Got this one in a recent email.

Sneezes.

A man and a woman were sitting beside each other in the first class section of an airplane. The woman sneezed, took out a tissue, gently wiped her nose; then visibly shuddered for ten to fifteen seconds. The man went back to his reading. A few minutes later, the woman sneezed again, took a tissue, wiped her nose, then shuddered violently once more. Assuming that the woman might have a cold, the man was still curious about the shuddering. A few more minutes passed when the woman sneezed yet again. As before she took a tissue, wiped her nose, her body shaking ever more than before. Unable to restrain his curiosity, the man turned to the woman and said, "I couldn't help but notice that you've sneezed three times, wiped your nose and then shuddered violently. Are you ok?" "I am sorry if I disturbed you, I have a very rare medical condition; whenever I sneeze I have an 0rgasm." The man, more than a bit embarrassed, was still curious. "I have never heard of that condition before" he said. "Are you taking anything for it?" "Yes," the woman nodded. "Pepper."

My new Granddaughter.  

Meet Natalie Anne Turner 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Sabino didnt make it

Sabino didn’t make it. They were soundly defeated in the finals of the State championship football game. Glendale Cactus was simply a better team with a few better players and they also out-coached us. The better team won.

The kids were sad after their defeat but if they could only understand how many kids, how many teams did not make it this far. I sat with a group of old “flag football” friends. Their kids all play high school football now. All of them are very good football players and many play on very good football teams.  None of their teams made it to the finals. I’m not saying that to brag about my kid or to put anyone else down.  The point I’m trying to make is that not many get the opportunity to play in such a game no matter how good they are as a football player or how good their football team is.

It was great that so many people that had touched Michael’s life were there to support and cheer for him.

Michael has led a very blessed life as far as football goes. When he was 11 years old his “flag football” team made it to the first ever flag football championship held at Disney World in Orlando, FL. The NFL flew 6 members of our team to Orlando after we won the regional playoffs in San Diego, CA. We did not expect to win.  One of our players broke his leg just before we flew out. We had to go with 5 kids and broken legged Blake gave moral support from the sidelines. We also were the only “co-ed” team that bothered to follow the rules and actually had a girl on our team.  She ended up catching the winning touchdown pass with 17 seconds left in the championship game and we became the first ever “National flag football champions.”  ESPN was there filming it all and they produced a half hour show about flag football (sponsored by the NFL). There were other teams that won their respective age group championships. Our team got most of the publicity in the show because the NFL was trying to promote girls to play flag football and our little girl (Logan Hall) made the winning touchdown. Combine that with a cliffhanger of a game and you get a great story. It was shown several times on ESPN, ESPN2 and it became”filler” for when they ran out of programming.  This proud father watched it several times.

The boys on that team now all play high school football and all do very well. Their teams all did well this season. None of their teams made it to the State finals though I’m sure a couple of them will be there next year. There are better football teams and better football players than the ones at Sabino but they did not make it this far in the playoffs. Count your blessings Sabino.

What was great was that all those friends, the fathers, the mothers, the kids that played flag football, their brothers and sisters and their friends as well as Michaels aunts, uncles, and cousins came out to cheer on Michael and Sabino’s football team. It was very heart warming to experience. Thanks to all of you for your support.

So lift your heads Sabino. With a little hard work in the off-season and a little bit of luck you should be back next year and you can give it another shot. You had a great season and all should be very proud of your achievements. We’ll get’em next year.

Salutations to Palo Verde High school. They were the only Tucson area team to win a state championship in football this year. They played on the same field just before we did. They beat Cottonwood Mingus 15-7. Read more about their game here http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/105278.

Read more about Sabino
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/105102
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/104822
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/104827
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/113005c1_hs_bolasky
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/112605c1_prepfront
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/120105c1_sabinofeature
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/120205c1_hs_sabino_preview
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/112905c1_hs_sabino

and finally the story of the last game;
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/sports/youth/120305c1_hs_sabino

Sabino High School Wins

Sabino High School football WINS! They advance to the Arizona state high school Division 4A-1 championship game on December 2nd at the University of Arizona stadium. They will have “home field” advantage.

It has got to be a thrill for a high school kid to play in a college stadium. Not to mention the thrill of being able to play for the State title.

We are all proud of their effort this year.

Go Sabercats!

Read more here: here
and here

Michael Dillon smiles after Sabino beats Goodyear 28-21. Next game: The Arizona high school 4A State Championship game against Cactus. 

My computer has been down

My computer has been down, Blogger.com was giving me trouble before that and the one-eyed monkey has passed away. For these reasons I have not been able to update my NFL picks lately.  I will continue (as I can) to update my HOT weekly bets but the contest is over. Just as well, neither of us was doing that great.

I was 321 in my bets

I was 3-2-1 in my bets. I ended up with a “Push” on Seattle and Dallas or I would have been 3-3. A “push” means a tie. For example: Seattle is favored by 3 points (-3) and they win the game by three points, then you have a push. You neither win the bet nor lose the bet.

I only have two bets this week. San Diego (-6) vs. K.C. San Diego’s offense will come back to life against K.C.  My second bet is Cleveland (+2) at Houston. Houston favored? Houston is pathetic, they at their best only shows signs of being average. Houston is in the hunt for the first pick of next year’s draft (Michael Vick’s little brother is my guess).
Houston proves my point that you need a good offensive line to win. Too much emphasis is put on the “skill” positions (Detroit is another example of this).

Week 7 in the NFL

Week 7 in the NFL.

This is the time of year when I wish I followed college football.  Most of the games in the NFL this week have point spreads of 3 or less and Damn-it those lines-makers are usually right on about the point spread. One or two plays in a game can determine the outcome.
Here are the match-ups, followed by point spread, my pick and the One-Eyed Monkey’s pick.

Kansas City at Miami (-1.5), Miami, Kansas City          
Tennessee at Arizona (-3.5), Tennessee, Tennessee    
Baltimore at Chicago (-1), Baltimore, Baltimore
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (-1), Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
Detroit at Cleveland (-3), Detroit, Detroit
Green Bay at Minnesota (+2), Minnesota, Green Bay          
Indianapolis at Houston (+16), Indy, Indy
Denver at NY Giants (-2), Denver, Denver
Buffalo at Oakland (-3), Oakland, Buffalo
San Diego at Philly (-4), San Diego, Philly
Dallas at Seattle (-3), Seattle, Dallas
N.O. at St. Louis (-3), St. Louis, N.O.
San Francisco at Washington (-12.5), San Francisco, Washington

Comments: Washington plays as well as competition; game will be closer than 13. Giants favored over Denver – you’re kidding right?

In the most important feature, the betting department, (That’s why you are reading this Blog right?) I’ve bet big on Indy, Seattle, Denver and Cincinnati. If Ben Roethlisberger can’t make it through the game they have Charlie Batch (ex-Lion savior) to take his place.
I’m also betting small bets on Oakland and Tennessee.

In last week's contest

In last week's contest I ended up a respectable 9-5 while the One-Eyed Monkey went 7-7.
I’m 39-47-2 and OEM is 42-44-2 for the year.

In the betting game I was a 5 out of 8 wins for the week. Not bad, but with the juice I did not make much money.

Phony Liberal Media

Phony Liberal Media gets caught in one of its charades. See it here; http://newsbusters.org/node/2199

Also, I have praised this guy in the past and my respect for him and his website grows every day.  Read his most recent commentary here; http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Commentary/Crime.htm

I know I’ve only been writing mostly about the NFL recently.  Since getting my motorcycle, the politics of the world don’t concern me as much. Perhaps it will come back.  

All I know is that while driving my motorcycle the problems of the world don’t concern me as much and I have a big smile on my face.  Which reminds me of a sign I saw posted at the motorcycle dealership where I bought my bike; it read “You’ll never see a motorcycle parked in front of a psychiatrist’s office.”

Week 6 in the NFL

Week 6 in the NFL.

I’ll start with my bets first. I accidentally bet New England (+3) twice, so it is now my big bet. I also like Steelers (-3), Colts (-13.5), and San Diego (-2); Bet Big on all. I placed small bets on Carolina (+1.5), Seahawks (-9), Dallas (-3.5) and Cincinnati (-3). Stay away from the following games for betting: Bears/Vikings, Browns/Ravens, Miami/Tampa.

Now for the Contest with the One-Eyed Monkey; first is the match-up followed by the Point Spread, My Pick, OEM’s pick. Just remember this is not like your local sportswriters who challenge each other in a pick ‘em game and they both pick the favorites and only disagree on the small point spread games. This is the real thing!

Giants at Dallas (-3.5), Dallas, Dallas
Panthers at Lions (+1.5), Panthers, Lions
Falcons at Saints (+5.5), Falcons, Saints
Vikings at Bears (-3), Bears, Vikings
Redskins at Chiefs (-5.5), Chiefs, Redskins
Bengals at Titans (+3), Bengals, Bengals
Jaguars at Steelers (-3), Steelers, Steelers
Browns at Ravens (-6), Ravens, Browns
Dolphins at Bucs (-4.5), Bucs, Dolphins
Patriots at Broncos (-3), Patriots, Broncos
Jets at Bills (-3), Jets, Jets
Chargers at Raiders (+2), Chargers, Chargers
Texans at Seahawks (-9), Seahawks, Texans
Rams at Colts (-13.5), Colts, Colts

This week should be a good one, I feel good about my picks and my bets.

No one will believe

No one will believe that I went 11 out of 14 in my pro pick’em league on Yahoo for week 5. No one would believe me because I went 4-9-1 HERE! I screwed up big time. However, I did go 4 out 6 in my bets (OK, 3 out of 5, I said I would not count the Arizona college game). I’m still winning $ and that is all that really counts.

The One-eyed monkey went 9-4-1 for the week! WOW! He shoots to 35-37-2 for the year while I fall to 30-42-2.

Week 5 in the NFL

Week 5 in the NFL.

I am a little tentative about these picks.  But here they are. The match-up with spread, my pick, followed by the One-Eyed Monkey’s pick. ( a dull 1987 penny played the part of the O.E.M this week).

Bears at Brown (-3), Bears, Bears
Saints at Packers (-3), Packers, Saints
Bucs at Jets (+3), Bucs, Jets
Seahawks at Rams (-3), Rams, Seahawks
Patriots at Falcons (-2.5), Falcons, Patriots
Dolphins at Bills (-3), Dolphins, Bills
Ravens at Lions (-1), Lions, Lions
Titans at Texans (-3), Texans, Titans
Colts at 49’s (+15.5), 49’s, Colts
Panthers at Cardinals (+2.5), Panthers, Panthers
Eagles at Cowboys (+3), Eagles, Eagles
Redskins at Broncos (-7), Redskins, Broncos
Bengals at Jags (-3), Bengals, Jags
Steelers at Chargers (-3), Chargers, Steelers

In the betting department, I am betting on Detroit (I bet too much on this game), I bet the under (under 33 points) in the Detroit/Ravens game, I bet Green Bay to finally win one, I bet the Bucs to beat the Jets. I am also going to bet the Panthers over the Cardinals.

I already won my one college bet. Arizona +37.5 against USC. But I’m not counting it as the game is just about to finish as I type this.

High School Marching Bands

I attended my son Michael’s football game last night. 5A schools beat Sabino badly, the last two weeks. They won easily last night over Marana High School and are now 4-2. Not bad.

The other school’s marching band played before the game. They played good old AMERICAN marching band songs like God Bless America. They weren’t that great in the tune department and their uniforms looked a little worn but it was nice to see a school doing it “old school.”

Sabino’s marching band played at half time as they always do.  They have nice new shiny uniforms and there are a lot of kids in that band, it is huge.  Their parental following in the stands is huge as well.  They work hard and it shows; their “number” is polished.  But they play a montage of  Freddie Mercury & Queen songs and it just does not fit what you would expect a high school marching band to be playing at a high school football game. If they played Queen’s “We are the Champions or “Another one bits the Dust” I’d say that’s fine. But they play stuff they say is Queen and I don’t recognize a lot of it. They feature a trumpet player, during one part, soloing a part from “Bohemian’s Rhapsody”. You know the lyrics:
“Mama, just killed a man,Put a gun against his head,Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead,Mama, life had just begun,But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away”

They are featuring the part of the song about killing someone. Am I the only one who finds this sick and twisted?

Before you start whining to me, I know they work hard and I know you parents are proud of your kids. I am just questioning the choice of music. Save the Freddie Mercury (dead of AIDS before age 40) praise for the kooks on the coast. Give me some Good Old fashioned marching music about God, America and Apple Pie like the other school (Marana High School) gave me.

Mike does it.

Mike does it! He steps in and goes 8-6 in NFL picks.

I told you week four would be a coin toss for most games (against the spread) and I was right; The One-Eyed Monkey went 7-7.

I did get my big bet right. Baltimore did defeat the NY Jets and covered the spread. That was about the only thing I got right last week. I took a pounding in the contest with OEM and I took an ass kicking in the betting department. A couple more weeks like this and I’ll have to start going to the meetings. (Did you ever notice how Gamblers Anonymous members are the ones who LOST money).  The bets I shared with you went 1-2-1.

I went a dismal 4-10 in the contest. You couldn’t try to get that many picks wrong. But I’m back and I will do better this week; I’m feeling it!

In the yearlong contest with OEM, I am 26-33-1 and so is he. So far, I have been no better that a coin toss.

Little Mikey takes a stab

O.K., I giving little Mike a chance this week to face off against the O.E.M and Me in this weeks NFL challenge. Match-up (spread), My Pick, OEM pick, Mike’s pick

San Diego at New England (-5.5), New England, San Diego, New England
Denver at Jacksonville (-4), Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Jacksonville
Houston at Cincinnati (-10), Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Indianapolis at Tennessee (+7), Tennessee, Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Philadelphia at Kansas City (-1.5), Philadelphia, Kansas City, Philadelphia
Detroit at Tampa Bay (-6.5), Tampa, Tampa, Detroit
St Louis at NY Giants (-3), NY, NY, St Louis
Buffalo at New Orleans (In San Antonio) (pick-em), Buffalo, New Orleans, Buffalo
Seattle at Washington (-2), Seattle, Washington, Washington
NY Jets at Baltimore (-7), Baltimore, Jets, Baltimore
Minnesota at Atlanta (-6), Minnesota, Atlanta, Atlanta
Dallas at Oakland (-3.5), Oakland, Dallas, Dallas
San Francisco at Arizona (in Mexico City)(-2.5), San Fran, San Fran, Arizona
Green Bay at Carolina (-7.5), Carolina, Carolina, Green Bay.

Brents college picks

Brent’s college picks – Clemson, S.Florida, Arizona St. , Florida. Pros – Detroit.

Week 4 in the NFL

Week 4 in the NFL.

Boy this is going to be tough this week. The spreads are right, in my mind, and it is going to be a coin flip on most of these games. Then again the One-Eyed Monkey uses a coin flip to pick his teams, the advantage this week goes to the O.E.M.

Again here are the match-ups (with point spread), My Pick, followed by O.E.M.’s pick.

San Diego at New England (-5.5), New England, San Diego
Denver at Jacksonville (-4), Jacksonville, Jacksonville
Houston at Cincinnati (-10), Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Indianapolis at Tennessee (+7), Tennessee, Indianapolis
Philadelphia at Kansas City (-1.5), Philadelphia, Kansas City
Detroit at Tampa Bay (-6.5), Tampa, Tampa
St Louis at NY Giants (-3), NY, NY
Buffalo at New Orleans (In San Antonio) (pick-em), Buffalo, New Orleans
Seattle at Washington (-2), Seattle, Washington
NY Jets at Baltimore (-7), Baltimore, Jets
Minnesota at Atlanta (-6), Minnesota, Atlanta
Dallas at Oakland (-3.5), Oakland, Dallas
San Francisco at Arizona (in Mexico City)(-2.5), San Fran, San Fran
Green Bay at Carolina (-7.5), Carolina, Carolina

I only see one good bet in the pro games this week. The Jets are down to the third string Quarterback. The Ravens Defense will outscore the Jet’s Offense this game and the Ravens will rediscover they have a very good running back they’ve forgotten. Jamal Lewis will get 200 yards total offense alone, he’ll get more offense by himself than the Jets total offense. This will be a blow out.  I’m betting big on this one. I also placed a wager on Buffalo over New Orleans.

In College bets, I taking my alma mater Western Michigan University (-10) and I am also betting for Arizona (+16.5) at Cal. Oh Cal will beat them, but the U of A always plays good teams tough, the score will be closer than many expect.

Count your money

If you’d played my bets you’d be a much richer man today. Four out five in the betting department. Philadelphia not only cost my bets but the also killed a 3 way parlay and a 4 way parlay for me.

In the contest with the one-eyed monkey, I was 9-5 but so was the OEM. That brings me to 22-23-1 for the year and OEM is 19-26-1. A little more respectable for both of us.

More NFL later.

Week 3 in the NFL

Week 3 in the NFL will prove to be one in which almost all the home teams will win. Will they cover the spread? That’s the hard part. This week let me give you my bets before the one-eyed monkey challenge.

In college I like Kansas State (-25.5) over North Texas. In the pro games; Arizona will show how good Seattle can be and how over rated Denny Green (the P.T. Barnum of the NFL) and the Arizona Cardinals really are. Take Seattle (-6). The Bears are not as good as they looked against the Detroit Lions and the Bengals are for real; Take the Bengals (-3). I don’t know if I’ll be able to stomach watching Philadelphia vs. Oakland and have two of the biggest assholes ( T.O. and R. Moss) to ever play the game face off. I'm sure who ever is covering the game will AGAIN bring up T.O. and McNabb bitch slapping of each other.

While I am on the subject, don’t you find the T.O. vs. Donovan McNabb soap opera nauseating? Their petty little squabble got so much media coverage that I figured one of the two must up a nomination for the Supreme Court. That fat-assed blob Chris (Jabba the Hutt) Berman was creaming himself while “reporting” on the subject. The lazy ass media had a field day with the whole Shebang; for the media, it is so much easier to start a controversy, then stand back and fan the flames and make a story out of the whole mess that they had a big hand in creating than ACTUALLY DOING THEIR FUCKING JOB of reporting who, what, when, where, and how. MOST OF THE U.S. MEDIA IS GUILTY OF THIS, ESPECIALLY THAT CREAM-PUFF, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – I’M ABOVE THE FRAY, PHONEY, SECRETARY HARASSING, GUTLESS WONDER, PANTY WEARING ASSHOLE NAMED BILL O’REILLY OF FOX NEWS. Memo to Fox News – Get that asshole off the air and while you’re at it stop giving air time to the likes of Al Sharpton, any hag from N.O.W., Jessie Jackson or any of those Anti-American Assholes. They get their message delivered on all the other (liberal) news programs. We turn to FOX so we don’t have to listen to their fucking whining. But, you gutless wonders at FOX are bowing to the pressure of being labeled “conservative.” Give me my own news program and the AMERICAN viewing public won’t have to witness the likes of Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, Chuck Shumer, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, etc. vomiting their hate of AMERICA over the air waves. You also won’t have a bunch of lazy ass media types starting a controversy, fanning the flames of the controversy, giving a voice to Anti-Americans, and they won’t be asking anyone what their FUCKING FEELINGS are on any subject – FACTS ONLY ! But I digress.

Philadelphia (-7.5) over Oakland.

Here is a list of the games for Week 3, my picks, and the one-eyed monkey’s picks.

Titans at Rams (-6.5), Rams, Titans
Atlanta at Buffalo (no line), Buffalo, Atlanta
Raiders at Eagles (-7.5), Eagles, Raiders
Bengals at Bears (+3), Bengals, Bengals
Jaguars at Jets (-2.5), Jaguars, Jets
Saints at Vikings (-3.5), Vikings, Vikings
Panthers at Dolphins (+3), Dolphins, Panthers
Browns at Colts (-14), Browns, Colts
Bucs at Packers (+3.5), Bucs, Packers
Cardinals at Seahawks (-6), Seahawks, Seahawks
Patriots at Steelers (-3), Steelers, Patriots
Cowboys at 49’s (+6.5), Cowboys, Steelers
Giants at Chargers (-6), Chargers, Giants
Chiefs at Broncos (-3), Chiefs, Broncos

While looking these games over, I figured I missed a good bet and added the Chargers (-6) to my betting list. Good luck to all.

Not a great week 2.

Not a great week 2, I was 8-7-1 and the one-eyed monkey was 5-10-1. I had a really bad week in the betting department.  I lost the money I won last week and then some.

Next week, if there is a huge spread in the college games, I am betting the favored team! Every one of bets on the underdogs with very large spreads lost this week. WOW.

I am 13-18-1 for the year and the one-eyed monkey is a dismal 10-21-1. Both are pathetic. The one-eyed monkey should end the year at 50% if the rules of statistics hold up.

My new toy. 

Well I finally did it

Well I finally did it I got my bike yesterday. I’m not sure why I got it; it’s either a mid-life crisis thing or a “penis extension” thing.

I have not driven a motorcycle in over 30 years. I still have some nasty scars and deformities on my body from a “mini-bike” as a teenager. I lost all interest in bikes since and working in hospitals over the years convinced me that Motorcycle riding should be avoided. But something came over me; I had to get one.

I spent my first day with my bike just trying to re-learn how to operate a motorcycle. I’m sure that the guys at the place I purchased the bike are still laughing about my driving skills as I left the dealership.

Here’s what I got http://www.powersportsnetwork.com/enthusiasts/review_list_vehicle.asp?veh=14232

Sabino wins another

Sabino wins another, they beat Palo Verde (for all you gringos reading this, Palo Verde means “green tree”) High last night 34-7. Michael Dillon forced a fumble on the Quarterback that was picked up by a teammate and run in for a touchdown! That was the highlight of the game as far his parents were concerned.

Uncle Brent did not have much new to offer in the betting department. He did like Rice +41 points, I do too and am betting it. (It was down to +40.5 by the time I bet).  I am following his lead and am going to bet some big underdogs.  E. Michigan +29, Ohio +33.5, Ball State +36. Small bets made, just to keep it interesting. Brent also agreed with all of my NFL picks.

I hope these bets pay off because daddy needs a new pair of Motorcycle boots.

The one-eyed monkey responds to his first week loss. 

NFL week 2

This site may now be known as the site to go to get the OPPOSITE outcome of NFL games.  I ended up 5-11 and the one-eyed monkey was 4-12. I STILL won money for the week. Accidentally betting on Detroit twice was the biggest reason I came out ahead.

Here are Week Two forecasts:
Game, followed by my pick, and the one-eyed monkey’s pick.

Ravens (-4) at Titans, Ravens, Titans
Steelers (-6) at Texans, Steelers, Texans
Jaguars (+9) at Colts, Jaguars, Jaguars
Lions (-1.5) at Bears, Lions, Lions
Vikings (+3) at Bengals, Vikings, Vikings
Bills (+2.5) at Buccaneers, Bucs, Bills
Patriots (-3) at Panthers, Patriots, Patriots
Falcons (+1) at Seahawks, Seahawks, Falcons
Rams (+1) at Cardinals, Rams, Rams
Dolphins (+6) at Jets, Dolphins, Dolphins
Browns (+6.5) at Packers, Packers, Packers
Chargers (+3) at Broncos, Chargers, Broncos
Chiefs (-1) at Raiders, Chiefs, Raiders
Redskins (+6) at Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys
Saints (+3) at Giants, Giants, Giants

I am betting big on the Detroit game, Miami and Kansas City. Stone Cold Locks! Another two very good bets are the Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens.

I should be posting again before the weekend with some College bets and of course Brenton’s picks.

NFL week 1

Boy, did my picks stink this week as did the one-eyed monkey's picks. With one more game to go this week, I'm 5-10 and the monkey is 4-11. The one-eyed monkey should be right around 50%.

I know you are not going to believe this, but I made good money on my bets. I had already bet heavily on Detroit and they came through as well as picking up some money on Brent's bets. I came out ahead and I've got some big money (for me) on Philly tonight.

As for the games, it was week one. Who would have thought that Tampa Bay had a chance against Minnesota, or San Fran could do anything against St. Louis, or that Denver would fold up like a cheap suit.

In the college games, MICHIGAN should still be hanging their heads after that performance.

If you'd followed Brent's picks, you'd be 3 for 4 in the betting game. That's always good for some profits.

