THE GREAT PUJOLS

God forgive me for being such a chicken....the Great Pujols blasted a bomb off the stupid wall of the idiotic Minute Maid Park, saving the skins of the Cards and bringing them back to Busch STadium....lets see what the Astros can do in a real ball park........I had to be brought back to baseball reality by my daughter from Chicago, who called me after the big bang....Then calls from both boys in California solidified the moment........my wife couldn't believe it when I told her as I crawled into bed....way past my bedtime...........
GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't really believe it............

Here I sit, broken hearted....nah really just disappointed again in the Cardinals lack of timely hitting in the NLCS against Houston....I really do hate that team, especially Biggio....I can't watch the rest of the game....win or lose, I'll find out sometime after its all over......maybe turn on the radio about midnight....just can't bear to see them lose....
And if they stage a miraculous comeback and win..........well, then just say I missed it. I already wasted a lot of time on the games this summer, when I could have read War and Peace or something. The big bummer is my son Tim got two tickets to the third game of the World Series.... that will not likely be played in St. Louis.

BEEN AWAY AWHILE

I was kind of put off by some stuff I saw on this "blogosphere", some pretty rank sites. Still, I think what I have to put out there is good enough to be read. So, I'm back.
As I write this, a new storm is bearing down on the Florida Keys, following the same track as Katrina, and may become a Cat 3 or 4.
God help the people there in the path, and the responders as well.

The new school year and stuff

Well, I passed my medical tests without even studying...it seems that my blood pressure and heart are ok for my age, risk levels are low, no signs of cardio disease....Yes!
So what was wrong with me.... most likely, dehydration and stress.... Anxiety is a strange little bugger....
Steps to take are starting a low sodium diet and facing situations and overcoming them.....
On the DASH diet, which I started a month ago, I have lost 7 pounds, accompanying this with thirty minutes of serious walking. I can't run, cause my right ankle is the size of a tennis ball from old soccer injuries, and I hate treadmills and rotary bikes are boring. Besides the walking gets all the muscles up to speed.
And the new school year is on, baby.....I have a generally good bunch of special ed kids this year, with true educational needs....not like the thugs I had last year....but even though it's still only the first week, the sense I get so far is that these kids will be a lot of fun.
Too hot to play any golf in the Mississippi Valley, ....even when temps are in the high 70's the humidity can be at 95, and that is at 7:30 in the evening.....
I long for the fall...I'll be out on the links then..........
check out www.stltoday.com for "your journals" then go to Opinions..."Baby Boomer" to see my bi-monthly column........t

So what the heck is this all about..........

We recently had a baptism for our youngest grandchild in Chicago, little Petey. Everything was going well, the ceremony was beautiful, all our kids were able to be there, from St. Louis, and LA and Chicago, and a lot of other family and friends. So what do I do?.....I start to get flippy and my heart rate goes up and I feel like I'm going to pass out. Lots a fun, I am.....
So long story short, I miss the whole after party, and end up going to the ER. Everything checks out ok, except I have an elevated pulse, and what does that mean....So back home for some tests and an "Event recorder" for two days....and a thalium test for heart function....
This bites, to use the current slang.
It may be high bp, or anxiety, may be something to do with dehydration, or the sun, or maybe aliens have overtaken my body....I don't know.
Hopefully soon to find out.
Is there anything more boring than listening to someone talk about their medical condition......
Sorry....

DUCK AND COVER

AS A KID GROWING UP IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, THE FEAR WE HAD WAS THAT THE RUSSIANS WOULD BOMB US. I RECALL THE SIGHT OF GIANT MISSLES RISING UP ON THEIR DERRICKS, READY TO HURTLE DEATH OUR WAY.
OF COURSE, WE WERE GOING TO BE OK, ESPECIALLY IF AN ATTACK OCCURRED DURING SCHOOL HOURS, BECAUSE ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PUT OUR HEADS UNDER OUR DESKS.
IN RETROSPECT, THIS TECHNIQUE WAS AKIN TO PUTTING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND.
WHAT WE REALLY WERE DOING IS GETTING OUR SELVES IN POSITION TO KISSING OUR $%##@ GOODBYE.
TODAYS THREATS ARE MORE REAL, WITH A GREATER PROBABILITY OF HAPPENING, BUT WITH FAR LESS POTENTIAL EFFECT. BUT THEN, IF SOME CRAZY DUDE GETS THE IDEA TO BLOW UP A DIRTY BOMB AT A BALL GAME......
AH...LIFE.

NBA HOOPS REVISITED

Well, the Spurs and Pistons showed me something. In what I think was a record low scoring NBA final, I saw a game that I will probably come back to next year. Defense was a key, and the 3 point shot was almost all but taken away as a result. Not like the college game, where the trey is an offensive mainstay. Still, I was amazed at how fast these guys are, given their size. True athletes, yes they are. That in itself was worth the watch. Manu Ginobli, who looks like Balki from that show with Cousin Larry, Perfect Strangers.....that dude can play. He should have been MVP....
Now it is back to baseball....this is the year for the Cardinals...last years October was an abberation, a misalignment of the stars...Boston will never repeat what they did, winning 7 straight post-season games...
GO REDBIRDS!!