Wednesday

Good morning,

Quote of the day:

“There are cameras everywhere even in public rest rooms. If I want to see someone urinate I will just go to to the subway.”

                                      David Letterman

I did some research abut who is the richest NFL player or former player. Number one is Roger Staubach worth about $600 million mostly with investments in real estate. When asked about it he said that when he was 26 years old he had three children and if he got hurt playing football his family would have been in deep trouble so he learned another profession. Smart man. In fact all of the top seven were quarterbacks like Montana, Favre, P. Manning, Montana, Brady, etc. There was one exception and that is John Madden...He invested his money in companies that made electronic games for TV's and computers in addition to being a color man at NFL games for a few years.

Recently a motorist was following a white Cadillac DeVille down Executive Avenue in Myrtle Beach, SC and noticed that the car was swerving from side to side severely. Thinking it must be a drunk driver, he called the cops. A cop car pulled in behind the Caddy and sure enough there was some swerving going on. The Caddy was lit up with the blue lights and pulled into a parking lot. The 82 year old driver was not drunk but he did have a 27 year old female prostitute in the front seat with him and it was she that was causing the swerving...I will leave the rest to your imagination. They both were arrested for prostitution but the girls had an additional charge because she had a joint in her purse. I had something ready to say about this but it is best that I leave it it alone.

A friend from down in the Pensacola Beach area contacted me and said that bad weather had driven most of the people off the beach making bikini watching a real problem. But reports from the fishing pier are that fishermen are standing shoulder to shoulder because the surf and a little further out is jammed packed with Spanish Mackerel, King Mackerel, black tip Whiting, Pompano, Sheepshead and several other species making the cold rain pounding you in the face for hours on end and freezing your ass off worth it. I used to do that myself, y'all. In addition to that I would have four or five crab pots soaking...I was crazy.

Mickey Rooney died in Hollywood at the age of 93. Mickey said that the film industry cast him as a 14 year old boy for 30 years. He was in a lot of movies with Elizabeth Taylor. I thought she was a breathtaking woman especially when she was married to Mike Todd. But I fell head over heels in love with her when she make the movie Butterfield 8. I ain't over her yet.

I watched a little of country music awards a while back. I thought the duet with Faith Hill (Yummy!) and Tim McGraw was especially good. As most of y'all know Faith and Tim are married. It has been reported that their relationship is at least strained and maybe more but watching them on stage together indicated to me that all was well. I did notice one thing, however. When they left the stage waving to the crowd, Faith had her right hand in the shape of a Vulcan greeting as all of us trekkies recognize. Faith says she is from Mississippi but she may be a Vulcan and Tim is not logical enough for her. Who can tell?

This Date in History April 8

563BC    On this date the Gautuma Buddha is born. He was actually born as Prince Siddhartha with his father being the King of the Sakya people in northeast India. At the age of 29 the Prince chose to seek peace and serenity. There was confusion and arguing about when the Buddha was actually born then a book called Tripitaka was found and eventually became to be known as the authentic documentary of the life and discourses of Buddha. This book established the date of birth of the Buddha in the mid sixth century BC and 563BC became the accepted date. Buddha’s father tried to keep him isolated away from any religion but the young prince had his chariot driver take him for ride around the countryside. He saw sick and poor people and did not know what to make of it and had to ask his chariot driver who those people were. Then he saw a monk walking down the road with the look of serenity across his face amongst all of this sickness and poverty. It was then that he decided to eliminate all of his worldly good and seek the ultimate nirvana. The Buddha withdrew into himself and examined every aspect of him and peace and serenity, and at the age 35 he determined the four great truths. They are 1. Existence is suffering 2. Suffering is caused by human craving 3. There is a cessation to suffering called Nirvana. 4. Nirvana can be achieved in this, or another life by following an “eightfold path” and that is having the right views, the right resolve, the right speech, the right action, the right livelihood, the right effort, the right mindfulness and finally the right concentration. The Buddha traveled the roads and back roads preaching his aesthetics. Eventually he gained a large following and today the Buddhist religion has 350 million followers. Buddha died at the age of 80 leaving a legacy that is older than Christianity.

Born today:

563BC Spiritual leader Gautama Buddha. He said “The Buddhas do not tell you the way; it is for you to swelter that task.”

1898 English writer Sir Cecil Bowra. When asked about his “plain” wife Sir Cecil said “My dear fellow, ugly men can’t be choosers”

1919 Former first lady Betty Ford. She said “My makeup was not smeared, my hair was not disheveled and I never finished off a bottle, how could I be an alcoholic?” It’s easy, Betty, as you and I know.

Died today:

1835 German philosopher Baron Wilhelm Humboldt. He said “The government is at its best when it is unnecessary.” Yes indeed.

1981 US Army General Omar Bradley. He said “The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.” It is scary, ain’t it?

Quotable quotes:

“If you want something said ask a man, if you want something done ask a woman”

                                         Margaret Thatcher

Hey Maggie, how about taking out the garbage or changing oil in the car?

             Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow