SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Ten days have gone by since I last put fingers to keyboard. Even though little has happened since last time, I felt compelled to write something today.

Carol left a week ago. Mary Ellen has lost her casino & wine drinking buddy. That didn't stop us from visiting Beloxi again. We took an overnight bus trip which included three casinos. The bus took us to the Hardrock where we both won a small amount. The Grand was next, and that's where we spent the night. We got $15 slot money at each of the three casinos as well as three buffets. Before noon on our second day the bus took us to our final stop, the Isle. This is the first time that Mary Ellen and I both came back with more money than we took. Total winnings were about $80! I swore I would never eat again after two days during which four buffets were consumed! I have since broken my promise.

Yesterday was the start of the NCAA championship. After one day, my bracket is a mess. ND really disappointed again. They lost to Old Dominion by one point. They were pathetic. I don't know what happened to Luke Harongody. He only managed two points! Not very good for the Big East player of the year. The Big East is playing like they read too many press releases lauding the Big East as the top conference in the world. So far they are one for four. Doesn't sound like the toughest conference in the Nation to me.

Eight of us from the campground decided to go to Macguire's Pub for St. Paddy's day. Big mistake, huge! There were several thousand (slight exaggeration) people trying to get into a bar that probably holds 300. Not good odds. We ended up going across the street to a place called AJ's. When I say across the street, I actually mean one mile away. With a temp of 48 and a wind with the same two digits, I almost froze to death crossing the highway and trying to avoid two school buses that had me in their sites. After coming close to death while trying to avoid frostbite we finally arrived at AJ's. We pretty much decided we should have stayed in Navarre. Maybe if I was thirty years younger this might have been a fun experience. As it was, it was a "near death" experience".

Sunday, those clowns in Washington will finally vote on "Obamacare". I encourage all of you to vote against every incumbent regardless of party. A bunch of new jokers can't do any worse than the slime bags we have in Washington now. If you get the idea I'm disgusted, you're on the right track.

Don't forget to fill out your ten question census form. I've decided to put zero for the number of people living at our Indiana home. I figure the higher the number you report, they'll find a way to put a "per-person tax" on each. After all, it's only fair. Think of the amount of oxygen your using per-person, not to mention the 'deadly CO2' your releasing into the ENVIRONMENT. Global warming and all that crap! Your killing the planet you simpletons!

Back to the brackets for a moment. To show you how bad it gets for this BB expert, one of the teams I had in the final four was knocked out on day one. If ND was bad, Georgetown flat out didn't show up. Ohio U. was in control the entire game. G Town had no defense whatever. I'd love to know where the boys in gray hung out the night before the game. And what's with CBS's crack coverage staying with the KY v E. TN State game. I'd say there were at least four other close games they could have gone to. Did they actually believe the 30 plus lead that KY had in the first half was going to develop into a competitive contest. I say let ESPN handle ALL sporting events! If ND and G Town were bad, CBS was and is pathetic!

Till next time, "there's nothing wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level
wouldn't cure"

JIM