Website Updates - ClubHusband.com

The Gallery Style pictures will be at http://www.clubhusband.com/wives

The original format will still be at http://www.clubhusband.com/honeypot.html

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The left side menu has been changed and over the next few days will be updated.

The old style top navigation will be replaced  during the same period

We now have a shopping page

It has items we think are good deals for men  http://www.clubhusband.com/shopping.html

Also notice the ads for Cell Phone Shop?...this site has the lowest prices on cell phones and accessories we know of...it is where I buy all my memory cards, bluetooth, holsters.....etc.

Remember if you own a website that compliments ClubHusband we would be glad to exchange links.

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West Virginia Mountaineers Roll Past Villanova

Pat White and the West Virginia Mountaineers served notice to the Big East they are still the team to beat. With an impressive passing attack the senior quarterback known for his running picked apart the Wildcat's defence. White threw five touchdown passes.

On a day that saw their old coach - Rich Rodriguez - lose his debut at Michigan things couldn't have been better in Morgantown, WV

The eighth ranked Mountaineers take on a very good East Carolina team next weekend.

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Paula Creamer Still Leads

Twenty-two-year-old hottie Paula Creamer maintained a 178-point lead in the standings to make the 2009 United States Solheim Cup team following her sixth place tie at the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi. Creamer's three round total of 7-under-par 209 (69-68-72) left her six strokes behind the leading score of winner Cristie Kerr who improved her second-place United States Solheim Cup points standing to 246 points after her victory. Paula Creamer holds the lead with 424 points.

The 2009 Solheim Cup will take place Aug. 21-23 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. The top ten players on The Solheim Cup points list make the team, as well as two captain's picks.





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McCain Picks a Woman

John McCain picks a woman as his running mate. McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his VP. I commend the pick. Not because of politics but because- you sly old dog John - we didn't know you had it in you.

John McCain the 72 year old Vietnam war hero is the first candidate of a major party to pick a hottie. Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has five children, one old enough to be in the army and is still not bad looking . In fact if there wasn't a chance she might one day command the most powerful armed forces in history we would say she is definitely MiIf material.

Way to go Big John!

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Big Brother Spoiler HoH

After Michele and Ollie were gone and the network cameras were turned off there was still business on Big Brother 10. They still needed a HoH.

I don't know how it happened but Jerry is the new Head of Household. who knows what that guy will do with the power.

All I can say is if you want me to watch you better not evict Keesha. She is a Hooters Girl and former member of the Man Show Juggies. With a resume like that I think she deserves to win!

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Blake Lively on Letterman

I was half asleep watching Letterman when Blake Lively came out. They said in the beginning of the show she was on "Gossip Girl". I didn't know the show or Blake's name, I do now.

She is the actress who played Justin Long's love interest in "Accepted". Accepted is a movie about some kids who open their own college. In case you don't know - Justin Long is the kid from the Mac commercials.

When Blake Lively walked on stage I was no longer half anything, including asleep. Blake has apparently done some remodeling since I saw her last. She was always pretty but it looked like her nose was different and she had a couple of things enlarged. I say - congratulations to her plastic surgeon. Sir (Madam?) you do excellent work.

Gossip Girl doesn't sound like my kind of show but if I see it when clicking around I may have to stop and admire her doctors work a little more.

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Ana Ivanovic Upset at U.S. Open by Qualifier

Ana Ivanovic upset at U.S. Open. Julie Coin rated 188TH in the world defeated the number one player on the planet in the second round of the U.S. Open.

Coin started fast taking the first set but Ivanovic fought back to take the second. In the third tied at two games a piece Ana Ivanovic had triple break point and couldn't seal the deal. Coin won the game and then sailed home winning the final set 6-3.

It is the biggest upset in the history of the U.S. Open

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Thursday

It's Thursday afternoon and I am being lazy. I know, I know, what a surprise. I was going to mow my lawn but my neighbor did it. I was going to watch the U.S. Open but the men were playing. I was going to write a brilliant post but instead I am writing this one.

Not that I can't be brilliant here but in the lethargic mood I am in I doubt if brilliance will be created. I think it is the lack of sleep. Lately I have been getting between three and four hours. I have one son that needs a ride home from work at 1 AM and I have two others who need woke up for school at 6 AM. Then you throw in the wife's alarm going off at 4 AM - it's a little hard to get good rest.

Ever try writing when your eyes are closed? Not as easy as it sounds. Too many typos and I spend most of my time fighting with my spell check. It apparently doesn't work very well unless you get at least half the letters right in a word.

It also has a hard time when I throw in names of Russian tennis players like Sharapova or Dementieva. You would think as tall and as shapely as those two are, Google would recognize their names. Google spell check also claims it has no knowledge of Ana Ivanovic but we all know that can't be true. After all she is not only number one in the world but also on a scale of one to ten she is about an eleven and a half.

Google needs to update their spell check to include dazzling looking tennis players so i don't have to learn to spell in Russian because on days like this English is hard enough.

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Elena Dementieva Won Gold

Elena Dementieva of Russia won the Olympic Gold and if yesterday is any indication she is going to win the U.S. Open too.

She joins a long list of long legged blondes from Russia who play excellent tennis. The most famous being Anna Kournikova and of course Maria Sharapova. Why did no one mention these Russians during the Cold War? All we heard about was vodka swilling, bearded female weight lifters. Was it propaganda?

Was our government or theirs afraid our boys might not be so adverse about attacking Russians if we knew they looked Elena Dementieva. You have to admit Elena, Sharapova and Kournikova gives a whole new meaning to "invading Moscow".


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The Second Ammendment and WMDs

I am a strong believer in plain interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. In other words if it says free speech I believe I should be able to speak freely. If it says the right to bear arms I believe I have the right to own a gun.

So that being said, someone needs to explain to me, why if we, including me, believe we all have the right to bear arms why don't we believe Iraq has the same right.

Their sin, on the world stage, as I remember it was the alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction. I agree this was not a good thing. The part I don't get is why is it different from my neighbor with the IQ of a rat having the right to own a 9 mm that holds 15 rounds?

Now if rat boy points his piece at me we have a problem. If Sad-damn had his WMDs pointed at us it was a problem. But he didn't. He didn't even have them anywhere in plain sight. Just like rat boy he had them, if the excisted at all, safely in his closet locked away.

Why were Sad-damns WMDs our business?

Doesn't a sovereign nation have the right protect itself? Sure we argue he has bad friends. This gets me back to the Constitution. It doesn't say if you play nice you can have arms. It doesn't say if you don't keep company with Gordon fans you can have arms. It just says we have the right to bear arms.

Why didn't Iraq?


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Tuesday morning

Tuesday morning means one thing to me - trash day.

I have to wheel my giant blue trash cans to the road. Yes plural. With four boys, two Boxers (dogs not Ali and Frazier) one cockatoo, a chimp and a midget we accumulate a lot of trash. Although even with two cans it's not a hard task but it is a job I don't like for many reasons. Most of all it is time sensitive.

I do not like doing things on someone else's schedule. I didn't pick Tuesday. I didn't pick early afternoon as my pickup time. Why can't I pick my day and time?

I have been told if we all picked our own day and time it would cause the system to be inefficient. I say listen to me again! I don't want you to pick your time. I WANT TO PICK MINE!!!!

The trash Gods can then work the rest of you around my day.

In fact they could simply send a pickup truck for mine. If they did it would make no sense for me to wheel the cans the 125 feet to the road. They could pull up to the house dump the cans and be on their way. Just like I know they do at the mayors house. He isn't fooling me. That chubby little goof doesn't wheel his can anywhere. He barely pushes them out of his garage and the rest is done by the garbage people. If they can do it for his immenseness they can do it for me.


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Best Buy Dedicated to Customer Disservice

I have my laptop again!

As many of you know I bought a laptop from Best Buy. It quit charging after a few months and I thought it was the AC adapter. When I tried to buy one from Best Buy the fun began. They told me it was on warranty and they would send it in to Hewlett Packard. It turned out to be a lie - they sent it to their own "Geek Squad City". While in the possession of the Geeks the hard drive and the motherboard were replaced. The motherboard is debatable but HP says "there is no reason to replace a hard drive when a unit isn't charging". I think HP is wrong. The reason would be if you want the customer to pay $260 for their file recovery service which I was offered. I declined and they sent my laptop back to me. I won't bore you with the details you can read them if you click on the link in the beginning of the post.

To make a long story a little shorter. When I received the computer back it still didn't work. I called Best Buy they were rude I called HP they were nice. So without a single word to Best Buy I sent the computer to HP. The funny thing is - without a word from me, without a word from HP - Best Buy still kept up their fine customer service. They tried to sabotage my HP warranty service. HP and I both believe that someone from Best Buy read this blog. Using the very specific information I provided figured out who I was and cancelled the repair order with Hewlett Packard.

It's a shame that after what Best Best did I felt I should keep a close eye on Hewlett Packard but it saved me some trouble. HP provides customers with periodic updates during repairs so when I saw my order was cancelled,  I literally caught it within minutes and all the trouble it caused was to make a phone call which not only got my computer fixed a little faster because they felt bad about Best Buy cancelling the order, it got me some information.

I know that on August 19, 2008 at 9:21 AM Robbie Hall from Best Buy cancelled my repair order.

My new mission in life is now to find Robbie Hall.

 How fun it will be when I catch Mr. Hall. When I say catch I mean by calling every Best Buy in the country until I find him. Then having a little chat with his boss. I know it would be tempting to have my U.S. Marine son deal with him but we covered that before. Of course in all truthfulness the laptop was a Christmas gift to him and his brothers so who knows if he agrees with me. Marines are odd when it comes to being wronged.

 By the way if someone reads this and you know Robbie feel free to drop me an email.

I swear all the above to be the truth and I will willingly take a lie detector test, swear on a Bible or any other method of truth confirmation anyone chooses.

Best Buy is a despicable company and I will never shop there again.


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A Good Sports weekend

This weekend had a little of everything for the sports fan. The Olympics, the Little League World Series, Paula Creamer in white shorts, The Braves on national TV, NASCAR at Bristol and I am sure a few things I missed.

My favorite moment of the weekend, besides Creamer of course, was Carl Edwards spinning Kyle Busch after the NASCAR race. Busch was upset over the bump and run move Carl used to win and side swiped him on his victory lap. Carl being the nice guy he is - drove straight into the side of Shrubs car and spun him.

I am not a huge fan of Edwards but anyone who slams Busch is okay with me.


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Paula Creamer at the Safeway

Today at The Safeway Classic it was not Paula Creamer's day. She shot even today and finished seven under - overall - for a sixth place tie. She did however make my day by wearing white shorts ( real shorts, not the old lady gardening style the rest of the women wear) and her usual cute smile. She does make golf worth watching.

Cristie Kerr won the Safeway in a playoff with Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson. Kerr birdied the first hole and it was over with. The three shot thirteen under for the tournament. Cristie was seven under for the day to force the playoff.


