a very strange,but very true story...

this is a story that i have never told anyone much in detail... on May 13,1998,my soulmate celebrated her 48th birthday,in the hospital... let me re-rack it for you:on April 26,1970,she was in an auto accident,breaking her back(crushing her spinal card on the left side of her back),when she flew seventy five feet out of an overturning car,outside Milwaukee,Wisconsin... she was coherent when they found her,but she did not remember the accident... she had,i believe,fourteen hours of surgery,that night... both legs were ripped open from the knees to her feet,too... well,she survived another twenty nine and a half years,had three boys(one of her twins was stillborn),by C-section... she was paraplegic... back to May 13,1998,one of the steel rods put into her spine to stabilize it,back in 1970,shortly before her 48th birthday,started to dissolve into her spinal column,so the doctors did surgery on her birthday... what a birthday!!! well she had two more surgeries to correct a severe abscess problem in her stomach in the months further on in 1998,and then had her fourth surgery on her 49th birthday,where the doctors just opened her up,and found cancer,and just stitched her back up,sent her back to her apartment,and finally admitted her for the final time on July 26,1999... she died just short of five months later,on Christmas Day,1999... now,here where it gets very strange,on my birthday(August 20th),i take off for a five mile run,and literally go by the hospital that she was in... i literally stop on the corner,look at the main entrance,and say to myself(knowing that my soulmate was sick,somehow),that i better check,if she was there in the hospital... i almost did it,but common sense overruled my inner feelings about her being there,so i ran home... unfortunately,i find out that she was there in August,when she told me that in November... ever have that feeling that something is very wrong,and that is the feeling that i had on my 40th birthday... strange,isn't it,folks???

quote of the week...

"i've come here to chew bubblegum,and kick ass,and i am all out of bubblegum","Rowdy" Roddy Piper- in the movie,"THEY LIVE"...* *in honor of the late great wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper...

another one for the eternal "squared circle"...

one of the greatest talkers and wrestlers has died today,one Roderick Toombs... if you are a wrestling fan,you do not know him by his real name... he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship only once,over the Mountie(Jacques Rougeau),and then put the Mountie's stun stick to the Mountie,in a classic WWF match... Mr. Toombs,aka "Rowdy"Roddy Piper,was best known for playing a heel(hitting Jimmy Snuka over the head with a coconut,on a classic "Piper's Pit")... i will watch Wrestlemania 2,where he bodyslams Mr. T,in a boxing match,in one of three main events,this weekend,and still boo,and laugh at a memory that i saw live... prayers and condolences to his family... my opinion:even though he was a classic heel,he made me laugh many times,and he did his job well... RIP "Rowdy" Roddy Piper... this is one longtime wrestling fan who will miss you deeply...

NFL news...

NFL and NFLPA both filed papers to expedite Tom Brady's lawsuit,over his four game suspension...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time... note:i am very tired of hearing about the Patriots and Tom Brady,so i am saying nothing about that,for a few days...

NFL news...

the NFLPA's lawsuit,in the name of Tom Brady,to overturn his four game suspension has been moved to Manhattan,from Minnesota... my opinion:it appears that the movement of the lawsuit is a big win for the NFL,but who knows???

people,and "on the road"...

