Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Well . . .hello!

There is only one thing I hate more then lying. 
Skim milk, which is water that is lying about being milk. 
______________________________________________


We were catching up on Steven Colbert when he had Russia Week.  He traveled to Russia to talk to the people there about Americans and so forth.  Colbert was invited to be on the State sponsored late night comedy talk show and one of of the things they did was take shots of vodka.

Obviously not something you can do in America on a talk show.  ANYWAY - they took shots and then ate a baby pickle.  It's a thing I guess.  Shots of vodka and a pickle.  

Well, I had to try that. Perhaps that was the best way to have vodka and since I had the summer of vodka last summer and we tried like 8 different kinds (there really is a big difference in vodkas) why not try it. 

So, last night I had a shot and a pickle and was amazed.  It tasted exactly like a shot of vodka . . AND A PICKLE.  No magic. At least it took away the taste of the vodka which to me is not that wonderful at all.  I'll take a shot of Fireball before vodka.   Fireball takes me back to junior high when I got in big trouble for selling tooth picks soaked in cinnamon extract.  It was a big thing in junior high. 

Probably why when I had my first few shots of Fireball a few years ago I got this warm fuzzy feeling. 

***********************

The Orville  an adult Star Trek spoof is wonderful and is getting rave reviews from everybody that is NOT a critic. Pure, simple entertainment that the IMDB database gives in a 7.7 and Rotten Tomatoes has 87% of the people who watched it love it.

https://youtu.be/6KuTf-2dYkY


**********************

Went to a Subaru celebration last night highlighting the Crosstrek which we are looking into.  We were given a Leatherman which is a pretty cool tool . . . but don't look up Leatherman on your computer at work . . .. 

***********************
The FBI National Instant Criminal Background Checks for firearm sales will be down 11 percent compared to last year.  Why?  Nobody is buying guns.  Gun sales are down drastically since Donald was elected.  Not a surprise.  The gun industry HATE Republican presidents.  Sales ZOOM with a Democrat in office and drop off a cliff with Republicans.

**********************

I want to invest in lithium but have no idea how.  $750 BILLION in new lithium mines are being proposed to keep up with demand.

*********************

You know that saying about 100 year floods and so forth?  Well, that does not mean a flood of that magnitude will happen once every 100 years.  It means each year there is a 1 in 100 change you will get that size of a flood.

************************

I had a flurry of golf outings to end the summer and we played The Meadows in Waunakee Sunday.  baaaa   102. The greens were crazy fast and the holes were in stupid places.  We had one guy putt up hill and it curved around the hole and came in from the back side.   Another guy putted 4 times and the ball would not stay near the hole and would roll back.

Sadly putting was not why I had a 102.   We did vote to move our league from Door Creek and their rotten over priced slow food to The Oaks.  So if anyone wants to play The Oaks next year in a relaxed league where you can play with whom ever you want to each week. We have openings.  It's more just golf and a league as a by product.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Went 1-1 in Fanduel.  Had Rodgers and Nelson and seeing the Packers scored 0 points at half time was scary.  I was one running back away from placing in both tournaments.

======================

Nobody is mentioning the 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico.

----------------------------------

Then there is Irma.

When Andrew hit St. John USVI I had a friend that was a tree house builder living there. It was chaos and for 3 weeks and he and all members of his family carried a gun and lived inside a make shift fort with other Americans. The US Navy did not get there for 2 weeks to rescue them.  The island is now completely wipe out.

90% of the trees have been defoliated and there are basically no standing buildings. No runnign water and no electricity. DJ and I had our poker paid for honeymoon on St. John (well, a few years after were married)


 




  St. Thomas is defoliated also from the images I saw.  So so sad.

**********************

Green Bay plays Atlanta this Sunday night. Many are saying the Super Bowl will have either Green Bay OR Seattle.   Green Bay is 2.5 point dog.

+++++

Its freaking loud at my house.  3 homes being build near us with things hammering, trucks beeping and so forth.  As bad as a few summers ago when they build Enerpac hill behind us.  There was never a time for an entire summer where there were not at least 3 trucks dumping dirt.  The most irritating summer ever.

Nuff Siad.