Wow, let me tell you a little secret. shhhhh...are you listening? Hospitals absolutely hate the word "Epidemic"...only they hate the word "pandemic" even more (although granted most dont even know what that really means). What did you do all afternoon? oh, me? Well, i got to pull CDC guidelines, State procedures, policy, protocols and other stuff out of my a$$ to create a "Swine Flu Protocol". Called our software vendor and they had nothing, so i got to create all of the "tools" my docs will be using to diagnose, treat, and report swine flu. Honestly, it was fun! By tomorrow afternoon we will have an awesome set of tools to use with our electronic medical record should the need arise to diagnose, confirm, and deal with a swine flu case.
If you seriously read the above without yawning...good for you!
In truth, i think the media is all about shock and awe. Anything to get people to watch their network is news worthy. Lets see, highlights of the week::::Obama visits Central America, We get swine flu...coincidence? I Think Not!---I know, I know...its not the presidents fault...but seriously...you thought bush was a bumbling idiot? have you seen the highlight reel from this dude? Bowing to the saudi prince, his wife fondling the queen of England, the special olympics jokes?...All i can say for mainstream (i.e. drive by) media is grow a pair! I mean, GW Bush would pass gas in a public setting and it ran on the crawl for 3 days and was breaking news...Obama insults himself, world leaders and flat out lies about winston churchill and the treatment of German prisoners of war in WWII and he just slides by...sorry for being sensitive but i believe in justice, not favoritism...America...do the math, check the facts, and keep score...then talk to me in two years and tell me that you are still 100% on board with the liberal regime. Anyone out there planning on buying a Chrysler in the next 3 years please raise your hand...
OK sorry for the politics...on to sports:
The Cards win in DC against the hapless Nats. ( I think you could substitute the Savannah Sand Gnats and no one would know the difference) Tavarez...aka punch the phone and break my hand in the playoffs..former Cardinal and all...lead the implosion as the Cards scored 5 runs in the 9th and improve to an NL best 16-7 (check my math please)...unbelievable...all i want to do is go off on the Cardinal front office and they keep winning!...well, i guess i can't complain after all...good job Mo, way to put together a winner!
Happy May everyone! One more month closer to irreversible global warming! hehehe
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 29, 2009----St. Lou"nacy"
Did everyone hear that the president was in Arnold, MO today? If you have, can you explain to me why Arnold? Just curious. Hey, maybe he drove by the Chrysler plant on 44 and said: "can't wait to get in there and tell them what cars to make"
I am also interested in thoughts on the "Sc-airforce 1" event yesterday. Please tell me that Obama really didn't know that someone was taking HIS airplane out for a joy ride around Manhattan! Seriously, i mean i understand stealing your parent's car for a little trip now and then, but not just any joe schmo can get AF1. Estimates are that this little adventure cost you and i over 300 thousand dollars. Guess it was really important to have those pictures updated, and frighten the crap out of a bunch of New Yorkers at the same time. Again, your government at work.
Unemployment numbers this week..super high, stimulus package in--not helping. I hate the be the one to push the impatient button, but does anyone feel like all of this frivilous blowing of money that doesn't exist is going to do anything worthwhile to our lives? I guess if you build bridges you might luck out, but what about people just laid off because the service they do (retail, etc) is in lower demand? Simple fact is: people make money, people spend money. When people spend money, companies need more people to create, transport, deliver and sell said product or service. People are only going to spend money if they feel like it is in their best interest to do so. Right now, i imagine most people are tightening the wallet and will continue to do so for the near future. I really hope this thing turns around soon, but i really dont think that trillions of dollars in funny money funding government pet projects is the answer.
On to sports: Cards / Braves tonight for the rubber match. Lohse looked good last night despite puking the whole game. No offense and a struggling bullpen once again spells L for the Cards. Maybe it wouldn't have mattered, but dont you wish the front office would have picked its "low hanging fruit" from a little higher? I mean the kids are really good and will be very successful...but we have to survive to give them the chance to learn. I am ecstatic for the Cards and their 14-6 start, but wonder how long they can sustain without the solid defense and clutch pitching.
All for now, still trying to do pictures...stay tuned
I am also interested in thoughts on the "Sc-airforce 1" event yesterday. Please tell me that Obama really didn't know that someone was taking HIS airplane out for a joy ride around Manhattan! Seriously, i mean i understand stealing your parent's car for a little trip now and then, but not just any joe schmo can get AF1. Estimates are that this little adventure cost you and i over 300 thousand dollars. Guess it was really important to have those pictures updated, and frighten the crap out of a bunch of New Yorkers at the same time. Again, your government at work.
