Play Ball!!

       The Pitchers and Catchers are about 35 days from reporting to Spring Training, can you believe it? I am READY, just finished watching the Documentary called "Four Days in October". Goes thru perhaps the greatest story in the History of  Our Great Pastime, American League Championship  year 2004. between the Yankees and Our Red Sox, starts with the evil Empire ahead 3 games to Zero and finishes with the Red Sox going to the World Series , winners 11-3 in Game Seven'!!!!A truly inspirational story indeed, one that gives hope to all! no matter how things are stacked up against you.  ........Some find great inspiration from stories like this, me. Not really. These players make Millions ,,would be more inclined to step on you if you were lying prostrate on city street with a heart-attack, and complain about it. But Damn , beating the Yankees was Awesome, a time I will never forget. Ten years later it stirs feelings not often stirred.  The Sox won the Series last year but to be truthful 2013 will fade , fade it will. But 2004.........On the other side of things, my beloved Indiana Hoosier Basketball Team, Is the screaming Shiiites, One can hope for better things! by better things I mean one Head Coach called Shakka Smart.......Now Go Forth and  Prosper, need not worry about me , For I have my Memories to Keep me.....

Ah the memories

       Walking past the living room I heard coming from the TV,"  Harder..Harder... Hurry ..Hurry ...Take it to the House.. Harder ..Harder....Easy... Easy...". Man I thought I was back at the Joplin Junior Prom 1972,  That was what you heard walking to your car in the parking lot. Actually the Olympics were on the Telley and the Curlers were doing their thing. Can't get into the Games yet, maybe when the Hockey gets going.. A quick "What the Hell"..have you seen Bruce Jenner lately? He is becoming a woman! No kidding He had his Adams Apple removed for God sake, He has manboobs and as Cory would be the first to  say "Nice rack"..This dude won the Decathalon in 1976 "Greatest athlete in the world"..and one Hot Guy, Most popular Wheaties box Cover ever. It has been said that all the women in America wanted him and he could give a chubby to most of the adolescent boys in America as well........Now he just scares the Hell out of me....Spent a couple of hours today at the Port of Entry known as Coutts Alberta, had to do with bringing a new Combine into America from Canada, all went well, In fact I can report " All quiet on the Northern Front Aye"......

Alice which way did the Rabbit go???

                 So we left the farm early, around 6:30 it was 10 below when I coaxed the car out of our driveway. To be honest I was anxious to get to Great Falls, there I would find One Dr. Bruggeman prepared to remove a painful and infected Root residing in my Molar. Mr. Root had outstayed his welcome, in fact if the Fine Dr. had offered to take out the tooth I would have given my blessing.  The procedure began like most , with a calming pleasant visit with the assistant, explaining the way things would go. Then the Legendary Dr. B sat down with all the confidence of a Superhero, "Hello Blackjack we are going to get to the bottom of your problem and fix it!"....."Damn straight Doc, lets do this thing!"...after high Fives all around ,he started in with the Anesthisia, one shot after another, and another . Slowly ever so slowly I noticed that the Doc B. had slipped into a superman outfit cape and all , and the pleasant assistant was now a rather frightening cross between Rosie O'donnel and Hillary Clinton. I must have been sweating by now because she said in a voice like Barry White "Are you doing alright Blackjack, baby?" When one is Hallucinating one can have difficulty knowing he is..  One by one He drilled the Roots out and packed them with silly puddy or something, all the while he was mumbling something about Lex Luther, and finishing his Trilogy.All was done in an hour and a half, paid him a kings ransom, and with assurances that I would indeed fall off the Magic Mushroom before to long , my faithful companion St Rita saddled up Buddy and we rode off for home....As we sat eating our bowls of Porridge and watching the "Battle of the Decades" on Jeopardy , imagine our amazement at my ability to answer EVERY answer in the first round right. Rita was making out the Mensa application when alas the drugs started to wear off and by the final Jeopardy question, Me couldn't even read the question....Now that was one Hell of a day..How was yours?????