i have had many troubles in my life,and most have been my fault... however,a few have not been my fault... being homeless(as i put it,"on the road")for a decade was,in many respects,my own fault... people may believe that i deeply regret it,but honestly,i do not regret it one iota... do not get me wrong:being homeless("on the road") for an entire decade was a real drag,and in my heart of hearts,i regret it,in ways that i can not explain in words,but folks,you must understand that,without that decade of sorrow and despair,i would not be the man that i am... i now know that if everything fell apart in my life,i would survive in ways that other people would never survive... for a couple days,try to go without money,car,credit cards,or phone,and simply walk around town,and then sleep outdoors,with nothing but your wits,and then talk to me about being tough as nails... i got cursed at,spit on,made fun of,and basically ignored by over 98% of the population,day after day,for a decade... i stunk(the human smell)for days,and people simply refused to be nice... even the people who helped me had a sincere look of pity on their faces,and me knowing that they would not like being there in their heart of hearts... i got hassled by police,and security in many places,and cities,and simply tossed out of places,for simply no reason,and then got cursed at by bystanders,who honestly thought that i was scum... people,after a while,simply forgot that i was a human being,so i ate meals,in some places that simply were not edible,and their dogs ate better... you think i am kidding??? well,i am not,by a long shot... i survived because i simply refused to buckle under so much crap that normal people would simply call inhumane,and most of the time,i kept my mouth shut,because the people that i was around at the time,would treat people like crap,if you spoke up... that did not happen often,but when it did happen,you learned the hard way that if you did,you simply did not eat for days... you honestly think that the human race is nice,overall... how dead wrong you are... people basically do not care a whit about other people,at all... there are some very nice people who want to help,but honestly,the vast majority do not care about anyone but themselves,and anyone who thinks otherwise is simply delusional,and people "on the road",are simple shells of themselves... i survived because i simply became meaner than a snake,and did not care about many people,when i was traveling... i had to survive by being someone i was not,a mean snake of a person,who simply did not care a whit about anyone... i learned so many things that i still use from that time "on the road",the value of money,for one thing,and i keep to myself,in a way that may not be normal to other people,but to me,it is absolutely normal for me,because i still have to survive,and honestly,i do not trust anyone,but friends and family,and if you can not understand that,that is just too tough... finally,i am a person that i have said has an nasty edge to himself that people do not understand... people may believe that they know me,but how wrong they are,because there is a side of me that,simply,very few people have ever seen,and to tell the truth,i am even afraid of that side of me... when i say that i am tough as nails,i mean it,because mentally,there is not a person who has been through as much as i have been through,and in that way,i am tough as nails...

commentary...

New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft,in his statement about Tom Brady's four game suspension said,among other things,that the NFL took Brady to federal court by not reducing his suspension... well,Mr. Kraft,you are dead wrong on that point... the NFL did not file,or will file suit shortly,in,most likely,Minnesota(the NFLPA feels that they may get a more favorable ruling,in accordance to an injunction),but the NFLPA,and in the name of Tom Brady,filed suit against the NFL... right,Mr. Kraft??? as for the fact that you also said that,"you lost faith in the NFL",in reducing Brady's suspension,when the Patriots accepted their punishment earlier in May,who honestly cares what you think??? i do not care a whit about what you think,and as for the apology to the Patriots' fans,who honestly cares??? my opinion:your team,and Brady,simply got what was you deserved... integrity of the game is paramount to me,period... you may feel like you both got the shaft,but Tom Brady should not have destroyed that cell phone on the day that he talked to investigator Ted Wells,like he did,and cooperated with Wells,and the NFLPA and Brady's lawyers should not wanted the fact that Brady destroyed the cellphone sealed from public record during their aborted settlement talks,with NFL,earlier last week... if i was you,Mr. Kraft,i would have Tom Brady look himself in the mirror,because he is the one who got himself into trouble with the NFL,not NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell... who cares about how this turns out in federal court,perception is reality,and the coverup is much worse than the crime of deflated footballs,and that is the absolute truth...

is it fake???

for anyone who thinks pro wrestling is fake(it is scripted,of course),there are pictures/video of U.S. Champion John Cena suffering a broken nose(a nasty one,by the way),when WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins kneed him in the face,during the main event of Monday Night RAW,last night...

more NFL news...

in the twenty page ruling upholding Tom Brady's four game suspension,NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pointed out that,apparently,Tom Brady asked his assistant to destroy his cellphone on the day that he talked to investigator Ted Wells,and then did not cooperate with Wells,as he talked to Wells... note:Brady is now officially a diva!!!! it is all about him!!!! expect Brady and the NFLPA to go to federal court...

Breaking NFL news...

Tom Brady's four game suspension has been upheld,by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell... note:it was not known at the time of the Wells Report that apparently Tom Brady destroyed the cellphone(evidence) used by him,in March,and it was not disclosed until June 18th,by Brady,or his lawyers... now we know why Brady would not cooperate with Ted Wells,as much as he could cooperate... more later...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

stories of my life,part four...

