Sunday, June 3, 2012

IDEALS ABOUT SEC COACHES

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HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT SEC COACHES  . YOU WON'T GET THIS ANYWHERE ELSE .

FLORIDA - WILL MUSCAMP 
  THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON WILLIE . HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN CONTROL OF HIS EMOTIONS ON THE SIDELINE.
  MYER LEFT A MESS & THE GATORS WILL HAVE TO REBUILD .

GEORGIA  - MARK RICHT 
  MARK NEEDS TO RETURN TO OLD TIME BULLDOG FOOTBALL . BACK TO THE POWER RUNNING GAME & PLAY ACTION PASSING .
 GEORGIA HAS MORE PLAYMAKERS AT RUNNING BACK THAN THEY DO AT QB .
 
 KENTUCKY - JOKER PHILLIPS 
   HE IS A JOKER ALL RIGHT . JOKER HAS A HARD ROW TO HOE AT KENTUCKY MADE HARDER BY THE FACT RANDY SANDERS  IS YOUR OC .
   THE WILDCATS COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT FOOTBALL AS LONG AS CAL KEEPS THE BIG BLUE HOOPS HUMMING .

 SOUTH CAROLINA - STEVE SPURRIER 
     THE OLE BALL COACH LETS HIS MASSIVE EGO GET IN THE WAY OF WINNING . IF YOU HAVE LATTIMORE AS A BACK YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE RUNNING GAME . NOT STEVE 
     SPURRIER HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH HIS QBS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS HE WAS. OF COURSE NO HUMAN IS AS GOOD AS STEVE THOUGHT HE WAS .
     THE GAMECOCKS BEST MOVE WOULD BE THE I WITH 3 WIDE OUTS .

 TENNESSEE - DEREK DOOLEY 
      THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY IS IN OVER HIS HEAD ON THE HILL . THE PLAYERS HATE HIM & THE BIG ORANGE FANS ARE LIKE  RATS ON A SINKING SHIP .
    LITTLE DOO HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS TEAM . THEY HAVE NO LEADERSHIP FROM PLAYERS & LACK THE TALENT THAT USUALLY WEARS ORANGE . 
  THE DOO - MAN NEEDS TO WIN 8 TO KEEP HIS JOB . WITH THE SCHEDULE HE HAS THE VOLS MIGHT STRUGGLE TO GET PAST 4 .
   Y'ALL WAVE BYE TO THE DOO - MAN .

 VANDERBILT - JAMES FRANKLIN
    WHAT A FIRST RODEO FOR JAMES . A BREAK EVEN SEASON & A BOWL . CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS VANDY ?
    JAMES IS ALSO BRINGING IN PLAYERS VANDY WOULD HAVE HAD NO CHANCE TO LAND IN THE PAST. 
   WITH THINGS SO WELL OUR MAN JAMES CAUSES A STINK . JAMES SAID COACHES WIFES NEED TO BE PRETTY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH UGLY WOMEN . I 'M NOT REAL CRAZY ABOUT THAT MYSELF . 
    JAMES, JUST FOCUS ON FOOTBALL & QUIT BEING A FUNNY MAN 

NEXT TIME WE WILL COVER THE SEC WEST . THERE ARE MORE EASY TARGETS OVER THERE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!
 




Tuesday, May 29, 2012

THIS AND THAT

**** THIS SCHOOL MERGER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE BIGGEST DISASTER IN MEMPHIS HISTORY .

 IF THE MUNICIPALS FORM THEIR OWN SCHOOLS THE COST WILL BE MUCH MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING . THE TAX BURDEN WILL BE HEAVY INDEED .

 IF YOU LIVE IN G'TOWN  & ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, YOU WILL PAY TAXES FOR TWO SCHOOL SYSTEMS YOU DO NOT USE .

IF THE MUNICIPALS HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEMS THE ENROLLMENT OF THE NEW UNIFIED DISTRICT COULD FALL BY 33 % . THE FUNDS WOULD FALL BY THE SAME AMOUNT & SO WOULD THE NEED FOR TEACHERS .

 THE MUNICIPALS COULD CHOOSE THE TEACHERS THEY WANTED WHILE THE UNIFIED DISTRICT WOULD BE FORCED INTO MASSIVE LAY OFFS .

THE SCHOOLS NOW ARE TOO TOP HEAVY . THEY HAVE TOO MANY ADMINISTRATORS AS IT IS . AS IT STANDS NOW A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WILL BE OUT OF A JOB . THESE FOLKS ARE USUALLY DEEP INTO THEIR  CAREER .

GOING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM IS NOT A REALISTIC OPTION BECAUSE THEY CAN HIRE YOUNG TEACHERS FOR MUCH LESS MONEY . THIS COULD MEAN A BAD END FOR MANY CAREER EDUCATORS .

