Just got a disturbing phone call from my sister in Oklahoma, they have put my 93 year old grandmother in a nursing home, the aunt that has been taking care of her now has decided to sell her house and what little land she has, I am sure that money will disappear like much of the money my grandmother had has vanished. We are going to try and get out there to see grandma as soon as we can. I hate to get bad news on the phone it is very depressing, not to mention right before Christmas.

I have always had a thing for Mindy McCreedy, she is always in trouble and I guess it is a pity thing more than anything else. Her latest trouble mark that more than ever before. She is trying so hard to keep her name in print and on the air waves that she will do anything to stay in the public eye, and that is simply pitiful a feel sorry for her more than anything. She needs to find a life and get out of the public life she is not made for the grind.

I love the section of the local newspaper that has little news bites from around the world.  What got my attention today was the story about a Louisville Kentucky police officer being suspended for fifteen days for giving a ticket to a 7 year old boy who accidentally struck the police officer’s personal vehicle with a ball.  He ticketed the child for criminal mischief!  That got my attention because I really hate it when anyone in “authority” abuses that authority.  I did some Internet research and found out that not only did the police officer ticket the boy, but yelled at the mother for being a bad parent! 

 One of the articles that I read indicated that the police officer gave the boy the ticket because he was hoping that would prompt the mother into punishing the child.  Nowhere could I find anything that indicated that any damage was done.  I have to wonder what kind of ball it was, and if the child was really throwing the ball at the vehicle or if it was just lack of control on the part of the kid.  Regardless, I think that was an extreme thing to do.

I am hoping that the police officer is getting some kind of counseling because he sure must need it!  What was he thinking?

The recent tragic death of local hero Steve McNair is still in the local news and on the internet too. I for one will be glad when this story gets put back on the back burner of the daily news coverage. It was a very sad story but the news reporters will not let it go. We have heard more than the national audience being that we are here in the city where it happened. Nashville should not be remembered for being the place Steve McNair had an affair and was shot dead over a lovers quarrel.

This story seems to me like it has come from the plot of a bad movie, an airliner goes missing off the African coast and all are thought to of been lost in the crash. It seems strange that the pilots did not send an SOS or any air traffic at all that I have heard of, the airliner with 228 people on it just disappears that is very strange to me. I have my own theory about this and I think that if I am right we will never hear another word about this tragedy and it will be swept under the rug like a lot of other “accidents”  over the years. We shall see.

We are under a tornado watch, and it looks like we could be in for a bad storm this time. It is coming at us in waves and each one seems to get stronger and stronger. Last year we had some early storms that were very strong. I guess March is going out like a lion this year, but it came in like a lion so it should go out like a lamb. Oh well March is a lion this year on both ends. Now we are under a warning for Davidson County so I guess I better go get under cover.

My High School that I attended in Oklahoma I just found out is playing in the state finals in football. The last time I talked to my sister the team was in turmoil and did not look very good and then today she springs on me that the team is in the state finals, I was flabbergasted. I am very proud of the football team at Lavern Oklahoma and I would really like to be there to cheer them on but it will just have to be in spirit, Nashville is a very long ways to travel for a football game.

Today a huge earthquake hit right outside of downtown Los Angles, it was reported as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, which is not a huge one but is pretty big. They are reporting no damage and no injuries which I can not believe, there is no way some property was damaged and a big earthquake this close throws everyone back into a panic. So many people live in Los Angles a big earthquake at rush hour would be devastating and is something we do not want to see any time soon.

Tomato has been cleared of the chargers of making several hundred people sick in the last month or so, and the finger has been pointed at the jalapeno pepper. I knew the tomato would be cleared he is one of the life bloods in the Italian family, with out tomato’s an Italian would starve to death. The nasty little pepper is something we can live without, although I do like Spanish food from time to time. I will have to wait till the all clear is given before I have Spanish food again, I can make it on spaghetti if I have to.

Interstate 40 East of Nashville has been closed for almost the whole weekend after a tanker truck with toxic cargo overturned near Cookeville. This is one weekend I am glad I had no plans to travel east of here. They finally got the interstate open this morning after almost 40 hours. They evacuated a two mile circle around the accident site due to the volatile nature of the poison they were hauling. Kinda makes you wonder what the stuff was and where they were taking it to dump. No sane state would allow this stuff to be dumped in their ground or and dump.

It looks like the dream that Hillary Clinton had of becoming President of the United States is coming to an end today, I am not sure if she will be on the ticket in November as the Vice Presidential candidate, I for one hope not, I can not dream of her being a heart beat away from being the leader of our country. It looks like holes are forming in John McCain’s strategy and he is fading quickly. It is a long time till the election and funny things happen in every election.

As I was trying to get to the bank before 5 pm I ran into a grid lock and later I found out it was caused by a broken gas main. It is bad enough to have Friday traffic compounded by a road completely shut down. Plus they had to evacuate the bank so it was a totally wasted trip. I think I will just go to bed and see if tomorrow is a better day. I do not know how many more days like today I can have before I have a complete melt down.

Another Hollywood legend died this week, brilliant comedian Harvey Korman died this week at 88. I remember the role he had in the great movie Blazing Saddles as well as on the Carol Burnett Show in the sixties. I loved his work with Tim Conway and he will sorely be missed. There are not many with comedic talent of Harvey Korman.

Today the San Jose Sharks fired their coach Ron Wilson after being ousted in the second round of the NHL playoffs, I have no love lost for Mr Wilson but I for one do not think the Sharks are going to find a better coach. His teams play hard and the give our team The Nashville Predators a rough time. I hope Ron Wilson finds another job quickly in the Eastern Conference I hope.