Guard Dog

The high priest of the black ant tribe prayed to Woldan to aid them against the heathen red ant invaders.... alas, Woldan did not heed their prayers!

I'd just like to say how much I hate... HATE... HATE the Stihl M180c chainsaw. It is without the crappiest, most useless, unreliable, chewed up, spit out dried up piece of monkey poop that has ever been stuffed into a chainsaw case. It won't start, it floods the engine on the second crank unless you go to half throttle but it won't start from half throttle unless the engine is warm but it can't get warm because it won't start. And even if, by some chance, miracle, or divine intervention you actually do get it started the chain will lose tension after just five minutes of light use. Then when you try to shut it down to tension the chain you find out the damned thing that would not start, now won't shut off because the wretched little cheap misbegotten spring from the spring loaded shut down switch broke. And this miserable SOB was expensive. I could have had a mid model Husqvarna for the same price. Heck I'd have been better off with a box full of trained termites. If I did an Indian rain dance and prayed for lighting the strike the tree it would probably have gotten trimmed a lot faster. I hope the little twit at Ace Hardware in Millington who sold me this thing dies a slow and painful death and that he takes the engineers who designed it with him. /rant Hey guys, I've got a two year old Stihl chainsaw for sale, hardly ever used.PM me if interested.

Pizza from the little pizza joint in Covington. You know how every town has that little hole in wall restaurant that doesn't look like much but has really good food? Well.... this wasn't one of those.

Totally!

Well, the NBA season is over for me. I have to say it has been an up and down ride. Mostly down the beginning of the season with Gasol out, mostly up the second half as they just out hustled their opponents to get to 50 wins (no small feat in this division). This offseason they need some offense. Especially an outside shooter. They are dead last in the league in 3P and near last in shooting percentage. That make is hard to keep up with teams like OKC. They could also stand an upgrade at small forward. Hmmm Lebron might be a free agent right? I'm thinking Rudy Gay might be more likely if he decides to leave Sacramento. Anyway, on to the next round as I move to the disinterested observer seats.

An MLB game in May stressful? Seriously? I barely pay attention until August. Hay every game counts. That's why they keep score. Losses in April & May can easily make wins in August irrelevant.

Watching Yanks & Rays. It's bottom of 13 with 2 outs & two on. Very stressful.

Tale I've told you this before, switch to writing non-fiction. That will solve all your character problems!

I'm making this for dinner tonight. Lady GD went shopping to I get to cook! http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/mexican-style-stuffed-peppers I'm also making char grilled corn on the cob. But first I'll warm up with a glass of fine single barrel small batch bourbon with two ice cubes. Or two.

Woo Hoo, double header sweep of the "Sawx" for the first time in club history. Great games too, I watched them both. That might be just the thing the "reelin" Rays need to salvage this road trip. Now, on the New York!

The Grizz lost a huge chance. Now game 7 on the road... ugh.

That is no joke. One of the best benefits of being in good physical condition the mitigation of and quicker recovery from injuries.

HA! He always was sort of an angry dude!

That was f-----g OUTSTANDING! Go Grizz!

On a non draft note I love the Bucs choice of Lovie Smith. After two extremes, Rahim Morris the nice guy with no discipline, and Greg Schiano the total a$$hole with no charisma, they final struck just the right balance. Now I hope they get some O-Line upgrades in the draft because it does not matter who the QB is if he spends the whole game on his back.

Manziel has flameout written all over him. I'd compare him to Jeff George from the 90's (not physically but mentally). He does have the talent but not the intelligence or maturity to make it all work. I think this is the kind of guy that by the time he gets the latter he'll have lost the former.

I was trying to come up with something witty to post, then realized I was not topping this one.

At first I was just hoping the Grizz would not be embarrassed by OKC. But even in the two losses they've played them tight. Now I'm hoping for the impossible!

Planned a trip to Vegas in two weeks with Lady GD. Should be fun.

What constitutes a good apple? For me golden delicious are tops. Fujis baby. Nothing else compares!

That's our Oby. The Obsidian boards answer to the question no one asked!

He threw a good game against the fish today. Sometimes a change of scenery does a guy some good.

I'm making meatloaf tonight. The tomatoes, onions, & celery in it all came from the garden. Fresh veggies are the best!

You gotta love Jimmy Johns. The subs are plain, but really good.

That was a classy move by the guy who caught Pujols 500th HR ball to give it back. It was even classier when he invited the guy who almost caught it (in fact was hit by it) and his kids to meet Pujols with him.