IT IS A BLEAK OUTLOOK INDEED .  I DON'T SEE  HOW GOOD CAN COME OF THIS MESS .

**** I AM NOT A FAN OF LABRON JAMES BUT I KNOW HIS POSITION . ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS IN SPORTS IS TO WIN WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO .

 THERE IS NO JOY IN THE CHASE JUST THE BURDEN OF EXPECTATIONS .  THERE IS ONLY THE PRESSURE OF FULL -FILLING WHAT IS EXPECTED.
THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS BREAK EVEN .

LBJ HAS TO WIN IT ALL OR HE HAS FAILED . A LOT OF PRESSURE , NO JOY , A TOUGH PLACE TO BE .

THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     

Monday, May 21, 2012

TEA CAKES & YEAST ROLLS

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A BIG GROUP DISCUSSION BROKE OUT IN THE CHEMO ROOM LAST WEEK . THERE IS USUALLY NOT MUCH TALKING MUCH LESS  AN ACROSS THE ROOM GROUP DISCUSSION.

 A GROUP OF OLDER MEN TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS TO EAT MADE BY THEIR GRANDMOTHERS . THERE WAS A LOT OF UNITY ACROSS RACIAL & ECONOMIC LINES . A LOT OF SHARING .

I DIDN'T TAKE A BACK SEAT TO ANYONE NOT WITH MY MAM-MAW. SHE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE GRAVEL ROAD,MICKEY MANTLE COULD HIT A BALL FROM OUR HOUSE TO HERS . I ATE ONE TO TWO MEALS A DAY WITH MAM-MAW. 

SHE HAD TWO CLAIMS  TO FAME : YEAST ROLLS & TEA CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE.  BOTH WERE WORLD CLASS TREATS IN MY BOOK .

MAM-MAW MADE THE ROLLS IN A BIG IRON SKILLET . I COULD EAT A SKILLET FULL BY MYSELF & SO COULD MY DAD . SO MAM -MAW ALWAYS FIRED UP AT LEAST THREE SKILLETS.

THE TEA CAKES WERE JUST A SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIE . WHAT MADE THEM SPECIAL WAS THE SWEET MILK CHOCOLATE MAM -MAW PUT A THICK LAYER BETWEEN TWO TEA CAKES .

I HAVE NEVER FOUND A PRODUCT TO EQUAL THE TEA CAKES . I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE EVEN MAKES THEM . WHEN I TRAVELED FOR BOXING ,MAM-MAW WOULD MAKE ME A GROCERY SACK FULL OF TEA CAKES FOR THE TRIP .

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET A YEAST ROLL IN THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA . YOU COULD ONCE AT BUNTYN'S BUT THEY ARE LONG GONE NOW . IF YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A GOOD YEAST ROLL ,GIVE ME A HOLLER

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 THANK THE LORD THE LAW & ORDER BOYS CAUGHT UP WITH TWO KILLERS IN THE AREA . ADAM MAYES KILLED HALF THE BAIN FAMILY & FOREVER DAMAGED THE OTHER HALF . I HAVE NO ANSWER FOR WHY .

 MAYES HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE HE KILLED , THE ROADSIDE KILLER DID NOT . THIS SICK PUPPY JUST DROVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE & KILLED FOLKS AT RANDOM.

MOST TIMES I AM OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY  BUT I WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THESE BOZOS .  OL ADAM SAVED THE STATE THE TROUBLE BY KILLING HIMSELF WHEN CAUGHT . 

THE ROADSIDE KILLER HAS YET TO GO TO TRIAL BUT IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY I HOPE HE GOES TO THE DEATH HOUSE AT PARCHMAN .

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 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BIGGER MESS THAN THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION ? WHEN THE DOO - DOO IS OVER JOHN AITKEN 'S HEAD YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN DEEP ,VERY DEEP . BIG JOHN IS JUST A BIT SHY OF 7 FEET SO YOU KNOW ALL THE STUFF ROLLING DOWNHILL IS COMING FAST .

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 THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!

Monday, May 14, 2012

WELL DONE MOM

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        ANOTHER MOTHER'S DAY HAS PAST . I THINK I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 61 OF THE OCCASIONS .

 PRAISE JESUS , I HAVE HAD MY MOTHER THIS LONG . I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED . I KNOW MOST FOLKS THINK THEIR MOM IS GREAT BUT MINE DEFINITELY IS .


MOMMA  ALWAYS PUT HER CHILDREN FIRST. WILLING TO MAKE ANY SACRIFICE FOR THE KIDS . SHE MADE SURE THAT EVERY NEED WE HAD WAS MET . 

MOTHER ALWAYS SAYS SHE NEVER WANTED TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING SHAME TO HER FAMILY . AS A  RESULT MOM DID A BANG - UP JOB OF TEACHING VALUES .

