Saturday April 6, 2008
UCLA v Memphis ~ 3:00 p.m. PDT
Kansas v U North Carolina ~ 5:47 PDT
Next Saturday is going to be GREAT!!!!
Then the final game between either UNC v Memphis or UCLA, OR KU v Memphis or UCLA on Monday evening.
I'm having a potluck and a few friends over. A usual thing at my house on Championship Monday.
Who are your picks for the final? Or, do you have an all-out favorite to win the Tournament?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
And that's all I gotta say about THAT!!
That's Messed Up Ladies and Gentlemen...
Now, you can put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Pledge of Allegiance
OK, I'm a VERY patriotic person. Every time I hear the Star Spangled Banner, I actually think about that guy looking out over the water and seeing that tattered flag still flying with the bombs bursting in air. I really do. I believe he was in a ship and was waiting all night for the bombing to stop. The British v the Colonies. Do you know the story? Francis Scott Key, is that right? I'll have to go look it up. But, the guy's name is beside the point. Do you support our troops? Supporting the troops doesn't necessarily mean you support the people who send them places, or you could if that's who you like, I'm just saying. I just ALWAYS support our guys on the lines.
Anyone remember when our Embassy folks (about 50 of them) were held for for over 400 days in IRAN? (1979-1981) I think it was students who had them in the embassy compound, but that's WELL OVER A YEAR. It was a HUGE BIG DEAL BACK HOME. They let them go just after Ronald Reagan was sworn in, and took over from Jimmy Carter. I'd say it was the reason Jimmy Carter lost that election.
The Country got SO.... geared up. All patriotic. HUGE parades when the busses drove down the roads with the captives when they got home. It was really cool to see so many people get that patriotism bug, that hits the country every so often. Every so often something will happen, 9/11, something and the WHOLE country will rally PATRIOTISM. It's cool. You can't mess with the USA!
I have a flag waving out front of my house 24/7. My kitchen wall is red, white & blue stars & stripes nice stuff. My Lily (my 4 yr old Jack Russell mama who just passed away) always wore a mini-flag tied around her neck.
Anyway, WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'm really on here to share the following that got sent to me today.
THE NEXT TIME YOU SAY IT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE SAID WITH A TEAR IN YOUR EYE
A Former POW’s REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!!!
IN light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection is very appropriate:
'The Pledge of Allegiance'
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. A naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian.
He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.
You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country
'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Anyone remember when our Embassy folks (about 50 of them) were held for for over 400 days in IRAN? (1979-1981) I think it was students who had them in the embassy compound, but that's WELL OVER A YEAR. It was a HUGE BIG DEAL BACK HOME. They let them go just after Ronald Reagan was sworn in, and took over from Jimmy Carter. I'd say it was the reason Jimmy Carter lost that election.
The Country got SO.... geared up. All patriotic. HUGE parades when the busses drove down the roads with the captives when they got home. It was really cool to see so many people get that patriotism bug, that hits the country every so often. Every so often something will happen, 9/11, something and the WHOLE country will rally PATRIOTISM. It's cool. You can't mess with the USA!
I have a flag waving out front of my house 24/7. My kitchen wall is red, white & blue stars & stripes nice stuff. My Lily (my 4 yr old Jack Russell mama who just passed away) always wore a mini-flag tied around her neck.
Anyway, WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'm really on here to share the following that got sent to me today.
THE NEXT TIME YOU SAY IT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE SAID WITH A TEAR IN YOUR EYE
A Former POW’s REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!!!
IN light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection is very appropriate:
'The Pledge of Allegiance'
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. A naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian.
He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.
You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country
'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
WSU's Taylor Rochestie gave up Senior Year Scholarship to bring in Marcus Capers ~ This is a GREAT story!!!
Rochestie's sacrifice represents Wazzu's mentality
Posted: Wednesday March 26, 2008 8:24PM; Updated: Thursday March 27, 2008 11:40AM
Taylor Rochestie celebrates after Washington State advanced to the Sweet 16 last weekend.
AP (this is right off of SPORT ILLISTRATED web site)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Taylor Rochestie hadn't revealed the specifics on the phone. All he asked Washington State teammate Daven Harmeling was this: "Can I come by and talk about something?"
When Rochestie, a junior guard, arrived at Harmeling's apartment that day last fall, he explained his plan. With one selfless act, Rochestie would embrace all five of the pillars Cougars coach Tony Bennett had drilled into their heads and into their hearts. He would give up his scholarship for his senior season so the Cougars could sign Montverde (Fla.) Academy forward Marcus Capers.
"I was literally speechless," Harmeling said. "I was just shaking my head."
Pillar No. 1: Humility
Washington State is not one of the 16 most talented teams in the nation. Not even close. The fourth-seeded Cougars reached the Sweet 16 only because they believe no player is more important than the team. Their only chance Thursday against North Carolina -- the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed -- is to play together, to be the five fingers that form the fist that grinds the Tar Heels into submission.
Bennett learned the style from his father, Dick, who handed the reins to his son in 2006. For those who don't remember Dick Bennett's grinding style think back to the 2000 Final Four. The elder Bennett's Wisconsin team met eventual national champion Michigan State in a semifinal. Halftime score: 19-17. The back pick didn't fall far from the tree, either. The younger Bennett knew he couldn't build a winner in Pullman, Wash., by stockpiling McDonald's All-Americans. They'd never come to the Palouse. He could only win by recruiting tough, scrappy players who locked down on defense and didn't mind bleeding the shot clock dry on every possession.
Unbeknownst to Bennett, one such player sat in College Station, Texas, in the fall of 2005 with a wrecked knee and no idea what might happen to his basketball team. Rochestie had made the 2005 Conference USA All-Freshman team at Tulane, but Hurricane Katrina had nearly wiped out the program. Without access to proper rehab facilities at Tulane's temporary home at Texas A&M, Rochestie, who had an injured medial collateral ligament, wondered when he could get back on the court.
"He had access to a pair of crutches and a deserted dorm building," Rochestie's older brother, Alex, said. So Rochestie decided to transfer. But only Tulane and Tulsa had recruited him hard out of Santa Barbara (Calif.) High. Rochestie wondered if anyone would even want him. Bennett did.
"Tony took a chance on me," Rochestie said. "[I was] a point guard that couldn't even show him what I was made of. He had to go back and look at high school films. I didn't get recruited the first time with those high school films."
Pillar No. 2: Passion
This is Rochestie's favorite pillar. "I've always played with passion my whole life," he said. "I hate losing. I love to win. But I love to play hard above all. ... When you've got four other players on the court with you and a whole team on the bench that plays just as hard as you, you really feel like you're part of something."
But when Rochestie arrived in Pullman in January 2006, he couldn't help his team. He spent hours in the pool rehabbing his knee. The rest of the time he spent with Bennett or with Harmeling, who was sidelined following shoulder surgery. As Washington State endured a rough patch in Rochestie's first spring on campus, he often turned to Harmeling.
"This isn't going to be like this next year," Harmeling recalled Rochestie saying. "This will not be like this next year."
Pillar No. 3: Servanthood
Rochestie recovered from the knee injury and blossomed into the player Bennett always believed he was. He played 16.8 minutes a game as a redshirt sophomore and had an assist-to-turnover ratio of almost 2-to-1. As a junior starter averaging 34.9 minutes a game, Rochestie has gotten even better. He has 163 assists -- compared to only 58 turnovers -- and averages 10.7 points.
Before Rochestie's junior season began, the Cougars had a visitor. Capers came to Pullman for a weekend, and he loved the players and Bennett's system. Meanwhile, the current Cougars thought Capers, a 6-foot-5, 175-pound wing originally from Winter Haven, Fla., would mesh perfectly with them. But when Capers called Bennett to commit, Bennett sadly informed him that all the scholarships were taken. Shortly after, Bennett met with Rochestie. They found a way for Rochestie to serve the program like no player ever had.
