a personal milestone...

this is a very,very personal note:today marks twenty years of being sober,and to tell you the absolute truth,it has not been too easy,because i absolutely quit cold turkey,and yet,my willpower has been very,very strong... i have an allergy to alcohol so bad that if i am around people who really drink,the fumes will make me very,very ill,and if i was to have a drink,i would have to have many more than one,and i would be in the hospital,at least,overnight... this is the only time that i will speak about this... i went on a trip to Connecticut,on a bus,in 1998,and right out of Lovelock,Nevada,i was placed with a drunk in the front passenger seats,and by the way the bus got to Wells,Nevada,i had a 103 degree temperature,spent four days in a hotel bed,and was very sick for six days,even when i finally got to Salt Lake City,Utah... so i know what i am talking about,folks...

Packers' news,and comments...

the Packers signed general manager Ted Thompson to a multi-year contract... my opinion:he was number two,on my personal ranking of Packers' general managers,behind Ron Wolf... that may not mean much to anybody,but Wolf,and Thompson have done excellent jobs as general manager,of the Packers,period...

commentary...

the Packers have to play the Seattle Seahawks,on September 4th,on national television... Super Bowl XLV Champions,against Super Bowl XLVIII Champions,and the team that "beat" the Packers,in probably the most controversial ending to a regular season game(a 14-12 win over the Packers-the "Fail Mary" game),since the "Tuck Rule" playoff game,between the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots,in 2001... the fact that the Seahawks should be favored,but honestly the Seahawks' team that pasted the Denver Broncos,43-8,in February,will not be the same team that "beat" the Packers,in 2012,and the Broncos,last season,and will be different this season... the Seahawks are a very good team,but they will not be as offensive-minded,as the team that rolled into the Super Bowl,last season... the Packers that will play the Seahawks will be,at least for one game,healthier than at any time in last few years,since Super Bowl XLV,against the Pittsburgh Steelers,in 2010... simply,it may be the game of the early part of the season,or not!!!!!!! you know what i mean???

blog statement...

"Idaho Spud" time... time to unwind,and relax...

Packers' news...

Packers re-signed wide receiver Jordy Nelson to a four year,$39 million contract extension,with $14.2 million,guaranteed...

simple love and respect...

right now,i am listening to country music,and it seems that i miss all the people that i lost in the past few years,when i do... to those people whom i really miss,i miss you every day... all their laughter,and their oddities that they would exhibit(like the time that my dear mother and her best friend,Martha were playing a card game of "hand and foot",and my mother being tired,and laughing out loud,said to Martha that she would give her a foot(a term used in the game),and took her size five foot,and put it on the table)... that was my mother,in all her craziness,and glory... as this month ends,i miss my UNC,my soulmate Beverly,both my mother,and Martha(the order does not matter,at all)... to those people,i humbly say that i would not be the person that i am,without knowing,and loving all of them... a hat tip to all of them!!!!!!

eight decades,of a wonderful life...(belated Happy Birthday Dad)...

July 9,1934 was a Monday,and you were born... July 9,1944 was 34 days after D-Day,and the Allied forces were rolling through France... July 9,1954 was three days before President Eisenhower suggested in a speech that the interstate highway system was to be built... July 9,1964 was the day after the San Francisco Giants' Jesus Alou became the first Giants' player to have six hits in a game,in forty years... July 9,1974 was three days after the 88th Wimbledon men's final,in which Jimmy Connors beat Ken Rosewall,6-1,6-1,and 6-4... July 9,1984 was the day that you put a racing bib handwritten with the number "50" on it,and jogged up to the "Big House",during a birthday barbeque(i still remember that,like it was yesterday,and still laugh)... July 9,1994 was two days after the play,"Les Miserables",opened at the Imperial Theatre,in Tokyo,Japan... July 9,2004 was eight days after actor Marlon Brando died(best known for "A Streetcar named Desire,"the Last Tango in Paris",and "the Godfather")... July 9,2014 was the day that you spent on vacation,in Hawaii,with a lovely lady... what a life of eight decades!!!!!!!!