MOTHER DID A GREAT JOB OF MODELING THE SACRIFICIAL LOVE OF JESUS  & THAT IS THE MOST ANY PARENT CAN DO .

SISTER & I SAY THANK YOU MOM FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL . THANK JESUS THAT YOU ARE OUR MOTHER .

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        I THOUGHT THE GRIZZLIES WERE GOING TO PROVE ME WRONG . I WISH THEY HAD .

 WHEN MEMPHIS FELL BEHIND 3 GAMES TO 1 , I SAID THEY COULDN'T COME BACK . THEY ALMOST DID .

 BUT CLOSE ONLY COUNTS IN HORSESHOES , HAND GRENADES, & SLOW DANCING . WHEN A TEAM FALLS TO 1 & 3 THEY LOSE THE SERIES 95 % OF THE TIME .  SO IT IS WITH THE GRIZ.

 I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEMPHIS NEEDS TO DO . I DON'T SEE A CHRIS PAUL OR KEVIN DURANT .  THERE IS NO PLAYER THAT CAN CARRY THE TEAM .

 RUDY GAY IS A GOOD PLAYER NOT A GREAT PLAYER . SAME THING WITH MIKE CONLEY. THE TEAM HAS GOTTEN MORE OUT OF Z - BO & GASOL THAN I THOUGHT POSSIBLE .  

BIG DECISION TIME FOR THE FRONT OFFICE BOYS .

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        ARE ALL THE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS FROM SHELBY COUNTY ?

 GEORGE SHERRIL FROM ECS, PAUL MAHON FROM G - TOWN , THE POMERANZ BROTHERS FROM HOUSTON / C- VILLE & THE BIG DADDY OF THEM ALL : MATT CAIN FROM HOUSTON .

 ZACK COZART IS ALSO AT 2B FOR THE REDS .  THE BASEBALL PROGRAMS ARE PRODUCING BIG TIME IN SHELBY COUNTY .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, May 7, 2012

MORE PLAIN TALK

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I WAS WATCHING THE WELLS FARGO GOLF EVENT & WAS INTERRUPTED BY A DUKES OF HAZZARD EPISODE.

A DUDE IN ORANGE FROM HIS NECK TO HIS ANKLES IS ON THE COURSE SWINGING A CLUB . HE WAS DISSECTED  BY A WHITE BELT . IF HE HAD A GIANT T ON HIS CAP I WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD . WITH A CAP PULLED DOWN OVER SHAGGY HAIR HE HAD TO BE BO & LUKE'S LOST BROTHER.

TURNS OUT HE IS RICKY FOWLER WHO GOES ON TO WIN THE EVENT . NOW I AM ONLY A CASUAL FOLLOWER OF GOLF BUT I HAD NOT HEARD OF FIVE OF THE SIX GUYS ON TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD .

ONE THING ABOUT OLE RICKEY , HE BRINGS A LOT OF COLOR TO THE TOUR. THE TIGER MAN FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT . WOODS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET HIS GAME TOGETHER . THE CLOCK IS RUNNING ON THE RECORD CHASE.

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THE GRIZZLIES ARE DOWN 2 - 1 IN THE CLIPPER SERIES . BOTH GAMES WERE LOST BY A SINGLE POINT.

I REALLY THINK THE GRIZZLIES ARE THE BETTER TEAM BUT IT IS HARD TO OVERCOME LOSING TWO GAMES YOU SHOULD HAVE WON .

EVEN IF MEMPHIS WINS TONIGHT TO EVEN THE SERIES I DON'T THINK THEY CAN RALLY BACK TO ADVANCE.

TWO THINGS THAT DON'T LAST
   1 DOGS THAT CHASE CARS
   2 BASKETBALL TEAMS THAT PLAY POORLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER .

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IT IS TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON BOXING . FAILURE TO TAKE PROPER CARE OF THE FIGHTERS  SHOULD PUT AN END TO THE SPORT .

MATCH MAKERS ARE PUTTING FIGHTERS IN THE RING THAT WILL LEAD TO TRAGEDY AFTER TRAGEDY . I WATCHED A BOUT WHERE AN UP & COMING UNDEFEATED PROSPECT WAS MATCHED AGAINST A MAN WHO HAD NOT FOUGHT FOR 27 MONTHS & NOT WON A FIGHT IN OVER 3 YEARS . ANY DOUBT WHO LEFT ON A STRETCHER ?

TRUTH IS MOST MATCHES ARE NOT COMPETITIVE . ONE FIGHTER IS ON THE WAY UP ,THE OTHER ON THE WAY DOWN . THE YOUNG GUYS BUILT THEIR RECORD & LEARN THEIR TRADE . THE OLD DUDES ARE LOOKING FOR A LAST PAYDAY.