sometimes,it is very hard for me to really talk about myself,because simply some things that i have been through are even painful to reveal now... through my senior year of high school,and into my 20's,i was very,very depressed,almost to the point of being schizophrenic,and psychotic,and it honestly got to the point that,if i could have climbed to the top of the school gym,i would have jumped off it... you want to know why i started running??? simply,because i felt like i was depressed one day,so badly that i told my physical education teacher that i was going to run the track... i ran three miles,and then after school,ran from the high school,to the Big House... a couple of weeks later,they had a fundraiser,at the high school,and a foot race of a five mile loop around the streets of Orangevale... well,i did four loops that day,or twenty miles,and was one of only five people who did twenty miles,or more,that day... my first race was the 1978 Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco,where i finished within the first thousand runners,only minutes behind the winner... in fact,i actually led the race for about 100 yards... i later did the 1980 race,where i finished within the first five thousand,only because of a severe stitch (cramp) in my side,that basically stopped me cold for minutes,but it eased up,and i did the last three miles,in just over fifteen minutes... when training for a race,i did about ten miles a day,and sometimes i doubled that on some days... unfortunately,injuries curtailed my running,as time went by... three major injuries that i will talk about... 1)breaking my ankle/foot,on a night that i would have done about 25 miles(i ran about 15-18 miles and did a face plant,when a pair of NikesTM literally came apart,and i tripped,not once,but twice... the second time i literally broke my foot,and had to walk home about five miles baby stepping heel to toe... (funny thing is that i got tired of limping around that after four days,i started to run on the foot)... one tough person i was... the most serious injury that i had was tearing every muscle from my right ribcage,to my knee,including destroying my hip socket,when i ran in a practice run of 6.12 miles/10k,in just over 30 minutes(very fast,i may add),stopped at a friend's house,and stupidly,without stretching too much,started out at the same pace,and got about 1,000 yards,and everything just popped and tore... OMG,i was in so much pain,that it took me about three hours to walk home... i sat home in a chair the entire weekend... i could not lift my foot more than three inches off the floor without pain,and that is being kind... i rehabbed it by lifting a twenty five pound book bag at ARC,during classes,and lightly running,after a few weeks... the third injury is a combination of two events that softened my left kneecap(patella) to the point that if i fall on it,i need help getting up... getting hit by a Buick,at midnight,on August 9th-10th,1986,and one nasty face plant onto a concrete sidewalk,hitting my patella first,then my chin,as i was trying to save my forearm from being broken for a second time in three days,so i put it beside my body,and i took the brunt of the fall with my patella,and it broke into two pieces... (i fell in the shower,and smashed my forearm on the steel railing,of the sliding shower door)... odd thing is that i walked about five miles that Easter Sunday,after falling... i only blame myself,because i was a klutz,back then... my pain threshold is near the top of the scale,and i am very proud of that...

Bugs turns 75...

Bugs Bunny turned 75 today... his first cartoon with Elmer Fudd debuted July 27,1940,in a cartoon feature,called "the Wild Hare"... his first words ever in a cartoon was an iconic "What's up,Doc"...

blog statement...

unless NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gives the decision on Tom Brady's four game suspension(and he is sitting on his thumbs),i am taking the day off... "Idaho Spud" time... note:i have a slight headache,and my neck hurts(not serious),so i am going back to bed for a few hours...

blog statement....

"Idaho Spud" time... just need day off from the blog...

quote of the week...

WWE's main event for Summerslam is Brock Lesnar vs. the Undertaker II... the last time they wrestled each other was Wrestlemania XXX,when Lesnar broke the Undertaker's streak of 21-0,at Wrestlemania... well,during a brawl between the two on Monday Night RAW,they said this to each other:Lesnar,"i am going to kill you",and the Undertaker said to Lesnar,"you are going to have to"... interesting match,at Summerslam...

commentary...

sometimes,i feel like doing absolutely nothing,on my blogs... other times,i want to chat about family and friends,or just be a funny guy with comments that make me laugh and smile... today,i am so so,and yet,honestly,who cares??? i do wish i was in Green Bay this week for the annual shareholders/owners meeting,but financially,things just did not work out this year... that really sucks... i will get there soon,even if i have to take a trip in the winter(BRRRR...),because i am very,very proud,and honored,to be a shareholder/owner of the Green Bay Packers... i really do criticize the team,but i do it with absolute respect,because i am a shareholder/owner,and i honestly can not believe that i am a (very small)part of the Packers' team history... i do not mean that i am a player,or anybody who has played for the Packers,but honestly i look at it like i am a NFL OWNER,just like Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones,except for the fact that he has billions(laughing) of dollars,and i am just a simple guy who has just a dream to see Lambeau Field,but,by NFL by-laws,we are exactly the same,and simply i am honored to be a shareholder/owner,of the Green Bay Packers... GO PACK GO!!!! MY TEAM!!!!!

quote of the week...

"Eddie is about two cheeseburgers short from having his hand in the dirt next to me"... "that is a big man running the ball"... Packers' linebacker Mike Daniels,talking on video,about Packers' running back Eddie Lacy...