Unemployment numbers this week..super high, stimulus package in--not helping. I hate the be the one to push the impatient button, but does anyone feel like all of this frivilous blowing of money that doesn't exist is going to do anything worthwhile to our lives? I guess if you build bridges you might luck out, but what about people just laid off because the service they do (retail, etc) is in lower demand? Simple fact is: people make money, people spend money. When people spend money, companies need more people to create, transport, deliver and sell said product or service. People are only going to spend money if they feel like it is in their best interest to do so. Right now, i imagine most people are tightening the wallet and will continue to do so for the near future. I really hope this thing turns around soon, but i really dont think that trillions of dollars in funny money funding government pet projects is the answer.
On to sports: Cards / Braves tonight for the rubber match. Lohse looked good last night despite puking the whole game. No offense and a struggling bullpen once again spells L for the Cards. Maybe it wouldn't have mattered, but dont you wish the front office would have picked its "low hanging fruit" from a little higher? I mean the kids are really good and will be very successful...but we have to survive to give them the chance to learn. I am ecstatic for the Cards and their 14-6 start, but wonder how long they can sustain without the solid defense and clutch pitching.
All for now, still trying to do pictures...stay tuned
Monday, April 27, 2009
April 27th --- Baseball, Politics, and Poor Investments
OK, so the Cards didn't show up to play Sunday. 10-3 loss to the Cubs not withstanding, it still was cool to be down there, in a box suite, and watchin the game (many thanks to my current employer for the great seats). Also, driving to the metro stop at Brentwood and takin the train there and back costs the same in terms of time but shaves about 20 dollars off the whole experience...just a thought...go Metro, save on parking and hassle.
Tonight, Pineiro pitches another gem as the Cards take game 1 against the "Bravos" 3-2. I grew up watching and loving everything the Braves did. Those were the days of Maddox, Avery, Smoltz and those were very good days.
On to politics...what the h3ll is up with GM? I swear its like they slept with a hooker and fell in love! Who sells a business to the Gub-Mint and the UAW. (Basically the communist 1-2 punch). So GM is going to scrap Pontiac in the near term, get rid of Saturn, Hummer, and Saab in the long term and give half of their company to the government and the unions to pay back some debt...WOW, guess i will be buying Ford soon (I drive a Pontiac now and love it by the way). Thanks GM and Obama for making sure that when i am ready to trade, my value is somewhere between a floating terd and the brown stains on the toilet seat that dont come off with bleach.
Speaking of our Premier, i mean President...seems as if the Franklin Mint and others have figured out a way to swindle millions of Americans. Not suprising as a "sucker is born every minute"---P.T. Barnum... but still...did anyone out there actually buy the 19.95 coin collection with his majesty's face on the quarters? Channel 5 here just ran piece where they exposed the coins as being very poor quality, only worth 1.25 but costing over 36.00 to the unsuspecting public hoping to cash in on a historic event in our history....People, wake up and take notes! The analogy was too perfect to pass up. You buy this coin collection for an investment of over 36.o0 after all fees only to find out that the paint peels off and its maximum value is 1.25 or the original value of the coins. The infrastructure of this country is being bought high (with your tax dollars) and will be sold low (probably to china in the form of debt)...all for what? That is the question you need to be asking! What is this country gaining? What has it gained so far? Has anything really improved? Would it have been better for the "Free Market" to have dicatated the course of this recession? History will show that this government's meddling did more to damage honest, hard working Americans than anything "big business" could have done. So please, keep your "commemorative coins"...my kids and grandkids will have enough debt to pay off that i am sure no one will forget this president or his legacy
Tonight, Pineiro pitches another gem as the Cards take game 1 against the "Bravos" 3-2. I grew up watching and loving everything the Braves did. Those were the days of Maddox, Avery, Smoltz and those were very good days.
On to politics...what the h3ll is up with GM? I swear its like they slept with a hooker and fell in love! Who sells a business to the Gub-Mint and the UAW. (Basically the communist 1-2 punch). So GM is going to scrap Pontiac in the near term, get rid of Saturn, Hummer, and Saab in the long term and give half of their company to the government and the unions to pay back some debt...WOW, guess i will be buying Ford soon (I drive a Pontiac now and love it by the way). Thanks GM and Obama for making sure that when i am ready to trade, my value is somewhere between a floating terd and the brown stains on the toilet seat that dont come off with bleach.