MOST FIGHTERS WON'T HAVE MORE THAN 5 OR 6 COMPETITIVE FIGHTS IN A CAREER . MOST GREAT FIGHTERS STAY TOO LONG & WIND UP WITH NOTHING . WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE ONES WHO ARE HUMAN PUNCHING BAGS ?

 TIME TO SHUT IT DOWN . AND WE NEED TO START  THINKING ABOUT
 FOOTBALL .  THE PLAYERS ARE TOO BIG & FAST . THE BODY CAN'T ABSORB THAT MUCH IMPACT .

HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Monday, April 30, 2012

PLAIN TALK ----- AS ALWAYS

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THE CHIEFS MADE A BIG MISTAKE TAKING DONTARI POE #11 IN THE NFL DRAFT . KANSAS CITY PICKED ON POTENTIAL NOT PRODUCTION .

 I HAVE WATCHED POE FOR 6 YEARS . HE GOES FULL SPEED THREE PLAYS & THEN TAKES 5 PLAYS OFF . THAT WON'T GET IT IN THE NFL .

 POE DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD MOTOR IN NFL JARGON . KC IS LOOKING AT POE FOR NOSE TACKLE , I AM NOT SURE DONTARI IS ALL IN ON THAT IDEAL .

I HOPE THE CHIEFS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO BACK - LOAD POE'S DEAL . DON'T GIVE THIS DUDE MUCH CASH UP - FRONT .

 I WOULD HAVE PICKED FLETCHER COX WHO HAS A SOLID PRODUCTION RECORD .

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THE GRIZZLIES WERE PLAYING GREAT . I WATCHED THE LAST FEW REGULAR SEASON GAMES &  THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME . THE GRIZ WERE SMOKING HOT .

FOR THE FIRST 42 MINUTES OF THE PLAYOFF GAME THE GRIZ COULD DO NO WRONG . THEN THE WHEELS CAME OFF  THE WAGON . A 27 POINT LEAD GONE FASTER THAN TWO KEGS AT A FRAT PARTY .

I KNOW IT IS ONLY 1 LOSS IN A BEST OF 7 BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS LOSS CAN HAVE A BAD HANG - OVER EFFECT . THE GIANT WAVE OF BIG - MO THE GRIZ WERE RIDING HAS CRESTED .

CAN MEMPHIS BOUNCE BACK ????

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I THINK THE CARLOS ZAMBRANO DEAL HAS KILLED THE CUBS . A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE CUBS SIGNED  CARLOS FOR BIG MONEY LONG TERM .

THEN CARLOS IMPLODED , THE CUBS WERE OUT A LOT OF DOLLARS & ROSTER SPOTS . I LOVE TO WATCH THE CUBS BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE PLAYERS NECESSARY TO WIN IN MLB. 

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FINAL THOUGHT  - THERE IS NOTHING FINER
                                  THAN TO LIVE IN MEDINA



Sunday, April 22, 2012

BEATS ALL

**** I SPEND AN HOUR & A HALF WORKING ON THE YES POST ONLY TO PUSH THE WRONG THING & LOST IT ALL

 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL PRAISE JESUS . 47 DAYS THIS TIME . I AM SO GLAD TO BE HOME .

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS,CALLS,CARDS, & VISITS. THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO ME . I COULD NEVER TELL YOU HOW MUCH . 

MY CANCER IS NOT GONE . I AM OUT OF PROBATION YOU MIGHT SAY . THEY ARE GOING TO TRY MY TREATMENTS AS AN OUT PATIENT . PLEASE PRAY THIS WORKS . I NEED NO MORE OF HOSPITALS . 72 DAYS THE FIRST TIME 47 DAYS THIS TIME .

 CANCER IS SO TOUGH . IT KEEPS COMING BACK AGAIN &AGAIN . I AM AFRAID IT CAN COME BACK MORE TIMES THAN I CAN .

**** ON MARCH 15 WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL I WAS REMINDED THAT 42 YEARS AGO I MET ANDY REECE FOR THE MID -SOUTH BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP . THE OMAN ARENA WAS PACKED AS IT HAD BEEN FOR THE TWO PREVIOUS NIGHTS . HALF OF MEDINA WAS THERE . YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM .

 ROBERT ELMER SENTER WAS LEADING THE CHEERING SECTION  PULLING HARD FOR THE MEDINA WRECKING CREW .

 OH , THE DAYS FLY BY . THEY ARE ALL  GONE NOW . ANDY REECE WHO I TANGLED WITH ON CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT GONE AT 56 . HE BECAME A DOCTOR IN A SMALL MISSISSIPPI TOWN . EUGENE HERLONG  ,WHO I HAD TO BEAT TO GET THERE  GONE AT 60 . THE FINAL BELL RANG FOR THE CRAZY CAJUN FROM BASTROP  LOUISIANA.

**** DANCE EVERY DANCE & SING EVERY SONG  .