NFC North respect,for Eddie Lacy...

one NFC North personnel man(scout) says of Packers' running back Eddie Lacy," I'll bet he weighs 240 pounds,but he plays like he weighs 300 pounds... i thought he would meet his Waterloo at the pro level... he bowled people over in college,but i thought he would struggle at this level,against people bigger and stronger... it does not seem to matter... he is one of the stronger animals i have ever seen... he's a man..."

stories of my life,part three...

this story is very odd,because there were some strange characters involved,in this part of the story,so some of the things that happened are just too odd to be believed,but i swear that they are very,very true... first of all,i had every intention to go back up to Seattle,because i had bought a round trip bus ticket,at the bus station,in Seattle... however,i had to have my soulmate explain why she gave me only a number to call,and not even a number,in California,to call,but one in Wisconsin,which absolutely puzzled me... it took two letters to her doctor and,actually,two attempts to track her down... well,let me back up a ways to writing the first letter to the doctor,from Poulsbo,itself,and i honestly thought it would take only one attempt to see her...  i had made arrangements to meet her at Downtown Plaza,one day,but unfortunately,i had severely injured my knee,and in the hours before meeting her,my knee swelled,and stiffened up,so i had major trouble even walking that day,so i had to give up on waiting for her,and missed her by about 20 minutes... stupid me!!!! i will tell you why i say that later on in this story... i grabbed a hotel room at a Motel 6,and was in bed,most of the next three days... i even had to argue with the owner of the Motel 6 to even get a room... i used the return bus ticket to Seattle,to cinch the room... so i wrote a second letter to her doctor,apologized to him,and she got the letter and met me,at the main post office,in Carmichael(the same one that we had when we lived in Carmichael),so we both knew where to meet... well,my life took a beating,and a major curve,at that meeting... i was blindsided by what she told me... i still loved her very much... in the nine months that we were away from each other,her life was in tatters,and she was living in a Motel 6... i could deal with that,but she hit me with a shocker... she was getting married!!!! what happened??? on the very night that i was supposed to meet her the first time,she went to the drive-in,with friends,and being depressed over not meeting me,she accepted a marriage proposal from this country hick,who worked at a junkyard,in Elk Grove... that was the story that she gave me... she had a job being an independent salesperson(door to door salesman),but her boss,who was married at that time,just wanted to get her into bed,if you know what i mean... some slimy,and weird characters,indeed,and more talking to me told me that she was not in love with the country hick,who wanted to marry her,at the local Moose,or Elks' Lodge,some weekend,and her boss was very scummy,so she did the only thing that she could think of:get me a job with the scum,and get enough money to get an apartment... well,she dumped the country hick,telling him the truth that she did not love him;she loved someone else(me)... how do i know what was said??? well,i was in the hotel room's bathroom(shower),when she lowered the boom on the country hick... are you laughing,yet??? so,i had to make a decision,whether to go back up to Seattle,and living with UNC,or believe her in her telling me that she loved me... it honestly took me more than a few days to believe what she was saying to me... well,i loved her very,very much,wanted her to be happy,and she was not simply too happy with the weird situation that she found herself in... so i chipped in and helped her out of the terrible mess that she was in... i worked as a door to door salesman for nine months,gathered enough money to get an apartment for her(walked most of Sacramento doing it),absolutely worked my backside off,and did it legally,but first had to move her to another Motel 6,to get her away from that terrible situation that she was in,down in South Sacramento(it took about nine months to get the job done),and i knew every street in Sacramento proper... what a job!!!! i have deep earned respect for people who do that job,no doubt... what a story,isn't it,folks???

quote of the week...

"he don't know me too well... do he???"- Bugs Bunny...

to my critics,i say,so be it...

in 1997,when Brett Favre won his third straight MVP award,he did not win it outright,he shared it,with Detroit Lions' running back Barry Sanders... simple fact,and my opinion:even though Favre had a great season,Sanders,that season,became only the second running back,in NFL history,to rush for 2,000 yards,in fourteen games,in a 2,053 yard rushing season(he had 53 rushing yards in first two games)... he had fourteen straight 100+ yard rushing games,which,i believe,is a NFL record... no matter what people may say,he actually deserved the MVP award more than Brett Favre... i said that then,and i say it now,period...

comments...

the story that i left off with,in previous post,does have an unique ending to it,so i will write about it,probably tonight,folks,so really stay tuned...

stories of my life,part two...

