Huddle Up

2007-06-23T10:13:00.001-07:00

Coming back on-line...Huddle Up!

This is the blog that scores.

2006-11-30T21:48:00.000-08:00

I haven't come close to be valid and finished "blogger," but soon you'll see my garden and "cocktail orchard" on my site. Hold your breath. It's just a few moments away.....Out. Mike

2006-11-23T11:36:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much for all that surrounds me--my Tessie and family. Thanks for health and friends.....For those who laugh and find the glass half full, for those who want peace over violence, for those who love the earth and welcome new ideas. Thanks to those who differ from us and respect free thought. Thanks to those who have passed and the cherished memories they leave behind. Thanks to those we meet in the future as we relish their new visions.....To those who volunteer and give of their time, and to those who hope and openly look to the future.....Thanks for yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Out. Mike

2006-11-17T22:19:00.000-08:00

Attention: It's the start of another weekend of football. Number 1 vs. Number 2.....B.C.S. at its best. Professional and inter-league games, with the best of production and play-by-play in a sharp D.V.D. world. Unsurpassed...

But wait.....What about GREAT?.....GREAT this. GREAT that. Announcers using that tired modifier more often than the commercial break. From the eastern time zone to the gold coast--great catch, great block, great call. The only adjective used by the color announcers is GREAT. Let's try solid, fantastic.....Any thing other than GREAT. It's time to start with outstanding, or at least wonderful.

So let the games begin, and watch those super, stupendous, spectacular athletes perform. The best of athletes on a cool Saturday's match-up playing outrageous football worthy of high praise. So, let us say describe the play as, a good contest, and well-played game. Out. Mike

2006-11-17T12:24:00.000-08:00

The irony was as thick as a San Francisco fog. Our President strolling down the red carpet, ready to shake the hands of Vietnam pols. Yes, George Bush.....

As a young man you couldn't get him near Hanoi, but today there it was smiling his familiar uncomfortable grin. The Vietnam military band played our Star Spangled Banner, right on key. If any English teacher was looking for an example of irony, they could just have their kids watch this farce on C.N.N. Out. Mike

The Breast Cancer 3 Day

2006-11-15T19:36:00.000-08:00

Never in the recent history has one color been so cool. Pink, yes, pink...Not adorning a "T" bird or on a flamingo, but on San Jose's Police in their Sunday best. As official as standard blue, it shown like a bright badge of dedication and sacrifice on those 32 men in pink. Joining the force were San Diego Fire Department and a large parking lot filled with volunteers from all the county. These 4,500 put step after step in common cadence. Lining the pathways was a fan base worthy of a Super Bowl.

Grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and survivors of this horrible breast cancer formed a union of courage forgetting their pain. The finish line with its balloon-filled skies came into sight. 60 miles of trudging up the Torrey Pines grade, through hilly streets after long and seemly endless roads came the charge, on to Petco Park.

If Monday is blue, then this Sunday was PINK. Followers held roses, banners, and hope in every shade of that marvelous color. They were there to celebrate a closer step to the cure! 11.4 million dollars was raised. San Diego is so cool. When we answer the question, what are Americas colors? We answer, Red, White, and Blue. But today we must add...Pink. God Bless all the blisters, sweat, and tears spent last weekend. Thanks, Pink. Peace-out. Mike

2006-10-24T13:48:00.000-07:00

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