I'll fake it through the day
with some help from johnny walker red
and the cold pain behind my eyes
that shoots back through my head
with two tickets torn in half
and a lot of nothing to do
but it's alright cause some enchanted night, i'll be with you
tarot cards and the lines in my hand
tell me i'm wrong but then untrue
got plans for both of us
that involved a trip out of town
to a place i've seen in a magazine
that you left lying around
i can't hold my liquor but
i keep a good attitude
cause it's alright some enchanted night, i'll be with you
and though you'd rather see me gone
than to see this come the day
i'll be waiting for you anyway
next door the tv's flashing
blue frames on the wall
it's a comedy from the 70's
when the lead no one recalls
vanished into oblivion
it's easy to do
and i cry to sleep when you talked to me
the day you said we were through
but it's alright some enchanted night, ill be with you
Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Don't mark my words
Kentucky Derby 135 is Saturday and I'm makin' my picks on absolutely no basis at all. I like these particular horses, and I usually pick my favorites merely on looks and I'll perhaps glance through their race records and pedigree. The last time my strategy worked was ... uh ... back when Real Quiet won. That was a few years ago. lol.
DUNKIRK
PIONEER OF THE NILE
What does everyone else think? I've read some hype on I Want Revenge and a few others. Wish I could be there in person!!
DUNKIRK
PIONEER OF THE NILE
What does everyone else think? I've read some hype on I Want Revenge and a few others. Wish I could be there in person!!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Things to do before I'm 30 ... er, ok 40.
So since I will be turning 30 is a mere 4 months or so, I decided to make a list of things to do before I'm 40. I had made a similar list when I was in high school, and surprisingly have accomplished nearly everything on that list. So I'll include those here, too.
• Go skydiving. (DONE, summer of 1998)
• Drive across America
• Visit Hawaii
• Visit Australia. See a kangaroo.
• Go horseback riding in Ireland. Kiss Balarney Stone.
• Go parasailing
• Ride a horse in the beach (DONE, March 2009)
• See a concert at Red Rocks, Colorado (Planned for July 2009)
• Ride in a Grand Prix dressage test
• Try to snow ski
• Watch a foal being born (DONE, too many times to count)
• Start a Web site for my photography and portfolio (planned, basics done)
• Write a song (DONE, but still going to write more)
• Get out of debt (planned, working on it)
.. any other suggetions? :-)
• Go skydiving. (DONE, summer of 1998)
• Drive across America
• Visit Hawaii
• Visit Australia. See a kangaroo.
• Go horseback riding in Ireland. Kiss Balarney Stone.
• Go parasailing
• Ride a horse in the beach (DONE, March 2009)
• See a concert at Red Rocks, Colorado (Planned for July 2009)
• Ride in a Grand Prix dressage test
• Try to snow ski
• Watch a foal being born (DONE, too many times to count)
• Start a Web site for my photography and portfolio (planned, basics done)
• Write a song (DONE, but still going to write more)
• Get out of debt (planned, working on it)
.. any other suggetions? :-)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Booze
I had to laugh when I saw the google ad on my blog today. It is:
IN Alcohol Detoxification
Restoring. Healing. Transforming. Let Us Help You. Call 866-536-7158.
Thank goodness my acid reflux problem keeps my drinking in check.
IN Alcohol Detoxification
Restoring. Healing. Transforming. Let Us Help You. Call 866-536-7158.
Thank goodness my acid reflux problem keeps my drinking in check.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Poor polo ponies
Vets blame toxin in 21 polo horse deaths in Fla.
WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — The sudden death of 21 polo horses in Florida may have been caused by a toxin that has yet to be identified by tests and could have been in the animals’ feed, vitamins or supplements, veterinarians said Monday.
The horses from the Venezuelan-owned team Lechuza Caracas sickened just before a tournament Sunday, collapsing and dying on the scene or while being treated at vet clinics or transported, officials said.
Dr. Scott Swerdlin, a veterinarian at Palm Beach Equine Clinic near the polo grounds, treated one of the sick horses. He said it appeared the animals died of heart failure caused by some kind of toxin that could have been in tainted food, vitamins or supplements or some combination of all three that caused a toxic reaction.
