Dodgers! 2008

The dodgers have added two main components to their team WITHOUT GIVING AWAY ANYONE...brilliant! I see a 97 win season for them next year. Go Blue.

Man, keeping a blog up to date is demanding! Going to Texas for 2 weeks but here is something to talk about...

At a recent Republican debate Fred Thompson "refused to participate" in a question where the host would say "all those who think this way...raise your hand." I applaude him. I wish my man Mitt would have done it. Fred said that not all questions can be answered well, or honestly, with a yes or no - and he refused. The other candidates agreed and really put that host in her place. Finally a truthful and common-sensical moment in this weird political world. What do you think?

Dan In Real Life

Every once and a while a movie comes along that I just fall in love with. Dan In Real Life is the latest. I'm not sure why yet, but I think I could watch that movie 10 times in 10 days and like it each time. Anyone else seen it? What did you think?

Introducing Mr. Joseph Torre...

So, Dodger Fans, is Torre enough? What will he bring and what else do we need to take over the baseball world?

Express Jet heart attack!

So I'm leasurely flying back from San Antonio Texas on Express Jet. As we approach the Ontario, CA airport the pilot reports that Southern California is on fire and the Santa Anna winds are gusting up to 80 mph. Having lived with the Santa Annas for some time I have some sense of what we are dealing with. As we come into our first approach to land, about 200 ft. above the ground, the jet begins to jump and jive and twist. The pilot then lifts us back up in the air and we have another go round. The second time the same thing happens. They head off to land in San Diego where we sit in the terminal for two hours. They then announce that the winds haven't changed but we are going to try it again. So we fly back to Ontario (which only takes a few minutes) and try THREE MORE TIMES! On the second try passengers began to scream "we don't need this...go back to San Diego...stop trying." I, of course, was very cool headed except for the blank staring like some sort of Zombie being who is half dead. The whole time I'm saying to myself: the chances that this flight would be one to crash must be astronimical, but the whole time I pictured us somersaulting across the runway, wondering how it would feel to be covered in jet fuel. So, anyone else ever have a harrowing experience on a plane?

I now root for the Lakers to trade Mr. Bryant.

I may even start pulling for the Celtics this year. Gosh that makes me sick. Actually, I like the Jazz...No, NO, NO! I'm still a Laker guy. If they can just play some defense then maybe...

What do you like about this picture???

Elder Eyring in the First Presidency is exciting!

I have always appreciated Elder Eyrings way. What do you like about him that makes you glad to have him there?

Anyone speak Espanol?

Would someone please translate something for me that Whitney keeps writing in her letters. Here it is: "Mi Padre es muey fantastico!"

Holy Mama, Chinaman, what goin' on?

Okay, I have a challenge for you. Over in Heywood Fantasy Baseball Marc posted using the words 'holy mama.' It struck me as funny. I remembered last year Joe taught us that any sentence with the word 'chinaman' in it was funny. We tried a few out and found out that it was, holy mama, true. That got me thinking that a sentence with both 'holy mama' and 'chinaman' could really be funny. For example: "Today I heard a chinaman say, "holy mama, I've missplaced my chopsticks." Pretty dang funny.
So thats your challenge. CAN YOU CREATE A SENTENCE WITH 'HOLY MAMA' AND 'CHINAMAN' THATS NOT FUNNY.

Barry Bonds and Steroids

I have thunked about this situation and cannot reach clarity in my mind. Should Barry's record have an asterisk? Should the steroids issue be ignored? Why do people villify Barry when everyone loved Mark Maguire (sp?) who was built like a cartoon character because of his steroids? If you were Bud Selig what would you do? (no one needs to point out that this is just sports, so who cares - we know that.)

Mitt Romney...

I just finished a book called "A Mormon in the White House" about who Mitt R. is and can he actually be elected. (By Hugh Hewitt, loaned to me by Larry) Do you like Mitt Romney? Besides being LDS why do you like him? Do you think he has a chance to win the nomination? I think Mr. Hewitt's answers would be "yes, a lot, and absolutely." What are your's?