Speaking of our Premier, i mean President...seems as if the Franklin Mint and others have figured out a way to swindle millions of Americans. Not suprising as a "sucker is born every minute"---P.T. Barnum... but still...did anyone out there actually buy the 19.95 coin collection with his majesty's face on the quarters? Channel 5 here just ran piece where they exposed the coins as being very poor quality, only worth 1.25 but costing over 36.00 to the unsuspecting public hoping to cash in on a historic event in our history....People, wake up and take notes! The analogy was too perfect to pass up. You buy this coin collection for an investment of over 36.o0 after all fees only to find out that the paint peels off and its maximum value is 1.25 or the original value of the coins. The infrastructure of this country is being bought high (with your tax dollars) and will be sold low (probably to china in the form of debt)...all for what? That is the question you need to be asking! What is this country gaining? What has it gained so far? Has anything really improved? Would it have been better for the "Free Market" to have dicatated the course of this recession? History will show that this government's meddling did more to damage honest, hard working Americans than anything "big business" could have done. So please, keep your "commemorative coins"...my kids and grandkids will have enough debt to pay off that i am sure no one will forget this president or his legacy
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April 24th---Cards win...Rams Draft
Gotta love they way the Cards spanked the Cubs today (unless you are a cubs fan that is)...but c'mon dude...do you throw a fast ball at puhols when the bases are loaded? Of Course you do, if you want him to hit it to Mars..which he did!...awesome game...Thanks to the bosses at St. Lukes i have suite tickets for tomorrow's game! Can't wait...Go CARDS!!!!!
Rams drafted an OT and a MLB today. Eh, ok...not a sexy set of pics, but probably exactly what the new football gurus at Rams park wanted. Hard workin, gutsy guys who bring a team mentality. No Southern California divas to distract the locker room or rankle the midwest fans here. Cant wait to see what Day 2 brings...hoping this team can get its act together....really sucks around here in football season when we suck
Had Soccer game today...If anyone knows how to teach a bunch of 5 year olds how to go to the ball and play offense please send your suggestions.
Looks like Mizzou and Georgia made out good in terms of their former players goin to the NFL congrats to both.
Rams drafted an OT and a MLB today. Eh, ok...not a sexy set of pics, but probably exactly what the new football gurus at Rams park wanted. Hard workin, gutsy guys who bring a team mentality. No Southern California divas to distract the locker room or rankle the midwest fans here. Cant wait to see what Day 2 brings...hoping this team can get its act together....really sucks around here in football season when we suck
Had Soccer game today...If anyone knows how to teach a bunch of 5 year olds how to go to the ball and play offense please send your suggestions.
Looks like Mizzou and Georgia made out good in terms of their former players goin to the NFL congrats to both.
Friday, April 24, 2009
April 23rd---Cards/Cubs and personal thoughts
Good Freakin Game! Just watched the man with the crazy goatie (aka Franklin) close out a wild and wooly one at Busch. Cards 1 Cubs 0 (this round anyway). Good Luck to the RedBirds tomorrow.
Anyone watch Southland? Not sure about this show yet. Kinda feel like someone is replacing ER with the less attractive but more provocative replacement. It has its moments, but still not quite sure
Had fun today taking Boy #1 for some allergy testing. The end result after an hour and a half of fun and lots of little holes in his back is: no allergies! You would think that would help me, but all it does is make me more crazy. Looks like its claritin and nose spray for EVER! yeah us!...In truth all i want is for the boys to feel better and stop getting sick. I would like just 1 weekend at home when a kid is not on antibiotics, steroids, or some other means of keeping them "healthy". Maybe when they are 12 right?
Prayers for my dear mother. She is in NorthWest Haiti serving as a Nurse in a medical mission. It seems to have become her passion and I am so proud of her and all of the good things she does. Hope that the crew there touches lots of lives for the better and gets home safe when their job is done
Looking forward to Soccer game #3 tommorrow. Seems that the "Blue Sharks" are facing up agains the "white" team. Game time is 11:00am...hopefully the weather is good and the kids have fun.
Anyone wanting some politics fun...check out the Missouri House of Representatives. There is a story about how the House Republicans want to take a lot of the federal stimulus funds and convert them into "refund" checks to all tax payers in the state....I will let everyone draw their own conclusions on that one. There is a nice little discussion going on stltoday.com check it out if interested...look for the story and read the comments. I guess if everyone just took the money and gave it right to the people then...maybe...just maybe...we would no longer have a mortgage crisis or credit crunch...all the bills would get paid and the banks would be solvent again...guess i just think its a little stupid to throw our kids money away on stuff that is never going to help anyone. Oh well...thanks for reading...suggestions are always welcome..