"We kind of all came up with the idea together," Rochestie said. "It was a situation where I've been blessed and given so much in my life. Why not be able give something back to a program that has got me standing in front of you guys right now in the Sweet 16, playing North Carolina?"
Pillar No. 4: Utility
Alex Rochestie, a 25-year-old programming coordinator for Current.com, remembers the phone call from Taylor. Initially, Alex didn't understand why his brother would give up his scholarship. It wasn't about the money -- the family has plenty -- but Alex understood how hard Taylor worked to earn that scholarship. Alex also knew the difference in the perception of scholarship athletes and walk-ons. He knew the gesture amounted to a massive swallowing of pride.
"I'd never heard of anybody doing that," Alex said. "I was asking why it was starting with our family. But after he broke it down for me, it made perfect sense."
Men's basketball programs get only 13 scholarships a year. At a program such as Washington State, each scholarship is precious. While a North Carolina can attract the nation's most talented players every year, Washington State has to grab a Pac-10-caliber player every chance it gets. Capers was available this year, and he wanted to come. If the Cougars lost him, there was no guarantee they would have found someone who fit as well in the 2009 recruiting class. Rochestie knew that, and he also knew Capers might help make his senior year special.
So two days after telling Capers he didn't have a scholarship, Bennett called the recruit again. He explained Rochestie's gift. Capers was floored. He accepted the scholarship and called Rochestie the next day.
"I tried to thank him," Capers said. "But he said he was glad he could do something like that. Him doing something like that shows he really cares about the program."
Pillar No. 5: Thankfulness
Rochestie still can't believe Bennett took a chance on him in 2006. He wanted to find a way to repay him; by donating his scholarship, he has. "It's not going to be a burden on me and my life," Rochestie said. "It's just going to be a blessing to be able to give something back to my program."
Rochestie won't starve. He did trade in his Ford Expedition for an older Dodge Durango, but he'll still have everything he needs. Even if he had been forced to sell his ride, his teammates had him covered. "I'd be a 24-hour taxi service for Taylor," Harmeling said. "He deserves so much. ... I'd bend over backward for a guy like that."
So would Capers.
"I'm truly blessed to have him do that for me," Capers said. "I'm truly grateful to him and his family."
Alex Rochestie said neither words nor dollars could express how grateful his brother is to Washington State for resuscitating his basketball career and giving him a chance to live his dream. "For him," Alex said, "it's about the gesture more than it's about the money." Harmeling, who couldn't find the words when Rochestie first described the plan to him, found them while sitting at his locker Wednesday.
"[The pillars] are principles we talk about," Harmeling said. "Some people give them lip service, but he's living it."
Posted: Wednesday March 26, 2008 8:24PM; Updated: Thursday March 27, 2008 11:40AM
Taylor Rochestie celebrates after Washington State advanced to the Sweet 16 last weekend.
AP (this is right off of SPORT ILLISTRATED web site)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Taylor Rochestie hadn't revealed the specifics on the phone. All he asked Washington State teammate Daven Harmeling was this: "Can I come by and talk about something?"
When Rochestie, a junior guard, arrived at Harmeling's apartment that day last fall, he explained his plan. With one selfless act, Rochestie would embrace all five of the pillars Cougars coach Tony Bennett had drilled into their heads and into their hearts. He would give up his scholarship for his senior season so the Cougars could sign Montverde (Fla.) Academy forward Marcus Capers.
"I was literally speechless," Harmeling said. "I was just shaking my head."
Pillar No. 1: Humility
Washington State is not one of the 16 most talented teams in the nation. Not even close. The fourth-seeded Cougars reached the Sweet 16 only because they believe no player is more important than the team. Their only chance Thursday against North Carolina -- the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed -- is to play together, to be the five fingers that form the fist that grinds the Tar Heels into submission.
Bennett learned the style from his father, Dick, who handed the reins to his son in 2006. For those who don't remember Dick Bennett's grinding style think back to the 2000 Final Four. The elder Bennett's Wisconsin team met eventual national champion Michigan State in a semifinal. Halftime score: 19-17. The back pick didn't fall far from the tree, either. The younger Bennett knew he couldn't build a winner in Pullman, Wash., by stockpiling McDonald's All-Americans. They'd never come to the Palouse. He could only win by recruiting tough, scrappy players who locked down on defense and didn't mind bleeding the shot clock dry on every possession.
Unbeknownst to Bennett, one such player sat in College Station, Texas, in the fall of 2005 with a wrecked knee and no idea what might happen to his basketball team. Rochestie had made the 2005 Conference USA All-Freshman team at Tulane, but Hurricane Katrina had nearly wiped out the program. Without access to proper rehab facilities at Tulane's temporary home at Texas A&M, Rochestie, who had an injured medial collateral ligament, wondered when he could get back on the court.
"He had access to a pair of crutches and a deserted dorm building," Rochestie's older brother, Alex, said. So Rochestie decided to transfer. But only Tulane and Tulsa had recruited him hard out of Santa Barbara (Calif.) High. Rochestie wondered if anyone would even want him. Bennett did.
"Tony took a chance on me," Rochestie said. "[I was] a point guard that couldn't even show him what I was made of. He had to go back and look at high school films. I didn't get recruited the first time with those high school films."
Pillar No. 2: Passion
This is Rochestie's favorite pillar. "I've always played with passion my whole life," he said. "I hate losing. I love to win. But I love to play hard above all. ... When you've got four other players on the court with you and a whole team on the bench that plays just as hard as you, you really feel like you're part of something."
But when Rochestie arrived in Pullman in January 2006, he couldn't help his team. He spent hours in the pool rehabbing his knee. The rest of the time he spent with Bennett or with Harmeling, who was sidelined following shoulder surgery. As Washington State endured a rough patch in Rochestie's first spring on campus, he often turned to Harmeling.
"This isn't going to be like this next year," Harmeling recalled Rochestie saying. "This will not be like this next year."
Pillar No. 3: Servanthood
Rochestie recovered from the knee injury and blossomed into the player Bennett always believed he was. He played 16.8 minutes a game as a redshirt sophomore and had an assist-to-turnover ratio of almost 2-to-1. As a junior starter averaging 34.9 minutes a game, Rochestie has gotten even better. He has 163 assists -- compared to only 58 turnovers -- and averages 10.7 points.
Before Rochestie's junior season began, the Cougars had a visitor. Capers came to Pullman for a weekend, and he loved the players and Bennett's system. Meanwhile, the current Cougars thought Capers, a 6-foot-5, 175-pound wing originally from Winter Haven, Fla., would mesh perfectly with them. But when Capers called Bennett to commit, Bennett sadly informed him that all the scholarships were taken. Shortly after, Bennett met with Rochestie. They found a way for Rochestie to serve the program like no player ever had.
"We kind of all came up with the idea together," Rochestie said. "It was a situation where I've been blessed and given so much in my life. Why not be able give something back to a program that has got me standing in front of you guys right now in the Sweet 16, playing North Carolina?"
Pillar No. 4: Utility
Alex Rochestie, a 25-year-old programming coordinator for Current.com, remembers the phone call from Taylor. Initially, Alex didn't understand why his brother would give up his scholarship. It wasn't about the money -- the family has plenty -- but Alex understood how hard Taylor worked to earn that scholarship. Alex also knew the difference in the perception of scholarship athletes and walk-ons. He knew the gesture amounted to a massive swallowing of pride.
"I'd never heard of anybody doing that," Alex said. "I was asking why it was starting with our family. But after he broke it down for me, it made perfect sense."
Men's basketball programs get only 13 scholarships a year. At a program such as Washington State, each scholarship is precious. While a North Carolina can attract the nation's most talented players every year, Washington State has to grab a Pac-10-caliber player every chance it gets. Capers was available this year, and he wanted to come. If the Cougars lost him, there was no guarantee they would have found someone who fit as well in the 2009 recruiting class. Rochestie knew that, and he also knew Capers might help make his senior year special.
So two days after telling Capers he didn't have a scholarship, Bennett called the recruit again. He explained Rochestie's gift. Capers was floored. He accepted the scholarship and called Rochestie the next day.
