Such a long Saturday that I'm now getting to the blog before I run out of the house. I'm planning on a Mother's Day blog tonight.
Anyway, I was at an all-day track meet yesterday. It shouldn't have lasted that long but that's another story. St. Marcus did well especially in the relays. Coco set personal records throughout the day. He ran a 7:02 mile, an 86 second quarter in a relay and a 3:23 800. It was a windy day especially for the mile so he's chomping at the best to lower his mile time which is already a school record for a 6th grader.
I bet Exxagerator across the board yesterday and he finished second so we slightly more than doubled our money. Would have killed it if he could have grabbed first but Nyquist ran a good time and is a better horse than I expected. Exxagerator is a huge closer and we're betting him big for the Belmont Stakes which is a longer race. I'm hoping he takes the Preakness off because it's a shorter race with tighter curves at the Baltimore track and I just don't see a pathway to be in the money.
Off to shower and run off. Enjoy your Sunday!
Later
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016
It's Official
Tickets go on sale next Friday for the Jimmy Buffett Labor Day Show on September 3rd at Alpine Valley. Appropriate that it was in the 70's today for the announcement. And that will be the last 70 degree day in the forecast for the next 10 days.
The Cubs won again today and are on pace to set some all-time win records. We shall see!
Big day for Coco tomorrow. We have a track meet at 9am then soccer clinic at 2pm. He looks ready!
I managed to find time for a Spencer Tracy movie today. Bad Day at Black Rock. It was terrific and also starred Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Walter Brennan. Tracy won an Oscar Nomination for this movie.
I put money on Exxagerator for the Kentucky Derby. Especially if they get a little rain.
Have a safe weekend!
Later
The Cubs won again today and are on pace to set some all-time win records. We shall see!
Big day for Coco tomorrow. We have a track meet at 9am then soccer clinic at 2pm. He looks ready!
I managed to find time for a Spencer Tracy movie today. Bad Day at Black Rock. It was terrific and also starred Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Walter Brennan. Tracy won an Oscar Nomination for this movie.
I put money on Exxagerator for the Kentucky Derby. Especially if they get a little rain.
Have a safe weekend!
Later
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Cinco de Mayo 2016
Happy Cinco de Mayo! It's not the biggest event in Milwaukee for some reason despite a town that looks for any event to make a drinking party out of.
The Cubs are three outs from another win against Washington tonight. At least someone in that town is working so I give the Nationals some credit!
Trump twittered a picture of himself eating some Taco Bell on Cinco de Mayo. The poor idiot thinks that real Mexican food I guess like some people think McDonalds is a real burger joint. No wonder Paul Ryan, Romney and both Bushes amongst others decided not to support this phony!
I'm leaning towards Exxagerator to win the Kentucky Derby Saturday. I'll place my bet tomorrow and let you know for sure!
Don't miss Halley's Comet meteor shower tonight. If you can't stay up don't worry. This Presidential Election will shower you with plenty of fireworks amongst other things so lift up those pant legs!
Later
The Cubs are three outs from another win against Washington tonight. At least someone in that town is working so I give the Nationals some credit!
Trump twittered a picture of himself eating some Taco Bell on Cinco de Mayo. The poor idiot thinks that real Mexican food I guess like some people think McDonalds is a real burger joint. No wonder Paul Ryan, Romney and both Bushes amongst others decided not to support this phony!
I'm leaning towards Exxagerator to win the Kentucky Derby Saturday. I'll place my bet tomorrow and let you know for sure!
Don't miss Halley's Comet meteor shower tonight. If you can't stay up don't worry. This Presidential Election will shower you with plenty of fireworks amongst other things so lift up those pant legs!
Later
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
It's Derby Time
The Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Last year on won some pretty good money for the first time in a long time. This year I'm looking at two horses. Nyquist who is undefeated and coming out of the 13 post. Or, Exaggerator coming out of the 11 post. I'm leaning towards the later as the jockey is kent Desormeaux a Louisiana boy who has won for me before. Plus his brother owns this horse so I'm thinking they wouldn't enter this horse unless they thought it had a real good chance of winning. We have a track meet Saturday so I will probably have to place my bets on Friday.
The Cubs won again today and remain the number one team in baseball! One of the few bright spots on my cold 45 degree day. I'm glad we went for the that warm weather walk yesterday.
Someone found a diamond that looks like the size of a tennis ball. All I ever find is tennis balls with dog slobber on them!
Cruz and Kasich dropped out of the GOP race. Now that all the human beings are gone we shall see how the last idiot standing does!
Later
The Cubs won again today and remain the number one team in baseball! One of the few bright spots on my cold 45 degree day. I'm glad we went for the that warm weather walk yesterday.
Someone found a diamond that looks like the size of a tennis ball. All I ever find is tennis balls with dog slobber on them!
Cruz and Kasich dropped out of the GOP race. Now that all the human beings are gone we shall see how the last idiot standing does!
Later
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Trump Finds Oswald's Accomplice
If anyone else said it we would be committing them to an institution or at least giving them a drug test. Trump links Cruz's father to Lee Harvey Oswald and possibly the JFK Assassination based on 54 year old photo of Oswald with a Cuban looking man lurking in the background. He's truly becoming a poor caricature of a human being. Fox News keeps favoring him though because of ratings so careful what you wish for!
It hit 70 degrees today so Krissy and I went for a walk. Who knows when the weather will permit that again as we just don't trust it.
Track practice is licking my butt pretty good but Coco is looking good for his big meet on Saturday.
I'm cooking a big steak for dinner. I'll use my black pan as I don't feel like getting the grill cleaned up and ready tonight.
