The Dodgers just anounced that Grady Little has resigned and all indications point to Joe Torre as the new Dodger manager.
Will he bring Alex with him? How cool would it be if Frank McCourt decided to become the West Coast George.
Money is no object when you buy a beach house for $33 million.....so if you've got it....flaunt it!
I think maybe the Dodgers should hire Ms. Milano as their mascot. Maybe as a back-up announcer.....maybe as Michael Timothy McAlevey Christmas present.
Things are heating up in LA......next comes the Kobe saga....and his era appears to be over....and I'll always remember when he played basketball with a guy named Shaq.
Joe Torre and Phil Jackson.....wow.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
IOWA is the Field of Dreams
Tonight is another Democratic debate and IOWA is their main goal.
Each candidate appears to be spending enormous amounts of time and energy in the state of Iowa. The Iowa Caucus is on January 3rd 2008 and it will determine who can go forward.
I think the candidate with the most to lose is John Edwards. If he doesn't finish first or second he's in big trouble. It looks like Hillary is putting some space between herself and the other candidates.
If you live in Iowa the next two months is your Field of Dreams. I wonder how many candidates have bothered to visit the Field of Dreams.
I sure wish someone would ask them about CCD. In case you've forgotten CCD is Colony Collaspe Disorder.
I'll tune in but I know there's two things they won't mention....CCD and Solid-State lighting.
Seven Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to participate in a two-hour debate starting at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday and telecast on MSNBC. It's their first debate in a month, and during that time Clinton has solidified her position as the front-runner, gaining in polls, taking the lead in fundraising and dominating the agenda.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Each candidate appears to be spending enormous amounts of time and energy in the state of Iowa. The Iowa Caucus is on January 3rd 2008 and it will determine who can go forward.
I think the candidate with the most to lose is John Edwards. If he doesn't finish first or second he's in big trouble. It looks like Hillary is putting some space between herself and the other candidates.
If you live in Iowa the next two months is your Field of Dreams. I wonder how many candidates have bothered to visit the Field of Dreams.
I sure wish someone would ask them about CCD. In case you've forgotten CCD is Colony Collaspe Disorder.
I'll tune in but I know there's two things they won't mention....CCD and Solid-State lighting.
Seven Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to participate in a two-hour debate starting at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday and telecast on MSNBC. It's their first debate in a month, and during that time Clinton has solidified her position as the front-runner, gaining in polls, taking the lead in fundraising and dominating the agenda.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Monday, October 29, 2007
JUST IN CASE YOU ARE NOT BEEING AWARE
Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD) is a little-understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. CCD was originally found in Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006.[1]
European beekeepers observed a similar phenomenon in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain[2], and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree.[3] Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007.[4]
The cause (or causes) of the syndrome is not yet well understood. Theories include environmental change-related stresses,[5] malnutrition, pathogens (i.e., disease[6] including Israeli acute paralysis virus[7][8]), mites, pesticides such as neonicotinoids or imidacloprid, radiation from cellular phones or other man-made devices,[9] and genetically modified (GM) crops with pest control characteristics such as transgenic maize.[10] That the disappearances have almost exclusively been reported from a subset of the commercial beekeepers in affected areas (i.e., not feral colonies or organic beekeepers), suggests to some that beekeeping practices can be a primary factor.[11][12]
From 1971 through 2006, there was a dramatic reduction in the number of feral (wild) honeybees in the US (now almost absent;[13]) and a significant, though somewhat gradual decline in the number of colonies maintained by beekeepers. This decline includes the cumulative losses from all factors such as urbanization, pesticide use, tracheal and Varroa mites, and commercial beekeepers retiring and going out of business. However, late in the year 2006 and in early 2007 the rate of attrition was alleged to have reached new proportions, and the term "Colony Collapse Disorder" was proposed to describe this sudden rash of disappearances.[1]
Limited occurrences resembling CCD have been documented as early as 1896,[6][14] and this set of symptoms has in the past several decades been given many different names (disappearing disease, spring dwindle, May disease, autumn collapse, and fall dwindle disease[15]. Most recently, a similar phenomenon in the winter of 2004/2005 occurred, and was attributed to Varroa mites (the "Vampire Mite" scare), though this was never ultimately confirmed. In none of the past appearances of this syndrome has anyone been able to determine its cause(s). Upon recognition that the syndrome does not seem to be seasonally-restricted, and that it may not be a "disease" in the standard sense—that there may not be a specific causative agent—the syndrome was renamed.[16]
It's been awhile since I brought up CCD but since Generlow Wilson is now free I can only hope that CCD gets solved.
There are so many problems in the world and when small things get fixed it makes me think that big things can also be solved.
Illusion and delusion are tied together in my heart and soul, and I love thinking that everything will be ok. I love thinking that human beings can solve any problem and I love believing that human nature is the highest physical/spiritual entity on the planet.
We are a unique resident on the planet Earth and if all things go well we will be a species that lasts until it's time to travel to another planet because our planet is no longer inhabitable....and that uninhabitable moment will arise, not because of anything we've done but because of the natural time frame that must unfold as our Sun reaches its zenith.
OF COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT OUR SUN IS FAIRLY YOUNG AND ESTIMATES HAVE IT LASTING SOMEWHERE AROUND ANOTHER 2 BILLION YEARS.
So we should figure out quite a few things between now and then.....and one of those things to figure out should bee...
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE BEE POPULATION
it's a serious issue and one that should be discussed by the Presidential Candidates during the upcoming election.
IT'S THAT SERIOUS!
IT'S MORE SERIOUS THAN IRAQ AND IRAN AND IT'S A LOT MORE SERIOUS THAT FIRES, FLOODS, HURRICANES, TORNADO'S AND EARTHQUAKES.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ABOVE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN RECOVER FROM....
THE LOSS OF THE BEE POPULATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT RECOVER FROM.
Serious is too weak a word for this type of problem.....
C A T A S T R O P H I C
might be more appropriate word.
SO MAY ATTENTION AND
BEE AWARE....and tell your Congressman or woman to get concerned and solve
CCD....