"I tried to thank him," Capers said. "But he said he was glad he could do something like that. Him doing something like that shows he really cares about the program."
Pillar No. 5: Thankfulness
Rochestie still can't believe Bennett took a chance on him in 2006. He wanted to find a way to repay him; by donating his scholarship, he has. "It's not going to be a burden on me and my life," Rochestie said. "It's just going to be a blessing to be able to give something back to my program."
Rochestie won't starve. He did trade in his Ford Expedition for an older Dodge Durango, but he'll still have everything he needs. Even if he had been forced to sell his ride, his teammates had him covered. "I'd be a 24-hour taxi service for Taylor," Harmeling said. "He deserves so much. ... I'd bend over backward for a guy like that."
So would Capers.
"I'm truly blessed to have him do that for me," Capers said. "I'm truly grateful to him and his family."
Alex Rochestie said neither words nor dollars could express how grateful his brother is to Washington State for resuscitating his basketball career and giving him a chance to live his dream. "For him," Alex said, "it's about the gesture more than it's about the money." Harmeling, who couldn't find the words when Rochestie first described the plan to him, found them while sitting at his locker Wednesday.
"[The pillars] are principles we talk about," Harmeling said. "Some people give them lip service, but he's living it."
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
How 'bout a YUMMY recipe from Prevention.com
Apple Pork Chops
Submitted by: MNKENNEY
A sweet and tangy sauce of brown sugar and mustard with a hint of cloves is the luscious finish to this classic combination of apples and pork baked to perfection.
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 (1/2-inch thick) pork chops
1/2 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste
2 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup hot water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Heat oil in large skillet. Saute onion in oil for 1 minute, or until tender. Remove onion and set aside. Brown pork chops on both sides in oil.
3. Place chops in an 8x12 inch baking dish and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Cover the chops with the apples and cooked onion.
4. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, mustard, cloves and water. Pour over chops. Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Enjoy!
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To view this recipe's nutrition facts, read reviews, change the number of servings, or create a personal shopping list, visit:
http://prevention.allrecipes.com/Recipe/Recipe.aspx?nprid=14732
GOOD EATING, Ya'll!
D
Submitted by: MNKENNEY
A sweet and tangy sauce of brown sugar and mustard with a hint of cloves is the luscious finish to this classic combination of apples and pork baked to perfection.
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 (1/2-inch thick) pork chops
1/2 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste
2 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup hot water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Heat oil in large skillet. Saute onion in oil for 1 minute, or until tender. Remove onion and set aside. Brown pork chops on both sides in oil.
3. Place chops in an 8x12 inch baking dish and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Cover the chops with the apples and cooked onion.
4. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, mustard, cloves and water. Pour over chops. Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Enjoy!
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To view this recipe's nutrition facts, read reviews, change the number of servings, or create a personal shopping list, visit:
http://prevention.allrecipes.com/Recipe/Recipe.aspx?nprid=14732
GOOD EATING, Ya'll!
D
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bush's Cabinet - LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
Secretary of State — Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of the Treasury — Henry Paulson
Secretary of Defense — Robert Gates
Attorney General — Michael Mukasey
Secretary of the Interior — Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture — Edward Schafer
Secretary of Commerce — Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Labor — Elaine Chao
Secretary of Health and Human Services — Michael Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development — Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Transportation — Mary Peters
Secretary of Energy — Samuel Bodman
Secretary of Education — Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs — James Peake
Secretary of Homeland Security — Michael Chertoff
http://www.whitehouse.gov/email/
Secretary of the Treasury — Henry Paulson
Secretary of Defense — Robert Gates
Attorney General — Michael Mukasey
Secretary of the Interior — Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture — Edward Schafer
Secretary of Commerce — Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Labor — Elaine Chao
Secretary of Health and Human Services — Michael Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development — Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Transportation — Mary Peters
Secretary of Energy — Samuel Bodman
Secretary of Education — Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs — James Peake
Secretary of Homeland Security — Michael Chertoff
http://www.whitehouse.gov/email/
Monday, March 24, 2008
Sen. Obama did not answer in his speech
Sen Obama has gifts and I now believe after hearing his speech, that his gifts will be best served helping this country work on the issues of racism, maybe a Secretary of Humanity can be set up. There are too many more pressing issues facing the Commander in Chief on a daily basis.
I thought Sen. Obama gave a GREAT speech. Probably one of the best I've heard since Teddy Kennedy's at the 1980 Democratic Convention, and one Jesse Jackson gave here that I was in the third row to see and hear. Holy Cow.... Breath Taking!
Thus, I now believe his job in this country should be to work on RACE RELATIONS. He would be GREAT at that. Like the new Rev Martin Luther King Jr.
What Sen. Obama did not answer in his speech was why he continued to attend that church!
He admitted that he had sat in Rev Wright’s church when he had made VERY controversial comments. If I was sitting there alone, and especially if my children had been with me in a church, or anywhere else for that matter, and someone said the things that I have heard Rev. Wright say, I would get them out of there so quick your head would spin and I would NEVER GO BACK!
I know that if Sen. Clinton sat in a church for ONE year that spoke of blacks, the way Rev. Wright has spoken of whites; she would no more be in this campaign than the man in the moon.
LAST WORD. Is this country READY for a BLACK President? Yes.
But, I do not think that after this it can be Sen. Obama. I just do not believe him when he says that Rev Wright has NEVER spoken these words to him in private. If Rev Wright is his mentor, it just doesn’t fly that Rev. Wright would choose only the pulpit the spew these words of hatred. I just do not buy it.
I did my homework over a year ago, as I really WANTED to support Sen. Obama, BUT for numerous reasons, just the least to mention, not enough experience, that we so desperately need in this day and age. (We older folks know that, that's why Hillary has the older vote.) Now this. The Republicans will eat this up in the General Election. You mark my words.
I decided to support Sen. Hillary Clinton a long time ago. So much so, that for the first time in my life, I am financially supporting a political campaign, even if they are small contributions.
Let Colin Powell run for President, and I’ll VOLUNTEER my time to be his campaign manager!!!
I thought Sen. Obama gave a GREAT speech. Probably one of the best I've heard since Teddy Kennedy's at the 1980 Democratic Convention, and one Jesse Jackson gave here that I was in the third row to see and hear. Holy Cow.... Breath Taking!
Thus, I now believe his job in this country should be to work on RACE RELATIONS. He would be GREAT at that. Like the new Rev Martin Luther King Jr.
What Sen. Obama did not answer in his speech was why he continued to attend that church!
He admitted that he had sat in Rev Wright’s church when he had made VERY controversial comments. If I was sitting there alone, and especially if my children had been with me in a church, or anywhere else for that matter, and someone said the things that I have heard Rev. Wright say, I would get them out of there so quick your head would spin and I would NEVER GO BACK!
I know that if Sen. Clinton sat in a church for ONE year that spoke of blacks, the way Rev. Wright has spoken of whites; she would no more be in this campaign than the man in the moon.
LAST WORD. Is this country READY for a BLACK President? Yes.
But, I do not think that after this it can be Sen. Obama. I just do not believe him when he says that Rev Wright has NEVER spoken these words to him in private. If Rev Wright is his mentor, it just doesn’t fly that Rev. Wright would choose only the pulpit the spew these words of hatred. I just do not buy it.
I did my homework over a year ago, as I really WANTED to support Sen. Obama, BUT for numerous reasons, just the least to mention, not enough experience, that we so desperately need in this day and age. (We older folks know that, that's why Hillary has the older vote.) Now this. The Republicans will eat this up in the General Election. You mark my words.
I decided to support Sen. Hillary Clinton a long time ago. So much so, that for the first time in my life, I am financially supporting a political campaign, even if they are small contributions.
Let Colin Powell run for President, and I’ll VOLUNTEER my time to be his campaign manager!!!
Davidson upsets Georgetown
SO... Davidson beat my Zags, now they've beat Patrick Ewing Jr and Georgetown Hoya's. Becoming, at least in my eyes, this year's CINDERELLA! And, I'm the Cinderella babe!
