more hope, nba

MORE HOPE

this is a picture of my wife she and i with hook em
the mascot from the university of texas
just before the baylor ut football game in november 2010

(this is a few days before i had my eventful trip to the
ut southwestern for my initial neuropsychological exam
to enter the adni 2 study
little did i know what was coming
it was also the day rg3 stuck it to the longhorns)

inside that mascot uniform is a special person
(youll see him in this uniform on espn this fall on some commercials)
that has it
you know it when you see it
this kid has it

he is the son of friends of ours
hes graduated from the mccombs business school this month
and will be working in finance at a non large bank company
in new york
he was asked to fix the financial mess while he was there
he said he would work on it for me

we went to his graduation party and met several of his friends
who had also just graduated
they all had jobs already
thats better statistically than the average graduate today

after spending time with these students i must say
that our future is in good hands

yes there is
hope for the future

NBA
dang i love watching nba playoff basketball
watched lebron go off on the pacers on sunday
what an athlete

then theres the plodding along spurs just getting it done
and no ones paying much attention
its either duncan or the coach or both as they are
always there without any flash

i decided what they need to do is just get rid of the regular
season and just have the playoffs
they play half a season anyway in the playoffs and
the players really dont  play real hard until the playoffs
and do they get chippy with each other or what

by the 7th game of a series they are usually tired of
playing each other

spurs vs okc
plodders vs the gazelles
then who knows what will happen in the eastern division
should be a good next few weeks of games

the organicgreen doctor

it doesnt matter, i was wrong

IT DOESNT MATTER
it doesnt matter
that
bill clinton didnt inhale or had sex or didnt or didnt know what
is was or
george w snorted coke and drank too much when he was younger
or
obama used drugs when he was younger or that
he supports same sex marriage
(most of us dont care about this issue its time to move on to
these other important things)
or
mitt held somebody down in high school and cut his hair or he
put his dog on the top of his car and drove cross country
(well that does bother me some)
or
what religion they are
catholic protestant agnostic unitarian episcopalian
these are what past presidents have been
it doesnt matter
if mitt is mormon or even if obama was moslem which he isnt
hes a protestant
it doesnt matter

that stuff all doesn't matter when it comes to who we pick for president

here are the things that matter
religious freedom-we have to have it to survive here in the us
economy economy economy
jobs
education
womens health issues-they are the majority you know
child health
taxing those not taxed enough
control spending reasonably not on the backs of the poor and women and
children
control military spending
its time
its time for us to get out of afghanistan
we cant afford to be there any more
lets spend that money at home where its needed badly
we cant afford to lose any more soldiers over there
watched a national geographic special on the viet nam war
sure are some similarities
think a lot of americans are tired of us being there
its time

these are the things that i wish the candidates would discuss in this election
as
these are the things that really are important and need fixed

those other things dont matter

I WAS WRONG
when you do a blog its written posted and its there for
everyone to see
forever

last year in april i wrote that i thought the spurs were getting too
old and injured and that the spurs as we knew them were done
for the future

well i was wrong
here they are
all rested all injury free
the old guys are mixed in with a lot of younger guys who let
the old guys like duncan stay fresh legged

they are the turtles of the nba
they just keep plodding along with no one really paying attention
to them
the turtles will be up against the hares
sometimes the turtles win

yep i was wrong
spurs vs okla city is a possibility
definitely turtles vs the hares

the oganicgreen doctor

the tour, nba, wanna cookie, no moon

THE TOUR
my wife she and i did the first annual hill country chicken coop tour this
weekend
we saw 6 of the 10 coops
we love chickeners as we are one of them
they are so enthusiastic
about raising chickens and helping others do the same

below is one of the most impressive coops ive seen doing this
tour or the funky chicken coop tour in austin

these chickens have it made for sure

we that is i asked a lot of questions of the chickener at this place

think this tour was a success
all the chickeners were good ones
got to see a lot of the hill country that ive not seen before
next year will devote time to see all of them

NBA
this is the time of the year when i start to watch the nba
cant wait to see the lakers and thunder play each other
what a series that will be
then each series after that just gets better

hope the spurs hold up to all those games
they just plod along and takes care of winning with
out any splash or flash or drama

all the west is playing for a chance to get to the heat
miami vs lakers or thunder or spurs
either one will be a good finals
cant wait

WANNA COOKIE
maybe thats what ill have another should be named since iha loves
cookies and that where the name came from
bought for $11000 by a blue collar owner trained by a blue collar
trainer rode by a newbie jockey
hope iha makes it through all three races as the winner
? next triple crown winner
what a story that would be

NO MOON
we were looking forward to that moon this weekend
even had friends over to view it since we have a great
view of the sky not available in town
instead we got clouds then later that night we got a fantastic
light show from all the lightening (of course no rain with it)
but it wasnt as good as that fantastic moon would have been
maybe next time

the organicgreen doctor