NOW!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
European beekeepers observed a similar phenomenon in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain[2], and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree.[3] Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007.[4]
The cause (or causes) of the syndrome is not yet well understood. Theories include environmental change-related stresses,[5] malnutrition, pathogens (i.e., disease[6] including Israeli acute paralysis virus[7][8]), mites, pesticides such as neonicotinoids or imidacloprid, radiation from cellular phones or other man-made devices,[9] and genetically modified (GM) crops with pest control characteristics such as transgenic maize.[10] That the disappearances have almost exclusively been reported from a subset of the commercial beekeepers in affected areas (i.e., not feral colonies or organic beekeepers), suggests to some that beekeeping practices can be a primary factor.[11][12]
From 1971 through 2006, there was a dramatic reduction in the number of feral (wild) honeybees in the US (now almost absent;[13]) and a significant, though somewhat gradual decline in the number of colonies maintained by beekeepers. This decline includes the cumulative losses from all factors such as urbanization, pesticide use, tracheal and Varroa mites, and commercial beekeepers retiring and going out of business. However, late in the year 2006 and in early 2007 the rate of attrition was alleged to have reached new proportions, and the term "Colony Collapse Disorder" was proposed to describe this sudden rash of disappearances.[1]
Limited occurrences resembling CCD have been documented as early as 1896,[6][14] and this set of symptoms has in the past several decades been given many different names (disappearing disease, spring dwindle, May disease, autumn collapse, and fall dwindle disease[15]. Most recently, a similar phenomenon in the winter of 2004/2005 occurred, and was attributed to Varroa mites (the "Vampire Mite" scare), though this was never ultimately confirmed. In none of the past appearances of this syndrome has anyone been able to determine its cause(s). Upon recognition that the syndrome does not seem to be seasonally-restricted, and that it may not be a "disease" in the standard sense—that there may not be a specific causative agent—the syndrome was renamed.[16]
It's been awhile since I brought up CCD but since Generlow Wilson is now free I can only hope that CCD gets solved.
There are so many problems in the world and when small things get fixed it makes me think that big things can also be solved.
Illusion and delusion are tied together in my heart and soul, and I love thinking that everything will be ok. I love thinking that human beings can solve any problem and I love believing that human nature is the highest physical/spiritual entity on the planet.
We are a unique resident on the planet Earth and if all things go well we will be a species that lasts until it's time to travel to another planet because our planet is no longer inhabitable....and that uninhabitable moment will arise, not because of anything we've done but because of the natural time frame that must unfold as our Sun reaches its zenith.
OF COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT OUR SUN IS FAIRLY YOUNG AND ESTIMATES HAVE IT LASTING SOMEWHERE AROUND ANOTHER 2 BILLION YEARS.
So we should figure out quite a few things between now and then.....and one of those things to figure out should bee...
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE BEE POPULATION
it's a serious issue and one that should be discussed by the Presidential Candidates during the upcoming election.
IT'S THAT SERIOUS!
IT'S MORE SERIOUS THAN IRAQ AND IRAN AND IT'S A LOT MORE SERIOUS THAT FIRES, FLOODS, HURRICANES, TORNADO'S AND EARTHQUAKES.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ABOVE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN RECOVER FROM....
THE LOSS OF THE BEE POPULATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT RECOVER FROM.
Serious is too weak a word for this type of problem.....
C A T A S T R O P H I C
might be more appropriate word.
SO MAY ATTENTION AND
BEE AWARE....and tell your Congressman or woman to get concerned and solve
CCD....
NOW!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Sunday, October 28, 2007
FREED with the help of a BJ
FINALLY
GENERLOW WILSON HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON...AND HIS ATTORNEY
IS
B.J. BERNSTEIN
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO GENERLOW WILSON IS THAN THE B.J. COMMENT ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
THE ATLANTA SUPREME COURT RULED 4-3 THAT HIS SENTENCE WAS EXCESSIVE.
4-3 is a bit scary....
there are still 3 judges that don't seem to think that 10 years in prison for consensual oral sex is excessive.
BUT THANK GOD THERE ARE FOUR REASONABLE JUDGES THAT RESIDE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
AND TONIGHT.....
GENERLOW WILSON IS HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HE'S FEELING.....BUT IT'S GOT TO
BE
A
GREAT
FEELING.....
I HOPE HE'S NOT TOO BITTER....
AND I WOULD SUGGEST BEING VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW HE CELEBRATES HIS RELEASE.
BUT THANKS TO A LAWYER
NAMED....
.....B.J.......
GENRELOW
IS
FREE
IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT SOME THINGS CAN BE CORRECTED AND THAT JUSTICE DOES MATTER.
We need daily stories like this one.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
GENERLOW WILSON HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON...AND HIS ATTORNEY
IS
B.J. BERNSTEIN
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO GENERLOW WILSON IS THAN THE B.J. COMMENT ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
THE ATLANTA SUPREME COURT RULED 4-3 THAT HIS SENTENCE WAS EXCESSIVE.
4-3 is a bit scary....
there are still 3 judges that don't seem to think that 10 years in prison for consensual oral sex is excessive.
BUT THANK GOD THERE ARE FOUR REASONABLE JUDGES THAT RESIDE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
AND TONIGHT.....
GENERLOW WILSON IS HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HE'S FEELING.....BUT IT'S GOT TO
BE
A
GREAT
FEELING.....
I HOPE HE'S NOT TOO BITTER....
AND I WOULD SUGGEST BEING VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW HE CELEBRATES HIS RELEASE.
BUT THANKS TO A LAWYER
NAMED....
.....B.J.......
GENRELOW
IS
FREE
IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT SOME THINGS CAN BE CORRECTED AND THAT JUSTICE DOES MATTER.
We need daily stories like this one.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Friday, October 26, 2007
MY BAD
Last night I got into a shouting match with my daughter's boyfriend who happens to be 19 and considers all liberals to be completely confused and just generally uniformed idiots.
He rubs me the wrong way when politics start getting discussed.
I MEAN.... HE REALLY RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY
He won't attend a movie directed by Sean Pean because Sean Penn is an idiot.
He won't watch Bill Maher because Bill Maher is an idiot.
He thinks Al Gore should never have won a Nobel Prize and he would never watch Inconvenient Truth because AL Gore is an idiot.
He won't watch a Leonardo DiCaprio movie because who the hell does Leo think he is to talk about Global Warming.
One of his political heroes is G. Gordon Liddy.
I mean every time a discussion starts to take place about politics....my voice starts rising and last night, in my house, he moved towards me in a physical manner that almost made my head explode. As I made him leave my house he had the parting words of...."If my dad was here he would kick your ass."
