Amazemerize

This week the streets of Nashville have been filled with tourists and with some streets closed it has been very hard to get around and get any work done. Not every business in Nashville caters to the tourist and they simply get in the way of people trying to make a living. I had several times I was dispatched to Broadway and could not get my work done in a timely manner because of all the tourists in the way. I for one will be glad when the CMA junk is done and the tourists go home.

This week will be the final week for the first grade in our family. David has survived his first grade year and I could not be more proud of him, almost no drama this year a much better year than the fight and drama filled kindergarten year he had. Changing schools has helped him a lot he is much better adjusted with his new school and I hope he can stay in that school for a while instead of jumping around like his mother is prone to do, it is in the child’s best interest and I will fight to see that he has the best chance possible in the education he receives.

As I was watching the horse race the other night it occurred to me that a lot of the racehorses in America are put down due to injuries and that really made me sad to think of that. Take Barbaro the horse was watched by millions of Americans as he broke down and they tried to save him a few years ago, what a heroic battle that brave horse put on in his battle for his life. I am a horse lover and it is a shame that the big hearted beasts can lose their live racing for our pleasure.

All of the professional football teams have started their off season programs and of course some players do not go to this very important part of their off season conditioning. Players who think they are in good shape and some that just do not want to be on the teams they are on and will try and force their teams to trade them, what some of them do not understand is the team they are on is maybe the only team that will put up with their crap and they better get on the boat or they will be flipping burgers next year at this time and that does not pay as well as playing football for a living.

The Super Bowl that featured my team the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers was by far the best Super Bowl I have seen in many years. The game was not decided until the last seconds and both teams had a great chance to win the game. I hope this is the Cardinals turning the corner to become a top notch NFL football team and not the laughing stock of the league that they have become with Bill Bidwell as their owner. I am very pleased today to be a Cardinals fan.