I love to root for the underdog, and especially when the underdog is YOUR team!
It was GREAT GREAT GREAT watching my Gators upset Ohio State in January 2007 in the BCS Tostitos Championship Game. WHEW WEE! What fun!!! I'm lucky the cops don't show up at my house during some games. Screaming and yelling. I'm the worst of all. And, I cuss like a sailer sometimes. This year for the Superbowl, with Eli Manning, (Peyton being one of my "boyfriends", I HAD to root for his brother, you know.)
TOSTITOS BCS CHAMPIONSHIP FLORIA GATORS AFTER UPSETING OHIO STATE 41-14 Jan 2007
For the February 2008 SuperBowl, I taught my dog ELI, named after my son who passed (initials) who's a 2 1/2 yr old Jack Russell, and who LOVES to howl, a new trick for the game.
All he has to hear is TWO notes of the theme song to Law and Order and he JUMPS up, his head goes back-and-forth and he starts howling and howling (like at the moon.) I MEAN EVERY time. It just cracks me up.
He'll also howl if he hears me singing Happy Birthday. Well, I decided to teach him to howl for the SuperBowl. I taught him to howl whenever I threw my hands up in the air and yelled TOUCHDOWN! He'd HOWLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!! It was so....... funny! It just tickled me to death.
But when it came time for the game, it really annoyed (in a funny way) my nephew who was rooting for New England, and their perfect record. But, ME, I was rooting for New York, Eli AND Miami! (did ya have to think about that one????) Miami, hum???
It was GREAT at the end of the game when we finally took over and won, me and ELI howling and yelling for ELI!!! FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!!!
Back to Davidson. That may well be their last horrah, though. They face the all time powerhouse AND number one seed, North Carolina next in the Sweet 16, along with the Washington State COUGARS, WHEW WEE COUGS!!!. I'm wishing them all luck that's for sure. Going to the Sweet 16 is something to tell your grandkids about, that's for sure!
Yeah, I didn't forget about the COUGS.... I'll get to them before the weekend.
I love to root for the underdog, and especially when the underdog is YOUR team!
It was GREAT GREAT GREAT watching my Gators upset Ohio State in January 2007 in the BCS Tostitos Championship Game. WHEW WEE! What fun!!! I'm lucky the cops don't show up at my house during some games. Screaming and yelling. I'm the worst of all. And, I cuss like a sailer sometimes. This year for the Superbowl, with Eli Manning, (Peyton being one of my "boyfriends", I HAD to root for his brother, you know.)
For the February 2008 SuperBowl, I taught my dog ELI, named after my son who passed (initials) who's a 2 1/2 yr old Jack Russell, and who LOVES to howl, a new trick for the game.
All he has to hear is TWO notes of the theme song to Law and Order and he JUMPS up, his head goes back-and-forth and he starts howling and howling (like at the moon.) I MEAN EVERY time. It just cracks me up.
He'll also howl if he hears me singing Happy Birthday. Well, I decided to teach him to howl for the SuperBowl. I taught him to howl whenever I threw my hands up in the air and yelled TOUCHDOWN! He'd HOWLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!! It was so....... funny! It just tickled me to death.
But when it came time for the game, it really annoyed (in a funny way) my nephew who was rooting for New England, and their perfect record. But, ME, I was rooting for New York, Eli AND Miami! (did ya have to think about that one????) Miami, hum???
It was GREAT at the end of the game when we finally took over and won, me and ELI howling and yelling for ELI!!! FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!!!
Back to Davidson. That may well be their last horrah, though. They face the all time powerhouse AND number one seed, North Carolina next in the Sweet 16, along with the Washington State COUGARS, WHEW WEE COUGS!!!. I'm wishing them all luck that's for sure. Going to the Sweet 16 is something to tell your grandkids about, that's for sure!
Yeah, I didn't forget about the COUGS.... I'll get to them before the weekend.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Sonics ~ HUM... 16 wins
When we got the second pick in the NBA at the lottery, behind Portland, and had Kevin Durant, who we did get, and the skinny, but great, Greg Oden from Ohio State from whom we'd probably get to choose, I thought WOW, looks good for 2008.
But, gloom and doom, here we sit next to the bottom of THE WHOLE NBA, behind the Heat (who only have 12 wins). Now, that's an even stranger scenario, with media darling Dwanye Wade, who until just recently was playing. With the season lost, he's taken off early to deal with an injury and try to get ready for the USA team this summer. He isn't even sure he'll be able to do that, but is HOPING to playing for the good 'ol USA.
I guess losing BIG 'ol Shaq to Phoenix left them not only centerless, but winless, to boot.
With the prospect of losing our Sonics to Oklahoma City, this horrible season isn't helping matters much in the way of rallying support in Olympia for help in garnering financial support from the legislature for a new arena, or an upgrade to the Key Arena. And, being the OKC has already passed a referendum agreeing to pay for their Ford Center to be upgraded to bring the Sonics there, it's NOT LOOKING GOOD FOLKS!!!
I remember taking my son, the one I lost nearly four years ago, when he was six months old to the Sonics' Championship Parade in a stroller in 1979, getting Dennis Johnson's autograph for my oldest son. Fred Brown, Jack Sikma, John Johnson, Vinnie Johnson, Dennis (freckles) Johnson, Gus Williams, Wally Walker, Lonnie Shelton, Paul Silas - hum, that's all I remember. I remember Gus throwing that ball up in the air at the end of that final game and running down the street to call my mom and son. WOW! What memories!!!
Then when we made it to the finals back in the 90's. We drove up to Boeing field a few times in the middle of the night to meet the Sonics team plane and great OUR GUYS home. Once at 3 am when we completed the sweep of Houston, in the pouring rain no less. I took filled my car with four teen boys. My two sons and two others from my youth program. Most everyone there had brooms, it was great! We also went up when they lost the first two games in the finals to Chicago. That too was around 3 am by the time the plane landed.
They came home and won one, but GEEZ Louise, they were playing against the GREAT ONE, Michael Jordan. We lost in 5.
I'll miss the Sonics, if they move to OKC, as it looks like the may. They gave me MANY a good memory!
But, gloom and doom, here we sit next to the bottom of THE WHOLE NBA, behind the Heat (who only have 12 wins). Now, that's an even stranger scenario, with media darling Dwanye Wade, who until just recently was playing. With the season lost, he's taken off early to deal with an injury and try to get ready for the USA team this summer. He isn't even sure he'll be able to do that, but is HOPING to playing for the good 'ol USA.
I guess losing BIG 'ol Shaq to Phoenix left them not only centerless, but winless, to boot.
With the prospect of losing our Sonics to Oklahoma City, this horrible season isn't helping matters much in the way of rallying support in Olympia for help in garnering financial support from the legislature for a new arena, or an upgrade to the Key Arena. And, being the OKC has already passed a referendum agreeing to pay for their Ford Center to be upgraded to bring the Sonics there, it's NOT LOOKING GOOD FOLKS!!!
I remember taking my son, the one I lost nearly four years ago, when he was six months old to the Sonics' Championship Parade in a stroller in 1979, getting Dennis Johnson's autograph for my oldest son. Fred Brown, Jack Sikma, John Johnson, Vinnie Johnson, Dennis (freckles) Johnson, Gus Williams, Wally Walker, Lonnie Shelton, Paul Silas - hum, that's all I remember. I remember Gus throwing that ball up in the air at the end of that final game and running down the street to call my mom and son. WOW! What memories!!!
Then when we made it to the finals back in the 90's. We drove up to Boeing field a few times in the middle of the night to meet the Sonics team plane and great OUR GUYS home. Once at 3 am when we completed the sweep of Houston, in the pouring rain no less. I took filled my car with four teen boys. My two sons and two others from my youth program. Most everyone there had brooms, it was great! We also went up when they lost the first two games in the finals to Chicago. That too was around 3 am by the time the plane landed.