I THINK IT GOES BEYOND RUBBING ME THE WRONG WAY......
THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE WITH MY DAUGHTER THAT I HAVE OVERLOOKED BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE OVERLY AUTHORITATIVE....AND IT HAS COME BACK TO BIT ME IN THE ASS.
I AM MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT HAVING CERTAIN RULES AND NOW I AM MAD AT THEM.
I AM MAD AT MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE SEEMS TO PICK UP STRAY DOG TYPES.....EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS ONLY BEEN THREE STRAY DOGS IN HER 21 YEARS.....A STRAY IS A STRAY IS A STRAY.
I need to become a veterinarian and do some neutering......
Or else I'm going to have a stroke and that would be an extreme way of dealing with my problems.
Parenting is parallel to being organized and I need not say anything more.....except......
......where did I put that file?
Michael Timothy McAlevey
He rubs me the wrong way when politics start getting discussed.
I MEAN.... HE REALLY RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY
He won't attend a movie directed by Sean Pean because Sean Penn is an idiot.
He won't watch Bill Maher because Bill Maher is an idiot.
He thinks Al Gore should never have won a Nobel Prize and he would never watch Inconvenient Truth because AL Gore is an idiot.
He won't watch a Leonardo DiCaprio movie because who the hell does Leo think he is to talk about Global Warming.
One of his political heroes is G. Gordon Liddy.
I mean every time a discussion starts to take place about politics....my voice starts rising and last night, in my house, he moved towards me in a physical manner that almost made my head explode. As I made him leave my house he had the parting words of...."If my dad was here he would kick your ass."
I THINK IT GOES BEYOND RUBBING ME THE WRONG WAY......
THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE WITH MY DAUGHTER THAT I HAVE OVERLOOKED BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE OVERLY AUTHORITATIVE....AND IT HAS COME BACK TO BIT ME IN THE ASS.
I AM MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT HAVING CERTAIN RULES AND NOW I AM MAD AT THEM.
I AM MAD AT MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE SEEMS TO PICK UP STRAY DOG TYPES.....EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS ONLY BEEN THREE STRAY DOGS IN HER 21 YEARS.....A STRAY IS A STRAY IS A STRAY.
I need to become a veterinarian and do some neutering......
Or else I'm going to have a stroke and that would be an extreme way of dealing with my problems.
Parenting is parallel to being organized and I need not say anything more.....except......
......where did I put that file?
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
World Serious Fires but not in Beantown and Mile High
The World Series starts today and all sportswriters have turned into PHYSIC sportswriters. Of course those that are wrong about the outcome will just move on to another topic and those who are right will gloat until Spring training.
One school says the layoff will hurt the Rockies.....the other school says no team has ever had the kind of streak that the Rockies have had to end their season.
Baseball is a game of statistics and streaks and 22 out of 23 might be enough of a streak...
I just like to see a 7th game of the World Series......which I believe is the most exciting event in sports.
But as I get ready to watch the game I find myself being slightly diverted by the WITCH, by the CANYON, by the SLIDE, by BUCKWEED, by the RANCH, by the ROSA, by the POOMACHA, by the RICE, by the HARRIS, by the MARTIN RANCH, by the GRASS VALLEY, by the MAGIC, by the AMMO and WILCOX, by the SANTIAGO and by THE RANCH.
IF I OVERLOOKED ANY OF THE FIRES BURNING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEN I APOLOGIZE. I really don't want to piss off any arsonist who might be upset that HIS fire wasn't mentioned in my blog.
I truly believe that 99% of all arsonist are male.....just my personal belief system.
I read about EMERGENCY AND DISASTER names given to tragedies. If the President calls it a state of emergency than only certain types of funds are available.....but if he calls it a disaster then federal funds get released and TONS more help enters the picture.
I would say that 750,000 to 1 million evacuations would be caused by a freakin DISASTER.
Moments like this bring out the best and the worst in people. Which type of story do you to hear about?....THE ASSHOLE who owns a motel in San Bernadino, who normally charges 45 for a room, now charging 90.....OR the people who keep sending supplies and money to all the places where people are stranded....and the friends and families who are opening their homes.
And of course the tremedous job that fireman do in the middle of Hell on Earth. They lose homes but they save 95 percent....( except once in awhile certain smaller communities tucked in the trees...get completely destroyed)
I hope the winds change tonight...and I hope that it rains tomorrow.
But then again I hope Colorado can beat Boston....so I'm obviously wishing from a underdog role.
So many states have had to deal with fires this year that our current situation (in Southern CAl) probably just seems like regular behavior on the part of Mother Nature.
Idaho, Georgia and Florida probably think our fires are small potatoes after what they went through....but the difference is totally in the human displacement. This displacement is larger than Katrina.
And at least we have names for all the sad moments in people's lives.....but the fire named the WITCH really makes me freaked out.....especially this close to Halloween.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
There's ALWAYS a certain point
Every story, regarding every issue, concerning anything newsworthy reaches a point where any one person reading the story suddenly goes.....I get it....OR.....this is ridiculous.
The Dalai Lama story has some interesting side bars attached because of the political gamesmanship being played by world powers.
But as I'm reading the current DL story this morning, I come across a tidbit of information regarding the Chinese government that makes me simply wonder if anyone in that government has a freakin clue what it means to be an evolved human being....or what it means to be a human being seeking spiritual truth in a physically chaotic world.
In a four column story about the Chinese being rather upset that the DL is getting a medal from America....there appears in the third column a short paragraph.
THIS PARAGRAPH HAS RAMIFICATIONS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR
THIS PARAGRAPH MIGHT BE THE MOST AMAZING FACT REGARDING CHINA AND IT MIGHT BE A PARAGRAPH THAT COMPLETELY ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WANTING TO ACHIEVE IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR CITIZENS...AND ANY OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER.
THE PARAGRAPH from article by Mark Magnier in LA Times (10/17/07) entitled "CHINA FUMING OVER BUSH'S VISIT WITH THE DALAI LAMA"
"Beijing has detained the Panchen Lama, the second holiest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, since 1995 when he was taken at the age of 6. Apparently not content to tighten its temporal grip, China's State Administration for Religious Affairs has also sought to impose control over the afterlife with a September 1 order banning living Buddhas from reincarnating without its approval."
