Tuesday, February 10, 2009

ewww for me

When Ashton see's something she doesn't want to eat, she calming declines it saying that it's "eww for me". I had an 'ewww for me' moment. I have a cold. I got home from work and on this snowy, cold day thought that a cup of hot chocolate would be real nice. I took a gulp of it. It was exactly what the doc ordered. I took a second gulp, and it promptly went down the wrong pipe. I gagged of course, a natural reflex that cleared what was left in my mouth right back into the cup. Oh, and I no longer had a stuffy, runny nose. Yup ... EWW FOR ME.

But hey, I contained it all in the cup ... no mess :-)

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

If I only had one bullet left ... it would be a sleepless night deciding where it would fly.

I have 3 options for my bullet. Maybe I could line up the 3 head to head and try to get my bullet to pass through them all.

Option One -- high school recruiting guru. I can't believe how many people make a living scouting high school sports, coming up with absolutely ridiculous scouting grades and reports and turning these kids into media circuses when most of them won't pan out or be worth my spit at the next level. By the way Manti Te'o, good luck being 'different' at Notre Dame. Seriously, what is the criteria for these scouting grades and what is the difference between a 5 star recruit out of Northern Montana and a 3 star guy out of East LA. During my glorious high school career in soccer, I looked pretty good playing Ganeesha (a tiny school out of Pomona, CA) and pretty terrible playing Alta Loma (a school with real athletes).

Option Two -- Any CEO who took TARP money (bailout gov't money). I could fool Ashton with a free handout, she knows that she isn't going to be held to any strings that may come with a free cookie. But if I offer a cookie to Daniel, Nathan, or Craig for no apparent reason they are going to be suspicious. Am I being nice because there is something not nice coming around the corner!? Probably.

Option Three -- Obama. I knew it would be bad, but DAMN ... it's like knowing the needle is going to hurt, and that still doesn't prepare you for the actual pain.

I lost sleep thinking about this. I finally would have to go with the recruiting guru/reporters. Those losers contribute nothing worthwhile to the world. The CEOs who took gov't money and Obama deserve each other. Now Obama is going to tell these CEOs what they can pay executives. HAHAHAHA ... in his world (and I mean Satan's world) there are NO FREEBIES. Obama and the CEOs are going to dance, and unfortunately freedom is going to be the wallflower without a partner.