They came home and won one, but GEEZ Louise, they were playing against the GREAT ONE, Michael Jordan. We lost in 5.
I'll miss the Sonics, if they move to OKC, as it looks like the may. They gave me MANY a good memory!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
(3) Stanford 82 - (6) Marquette 81 OT OMG!!!!!
Since DUKE GA, USC, and Gonzaga, (MY FAV's) are all out ALREADY, I'm getting excited about some others, especially the PAC 10'ers, like Stanford and their Lopez Twins, who put on quite a show today. Brooks with 30 points and won the game with just a over a second to go in OT. CHILLS that one caused!
Lopez Twins - Lopez Twins - Lopez Twins
With 1.8 seconds to go in OT, behind by 1, Brook Lopez made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Mitch Johnson. THEY WIN!!!!!!
Brooks Lopez 30 points 4 rebounds - 28 minutes
Robin Lopez 18 points 9 rebounds - 38 minutes
Nothing else needs to be said.
Lopez Twins - Lopez Twins - Lopez Twins
With 1.8 seconds to go in OT, behind by 1, Brook Lopez made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Mitch Johnson. THEY WIN!!!!!!
Brooks Lopez 30 points 4 rebounds - 28 minutes
Robin Lopez 18 points 9 rebounds - 38 minutes
Nothing else needs to be said.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Bonds' charges have been refiled!
Having had his charges dismissed, was only temporary. I gave you the low down last week. They could come back with more, and that's just what they did.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
My Son and I, We Had to Live Through A Lot of Racism Too
I am white, and my son's father was black, very black. He was a boxer, a seven year
Golen Glove Champion. And, we had a gorgeous, boy. Curly, dark brown hair, and brownish-green eyes. His father and I stayed together for three years, then I raised him alone from then on. I added one more son when he was three, so from 1982 on, it was "JUST THE THREE OF US..."
Be back to add more to this post later...
Golen Glove Champion. And, we had a gorgeous, boy. Curly, dark brown hair, and brownish-green eyes. His father and I stayed together for three years, then I raised him alone from then on. I added one more son when he was three, so from 1982 on, it was "JUST THE THREE OF US..."
Be back to add more to this post later...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Obama's Speech WAS Great...
Just as I thought it would be, even better than I expected. BUT, and you knew there was going to be a but, I now think, rather than be the President, he should WORK hard to help these issues of race in America.
He gave a great speech on the these issues. The thing he DID NOT answer was WHY HAS HE CONTINED TO attend this church for 20 years. Rev. Wright seems very predjudiced from what I've heard.
Sen Obama used the analogy of his White grandmother to Rev. Wright, saying she had on more than one occason spoke of her fear of Black men who pass her on the street. Which can in NO WAY compare to what Rev. Wright has said. That's for sure.
I raised a Black son, but there have been a WHOLE lot of times where "some" Black people, and some White people, and some Asian people, and some Mexican people, etc., have scared me. So, for him use that as a comparison is not EVEN the same.
Let's not forget that this county has millions of very poor white, hispanic, and every other race, not just poor Blacks. It's always ticked me off that there's a United Negro College Fund. PLEASE PLEASE don't get me wrong. I TRULY think the UNCF is a GREAT, GREAT organization!!
BUT, if we had a United White People College Fund for poor White folks, the Blacks would be UP IN ARMS! 'Let us in your golf clubs, etc., you can't do that.' But they can have their own college fund? And, no one's supposed to say anything? Don't forget that although I'm white, I'm sorta half something myself, being in a racially mixed family. SO I feel I can ask these questions without being looked at as a racist.
There are SO many REALLY REALLY poor whites in the this country, who is standing up for them, for goodness sake? I only heard Sen Obama speak of the middle class, he didn't say one word about all the REALLY poor whites. It seems all you hear about are the Hispanics, Blacks, and the middle class, but no one talks about the poor white folks. Where's their voice?
So, let Sen. Obama show us some sermons where Rev. Wright preaches unity and love for all races, and not just love your Black neighbors. The Church I took my boys to welcomed EVERYONE!
He gave a great speech on the these issues. The thing he DID NOT answer was WHY HAS HE CONTINED TO attend this church for 20 years. Rev. Wright seems very predjudiced from what I've heard.
Sen Obama used the analogy of his White grandmother to Rev. Wright, saying she had on more than one occason spoke of her fear of Black men who pass her on the street. Which can in NO WAY compare to what Rev. Wright has said. That's for sure.
I raised a Black son, but there have been a WHOLE lot of times where "some" Black people, and some White people, and some Asian people, and some Mexican people, etc., have scared me. So, for him use that as a comparison is not EVEN the same.
Let's not forget that this county has millions of very poor white, hispanic, and every other race, not just poor Blacks. It's always ticked me off that there's a United Negro College Fund. PLEASE PLEASE don't get me wrong. I TRULY think the UNCF is a GREAT, GREAT organization!!
BUT, if we had a United White People College Fund for poor White folks, the Blacks would be UP IN ARMS! 'Let us in your golf clubs, etc., you can't do that.' But they can have their own college fund? And, no one's supposed to say anything? Don't forget that although I'm white, I'm sorta half something myself, being in a racially mixed family. SO I feel I can ask these questions without being looked at as a racist.
There are SO many REALLY REALLY poor whites in the this country, who is standing up for them, for goodness sake? I only heard Sen Obama speak of the middle class, he didn't say one word about all the REALLY poor whites. It seems all you hear about are the Hispanics, Blacks, and the middle class, but no one talks about the poor white folks. Where's their voice?
So, let Sen. Obama show us some sermons where Rev. Wright preaches unity and love for all races, and not just love your Black neighbors. The Church I took my boys to welcomed EVERYONE!
Didn't take long, MY BIG Bitch lately: REV WRIGHT
I'm going to AGAIN say, BEFORE Sen OBAMA even gives his explanation speech today, because I know he's a very good orator, and will probably do pretty good job trying to explain this away. Until I see EVIDENCE that this Rev IS a preacher of love of ALL and not just people of color, then YUK, YUK, YUK!!! And, YUK some more!
Why didn't he get FAR AWAY from that church's beliefs a LONG time ago. They gave an award to Louis Farrakham for goodness sake. That HAD TO HAVE BEEN a RED FLAG to him, ESPECIALLY if he was going to run for President.
Now that this REV WRIGHT crap has come out, he's playing INNOCENT and running like hell. AND, I for one, am NOT BUYING IT!!
Like I said before I did my homework a YEAR ago, as I really wanted to support Sen Obama. BUT - not enough WASHINGTON experience, wishy-washy, back-and-forth voting in Illinois (vote one way, see how it pans out, then change his vote at the last minute- I have relatives there), absent from his duties, NO foriegn affairs experience outsde of his committee appointment since he's been a Sen.
And, what exactly is he saying he's going to change, except who's in the White House. If he's elected we'll have a bunch of advisors, like ROVE running the Country again. PLEASE!
Let OBAMA show us some of Rev Wright's sermons where he preaches neighborly love amongst all races, then I may calm down a bit.
But, right now, I am JUST APPAULED!
Why didn't he get FAR AWAY from that church's beliefs a LONG time ago. They gave an award to Louis Farrakham for goodness sake. That HAD TO HAVE BEEN a RED FLAG to him, ESPECIALLY if he was going to run for President.
Now that this REV WRIGHT crap has come out, he's playing INNOCENT and running like hell. AND, I for one, am NOT BUYING IT!!
Like I said before I did my homework a YEAR ago, as I really wanted to support Sen Obama. BUT - not enough WASHINGTON experience, wishy-washy, back-and-forth voting in Illinois (vote one way, see how it pans out, then change his vote at the last minute- I have relatives there), absent from his duties, NO foriegn affairs experience outsde of his committee appointment since he's been a Sen.
And, what exactly is he saying he's going to change, except who's in the White House. If he's elected we'll have a bunch of advisors, like ROVE running the Country again. PLEASE!
Let OBAMA show us some of Rev Wright's sermons where he preaches neighborly love amongst all races, then I may calm down a bit.