In high school football, my son's team the Sabino Sabercats beat their rival Sahuaro. There were over 4,000 people at the game, the most I've ever witnessed at the high school level. I've been to several Western Michigan University games that did not get that many people.

Speaking of Sabino, they flew to Oregon for their first game (it cost me, the parent, $750) but they won very easily 69-7. So they are now 2-0 and are rated 2nd in the state in 4A. It should be a good season (as always) for Sabino.

So Thursday was the NFL kickoff, Friday night high school football, Saturday - College, Sunday day and night NFL football and NFL football tonight. Oh yeah.

Rare photo of the One-eyed Monkey. 

Week 1 - NFL Picks

Every chart I make ends up looking the same - BAD. I've even tried changing my blogger template but with the same results. Here are the Match-ups, followed by My Pick, and then The One-Eyed Monkey's Pick.

Oakland vs. New England (-7.5), Oakland, Oakland
Denver vs. Miami (+5), Denver, Denver
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland (+3.5), Cincinnati, Cleveland
Houston vs. Buffalo (-5.5), Houston, Houston
Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh (-7), Tennessee, Tennessee
Chicago vs. Washington (-5.5), Chicago, Washington
New Orleans vs. Carolina (-7), Carolina, Carolina
Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota (-6), Minnesota, Minnesota
Seattle vs. Jacksonville (-3), Jacksonville, Jacksonville
New York Jets vs. Kansas City (-3), Kansas City, Kansas City
Arizona vs. Giants (-3), Arizona, Arizona
St. Louis vs. San Francisco (+6), St. Louis, St. Louis
Green Bay vs. DETROIT (-3), Green Bay, Detroit
Dallas vs. San Diego (-4.5), Dallas, San Diego
Colts vs. Ravens (+3), Ravens, Colts
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta (+1), Philadelphia, Philadelphia

I will be challenging the One-Eyed Monkey in a season long battle of money making NFL bets.

If you are a betting man, bet big on Philadelphia. I've changed my mind on the Detroit game even though I've bet money on them already.

If you'd like to lose some money, take my little brother Brent's bets (mostly HOMER bets from a Michigander living in Florida): Michigan+7, Texas +1 in college games and Dolphins +5 and Jacksonville -3 in the pro games. I agree on all except Miami, Denver is too much and they will manhandle the Dolphins. For betting, I also like Arizona (my homer bet), it's not that they are as good as hyped, it's just that the Giants are so weak.

Place your hard earned money now.

For those people also looking for a motorcycle

If you are trying to figure how many cc's your bike has and the only number you have is the motor size in cubic inches you then have to apply this formula.

16.39 x cubic inches = cubic centimeters (cc's)
(This was actually put here for my benefit so that I don't lose it)

I've narrowed my motorcycle choices down. Here are the bikes I am looking at:

This, or this or one of these.

Any input would be appreciated.

I know this is a little late.

But I just heard this one.

Q. What do Michael Jackson and caviar have in common?

A. They both come on little white crackers.

Are You Going?

Get ready for BorderFest 2005. Get your information here http://www.azborderfest.com/

This is NO joke! This stuff really exists. My God, this is funny. 

Good Stuff

What's nice about blogging is that you soon discover there are a lot of people who think just like you. Here's a good example.

My protest of a protester.

On Sunday, I was driving home from an errand when I spotted a middle-aged man holding a sign as I turned a corner. I could read “No Blood for Oil” and “Bush Lied”. I rolled down my window as I passed and screamed out “ Go F*ck yourself, you commie bastard.”

I finished turning my corner and looked in the rear view mirror and saw the sign carrying, Michael Moore butt boy, Al Franken wannabe, Cindy Sheehan worshipper flip me off.

As I drove on my blood started to boil. I started to think of all the things I could have said as well, such as, “Viva la Bush”, “Leave this f#cking country if you don’t like it”, or “The 60’s are over assh#le.”

I returned home for just a second and headed back out. My next errand would take me by the idiot again, “God I wished I brought some eggs to pelt his sorry ass”, I thought. I also thought of parking my car, getting out and getting in the asshole’s face and really letting him have it.

But as I drove by the spot he once occupied, I saw that he had left. Ten minutes at most passed since I last saw him. Either, he got tired of getting yelled at or perhaps I scared the Liberal pansy back to under the rock he slithered from. Either way the streets of Tucson were without one more chicken-shit, gutless, terrorist-enabling liberal. Good Riddance.

Another reason to close the Border

Michael Savage says that "30% of the American prison population is made up of illegal aliens." He's never said any thing that I can recall that is not true and he is one of the people I trust.

Well if you are still wondering why the Border has to be closed (John McCain, Jim Kolbe) here is a story for you.

The left has a new hero

The left has a new hero, a new mouthpiece, a new found idol by the name of Cindy Sheehan. It is sad to watch the left and Main Stream Media use her to smear the President. I think it's obvious the poor lady has some mental disorders brought on by or heightened by the trauma of her loss. But that hasn't stopped the left from using her.

These guys say it better than I, here and here.

ACLU

Tony Blair announced today that those people who foster hate against the general public will be deported. I wonder if G.W. has the guts to do the same thing here. If he did, all members of the A.C.L.U. should be the first to go.

Speaking of the A.C.L.U., it's time to open hunting season on these commie-funded assholes. It's time to thin the herd of these anti-American disease carrying wretches. Season is open until they shut the hell up or migrate to the motherland (China I'd suspect).

Gray haired ponytails hanging over the mantle, that would look nice.

A better way to exit.

Robert Novak, a sometimes conservative pundit, walked off the set during a debate with James Carville. See the story here or here.

What you should of done Bobby Boy is reached across the table and pounded "serpent head's" face until you wiped that shit eating grin of his off his face and then you should have walked off the set.

But as I take a look at you Mr. Novak, it's obvious you've spent so much of your life being a "D.C. pussy Republican" that you probably couldn't punch a hole in wet lunch menu.

The Mexican Border.

I just came up with a very cost effective way to cut down on illegal crossing at the Mexican border.

Dress up the Border Patrol agents in British police uniforms.

Let's protest the protester!

Hanoi Jane is about to embark on a cross country trip to protest the Iraq War on a bus run on vegetable oil while concurrently promoting her latest book.

This guy puts my thoughts into words much better than I, here.

The AP story is here.

I believe we should start our own little protest. Protest the protesters.I bet her little vegetable oil powered bus would look great with bit of tomato and egg all over it. We'll show that "bad tomato" that we will not have the enemy "egged" on by her protests (sorry it's the best I could come up with). My somewhat wild youth experience tells me that eggs and tomatoes are the best weapons for making a mess on a moving vehicle.

Wouldn't it be fanatastic if like-minded people from around the U.S. threw eggs and tomatoes at her bus at her every destination! Everywhere she went she could be pelted and humiliated. We could also storm the stage when she talks with the same ammunition. If we couldn't get the "goods" in, we could at least drown her out with a chours of "boos".

I'd love to humiliate that bitch. Who's with me? Spread this message to as many people as you know. Lets all PROTEST THE PROTESTER.

Look who is linking me

So shall he be linked.

http://www.thomasgalvin.blogspot.com/

And added to my links.

Another short man who makes a lot of sense.

Click here to find out.

"BoB" the cat takes a nap. 

Michael age 16, Stephanie age 22, Brandon age 20. The boys are trying to show how much smaller their arms are compared to their old man's. 

Stephanie visits home after boot camp and A-School. 

My son Brandon celebrates his 20th birthday 

Time out is over.

I haven't time to post lately and when I did have the time, I didn't have the energy to fight with getting posts to publish, so I'll try again.

Been thinking about the treasonous Democrats lately. This page sums up my thoughts very well.

Take a look

A few changes

Blogspot.com is pissing me off.

Why I've bothered to add new links when I don't think I'll be hanging here much longer is beyond me.

Check 'em out.

split posts

I've split this post into four entries to overcome Blogspot.com current problems. It almost works.

Big Piston fan here. I've been one since the days of Dave Bing.

part 1

The officiating during this years NBA Eastern Championship has been bad, very bad. It stunk during the NBA West Championship too. I don't know how the announcers can keep a straight face while calling these games.