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Olympics are over

The 2008 Summer Olympics are over. The United States won the most medals with 110 but China won the most Gold. The United States Redeem team won the basketball Gold but our Team USA fell short in softball and won the Silver. Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh became stars and showed us all beach volleyball is a very competitive sport. Our men won the gold in the sand too.

The US gymnastic teams riddled with injuries made us all proud and the daughter of Gold, Nastia Liukin, made us all forget she was born Russian, during the cold war, when she dug deep to win the All Around for America. Her team mate Shawn Johnston lit up the games with her smile and our heart went out to Alicia Sacramone who was gracious in defeat.

Then there was the pool. The French trash talked America and an elder statesman - Jason Lezak - shut their mouth when he ran down their star in the relay and won Gold. It was a great moment and allowed the greatest Olympian ever - Michael Phelps - to bring home eight Gold medals when he dominated the competition and threw in a miracle finish in the 100 meter butterfly. Phelps may stand alone as the only man to win eight Golds in one Olympics but he would tell you - he had a lot of help from his friends.

It was a great Olympics with too many stars to name them all but for me some of the greatest moments was watching Phelps watch basketball. Watching Jason Kidd cheer on Walsh and May. Watching Kobe Bryant and LeBron James cheer Phelps like they were any other young fans watching an American hero. It was truly good to see an American team united for country.

The Olympians are the biggest sports star on out planet yet they left home their egos and became fans again.

They lead the way and I, and maybe you, followed. Last night I stayed up late to watch the Gold Medal basketball game. It started at 2:30 AM ET. We played Spain.

Spain gave us everything we wanted and more. With just a handful of minutes remaining they cut it to two and it looked bad. It was looking like another American disappointment like Athens. Then something happened. I stood and cheered Kobe Bryant - A Laker! I am a Celtic fan, born and bred. Kobe as a Laker is the enemy. Not last night.

With USA across his chest - he was my player. He was America's player. He, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade put the basketball reputation of our country on their back and took us home. I was not a Celtic fan I was just a fan and I was glad they were there for us.

There to unite us in the pure love of sport.

The pure love of country.

I was glad I stayed up to watch. I was glad Team USA, Walsh and May, Liukin and Johnston, Plelps and Lezak, Finch and Lowe and all the rest of the great American team was America's team.

They made me proud. Not just for their great athletic accomplishments but for they way they represented America.

They showed the good in our country.

Thank you team USA- everyone of you!


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I call BS on the Chinese

China's deputy sports minister has attributed the confusion about the age of one of its gold medalist gymnasts to a paperwork mistake during a team transfer.
At last year's China's Cities Games, Chinese officials decided to move He Kexin, who won two gold medals during the Beijing Games, from a local team to the national team. China's deputy sports minister Cui Dalin said Sunday that it was during this transfer that a "misunderstanding appeared" about her age.
"Last year at the all-city competition, He Kexin moved from one team to another and during the process of registering during the move, there appeared this age discrepancy," Cui said during a news conference.
"So it was the appearance of a mistake in the process of transferring teams that the misunderstanding appeared. However, I can right here accurately say that the ages of the members of our gymnastics delegation entirely conform to the requirements for participation in the Beijing Olympic Games."

I don't want to be rude but I think the real confusion began when the Chinese gymnasts was born only 12 years ago. Even though that is my belief I wanted to be fair. I know I am old and losing my ability to judge ages so I asked three experts.

My 22 year old son, my 19 year old son and my 17 year old son are experts on judging the ages of young women and teenage girls. Their consensus was the oldest Chinese gymnast was 16 and the other five range from 8 - 12 years old. We even obtained a second opinion......my 11 year old son. When shown pictures of the Chinese team he believed only one to be older than him.

On a side note all three older sons agreed agreed Shawn Johnston is cute, Nastia Liukin has a great body and Alicia Sacramone is hot.

I told you they are experts!

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Paula Creamer 4 under on Saturday

Paula Creamer was four under on Saturday at the Safeway Classic. Her total for two rounds are seven under and she is only three shots off the lead.

The Safeway is only a three round tournament so with one day left she is certainly in striking distance.

She had only one bogey and five birdies. The bad part was her bogey on 16 could have well been a birdie. The birdie shot just missed and then an obvious lack of concentration caused her to miss the tap in for par.

The leader is Helen Alfredsson, with Sophie Gustafson at nine under and Kelli Kuehne is tied with Paula.


You can see coverage Aug 24 3:30-5:30 PM ET ESPN2


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Paula Creamer Does It Again

Paula Creamer shot a sixty-nine today in the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi in Portland Oregon. She is three under par and tied with ten other golfers for 13th after the first round.

Miss Creamer looking very good in a white skirt and green striped shirt, with matching green hat, shot a 35 going out and a 34 coming in. She had two bogeys and five birdies on the day.

Tomorrow she will tee off at 3:44 ET time. Coverage will be Aug 22 4:00-6:00 PM ET ESPN2

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Internet Explorer 8

I recently tried the Beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8. I want to be as kind as possible so just let me say....run..don't walk...flee for your Internet existence!

To say the very least this is a Beta version so admitedly it is not finished but it could of been a little closer to done. If Internet Explorer 8 was a cake you could drink it with a straw.

So if you get the urge to try it, take my advice and wait. I am sure they will get it a little more solid soon.

Till then, there is always Firefox.


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Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh Video

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Race walking?

Softball will no longer be an Olympic sport but they keep race walking?

Who decides these things? No more Caitlin Lowe in Olympic play? No more Jennie Finch? No more Cat Osterman? We will however have a skinny little Italian guy that looks like he as an urge to use the facilities?

If you have ever seen race walking you know what I mean. It is not a race and it really isn't walking. If it was a true race they would run. If it was really walking they wouldn't look so goofy doing it.

It looks like a really long Monday morning meeting, with plenty of coffee, just let out and there are only one urinal in the men's room.

Come on Olympic Committee, if that is a sport - I say reinstate softball, where the legs are long and the shorts are short.

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Thought for the Day

Thought for the day;

If Jennie Finch didn't want us to stare at her she would n't stand in the big circle wearing shorts with legs longger than most us are tall.



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Playboy Model

One of the our most frequent contributors - Amanda (the one on the left) - needs your help. She is trying to be included in a special Playboy issue. The woman who will be used is picked by a vote. We need you to vote! It is free...there is no catch...we would just like to see one of the ClubHusband women win. If you visit the site where the vote is you will see pictures of her in a bikini and other stuff....plus a little video.

Click here to vote

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Hello Best Buy

Hello Best Buy,

I saw this morning you are once again reading the blog - though less frequently. You are down from hourly to a couple of times a day. Was it something I said? Are you upset about me buying my son's two hundred dollar calculator at Staples?

If the calculator is the reason, I will hate to see my logs at Christmas. You will go down to even less than daily after you notice my usual immense electronic expenditure will not be with you for the first time in years. You never told me Circuit City has all the same stuff you carry!

So when my four sons show me their lists and I see all those Playstations, video games, TVs and other assorted items I will not drive to Bowling Green and spend my usual thousands with you.

I will drive a few extra miles down to the Circuit City at 2088 Gallatin Pike North
Madison, TN 37115.

I know it is a little further but I found out the coolest thing - they are right around the corner from my favorite Hooters Restaurant. Can you imagine, I now have a legitimate reason to visit Hooters because nothing makes me hungry like spending four thousand dollars on electronics!

Thank you Best Buy you are truly a good friend.



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USA Settles for Silver in Softball

The women of Team USA Softball have nothing to be ashamed of - even the 1927 Yankees lost 44 games. The team did it's best and just happened to lose one. Baseball and it's kid sister softball are games you can not dominate everyday like some of the other sports. It's a team game that is controlled by individual play.

Watching Caitlin Lowe walk off the field in tears was sad but not because they lost but because they are misunderstood. Softball is a game where a champion can not and should not be crowned by a single game.

It is not boxing!

Japan lost two games in Olympic play this year. Team USA lost one game in Olympic play. Does a format which awards Japan the Gold after losing two out of three to America sound fair? Again - the 1927 Yankees anchored by Ruth and Gehrig are considered, if not the best team ever, certainly one of the best. In '27 they played seven teams during the regular season. They only beat three of the teams at a higher percentage than 66% (two out of three). Overall the Yankees won 71.4% of their games. Just barely more than what USA won against Japan. USA's 2008 Olympic percentage is 88.8%.

Do they sound like losers to you?

Caitlin Lowe cheer up. Jennie Finch walk away knowing you are a champion. Cat Osterman, Bustos, Mendoza and the rest, you are our team and you made us proud.

Softball will no longer be an Olympic sport after 2008. Not because, you do not play with the grace and power of the other sports, but because - the Olympics does not deserve a group of people they mistreated  like Team USA.

Congratulations! You are America's Softball team and it's all that really matters.


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Misty May Treanor Kerri Walsh are Golden Again

For the first time, in the history of beach volleyball, Olympic champions have defended their Gold. Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh proved too much for the top Chinese team as the won the Gold tonight.

There was some tense moments but when they needed it Walsh and may turned it up and turned it on and closed both set of the sweep strong.

Congratulations Kerri and Misty you are still Queens of the Sand.


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Best Buy Update

I haven't had any more dealings with my least favorite big box electronic retailer - Best Buy - but I did notice an interesting thing.

When I was going through my blog logs yesterday I noticed an unusual amount of visits from Minneapolis, Minnesota. So I dug a little deeper. It looked like the same reader from Minnesota was reading the blog about every hour on the hour. The strange thing was - they were only reading the entries about Best Buy.

So I carefully read the entries and found it was coming from "IP Address 198.22.122.# (BEST BUY CO.)
ISP BEST BUY CO.
Location Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : Minnesota
City : Minneapolis
Lat/Long : 44.8784, -93.2793 (Map) "

How nice they read me! Best Buy cares!

Oh wait a minute - if they cared they would of wrote me and asked if there was anything they could do about me being upset about their rude employees and inadequate Geeks. They still don't care!

They do however read me and that is a start. Maybe if they realize what I went through was not an isolated incident and a common example of their customer service someone will help the next guy who receives less than stellar treatment at the hands of their Geek Squad.

Is that too much to ask?


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Gas Prices Lowering

Now that gas prices are sinking lower we can all go out and buy that new SUV. We can trade the hybrid we got when we traded in our old SUVs. I am not even sure what a hybrid is so I looked it up. It said "Something of mixed origin or composition."

Now I understand, my hybrid is a cross between two things. The two things must be a go cart and a card board box.

I know I should conserve fuel but why do hybrids have to be so ugly? Besides we all know as soon as we all go hybrid we will be paying through the nose for the electricity.

We saw it with diesel. In the late seventies diesel was half the price of gasoline. People went out and bought diesel cars. Guess what? Diesel is now more than gasoline.

Funny how life and corporate greed works.

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Caitlin Lowe singles in run

In extra innings with the game on the line Caitlin Lowe, the fleet footed sexy centerfielder of Team USA came through with a single to put America ahead to stay.