But, right now, I am JUST APPAULED!
Hey I haven't Bitched lately, so here I go
Eliot Spitzer's a, how do they say it, BIOTCH!
Roger Clemem's one too,
and so is Barry Bonds.
Supposed to be ROLE MODELS, BARF!!!!!!!!!
(I'll probably think of more later, but that's it for now.)
There you go! I feel better now!
Roger Clemem's one too,
and so is Barry Bonds.
Supposed to be ROLE MODELS, BARF!!!!!!!!!
(I'll probably think of more later, but that's it for now.)
There you go! I feel better now!
Monday, March 17, 2008
I LOVE the Florida Gators! But, it's just the NIT this Year. I remember when...
Florida Gators' 2006 & 2007 National Championship Team Center and NOW a $2 Million plus per year Rookie drafted in the first round by the Chicago Bulls Joakim Noah has been getting an average of 5.6 PPG and fifth on the team in rebounds at 5.2 a game. He's playing about 18 minutes per game.
I still love my Huskys, but I'm also a GATOR fan now, thanks to my ??? (Geez.... I don't know what to call him,) anyway, WE love the Gators. I even took him to the annual Gators v Bulldogs football classic in Jacksonville in Oct '06. I got GREAT pics and we won to top the day off perfectly! Jacksonville was beautiful AND I got to see my Jenny who was one of my MAIN girls in my youth program back in '97. It was a BLAST! AND, then the Gators went on to win the Football National Championship against the oddmakers choice in Jan 2007 beating Ohio State BIG TIME. GREAT GAME!!!
PLUS, to make matters even better, Tim Tebow, who when I saw him was a Freshman and shared QB duties with senior Chris Leak, won the Heisman Trophy for the 2007 season. FIRST TIME EVER a Sophomore has won it. And I saw him play IN PERSON. Pretty COOL!!!
Back to B-Ball. (Wouldn't want to confuse anyone, Urban Meyer is the football coach, and Billy Donovan is the men's B-Ball coach.)
Billy Donovan's head-in-hands at the end of the game was telling last week. After going all the way the last two years, this year he won't even make it to the Dance. Go on vacation Billy. You lost dang near your whole team dude! (Seniors) Green, Horford, Noah ...... Give yourself a BREAK. Things'll be better next year.
I'm following your boys.
I still love my Huskys, but I'm also a GATOR fan now, thanks to my ??? (Geez.... I don't know what to call him,) anyway, WE love the Gators. I even took him to the annual Gators v Bulldogs football classic in Jacksonville in Oct '06. I got GREAT pics and we won to top the day off perfectly! Jacksonville was beautiful AND I got to see my Jenny who was one of my MAIN girls in my youth program back in '97. It was a BLAST! AND, then the Gators went on to win the Football National Championship against the oddmakers choice in Jan 2007 beating Ohio State BIG TIME. GREAT GAME!!!
PLUS, to make matters even better, Tim Tebow, who when I saw him was a Freshman and shared QB duties with senior Chris Leak, won the Heisman Trophy for the 2007 season. FIRST TIME EVER a Sophomore has won it. And I saw him play IN PERSON. Pretty COOL!!!
Back to B-Ball. (Wouldn't want to confuse anyone, Urban Meyer is the football coach, and Billy Donovan is the men's B-Ball coach.)
Billy Donovan's head-in-hands at the end of the game was telling last week. After going all the way the last two years, this year he won't even make it to the Dance. Go on vacation Billy. You lost dang near your whole team dude! (Seniors) Green, Horford, Noah ...... Give yourself a BREAK. Things'll be better next year.
I'm following your boys.
Houston's winning Streak is up to 22
The Rockets beat the Lakers the second time in three days yesterday 104-92. Even though Kobe held Tracy to 11 points on 4-for-16 shooting and Houston to 12 points in the 3rd quarter, the Rockets are now 1st in the Western Conference. I'd have to go look, but I think the record is around 30 games in a row, which isn't inconceivable. They may actually be able to pull it off with their upcoming schedule.
I think I may have to add Tracy McGrady to my growing list of so-called "boyfriends."
THE OTHERS:
Terrence Howard ~ GORGEOUS GREEN EYES ~ My #1 right now!!!
Brett Favre ~ QB EXTRODIAIRE and SO........ CUTE!!!
Bruce Springsteen ~ YA YA YA!!! ROSALITA! My oldest son said back in the 80's, "He's got a big nose." I said, "You should have such a nose."
Peyton Manning ~ I LOVE his commercials. Gotta love a guy who can laugh at himself!
Scottie Pippin (I know Jordan was 'the greatest' but I had a "thing" for Scottie)
Grant Hill (SO CUTE!!! AND from DUKE)~ NUMBER 33
Randall Cunningham (He autographed one of his cards for me back in the 90's)
AND, last but far from least my boy...
Larry Bird ~ NUMBER 33
I think I may have to add Tracy McGrady to my growing list of so-called "boyfriends."
THE OTHERS:
Terrence Howard ~ GORGEOUS GREEN EYES ~ My #1 right now!!!
Brett Favre ~ QB EXTRODIAIRE and SO........ CUTE!!!
Bruce Springsteen ~ YA YA YA!!! ROSALITA! My oldest son said back in the 80's, "He's got a big nose." I said, "You should have such a nose."
Peyton Manning ~ I LOVE his commercials. Gotta love a guy who can laugh at himself!
Scottie Pippin (I know Jordan was 'the greatest' but I had a "thing" for Scottie)
Grant Hill (SO CUTE!!! AND from DUKE)~ NUMBER 33
Randall Cunningham (He autographed one of his cards for me back in the 90's)
AND, last but far from least my boy...
Larry Bird ~ NUMBER 33
Bracketology Sunday
I wrote a whole post yesterday but it got deleted. BUMMER!
Anyway, here are the top SEEDS:
1's ~ UCLA, UNC, KU, MEM,
2's ~ TENN, GU, TEX, DUKE
Our WSU is a 4 and Gonzaga is a 7
OK, I've ALWAYS been a Duke fan, my whole adult life. I just love Coach K. Who could forget them all; Grant Hill, Cherokee Parks, Bobby Hurley, Christian Laitner (remember that 1992 shot OMG!), THEN....Webber's 'TIME OUT!!!! Oh, I don't any have left...... OOPS!' DUKE WINS!!!!! DUKE WINS!!!!! I watched that game at the barracks with one of my best friend's and all his Army buddies. I was the lone girl, and white to boot, rooting for DUKE. WHEW! All in good fun, I'm glad it was Army guys though. I felt bad for the FAB FIVE FRESHMEN but like I said, I'm a DUKE fan. GOTTA stick by your team, hell or high water! So, GOOD LUCK COACH K!
The TENN women won last year, so that would be cool for them.
I've more recently become a MEM Tiger's fan. (I'm a fan of the Memphis First 48 Homicide squad.) Plus, look how great they've done this year!
I'm NOT such a UCLA fan, even though I think they may well do quite well in the tournament..... You know, I've had to root against them so many times when the play UW.
You know kids and girls, we have strange ways of coming up with our favorite teams.... As a kid my favorite color was GREEN, thus my favorite teams were the Green Bay Packers and Notre Dame. I was a HUGE Beatles fan and Bart STARR spelled his name just like Ringo. AND, I was a Notre Dame fan, as, you know the luck of the Irish and that's green (even though their uniforms are navy/blue & gold, I never understood that????) So..... there you go. What can I say....
Notre Dame is in there too, Regis and I can root for 'em... :)
There's quite often a Cinderella, and that's always real cool. SO, we'll see how it goes.