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I swear I heard this, I can't make it up. During the first game of the NBA East Championship the TV people could not say the work "SHAQ" enough. There is so much fawning in their voices, they are almost breathless saying His name.

more

If it was a drinking game, legions of frat boys would have died of alcohol poisoning. One time, while showing game "highlights" of Shaq (who else?), I actually heard that little perv, Marv Albert, spanking his monkey. He was "Shaqing off".

con't

It's obvious the NBA and the TV stations want 7 games. It is so obvious that the betting site I use isn't even offering a line on this game. The fix is in. The NBA is now just one step above WWF wrestling and two steps ahead of professional boxing. If David Stern ever steps down, look for Don King to become the new commisioner of the NBA.

Posting

It seems I can post as long as it is a very short post.
Take a look at Mr Boortz's Redneck Scrapbook.

Hey Hey Hey

What you got to say?

I give up.

Blogger.com is supposed to be easy. It's been nothing but a pain in the ass lately.

Trouble with Blogspot.com

Having trouble with Blogger.com. Can't get anything with a link to post. It's driving me crazy.

Test this.

4th day, 38 attempt at this post alone!

I've been trying to post my last entry for over a week now. Let's see if it will work again. This is a test blog entry.

This is a test, it is only a test.

4th day, 38 attempt at this post!

Need a laugh?

God, I hate the sound of her voice even. That self righteous, arrogant, prissy little bitch has her own website now, and all of her self righteous, arrogant, prissy little friends contribute to her self righteous, arrogant, prissy little web site. Without reading it you can guess that the writers here try to make fun of:
1) George W. Bush
2) Stupid Americans
3) The U.S military
4) Christianity
5) Republicans
6) Conservatives
7) Any one who did not attend the last cocktail party and any one who was not invited to said cocktail party.
8) Any one who drives an SUV. (See #2)
9) Any one who doesn’t accept homosexuality, eats red meat, thinks owning a gun is good idea, is against abortion, and thinks the Boy Scouts are O.K.
10) People who don’t “get” Al Franken’s “humor”.


You can see it all here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Some of my favorite bloggers got together and came up with this. http://huffingtonstoast.com/. Man, they come up with some funny sh!t. I was actually laughing out loud at some their writings. I fear this is a short-term project for them, so read it while you can.

Yes I stole this

I did not find it on my own.

Got it from Michelle Malkin who got it from Itsapundit (who knows where he got it).

Big Red Button.

Johnny Cocharan

For all the good things that will be said about you at your funeral today, you'll only be remembered, by people like me, for helping that son-of-a-bitch O.J. get away with murder.

R.I.P. ( Rot In Purgatory)

Terri Schiavo

I'm just wondering how I would have handled the whole situation if it had happened to my daughter and I was the parent. I know I would have handled the whole situation a bit different than did the Schindlers.
Standing on the sidelines wringing my hands, waiting for the lawyers and the courts to set things right is not how I would have dealt with it.
I would have been more like Denzel Washington in John Q.
Just my thought.

Someone, get me a couch quick.

Need help? You know the kind of help I'm talking about. Almost everyone else has talked to one. It's O.K. They are there just to "help" you.
You don't blame your parents for your troubles? Need help with your marriage? Help with your anger? Trouble with sorting out sexual feelings? Addiction of any kind? They can "help".

Phone one here.

John Kerry promised!

It's been a while since John Kerry promised while on "Meet the Press" that he would indeed sign Form 180. This would finally release all his military papers to the public. (Why did the MSM wait till the election was over to ask him to do it?)
Well guess what? He still hasn't done it.

Surprised?

Brian Regan

We went to see Brian Regan last night. The crowd had people from all age groups. We brought our 15 year old son and I noticed many people brought their kids.
There was not one dirty word, one innuendo, no put down humor, no "poo poo" jokes, no putting down religion. Just good clean fun. His brother opened for him and his humor was much the same (just without the funny faces).
If he is ever in your town I recommend you see Brian. See his schedule here: http://www.brianregan.com/ .

Dreams?

What does it mean when you keep having dreams that someone is trying to kill you? This dream keeps re-accuring.

The dream book we have translates it to mean that someone is trying to get you out of their life or that someone is out to get me.

Or maybe, I shouldn't eat spicy food :)

Border War?

This is getting interesting: click here.

A New Look

Time to try on some new clothes.

Under About Me - My name sticks to the left. I can't figure out how to change it. Any suggestions?

The old template had too much orange. I think this looks better. How 'bout you?

Terri Schiavo

People around the world are praying for Terri Schiavo. They are begging their Government leaders to "do something" to stop this KILLING. A rich businessman tried to "bribe" the husband to solve the problem. Politicians are making promises. What is going to happen? The deadline approaches.

Well, my feelings if you haven't figured out by now, is to hell with the Politicians, to hell with the Judge who caused all of this, and to hell with the so called husband. The Judge and the husband both need to be publicly beaten and then tarred and feathered, feathered with all the money that Mr. Schiavo won in court because of his wife's injuries.

See here for the latest updates.

Read This!
I like the way Bo Gritz is handling this whole fiasco. We need more men like Lt. Col. Bo Gritz. My hat's off to you man, you've got my support.

If he can't pull it off, then all of us should stop our hand wringing and just swarm the place and save the poor girl. Who's with me?

Michelle Malkin listens to me.

She can't deny it. I posted about the MinuteMen Project early this morning 5:24 A.M to be exact. I then wrote to as many people as I could before I headed to work (there were 3 emails including one to Michelle Malkin). I stated that I did not represent the MinuteMan Project nor did I plan on participating in the event but did feel that the blogosphere has not given it enough attention and could she (as I did to the other two people I emailed) please give this project a mention on her site.

Well Lordy, Lordy at 9:25 A.M, she writes this.

It looks strangely familiar doesn't it?

She did as I asked so I'm not complaining. The MinuteMan Project gets some recognition to a much larger audience. http://minutemanproject.com/

Dan Rather Countdown.

The MinuteMan Project

The MinuteMan Project is group of volunteers, assembling in the month of April in Tombstone, Arizona to guard our border. "Doing the job Congress won't do" says their site: http://minutemanproject.com/

MMP (MinuteMan Project) volunteers are not vigilantes. They're "undocumented Border Patrol agents." so says Truth-In-Action. See http://www.tianews.com/tianews/. See TIA site also for up to the minute information on Arizona's Prop 200 news also.

"A nation without borders is not a nation" - President Ronald Reagan

Iraqi Vet responds.

Want to read a finely written letter from an Iraqi vet to a liberal whiner? - Go here.

Also if you haven't all ready visited David Horowitz's http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individual.asp do so now. You will get a better understanding of who our enemy is.

Something I've been wondering for a while.

Please read "Why Catholics should be Republicans". He says it so much better than I.

http://californiaconservatives4truth.blogspot.com/

A jury of his peers.

Michael Jackson's jury was selected. The jury is 67% white and 75% women. Then again, so is Michael Jackson.

A couple of quick jokes

Overheard on the radio the other day:
A very short Psychic escaped from Prison today. The poster read: Small Medium at Large!

Overheard at work:
After filling her tank with gas, a women pulls out the handle and spills gas on sweater. While driving home and distraught, she unthinkingly lights up a cigarette to calm herself. Of course the arm of her sweater catches fire. She puts her arm out the window (hoping to put out the flames) and starts waving it about.
A policeman sees a passing motorist, with a burning, waving arm stuck out the window, and is forced to shoot her.
Her crime? Waving a firearm in public!

Kickin' Ass and takin' names.

I pinched a nerve in my neck while hiking? Well that’s how it happened. Several visits to my HMO Dr. proved to be a waste of time. I’ve had a life long problem with my neck. The problems it creates come and go and for the most part I’ve been able to deal with the problems my neck gave me for several years. The last time I had it “fixed” was by an acupuncturist. Unfortunately she is no longer in Tucson. I guess I could have gone to another and I still may. I am giving a chiropractor a try. It seems to be working.

While giving my initial exam my “Dr.” twisted my head and asked where it hurt. It felt just like the time when I was 11 years old and dove off our dock into Michigan Center lake without my hands in front of me (which I knew better) head first into the water which I had misjudged the depth and drove my head about three inches towards my ass when I hit the bottom the lake. If others hadn’t been there I’m sure I would have drowned. They pulled out of the water and I cried, more from the fear that comes from not being able to move than the pain but it did hurt all the same. I related the pain and story to my “Dr.” Thus the most probable cause of my neck problems came evident when that sick pain returned during my exam.