We won't mention the two times she was thrown out on the base paths. Okay we will mention it. In the third Caitlin singled down the left field line and tried to stretch it into a double. Stevie Wonder was umpiring second and threw her out. Then we had the privilege of listening to the play by play girl tell us all the reasons why Miss Lowe didn't make second. Listen goof ball there was only one reason - the umpire missed the call! I have a DVR don't you? I understand that many of you may think I rewound the play 348 times because it was Caitlin Lowe but that isn't true. I watched it over and over again because I wanted to make sure.........Okay so it was because it was Caitlin but what man can blame me?

The other time she was thrown out was a reaction play. The hitter lined to third and Lowe was thrown out at first has she lunged off the base on contact. Not her fault!

Who cares any way....Caitlin Lowe got a hit when we needed one and now we play for the Gold!


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Trump may have motive but I don't care

It is being reported, Donald Trump is making arrangements to buy Ed McMahon's house to save the aging side kick from foreclosure.

The man we heard laugh at every joke Johnny Carson ever told is within weeks of losing his home. Trump may have a motive but as long as it benefits Ed I think the end justifies the means.

Thank you Donald- you have gained my respect this week

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Shawn Johnston Gets her Gold

On the last event - the balance beam - Shawn Johnston strikes Gold. In another 1-2 finish Shawn Johnston and Nastia Liukin
claim Gold and Silver as they lead America to eight medals in gymnastics. The Chinese won six.

In an Olympics which has some questionable judging the American super duo still showed the world who reigns as Queens of the 2008 Olympic gymnastics.

Hope to see you in London in 2012 ladies!

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No Best Buy Rant today

No Best Buy rant today. Why? Because I feel pretty good.

Last night, right before I went to bed, I received an email from a little disgruntled worm who obviously works for Best Buy and more specifically the Geek Squad. He informed me of the inner workings of the Geek Squad and how they are the only things standing between us and disaster. By the way he mentioned Geek Squad City has a mayor and a sheriff. How adorable? Idiots!

After all the information he mentioned, I should go on with my rants because they must make me feel good.

I realized he was right!

I have been ranting with a few ravings about Best Buy for about a week and I feel better everyday but last night was the best.

After I read worm boy's message I decided to post another Best Buy customer's video,a rant (or was it a rave? )and a reprint of a court case Best Buy is involved in for losing a guys computer.

The worm was right, I felt great. This morning I woke up and I still feel good. I no longer have the urge to physically harm any member of The Geek Squad. I do, however have to admit, my son's U.S. Marine training is a tempting vessel of my anger. Do you know those guys are trained to hit a bulls eye at 500 yards with an M-16 and no scope? Although, it is impressive, it's his hand to hand combat skills I find alluring when dreaming of Best Buy.

I jest of course. I would never sick my Marine son on Geeks. It would be a little like a Boxer and a toy poodle fighting.

So with my new found glee in life I have taken the more serious options off the table.

So now, when I am not in a mood as good as the one I enjoy now, I will rant. I may even rave, but I am mostly over the whole experience.

My computer is being fixed as we speak by HP.

I now, thanks to worm boy, understand the inner workings of Geek City including the political hierarchy.

Also, thanks to worm boy, I now know how to relieve my anger.

Life is good.

Thank you worm boy - whoever you are!




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Best Buy vs. Consumer Protection Blog: 8/24/07 Letter to Best Buy Tenleytown DC Customer Service Manager Michael French

Sounds kinda familiar...how many computers do they "lose"?


By way of background, I purchased the computer (a Compaq V2570NR) with a 3-year parts and labor coverage plan on 1/15/06 at your store. I returned it to your store for repairs in late May of this year when the power on/off function stopped working, and was told by the service desk that it would be shipped out to Geeksquad for repairs. He estimated that the repairs would take anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks, and advised that I would be called when it was ready to ship.

After not hearing anything for over 5 weeks, I visited your store on July 1 and was told by the service desk that no information could be found in the computer. I was given a service order number (OMITTED), and instructed to verify status through the Geeksquad website or by calling their customer service line.

According to the website the status of the computer was “checked in at store” and there was no indication that it had been sent for repairs (see attached). On July 11, I contacted the Geeksquad helpline and was instructed by “Agent David Goodfellow” that it would be “ready within days.” I called the service line again on July 19, and was told by a female “agent” that the computer appeared to be at the “Louisville Services Center since July 4”. On July 25, I called again and spoke with Brenda, who transferred me to Daniel. Daniel confirmed that a “part had just been ordered. It should leave Louisville soon.” When I stressed that I had already been waiting for 2 months for the computer, he suggested I contact Best Buy customer service. I did so, and was told by “Will” that he would file an escalation.

When I heard nothing further, I called the Geeksquad yet again on August 7 and spoke with “Ashley.” When she could not confirm any additional information, I asked to speak to a manager. I was told that the manager, “Marsha,” was in a meeting. I asked her to call me ASAP. My call was not returned, so I called again on August 9. I explained the whole situation yet again to “Cicero”, who indicated that there seemed to be a problem with the order (“it never appears to have left the store”), and said that he would be filing a complaint (39781346) and sending an inquiry to the store for an immediate response. I asked him to find out why I had been consistently misled to believe that the computer was being repaired and shipment was imminent, when that clearly was not the case. He contacted me again on August 10 and 11 to let me know that the store contact (Robert Delicio?) had indicated that the store not been able to locate the computer. Cicero informed me at that time that he would be sending me a gift card to cover the value of the computer and additional compensation for the music and photos that had been on the computer at the time that the store lost it.


Best Buy vs. Consumer Protection Blog: 8/24/07 Letter to Best Buy Tenleytown DC Customer Service Manager Michael French

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Best Buy has another Happy Customer

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Best Buy - "Sells" - Not Makes - Junk

Do you know what I hate more than Best Buy? Anonymous commenters. They are the lowest form of life. Not only do they spout crap but they are too ashamed to sign their name to it.
One of these idiots wrote me and said "How can you say they ( Best Buy ) sell junk? They don't make the product."
Exactly - Einstein - they SELL the product! Get yourself a dictionary and familiarize the difference between "make" and "sell". Make refers to the production of an item. Sell refers to the transfer of ownership between two parties.


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Paula Creamer was in action

Paula Creamer's sexy little body was in action last weekend. I heard she also played the CN CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN 2008.

She finished tied for eighth at five under for the tournament.

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Nastia Liukin ripped again

Nastia Liukin is the Queen of Olympic Gymnastics by virtue of her Gold in the All Around but there are some judges in Beijing who owe that girl flowers and breakfast in the morning.

She is a graceful gifted gymnast and America is very proud of her but she should of won the Gold on the uneven bars tonight. It was a royal *****ing and for that the lady deserves breakfast in bed and roses delivered to work the next day.
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Best Buy Bowling Green still has crappy service

My lap top is still broken but it is on it's way to California to be repaired. No I didn't take it back to Best Buy - Bowling Green Kentucky -  where I bought it. What a stupid question!

You see, Best Buy only collects the money and gives you the lap top. After that, you are on your own. You wouldn't expect a giant retailer like Best Buy to bother themselves with the problems of their customers. What if you did spend thousands in their store? They have millions of customers and you are just a tiny ant on the Best Buy hill.

You need to buy a warranty if you want to guarantee they didn't sell you a paper weight in a lap top case. Yes a warranty. If you are not familiar, it is basically an insurance policy against them not standing behind their products. So for a little over a hundred dollars you can rest assured if they sold you junk you are covered. Of course you wouldn't need such a thing if on occasion they didn't sell people junk. The fact they even offer it proves they are in the habit of junk selling.

You see, there would be absolutely no reason for an additional warranty if they just took care of any problem that may occur. Now to be fair they did explain to me - they deal with a lot of suppliers and they can not be sure of all the products so that's why they offer the warranty.

It seems to me if they are the ones that buy from varied suppliers who obviously can not be trusted they should buy the warranty from the wholesalers. I was only buying from them. So if they are trustworthy I should of been fine. I of course was not so we know the answer to the trustworthy question.

I again will not ask you to boycott best buy but don't cry to me when you end up with a $1000 paper weight

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Monday Morning

The only good thing about Mondays are everyone in my house goes back to school or work and I can get some work done. I don't get work done but I could if I was so inclined. Instead I come here and talk to you.

This weekend was a special treat as John (sixteen yr old son) had a birthday party. He said he invited about 15. Friday we start getting the idea from parent's phone calls that the guest list was expanding as word spread.

117 teenagers showed up!

Parked all over my front lawn. Standing all over my backyard. I won't need to mow for a month.

The party went surprisingly well. No fights. No hysterical girls. Just one lost cell phone. Not bad for 117 teenagers.

If this is a preview of graduation night, John's bash will be legendary.

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Team USA teaches Germany about basketball

USA's Redeem Team beat Germany by just short of 50 points this morning as the NBA's most talented players are determined to strike gold in Beijing. With eight time winner Michael Phelps in attendance the USA put the game away in the opening minutes.

They were hitting threes, playing great defense and hustling on every play. These things are all bad news for any team they will face.

It was an embarrassment in Athens when we won the Bronze - do not expect it in China. This team may look similar but they came to Beijing to with one purpose - to win it all.

Coach K of Duke has them focused and that's all it takes when you have a roster which includes LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

Look for the USA to shift one more gear higher as they now will play in the medal round. This is a one and done format but don't expect these guys to be done till they here the Star Spangled Banner.


Go USA!!!



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Caitlin Lowe Team USA has a hot centerfielder

Caitlin Lowe patrols centerfield for Team USA in the Olympics.

Miss Lowe is the best looking centerfielder I have ever seen. Petite and cute with the defensive skills of Andruw Jones and the hitting ability of Ichiro makes her my favorite USA player coming in a close second to Jennie Finch the tall blonde pitcher.

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Caitlin Lowe the centerfielder who is more than a pretty face.




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People I would like to throw up on

Bill "Fat Boy"Richardson
Roland "everything is about African Americans" Martin
Best Buy .....because they have no customer service
Kyle Busch...do I have to explain?
Whoever programs network TV....No to Friday Night Lights - Yes to Cavemen?
Skip Bayless.....ESPN's resident worm
The night mgr at Pizza Hut on Happy Valley Road in Glasgow, KY...(see Best Buy)
Askmen.com...they are the devil of websites..all flash no useful purpose
Chris Matthews...he says Obama makes him tingle...what a fruit!
Keith Olbermann..because I am sure Matthews makes him tingle

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Bill Richardson is an idiot

On CNN's blog you can read Bill Richardson;

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said he’s now comfortable with Sen. Hillary Clinton placing her name in nomination at the Democratic convention, but he admitted he was uneasy about the move at first.


“It's going to be placed in nomination in recognition of the 18 million votes that she got — her historic candidacy. But then she is going to pledge her delegates to Sen. Obama so that it's a unanimous — a unanimous election. That — that gives me comfort,” he said Sunday on CNN’s “Late Edition.”