Anyway, here are the top SEEDS:
1's ~ UCLA, UNC, KU, MEM,
2's ~ TENN, GU, TEX, DUKE
Our WSU is a 4 and Gonzaga is a 7
OK, I've ALWAYS been a Duke fan, my whole adult life. I just love Coach K. Who could forget them all; Grant Hill, Cherokee Parks, Bobby Hurley, Christian Laitner (remember that 1992 shot OMG!), THEN....Webber's 'TIME OUT!!!! Oh, I don't any have left...... OOPS!' DUKE WINS!!!!! DUKE WINS!!!!! I watched that game at the barracks with one of my best friend's and all his Army buddies. I was the lone girl, and white to boot, rooting for DUKE. WHEW! All in good fun, I'm glad it was Army guys though. I felt bad for the FAB FIVE FRESHMEN but like I said, I'm a DUKE fan. GOTTA stick by your team, hell or high water! So, GOOD LUCK COACH K!
The TENN women won last year, so that would be cool for them.
I've more recently become a MEM Tiger's fan. (I'm a fan of the Memphis First 48 Homicide squad.) Plus, look how great they've done this year!
I'm NOT such a UCLA fan, even though I think they may well do quite well in the tournament..... You know, I've had to root against them so many times when the play UW.
You know kids and girls, we have strange ways of coming up with our favorite teams.... As a kid my favorite color was GREEN, thus my favorite teams were the Green Bay Packers and Notre Dame. I was a HUGE Beatles fan and Bart STARR spelled his name just like Ringo. AND, I was a Notre Dame fan, as, you know the luck of the Irish and that's green (even though their uniforms are navy/blue & gold, I never understood that????) So..... there you go. What can I say....
Notre Dame is in there too, Regis and I can root for 'em... :)
There's quite often a Cinderella, and that's always real cool. SO, we'll see how it goes.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tracy McGrady's my NEW Boyfriend
Houston's going for 22 in a row. They're playing LA Lakers again (played 'em Friday) and it's 44-57 and it's just about halftime. And, they're doing without Yao Ming. He's out hurt.
It's Sunday, Bracketology is going on in the NCAA. MARCH MADDNESS!! My Gators lost in the SEC so they're probably out of the 64. BOO HOO. But, they won the Basketball NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2 yrs in a row, first time that'd been done since like, 1929 or somthing. This year they lost Noah (cutie), Horford, Green, etc., to the NBA. I mean, dang near the whole team were seniors.
I've ALWAYS been a DUKE fan (back in '93 I took pictures of a friend who ended up being killed by a gang member in Tacoma [his dad spoke at my son's funeral,] and he gave me a Duke hat for taking pictures of him dunking at a Tacoma park's basketball court.)
I really like Duke's Coach K, even though they got beat yesterday by Clemson 78-74 (I watched that game, killed me at the end.) Then I'd go for Memphis, and Tennessee. The Women Vols won last year, so that would be cool for them to win.
OK, there's UCLA in the Pac 10, but I'm not really a fan, but I could maybe root for USC. I always root against both of them cause of the Huskys, and then there's WSU, THEM I COULD ROOT FOR. AND, of course there's GONZAGA. That would REALLY be COOL!!!
I'm just going to have to see what pans out with the 64, and who gets the nods.
It's Sunday, Bracketology is going on in the NCAA. MARCH MADDNESS!! My Gators lost in the SEC so they're probably out of the 64. BOO HOO. But, they won the Basketball NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2 yrs in a row, first time that'd been done since like, 1929 or somthing. This year they lost Noah (cutie), Horford, Green, etc., to the NBA. I mean, dang near the whole team were seniors.
I've ALWAYS been a DUKE fan (back in '93 I took pictures of a friend who ended up being killed by a gang member in Tacoma [his dad spoke at my son's funeral,] and he gave me a Duke hat for taking pictures of him dunking at a Tacoma park's basketball court.)
I really like Duke's Coach K, even though they got beat yesterday by Clemson 78-74 (I watched that game, killed me at the end.) Then I'd go for Memphis, and Tennessee. The Women Vols won last year, so that would be cool for them to win.
OK, there's UCLA in the Pac 10, but I'm not really a fan, but I could maybe root for USC. I always root against both of them cause of the Huskys, and then there's WSU, THEM I COULD ROOT FOR. AND, of course there's GONZAGA. That would REALLY be COOL!!!
I'm just going to have to see what pans out with the 64, and who gets the nods.
I loved Jay Leno's Monologue (even though I watch Letterman)
"If Spitzer is Client 9, who the heck are the top 8?"
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Now I get to RANT some more about the YANKEES
Have you seen the now infamous "CLEAT SLIDE" into second base by Shelley Duncan? Well, if you haven't here it is:
Duncan was suspended for three games for his role in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. Duncan slid into the Rays' second baseman Akinori Iwamura with spikes raised after hitting a hard grounder off third baseman Evan Longoria's glove and trying to advance to second base on the play.
The suspension, unless appealed, will start at the beginning of the regular season.
I'm just sayin'....
Duncan was suspended for three games for his role in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. Duncan slid into the Rays' second baseman Akinori Iwamura with spikes raised after hitting a hard grounder off third baseman Evan Longoria's glove and trying to advance to second base on the play.
The suspension, unless appealed, will start at the beginning of the regular season.
I'm just sayin'....
OK, Somebody Needs to Make a Commercial Showing America
Those rants by Obama's "former?" pastor/mentor, OMG!!! Watch this You Tube ABC News report on Rev Jeremiah Wright.
This is NOT OK with me. I mean, I have been a part of the Black community for 33 years. I married a man who was Black in 1975, and raised a BEAUTIFUL son, killed in 2004, by a drunk/drugged driver at age 25. Although he was of mixed race, all (that is how it goes) considered him Black. Even the forms he had to fill out had no place for a person of mixed heritage. However, he always claimed both his races. "I'm Black AND Caucasian."
I joined a church in 1985 (still belong), my boys were in the Easter & Christmas plays, etc., and as they got older took them to all kinds of churches, Catholic, Baptist, etc., BUT I kept them far away from churches like Rev Wright's. I did not want their minds filled with racist hate. Probably why at Ernie's HUGE funeral there were people of every color and age, and the pastor made note of just that. So many PARENTS got up and there and spoke so wonderfully of Ernie, it was heartwarming. How he had made such an impact on their kids. He loved everyone and everyone loved him. He ALWAYS had a smile on his face. His friend told me the other day, you can't have the E without the D. I took that as such a compliment.
Now, I LOVE LOVE LOVE gospel music, and had a Baptist minister from a church with a mostly Black congregation do my son's funeral, and also had a woman from that church sang Amazing Grace, but I feel certain that this kind of Rev Wright nonsense is not what Martin Luther King had in mind in his I Have A Dream Speech.
On Rev Martin Luther King's Holiday, the kids did not have to go to school. Did my kids get to sleep in and hang out? HECK NO! We ALWAYS did something for the community and we went to whatever event the community had planned for Rev King. One year my youth program participants got up on stage in their dress blues (so to speak), even the ones with stage fright, and each read one thing that had happened to, or a great thing Rev King had done in his lifetime. High-risk kids up there participating in the Rev Martin Luther King Day Celebration. It was GREAT! Now, back to Rev Wright.
Rev Wright is Obama's proclaimed "mentor". Obama named his 2006 book after one of Wright's sermons "THE AUDACITY OF HOPE". Obama has attended that church for over 20 years. Wright even married the Obama's, and baptized both of their daughters. Obama CANNOT NOW say he has not heard this rhetoric. 'Oh, I was not there when he said that!' PLEASE! His wife even alluded to some of these Wright comments in a recent article.
If Hillary attended a church for even ONE year that spoke of Blacks, the way Obama's church speaks of Whites, she would NOT be in this campaign! I mean look what happened to Geraldine Ferraro this week. No one can say one word about anything Black and he or she is chastised. You are playing the race card.. Blah blah blah... NOW LOOK at this!!! OMG! His spiritual mentor for 20 YEARS!!! He did not know, give me a BREAK! HE should resign RIGHT NOW as far as I am concerned.
The more I think about this the madder I get!!!
Mr/Sen. Obama, you cannot have it both ways....
Go see it for yourself. I am just asking everyone to do your homework BEFORE you decide. Be an informed voter, PLEASE!
