To atone for missing the Casper Ghosts opening game, my son-in-law Eric and I went to the Rockies-White Sox game last night. I like going with Eric because he understands the total game. The Rox blew it in the 9th and I am now 4-1 for the season when I watch them in person.
Saw something I had never seen before at this level-two base runners (one from each team) got picked off in the same game.

Tonight is the home opener of the Casper (WY) Ghosts (nee Rockies) baseball team. It's their eleventh home opener. I attended the first ten as I held season tickets for the first ten seasons. I will miss my friends who also had season tickets in our section, the running jokes, the needling and just good fun. We rooted for the Ghosts but really didn't worry about the score as the socialization was the name of the game. It's one of the few things I miss about Casper.

Keith is back"

Tonight I watched "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on the Current TV channel. Olbermann and Countdown were on MSNBC until he got into a fight with the network and left. He pillaged GW Bush when he was President and during his "Worst Person in the World" segment, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News or Rush Limbaugh was usually the winner. He is possibly the most liberal journalist on TV and I, as a moderate Republican, love him because he loathes the Tea Party and its conservative ilk as much as I do.

With Michelle Bachmann, congresswomen from Minnesota, announcing her run for President today, the show was great as they showed her gaffs as perhaps the one of the most factually challenged politicians since Sarah Palin. Life is good. He's no great fan of Obama but loathes the Republican hierarchy more than the Prez.

It was good to see Keith back as a contrast to most network news.

Even if I don't agree with you at times, Welcome back, Keith.

Enough is enough

Enough is enough.
Today we received a complimentary issue of a local Denver magazine. It was, however, addressed to my father whom they had welcomed as a new resident in the area.
The man has been dead for over seven years. Although our first and middle names are reversed, we already have a subscription to the magazine and have lived here for a year. He hadn't been to Denver for years before he died and I sure he never ever set foot in Littleton. This hurts. I keep getting letters in my mother's name asking for donations. She died in March. I resent this. There should be a clearing house to get the deceased off mailing lists. We publish obituaries so I don't think anyone's privacy would be invaded.

While yesterday was the wife's birthday, it was also a birthday of sorts for the grandtwins who, as my daughter puts it, are now 14 MONTHS OLD.

We all celebrated birthdays-both years and months-with Keri, Eric, and the boys (the 14 month old guys. A good time and good food was had by all.

Happy anniversary today, Eric and Keri.

Happy birthday, Kathy. For your birthday I am going to renew the license tags on your car. Isn't that sweet (and cheap)?

I'm a people watcher. I got this from my dad who would sit and watch-sometimes visits with other male watchers-while my mother shopped.
For instance: the couple who sat in front of me at the Rockies-Tigers baseball game Saturday night. They were late to begin arriving at the start of the second inning. The lady was carrying a beer with a foot-long hot dog drenched with sauerkraut and onions. Looking at it I thought I might barf. Fortunately she consumed it rapidly and downed the beer. She left a couple of innings later and didn't come back. That was all right with me as it gave me a better view of the field. Her husband spent most of the game on his cell phone. He probably has brain cancer by now. I don't think he missed her. He had another three or four beers while calling. He didn't ever get up. I admired his bladder control as I would have been good for two trips by then. I can't understand why people would spend that much on tickets and then not enjoy the game. Those tickets were expensive-believe me.

Hi, Amanda