“A combination of something with an error in something that was given to these horses caused this toxic reaction,” Swerdlin told reporters.
It may take days or weeks to get the results of toxicology tests that could identify the toxin, he said.
Another veterinarian who was at the scene said something triggered heart failure among the horses.
“Well clearly, it’s an intoxication, clearly there’s some sort of a poison,” Dr. James Belden told NBC’s “Today Show”.
The team is owned by Venezuelan businessman Victor Vargas but most of the horses and players are Argentine, Swerdlin said. The team travels most of the year.
Swerdlin said the team has up to 60 horses. All of those who fell sick have died, he said.
The Lechuza Caracas horses were being unloaded from their trailers Sunday afternoon when two collapsed and others acted dizzy and disoriented, according to the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Seven horses died at the scene and the rest while being treated elsewhere or en route to medical care.
The polo grounds in Wellington, a wealthy equestrian and golfing community in central Palm Beach County, hosts the U.S. Open every year.
John Wash, the polo club’s president of club operations, told reporters Monday that doctors had ruled out any sort of airborne infection. “This was an isolated incident involving that one team,” Wash said.
“This was devastating,” he said. “It was heartbreaking to see that many horses to get sick all at once.”
Veterinarians already at the event quickly tried treating the horses, inserting intravenous lines and trying to cool them down with fans and water. Observers hung blue tarps to shield some of the horses from the crowd’s view.
The match in the U.S. Open Polo Championship was postponed and an exhibition game with a substitute team was held in its place.
The carcasses of at least 14 horses were taken to a state agricultural laboratory for necropsies to learn the causes of their deaths.
Wash said these types of horses can be worth from $10,000 to $200,000 each.
He also said that because doctors had ruled out an infection, the games will resume Wednesday.
WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — The sudden death of 21 polo horses in Florida may have been caused by a toxin that has yet to be identified by tests and could have been in the animals’ feed, vitamins or supplements, veterinarians said Monday.
The horses from the Venezuelan-owned team Lechuza Caracas sickened just before a tournament Sunday, collapsing and dying on the scene or while being treated at vet clinics or transported, officials said.
Dr. Scott Swerdlin, a veterinarian at Palm Beach Equine Clinic near the polo grounds, treated one of the sick horses. He said it appeared the animals died of heart failure caused by some kind of toxin that could have been in tainted food, vitamins or supplements or some combination of all three that caused a toxic reaction.
“A combination of something with an error in something that was given to these horses caused this toxic reaction,” Swerdlin told reporters.
It may take days or weeks to get the results of toxicology tests that could identify the toxin, he said.
Another veterinarian who was at the scene said something triggered heart failure among the horses.
“Well clearly, it’s an intoxication, clearly there’s some sort of a poison,” Dr. James Belden told NBC’s “Today Show”.
The team is owned by Venezuelan businessman Victor Vargas but most of the horses and players are Argentine, Swerdlin said. The team travels most of the year.
Swerdlin said the team has up to 60 horses. All of those who fell sick have died, he said.
The Lechuza Caracas horses were being unloaded from their trailers Sunday afternoon when two collapsed and others acted dizzy and disoriented, according to the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Seven horses died at the scene and the rest while being treated elsewhere or en route to medical care.
The polo grounds in Wellington, a wealthy equestrian and golfing community in central Palm Beach County, hosts the U.S. Open every year.
John Wash, the polo club’s president of club operations, told reporters Monday that doctors had ruled out any sort of airborne infection. “This was an isolated incident involving that one team,” Wash said.
“This was devastating,” he said. “It was heartbreaking to see that many horses to get sick all at once.”
Veterinarians already at the event quickly tried treating the horses, inserting intravenous lines and trying to cool them down with fans and water. Observers hung blue tarps to shield some of the horses from the crowd’s view.
The match in the U.S. Open Polo Championship was postponed and an exhibition game with a substitute team was held in its place.
The carcasses of at least 14 horses were taken to a state agricultural laboratory for necropsies to learn the causes of their deaths.
Wash said these types of horses can be worth from $10,000 to $200,000 each.
He also said that because doctors had ruled out an infection, the games will resume Wednesday.
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