Please read that paragraph again.....and then again and then again.
Try to wrap your mind around the concept of needing permission to reincarnate.
Is it written permission or verbal permission? Is is a long form or a short form?
And what are the chances of the State Administration for Religious Affairs granting permission to go forward with a reincarnation.
Of course I realize you have to be a living Buddha to apply for reincarnation so that eliminates quite a few of us.
But thinking about the precise moment when the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China came up with this order.
It's that precise moment where I start questioning the belief in human beings by the Chinese government.
They either think everyone has incredible powers or they think everyone is a complete idiot.
I'm so confused by this order from the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China that I personally want to give the Dalai Lama a medal.
THE MIND JAZZ MEDAL OF HONOR
awarded to anyone who opposes the Chinese viewpoints on human potential...both physically and spiritually.
Now what the heck are we going to do about the Panchen Lama, who is now 16 years old and held somewhere in China. I can't imagine that he's being allowed to attend school....probably being home schooled, wouldn't you think?
There's also an interesting quote from the leader of Tibet's Communist Party....ZHANG QINGLI
" If the Dalai Lama can receive such an award, there can be no justice or good people in this world."
Yeah dude....and maybe.....your opinion sucks and maybe the lack of justice and good people might be limited to your immediate environment.
We don't think like that in America.
If someone wants to reincarnate here...we simply make them pay a slight fee....sort of a traveling visa fee, like a passport of the spirit........just $39.50 until Jan 1 2008.
After that it will be $69.50.....the increase is being blamed on the oil prices....which by the way are quickly becoming high enough that pretty soon Texas will be drilling again. Let's see, who lives in Texas? Hummmmm
I personally don't think the Dalai Lama should be sharing his holiness with George but GOD only knows how spiritual matters really work.....so maybe......
....... something is supposed to rub off.......because like I said before....
There's always a certain point in any story......
Michael Timothy McAlevey
The Dalai Lama story has some interesting side bars attached because of the political gamesmanship being played by world powers.
But as I'm reading the current DL story this morning, I come across a tidbit of information regarding the Chinese government that makes me simply wonder if anyone in that government has a freakin clue what it means to be an evolved human being....or what it means to be a human being seeking spiritual truth in a physically chaotic world.
In a four column story about the Chinese being rather upset that the DL is getting a medal from America....there appears in the third column a short paragraph.
THIS PARAGRAPH HAS RAMIFICATIONS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR
THIS PARAGRAPH MIGHT BE THE MOST AMAZING FACT REGARDING CHINA AND IT MIGHT BE A PARAGRAPH THAT COMPLETELY ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WANTING TO ACHIEVE IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR CITIZENS...AND ANY OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER.
THE PARAGRAPH from article by Mark Magnier in LA Times (10/17/07) entitled "CHINA FUMING OVER BUSH'S VISIT WITH THE DALAI LAMA"
"Beijing has detained the Panchen Lama, the second holiest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, since 1995 when he was taken at the age of 6. Apparently not content to tighten its temporal grip, China's State Administration for Religious Affairs has also sought to impose control over the afterlife with a September 1 order banning living Buddhas from reincarnating without its approval."
Please read that paragraph again.....and then again and then again.
Try to wrap your mind around the concept of needing permission to reincarnate.
Is it written permission or verbal permission? Is is a long form or a short form?
And what are the chances of the State Administration for Religious Affairs granting permission to go forward with a reincarnation.
Of course I realize you have to be a living Buddha to apply for reincarnation so that eliminates quite a few of us.
But thinking about the precise moment when the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China came up with this order.
It's that precise moment where I start questioning the belief in human beings by the Chinese government.
They either think everyone has incredible powers or they think everyone is a complete idiot.
I'm so confused by this order from the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China that I personally want to give the Dalai Lama a medal.
THE MIND JAZZ MEDAL OF HONOR
awarded to anyone who opposes the Chinese viewpoints on human potential...both physically and spiritually.
Now what the heck are we going to do about the Panchen Lama, who is now 16 years old and held somewhere in China. I can't imagine that he's being allowed to attend school....probably being home schooled, wouldn't you think?
There's also an interesting quote from the leader of Tibet's Communist Party....ZHANG QINGLI
" If the Dalai Lama can receive such an award, there can be no justice or good people in this world."
Yeah dude....and maybe.....your opinion sucks and maybe the lack of justice and good people might be limited to your immediate environment.
We don't think like that in America.
If someone wants to reincarnate here...we simply make them pay a slight fee....sort of a traveling visa fee, like a passport of the spirit........just $39.50 until Jan 1 2008.
After that it will be $69.50.....the increase is being blamed on the oil prices....which by the way are quickly becoming high enough that pretty soon Texas will be drilling again. Let's see, who lives in Texas? Hummmmm
I personally don't think the Dalai Lama should be sharing his holiness with George but GOD only knows how spiritual matters really work.....so maybe......
....... something is supposed to rub off.......because like I said before....
There's always a certain point in any story......
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
It's obviously CLEAR in Colorado
I don't want to start any rumors but a friend of mine has a cousin whose sister goes to school with a guy who knows a waiter whose step-brother has an uncle who claims to have seen Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire and Bill Clinton ( I'll do anything to make you think of Hillary) having dinner with the Colorado Rockies back in early September.
Since that dinner the Colorado Rockies have won 21 of 22 ball games and are now headed to their first World Series.
I'm checking the facts on this story but the waiter is high on crack and I can't seem to find him.
I think there some truth to the rumor because in the picture above, Todd Helton is holding the Colorado Rockies centerfielder and let's face it.......there has to be steriods involved because the centerfielder is wearing pink....and his head has strunk so much that his hat doesn't fit right.
It's obviously CLEAR what's going on in Colorado.
Can you determine that as a Dodger fan.....I can't really feel good about Colorado? I do have a few friends in the MOUNTAINS and I suppose they are enjoying this....but there's still that nagging thing in my mind....that wouldn't allow the 2007 season to fade peacefully.....
WHY WASN'T NOMAR PLAYING ......AFTER HE GOT BACK FROM BEING INJURED?
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Monday, October 15, 2007
Arnold in the corner lobby pocket
I did not vote for Arnold but I have developed a certain affection for his political abilities because he seems to have traveled down a centralist path on many issues and it's not easy to find Republicans who exhibit flexibility towards both sides of an issue. I'm not about to admit that he has drifted to the left on important matters but he's sleeping with a Shriver so something has to rub off....from time to time.