“Until that had been worked out, I was a little uneasy about there being just a roll call without any transference of that support to Sen. Obama. But the point is the party is united.”

Richardson you idiot - the Democratic party is about as united as the Red Sea as Moses passed through. Do you really, for one fat faced second, think  another behind the scenes move by the Democrats on behalf of Obama is going to calm the rank and file Democrats? You guys may not do it in smoke filled rooms but doing it in Rezko financed homes while serving Arugula salad is just as bad.

Believe it or not moron, some of us can count. We know just as you know that the professional politicians and elected leaders handed Obama the election. We know if you run the roll call without the super delegates (elected politicians and party leaders) America would be surprised to learn Obama only won by a very small handful of votes. I have seen one count as low as thirteen delegates.

Yes Bill we know yours and MSNBC's secret. The election was not over in March. It was not over in April. It is not over now if it wasn't for liberal elitists taking control of the party again.

You and your cohorts have offered up another Dukakis. A bright guy with no practical experience in the world. Community organizer my butt!

This election will be just like 1988. This year like 88 is a year the Democrats should win in a walk but instead they will lose.

If you don't believe me ask around the American Legions of Massachusetts, the coffee shops of Kentucky or the shooting ranges in Georgia. The word from voters are - we aren't voting for MSNBC's hand picked candidate.

Gallup's latest poll has the the two tied at 45%

Rasmussen has them within the margin of error at 44-42%

Those are not good numbers for the Democrats. The sitting Republican President is polling with the worst numbers in history. The economy is in the toilet. Gas prices, although coming down are high. Foreclosures are everywhere and all Obama can do it stay even? To paraphrase Bill Clinton - every number that should be up is down and every number that is down should be up.

But at least the Democrats are united.

I don't know about the rest but the ones I know are united in the thinking the party has left us again.

Good riddance Bill Richardson, have fun with your new united party.



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Michael Phelps is truly amazing

Michael Phelps is obviously loved by his mother. Phelps is loved by his nation. The truly amazing thing is - he is truly loved by big sisters.

Anyone with older siblings knows, they love you but they will never show it. Need to learn the metric system? John will patiently teach a brother half is age you but he will never reveal it's because he loves you. A boy five years older than you, is bothering you, Dennis will claim he beat him to a pulp for fun not because he loves you. Need a place to stay in Reno for the night and all the hotels are booked? Billy's couch is always there for you. Not because he loves you but because he didn't want Mom to worry.

I am sure growing up Michael Phelps' big sisters were the same. I am sure they barely tolerated the gangly kid brother who was always wet.

Then with the world watching and their little punk brother becoming immortal they let it slip. They let the world see they love Michael. When he won they cried. When they thought he lost they were obviously devastated for that split second, then over joyed as the wet little brother was proven to be victorious again.

They watched race after race. They watched medal ceremony after medal ceremony. Not once did they show a bored look. Not once did they show they would rather be any where else but Beijing.

They had the faces, not of intolerant big sisters but of proud older siblings. As he would walk towards the stand, flowers in hand, one more race run and won, they would hang over with their mother trying to get closer. Tears running down their very pretty faces.

Waiting to get that short hug.

The peck on the cheek.

Michael Phelps' big sisters love him and they don't care who knows it.

That is truly an Amazing thing.

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Michael Phelps is the greatest

I am not going to spend a lot of time on this ( Because if you don't know about Phelps why are you here? Go to a knitting site or dress making blog!) but I wanted to say Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. Last night his relay team with a great leg from him brought home the gold and Michael Phelps now has eight more gold medals than I do this year. He also has fourteen more total golds than I have for all time. Then just to rub salt in a would he has 16 total Olympic medals. I believe that is approximately 16 more than I have won.

Congratulations on the Golds Michael you are truly the greatest Olympian ever!

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Best Buy has customer arrested for teaching Geek Squad manners!

The Best Buy computer chain takes pride in being geeks. The also are prideful of being rude. My tip to them is - put the customer on hold before you talk about them. It also would help if you were right about what you are saying.

For example say I need a cord for my 6 month old computer because it won't charge. I bought the computer at Best Buy so I am thinking they should have one. They don't but they have a universal. I ask "will it work?" . They very nicely say we can check it out for you". Great I think "here you go" I say as I hand them the cord. He tells me no you have to buy it first. So I buy it.

The computer still doesn't charge.

They say "it's on warranty (by the way Best Buy doesn't stand behind anything they sell unless you buy Best Buy's service plan) we can send it back to HP" Great I think. "What about the cord?" We will send it too and they will replace it"

We do the paper work and away my computer goes.

Seven days later I get a phone call asking if I would like all my data transferred for $260. "Why do I need it transferred" I ask. "Because we had to replace your motherboard and your hard drive." I say no to the $260 option because everything is backed up. I ask "when will I get my computer?" We will send it today you should have it in a couple of days" I inquire "Where is it now?" She says "Louisville, KY" I say "Great I am in Glasgow, KY (about 100 miles).

I wait a couple of days, no word, so I call Best Buy. They don't have it yet. I wait a couple days more and call. Still no sign of my computer. I start calling everyday, no computer. They even started skipping placing me on hold and I would hear (on purpose I am sure) "it's the guy about that laptop again".

This goes on for 10 days. Finally I call Louisville back. They say "we don't have it". I ask - me being curious and all _ 'who does". They say "Bowling Green". Me being curious again, ask "How long have they had it?" He says "at least 6 days"

So I call Bowling Green, KY BestBuy and tell them what she said after I hear the customary "it's the guy about the laptop again". Guess what? They have had it for at least six days. They even went as far to tell me they have been trying to call me. Little do they know I have a futuristic machine that records all my messages. I call it an answering machine. Also little do they know I also record all incoming callers on a thing I call my "caller ID". So I know they are lying when they said they were trying to call me.

So now I drive the 35 miles to Bestbuy. I pickup my computer. I take it home.

Funny the "replaced cord" looks just like the old one. I fire it up to load the virus protection, blue tooth utility and the rest of the stuff they wiped out.

It's not charging!!!!

I wiggle the cord. I do the troubleshooting from HP's website. Nothing!

Best Buy is now closed so I wait till morning.

I call and I get a recording saying they don't open till 10, so I call the Louisville, who is eastern time and I am central time. The girl was very pleasant. She told me to "file an escalation".

I wait till ten and call Bowling Green. They are their usual rude selves. I ask for a manager. Apparently "Chuck the manager" doesn't roll in till about noon on Fridays. I say I will be down their at noon.

In the mean time I call 1-888-bestbuy. (888-237-8289)

After waiting 10 minutes on hold that guy was completely not believable when he apologized. They need to hire out of work actors or seniors from the local theater group to pull that off.

He let me know that most of this was my fault because I bought a piece of junk from Best Buy with out a Best Buy "service contract". I paraphrase but I got the message.

He did mention however that I could just buy a power cord to see if that was the problem.

This of course was deja vue all over again.

That's when i lost it!

I suggested I was going to go to Best Buy and if one of his little Geek Squad twerps were rude to me again- I was going to grab them by the scruff of their neck - take them to the parking lot and teach them some manners.

I may be a mild mannered web master by day but little did he know by night I am a father of four boys including a U.S. Marine and two teenagers. Teaching boys manners is my specialty.

He informed me he would be notifying Best Buy and if I did that I would be arrested. The funny part was he never , for even a second, considered his fellow Bestbuy employees would not be rude. He just assumed, if I went in the store, they would be rude to me, causing me to unleash the fatherly skills I possess.

I thought to myself - getting arrested would be worth the follow up TV interview and the Bowling Green Daily News headline;

Best Buy has customer arrested for teaching manners to Geek Squad

Apparently my wife did not agree. She talked me out of going to BestBuy in Bowling Green. She also will not let me shoot the laptop or make it into a toilet seat with my circular saw.

I have spent four thousand dollars in Bowling Green Best Buy in the last 12 months. Guess how much I will spend there in the next 12 months? If you said zero, you have been paying attention.

I am not going to ask you as loyal readers to boycott Best Buy in Bowling Green or anywhere else. I am going to say...if you like being treated rudely Best Buy would be a great place to shop. If you don't like rude people, you might consider Circuit City or another big box electronic store besides Best Buy.

P.S. When I was talking to the "consumer line" guy I asked a question I ask all customer service people. "When you go into a restaurant and they don't cook your food they way you wanted it, do you expect the food to be replaced and the meal for free?

He refused to answer so I think we can guess what he expects.

Just think wouldn't it be nice if Best Buy worked like Outback Steakhouse "No Rules Just Right"

You buy a computer...it doesn't work...they replace the computer and refund your money.

Maybe the Geek Squad would care a little more if that was their policy at Best Buy.

See ya at Circuit City!



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China not an enemy

I watch the Olympics and I forget China is not our enemy.

In the cold war days the Olympics were a small example of the world. It was Russia against the U.S. It was the west versus the east. We felt we couldn't get a score from a eastern block country and I am sure they felt we were shaving their scores too.

 Today it is different.

For all the turmoil in the world the Olympics are just about sports in 2008. I am sure the gymnastic judges robbed us and I am sure China could give you a similar example but most of the games are just athletes playing games.

I was getting the mind set that China was the evil empire and it was us against them.

Then I watched us in basketball. We played Greece, one of the toughest teams. They had beat the U.S. in the World Games and we better be prepared for a fight. I thought to myself, in China, against Greece we are all alone and the world would love to see us fall.

Then it happened.

Kobe Bryant got the alley from Dwayne Wade and he ooped it. It was a brilliant out of bounds save, Wade not only kept the ball inbounds, he put it near the basket and Kobe Bryant stuffed it.

We were on a roll!

Then it occurred to me. This game is not in Miami. This game is not in Los Angeles. Why is everyone screaming?

They were screaming because China for all their problems admire great athletes. They had filled the arena not to jeer the U.S. but to cheer the American team. Besides Yao Ming these were their favorite basketball players.

This game could of been in any non NBA town in America. When were they ever going to get another chance to see LeBron James, Kobe, Bryant and the rest on one court? They knew this was once in a lifetime chance and they weren't going to waste it hoping America loses.

The Chinese have their problems, just like we do, but they have been gracious hosts.

They are not our enemy they are our Olympic opponent. Nothing more, nothing less.

I think if we two giant nations can get along for three weeks , we can do it for three years, we can do it for thirty years.

I think this Olympics has shown us.

We are all a similar people.

We may not agree on every issue but as similar people we can exist as neighbors and make the world a safer place.

We are not enemies we are world neighbors.



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Cat Osterman delivers bad news

The good news for Australia was they wouldn't be facing America's softball queen - Jennie Finch. She had already spear headed an 11-0 victory over Venezuela with four innings of no-hit ball.

The bad news for Australia was America has two sheriffs in town. Cat Osterman struck out 12 batters and walked only three in pitching only the second complete game no-hitter in Olympic history.

The game was very close through out and Osterman needed every wicked curve ball and over powering heater in her repertoire.