If Obama is nominated, the Republicans will tear him up in the general election. AND then we will have four or eight more years of the Republicans, and it will be the fault of Oprah and everyone else that did not do their homework. I did mine a year ago. DID YOU???
All of you, who know me, KNOW for a fact that I am the farther thing from prejudiced. Never have been and never will be. My father taught me that. I am not a person who doesn't want a Black in the White House. Let Colin Powel run and I'll be his campaign chairperson, but this guy (Obama) ain't it!
This is NOT OK with me. I mean, I have been a part of the Black community for 33 years. I married a man who was Black in 1975, and raised a BEAUTIFUL son, killed in 2004, by a drunk/drugged driver at age 25. Although he was of mixed race, all (that is how it goes) considered him Black. Even the forms he had to fill out had no place for a person of mixed heritage. However, he always claimed both his races. "I'm Black AND Caucasian."
I joined a church in 1985 (still belong), my boys were in the Easter & Christmas plays, etc., and as they got older took them to all kinds of churches, Catholic, Baptist, etc., BUT I kept them far away from churches like Rev Wright's. I did not want their minds filled with racist hate. Probably why at Ernie's HUGE funeral there were people of every color and age, and the pastor made note of just that. So many PARENTS got up and there and spoke so wonderfully of Ernie, it was heartwarming. How he had made such an impact on their kids. He loved everyone and everyone loved him. He ALWAYS had a smile on his face. His friend told me the other day, you can't have the E without the D. I took that as such a compliment.
Now, I LOVE LOVE LOVE gospel music, and had a Baptist minister from a church with a mostly Black congregation do my son's funeral, and also had a woman from that church sang Amazing Grace, but I feel certain that this kind of Rev Wright nonsense is not what Martin Luther King had in mind in his I Have A Dream Speech.
On Rev Martin Luther King's Holiday, the kids did not have to go to school. Did my kids get to sleep in and hang out? HECK NO! We ALWAYS did something for the community and we went to whatever event the community had planned for Rev King. One year my youth program participants got up on stage in their dress blues (so to speak), even the ones with stage fright, and each read one thing that had happened to, or a great thing Rev King had done in his lifetime. High-risk kids up there participating in the Rev Martin Luther King Day Celebration. It was GREAT! Now, back to Rev Wright.
Rev Wright is Obama's proclaimed "mentor". Obama named his 2006 book after one of Wright's sermons "THE AUDACITY OF HOPE". Obama has attended that church for over 20 years. Wright even married the Obama's, and baptized both of their daughters. Obama CANNOT NOW say he has not heard this rhetoric. 'Oh, I was not there when he said that!' PLEASE! His wife even alluded to some of these Wright comments in a recent article.
If Hillary attended a church for even ONE year that spoke of Blacks, the way Obama's church speaks of Whites, she would NOT be in this campaign! I mean look what happened to Geraldine Ferraro this week. No one can say one word about anything Black and he or she is chastised. You are playing the race card.. Blah blah blah... NOW LOOK at this!!! OMG! His spiritual mentor for 20 YEARS!!! He did not know, give me a BREAK! HE should resign RIGHT NOW as far as I am concerned.
The more I think about this the madder I get!!!
Mr/Sen. Obama, you cannot have it both ways....
Go see it for yourself. I am just asking everyone to do your homework BEFORE you decide. Be an informed voter, PLEASE!
If Obama is nominated, the Republicans will tear him up in the general election. AND then we will have four or eight more years of the Republicans, and it will be the fault of Oprah and everyone else that did not do their homework. I did mine a year ago. DID YOU???
All of you, who know me, KNOW for a fact that I am the farther thing from prejudiced. Never have been and never will be. My father taught me that. I am not a person who doesn't want a Black in the White House. Let Colin Powel run and I'll be his campaign chairperson, but this guy (Obama) ain't it!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
I'm SO..... Sad! One of my, (you know, in MY mind Boyfriends) Just Retired :(
Brett Favre has called it quits. I am bummed! I love him to pieces. He is so cute, and such a great QB. I've been a Green Bay fan since I was a little kid. First, my favorite color is green, so there you have that. Then, Bart Starr was the QB back then and he had the same name as Ringo Starr, and I was a HUGE Beatles fan, and there you have that. That's what makes an 8 yr old a fan! Funny, huh?
My dad started taking me to Husky games when I was about 5. He and my mom are alumni, and they had season tickets. My mom was sick a lot, so I got to go. Such fun and what a way to learn to love football. We sat near the student section, and that was a hoot! I've never seen the Husky's lose in person, and one time we were supposed to lose to UCLA. It was Homecoming. My dad told all his cronies at Vito's, where we'd meet and take the bus from, that I was good luck. Well, we won and I had about 20 Shirley Temples in front on me when we got back to Vito's. What memories.
Anyway, I'm still so bummed about Brett. He did SO.... well last year I thought he'd come back for sure. BUT, now that I think about it. I guess it's better to go out with a bang, than to hang on too long. I'm sure going to miss him though. What a cutie!
My dad started taking me to Husky games when I was about 5. He and my mom are alumni, and they had season tickets. My mom was sick a lot, so I got to go. Such fun and what a way to learn to love football. We sat near the student section, and that was a hoot! I've never seen the Husky's lose in person, and one time we were supposed to lose to UCLA. It was Homecoming. My dad told all his cronies at Vito's, where we'd meet and take the bus from, that I was good luck. Well, we won and I had about 20 Shirley Temples in front on me when we got back to Vito's. What memories.
Anyway, I'm still so bummed about Brett. He did SO.... well last year I thought he'd come back for sure. BUT, now that I think about it. I guess it's better to go out with a bang, than to hang on too long. I'm sure going to miss him though. What a cutie!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Here's the latest on B Bonds
Just cause I HAD to know, I went to ESPN and here's the article on the latest.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3271173
Looks like the prosecutors have been told to amend the charges. From the above sited article:
'U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston ordered prosecutors to amend Bonds' indictment so that each of the five counts against him don't cite multiple statements that prosecutors say are false.
Prosecutors originally accused Bonds of lying 19 different times during his grand jury appearance, and charged him with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Illston agreed with Bonds' attorney Dennis Riordan that prosecutors must edit out many of the alleged lies or seek a new indictment, which could contain more charges.'
In the article they give Barry's web site address, where I went to take a VERY QUICK peek, and he says he's getting all these messages of support. There's a place that says click to send Barry a message. I tried to "click" so I could give Barry a piece of MY MIND. But alas, no such luck. It went to nowhere! DARN IT!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3271173
Looks like the prosecutors have been told to amend the charges. From the above sited article:
'U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston ordered prosecutors to amend Bonds' indictment so that each of the five counts against him don't cite multiple statements that prosecutors say are false.
Prosecutors originally accused Bonds of lying 19 different times during his grand jury appearance, and charged him with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Illston agreed with Bonds' attorney Dennis Riordan that prosecutors must edit out many of the alleged lies or seek a new indictment, which could contain more charges.'
In the article they give Barry's web site address, where I went to take a VERY QUICK peek, and he says he's getting all these messages of support. There's a place that says click to send Barry a message. I tried to "click" so I could give Barry a piece of MY MIND. But alas, no such luck. It went to nowhere! DARN IT!!
FBI Investigates Clemens
Miguel Tejada is also being investigated by the FBI. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Tejada lied in an August 2005 interview about the perjury case of former teammate Rafael Palmeiro, who tested positive for steriods (and was suspended). He said it must have come from a tainted vitamin B-12 shot he got from Palmeiro. Oh, the mighty weaves of MLB and performance enhancing drugs.
Looks like Bonds, Clemens, and Tejada, who Federal authorities claim lied, could all go to JAIL!
Barry.... nobody's feet grow from a 9 to an 11 in their 30's...... At least I never heard of that.
Looks like Bonds, Clemens, and Tejada, who Federal authorities claim lied, could all go to JAIL!
Barry.... nobody's feet grow from a 9 to an 11 in their 30's...... At least I never heard of that.
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