth social'...name calling and derogatory mishmash...I'd like to say, that they are better than that...but, I dunno...

Speaking of sports...with the dwindling local newspapers throughout the country...the daily read on the local sports is GONE...DEAD...unless, you have one that comes a day late...already OLD news...TG for our local Trib...well, kinda local...but we do have lots of info on the high schools and colleges and universities...do you?...perhaps, you have a blogger that can stay on top of things...which might be your only salvation...

What is happening in Ecuador?...the 36 yr old Prez, has stated that 'we are in a state of war!'...hmmm...with 22 different gangs...drugs?...probably...so where do the people go for safety?...outta the country and head where?...yes, you are probably right...

Swatting

Here we go again...another term that is thrown out at us, the public...and we are supposed to know what it means...much like the Anagrams that are used for most of the public offices and jobs...they are jobs, right?...I mean if you are a judge, it is a job...or senator...or, even a president...I digress...the term that is being casted out now, is 'SWATTING'...it has been used by a mysterious person, or group, to pester a person...pranking, if you will...well, I will...it is a method of getting police, firemen, and scores of reporters out to a very important person...in the past week, used on a judge and an AG that just so happens to be deliberating on yet another trump case...funny...odd...whatever it takes to get even, right donny?...

trump...is now trying the birther trick on Nikki Haley...anything to sabotage the 'enemy'...do you get the sense that EVERYONE is his enemy?...have to think that most all of his forevers, have never met the bloke...hey, tonight, the debate between Haley and DeSantis of Florida (DF)...a must see, I think...too bad, orange isn't there...as his ears will be a burning...ah, yes, he is in court...again...

Flopping?...I thought that was to be stopped in the NBA...one of the masters at the craft, the Lakers AD (Anthony Davis, alias the Brow), pulled off a beaut...negating a winning 3 ball by Toronto...seems like the refs are not totally privy to the rule change...geez, that 7 foot dude, goes down like a tinker toy...

The NFL owners are doing their thing...throwing their cash around, like it is a monopoly game...firing at will...gonna find a better man to run their little enterprise...SWAPPING...some of these blokes, actually hire the guys that the other foo just fired...watch how long the newly canned guy from Tennessee, Mike Vrabel, remains unattached...won't be a week...hey, my HC Fife is available...for the right price...

For youse who are worrying about my bee sting...I am still puffy...go figure...them damn bees...actually hurt some last eve, going to sleep...think I should be carrying around a can of bee killer...get them, before they get me...

Gots a memo from them Gahrs up there in Bend...well, Boss did...and they had 7 inches of snow by 5 pm yesterday...what exactly is snow?...yet, it is 37* out at Singing Hills this am...just has to be a frost delay...

NFL Playoffs start this weekend...I am a fan, but, do not bet on the games...Saturday, is the Browns at the Texans...and the Dolphins at the Chiefs...man, that KC game is going to be sub zero temp...real football weather...ah, to us viewers...

Finally, we are watching a vintage series on Prime...'The Firm'...interesting and keeps you going...made in 2012...I can't imagine how we missed this one, too...

The Morning After

Greetings, all, I am back...er, we are back...how was your break from the Horse?...dunce hat for moi, as I forgot to take my tablet...thus, the daily to do's got mangled a bit...time for a little synopsis of the goings on...

The trip was nearly splendid...the weather, the last few days, NOT...cold, windy, yet sunny...the grand kids are a growing and so dang cute...I am biased, of course...BUT, the nearly thing is now to be addressed...I got stung by a bee, on our last excursion of the escapade...which is NOT a good thing for me...I swell up like no other...this was Sunday, and today...still puffed up, especially in my arm and face...it was a quick trip to the Cottage Hospital urgent care...then, some Benadryl...and off we went...the bees and me, no bueno...

I call Benadryl, the Morning After Pill...

Well, that Michigan/Washington Natty game was so dang similar to the Ohio St/Oregon game that we went to back a ?...well, less than a decade ago...the Michigan line dominated it all...both O and D...only their lack of smart play calling kept it close, for a while...they could have run all night long...and their D...panicking the Dawg's QB Penix like no other...this without, well rarely, blitzing...no match...no ref blunders...and the title goes to Coach Harbaugh and his gang...deservedly so...

I wonder if the Harbaugh brain trust didn't go back to Penix's Indiana days in the Big Ten, and figured what bothered him there...???...probably...

Another day in front of the judge...in this case, a panel of 3 judges...who are going to deliberate on trump, yet again...his plea?...presidential immunity for all his insurrections...he thinks he can do whatever, if he is Prez...another in the line of the trump play on the courts...delay delay delay....I think it's a slap in the face of all of us common citizens...what he does, has done, and tries to continuously get away with...lock the bast____ up!...orange in orange...

Has there been a star that has been so illuminated than Taylor Swift?...whatever she does, wherever she goes, whoever she is pairing up with, she is the 'IT GIRL' of this decade...right?...and she is making billions of bucks, doing so...too bad KK can't sing, dance, act...wait, what does she do?...

I am reading that trump is getting ripped a new one, by the panel of judges right now...

Ja Morant...the NBA Grizzly...came back after a 25 game suspension and gave the team hope...got injured to his shoulder and now is OUT for the rest of the season...tuff year...

Back to Harbaugh...the NFL teams are lining up to try to sign him...what the Horse is hearing, that Las Vegas leads the pack...don't go to the Chargers, Jim...Spanos is a dead zone...and I hope that QB Herbert gets outta that mess, ASAP...Washington?...hmmm, interesting...no where to go, but up...Atlanta?...well, gosh, you never know...

OK, as I wrap this up for the day...kudos to Boss Lady...she plans, packs Cosmo, and then...she is in charge of the -hitter...while all I do, is drive...seems like a little lopsided when it comes to the duties...maybe, I can find more for her side of the ledger...