Thoughts That Come To You

If you think that there are more than two genders, let's see you go milk a bull! 

I don't believe there are two genders per se but where does that leave intersex people(hermaphrodites)?

After moving here in 1999 and experiencing Las Vegas life for the first time, buffets were PLENTIFUL, and it was the land of "milk and honey." In the first five months here I realized twenty extra pounds had been packed on. It became "Did you say this was piece of chicken number five?" Yeah...watch me go get number six. All the mashed potatoes and gravy consumed (along with other food items that will remain nameless) had to end up somewhere and that caused the trouser size to go from 34 to 38. Buffets have slowly started to creep back onto the local scene; it just does not seem like it will reach the previous levels ever again though. I'll run far away from now on if it does. 

Over the last few days, I came across 3 words that I haven't heard in years. They are...

Fink...Beatnik...Mush

I remember on the Little Rascals Spanky telling all the kids "Don't eat the mush; it's spoiled."

If you have a friend or family member that is chasing a dream, support them as much as you can and when they start to lose the motivation to keep going, politely remind them to keep chasing that dream because a dream won't chase you back! 

Been watching the bowl games like everyone else & found that anyone scoring a TD gets pounded to shit with congratulation chest bumps & helmet slaps/butting.

Check it out.. some of the hits are "field" quality hits!

This harpoon show is coming on the Discovery channel next week. 

They use a small plane to fly over the water & locate the tuna. They radio the navigational data to the fishing boat & some dude harpoons a fish. 

That's some lazy ass fishing. Actually, that's not even fishing IMO. It's more like hunting.

Won't be watching it.

Just made a donation to pasadenahumane.org who are helping with displaced animals in Cali.

You can do the same!

State Farm Insurance left California homeowners high & dry when they cancelled their policies. OK, fine.

Now they shouldn't have the ability to provide car, life, health &, small business insurance either.

We can't expect our Governors to take action, so we as consumers need to take the appropriate steps to no longer fill the coffers of companies that are not there when you need them most. 

Hello Midnight, Hiow have you been? Thanks for the information you provided for donating to that animal fund. Speaking of animals, when are you going to give your preview of the three-year-olds that will be running for the roses on the first week of May? looking forward to it! 

@Daddy_Freddie

 Funny you should ask Freddie because I made a comment in the Horse forum today about all the young fillies & colts racing down here at Gulfstream right now. They are beautiful animals with great breeding & I'm sure the owners hope they have a Derby horse in their barn. Time will tell.

Thanks for your comment, I'll head over there and check it out. Your mention of Gulfstream brought back MANY memories from when I was just a youngster in this game, I remember Jerry Bailey and Pat Day at Gulfstream and Hialeah! 

@Daddy_Freddie

 Hialeah was beautiful. I remember before the 7th race everyday, a small boat on the infield pond would slap their paddle on the water & about 50 flamingos would circle the pond in flight & come back down to the water. They are beautiful birds with different shades of pink.

It was a gorgeous sight.

@Midnight1

Not sure if you've ever been this far west, when both living and visiting there Hollywood Park used to be known as the "Land of lakes and flowers", the infield was really nice. Sadly, the land was sold, and So Fi Stadium sits on the property. In the end it really sat in an interesting place as well, it was surrounded by restaurants, hotels and stores. 

This morning I saw where former baseball player Felix Mantilla passed away at the age of 90. He was one of the first players from Puerto Rico to play in the major league.

I fondly remember him as the player who was in almost every baseball package I opened up as a kid. I must have had 17 Felix Mantilla cards. I gave some of them to my sisters so they could put them in their bicycle spokes to make that cool sound when they rode it.

Strange how we remember stuff like this.

Watching the football game, Spartan's basketball & playing the ponies. Life is good

I just saw this saying..."Wish in one hand and crap in the other & see which one fills up first."

That pretty much sums it up I'd say.

Worrying is like a rocking chair. It will keep you busy, but you won't get anywhere

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly means.... it blew up.

Starship had a launch today & it didn't go well. The term above was used to explain what happened.

If you have family or friends in Cali, you can follow the fire live updates on KTLA TV.

And don't forget the animals that you can help with donations to a number of animal shelters including hay for the many horses that need to be moved from the affected areas.

It's amazing how much of a difference having grilled onions on a hamburger instead of raw onions makes in regard to overall taste and satisfaction. 

Indeed!

Ok, so this may sound mind blowing but I never had an onion until I met my wife. I guess maybe an onion bagel but never had it on a sandwich, burger, hot dog or anything. I understand I've had onion in sauces & other stuff but I was first introduced to onions when I was dating my wife & she ordered onion on our nachos. I was hooked & have been for 35 years.

Properly grilled onions are superb & I never knew what I was missing.

Same thing about eggs & coffee. Never had either & I realize eggs are used in plenty of food. Love the smell of coffee but that's it.

The weather has been crappy & haven't been on the water fishing in 3 weeks. Almost everytime we go out, we end of picking trash found in the ocean. But I've never heard a story like this.

It's been 65-70 degrees here & manatees like it much warmer & move into our canals. One was seen last week with a bicycle tire stuck around it's torso. They have to dodge all the crap in the canal that is blown off the backyards of residents & some are too lazy to pick up their stuff. Stuff like plastic bags or cups, funnoodles & stuff like that. But a bicycle tire?? C'mon people.

Capturing a manatee isn't easy. You need to coax them into a canal that ends & kind of box them in. Once that's done a water stretcher is used to lift them out of the canals. Evidently a few years ago the same thing happened in Blue Spring State Park near DeLand, Fl & they couldn't corner this guy & the tire eventually came off when a boat propeller cut the tire significantly enough for the manatee to escape.

Crazy...

I follow your daily weather there and see that it has been really un-Florida like for about the past three/four days. Here in Las Vegas the days are okay and after midnight you better be inside. Those manatees are really interesting creatures, and I am glad they are extinct, and Florida protects them! People and trash sadly go together now. You could have TEN trash cans set up in a park and people would still throw the trash on the ground! 

I sometimes feel like Oskar Schindler at the end of Schindler's List but not in any meaningful way like saving a bunch of Joos from certain death in a concentration camp. Just for partying. I did a lot of partying in my youth and well into my 30s. Wild times. Stuff of legends. And yet, sometimes i'll get caught up in moments where i'm all, "I could've partied more! I could've done so much more!" And it's reminiscent of Liam Nieson at the end of Schindler's List. It's horrible but that's what it reminds me off.

This is freaky that you brought this up. I just watched this movie again last weekend.

He was devastated when that realization came to him after looking at all the faces he had saved. I was also touched when survivors or family of survivors put those little stones on his headstone in memory of his efforts. 

He certainly did party his ass off with those in command & speaking of asses he had his pick of any he wanted.