The Legislative deadline for passing bills was Sunday and Arnold's job was to sign the bills presented to him....or veto the bills. And this year there were 965 bills presented to him. Last year there were 1,172 bills.
Keep in mind that you can't say that your state politicians aren't doing anything. That's 2137 bills presented over the last two years.
HOW MANY OF THOSE BILLS DID YOU PERSONALLY GET INVOLVED IN?
DOESN'T THE LEGISLATURE PRESENT BILLS THAT ARE ISSUES CREATED BY THE PEOPLE?
HOW MANY OF THOSE BILLS DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT?
THE GOVERNOR VETOED ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE HOSPITALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR F..KUPS.
THE BILL WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HOSPITALS TO DISCLOSE INFECTION AND DEATH RATES.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TO MUCH TO ASK FOR....BUT APPARENTLY.....
THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, one of Sacramento's largest lobbyists and donors, HAS A BIGGER SAY IN THE ACTION THAN THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBERS REGARDING INFECTION AND DEATH RATES IF YOU WERE ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL?
How about the actual failure and success rate of any one given procedure that might be something you are suppose to have done?
I think they got to Arnold and it probably happened at the same party where the oil companies and the owner of the Staples Center were toasting our esteemed Governor.
Instead of making the HIGHEST PROFITS IN THEIR HISTORY OIL COMPANIES pay for anything...the Gov signed bill AB 118, which raises our car registration by $3.00....SO THAT THE STATE CAN RAISE $210 MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP CLEAN-AIR PROGRAMS AND ADDRESS ENERGY SUBSIDIES.
SINCE THE DEFEAT OF PROP 87 IN THE LAST ELECTION...THE PEOPLE BASICALLY TOLD THE GOVERNOR THAT OIL COMPANIES WERE OFF LIMITS WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING THEM PAY FOR ANYTHING.
THE DEFEAT OF 87 IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING DEFEATS IN THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA POLITICS....AND THOSE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFEAT HAVE TO TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION IS A BUNCH OF TOTAL IDIOTS....and they might be right.
WE, AS A PEOPLE, HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE THE OIL COMPANIES PAY FOR SOME OF THE OUTRAGEOUS PRICE GOUGING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS BUT WE BLINKED AND THEY ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE CASINOS......
The Legislative deadline for passing bills was Sunday and Arnold's job was to sign the bills presented to him....or veto the bills. And this year there were 965 bills presented to him. Last year there were 1,172 bills.
Keep in mind that you can't say that your state politicians aren't doing anything. That's 2137 bills presented over the last two years.
HOW MANY OF THOSE BILLS DID YOU PERSONALLY GET INVOLVED IN?
DOESN'T THE LEGISLATURE PRESENT BILLS THAT ARE ISSUES CREATED BY THE PEOPLE?
HOW MANY OF THOSE BILLS DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT?
THE GOVERNOR VETOED ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE HOSPITALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR F..KUPS.
THE BILL WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HOSPITALS TO DISCLOSE INFECTION AND DEATH RATES.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TO MUCH TO ASK FOR....BUT APPARENTLY.....
THE CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, one of Sacramento's largest lobbyists and donors, HAS A BIGGER SAY IN THE ACTION THAN THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBERS REGARDING INFECTION AND DEATH RATES IF YOU WERE ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL?
How about the actual failure and success rate of any one given procedure that might be something you are suppose to have done?
I think they got to Arnold and it probably happened at the same party where the oil companies and the owner of the Staples Center were toasting our esteemed Governor.
Instead of making the HIGHEST PROFITS IN THEIR HISTORY OIL COMPANIES pay for anything...the Gov signed bill AB 118, which raises our car registration by $3.00....SO THAT THE STATE CAN RAISE $210 MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP CLEAN-AIR PROGRAMS AND ADDRESS ENERGY SUBSIDIES.
SINCE THE DEFEAT OF PROP 87 IN THE LAST ELECTION...THE PEOPLE BASICALLY TOLD THE GOVERNOR THAT OIL COMPANIES WERE OFF LIMITS WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING THEM PAY FOR ANYTHING.
THE DEFEAT OF 87 IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING DEFEATS IN THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA POLITICS....AND THOSE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFEAT HAVE TO TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION IS A BUNCH OF TOTAL IDIOTS....and they might be right.
WE, AS A PEOPLE, HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE THE OIL COMPANIES PAY FOR SOME OF THE OUTRAGEOUS PRICE GOUGING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS BUT WE BLINKED AND THEY ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE CASINOS......
.....FORGET THE BANK....THEY'VE GONE WAY BEYOND LAUGHING TO THE BANK.....THEY ARE NOW MAKING PROFITS SO LARGE THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE, SO NOW THEY JUST SPEND, SPEND, SPEND....AND PARTY, PARTY, PARTY AND OF COURSE THEY GET TO CELEBRATE WITH THE GOV.
Another bill signed allows for........
The owner of the Staples Center to have access to LOW-INCOME HOUSING FUNDS so that he can make the streets around the Staples Center more user friendly....which when discussed had to be at a very private party.
MARIA PROBABLY STAYED HOME WITH THE KIDS WHEN ARNOLD WENT TO ONE OF THOSE PARTIES.
OR NOT....
It could be part of the entire scam......Maria's not really a Shriver but was put in place to create a total package. Politicians are really sneaky motherf..kers and organizing years in advance is not something unusual for them. Arnold never was an athlete....he was a politician from the get-go.
But besides that silliness....SERIOUSLY.....
NOT MAKING HOSPITALS DISCLOSE THEIR WON LOST RECORD IS UNACCEPTABLE.
BOO ON YOU ARNOLD.....
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Another bill signed allows for........
The owner of the Staples Center to have access to LOW-INCOME HOUSING FUNDS so that he can make the streets around the Staples Center more user friendly....which when discussed had to be at a very private party.
MARIA PROBABLY STAYED HOME WITH THE KIDS WHEN ARNOLD WENT TO ONE OF THOSE PARTIES.
OR NOT....
It could be part of the entire scam......Maria's not really a Shriver but was put in place to create a total package. Politicians are really sneaky motherf..kers and organizing years in advance is not something unusual for them. Arnold never was an athlete....he was a politician from the get-go.