So I’ve been hurting for months, I have to admit this is the worst it’s ever been or at least it seems so. I’ve been losing a lot of sleep because every time I’d move my head in my sleep my neck would wake me up. Combine that with working two jobs and my sweet disposition turned sour. When I am sleep deprived,tired, stressed and in pain I’m not much fun to be around.

Having said that, it lays the background for what I’m about to relate to you.

While growing up, if I started acting in a foolish manner like trying to act bigger that I really was, there was always the threat of getting my ass kicked. It could be from my father or the older kids in the neighborhood and the kids at school. There was always someone around to kick your ass or threatening to kick your ass if you got out of line. I also took it upon myself (as did many others) to kick or threaten to kick someone else’s ass if they were acting stupid. It kept us all in line, no one acted a fool and if they did, it didn’t go on for very long. It’s part of growing up. As adults we seem to let government, the police or the lawyers take care of such activities. In fact I believe it’s the turning over of these responsibilities to others that has led to many of this society’s problems.

Too many men in this country have become pussies. They hide behind the mask of enlightenment. They talk, they ridicule, they prance, they frequently appear on talk panels on television “news” shows and put down anyone is not as “enlightened” as they. They don’t believe in God, often hate America and/or all corportions are often confused about their own sexuality, study other men for their clothes or haircut, go to gyms for the “aerobics” only workout, have pencil necks, and ALL OF EM, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM NEEDS THEIR FUCKING ASSES KICKED!

Now I’m not a violent man. I’ve been in my share of fights over the years. Of the four Dillon boys, I figured I fought the least. But I did fight just the same. I always held my own or won. Most fights are broken up before any real damage is done anyway. I did lose once; I was too drunk to fight and had no business fighting. I took a swing at the guy and missed so badly that I struck the sidewalk. I still have the scars on my hands and knuckles. He was wearing steel- toed work boots and while I was rolling on the sidewalk in pain he kicked the living hell out of me. Broke my ribs and my tailbone. Of course I had it coming, I was making out with his girl friend and he caught us. When I sobered up and healed up I did not go seeking revenge. I had it coming. I would have acted the same way if the roles where reversed. That’s life and I should never have gotten so drunk that I could not defend myself. I don’t care how big you are or how mean you are or how good you are in a fight, if there is a fight between a drunken man and a sober man; the sober man always will win.

Now, let’s take the case of Ward Churchill. I am sure there must be someone in his area that lost a loved one in the 9/11 tragedy. To hear that little faggot, government sponsored asshole, pencil necked, Jay Silverheels wannabe harping about the “little Eichmmans had it coming” well I wanna kick his ass and I didn’t know anyone personally that died in 9/11. If someone should walk over to him and splatter that little fairy’s nose all over his face I don’t think many would mind. In fact I think someone should hold him while we let someone who lost a love one in 9/11 takes batting practice on his rib cage. Or better yet a length of piano wire wrapped around his neck (so we wouldn’t have to listen to his crying and screaming like a little girl and you know he would) while the 9/11 victim knees Ms. Churchill's obviously shrunken nut sack to the base of his skull, over and over again.

Whoa- now I’m getting carried away. For all you lawyers reading this understand this – this is just a fantasy. I am not threatening the asshole A.K.A. Ward Churchill. The stress of not being able to straiten out this plastic banana America hater only adds to the pain in my neck. When you are in pain you find yourself wishing pain upon others,especially "enlightened" assholes like Ward Churchill.

If you haven’t been following the Ward Churchill story here are some background links here, here, and here.

And even more of his phoniness here and here.

And gut wrenching stench from Ward Churchill here.

My neck is about 90% now and there is not much pain and I have been getting to sleep at night, so my sweet disposition is returning. But if I were left alone in a room for five minutes with the likes of Ward Churchill, well let’s just say the controversy would be over and that little taxpayer-supported phony would resign and then would apologize to every 9/11 victim’s family personally. It’s time for all of us, including me, to stop turning over the responsibility of keeping people in this society in line over to the government and the lawyers. It’s time we took it upon ourselves to handle such situations.

After Ward “Silverheels” Churchill, let’s straiten out the likes of Al “the liar” Franken, John “still hasn’t signed form 180” Kerry, all of those fuckin’ gutless wonders known as Republican Senators, and the asshole liberal Supreme Court Justices who rule anyone under 18 isn’t mature enough to make decisions when they kill someone else but are mature enough to seek out and receive an abortion (kill a unborn baby) without their parent’s knowledge if they are under age of 18. Then maybe, just maybe, we could turn this society around.

Damn my neck is starting to hurt again.

He returns

Well I’m back. I’ve been working two jobs for the last 6 months. I’m not tired as much as my whining would indicate. The place where I was working part time offered me a full time position as Microbiology Supervisor. This hospital does not have a Microbiology Department – yet. My job is to get it up and running. It should be a nice challenge. I’m gonna have to brush up on my NCCLS (National Clinical and Laboratory Standards) so that when we are inspected by CAP (College American Pathologists) we won’t have any problems. Other than the fact we have almost NOTHING to start with there should be no big challenges (problems). I am looking forward to it.

Now that means I got to quit my full time job at the “sweat shop” at the other hospital. I look forward to not having to do the work of two people. It seemed they wanted us (Techs) bent over the bench, not looking up, performing our work as quickly and accurately as possible and sweat dripping from the tip of our nose. Goodbye and good riddance.

I even have a few days off before I start the new job. I’ve got nothing to do and all day to do it. My yard and house need some attention. So does my wants of learning to play guitar, learn Spanish, and whole lot of other things I’ve been putting off.

We should be able to make ends meet on what I’m making at one job now. I hope. I am making much less than I did as an insurance agent (which I did for 12 years). When I sold my agency, I figured I’d be able to find something that paid close to or even better than I was making. Well it’s been 4 years since and I have yet to match my income. While I worked two jobs my income came close and I’ve spent too much of the last 4 years working more than one job. Money isn’t everything but when you don’t have enough it sure seems like it is EVERYTHING.

George W. Bush had a baby!

Congratulations George, I am enjoying a fine cigar because of this splendid event.

There were so many people against this birth. There were so many people who said this baby would never be born. So many who doubted you could carry it to term. Many publicly wished you had aborted the whole mess.

And sadly now that it has been born, those who opposed you now say this birth is illegitimate.

You stood tall, did what was right and ignored all of those who opposed this birth. A lesser man would have given up and withdrawn.

God Bless you George W. Bush and God Bless all those brave soldiers who delivered this baby; a baby named “Freedom in Iraq.”

Open letter to GWB.

Dear President Bush:

You'll be giving a State of the Union address tonight. I thought I'd give you a state of your representation address to you before you go on.

I admit I've copied much of this from my last open letter to you dated September 21, 2004. But as a conservative you understand good ideas stand the test of time.

