Mucho Homeworko last night....

ISU game tomorrow.

Austin game tomorrow.

Seneca Wallace is looking very good for the Browns this year!

The NFL experience is no cheap thrill The results explain how it is that these players can command million-dollar contracts. No kidding...this is why I don't spent that much and/or purchase season tickets anymore...it's ridiculous.....They are people that can play football better than me. OK

Again steak tonight.....

Boy do I talk too much sometimes.....oops

Deep Thought of the Day: There used to be a house on our block that we thought was haunted, because you'd hear people screaming inside and because people who went in never came out. Later on we found out it was just a murderer's house.

Got the Kamikaze chopper started last night...after 3 batteries, a couple other things. Started right up. Will probably get rid of it on Craigslist, or at least try It hasn't worked very well for anything else. Austin doesn't seem to have much faith in my abilities, he was shocked.

FB starts Thursday and Austin has a game too......trying to decide....?? start tailgating at 10am....awwwww....what happens happens.....

People are strange and costly.

Making generalizations, of course we all see that. I’ve strived for a long time not to make generalizations. That is why I can be friendly with all different types of people. Maybe someday it will get me killed. Hate talking to people that make assumptions and generalizations...more and more everyday. Get the facts!! You don't look very smart to me....

Blaise and I thought Despicable Me was awesome! Especially the Minions.....

Secret to long life....I may live forever...love Ernest Borgnine


Saturday night we did the Lacona Celebration, a couple good bands, even enjoyed the jazz band. Names all slip my mind, Blaise fell asleep during the last band and just sleep through it. Austin was running around somewhere….

Sunday afternoon we went to the rodeo for a little while and my neighbors tried to convince me to saddle bronc riding, time to beat was 5.1. They said they weren't that wild...... It took me about 20 seconds to come to my senses. I haven't done that or bull riding for 19 years and do not plan on doing it again. My body doesn't bounce back fast enough....plus I tear it up enough....without having help!

Damn interesting weekend.....Police, Bike, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Movie, Evilness, Motorcycle, Car, 4 Wheeler, Bees, Rodeo, Laptops, New Farm, New House, Planning....seemed like we were busy...........

Hospitals wouldn't be so bad if they had a bar. Hey, where's the damn hospital bar.

Johnny Orr to be honored at Hilton....It's about freakin time!!!

One of the most popular and successful coaches in Iowa State Athletics history will be permanently honored beginning this winter when “Johnny’s” — a large sports bar-themed gathering area for donors — will open its doors at Hilton Coliseum. Read more here....and with Hoiberg there now, it can only get better!

Ankeny walked over Indianola last night. Austin was marginal at best. He threw no interceptions, so that is good. He seems extremely timid, that's where he is psychologically. If he could get his mind into it, he could easily be twice the athlete as he is now. I know for me it didn't hit me till I was a junior in school, then the light came on.......All these kids develop at different times, you can see it in most of them(where they are)...

Talk about alot of rides this weekend....
MS Ride
Mustache ride
Skunk ride
RAGBRAI reunion ride
Mark Ggurich ride

Stopped and talked to Cindi last night for a while, shes working too hard. On a positive note: I got another hand covered face shot for the blog.

Also stopped and talked to Nicole #1 and her new baby Tatum(10 months). Tatum is beautiful, made me miss my kids at that age. She was just adorable. Nice work Nicole!

Weekend...I don't have a clue.......easier that way! ...and less stressful!

Not the same here without Michelle.

Heather is running is some race in KC, she says it for a good cause. Yeah, like drinking heavily. Kidding

Funny.......It happens


Have a great weekend!!

Just love it when I get called, just so I can get yelled out. Does it really make people feel better?
Let’s see last night the ex called me to verify that her son decided not to eat anything the previous night and then continued on telling me he will never be staying with me again. Amazing how she can be played by her kids and not capable of being rational. Makes her look like an idiot. Something similar to this happened during RAGBARI. You would think these people would analyze what has happened and maybe try to actually understand what is going on vs. being too simple minded or naive. It’s kinda like people voting for Obama without making an educated vote.

Honestly can't remember yelling at anybody, except my kids(which I shouldn't do very often...or maybe at all)...even the ex.

Steak night was a blast, great group of people down in Cumming. Several I didn’t even see on RAGBRAI. Shawna and Mike were there, had a great conversation with them. Funny the stuff they were telling me. They were just verifying rumors they heard about me from one person(refer back to the paragraph before). Amazing….. Mike’s looking very weak. The girls were very loud after having twilight's…..and then singing Disney show tunes on the ride back. It was OK for like 3 minutes….

We're tentatively planning on the house in Aruba for a week. Also looks like Vegas in October.

Jenny B showed up and got her new copper cup...after Plummer broke it in for her.

D Dieke was there too, out of the blue...Guess it's on his way home from MO to Indianola.

Austin has a game this afternoon, we'll actually see what kind of stuff they are made out of. Ankeny should be more competitive then Hoover was.

Austin was 1 minute late for school yesterday(because of me) and received a detention.

15 good reasons I hate sleeping in hotel beds...The 15 Most Bedbug-Infested Cities in the US

Got to love this....


Boombay Bicycle Club opens tomorrow.....formally "The Union"(didn't last very long), Drink, & way back...Sneakers......

SHORT & SWEET... BUT, IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF Obama's SKILL...

It seems like a miracle that our beloved leader was able to convince BP to establish a $20 billion slush (oops, escrow) fund to compensate those hurt by the ongoing oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. After all, he had no constitutional power to force them to do so; so had to resort to Chicago-style negotiating.

But, let us take a closer look at the effect on BP's finances:

1. BP will establish a $20 billion fund, but will pay only $7 billion into
it during 2010.

2. BP is a British corporation, but has a very large operating entity in the US but only about 30% of it's income is derived from the US.

3. By Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAP), BP must book the entire $20 billion expense in the year accrued. Therefore, they will book a $20 billion expense in 2010, reducing their US tax liability by $7 billion.

4. Our dear leader also convinced this massive corporation to show their concern for the "small people" by withholding dividends to their
shareholders for the last 3 quarters of 2010. This reduces their outward cash flow by about $7.5 billion, including approximately 40% of that amount to US citizens. Assuming that the Bush tax cuts will survive through 2010, the US Treasury will lose another $450 million in taxes on that amount. We won't even discuss the effect on the US economy.

Let us put the results into a table easily understood by the small people (including me):

BP Cash Flow:

o Escrow funding ($7 billion)

o Dividend saving $7.5 billion

o Tax savings $7 billion

o Net favorable cash flow : $7.5 billion


US Treasury Tax Receipts:

o BP Corporate income tax .... minus $7.5 billion

o BP Shareholders ..... minus $0.45 billion

o Net unfavorable tax receipts ..... minus $7.95 billion

I guess we really should expect this. After all, our dear leader is the
most inexperienced man in ANY room he enters.

Now tell me ..Did the enlightened one "Kick Ass", or did he get "Sucker Punched"?

This is just one more reason why a 'community organizer" should NOT be negotiating anything dealing with money and finances!

Bottom line: The $20 Billion BP is putting up will create a $7.5 Billion
positive cash for BP flow this year. But, Obama actually "thinks" he really did something special and "kicked ass' (in his own words).

In reality, BP executives are laughing at him and 'kicked his ass". Oh
well..what's new with this President anyway??? He is in over his head when he starts dealing with "business people".