The game was tied until  the fifth inning. Lovieanne Jung walked, stole second and scored on Natasha Watley’s single over shortstop. Crystl Bustos padded the U.S. lead when she hammered an opposite-field two-run homer that scored Jessica Mendoza in the sixth. It was Bustos’ second homer in two days.

Three runs were two more than Cat needed on this night, as the tall lefty made sure America started 2-0 in Olympic play.

My favorite player - Caitlin Lowe - reached base once on an error and was 0-3 at the plate. In the game against Venezuela she was 3-4 with an inside the park home run.

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Michael Phelps - greatest ever?

Will Michael Phelps win eight golds in the 2008 Olympics? We don't know yet but I am betting yes. Will that shut up his critics? We don't know yet but I am betting no.

I find it interesting to Google search Phelps and read all the blogs predicting his collapse and failure at the Beijing games. Surprising enough a lot of them come from the Europe. The English still seem steamed over the butt kicking they got in 1776. You would of thought the saving their rears in two World Wars would of smoothed some feelings.

Michael Phelps, as I write this, has five golds in 2008 and eleven overall. Whether the French like it, whether the English will it admit it, it makes him the greatest swimmer of all. I don't know why they are so twisted over this, it's not like Mark Spitz was European. It's not like we don't beat them every four years at most the swimming events.

You think they would be used to seeing the back end of Americans in the pool.

It just came to me. They are mad because Phelps is so far ahead they can't see his back end.

They yearn for the days of Spitz and his Speedo.

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Wednesday morning

It's Wednesday August 13, 2008  at 5:30 AM.

Seventeen years ago, to the hour, I was waiting for my son John to arrive. I can remember it like it was yesterday.

Time races by quickly in life.

One moment John was a 7 pound 8 ounce baby, I blinked, now he is an 180 pound bruiser of a boy soon to be a man.

I will blink again and he will be my age.

Where does the time go?

When John was born I was trying to take the world by storm.

Now I am just trying to survive day by day.

When he came into my world;

I was an A's fan now somehow I became a Braves fan.
I was an Earnhardt fan, now I am an Earnhardt Jr fan - we all know how that happened.
I never watched college football, now I bleed the blue and gold of West Virginia University.
I never missed a UNLV basketball game on TV, now I couldn't tell you who their coach is.
I rented a nice three bedroom one bath house I could afford, now I live in a four bedroom, three bath house and struggle to make the mortgage.
I worked managing restaurants, including two of my own, I now work at home and have for years.
I watched the Super Bowl at my house with sixty people, now I don't know sixty people.
I lived in New Jersey, I now live in Kentucky.

Things change.

Seventeen years ago at exactly 7 AM he showed up. He was almost purple. He was crying at the top of his lungs. He was handed to me and he got quiet. He was content.

Today at 7 AM I will be waiting for him again. This time at the bottom of the stairs as I yell up "John time for the bus". He won't be purple. He won't need me to comfort him. I am no longer his safety net.

He is as big as I am. He doesn't need me, except for rides or money. We are at a time when I am an annoyance unless I am doing something for him. I understand, I was a seventeen year old boy once too.

He will never need me again like he once did but I will be useful again soon. When he gets over his teenage years he will come to me for my experience, like I did with my dad. How to change spark plugs or furnace filters or maybe his new purple son.

Then we will blink and I will need him.

Maybe to mow my lawn. Maybe to take me to a doctor. Maybe things much worse.

He will comfort me like I did him, like I did my dad.

Then one morning, he will wait for me, not to arrive, but to leave.

When that morning comes I will want to cry like he did seventeen years ago.

I will want to cry because I will realize; I never became President.  I never played shortstop for the Braves or the A's. I never took the world by storm.

I won't cry because; just like seventeen years ago this morning, I would trade it all for a small purple boy and be glad I did.

I will know one thing for sure about my life.

John, like his siblings, was worth the wait.


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No to McCain...No to Obama

McCain and Obama?

How did it come down to these two chuckle heads? One is so old he thinks "beaver" is Wally's little brother and the other one's answer to everything is "we must work together". Work together on what? Gas prices too high? We must work together. Do we work together to destroy all working combustion engines? Do we work together to drill more oil? Do we work together to topple Exxon and all it's evil empire oil friends?

Come on Barack give us a specific plan. "Work together"
doesn't tell me a thing except I am going to be spending time with people I don't like.

Now for you Mr. McCain. It is not the 1950's. We all know you missed a lot of the sixties because of a terrible thing but don't you remember passing the seventies, eighties, nineties and whatever it is we are in now?

Sorry to tell you but politicians are no longer allowed to bomb who ever they want without an extremely big lie like George told us. If you want to stay the course in Iraq tell us why.

I want to tell you; if we stay in Iraq I am not voting for your stupid ass unless you promise every single soldier, sailor and marine are properly supplied. I mean decent food, bullet proof jackets and any other piece of equipment they need or even might need. If we need to ration things at home then so be it. If we are not willing to do that bring the people home.

So the election comes down to two guys who wouldn't know a real problem if they got smacked in the head with it.

McCain married money and Obama was miraculously supplied it by friends. Need a $14,000 fence Barack? Let me buy it!

I say for the month of October put them in 8 dollar an hour jobs living in three bedroom 1 1/2 bath homes in middle America. Film them like Big Brother. Lets see how they pay for gas the day before pay day after spending all their money on school clothes for the kids.

Then they can tell me the answer to my problems.

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Skip Bayless in Madden 09?

The wormy talking head Skip Bayless of ESPN's First and Ten has a spot in Madden 09. This is equivalent to Rosie O'Donnell being in Maxim Magazine.

The diminutive body with the giant mouth has about as much business being on a football field, even a virtual one, has he does being on ESPN. I imagine his athletic prowess is second to his knowledge of sports and that makes him along the lines of a drunk, demented, circus monkey when it comes to coordination.

He has already spent most of this week bad mouthing Michael Phelps. To him a man who dedicates his life to representing his country in the Olympics should be a target of ridicule and not worthy of the Golds he receives in the relay races. Bayless's thoughts are Phelps only swims 25% of the race so he shouldn't get a whole gold medal for it.

He has no problem with Tom Brady getting a whole trophy for being one of about 80 guys on team who won a championship. The difference is Brady plays for money and Phelps swims for his country. Like a great many who make their living as leaches of the sports world, Bayless can not understand anyone who plays for the love of playing.

I haven't played Madden in years but my sons bought a copy last night and I am going to make it a point to virtually stomp Bayless every time he puts down Michael Phelps.

It won't make a difference but it will make me feel a lot better.

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America has solved her problems

It's nice to see America is doing so well that President George Bush can spend some time horsing around in China with our Gold medal volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. He even went so far as to say to Bob Costas in an interview that he didn't think America has problems.

George you are right, except of course the soaring inflation of food, the high prices of gas, the foreclosures of family homes and two different wars.

These things pale in comparison to the President getting a lesson from the volleyball players on how to celebrate points. Misty May even volunteered her tight little butt so Bush could practice the customary rear slap volleyball players use when they congratulate each other on a job well done.

She may want to read up on how Mr. Bush's fraternity at Yale was reported to brand pledges with a hot coat hanger before she bends over in front of him again.

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Ashley Harkleroad wins Gold

Ashley Harkleroad wins Gold!

No not Olympic Gold, my own personal gold. I again dug out my issue of Playboy to see if I remembered it correctly. I did!

The issue was not a dream. There really was a pictorial of a professional tennis player in Playboy. Granted she is no Maria Sharapova when it comes to tennis skill but she does match the leggy Russian in looks. Of course it's hard not to look good when you are female, less than 200 lbs and wearing only a tennis skirt.

In fact I believe Ashley Harkleroad's Playboy attire should be accepted tournament tennis wear. It would be a lot better to look at than those weird costumes the Williams sisters show up in.

Imagine Ana Ivanovic on a hot sweaty day at the U.S. Open playing Maria Sharapova in nothing but a very short white tennis skirt. Their tan muscled bodies glistening with perspiration (women don't sweat).

Do you think football and NASCAR would then be America's favorite spectator sport? I know among men and Ellen Degeneres it would be tennis.

Tennis would become the most watched sport on the planet.

I might even change the channel from Paula Creamer to see that match!

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Good Morning

Good Morning!

Last Night Michael Phelps won his third gold of the 2008 Olympics and his eighth overall. It ties him with Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz. Tonight he will break the tie when he swims the 200 meter butterfly.

Also the U.S. men's gymnastics team won the bronze. A great job for a team who lost it's best gymnast to injury.

In other swimming - Coughlin and Peirsol Repeat Their Sweep of 100 Backstrokes . Piersol is on his own but I would be glad to back stroke Natalie Coughlin anytime.

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Laure Manaudou Video

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Good Morning America How Are You?

Good Morning America!

Isn't it nice to be from here and not France this morning? Trash talking, slow swimming, France thought they were going to scare Americans?

We understand you could out swim us backwards but never forward. France you are experts at retreat not winning!

Leave the winning to America and the whining to you - you snail eating, trash talking, surrendering to Germany, never will learn, excuse for a NATO power.

You have two things going for you. Fried potatoes and Laure Manaudou and I bet both taste great with ketchup.

Your swim relay team came to Beijing to "smash the Americans"?

Seems to me your swimmers wrote checks they couldn't cash.

When are you going to learn America wins by shear power of will?

Why would you wake the big dogs?


So now I got all that off my chest. It is nice to be an American today. Our Olympians are making us proud not only with their skill but also their manners.

I hope the rest of the Olympics are as good to them as the first few days have been.

Go U.S.A. !




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Laure Manaudou is our new favorite..Alain Bernard close second

The swimmer Laure Manaudou, who had some less than discreet pictures of her published on the Internet, is our new favorite French athlete. Her cell phone pictures became the talk of swimming some time ago and when she swam today we realized why.

She is hot!

Tall and lean like a swimmer her photos are something worth looking at. I would tell you were you can see them but I am sure you have already Googled your way to Manaudou's Xanadu.

Our second favorite French athlete is the idiot, Alain Bernard, who swims anchor on their 4 X 100 freestyle relay team. He said the French came to the Olympics to "smash the Americans" and even went as far as to say America's relay team is scared of the French team.

With those statements ringing in their ears our team took to the water and began the swim of their life. Three legs into the race, with both teams well under world record pace, Alain Bernard hit the water first. Our captain and oldest swimmer was a body length behind. Jason Lezak kept pace but still couldn't catch the Frenchman. Then, I am sure, with the statements running through his mind he begin to make up ground. With but a few meters to go he drew even and as they approached the wall Jason Lezak reached and touched first. It set off a celebration of the American team and kept Michael Phelps dream of eight golds alive.

So thank you Mr. Bernard for the inspiration. You French will never understand true American spirit.

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Ana Ivanovic out of Olympics

Olympic tennis took another hit today as it was announced Ana Ivanovic will drop out due to inflammation of her hand.