But besides that silliness....SERIOUSLY.....
NOT MAKING HOSPITALS DISCLOSE THEIR WON LOST RECORD IS UNACCEPTABLE.
BOO ON YOU ARNOLD.....
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Reflecting on Intelligence
Last weekend my football team, the USC Trojans, lost a football game to Stanford...by one point.
Yesterday Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the greater good of humanity.
The fact that the Trojans lost to one of the great Universities in the world cannot be viewed as an upset. If the brainiacs in Palo Alto can't figure out how to win every six years in LA, then something is wrong with the system.
I'm surprised that Pete Carroll doesn't address the handicapping issues when reporters ask how they could lose to a team when favored by 40 points. I like to see him say something like....
"Listen...the final score wasn't 64-23...it was 24-23 and all the handicapping that is put into play simply because of wagering is not only detrimental but should not be allowed in the world of collegiate sports."
"Because some bookmaker in Las Vegas says a team should win or lose by 40 points has no reality in the hearts and minds of 18 to 22 years kids."
"The game is played by young men trying to determine their right of passage within the framework of a hard hitting game....and at any one moment....the heart and the mind comes down to one on one....and anything can happen within that framework....and the fact that USC lost to a great institution should not be regarded as an upset but instead as an event that proves anything is possible.....anytime....anywhere......now go home gentleman and hug your kids and kiss your wife and leave my young warriors to contemplate the next game."
So I've accepted last week even though I still wonder why a QB would be allowed to play after breaking a bone on his middle finger of his throwing hand in the second quarter.
That's the weird part of the story that nobody seems to be discussing.
AL GORE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE YESTERDAY!
I wonder which event means more to the future of the human species?
Hummmm....USC loses to Stanford........AL GORE wins the Nobel Peace Prize.....
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Yesterday Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the greater good of humanity.
The fact that the Trojans lost to one of the great Universities in the world cannot be viewed as an upset. If the brainiacs in Palo Alto can't figure out how to win every six years in LA, then something is wrong with the system.
I'm surprised that Pete Carroll doesn't address the handicapping issues when reporters ask how they could lose to a team when favored by 40 points. I like to see him say something like....
"Listen...the final score wasn't 64-23...it was 24-23 and all the handicapping that is put into play simply because of wagering is not only detrimental but should not be allowed in the world of collegiate sports."
"Because some bookmaker in Las Vegas says a team should win or lose by 40 points has no reality in the hearts and minds of 18 to 22 years kids."
"The game is played by young men trying to determine their right of passage within the framework of a hard hitting game....and at any one moment....the heart and the mind comes down to one on one....and anything can happen within that framework....and the fact that USC lost to a great institution should not be regarded as an upset but instead as an event that proves anything is possible.....anytime....anywhere......now go home gentleman and hug your kids and kiss your wife and leave my young warriors to contemplate the next game."
So I've accepted last week even though I still wonder why a QB would be allowed to play after breaking a bone on his middle finger of his throwing hand in the second quarter.
That's the weird part of the story that nobody seems to be discussing.
AL GORE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE YESTERDAY!
I wonder which event means more to the future of the human species?
Hummmm....USC loses to Stanford........AL GORE wins the Nobel Peace Prize.....
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Friday, October 12, 2007
Is Bush hanging with Gere?
Next week the Dalia Lama will visit the White House for the third time but this time the Chinese are having their own recall.
It seems that visiting the White House within the residential area doesn't bother the Chinese but next week, after visiting with George and Laura, The Dalia Lama will then go to the Capitol building where he will receive the Congressional Gold Medal.....not to be confused with the Olympic Gold Medals being returned by Marion Jones. Rumors that she will be attending the ceremony are false.
The Chinese obviously do not appreciate irony and therefore have decided to stop shipping goods to Wal-Mart. Furthermore they announced that all dog food would now include lead and toys would be made with dog food.
They also announced that the 2008 Beijing Olympics would be moved to Iran and North Korea....and that Tibetan monks would be working the games as hurdles, shot puts and targets for shooting venues.
Those Chinese! You've got to love em!
In another similar related story, the Turkish government is recalling their Ambassador to the United States in protest over a resolution being adopted by the U.S. Congress that declares the Armenian genocide in the early 20th century, by the Turks....as a bad thing.
The numbers involved in the genocide seem to vary quite a bit in the urban legend arena of reporting.
The latest story says that 1.5 million Armenians were killed. I swear I've heard a number as high as 5 million....but rumors and numbers always seem to create their own base....depending on who is doing the talking.
The Turks simply say it was a part of World War I and s..t happens.
Turkey is threatening to pull its 17 soldiers out of Afghanistan and quadruple our rent on the bases we use to launch air strikes against Iraq and Afghanistan. This will probably increase the number of Billionaires in Turkey from 25 to 30.
It appears that only 9% of the Turkish people view the United States...favorably.
I guess we should return our Turkish towels to the local consulate. 800 thread count! Bummer...I really loved those towels but sometimes we all have to make sacrifices.
AND THEN WE TRAVEL FROM TURKEY AND TIBET AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND RETURN TO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MATTERS HERE N LOS ANGELES.
THE KOBE BUSS AFFAIR
I'm really not concerned over where Kobe plays basketball, but Los Angeles will really miss Phil Jackson when he permanently moves back to Montana....and that MIGHT happen sooner than later if the KOBE BUSS situation doesn't improve. The KOBE BUSS is not working and the drive shaft and transmission are in dire need of repair. Whatever it takes to make it work is ok with me....and if that means saying goodbye to Kobe....so be it. If it means turning the Lakers over to Phil's chick...then so be it.....JUST DO SOMETHING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE KEEP LISTENING TO BULLS..T THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT.....and I apologize for even bringing it up.
Maybe Kobe would like to play in Turkey......I hear they have great gyms made out of Armenian teeth collected from some incident in the early 20th Century.
But what the hell....it's just another WAR story.
and quoting the Boss.....(who happens to be coming to town at the end of this month)
"WAR.........WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?"
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
SAY IT AGAIN
WAR!
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Candidate and you.
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
This is a link to a web site that allows you to answer 10 questions and then it links you with the candidate that agrees with your views.
My answers revealed that I prefer Christopher Dodd....which is really interesting because I've never considered him.
