Hello

I must apologize for my absence. I do have a valid reason. I am currently heading into week three of a seven weekend event. Between trips to California, Arkansas, and St. Louis, visiting relatives and float trips I have been quite busy. I am not here to complain, but since someone is questioning my thoughts, only one trip is for my benefit. I thought I would catch up on a few random items. I was told recently that I am too negative and need some light hearted script. You came to the wrong place! I will only be sour about a couple of items.

President Obama referred to a police officer as acting stupidly. In his next sentence he went on to say he didn’t have all the facts. POB made a huge mistake. It is insanity. I am not going to go into the whole mess, but he made a huge mistake and even when he realized he was wrong, he will not apologize. Click on the link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/24/obama-offers-different-responses-racially-charged-controversies/

Tom Watson. Do I need say more?

Ricky Henderson is about to go into the hall of fame. I wish I was there for the speech. Do you think Ricky will ever refer to himself in third person? In honor of the event I encourage you to do a third person weekend. Refer to yourself in third person for the entire weekend. When people ask why, then tell them you pay homage to Ricky. If you catch this late, then pick out a common work day. Very nice article on ESPN. It goes to tell us that Ricky wasn’t just about flair and third person, but really about the game and doing what he could to help his team win. Quite eye opening to this scribe. Feel free to skip down past the video for the story: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof09/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=4352942
Funny Ricky stories: http://www.faniq.com/blog/The-25-Best-Rickey-Henderson-Stories-Of-All-Time-Blog-15243

Bryan has decided that he will climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Now I know you thinking: A. He will never do it. B. He can’t do it. C. The man has lost it and is going into a midlife crisis. The answer? Probably part of C, but not totally. It is actually not that difficult of a trek and there is no face climbing involved. The difficulty will be handling the altitude. I have a near commitment from Mr. Stoll to join me. We are shooting for 2011 with the possibility of 2012. The cost is not cheap due to travel. Anyone interested, let me know.

-Last word, please keep my Aunt Margaret Peterson and her family in your prayers. She is fighting terminal cancer and things have been rough.