MARCH MADNESS!!!

Oh boy do I love this time of year. The NCAA tourney and all that basketball. How every team is fighting to win and stay in the mix.....it is enough to give a true basketball fan the chills. I am pulling for Tennessee. The Vols have a great coach in Bruce Pearl and have been impressive all season. The men's team can finally put on as good of a game as the Vols women's and that Pat Summit......she has always been basketball to the core!!! The Vol's had better be looking out for North Carolina and UCLA in the finals if they make it that far. I would like to see them win it all and bring a NCAA championship home to Tennessee for the men's team.......this would be great if it happens. It is an exciting time to be a Tennessee Basketball Fan and I am loving every minute of it. I just want it to last.

Now, Here I Go Again

GAS PRICES AT A NEW ALL TIME HIGH!!! I think they could write that headline everyday lately. Just the other day the news was reporting that our refined gasoline reserves are at their highest levels in 15 years and consumption is down from what it was this time last year, so according to the law of supply and demand; shouldn't our gas prices be a little cheaper. I realize that oil is selling at an all time high....but does the price of a gallon of gasoline have to raise 20 cents in a two week period! Hey you greedy bastards, don't you realize that you are ruining our economy??? I am having a hard time understanding this, why has the government not stepped in? Are they waiting until the truckers are lined up and down the interstates, parked, until gas prices come down; like they did back in the 80's??? Food will soon be a rich man's game....along with some of the other necessities. What the !$%#??? How can someone making 6 to 7 bucks an hour afford the gas it takes to get to work? This is crazy! I can tell you that it boils down to one thing....GREED, GREED, GREED!!! Anyone who has any doubt about how I feel....can just look to the right of this article. This is my message to the greedy oil producing Nations that are trying to bankrupt us and the greedy oil corporations that are getting fat off of us!!! Come on with the hydrogen cell vehicles Nissan, Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Mercedes....we are ripe for the pickens and are all ready to buy one! What will they do with their precious oil then, in the face of a totally new technology??? I hope they sell like hotcakes at breakfast time...lol...lol!!!

Gone But Not Forgotten

Brett Farve, the great quarterback of the Green Bay Packers is hanging up his helmet and shoes; for good this time, I think! The Packers will not be the same after this, at least not for me. When I think of Brett, I am reminded of all those 4th quarter come backs with less than 2 minutes left on the clock and the Packers behind by a field goal or touchdown....they would just put the football in his hands and somehow everyone knew what was going to happen. He also reminds me of all the back yard football games I played as a young teenager with my friends and family....we would have so much fun out there at West End, Fords Woods, or just actually in someone's back yard engaging in a quick pick up game. These memories do not come back to me when I think of some other NFL quarterbacks.....just Brett. Somehow he just seems to stand for all the amateur athletes out there struggling to make to the big time....that good ole boy from Mississippi with all that talent. I will truly miss him as a player on the field. So....here's to you Brett, may you ease into your retirement with all the glory and honor that you deserve, may you see many sunsets and have even more great effects on people's lives, for you will miss the game that has given you so much and we will all miss you! Best wishes on your retirement...