Since Maria Sharapova was already missing from Olympic play because of injury this really lowers the hottie factor. Sharapova out with shoulder problems, Ivanovic bad hand and Ashley Harkleroad not good enough to make the team. These three factors makes Olympic tennis a lot less appealing to watch.

Oh well, we still have Amanda Beard in the pool and Jennie Finch and Caitlin Lowe on the softball diamond, so it's not a complete loss of great looking women athletes.

So maybe a little less time watching tennis and a little more time watching softball and swimming.

Besides Sharapova and Ivanovic would have had a great shot at medals so we can't get too upset.

Go U.S.A.!




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Watkins Glen

Today at about 2 PM ET the green flag will drop at Watkins Glen. Kyle Busch will lead the field and Dale Junior will be close behind.

Junior received a break when it rained out qualifying (the field was set by owners points ) and if he is going to win a road course this would be great opportunity.

In a road race track position is crucial and he will start the race second. If I was drawing the plan for the race it would include laying back on the start and spinning Kyle in the first turn but that's just an idea. Then as Junior would pass baby Busch as Kyle cries about being stuck in the sand the lead would be his to hold.

Then its just a game of follow the leader till Dale Earnhardt Jr wins his first road course.

I like the plan!

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USA Basketball and the Olympics

If what I have seen is any indication, USA basketball, Michael Phelps and our women's beach volleyball team are going to be very happy when they leave China.

LeBron, Carmello and the guys beat China decisively in basketball. Michael Phelps cruised to a win in the 400 individual medley and Misty May and Kerri Walsh are still queens of the sand.

I think we are going to be very hard to beat in swimming, basketball and volleyball and let's hope the rest of the sports follow suit.

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Best Buy .....Geek squad needs manners.

I just talked to Best Buy Geek Squad about my fried lap top. They said it was fixed but they haven't received it back from HP yet. I called because i keep getting annoying calls about it from some company called "Service Escalation". Best Buy said they didn't know who that was but the company knew I had a bad lap top.

The part I like is when I finish the call I say "thank you" he replied "No problem".

No problem? Glad to hear I wasn't a problem when I called about a 6 month old lap top with a fried motherboard and a bad hard drive that you have had for two weeks. I would really hate to find out it was a problem I called about the piece of crap computer you sold me.

Let me tell you it is a problem. A problem because you think it is okay to sell worthless junk to people and then treat them like you are doing them a favor by speaking to them.

Why not treat us like a restaurant would. I should get a free lap top and the money back for the one I paid for. Isn't that what you would expect if you were served cold food? Wouldn't you want it replaced and then the whole thing for free?

Think about that next time you eat out.

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Almost time for sports...NASCAR, Olympics, maybe some baseball

The Nationwide race is in Watkins Glen this afternoon. Normally I don't pay much attention to Nationwide or road courses but Dale Junior is driving so I will watch. The Olympic TV coverage is in full swing today on NBC and USA networks. Michael Phelps is racing sometime today and I might try to find time to see the kid become the greatest Olympian ever.

Baseball's game of the week on Fox is on but if it isn't the Braves I am watching NASCAR or the Olympics. Does anyone know when Jennie Finch and the softball team plays? I saw some where that this year Finch will be wearing a bikini like the volleyball players when she pitches. I think it is either a stunt to get more attention or something I made up while dreaming of tall blonde softball pitchers.

FYI- the Paula Creamer watch is off this week. The ladies are not playing golf. Paula could send us some home videos so we would have something to do. We like footage of bikini beach bouncing shots- Baywatch style - if you are listening Miss Creamer.

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Olympics

 I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics tonight. Wow! That was boring.

The only parts I liked was when they showed the team from Croatia  (Surprising to me they have a very good looking team.) and , of course, when they showed our American team - especially Jennie Finch. She seems to get better looking every time I see her.

I think the whole thing was taped delayed on NBC and the games are already going strong as I write. I know tomorrow NBC is covering Phelps as he tries to become the greatest Olympian ever.

Good Luck Michael!



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I don't care about John Edwards

Senator John Edwards of North Carolina had an affair and I don't care. No it is not a country song but it is what every network is talking about. They should be ashamed.

All the things, good and bad going on in the world and that is the story they are focusing on?

I'll give you a few things I care about more;

The crud between my cabinet and stove
My finger nail clippings
My dogs old chew toy - I ran over with the mower
The stuff in the trap of the sink pipe
The sludge in my son's oil pan
My compost pile
Cockatoo dust on my desk
Spider webs in the garage
Used up ink pens
Old grocery bags from Walmart
Old bags in line at Walmart on Senior day
White Castle hamburgers
Leaves in my rain gutters

So CNN if you get tired of covering Edwards and you want me to watch you now have a list to work from.


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NASCAR buys rain tires

After 50 years of racing NASCAR discovered there are rain tires and windshield wipers. Last week in the Nationwide race in Montreal NASCAR for the first time in a major series used rain tires and windshield wipers. This week in Watkins Glen it could be more of the same if the rain doesn't stop.

NASCAR still won't use rain tires in the Sprint Cup but they are preparing for using them in the Nationwide just in case.

I do have a question;

If the Sprint Cup guys are so good why can't they drive in the rain too?

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Amanda Beard is an Olympic Goddess

American Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard is once again representing America in the breaststroke. She is also doing all she can for PETA by protesting fur.

Amanda Beard is making a bigger splash in the press with her PETA ad then she will in the pool as she slithers through the water in her sleek suit.

Amanda we wish you well in your races and we appreciate your ban the fur cause.

We couldn't agree with you more.

All breaststrokers who look like you should be fur-less!

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I am a West Virginia Mountaineer fan but...........

Some one needs to explain to me why Ohio state is ranked third in the nation. They return 18 starters plus their kicker. They recruited the number one QB in the nation and they are coming off back to back National Champion runner up seasons.

Number three?

When they spank USC the third game of the season don't come crying to me!


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Favre traded to Jets

An era has ended in Green Bay. The Packers have traded their long time leader, quarterback Brett Favre, to the New York Jets. The man who never misses a start will take his gunslinger mentality to the Big Apple.

In a time when loyalty is non existent Green Bay has shown again that football is a business.

I can't speak for us all, but is there a forty something any where in the country, who won't root for the "old man" to pull one more miracle season out his bag of tricks and lead the Jets to the promised land?

Love him or hate Brett Favre suited up every Sunday and gave it everything he had. Even on a Monday night, a day after his father died, Brett Favre put on his uniform and took the field. It was a night no one would of faulted him for sitting. It was a night he could of took a snap to keep his consecutive start string alive and no one would blamed him. It was a night he made magical.

He turned back the clock and picked apart the Raider defence. He didn't leave anything on the table or a dry eye in the house. It was pure Favre and he did it for his dad.

Then there was last season. Green Bay was rebuilding. They weren't expected to contend. Bret Favre got them within an eye lash of greatness.

Then stinging from a playoff loss he retired. Anyone, who ever lost their last game of the season, knows we all retire that night. Then Spring turned to Summer and Brett wanted to play. I think he assumed the team was still his. Green Bay management made it clear from the start there was no room in Titletown for Favre.

Thirty-one days later he is a Jet. New York for the first time since Broadway Joe Namath has a marquee quarterback. Sure he is a little older. Sure he is a little slower. He is also a little wiser.

He knows this is his last hurrah. He knows he can play out the string in New York or he can enlarge the legend. It is a risk in a town that eats superstars for breakfast.

Brett Favre also knows gunslingers don't pass in their sleep.

They win them all or they die trying.


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it's only fair

If Maria Sharapova is going to miss the Olympic she should be replaced by American hottie Ashley Harkleroad.

It's only fair!

They should put aside nationality for a moment and think of the male fans.

Playboy's newest sensation, Miss harkleroad is the only woman not scheduled to go that can match Sharapova's "it" factor.

I know this because I have seen Harkleroad's "it" in Playboy and it is quite a nice factor. I admit I have never had the pleasure of a Sharapova "it" sighting but I have read that she has the "it" factor s

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Mission Accomplished

I actually mowed my lawn today. It was a hard fought battle. I charged my battery. Filled the tank with gas. Turned the key - nothing. Went to Walmart, Bought fuses, electrical meter, jumper wires. I was prepared for battle. Replaced the fuse. Got my new meter ready. Had my oldest son turn the key while I checked voltage at solenoid posts.

Mower started!

Even without a glance at the new meter I assumed voltage was OK

Put my new toy away. Jumped on the not so trusty mower and three hours later I have a short lawn.

Looks like a golf course.

I am hoping Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis or even Anna Rawson stops by to try their luck. Then maybe after that they can try golf.


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China Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic are starting soon. They are in China this year. The home of some of the worst air on the planet. Seems like a great place to hold athletic contests. What happened - was Pittsburgh and Los Angeles booked for the month?

We, America, go into these games with high hopes. We expect our women to win the softball gold, the soccer gold and the basketball gold. We also expect our men to bring home the gold in basketball.

We sent some very good basketball players to China but I would of liked to see a little more size down low. Even without much bulk on the blocks I am sure Kobe Bryant and Lebron James will take it to the world with determination.

I don't know much about women's soccer or basketball although I am positive we are sending very capable teams.

America's softball team I have seen play. They are very dominant even though they suffered a couple of bumps in the road while playing their practice schedule. They also field Jennie Finch and Caitlin Lowe who will get attention for their All American looks. So look for the babes of the diamond to become the sweethearts of this Olympics.

We also have a very good gymnastic squad this year, I am told. Shawn Johnson is the star and will capture the spotlight if she lives up to her billing.

There are also hundreds of other contests in the Olympics and our track and field team will be high in the medal counts. Our swimmers led by Michael Phelps will control the pool.

When the smoke has cleared and the events are over, I believe the United States will hold the lead in total medals followed closely by the host Chinese team.

But no matter how many medals our team wins they will make us proud to be Americans. Our Olympic stars always have and I believe they always will.



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Martha Stewart knows style my butt

If Martha Stewart knows style why does she dress like a man? From her masculine haircut to her men's pants she looks like a guy. I am not taking any advice from a woman who doesn't know females are supposed to be long haired and in skirts. Very short skirts preferably.

I don't care if she can make a shovel out of the shoulder bone of a pig. I am not buying what she is selling. Last time I bought anything she endorsed was when Kmart had their Martha is going to prison sale and I bought my patio table and chairs for 100 bucks. Not bad for a metal table and chair set.

If a few more celebrity endorsers would dabble in white collar crime I could save a bundle.

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Mowers and batteries make my day

My lawn needs mowing and I got lucky - my battery is dead. Sure I will have to charge or possibly replace it but that is better than mowing. Especially on a day that flirted with the upper 90s.

Why is it my lawn grows faster in the summer? I wouldn't mind mowing as much if it was 72 degrees or close. Maybe I will air condition my back yard? The kids leave doors open all the time so I practically do now.

Maybe a dome would be good. As long as I am going the dome route AstroTurf would be good for eliminating the mowing. I could build that miniature golf course I have been wanting if I had nice even AstroTurf. Buy a wind mill or two, a couple of ceramic dinosaurs, maybe a cement clown.

