Saturday, May 3, 2008
Prep or pre-op?
In preparation for the launch of karmiclandfill.com I did a bit of research. What's cooler than cool? Who cares? What's harder than rock? The Diamond!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Coming home to a bulldog
or "Meditations on picking a Derby winner"
We always bet on the Triple Crown races. The build up to the Derby is FUN FUN FUN! Poker is all the rage now but I think the biggest fun is betting on the ponies. We pour over stats and reviews of the horses and pretend to comprehend and then throw some money down on a cleverly named horse, or a jockey or trainer whose name we vaguely remember from last year.
SOOO . . . Who do we like this year? My dad is hooked on the favorite, "Big Brown", who drew the far outside post. He's named after UPS (what can brown do for you?) I think he'll be remembered for being full of "big brown", if you'll pardon the euphimism. Hillary likes the only filly, "Eight Belles", so does my mom. Aunt Carol likes "Colonel John" probably because of his military background. Miki's for "Adriano", to be ridden by Edgar Prado. The longshot, "Big Truck" gets Greg(g)'s bet. Jimmy's playing a 1,10 with a 20 exacta. The #14 horse is Monba. Whose got heart? I like #8 Visionaire. I'll take him to win it and I'll play an exacta with Visionaire, Cool Coal Man, and Monba.
I'll take one bulldog over a stable and a half of top thoroughbreds any day.
We always bet on the Triple Crown races. The build up to the Derby is FUN FUN FUN! Poker is all the rage now but I think the biggest fun is betting on the ponies. We pour over stats and reviews of the horses and pretend to comprehend and then throw some money down on a cleverly named horse, or a jockey or trainer whose name we vaguely remember from last year.
SOOO . . . Who do we like this year? My dad is hooked on the favorite, "Big Brown", who drew the far outside post. He's named after UPS (what can brown do for you?) I think he'll be remembered for being full of "big brown", if you'll pardon the euphimism. Hillary likes the only filly, "Eight Belles", so does my mom. Aunt Carol likes "Colonel John" probably because of his military background. Miki's for "Adriano", to be ridden by Edgar Prado. The longshot, "Big Truck" gets Greg(g)'s bet. Jimmy's playing a 1,10 with a 20 exacta. The #14 horse is Monba. Whose got heart? I like #8 Visionaire. I'll take him to win it and I'll play an exacta with Visionaire, Cool Coal Man, and Monba.
I'll take one bulldog over a stable and a half of top thoroughbreds any day.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Yes he can?
. . .if they let him
Right now the most vicious attacks being levied against Obama are not coming from the right or from the Clinton campaign but from the African American preacher Jerimia Wright. White, middle class voters in PA and Ohio were key to Hillary's victories. Seems like Ohio, PA and Wright see only the things they hate and fear personified in Barack Obama. For the 2 rust belt states he's Obama the powerful black man and for Wright he's Obama the powerful white man. Obama is both. Obama is both black and white and he is becoming confounded by the fact that he appeals to the best in all of us yet is bringing out the worst in a very few of us.
Right now the most vicious attacks being levied against Obama are not coming from the right or from the Clinton campaign but from the African American preacher Jerimia Wright. White, middle class voters in PA and Ohio were key to Hillary's victories. Seems like Ohio, PA and Wright see only the things they hate and fear personified in Barack Obama. For the 2 rust belt states he's Obama the powerful black man and for Wright he's Obama the powerful white man. Obama is both. Obama is both black and white and he is becoming confounded by the fact that he appeals to the best in all of us yet is bringing out the worst in a very few of us.
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