January 18, 2011
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The Daily News
1 Yesterday I saw an article on AOL <I KNOW!> that said California is going to have a super-storm in the near future.
2 The article included a picture of a grey sky with a funnel cloud coming down, and had records that prove we are way overdo for a storm of biblical proportions.
3 The first thing that came to my mind was, "When? In February???"
4 Well, the records showed that since way back when, like 400 a.d. or something, we have had devastating floods every 200 years, but that there hasn't been one in like 600 years. Or something. I didn't take notes, and the article seems to have disappeared.
5 As the day progressed, I realized that this was just a huge fear thing. I'm guessing it's probably true, but they made it look as though it were going to be really soon.
6 Fortunately, I don't believe most of what I read, with the possible exception of sports, and even there I can't help thinking a lot of that isn't all it seems.
7 Kind of refreshing, in a way.
8 Anyway, I started yesterday with the jits.
9 It got better, but yeesh! It really did scare me.
10 Moving on, Part the First: Friday I was having lunch in a restaurant and saw a news story about two guys in Austin Texas who got arrested for drunk horse and donkey driving. I looked up and there was a horse, a donkey, and the drunkest guy I've ever seen.
11 Like at first I didn't really see the danger in driving a horse or a donkey drunk. It's not a car, so nobody could get hurt except maybe the drunk guy. But if you could have seen the look on this guy's face, and the dents in the donkey, you could see why I changed my mind.
12 Evidently they both were having people pose, but eventually they were a little too drunk, and were becoming a public nuisance.
13 Wid.
14 Moving on, Part the Second: On Saturday, I attended the best party I've been to in quite some time. It was my cousin Diane's birthday, and they somehow rented Pier 35 in San Francisco! The theme was rock 'n' roll and everybody wore T-shirts of their favorite bands ever. Absolutely everybody in my entire family was there, and it was "off the hook" fun!
15 Even I danced, and that NEVER happens! Had a complete blast, laughing, dancing, singing, eating, and enjoying the entire experience. Sunset, and the lights and the entire thing just rocked. This was the entire Tahoe crowd, so we have done this stuff before, but hardly ever during winter.
16 My cousin Diane is one of the coolest people walking around, and we all let loose.
17 We stayed at the Sheraton, which is about two blocks away from the Embarcadero. Sunday we hit Pier 39, and had a wonderful time. Gorgeous day, absolutely splendid.
18 Following that, a trip up to the hospital to see Dad, and then somehow getting home to recuperate and to re-group. We took the coast road at sunset. Nicole's boyfriend Matt played the Rolling Stones all the way home, and it made sense the whole way. Obscure songs like Moonlight Mile. Lovely stuff.
19 I'm still buzzing from all the enchantment and fun.
20 I did get bumped on the dance floor and took a bit of a header.
21 More like a kneeder, but got up gracefully, an absolute swan, as you may well imagine.
22 But it was just a flesh wound.
23 After all the stress of the past week, that all went nicely.
24 And after a little stress, Dad is home again. It ain't gonna be easy, but he is home safely as of this writing.
25 A nice weekend, all in all. I'm a bit more relieved, but it is going to be interesting.
26 Well, there you go. The Jets beat the Patriots. Aaron Rodgers looks like the real deal. And the Packers might be the team to beat.
27 This is a bit fun: the restaurant we were in had the Chicago/Seattle game on, and the large screen teevee had the game mirrored on our side of the restaurant.
28 At one point, the score was 28 to 0. But since we could see the screen backwards, it looked like it was 85 to 0! After Seattle kicked a field goal it looked like it was 85 to E! I just thought it would have been funny to see the look on some guy's face who might have had a few too many thinking that Chicago was winning 85 to 0.
Or worse. 85 to E.29 Pretty fun.
30 Anyway, that's it, sports fans.
31 Slow news weekend, but that's what happens when things go reasonably well.
32 Slow news is good news!
33 With that, I'm gonna try to get through what might be a tough Tuesday.
34 You have a great day.
35 Thanks for listening; it was nice to smile a little this week.
36 Peace.
~H~
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