Selecting a candidate that can win is primary...and I'm fairly certain that Christopher Dodd can't be elected President of the United States. But I will look into his agenda.
I heard a video the other day by Dennis Kucinich's wife and was truly impressed. She has an extremely active humanitarian background....besides being a hot redhead.
It appears that Hillary is starting to separate herself from the pack. I've said it before and I'll say it again...anyone married to Bill is ok with me. I heard an expression for the first time the other day...regarding Bill.
He would be the FIRST LADDIE.
Now that's cute!
I've keep hoping that Ralph Nader will host one of the debates but that's not going to happen because their isn't a politician alive that wants to be grilled by Ralph.
Iowa is just 3 months away and Hillary and Mitt will probably win. It's not a done deal when you walk away with the blue ribbon from Iowa but it does seem to perk interest for those voters who haven't started focusing on the election.
Christorpher Dodd? Wow.....who would have thunk?
Maybe I should take the test a few more times and see what happens. Maybe I feel different today about some of the answers.........after all it's flexibility that counts when it comes to politics.....or haven't you noticed?
Of course I'm kidding and flexibility seems to be the last asset that people admire in politicians...but I've always thought that the ability to admit being wrong and then traveling a different path...was a positive thing.
Politicians seem to admire the viewpoints that they held when they were 16....and nothing can change their minds.....except of course Mitt Romney who has changed everything. But then again he's a Mormon so no one has a real clue to his beliefs.
He's one of those.....tell you what you want to hear guys......and he seems to be really good at it....so he'll probably get the Republican nomination.
Christopher Dodd?
Another Wow...but time to redo the test.
Give it a shot.
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
MIchael Timothy McAlevey
This is a link to a web site that allows you to answer 10 questions and then it links you with the candidate that agrees with your views.
My answers revealed that I prefer Christopher Dodd....which is really interesting because I've never considered him.
Selecting a candidate that can win is primary...and I'm fairly certain that Christopher Dodd can't be elected President of the United States. But I will look into his agenda.
I heard a video the other day by Dennis Kucinich's wife and was truly impressed. She has an extremely active humanitarian background....besides being a hot redhead.
It appears that Hillary is starting to separate herself from the pack. I've said it before and I'll say it again...anyone married to Bill is ok with me. I heard an expression for the first time the other day...regarding Bill.
He would be the FIRST LADDIE.
Now that's cute!
I've keep hoping that Ralph Nader will host one of the debates but that's not going to happen because their isn't a politician alive that wants to be grilled by Ralph.
Iowa is just 3 months away and Hillary and Mitt will probably win. It's not a done deal when you walk away with the blue ribbon from Iowa but it does seem to perk interest for those voters who haven't started focusing on the election.
Christorpher Dodd? Wow.....who would have thunk?
Maybe I should take the test a few more times and see what happens. Maybe I feel different today about some of the answers.........after all it's flexibility that counts when it comes to politics.....or haven't you noticed?
Of course I'm kidding and flexibility seems to be the last asset that people admire in politicians...but I've always thought that the ability to admit being wrong and then traveling a different path...was a positive thing.
Politicians seem to admire the viewpoints that they held when they were 16....and nothing can change their minds.....except of course Mitt Romney who has changed everything. But then again he's a Mormon so no one has a real clue to his beliefs.
He's one of those.....tell you what you want to hear guys......and he seems to be really good at it....so he'll probably get the Republican nomination.
Christopher Dodd?
Another Wow...but time to redo the test.
Give it a shot.
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
MIchael Timothy McAlevey
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
John Henry was a horse of course
The interesting thing about John Henry is that throughout history there have been many John Henry's and all of them seem to be quite well known within their various circles. In the circle of Horse Racing, John Henry was the total anomaly.
A working man's hero....sired by a trailer park stud.
Seriously, his father, Old Bob Bowers, sold for $900.00. Horses that sell for $900.00 are usually used for pulling the milk wagon down the back streets of Baton Rouge, not siring horses that go on to make $6,591,860.00 in their racing career.
As a yearling John Henry sold for $1,100 dollars making him slightly more valuable than his ole pappa.
The fact that John Henry was not a great race horse until they castrated him speaks volume for some other type of physiological behavior that I choose not to detail at this time.
Perhaps he was so pissed at what they did to him he just refused to lose. Apparently he was extremely temperamental before the destudation took place and then after that was still cranky but ran a whole lot faster.
Yesterday at the age of 32 John Henry was euthanized at the Kentucky Horse Park where he had been living in peaceful retirement for the last 22 years.
From 1981 to 1984 there wasn't a greater story in sports than John Henry. When he ran attendance would double at the track and in his lifetime the spermless wonder won 39 races.
It's the same thing when we discuss pitchers from "the day." During the Koufax/Drysdale era a pitcher completed games he started and pride meant everything. If you were a starting pitcher and if you put yourself in a jam....you got yourself out of the jam....
If you were a race horse you ran.....and ran....and ran.....which of course is much easier to do if you aren't selling your spermazoid on a daily basis...but normally when a horse is gelded, IT ends up in the fair circuit and then becomes a part of the Glue Stic that your kids use to make collages....not winning the Santa Anita Handicap twice, The Arlington Million twice, The Oak Tree Turf Championship three times, The Hollywood Invitational three times....be Horse of the YEAR twice......and then be inducted in the Racing Hall of Fame.
The fact that he was an undersized horse and was also back at the knee( which is a flaw in conformation)makes his accomplishments even more spectacular.
The fact that he lived to the age of 32 is also amazing and a gelding being able to enjoy 22 years of retirement....might be a world record.
I salute you John Henry.....and there aren't too many horses that have ever gotten my salute.
Imagine the size of that casket?......
but most likely they just dump him in the ground.....and then erect a statue.
When one of our horses died when I was 9....somebody came and got it......and I'm sure the Glue Stic was definitely in NANCY'S future.
A strange form of reincarnation...don't you think......the horse hooves are used for glue sticks and the glue sticks seal a letter that is sent from Southern California to Florida and then is carried to outer space by an astronaut and then released into space where it floats with the glue from the horse for all eternity....or until it burns up in the atmosphere and then it's molecular particles sprinkle down on a farm in Kentucky and where a young colt eats the grass and has a taste of some horse he never knew....and it turns him into a champion.
The circle of life...it's a beautiful thing......