i am sad tonight... this week has been very strange,because i have thought about many people that i deeply cared for in my past,like the security guard at the neighborhood bowling alley,named Mike Evans(i was an unpaid security guard with him when he worked)... we both walked the complex at least three times a night,when he worked,and we just talked about all things-good and bad... he did a spot on imitation of the mid-90's hit,by Sir Mix A Lot,"Baby Got Back"... it makes me smile and laugh when i think about that... after moving from Orange County,California,i never forgot about him,and it has been over 20 years since then,and i can still hear that imitation,even now... i did some things in my life that i truly am not too proud of,but honestly,they taught me to be tougher than nails,and gave me the survivor mode to my personality... i remember getting beat up by tag team muggers down the street from Disneyland,and fighting them off with a viciousness that i thought i would never have,because both of them(male and female)walked off,thinking that,"that is one person that we should not have attacked",and rubbing their chins... honestly,i had a severe concussion,but i simply refused to give an inch... some things that happened to both of us were too brutal to even think about,even now,and there are some things that i will not talk about,because they are still very painful,and really too personal... i never raised a hand in anger to her,and i am very proud of that,but folks,one night,she ended up in the hospital overnight,and i ended up very pissed about what happened to her... let me say that it has been the only time that i wanted to take "some people to hell",and i would still be smiling doing it... understand what i am saying??? not all the time in Orange County was pleasant,and yet,we,as a couple,were mostly happy... the last day that she was in Orange County(she moved back a couple months before i did,because there was no room in the car to me to sit),was the last day that i drank a beer,and in those two months,i missed her terribly... i remember getting very,very ill in 105 degrees of Southern California sun(migraines and sunstroke),and being stuck in a hotel bed,for four days,and wishing that i could go back to Sacramento,but unable to move,because i was so sick... what misery!!!!!!!! the last day that i was in Orange County,was the first of October,1994,and i went over to the Social Security Office to pick up my mail,and check,and got a letter from my soulmate... well i expected that i was going to back to Sacramento,but because of something that i found out about seven months later,she only gave me a number to a friend,in Wisconsin,to call...Wisconsin??? what in the world was going on??? so,at the Greyhound station,in Anaheim,i got pissed,and got on a bus to Las Vegas... so i spent about three weeks,actually living on my craps' winnings,in Las Vegas... i actually would spend about two,or three hours a day gambling on the craps' table in Las Vegas,and pay for my hotel bill,and food every day,and did that for three straight weeks... that was simply amazing to do!!!! after that trip,i got back to Sacramento,stayed with my folks,and then was told by my father the immortal words,"this is not a hotel",so i packed up and decided to move to Seattle... i remember the ferry ride to Bainbridge Island,as i looked at the city of Seattle from the bow of the ferry,as i headed to Poulsbo,Washington...  what a beautiful sight!!!! spent five months with UNC,loved it(still do)...the time with UNC was quite special,and i still miss the rascal... we pulled some of the funniest pranks on each other that still make me laugh and smile... i still regret moving back to Sacramento,from Washington state,but unfortunately i felt that i had unfinished business in Sacramento,tracking down my soulmate,and find out why she gave me that number in Wisconsin to call,instead of telling me what was going on,in October,1994??? that is a story still to be told,and what a story!!!! stay tuned,folks...

comments on suspension of Tom Brady,and no decision,yet...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said that there is "no timeline" for the decision on Tom Brady's four game suspension... simply,my opinion:get your head out of the proverbial sand,Mr. Goodell,because you have said that you want a fair and open process,but you are like a snail,in giving out decisions,so just do your job...

NFL news...

there is no news on the Tom Brady four game suspension... expect a answer for that by training camp... Minnesota Vikings and Adrian Peterson have restructured his last three years of his current contract... my opinion:blah blah blah!!!!!! i expected the restructuring of that contract...

a day at Lambeau Field....

it is a beautiful sunny day inside Lambeau Field... the "Frozen Tundra" may not be frozen,today,but is green and lush,and on a partly cloudy day,i would be dreaming that the Packers would beat DA BEARS 55-0... that would be a dream come true...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

correction...

i have corrected the quote from Brett Favre,as he stood in front of 67,000+ people,in the bowl of Lambeau Field... the exact quote was,"i have played elsewhere,but there is nothing like playing in Green Bay"... sorry,folks,i was in a hurry typing,as he spoke...

quote of the week...

"i have played elsewhere,but there is nothing like playing in Green Bay"-Brett Favre (corrected after listening to quote again)...

amazing...