I am sure all this would make me popular with the neighbors and their immaculate lawns. No it's not true they use finger nail clippers to get the blades that even. They use hair clippers!

I have seen major league stadiums that have worse grass than my neighbors. These people are lawn fanatics. They cut it ever other day. They really appreciate me cutting mine every other week whether it needs it or not. They also like the fact I miss huge spots because I drink tequila while I mow.

If they don't like it they can bring their hair clippers over and trim it up a bit. I can repay the favor by shooting a few belts of the gold and firing up the cordless hedge trimmer. I am sure their Louisville Cardinal flag would look good flying over a hedge that looks like the flying WV of West Virginia University.

I put the tractor battery on my charger so tomorrow I will mow. Unless of course it won't hold a charge and Walmart is out of my battery size. Yes I could go to Lowes but if I do that it will have to wait till Thursday because it is across town. Sure the town is only two miles wide but it is still across town and a trip like that has to be planned.





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Drinking coffee and writing

Drinking coffee and writing should be against the law. Caffeine brings out our inner Hemingway or so we think. In all actuality it brings out endless gibberish followed by streams of babble.

Not me of course. Loaded on Mocha Lattes - I am a cross between Hunter S. Thompson and Mark Twain. Unfortunately it's the cerebral wit of Thompson and the Gonzo style of Twain.

I can go on endlessly about the merits of lawn mowing or the skill of cooking a steak, Both subjects have the excitement level of a chair. Not a stuffed chair either but one of those straight back wooden style.

To me, on several cold coffee drinks, my grill exploits are legend. To you, it is another boring story you have to read before I tell you where I hid the Harkleroad pictures.

Come to think of it where did I hide the Harkleroad pictures? If you find them let me know and don't drool on them. I don't care how hot she looks in that tiny tennis skirt and no shirt.

If Anna Kournikova would quit dating pro athletes and run out of money we soon would be drooling on her Playboy pictures too. If it was me I 'd be in Playboy every other month for the money Hef pays those women. It has to be easier than working. Although I really wouldn't know because I haven't done any real work since the late 90s.

A couple more sips of coffee with ice and I am going to be up for a Pulitzer. No! A Pulitzer is not what you do when you find the Harkleroad pictures, it's an award. When I win it I hope it comes with a nice check. Recognition is good but checks buy cool stuff like new lap tops and iPhones. If the check is big enough it buys cars. I think I would look better in a classic Z28 than I do the minivan. They are more fun to drive too.
I know because I had a couple GM sports cars before the word "classic" was put in front of them.

The last one didn't do so well when my friend Dave took a nap while driving and ran into a pole at 85 mph. Crumpled me a little and the car a lot. At least we lived and now that night is legend to us and boring to everyone else when we tell the story.

Should I drink more coffee or should we go to bed? I guess that depends on whether you are female and good looking! Send pictures and I will decide.

Till then it's time for me to quit before my finger tips callous like the last time I drank coffee and typed.

Lucky for you I used spell check this time. The last time I forgot and the next morning when I read my scribbling  I thought I had learned a new language.

Good night and remember to send those photos!

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Late Monday Night

It's late Monday night in case you missed the title that read "Late Monday Night".

Today I saw Morgan Freeman was in an accident. It was reported he broke several bones but was in good spirits. He is obviously a better man than most

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sold the rights to pictures of their newborns. They are going to donate the money to charity. It is reported a 14 million dollar payday. I wouldn't pay that to see Maria Sharapova's twins!

Olympics starts in four days. Should be a good one if we can see it through the Chinese factory smoke.


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Skip Carey

In a season that keeps getting worse. The Atlanta Braves lost their long time announcer Skip Carey. Mr. Carey passed away in his sleep.

He was the son of legend announcer Harry Carey and father to announcer Chip Carey.

He was old school and we liked it.


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Monday Morning

Monday morning survival.

Three more days till the kids go back to school. One in middle school, one a senior in high school. They go back Aug 7th. When I was a kid and the world still made sense we went back the Tuesday after Labor Day. Seem to be a good day.

Now my kids go back half way through the summer but they get a Fall break the first week of October. Why not wait till hunting season to give them a break like West Virginia does? That made sense!

A week off starting the first week of buck season. WV is a state whose priorities are right. Actually I was told when I lived there that before they gave the kids off no one went to school that week anyway so they just went with the flow.

If you can't beat the hunters join them.

Update on some items;

Martha Stewart still annoys me
Oprah is still the anti-Christ
Paula Creamer still has a hot ass

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Women's golf is fun to watch

I think women's golf is fun to watch. It is a sport with many beautiful women and anytime you can combine great looking females and sports you have a viewer friendly show.

That is my opinion.

Recently I have had several people criticize my thoughts. They say golf is not about all the pretty faces. That people like me shouldn't watch the sport. People like me treat it as a beauty pageant and it is not. It is a sport with talented athletes. It doesn't rely on looks to get viewers like women's tennis does.

First of all I agree completely. Women's golf is full of talented athletes. What Paula Creamer or Natalie Gulbis can do with a club is impressive. What they can do with a short skirt is also spectacular.

I don't understand why I can't watch women's golf and appreciate the beauty of the play and the beauty of the players. Am I the only one who thinks this way?

I begin to wonder that question. Maybe it was true. Maybe I am the first person to notice many women golfers are as pretty as movie stars. Maybe I was demeaning the sport by not only watching Paula Creamer drive the ball but also watching her walk after it.

So I decided to see if i was crazy and everyone else is watching ladies golf for pure sport.

I decided to use Google as a measuring stick. Not a perfect instrument but a gauge none the less.

I looked up how many people searched for the best golfer currently - Lorena Ochoa. I compared her searches with how many people searched for who I consider the greatest female golfer of our time - Annika Sorenstam.

I found, twice as many people searched for Ochoa as they did Sorenstam. I expected those results. Ochoa is playing better right now. Lorena has six wins this year compared to Annika's three. I saw searches tended to go up on the week the player won.

So maybe beauty has nothing to do with golf and I am as people have said - crazy. Lorena Ochoa has twice as many victories and she gets searched twice as much. Skill is what makes a golfer popular.

I then thought, lets look at how Paula Creamer compares to those two. Creamer also has three tour wins this year so her numbers should be close to Annika Sorenstam. They aren't!

Paula Creamer gets searched three times as much this year as Annika Sorenstam and 50% more than Ochoa. mmm? So I am not the only one that would like to search Paula Creamer.

Could it be because Paula Creamer is a hottie?

So to prove or disprove the hottie factor I looked up Anna Rawson. She is a rookie with no wins on the tour. She doesn't even have an exemption. She is however very pretty. If people are interested in women's golf as purely a sport she should have very little search traffic compared to Sorenstam, Creamer and Ochoa.

Anna Rawson gets less than half the traffic Paula Creamer gets and 35% less traffic this year than Ochoa. She gets 30% more traffic than Sorenstam!

I think this again lends proof that I am not the only man (person) who enjoys nice legs in golf shorts.

Sure it doesn't absolutely prove anything but it hints that I am not alone.

So before I was done, just for fun, I decided to run Natalie Gulbis up the flag pole and see how she searches. Natale is a young blonde hottie who plays well but no where in the class, yet, of Ochoa, Sorenstam or Creamer as a golfer.

Natalie with her one tour win gets almost five times more searches than Annika Sorenstam. She gets just short of two and a half more than Ochoa. She triples Rawson and even gets 63% more traffic than Paula Creamer.

You don't suppose it's because she plays pretty decent plus has a swim suit calender?

No that can not be it. I am the only man who dares to notice the beauty of Creamer, Rawson or Gulbis.

So lets recap.

If I was to rank the five players by golf accomplishments I would say;

1. Annika Sorenstam
2. Lorena Ochoa
3. Paula Creamer
4. Natalie Gulbis
5. Anna Rawson

If I was to rank them buy my opinion of their looks;

1. Paula Creamer
2. Natalie Gulbis
3. Anna Rawson
4. Lorena Ochoa
5. Annika Sorenstam

Now granted that is only my opinion.

Now lets rank them by Google searches;

1. Natalie Gulbis
2. Paula Creamer
3. Lorena Ochoa
4. Anna Rawson
5. Annika Sorenstam

It seems maybe there are a few of us who like women's golf for both the thrill of sport and the visual beauty of the players. Especially if you consider I tend to lean towards blondes and Ochoa probably did worse on my looks list because of her dark hair and eyes than she would of on someone else's.

This was far from a controlled experiment and doesn't absolutely prove anything except for maybe I am not the only man in the world who appreciates the iron play of Paula Creamer and the way she looks in her tight white pants.

I know this makes men pigs because women would never like Dale Earnhardt Jr or Kasey Kahne because of the way they look in a race suit.

Women pick their athletes, I am sure, purely by the way they perform.


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Sunday night

It's Sunday night and I have survived another weekend at my house. My wife is in bed. Two of my kids, oldest and youngest are playing videos. One of the kids is at work. The other one at a friends house. So I am the only one upstairs.


By upstairs I mean the middle floor. Video play is done in the basement. Our basement is a 1500 square foot recreation room. The kids have pool, foosball, air hockey, poker, black jack, ping pong, workout station, heavy punching bag and four televisions and video systems complete with Internet hook up in their rec room. I know they are a deprived group of kids.

Sleeping in beds is done on the top floor. I am on the floor with the living room, kitchen, etc......plus my office where I write this intriguing story of my house.

The point I was trying to make is I have some quiet. The bird isn't even yelling. The Boxers are pretty calm. I often yearn for quiet but it isn't always good. Quiet can be lonely. Quiet leaves me with my thoughts.

At 48 I am not rich nor famous or even good looking. I have come to the reality that I will not be President. My life is mostly set. It is a good life. A life I can survive. A life where my wins and losses are tallied by my kids actions. Will they be successful? Will they be good people? Will they visit on Father's Day?

Those questions are still up in the air. They are good kids and I bet they will always be good people. If they under stand success is not more TVs or cars or shinier toys their success will be attained. Visiting on Father's Day?They will if they are close. If they are far they will call.

If they become what I know they can my life will mean something.

If not, my life of more than 48 years will mean little.

I never wrote the Great American Novel. I never ran for public office. I never did much of anything but raise my kids. If I fail at that I will have meant nothing in this world.

A stay at home Dad barely gets recognized as a useful part of society. They are often whispered about. Relatives and friends ask when you are going back to work. They say things like "I always thought you would do something with your life."

So did I.

But one day, like this night, when I found some quiet, I realized my kids have more hope than me. I quit work. I no longer let strangers babysit them. I knew I would not do what they might, so I stay at home.

I do mind the snickering. I do mind the looks when I say, I am a stay at home dad. I do mind when my children's friends ask "doesn't your dad have a job?"

I do mind all of that but it will one day all be worth it.

They will be good people.

They will visit on Father's day.

They will be successful.

