Well, fall is finally in the air. Football season is under way, the NHL is playing exhibition games, the temps are falling, and there are political ads out the wazoo. What more can you ask for? Got a few things to talk about this week. Hope you’re interested enough to hear me out. Gonna end on a positive note this week, too. So try to stick around if you can. Promise you’ll enjoy the last snippet. With that being said, let’s get ready to reeeeaaaaaddddddddddd:
- Not gonna be able to run in Birmingham’s Susan G. Komen, a great and wonderful cause, 5K run this year. Was able to run a 5K here a couple weeks ago. Was sponsored by Time Warner Cable and $5 of every entry fee went towards breast cancer awareness, whatever that means. Have had a tough time running in both races. Get to thinking about my grandmama and mother both beating breast cancer. Also think about my Aunt Trisha losing her battle with it. Well, she always figured she was going to win either way. She was either gonna beat the cancer or get to meet Jesus face-to-face. Will always admire the attitude she had during her fight. Never really care about my time or what place I come in during these races, it’s more about the cause to me. Highly encourage each and every one of you to be sure to check yourself for lumps on a regular basis. That includes you, too, men. If you think men can’t get it, just look up Ace Frehley on the internet one day. Might be surprised. And, women you should also be sure to get a mammogram whenever you get a chance. It’s been proven over and over again they detect cancer at its earliest stages, which is the best time to beat it;
- Ain’t political ads fun to watch? They’re usually more about the lies the other guy has told than what the politician it’s about is gonna do. Think the best one I’ve seen is one about a politician who stopped a crime from being committed. Sounds like he got beat up pretty bad in the process. There’s an ad for him that talks about how this shows he has great character. I think it’s great that he stepped in and saved the day. But, part of me also thinks, if he had such great character, he wouldn’t be trying to use this to his advantage in an election. But, in his defense, there’s no “I’m so-and-so and I approve of this ad” statement at the end. So, it could be some his supporters have put this ad out and not him. (Just for the record, though, his wife speaks in the ad.) However, have noticed he sports a very obvious, bright white bandage on his hand in the ads he does approve of. Sad thing is, I can’t even tell you what office he or his opponent are running for. In my defense, it is an ad for a politician in a state other than the one I live in. Only pay about half attention to those ads in my home state. Pay about half of that in someone else’s state. At least they’re trying to talk about his positives. Have said it once, and will say it again: if all you got to brag about is you’re not your opponent, you ain’t got much to offer, either;
- Been hearing a lot of yapping bout folks being disappointed that Obama ain’t solved the world’s problems in two years. Now, ain’t a fan of the man nor his policies, but anyone who thought he’d cure everything in two years should probably not be allowed to vote again, ever. Well, not really, but it does show the short-sightedness of the American electorate. In case you ain’t been paying attention, this is a world-wide economic downturn. We are so dependent on the world economy, there’s only so much we can do as a country to improve things. Reckon we’ll just keep overturning our elected officials until things finally straighten out. Our economy has always gone through cycles. We are currently on a downturn. Part of me thinks some of the problem is we’ve basically legislated out the depression phase of it. Great prosperity has always followed a depression whether we want to admit it or not. Ain’t wishing a depression on us, but my point is eventually the economy will cycle through this downturn and things will get better. None of the legislation passed during the 1930’s brought us out of the Great Depression. But, it gave Americans hope, which goes a longer way than just about anything else. Most of the hope was created by creating jobs. Can’t say any of the legislation passed in the last four years or so has given folks much hope. Reckon that’s why President Obama is in such trouble, if you believe the polls, anyway. Imagine it ain’t a coincidence they just announced the recession has supposedly been over since June…2009. Not really sure how they come to figure that out now. But, will say it’s mighty convenient it was announced right before the mid-term elections when the Dems are supposedly trailing badly in many races. Maybe I’m just being overly suspicious, though…;
- See where Lady Gaga has gotten involved in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” debate. Think a majority of Americans (including our elected officials on both sides of the aisle) support doing away with this silly policy. The problem is the language which does away with it is wrapped into other stuff which ain’t so good. This is the problem most of the time. Kind of like the debate which said the Pubs were agin extending unemployment benefits a while back. They weren’t agin extending the benefits, they were agin the way they were going to be funded. There’s usually more to a story than most Americans want to dig into. Not sure why this is not just a bill in and of itself. Would pass with flying colors. Anyway, at least Ms. Gaga appears to be taking the issue seriously, unlike Stephen Colbert when he was called to testify about illegal immigration. Read Congress will sometimes call celebrities to bring attention to a particular cause. Not sure what knucklehead thought calling Colbert was a good idea. First of all, they had to know he wasn’t going to take it seriously. Second, this is a pretty hot topic right now so tricks shouldn’t have been needed to draw attention to this subject. Nice to know our elected officials are taking things so seriously right now;
- Been lots of brouhaha about Katy Perry and her duet with Elmo. Saw the video. Think it’s much ado bout nothin myself. Seems like the kids on lots of kid’s shows dress a lot racier than she did. The Sesame Street folks have been doing this a long time. Would think people would trust their judgment by now. But, some folks nowadays just like to complain bout everything. By her standards, her dress was pretty tame. In just about every picture I’ve ever seen of her, she usually has a very low cut top on with a push-up bra shoving those things halfway up to Canada. To me, it’s hard to tell she has any cleavage in the offending outfit. But, in the long run, Sesame Street is getting a lot of publicity out this whole thing. Proving once again that any pub is good pub;
- Heard an interesting debate the other day bout whether golf has lost it’s mainstream status now that Tigger’s struggling. My man TK Stack Money (that’s Tony Kornheiser to most folks) was saying golf never has been a mainstream sport, especially in comparison to the other sports. As much as it pains me to say this, have to agree with that statement. Think Tigger has been mainstream, but not golf itself, least not at the pro level. (Lot more people play golf than watch it on TV.) Lot of people today don’t watch for the golf. They watch to see what Tigger is doing. Supposedly, TV ratings go way down when he’s either not in contention or not playing in the tournament at all. Just proves they ain’t golf fans, they’re Tigger fans. Such a shame, too. Many people complain about the it’s-all-about-me attitude of many professional athletes these days. Pro golfers are just about as polar opposite of this that you can imagine. That’s both the men and the women, by the way. I actually prefer to watch the LPGA cuz they show their personalities a lot more while they are playing. It’s a real shame more folks don’t watch them. Anyway, if you want to watch a sport where the players have honesty and integrity, take a little while to watch some golf on the telly. It’s actually kind of relaxing;
- OK, here’s the positive ending I promised. Ever heard of Ike Ditzenberger? Well, you are about to. He’s a 17 year old boy with Down Syndrome. He goes to Snohomish High School out in Washington. He also happens to be on the football team. The coach promised Ike he will play in practice as long as he keeps his shoulder pads on and his mouthpiece in. Every time he does, Coach Mark Perry closes practices with The Ike Special, a play where Ike gets to carry the ball for a touchdown. Ike’s dream has been to score in an actual game. Last Friday night in a game against Lake Stevens High School, Coach Perry called The Ike Special on the final play of the game. Ike ran it 51 yards for the touchdown! Now, Lake Stevens was in on it, and they let him score. But, the defenders added touches of realism by “trying” to tackle him, even diving and missing several times. Lake Stevens won the game on paper 35-6, but in my opinion, both teams won that game. My hat is off to both coaches. This is what sports should be all about if you ask me. If you want to read the story and/or see the play, just follow this here link to see The Ike Special. You won’t regret it.
Well, that’s all I got for now. Appreciate you hanging in here with me, and hope you’re having a great week.
I’m out!
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