Packer Nation showed up... 67,000 tickets sold in 90 minutes,and a five minute standing ovation,for Brett...

the only Jets' highlight in Favre's NFL career...

there was one single highlight in Brett Favre's time with the New York Jets,he actually threw for six touchdowns,against the Arizona Cardinals,in a 56-35 Jets win,on September 28,2008... the Jets scored 34 points in the second quarter,and 22 points in the fourth quarter... the Cardinals scored 21 points in the third period,and 14 points in the fourth quarter,that day...

number 4's greatest game...

in the greatest game in Brett Favre's NFL career,and with a broken heart,over his dad's sudden death the day before,he threw for 399 yards,and had four touchdown passes,in a 41-7 rout of the Oakland Raiders,in week sixteen of the 2003 NFL season... note:he received a standing ovation from the fans,in Oakland,before crushing the Raiders,that night...

quote of the week...

"we are going to the top of the mountain,or we are going to be in a dumpster",then-Packers' head coach Mike Holmstrom,to Brett Favre-early on in his NFL career... note:that made me laugh...

clearing the air (my opinion of Brett Favre)....

it is time that i clear the air about my opinion of Brett Favre... his sixteen years,in Green Bay,will always be foremost in my memory,but folks,let us talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room... what,honestly,there were three major things that really pissed me off about Brett:1)his uncalled,and nasty comments,about the Packers' fans,when he signed with the Minnesota Vikings,when he said that "true fans" would understand why he signed with the Vikings... there are no more passionate,and rabid fans,and shareholders/owners than the fans in Green Bay,2)his multiple retirements,so much that people were talking about the "Favre Watch",even the week after that year's Super Bowl,and number three was his treatment of the fans in New York/New Jersey,when he said that he was glad to be in New York,but by the end of that season,he was sullen,and acted like he just did not want to be there... in fact,some of his teammates in New York were complaining about him starting,when he was injured(the Jets went 1-4,when he got injured,at end of that miserable season,in New York)... two things made me smile,when he played for the Vikings:he had a magical season,his first season,in Minnesota,but honestly,the interception that he threw to the New Orleans Saints,in the NFC Championship game,when all he had to limp five yards for a Vikings' game-winning field goal(he did have a bad ankle),but honestly,he did have,at least ten yards with no one around him,when he threw that interception... basically,i smiled when remembering his last pass for the Packers,in the 2007 NFC Championship game(an interception that led to an overtime winning field goal,for the Giants)... at that time.i said silently,"Karma bites,right,Brett???",and smiled broadly... number two was getting beat by the Packers at Lambeau Field,in a thriller(Desmond Bishop ran a interception back,for insurance,for six points,in the Packers' win),and then the Packers put a 31-3 stomping,in the Metrodome,when Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdowns,and the fact that the Vikings' offensive coordinator(Darren Bevell)and Favre got into a very heated shouting match,on national television... in fact,the game was so bad that you could hear audibly on television chants of "GO PACK GO",in the fourth quarter... i smiled then,too... you may believe that i do not like Favre... very untrue,but when he signed with the Vikings,his uncalled,and nasty comments(badmouthing the Packers' fans) made me very,very mad,and if you can tell i have not forgotten,but it is time to forgive him(honestly,now,i can understand the comments,but back then,i wanted to "bury" him into the Frozen Tundra,like any other opponent)... note:the one other thing that made me smile was the first reception that he got from the "true fans",in Green Bay... the fans booed lustily so much so that the announcers even noticed it... basically,they booed him out of Lambeau Field,that night... now,it is time to celebrate his sixteen years in Green Bay,so i really expect the fans,and shareholders/owners to give him a standing ovation... i guarantee that i will have tears in my eyes....

comments...

funny and odd thing is that i own the home and road jersey of Brett Favre,so during the Packers' induction of Favre,into the Packers' Hall of Fame,i will wear his home(green)jersey,tonight,folks...

commentary...

i turned off the television about noon,yesterday,and have been listening to my satellite radio,and to the internet on SiriusXM,via their app(laughing to George Carlin,and playing WSOP* poker,on my smartphone,along with some Chicago Cubs' baseball)... just being quiet,and thinking about people who i miss dearly... had a very nice day... *World Series Of Poker...

put another candle on the cake...