Then I can look back at my more than 48 years and know I was successful too.
 
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Brett Favre will be reinstated ...Fox sports announced

The NFL league office will announce later today that Favre will be reinstated to the Green Bay Packers, but that reinstatement will not officially take effect until 1 p.m. ET Monday.
Commissioner Goodell waited for both sides to come to some sort of an agreement. But when they failed to do so, in the end, Goodell felt if Favre wanted to play football that he should be given the right to do just that.

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Ugly wife pictures

Wife Pictures?

You guys must have the ugliest wives in the country. We are willing to post any picture of any wife ( has to be dressed..bikinis..shorts,,,halter tops...all OK...rule is all good stuff covered ) you send. Your wife, your brother's wife, your neighbor's wife, even your girlfriend (we won't tell your wife ) but only a few proud husbands send. When I say a few - I mean hundreds but still we get thousands and thousands of readers every month. Are all of you that embarrassed of the woman you married? Is your girlfriend ugly too?

They must be a real woofers. Do you keep her covered in a burka or just lock her in the basement?

I really thought all ClubHusband men were married to beautiful women.

Am I wrong?

Prove it!



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My house is a wild kingdom

It's Sunday morning.

The spoiled dogs need out, the wild cockatoo is screaming, the  untamed kids are awake and I just want to sleep.

Sleeping in this house is impossible once the inhabitants stir.

There is no consideration. My sleeping takes a back seat to their video games, loud TV, microwave beeping and that is just the animals. You should hear what the kids are doing.

I rise reluctantly, gargle, brush my teeth and stumble down the stairs. I realize I didn't dress. I go back up and put on my usual polo shirt and shorts. I stumble back down the stairs.

There are literally six people awake but no one has let the Boxers out yet. The bird is screaming, like he is being killed, but no one has fed him. The chimp and the midget are in a wrestling match and no one breaks it up.

I microwave a cup of last night's coffee while I make more. I need caffeine and I need it quick.

I let Maximus and Christmas outside. I feed Razzy. I pull apart Billy and Bobby. I feel like I am stuck in a Tarantino movie.

 I down my barely warmed coffee. I log in to my computer. I check the golf scores. Paula Creamer is is playing well. She is six under for the day, after 17 holes. Gulbis is still playing well too, two under after 14 holes. Looks like neither will win but they will finish well in this year's British Open.

I peruse the Google news. Nothing catches my eye except for Christinia Applegate who played Kelly Bundy, on one of my all time favorite shows, Married with Children,  has breast cancer. She is expected to recover. We hope so. When you watch a woman grow up on TV she almost feels like family. We wish her the best of luck in her time of trouble.

U.S basketball spanks Russia in Olympic exhibition play. Yahoo board meeting boring. A car owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr and Rick Hendrick wins the Nationwide race.

People in India stampede when a railing broke in a temple and before it was over 123 were dead.

Obama and McCain still don't agree with each other or me.

I drink more coffee.

It is a usual Sunday in my house.

When will Quintin make his cameo?

I hope he brings donuts.



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As long as I am in a mood!

I wrote an article suggesting Paula Creamer should pose in Playboy.....I have caught a lot of crap over that one.

I have been informed she is a role model, a great person and a great golfer by many people. Mostly women (why are women reading me? ) and whipped men.

If you idiots read me at all, you know I think Paula Creamer is a great player. You know, I think she is a great person. The role model I haven't covered. These facts aside, I still want to see her naked.

I am funny that way. When it comes to beautiful women, I like them with as much skin as possible showing.

Do I think Creamer will ever do Playboy? An interview maybe - not a Harkleroad type pictorial. She is too much of a peaches and creamer ( pretty good uh? ) type woman.

So let me explain this to the women and their nancy-boy husbands. It's the Paula Creamers of the world who men really yearn to see because they are the forbidden fruit. The ones we know are unattainable.

So we keep dreaming. Paula stays dressed. You people, who think I am nuts because I like naked women, are still lost in a prefect world.

A world where men look at young beautiful women golfers and only see athletes.


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Martha Stewart can bite me

I recently wrote an article entitled Dale Earnhardt Deserves Better where I referred to Martha Stewart as a Yankee, a guest and an ex-con. People, mostly dim wits, have suggested I owe Martha Stewart an apology.

I have pondered the suggestion and I think I will apologize to Martha.

When Jeff Gordon plays center for the Celtics!

Lets take these names separately.

Yankee;
Main Entry:
1Yan·kee
Pronunciation:
\ˈyaŋ-kē\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
1758
1 a: a native or inhabitant of New England b: a native or inhabitant of the northern United States2: a native or inhabitant of the United States.

Martha Stewart lives in New England so that one is correct.

Guest

I referred to her visiting North Carolina when I said it. She does not live there (see Yankee ) so that one is correct.

Ex-con
She was a convict now she isn't, that makes her an ex-con.

So everything I called her is correct. So I now take it back. No, not the names, the fact when Gordon plays center I will apologize.

I will never apologize to her or her pod people followers.

And as long as I am warmed up let me tell you what I really think.

I think Martha Stewart is a dried up bag of wind who wouldn't know a good bbq sauce if you poured it in her ear. She can make all the greeting card holders out of turkey skeletons she wants but it doesn't make her an expert on decor.

The only thing I like about her is all the great prices on patio furniture I got when she went to jail!

Still waiting on an apology?

Go on ask me about Oprah.....I dare you!



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Paula Creamer shoots 70

Paula Creamer was two under for the third round of the British Open and five under for the tournament with one day to go. She is eight strokes behind the leader - Yuri Fudoh

Fellow American hottie, Natalie Gulbis is still in this thing. Miss Gulbis was 2 under for the third and now 9 under for the tournament just 4 strokes back. Natalie bogeyed 2 out of the last 3 holes in the third round.

If Paula Creamer gets as hot as her butt she will win but I am guessing Natalie Gulbis will sexily play her way to the top tomorrow.

I can picture her on top - can't you?

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Big Brother 10 April wins Head of Household

Big Brother 10...for those of you who do not have a wife that watches Big Brother 10 Live Internet feed..April ( small hot blonde ) won head of Household and Jerry ( old guy ) wins power of veto

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Sharapova out of U.S. Open

Maria Sharapova announced she wasn't going to play in the U.S. Open or the Olympics due to small tears in her shoulder. We are sorry to hear the news Maria.

So now we have a problem. Do we root for the hot little Serb, Ana Ivanovic, or do we stay loyal to the American star of Playboy - Ashley Harkleroad?

The Olympic choice is a no brainer. We have to stay with the American.

The U.S. Open is another story.

Sure we like it when American women win our National Championship. We also like it when Ana Ivanovic makes it deep into a tournament. Normally Ivanovic's dark good looks would over come national loyalty but that was before we saw Ashley Harkleroad in her tan and trimmed glory.

Sure we could go with Venus or Serena but we like women's tennis better.

So it's a coin toss. Ivanovic's sultry stare versus images of Ashley dancing in our heads.

The answer is suddenly clear now.

We don't have enough information.

We must go to video of Ana and Playboy pictures of Harkleroad and study the matter further.

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2008 Preseason USA Today Coaches' Poll

1. Georgia (22) 11-2 1,438
2. USC (14) 11-2 1,430
3. Ohio State (14) 11-2 1,392
4. Oklahoma (3) 11-3 1,329
5. Florida (5) 9-4 1,293
6. LSU (3) 12-2 1,163
7. Missouri 12-2 1,143
8. West Virginia 11-2 1,008
9. Clemson 9-4 999
10. Texas 10-3 979
11. Auburn 9-4 888
12. Wisconsin 9-4 747
13. Kansas 12-1 714
14. Texas Tech 9-4 644
15. Virginia Tech 11-3 568
16. Arizona State 10-3 560
17. BYU 11-2 547
18. Tennessee 10-4 506
19. Illinois 9-4 422
20. Oregon 9-4 399
21. South Florida 9-4 350
22. Penn State 9-4 313
23. Wake Forest 9-4 203
24. Michigan 9-4 112
25. Fresno State 9-4 91

Others Receiving Votes
Alabama (7-6) 83; South Carolina (6-6) 64; Utah (9-4) 60; Florida State (7-6) 53; Rutgers (8-5) 53; Boston College (11-3) 47; California (7-6) 41; Pittsburgh (5-7) 34; Boise State (10-3) 25; Oregon State (9-4) 23; Nebraska (5-7) 17; Cincinnati (10-3) 13; Virginia (9-4) 12; Connecticut (9-4) 9; Michigan State (7-6) 9; Mississippi State (8-5) 6; Kentucky (8-5) 5; Notre Dame (3-9) 5; TCU (8-5) 5; Maryland (6-7) 4; North Carolina (4-8) 3; Texas A&M (7-6) 3; UCLA (6-7) 3; Central Florida (10-4) 2; Georgia Tech (7-6) 2; Louisville (6-6) 2; Arizona (5-7) 1; Colorado (6-7) 1; Oklahoma State (7-6) 1; Tulsa (10-4) 1


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Maria Sharapova will not be in Olympics

The glamorous Russian withdrew from the WTA's Rogers Cup in Montreal on Wednesday after a marathon second-round win over Marta Domachowska, and a scan revealed two small tears in her right shoulder.

She will get a second opinion in New York as soon as possible but on her website she announced there is no chance she will be in the Beijing Olympics.

Sharapova dropping out will leave the Olympic tennis tournament without one of it's biggest draws. Her ability coupled with long legs and blonde hair makes Maria Sharapova popular all over the world. Even in China.


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Paula Creamer shoots 69..Natalie Gulbis 68

The best butt in golf, Paula Creamer, shoots a sixty-nine in second round play at the British Open. Combine that with her par round on Thursday and the luscious Miss Creamer is three under after two days in The United Kingdom.

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Natalie Gulbis, the second best butt in golf, shot a sixty-eight, combining with her first round score of sixty-nine. She now is seven under par and within three strokes of leaders Yuri Fudoh and Ji-Yai Shin.

Paula Creamer will need great play in the final two rounds to gain seven strokes on the leader but if Natalie Gulbis continues her steady play she can win this thing.

If Miss Gulbis can pull it off it would be her second win on the LPGA tour and the first major for the 25 year old bluish green eyed blonde.


2008 LPGA Tour Biographies
Natalie Gulbis
(GULL-biss)
Rookie year: 2002
Status: Exempt
Career victories (last): 1 (2007)
Career-low round: 63
Career earnings (rank): $3,376,491 (42)
LPGA career holes-in-one: 2
Playoff record: 1-1
Education: University of Arizona
Professional__________________________________________________________________________
2007
• Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Evian Masters where she defeated Jeong Jang in a one-hole,
sudden-death playoff; crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings with her victory.
• Posted four additional top-10 finishes, including a runner-up finish at the ADT Championship; also finished
tied for third at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions, tied for fourth at the Longs Drugs
Challenge and tied for ninth at the LPGA Corning Classic.
• Made her second appearance on the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup Team.




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