Anyone watch Southland? Not sure about this show yet. Kinda feel like someone is replacing ER with the less attractive but more provocative replacement. It has its moments, but still not quite sure
Had fun today taking Boy #1 for some allergy testing. The end result after an hour and a half of fun and lots of little holes in his back is: no allergies! You would think that would help me, but all it does is make me more crazy. Looks like its claritin and nose spray for EVER! yeah us!...In truth all i want is for the boys to feel better and stop getting sick. I would like just 1 weekend at home when a kid is not on antibiotics, steroids, or some other means of keeping them "healthy". Maybe when they are 12 right?
Prayers for my dear mother. She is in NorthWest Haiti serving as a Nurse in a medical mission. It seems to have become her passion and I am so proud of her and all of the good things she does. Hope that the crew there touches lots of lives for the better and gets home safe when their job is done
Looking forward to Soccer game #3 tommorrow. Seems that the "Blue Sharks" are facing up agains the "white" team. Game time is 11:00am...hopefully the weather is good and the kids have fun.
Anyone wanting some politics fun...check out the Missouri House of Representatives. There is a story about how the House Republicans want to take a lot of the federal stimulus funds and convert them into "refund" checks to all tax payers in the state....I will let everyone draw their own conclusions on that one. There is a nice little discussion going on stltoday.com check it out if interested...look for the story and read the comments. I guess if everyone just took the money and gave it right to the people then...maybe...just maybe...we would no longer have a mortgage crisis or credit crunch...all the bills would get paid and the banks would be solvent again...guess i just think its a little stupid to throw our kids money away on stuff that is never going to help anyone. Oh well...thanks for reading...suggestions are always welcome..
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
April 22nd, 2009---its finally over...
Ahhhh, so the Blues cinderella season comes to an end in typical St. Louis fashion with an unchallenged goal at 19:42 in the 1st overtime period Tuesday night. Speaking for the 19000+ screaming fans, it SUCKED to see them go out like that. You have to credit Vancouver as they played the best, but you could just feel the energy in the place...right up to the moment that goal went past Mason and ended the Blues' brief playoff run. Oh and on a side note, traffic really sucked after the game. I will hopefully have some pics to post, the atmosphere was awesome with the front office guys even coming out during the pep rally to personally thank the fans...they have been a class act all year and have made me a hockey fan again. It felt good to get out and chill with an old friend and enjoy a little time away from the grind. Thanks to the wife for keeping the kids from going too crazy and thanks to Matt for knowing the back roads to get away from the 2 hour traffic jam.
As i write these words i am contemplating a night with more than 5 hours of sleep...it wont happen, but its fun to think about anyway. Hopefully will have some more stuff tomorrow...stay tuned!
As i write these words i am contemplating a night with more than 5 hours of sleep...it wont happen, but its fun to think about anyway. Hopefully will have some more stuff tomorrow...stay tuned!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
April 21st---Website Under Construction!
I am really looking for some help in tweaking the content of this site. I will rant and rave like i always do (those that live with or near me get it without the computer)...but I want this little site to be a comforatable place to go to catch up on sports news in the area, see some funny videos, take a poll, share your thoughts, etc. Any ideas are appreciated and welcome...please comment on the site. I am adding it as a poll question for anyone who wants to participate.
In other sports related news:
1. The Blues face off tonight against the Canucks in what will most likely
be their last game
2. The Cards send Wellemeyer to the mound tonight to face the Mets at Busch
3. The Rams are gearing up for the NFL Draft this weekend
Please try out the features on the site and let me know if they work. I especially like the search engine i created. It is pre-programmed with the keywords St. Louis Sports so if you want say tickets...just type in tickets and it will pull back relevant links. Type in scores or schedule, etc and hopefully you all will find it speeds the search and becomes an easy place to get this info. Have also added links to popular sports teams, but can always use more...please send your favs to me or add them as a comment and i will add them to the board. Thanks again!
In other sports related news:
1. The Blues face off tonight against the Canucks in what will most likely
be their last game
2. The Cards send Wellemeyer to the mound tonight to face the Mets at Busch
3. The Rams are gearing up for the NFL Draft this weekend
Please try out the features on the site and let me know if they work. I especially like the search engine i created. It is pre-programmed with the keywords St. Louis Sports so if you want say tickets...just type in tickets and it will pull back relevant links. Type in scores or schedule, etc and hopefully you all will find it speeds the search and becomes an easy place to get this info. Have also added links to popular sports teams, but can always use more...please send your favs to me or add them as a comment and i will add them to the board. Thanks again!
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