Disneyland turned 60 years old today...

personal quote...

this quote is very personal to me:"Remember the 31st..." my soulmate,December 21,1999,in a private ceremony of commitment of two souls... note:very few people know what that means to me... i will not tell anybody that that means to me,but i remember that every day...

blog statement...

it will be very hot today,so i am doing nothing on blog today... i need to be an ice cube today,and i am still sleep-depraved from being up for about thirty straight hours,yesterday,so will turn on AC,and be very cool today... "Idaho Spud" time... note:yes,folks,it is supposed to be over 100 degrees this weekend,so if i blog,it will be in early morning...

number 4,and Packers' history and lore...

the Packers will induct Brett Favre into their Hall of Fame,Saturday,and it will be on national television(NFL Network),and Lambeau Field will be mostly filled with fans... they sold a ton of tickets... note:Brett Favre will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame,in 2016,and if he is not elected on the first ballot,it will be a total crime... at time of his retirement,he held most NFL passing records...

stories of my life...

folks,i actually almost got married once... how close,you may ask??? that is a very good question to answer... well,the first time i asked my soulmate to marry me,i was so drunk that i fell asleep on her carpet... it was about a month after i met her,in 1986... you had to see me that crazy night to believe what happened,because i was in love with her basically from the first week that i met her... i basically knew that i was the one for her,because i was not one for fighting a woman,and she was actually very shy,but skittish,after a rather nasty divorce that was in the final stages of basic hell for her,when i met her... actually nothing intimate happened between us for months,because i honestly knew that she had been through a hellish divorce,with many a broken bone,and other things that happened to her... the first time,in October,1986,that i knew that i was the one for her happened in her old apartment,when a neighbor stopped by her apartment,sat down on her couch,and waited most of the day,for everyone to leave,and her kids to go to bed... well,i was not going to put up with that crap... i was invited,not that scum,to visit her... well,knowing what my soulmate had been through,i saw her eyes widen,and her knuckles go white,and her wheelchair scoot backwards toward a wall... i asked the scum to leave,and he refused,saying that he was there to visit her... i said that i was invited,not him,to visit her,and he again refused to leave,so i opened the door,and told him to leave... after some more arguing,he did,and as he left,i told him,if he came back,mentioned her name,or even looked at her,i would make him a pile of walking manure(i have to soften what i said to him,because it was obscene,in detail)... i then walked over to her,got behind her in her wheelchair,simply hugged her,and told her softly,"i love you"... the next time that i asked her to marry me was on my 33rd birthday,when i was on the phone,long distance,from St. George,Utah,and she said yes... well,because of many misadventures,and both of us being stupid at times,it never happened... it was supposed to happen in May,1993,in Las Vegas,but i got shafted out of a month's payment by Social Security(found out the day before leaving for Las Vegas,on the 30th of April,1993),and it absolutely broke her heart,she blamed me,and tossed me out,again,of the apartment... actually,she never got over that... well,through many tough things,arguments(legendary,i may add),her illnesses that caused her to be in a hospital bed,and four major surgeries,in almost six years,we struggled through many crappy years that caused us a lot of years of pain... well,she wrote me a letter to tell me that she was in a local hospital,she had stage four of a very rare cancer,and she had months to live... i lived on the bus line that directly went to the hospital that she was in.... so,i showed up in the lobby of the hospital,ask for her room,then i see a lady in a wheelchair out of the corner of my eye,did a double take,realize that it was my soulmate,then i just walk over to her,and grab her hand... she was in tears,saying,"i do not believe it",as i walked over... i then spent 16-18 hours a day with her for the last fifty four days of her life,even spending six nights with her in the bed next to her... well,we finally made plans to get married on New Year's Eve,1999... we talked everything out,and we were madly in love,like in the beginning... unfortunately,things were not a fairy tale,as she died on Christmas Day,1999,six days before we were supposed to get married... we had a private ceremony(just the two of us),and said what we had been wanting to say to each other,for thirteen plus years,and then she was incoherent the next day,and died on Christmas Day... that still breaks my heart,folks...

NFL news...

Denver Broncos' wide receiver Demaryious Thomas,and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant both signed five year,$70 million contracts with their respective teams... Kansas City Chiefs' defensive end Justin Houston signed a six year,$101 million contract,slightly more per year,than Houston Texans' defensive end J.J. Watt... note:the only franchise tagged player who did not get a long term deal was New York Giants' linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul,who has a broken right thumb,and an amputated right index finger,because of a July 4th fireworks incident... if he plays for the Giants,he will play for a $14.8 million franchise tag,and reports say that the organization have very few medical facts,to make sure that he will play,this season... the Giants sent team officials to see J.P-P. in the hospital,late last week,and were turned away...

cross your fingers,Packers' shareholders/owners,and fans....

there is a report that the Packers will play in London,against the Jacksonville Jaguars,in 2016,as the "road" team,so the Packers will not lose a home game,at Lambeau Field,according to CBSSports.com... it will be the last game for the Jaguars,as a "home" team,in London...

quote of the week...