Jake Arrieta goes for his 6th win of the season against the Pirates. Don't bet against this man, he's on fire!
Later
It hit 70 degrees today so Krissy and I went for a walk. Who knows when the weather will permit that again as we just don't trust it.
Track practice is licking my butt pretty good but Coco is looking good for his big meet on Saturday.
I'm cooking a big steak for dinner. I'll use my black pan as I don't feel like getting the grill cleaned up and ready tonight.
Jake Arrieta goes for his 6th win of the season against the Pirates. Don't bet against this man, he's on fire!
Later
Monday, May 2, 2016
Fishing For Budweiser
Finally, the sun found Milwaukee once again and we hit 59 degrees. People are itching for summer and all the music festivals!
The Key West Songwriter's Festival is hosting their 21st annual starting this Wednesday and running through Sunday.
It looks like the Sports Authority chain which filed for bankruptcy will be closing all their stores now. A hedge fund bought them 10 years ago. They made their money off it though and now over 14,000 people will lose their jobs. Let's just give them another tax cut though.
A cruise ship visited Cuba today for the first time in about 40 years. A lot of people are against this idea. That is, until they find a way to make some cash off of it and then it will be okay.
Starbucks is being sued by a lady and her lawyer for serving too much ice in their cold beverages despite the fact that you can always ask for less ice. This is what happens when one country has two-thirds of the world's lawyers. Crap lawsuits with no justice in site.
Three fishermen were fishing in Wisconsin's Wolf River and they caught a 6 pack of Budweiser that some poor fisherman lost in the 60's. They were steel cans with the plastic ring still on them. The steel cans were all rusted but the plastic rings were in near perfect condition and not degraded at all. Yep, time to start digging more landfills I think!
Later
The Key West Songwriter's Festival is hosting their 21st annual starting this Wednesday and running through Sunday.
It looks like the Sports Authority chain which filed for bankruptcy will be closing all their stores now. A hedge fund bought them 10 years ago. They made their money off it though and now over 14,000 people will lose their jobs. Let's just give them another tax cut though.
A cruise ship visited Cuba today for the first time in about 40 years. A lot of people are against this idea. That is, until they find a way to make some cash off of it and then it will be okay.
Starbucks is being sued by a lady and her lawyer for serving too much ice in their cold beverages despite the fact that you can always ask for less ice. This is what happens when one country has two-thirds of the world's lawyers. Crap lawsuits with no justice in site.
Three fishermen were fishing in Wisconsin's Wolf River and they caught a 6 pack of Budweiser that some poor fisherman lost in the 60's. They were steel cans with the plastic ring still on them. The steel cans were all rusted but the plastic rings were in near perfect condition and not degraded at all. Yep, time to start digging more landfills I think!
Later
Sunday, May 1, 2016
The Wit Lives On
Krissy and I had a nice night at Steve and Holly's last night and it was great seeing everyone. A large group showed up and we played a couple new fun games unfortunately I can't remember the names off hand but I'll try to find out for later blog purposes.
We made tacos and watched last week's episode of the Blacklist tonight and it was one of the best shows ever. The writing on that show is absolutely brilliant and one of the characters was killed off which is okay with us as she was the worst actor on the show.
This afternoon we went to a memorial service for Wis Guthrie, the 98 year old father of Krissy's step dad Jim. I met Wis several times and really enjoyed talking to him. He remained sharp until the very end.
Wis was a long time art professor at Carroll College which is now Carroll University. About 250 people showed up and told some great stories. He was a student of Grant Wood's in Iowa. The name should sound familiar as he painted American Gothic.
It was a service in the Quaker tradition complete with a celebration of his life with fantastic homemade movie clips woven together. I must say I totally enjoyed myself as the Quaker's really do it right.
Wis had an interesting take on the Gettysburg Address. He believed it remained popular because it closely matches the Lord's Prayer in style. I've never heard that before and I studied history under David Blight who is a well known Lincoln Historian.
They had a lot of his personal artwork on display. My favorite piece was a painting/picture shortly after the 2000 presidential election. It showed Abraham Lincoln overlooking the Supreme Court with 9 cards in a row representing the justices. The Kings represent the male justices and the queens represent the female justices. One card is different. It is 3 cards from the right and that card is a joker!
The memories and wit through his art will certainly live on!
Later
We made tacos and watched last week's episode of the Blacklist tonight and it was one of the best shows ever. The writing on that show is absolutely brilliant and one of the characters was killed off which is okay with us as she was the worst actor on the show.
This afternoon we went to a memorial service for Wis Guthrie, the 98 year old father of Krissy's step dad Jim. I met Wis several times and really enjoyed talking to him. He remained sharp until the very end.
Wis was a long time art professor at Carroll College which is now Carroll University. About 250 people showed up and told some great stories. He was a student of Grant Wood's in Iowa. The name should sound familiar as he painted American Gothic.
It was a service in the Quaker tradition complete with a celebration of his life with fantastic homemade movie clips woven together. I must say I totally enjoyed myself as the Quaker's really do it right.
Wis had an interesting take on the Gettysburg Address. He believed it remained popular because it closely matches the Lord's Prayer in style. I've never heard that before and I studied history under David Blight who is a well known Lincoln Historian.
They had a lot of his personal artwork on display. My favorite piece was a painting/picture shortly after the 2000 presidential election. It showed Abraham Lincoln overlooking the Supreme Court with 9 cards in a row representing the justices. The Kings represent the male justices and the queens represent the female justices. One card is different. It is 3 cards from the right and that card is a joker!
The memories and wit through his art will certainly live on!
Later
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