Okay...that's done!

One down, who knows how many more to go!

The colonoscopy went smoothly. They found and removed one polyp, the feeling being that it was benign. Regardless, it was sent away for analysis to be sure. However, since they did find something, I have to do it all again next year.

Pretty good one-day crash diet, actually.

I still have not heard about the biopsy that was done on my nose and the doctor's office has not called back about the PSA, so those things are still up in the air.

As usual, MDB was fantastic! She went with me to help with the driving. It was great to have her there. On the way home, she took me to JiTB for an "ultimate cheeseburger." I saw last evening that they are on sale....so I had two of them! Back to the diet later!

Our little garden is doing great! Everything has come up, even though the bell peppers were beginning to worry me. The beans and squash are doing the best, but the peas, turnips, brocolli, caulifower, lettuce, onions, and tomatoes are doing well, too. The eggplant and okra is lagging behind, but hopefully, they will catch up soon!

It's funny how things are turning out this year. In the NBA West, there's about 4 games difference between the #1 seed and the #8 seed; this is as close and exciting as I've ever seen it! In politics, things are a little less unpredictable. The 'Pubs have nominated an old "straight down party lines" candidate who promises to tweak the Bush/Cheney policies a bit but not change much of anything wholesale. Then there's the Dems, who, as usual, are trying to nominate two entirely unelectable candidates. On one hand we have a woman with a very checkered past who has little or no actual experience in governance and who cannot seem to remember anything correctly. How can you tell Hillary is lying? Her lips are moving! On the other hand, you have a young, ambitious African-American guy who had every chance of capturing the hearts of America a la JFK except for the fact that he seems to have little or no problem with racism when it's black on white racism and who seems to lack enough judgement to not hang out with and accept the support of known criminals. The Dems do it again; nominate a candidate who has no chance whatsoever in the general election! Here's the sad part; Obama will win the nomination and, when he's not elected president, there will be "Rodney King" style riots in various locations as blacks express their indignation over perceived racism. Let me set that record straight right now. Speaking for myself and I'm sure the vast majority of white voters, I'd have no problem voting for an African-American candidate who's qualified to lead. Obama is not that guy, I'm afraid. For that matter, I don't have a problem visualizing a female president. If, say....Condoleeza Rice ran for president, I could vote for an African-American AND a female all at the same time; no problem! Here's the dilemna; if we do not vote for Obama, we'll be branded a racist country because we failed to support his candidacy and that failure will be chalked up to race. As I said, race is not the issue, but that will be the perception and that surely will be what gets screamed from the podium as black leaders attempt the justify the burning cars and storefronts, the looting and rioting, and the general anarchy that will surely follow. Let's all pray that Hillary gets the nomination so that we may be spared from that eventuality.

Another weird thing this year - the Major League baseball season has begun! You know....I've been around for a few years. Traditionally, the first game of the season was always played in Cincinnatti because the Reds were the first professional baseball team formed way back when. A few years back, they decided that that tradition was arcane, so they started moving the opening day game around.

Now it's being played in Tokyo.

I have no problem with playing a game or two in Tokyo. There have been exhibition games played there for a number of years. They didn't count for anything, but they were played none-the-less. These first two games counted toward the season standings and they were home dates taken from the Oakland A's. Everyone is supposedly concerned about conserving fuel and global warming and what-not. If they HAD to play a game in Tokyo, why not send two west coast teams to play rather than an east coast team (Red Sox) and the A's? I think Anaheim would have gone with them; maybe even Seattle. For that matter, any of the NL teams would probably have agreed as well. It could have been the Giants vs. Dodgers, or perhaps the Padres. They could have even done an interleague match-up with west coast teams. I guess it doesn't matter. Global warming isn't a concern when there's deep pockets in Japan willing to line someone's coffer with lots of yen to make the trip!

I wonder how much the fuel surcharge set them back?

Oh well....enough random thoughts for now! Play ball!!!