"as much as i love football...on my beautiful babies,i apologize #cowboys nation,but i will not be there,if no deal #fact"- Dallas Cowboys' wide receiver Dez Bryant,on his official Twitter account...

commentary...

NFL training camps for every team begin on July 29th,and then get spread out over the next few days,for NFL teams... Packers report on July 29th,but training camp starts on July 30th... the Hall of Fame game teams start training camp,i believe,a week earlier,but there are always exceptions...

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sorry,folks,for the lack of a "quote of the week",because i was on vacation,and did not want to spend money on use of a computer... will do it sometime this week...

another football diva...

Dallas Cowboys' wide receiver Dez Bryant says that he will miss training camp and sit out regular season games,if he does not get a long term deal with the Cowboys... the deadline for a long term deal:July 15th... my opinion:who honestly cares??? he says that he loves football.... DEZ,PROVE IT!!!!!! SIGN the franchise tag tender that has been on the table!!!!! you are truly a real diva!!!!!!

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"Idaho Spud" time... day off...

an amazing fact....

amazingly,Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers has not thrown an interception,at Lambeau Field,in seventeen games,since a Packers' 23-14 win,against the Minnesota Vikings,on December 2,2012...

a dream come true....

the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers,7-6,on Tuesday,in Seattle,at Safeco Field... ho-hum,you may believe!!! however,for a superfan,the game was special... one,Mike Jackson,had not been outside  the University of Washington's Medical Center's ICU(intensive care unit)in eight months,because of a severe heart ailment(he was born with it),since an incident that stopped his heart,last October... well,the Mariners got a request from his nurses,and family,for him to see a game in person,at Safeco Field,because he would almost beg anyone to watch a game,with him,at the hospital,when the Mariners played a game... well,on Tuesday,the Mariners granted that request (they received the request on Monday),by setting up a special hospital suite,for Mike,his friends,his family,six medical caregivers,the Mariners' Moose(the team mascot),at Safeco Field,and he was wearing a Robinson Cano(his favorite player) jersey,a Mariners cap,during the game,on Tuesday... my opinion:what the Mariners did for Mike was quite special(thumbs way up),and i dearly hope that Mike enjoyed the game,because for a superfan,it was like a special dream come true.... to Mike,i say deeply that i hope and pray that he recovers from the severe heart ailment,and that the Mariners win,this season... GO MARINERS!!!!!

an addition to the eternal eleven....

growing up,i was a Ken Stabler fan,and "The Snake" was DA MAN in Oakland... memories flood my brain,going over his career as a Raider... sincerely,i will remember him as a Raider,forever... he should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame,in my opinion... he died from complications from colon cancer,on Thursday.. prayers and condolences to his family,and a place in the "Black Hole",forever,along with a sincere and grateful hat tip... DA MAN WITH A SWAGGER!!!!!!!

NFL news...

NFL reduced Dallas Cowboys' linebacker Greg Hardy's ten game suspension,to a four game suspension... however,Hardy has said that if the suspension not reduced to a two game suspension(the amount of games,at the time of the domestic violence that he committed,in 2014),he would sue the NFL in federal court... my opinion:simply said,what a diva!!!!!! take your punishment,Greg!!!!!!!

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VACATION... YAY!!!!!!!!! be back in a few days...

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vacation time,most likely,within a couple of days,so i will take time off from blogging,and i need the time away from here...

commentary...

i am fine,but i am trying to figure out where i will be going on vacation,and honestly,but it is giving me an upset stomach... so i will have to calm down,and i will,but i will go by my usual saying,"i do not spend money when i do not have to spend money...",when deciding where to go,on vacation... guess i am very nervous,in deciding where to go... what a great dilemma to have,isn't it,folks...

Happy Independence Day!!!!!! U.S. turns 239 years old...

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day off... neck is sore,so i will be on "Idaho Spud" time,today...

Packers' shareholder/owner news...

voted my shareholder proxy for the Packers' annual shareholders/owners meeting,on July 28th,at Lambeau Field,last night...

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day off... "Idaho Spud" time...