June 29, 2010- PPM - American Soccer

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is US Soccer. What is the deal?

For 30 years, American youth have been diverted from baseball, basketball, and (American) football toward soccer. And what have been the results?

The US World Cup entry tied Slovenia 2-2. Slovenia has the same population as greater Cincinnati.

You would think with 13 million illegal aliens that we could find 11 that could play soccer. We offer immediate citizenship to any Cuban that can throw a baseball 97 mph. Why can't we provide the same perk to a "visiting" soccer stud?

I have never let any of my 4 children play soccer. It was the only clause in my pre-nup agreement. I didn't care about the money or the division of assets, I just said that should we ever have children, they will NOT under any circumstance PLAY SOCCER.

The headline about US Soccer should be: "GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL NOT MET."

June 29, 2010 – Michael Jackson – Still Dead

We just "celebrated" the 1 year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. All of the radio stations are playing one Jackson song per hour. I'm honoring my own memory of him by taking a different prescription drug each hour. This hour it's Zanax. Next hour Flomax. …

I blogged about Michael Jackson last June. I was PEEVED about the Media Coverage of his death. Here we go again.

June 28, 2010 - Happy Belated Father's Day

This was sent to me on Father's Day. Sorry for the delay.

June 28. 2010 – I’m Back

June is always a crazy month: Little League baseball 5 days a week, swim team 5 days a week, girls' softball 3 times a week. Now, two of those three are over.

I have 3 weeks to enjoy, relax, and blog, before vacation.

June 4, 2010 - Friday Funny - Free Cat

This week's FRIDAY FUNNY goes out to Scott, Michael, Jim and untold others that have created their own "feline defense barrier".

These "friends" went out and bought, borrowed , or stole cats and made them household pets AFTER learning that I and many of my children have severe cat allergies.

Now all social gatherings and sleep-overs need to take place on my "cat-free" turf.

I'm on to your tactics, the whole kit and caboodle of them.

Some people like that poster of a kitten struggling to hang on a rope with the motivational saying "Hang in There."



Here is my favorite cat motivational poster:

He apparently did not have "cat-like" reflexes.

Love it!!!

June 1, 2010 - PPM - BP Oil Spill

I know June 1 is a Tuesday. I never offer a PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) on a National Holiday, especially Memorial Day.


I've held off commentary on the BP Oil spill in the gulf in the hope that a solution would be delivered. It's now been over 40 days.

You have to wonder if Wile E. Coyote is running the BP oil spill operation. They’ve tried “Top Hat”, “Top Kill”, “Jump Shot”, “Junk Shot”, etc.… What’s next, strapping an Acme rocket to the back of someone and launching them into the pipe via a large rubber band?

Are our best and brightest really engaged in the situation?

Now the White House has launched a criminal probe. Wow, that ought to solve it. Put lawyers on the problem. However if you strap enough lawyers to a rocket ….