You and your willing accomplices in Congress have been spending tax payer money like a bunch of drunken Democrats. I know there is a war going on and you and the fine U.S. soldiers are doing a very good job, but that does not give you an excuse to spend money excessively in all other areas of the federal government. You came to Washington with the hopes of healing the political riffs there. You O.K'd the spending of money to appease the left. Well it did not work, they turned on you anyway. They always do, just ask your father. So Mr. President, here are some things I want you to consider:
1.) Stop spending so Damn much money! This country will get along just fine without all of this government bling-bling. Spend as much as you need on the military and for disaster relieve. Everything else can go in the toilet, it's not the national governments place to spend money on anything different.
2.) Want to reform education? Stop spending federal money on it! You got Teddy Kennedy to write the Education reform spending package, gave it your O.K. and guess what? Teddy Kennedy is screaming to the press that you did not do enough for Education during your campaign for re-election (of course no one in the press took the time to mention his hand in the latest Education bill). Break up the Teacher's Union, stop tenure for college professors, allow parent's choice when it comes to education, allow all political voices to be heard on college campuses, and don't allow drivers licenses until children get a high school diploma (talk about incentive).
3.) Term Limits. We need Term Limits for all members of the Federal Government specifically the House, the Senate and all Federally appointed Judges. http://www.termlimits.org/. You would have been able to get more done if there were fewer career politicians standing in your way. Also, the will of the people would no longer be thwarted by the rulings of liberal Federal (lifetime appointed) Judges.
4.) Bring back the Contract with America and GET FINISHED WHAT WASN'T DONE! If you've forgotten, here it is: FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress; SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse; THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third; FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs; FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee; SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public; SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase; EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.
5.) The next time you have a press conference talk to the people who care and understand what you are talking about. Stop answering questions from "reporters" from the New York Times or Los Angles Times or ABC, CBS, NBC,and CNN. Invite Talk radio hosts and bloggers. More people read and listen to these media than do those other "old Media" sources.
6.) Get the hell out of the U.N. It is corrupt, no longer serves its purpose and it serves no one but itself. Get the U.S. out the the U.N. http://www.getusout.org/
7.) Keep standing up for the rights of the unborn. You've done O.K. on this front so far. I wish you would have fought harder to get conservative judges appointed. Grow some testicles and start fighting hard for the rights of the unborn. Yes, the Main Stream Media will beat you up over this, but their influence is a lot less than you think or fear and they are going to beat you up no matter what you do. Which leads me to my next point:
8.) Stop trying to get the left and the Main Stream Media to like you. You've shown you can do it on the war in Iraq, now do it in all things you hold dear, such as stopping abortion.
9.) Close the Borders! Deport all illegal immigrants now. Empty Federal prisons of all illegal immigrants and send them back to where they came (put a microchip in their arse first, in case they try to come back). Stop pandering to ILLEGALS!!! They are not our (taxpayer) problem.
10.) Disallow all Federal money to ILLEGAL immigrants. You want to lower hospital costs, stop expecting hospitals to pay for the medical care of illegal immigrants (the cost is just passed on to all others anyway), no welfare, Medicare, or any Federal Tax Payer money should be spent on those who are here illegally.
11.) Tort Reform. This country's government was supposed to be of the people, by the people, for the people. Instead it has become the government of the lawyers, by the lawyers, for the lawyers. (That line is so good I should have it copyrighted).
12.) Allow God back into Government. You stood by while those ACLU heathens took away our very foundation to all of our laws, the Ten Commandments, from the Alabama Supreme Court rotunda and you watched as a good and decent man of God, Judge Roy Moore, was suspended. Refer to #7, i.e. grow some testicles.
13.) Get rid of the IRS. Eliminate it. Replace the income with a national sales tax. 10% is good enough for the Church, it should be good enough for the federal government. If it can't live on it too bad, eliminate most of it and it won't be so costly.
14.) Eliminate Affirmative Action. It is nothing but Government Sponsored Discrimination. White people of my age have had a whole lifetime of discrimination against us. We are mad as hell about it and we are about to come out swinging and shooting if something isn't done real soon.
15.) Stop giving taxpayer money to National Public Radio, they only tell one side of the picture, the liberal side.
16.) Give me, well all conservatives, a cable channel. Kids have several channels, Liberals have a whole lot of channels, Golfers have their own channel, Cooks have a channel, music lovers have many channels, sports have many channels, the NFL has their own channel, Muslims are getting their own channel. I could go on and on. I want a conservative channel where we don't have to listen to a Michael Moore loving, tree hugging, vegan-farting lib screaming and drowning out the voice of the conservative. Just one channel where we could watch the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, Hugh Hewitt, Ben Shapario, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Michael Medved and Michael Savage. We could do shows about things we care about - family, life, God and Country. We could have bloggers getting national face time doing nothing but reading their blogs over the airwaves - which would be much better than anything on television now.

Now don't get me wrong, you have done some things right and you are good, decent, God-fearing man like most men in America. You've also have done a very good job on the war on Terror; congratulations on the vote in Iraq.

Continue to work hard and continue to do what is right.

Respectfully,

Robert Dillon

No caption needed.
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Ann Coulter reads this blog.

Not only does she read my blog, she obeys me. Good Girl, Ann. You can now click on her site and back out.

You are now off probation.

Iraq election.

I will be working tomarrow and won't be able to cover the elections in Iraq. For those of you like me who won't be able to watch the networks coverage, let me summarize what the American networks will be saying about the elections in Iraq tomarrow;
Blah, Blah, Blah, American casualities, Blah, Blah, Abu Gray, Blah, Blah, Blah, no weapons of mass destruction, Blah, Blah, Blah, Iraqi's are staying away from the polls, Blah, Blah, Blah, Disappointment for the Administration, Blah, Blah, Blah.
What will actually happen is a successful vote with a high turnout and some limited violence. A very large success for Iraq and George W. Bush. But you probably won't hear any of that kind of talk from the networks.

Changes.

I've updated my links. I've deleted Ben Shapiro's Blog. The reason? Two posts in four months. I love your writing Ben but come on; Blog or get off the pot.

Ann Coulter (our beloved toxic toothpick) is still on but her site is on probation. Once you go to her site you are stuck there, you can't back out. Fix it Ann or you are out. I love your writing but I'm tired of surfing around and having to quit out of explorer and restart again just because I went to your site.

I've added http://piratesblog.blogdrive.com/.

All of the sites I've listed on the side get regular visits from me. Check 'em all out.

Stephanie made it!

We flew to Chicago over the weekend to witness my daughter, Stephanie, graduation ceremony from boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Base. We stayed with her Uncle Bill and Aunt Jody in nearby Libertyville, IL. Many thanks to them for putting up with us and putting us up.

If I were 30 years younger, I'd have joined the Navy right after the ceremony; it was that moving.

I've been having pangs of homesickness lately. The snow and weather we faced while there got rid of those feelings.

We are proud of you Stephanie. Continue to work hard.

Stephanie - Just after graduation ceremony. 

Boot camp graduation ceremony, Great Lakes Naval Base, January 21, 2005. 

The reason I live in Arizona. 

A cardinal in Uncle Bill's back yard. Photo by Stephanie.  

A photo of Stephanie just before her family left town. 

Dumb things we do and B.S.

I agreed to come in to work at 0500 this A.M. I adjusted my alarm to 4:00 before going to bed. It went off this morning and I shut it off and then fell back asleep. Woke up at 4:45. “I can still make it”, I thought. Jumped in for a real quick shower and noticed the bathroom clock said 2:40. Well that clock runs on a battery so I figured the battery was going dead. I rushed to get dressed, skipped shaving, breakfast, and coffee and headed out the door. My record is 6 minutes to work, so I glanced at the kitchen clock on my way out to time myself. It read “2:55”!!!!! I looked at every clock in the house with the same result. I was 2 hours ahead of schedule. I must have accidentally changed time on the clock while changing the alarm.

I’m killing a couple of hours by reading the Internet for news and surfing around looking at blogs.

I rarely if ever watch the Network News anymore unless I’m in the mood to piss myself off. I keep up with what’s going on in the news through the Internet and listening to Talk Radio when I can.

I can't figure how to link this story (it's too early). I've cut and pasted the following from this site: http://piratesblog.blogdrive.com/. Go there for some good stuff including the following:

"Agenda Journalism Anyone?

Last week's news article that stated:
Lance Cpl. Andres Raya, 19, may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress and instigated a "suicide by cop" - provoking officers to shoot him - because he did not want to return to Iraq. Has been revised due to some new facts which state:
"During our investigation, we found he wasn't due to go back to Iraq, never faced combat situations and never even fired his gun," Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Woodman said Saturday.Well, now the police say that he was a gang member who was high on cocaine at the time of the shootings. Except for the family which still blames the military for
"stress from the service" is the only explanation for Raya's actions."The military trained him to kill. Let's say he didn't see combat, but he was there," Looks like the agenda that many of the journalists share got in the way of the ture story here. In a rush to blame Bush's Policies and the 'Military-Complex' trumped the search for truth in the story. It was served up on a silver platter to blame what they don't like, rather than the drug and gang problems he had in the incedent. Anything to get their story out."

Brush with Greatness.

I saw Tony Dungy (coach of the Indianapolis Colts) last night on T.V. I remarked, “I played against him in High School.” Well that’s some of the story anyway.

Tony Dungy was an All-State Quarterback from Jackson (Michigan) Parkside High School. Parkside had more people in their senior class than we had in our entire High School. I went to a nearby High School called Michigan Center during the early ‘70’s.

