Hey! Maybe they are listening!

No left turns on Third street off of Highway 255! I fully support this move. I have witnessed and participated in way too many close calls!

Leave Richardson's grove as it is and extend the exemption to the few cattle trucks. Been doing this for years. What else would we need the longer trucks for? What product? The weight limit on the trucks is always going to be 80,000lbs. Larger trucks without larger weight capacities are not needed.

Waterboarding my buttocks! I have a better way of interrogation.

Let’s send a couple of people from Humboldt County with this Humboldt Crud and expose terrorists, and threaten to expose them again if they don’t cooperate. A few weeks ago I had stopped hacking and was feeling fairly good and then I had to work with a person on Wednesday that literally hacked and blew his nose all shift and was all over my work area. Sure enough, the next day he called in, and I was coming down once more with the Crud. Last time I just had a chronic hack but it did not bother me when I went to bed. This time it is deeper in my chest and I wake up hacking and feverish. I hate to be this way when the weather is so cold. Anyone else out there having an encore of the flu?

Paul Gallegos is not another Bobby Knight.

I saw Paul Gallegos coaching the Quality Body 3rd and 4th Grade girls Hoopsters basketball team with Doug Frey. He really did a good job with his team. I like his style of encouragement over yelling. He was always clapping and quietly signally his girls where to stand. They beat a bigger Tetrault team by passing better and hustling. I hope Paul and Joan took Daughter Sofia and the rest of the team out for pizza afterwards.

Evergreen buys Cosi Pulp Mill!

Evergreen is in the late stages of finalizing a purchase of a pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Washington. The Daily World. This is a great thing for the people living around Gray's Harbor. Weyerhaeuser had closed the pulp mill and also a sawmill two years ago with a total of nearly 600 directly losing their jobs and hundreds more vendor wise in a small manufacturing market. The economic waves hit the area hard. It sounds like Evergreen is willing to negotiate with the AWPPW for a union contract for the new Evergreen workers.

The Cosi plant specializes in acetate pulp for clothe fiber and cigarette paper. Maybe we can open a paper processing plant here in Humboldt County to replace Zig Zag. Call it "Evergreen Natural." We have so much of the "natural" product, we might as well take financial advantage. Just saying.

Political Rumor Mill.

John Woolley thinking of running for 1st District Assembly seat? Mark Lovelace running against Mike Wilson for 3rd District Supervisor seat? Who is thinking of running against Jimmy Smith in the 1st? It is time for the parties to get moving! Who else are possible to run for these positions?

Update: Paul Pitino, Elizabeth Conners, Bob Ornelas, Mark Wheatly and Lee Ulansey in the mix? Come on Dave Meserve! Lets make this race one to remember!

Republican feels he can only vote Democrat!

Saw a truck driver who is a conservative Republican today at work. He liked Mitt before, so I asked him who he was backing now. "It doesn't matter, either way I am voting for a Democrat." Another right winger mad at McCain. Thanks Rush for all the help!

Arcata sweeps Eureka in BB for 2008!

Arcata beat Eureka 70-67 in front of a huge crowd at Eureka. Wow! What a rowdy game! These two teams are really well matched. Greg Allen just played out of mind in the 4th Quarter. With about 2:00 left in the game, Greg stole the ball and drove the ball to the hoop on fellow Junior Tim Couch and went over the top of him for a slam dunk! Then Tim one upped him with about 1:30 left by cutting off Greg’s lane for a charge.(Samoa resident Couch had 14 points in the 2nd Quarter alone.) Just a really aggressive game. Scott Rotherham and Rollin Trehearne did a credible job in referring this fiasco. The only real controversy was the warnings on both “6th” man crews in the stands. I have picked on the Arcata “6th” man crew in the past, but they were on good behavior tonight. Both teams should have learned by this time of the year that free throws are important. Both did not shoot them well in the 4th.

Greg Allen is the best player in the county. But you can’t expect him win a game like this on his own. But he almost did.

Alternative to rails or trails.

Finally a reasonable solution! Instead of rail banking around the bay or tourist train, how about just using landfill on top of the rails and having a multi use motocross/trail bike/hike trail? This is the cheapest solution yet proposed. Just think of the calories ate away while diving off the trail when a huge ATV comes flying by. Or how about the excitement of jumping off your bicycle in mid air to avoid a head on with a Yamaha. The danger of rails with trails can not even compete with this adrenaline rush! Come on! Let’s make this happen!

Have's, have nots. The spread is getting bigger.

There are almost 300 billionaires in the United States. Japan is the next on the list of over the edge wealthy people at 29! You either have way too much or struggle to make it here. Sad that this recession/depression times seem to shine upon the problem of our economy, and no one cares. If I were a 20 some odd year old, I would be way vocal about my economic future. Not good.

Coach Purcell passes on.

My old wrestling coach at Zane Jr. High Times-Standard Online -. Coach Purcell was a great teacher and seemed to love his job. I remember a time he wanted me to demonstrate some wrestling techniques to the "scrubs" or seventh graders when I was in 9th grade. I weighed 67 lbs when I was in Junior High, so I was small but quick. (I graduated High school right about 100 lbs.) He brought onto the mat a seventh grader named Andy Lowenthal for me to wrestle. Andy tore me up big time! Here I was the older mentor and was laid out on the canvus wrestling for my life. Needless to say I was embarrased. But it was kinda funny.

Mitt Drops out! Or does he?

The waffle man can't even seem to close down his campaign in order. Romney Suspends Presidential Campaign . Instead of dropping out of the Republican presidential race, he "suspends" his campaign, meaning he is holding his delegates ransom for the time being. The waffle man strikes again!