MIchael Timothy McAlevey
Saturday, October 6, 2007
And little did I know
Little did I know that Marion Jones was a USC football fan......her reaction to the Stanford game was quite touching.......
The anquish on her face couldn't be for any other reason.....after all she's a mutiple Olympic Gold medal winner...and she's got eveything going for her...or should I say it's pretty CLEAR what she's sad about.
USC deserved to lose tonight's game in a season where upsets are common place....so get over Marion....after all it's just a game.
Barry Bonds has to be nervous tonight....because he's the next Balco link.
It's obvious that USC players weren't using the CLEAR....but the Stanford players were on something...and I'm calling for an immediate investigation.
When you are favored by 40 points and you lose at home....something is fishy.
The Rams will probably win tomorrow.
I'm sick and I feel like Marion looks.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Monday, October 1, 2007
Tripped but did not fall
I'm not really sure why College Football suddenly appeals to me......
OK....I'm absolutely sure...I was just kidding.
This last weekend was one for the record books and by the time my team took a kneel down I was truly exhausted.
When the team you root for is NUMBER ONE in the nation and is playing the last game on a Saturday when seven of the top 13 teams have already LOST...and when that team only has a three point lead when favored by three touchdowns.....and the other team is actually attempting an onside kick with one minute to play.....with the chance to pull the biggest upset of the day, on UPSET DAY.......
when all this is happening......there is a moment of doubt that settles in and quietly says....
OH NO....it's actually going to happen.....my team is going to be part of UPSET SATURDAY...
and then the onside kick is grabbed by one of the good guys and a huge sigh of relief takes place and all is calm and all is happy......
I DOUBT WHETHER ANY SATURDAY IN MODERN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY HAS EVER HAD THREE OF THE TOP FIVE TEAMS DEFEATED AND FOUR OF THE TOP SEVEN.
AND IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO FOUR OUT OF FIVE AND FIVE OUT OF SEVEN BUT ALAS
USC SIMPLY TRIPPED BUT DID NOT FALL....
And for the first time in my lifetime....USC and CALIFORNIA are in the top three teams.
The Associated Press dropped the Trojans down to number two but the the two polls that count...Coaches Poll and Harris Poll...still rank them first.
It's an unwritten rule that if you start out first in the polls...and continue to win...then it's just common courtesy to keep the number one spot.....but obviously The Associated Press, which is made up of sports writers, rejects manners and rejects common courtesy.
And they (AP) wonder why their poll is not included in the BCS evaluation????
Sportswriters in America have risen to a new height of irrelevance..........and personally I don't really care....
because since Jim Murray passed away I don't think I've read a sportswriter on a regular basis.....maybe Rick Reilly because of his Sports Illustrated back page.....and maybe T.J.Simers from time to time because sarcasm has a place in my life....and I need to learn how to be a bit more negative in my writing....and T.J.'s the king of negative bling....but I don't read him on a regular basis.
I think I read Jim Murray the same way I read Doonesbury.......
Which by the way Doonesbury has continued to be revelant and socially responsible in it's sarcastic shape and form....and again I love sarcasm and I plan on incorporating more of it in my "articles."
let's see...who should I make fun of first???????
I'll think about it.......but the Associated Press College Football Poll might be a good place to start......
But then again there are certain issues in the world where people are tripping and falling quite hard....so it will probably be irrresponsible if I spend too much time in the world of sports....but right now College Football is supplying a much needed big supply of mental ALEVE....so I'll cover it on a regular basis.....even if my team does get upset.
The CAL/USC game looms large....but it's not for awhile so let's just take a deep breathe and appreciate a weekend where we
tripped
but
did
not
fall
Michael Timothy McAlevey
OK....I'm absolutely sure...I was just kidding.
This last weekend was one for the record books and by the time my team took a kneel down I was truly exhausted.
When the team you root for is NUMBER ONE in the nation and is playing the last game on a Saturday when seven of the top 13 teams have already LOST...and when that team only has a three point lead when favored by three touchdowns.....and the other team is actually attempting an onside kick with one minute to play.....with the chance to pull the biggest upset of the day, on UPSET DAY.......
when all this is happening......there is a moment of doubt that settles in and quietly says....
OH NO....it's actually going to happen.....my team is going to be part of UPSET SATURDAY...
and then the onside kick is grabbed by one of the good guys and a huge sigh of relief takes place and all is calm and all is happy......
I DOUBT WHETHER ANY SATURDAY IN MODERN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY HAS EVER HAD THREE OF THE TOP FIVE TEAMS DEFEATED AND FOUR OF THE TOP SEVEN.
AND IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO FOUR OUT OF FIVE AND FIVE OUT OF SEVEN BUT ALAS
USC SIMPLY TRIPPED BUT DID NOT FALL....
And for the first time in my lifetime....USC and CALIFORNIA are in the top three teams.
The Associated Press dropped the Trojans down to number two but the the two polls that count...Coaches Poll and Harris Poll...still rank them first.
It's an unwritten rule that if you start out first in the polls...and continue to win...then it's just common courtesy to keep the number one spot.....but obviously The Associated Press, which is made up of sports writers, rejects manners and rejects common courtesy.
And they (AP) wonder why their poll is not included in the BCS evaluation????
Sportswriters in America have risen to a new height of irrelevance..........and personally I don't really care....
because since Jim Murray passed away I don't think I've read a sportswriter on a regular basis.....maybe Rick Reilly because of his Sports Illustrated back page.....and maybe T.J.Simers from time to time because sarcasm has a place in my life....and I need to learn how to be a bit more negative in my writing....and T.J.'s the king of negative bling....but I don't read him on a regular basis.
I think I read Jim Murray the same way I read Doonesbury.......
Which by the way Doonesbury has continued to be revelant and socially responsible in it's sarcastic shape and form....and again I love sarcasm and I plan on incorporating more of it in my "articles."
let's see...who should I make fun of first???????
I'll think about it.......but the Associated Press College Football Poll might be a good place to start......
But then again there are certain issues in the world where people are tripping and falling quite hard....so it will probably be irrresponsible if I spend too much time in the world of sports....but right now College Football is supplying a much needed big supply of mental ALEVE....so I'll cover it on a regular basis.....even if my team does get upset.
The CAL/USC game looms large....but it's not for awhile so let's just take a deep breathe and appreciate a weekend where we
tripped
but
did
not
fall
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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