Parkside would scrimmage local schools so their "other" players had a chance to play. Michigan Center had a population of about 4,000 people and the little towns close to us were about the same size, Napoleon, Vandercook Lake, and Grass Lake to name a few and they like us were all white. Jackson Parkside was mostly black. I point it out only because we got a lecture from one of the coach’s about misconceptions of black people by white people before our first scrimmage. His lecture was silly at best, I think he was afraid that we would do or say something to embarrass him and/or the school. This was only a few years after the 1968 Detroit riots and their still was “tension” in the air.

So we got scrimmage The Great Tony Dungy from Parkside a couple of times. He was a year ahead of me and graduated in 1973. He went on to play for a Big Ten School (Wisconsin) as a Quarterback. He was drafted by the Steelers but was converted to a defensive back and he played a few years in the pros. The locals were very proud of Tony. I was proud too but was disappointed that he did not go to Michigan or Michigan State.

I don’t recall him being at the first scrimmage and I don’t think he played very much at the second scrimmage. He spent most of his time talking to one of our coaches on the sidelines. He always carried himself with class. He still does. People don’t change as they get older they only INTENSIFY.

My football career went as follows. We did not have organized sports in Junior High except Basketball and I never have been much at that game. We played “football” at recess and our game was a bit different. We basically played keep away with a football, you ran with the football and if you got tackled by someone, you gave them the ball and they would run with it until someone tackled them. When the bell rang whoever had the ball would run toward an imaginary goal line and try to cross it. I was very fast and quick as a kid, I’d get the ball and run most of the recess without being tackled. I was good.

I got good by practicing almost every day with the kids in my neighborhood. We loved to Play! We’d play football just like they played it on T.V. , we played all day long and usually only stopped because of darkness. We played on an empty lot about 30 yards long. We usually could find enough kids to play 3 on 3.

When I got to high school, I starred as a running back on the freshman team, and then I starred as sophomore on the Junior Varsity team. When I got to be a junior, the coach of the team Varsity team was in love with Earl Campbell of the "then" Houston Oilers. He took the two biggest kids on our team and tried to make them running backs just like big O’ Earl. After our team suffered, he turned the running over to me and I did well and the team turned around. I was a good running back as Senior and I excelled at running back punts and kickoffs as well. I got my picture in the local newspaper a couple of times, not has much as Tony Dungy did but just like him all the same. I was good enough to be selected to the all-conference team my senior year.

I had one goal in life; I was going to be the next great running back for the Detroit Lions. My dreams started to fade during my senior year when I realized I was done growing. I was 5’6” and weighed 140 if I had my pads on. No one wanted to give a runt white boy a scholarship to play college football no matter how fast he was. So my dreams of glory soon faded.

So why do I tell you all of this? Well, Tony is about the only semi-famous person I’ve ever had contact with. Well except for that time I literally ran into Marie Osmond, but that’s a story for another day.

This falls under the category of ......

Some bloggers put their every thought on the internet and we as readers have to wade through their endless vomiting of keystrokes to find a few morsals of goodies. Well that's been me today.

Hey if I could ever learn to play the Guitar I want to learn to play "Red House" by Jimi Hendrix. I want to play it just like Walter Trout does. The best renditions of "Red House" are as follows:

1) Walter Trout
2) Eric Clapton
3) Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Stevie Vai
4) Gov't Mule (depending on the mood I'm in this could be Number 1 some days)
5) Gary Hoey
6) Mick Taylor
7) Albert King
8) Chris Duarte
9) Popa Chubby
10) Jimmy Thackery
11) Leslie West
12) Johnny Winter
13) The Hamsters
14) Toto
15) Steve Lukather and Lary Carlton
16) Anyone else
17) Jimi Hendrix.

Now how could I put Jimi last? After all he wrote it. Too bad his version stinks. If wasn't always so messed up while performing he may have been at the top. So much talent wasted.

Fishing in Southern Arizona

As a kid growing up in Michigan if I wanted to fish, I stepped into our backyard walked out on our dock and started fishing. Two minutes tops to grab a pole, find a spot and cast a line. In Tucson it’s an all day trip. It takes me all day to do what I used to do all day long.

First you gotta load up the car. Poles, tackle box, snacks, drinks and sometimes the boat or canoe added to the top of the car. Drive for two hours (minimum in Tucson) and find your fishing hole.

I had a day off last week! I pulled my son out of school for the day. We spent $67 on licenses (my 15 year old has to have a license in Arizona to fish) and another $30 bucks on tackle another $20 bucks on road food. We drove to Nogales, AZ about 5 miles from the U.S. border. They stock the little lake there with trout this time of year. My little brother calls them “cock” size trout.

We were the only ones there for quite a while. The water level was way down and fishing from shore was just about impossible because of all the weeds. We could not cast out far enough to avoid the weeds. We could see great schools of trout swimming about but were unable to catch many. If we had only brought our boat I thought.

Others showed up in boats and were catching them left and right. It was frustrating standing on shore watching them catching them all. We’ll be back with our canoe next time!

I’ve published some photos.

A view of Pena Blanca. They call it a lake in Southern Arizona. We had a swamp in our neighborhood in Michigan that held more water. I driven through bigger mud puddles in Michigan than this Southern Arizona "lake". 

A veiw from the lake. The fishing was ugly but the views never are. 

Best fed ducks in the world. They munch on the trout that my fishing license (tax) paid for. Most of the birds at this lake can barely get into the air because they are so well fed. 

View of Pena Blanca. I missed several chances to photograph the Herrons at the lake. This is the area where many roost. Notice weeds along shoreline making fishing from shore almost impossible. 

Mike tries his hand at avoiding weeds and hooking a big one! 

I'm back.

“Where have you been,” you ask. Well I’ve been working.

All work and no play have made Bob a very dull boy.

First let me get this off my chest. I am sick and tired of working so hard. I’ve worked hard all of my life. When the f*ck does it end? My working two jobs has never been a problem, I just did it. Well it seems to weigh on me now. I am more tired than I can explain. I have just enough energy to get through my workday and that is it. I am not good for anything else. My yard is going to hell for one but I don’t have the time or the energy to do anything about it.

Want some cheese with that Whine? Want some French Cries and a Whine-a-kin? How about I call a Wha-a-a-a-ambulance?

Time for that famous Dillon line “you’ll be all right.”

OK, enough whining.

I’ve been working hard. I work at two different hospitals here in Tucson. One job is nothing but a f*cking sweatshop. We work ten-hour (or longer) shifts and while it is always busy there it has been unbearable this winter. I can’t take much more. I spend my day hunched over a bench, identifying bacteria. If you so much as look up, or casually try to talk to a co-worker you’ll find yourself even further behind. We work till the work is done and it usually takes ten hours. I have other irons in the fire and pray one of them pays off with a better job.

At my other job I work in the laboratory at another hospital as a Med Tech. I don’t have a whole lot of experience but they have been willing to train me where they need me. In most labs Techs specialize in histology or microbiology (like me) or they work in the main lab (hematology, chemistry and blood bank). I have always stayed away from blood bank for two reasons. One, we are not paid enough to take patients life’s into our hands. You screw up or make a mistake and the patient is dead. Secondly, the lab world is experimentation in a great Matriarchal society. It is mostly women, run by women for women. Men are allowed in only as fodder for torture. What few men do work in this field often work the off shifts (nights, weekends, evenings). Example, I work every weekend at the Sweat Shop. I figured as long as never knew blood bank, I could avoid working the night shift. (Staying up all night would be impossible for me.)

I’m learning blood bank and it’s not so bad. There are so many safeguards that it would be difficult to “kill” a patient (but still is a possibility). Of course, once I knew my way around the blood bank I was asked to work 3rd shift and I refused. This is only a part time job with no benefits. I could take it or leave it. Too bad if I pissed off anyone or let them down. I let them know when I started that I could work 2 or 3 days a week during the day only. I'm too damn old to be working different shifts at different jobs. But I found it funny that the women there expected me to work the odd shifts for them as soon as I was able. They have been cool about it so far. I doubt they would be so nice if it wasn't for the shortage of Med Tech's in this town.

I keep threatening to write a book about the great matriarchal society of medical laboratories. Perhaps I shall.