Frogs and Dogs.

Man, the frogs and dogs were filling the air with noise out here on the Peninsula today. Is Spring on the way? I sure hope so. Two weeks before pitchers and catchers report!

Speaking of dogs, you all see where Mike Vick gets to keep his bonus money? Judge rules Michael Vick can keep $16.25M in bonuses - USATODAY.com

Gotta love the good old USA justice system.

Did you take my advice on the Giants covering the spread? Giants 17-14!

If you did, send me some loving in the form of cash! I was fortunate to win my fair share in the form of 3 figures (Ok, in the 1 dollar increment) and made 10X more than I invested.

Following tradition, Robin and I went to my buddy Doug's house to watch the big game. There was Tri Tip, chicken wings, hot sausage, shrimp, tortillas, three kinds of bean dip by Linda, veggie treys, mini corn dogs, poppers, salsa, every kind of chips and dips, breads, sodas, wine and tons of Coors Light and Millers High Life. People from age around 5 to 70's. Good time. One of my buddies of nearly 40 years pulled his pants down to show off his red shorts that said "Hot Stuff" and then proceded to moon the older of the crowd at the time. Yep, I am just a real Humboldt County Okie. And I like it.

The Eureka secrets we all know.

If everyone in Eureka knows, Why is it…..

We all know prostitutes walk the street in front of the library in Eureka.

Maybe as many as 50% of the drivers in our city do not have car insurance. (In Los Angeles County 75% of drivers do not have insurance! Information from SB 60.)

We have a needle exchange program, but you can find discarded needles in front of Burger King and city parks.

People are illegally panhandling across the street from the Sheriff’s department.

People wander the 101 corridor crossing 4th and 5th disregarding crosswalks and without even looking out for cars.

Drugs are being used out in the open in Old Town.

There are hundreds of homeless people living behind the Bayshore Mall.

And yet Law enforcement and the public continue to ignore the reality of problems that seem to cross everyday people’s lives. This is not the Eureka I grew up in.

Del Norte beats Arcata on the Basketball court and in stands.

Del Norte scored the winning basket with 1.5 seconds left in regulation to lift the Warriors to a hard fought 35-33 victory on the Tiger court. The Arcata 6th man brigade booed the visitors when they took the court and booed the Warrior cheerleaders when they did flips at timeouts. But the Del Norte fans had the last dig at the end of the game, chanting "Just Like Football!" after the big shot gave them the lead. Ouch! It was just a great Basketball game in a loud rowdy gym. The Niclai tournament this year might be one of the most competitive ever!

Top 5 Rock Bands of all time!

Recently I posted about songs I do not like. Here are the rock groups I feel are the best:

5. Tie-Beach Boys, Metalicca, Rolling Stones and CCR. Could not cut one of these.

4. Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon was genius.

3. Led Zepplin. Timeless.

2. Queen. I miss Freddie and his swagger.

1. Beatles. None anywhere close to changing the world of music like the Fab 4.

My list is not far off of this Top 100 Bands of All Time.

Edwards out, Obama in.

I was at work today (16 hour shift mind you) and workers were asking me about Edwards dropping out, and who I was supporting. I thought they were messing with me.

(I listen to Mike and Mike on ESPN in the morning, and they did not say anything. They were focused on the Giants chances with the Patriots. Betting tip: Put $250 on the Giants to beat the 10 point spread. Send me $25 of your winnings for my next hot tip. Final score 33-27 Pats.)

I called Robin from work and she said it was true. Damn. Wow. So I told people I was supporting Obama. I just have problem with Hillary being on WalMart's board and supporting the funding of an illegal occupation of Iraq.

I hope unions will rally behind Obama in the near future.

Update: The Democratic Debate on CNN was good but didn't really change my mind.

Yuck, I dislike these songs!

Maybe it is the rain or just that winter thing, but here is more songs that really grate on me. I know some of you might like these songs, but I can do without:

#5 "Hotel California"-Eagles: Please, do not play this tune in front of me. I won't be held responsible for my actions.

#4 "Your kiss is on my list"-Hall and Oates: C'mon, they are on your "list" too.

#3 "My Sharona"-The Knack: Robin and I had neighbors on Quaker St. when we were newlyweds that played this song to death.

#2 "More than a feeling"- Boston: Has to be the most overplayed song in the history of music. I used to love Boston. Can't stand them now.

#1 "The Joker"- Steve Miller Band: Had a bad dentist experience while this song played. Maybe a psychological thing.

Oh, don't even get me started on my worst Country list. I will save that for another day.

Myrtletown girl Sandra Burns, RIP.

Sandra Burns was one of those girls ahead of her time in Myrtletown. She was a good athlete in a time girls did not have as many chances to shine in sports. She joined us boys for pick up games of ball and more than held her own. She and her sister Shirley were into horses and fun. I did not realize she was even ill. Bummer. Again, life is too short.

A war Bush would win.

If president Bush were running for his position this year, he would be a lock. Last nights NBC debate showed what a mess these candidates are.

Insane McCain? Ha! He is just scary.

Wafflin' Mitt? This guy needs to be selling cars somewhere. Maybe Salt Lake City?

Confused Giuliani? He looked like a whipped puppy. Lost his flair.

Broken Huckabee? A Baptist preacher asking for money? Say it ain't so! He was broke from the start! He just realizing it now?

Ron Paul Revolution? The other candidates must hate this guy for continually making the others look bad. It is almost comical. He is the Republicans best candidate, and they don't know what to do about it.

Good news for the Democratic candidates.