Congrats, Andrew McCutchen

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen put up MVP-caliber numbers offensively this season, but on Tuesday night it was his defensive prowess that earned him his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award. McCutchen made just one error this season and finished second among National League center fielders with a .997 fielding percentage. Only the Cardinals' Jon Jay, who had a perfect percentage -- but played 40 less games than McCutchen -- had a better mark. The Pirates' center fielder edged out two other nominees -- Cincinnati's Drew Stubbs and Atlanta's two-time Gold Glove winner Michael Bourn -- for the honor. The Gold Glove Awards are decided annually by voting among managers and coaches, none of whom can vote for their own players. "Honored to have won the Gold Glove! To be a part of this elite class of defenders means so much to me. Hard work is paying off!" McCutchen tweeted after the awards were announced Tuesday night. With the award, McCutchen becomes the Pirates' seventh Gold Glove outfielder in franchise history and the first since Nate McLouth in 2008. Ya gotta love it...this team is beginning to shape up and, although they faded down the stretch at the end, they were in the stretch at the end! WTG, Pirates! Next year for sure :)

Meds and Weather

If it isn't one thing kicking me around it is another these days. Either the medicines the doctor gives me or the drastic weather changes in the desert. First it was the meds, some very strong antibiotic that kicked me in the rear end and hasn't let go since. My head and sinuses came loose with that med and I am now all plugged up and funny sounding on the inside. If I scratch my head I can actually hear my hand scratching. It is very odd to say the least. Then the weather shifted on me. One day was nice and hot then *bam* couple days where I was grabbing clothing to put on because it was cold as can be. Now it is hot again. My poor body has no clue what to do with itself anymore. God, I hate having gotten this darned old...

Smart Phone?

As usual, whenever I am trying to get something accomplished, the telephone rang. I checked the caller ID and as usual I have no clue who it is. Just a bunch of numbers and symbols all strung together. It's a machine calling me, oh joy! lol What someone needs to invent is a new machine, turning house phones into smart phones that can answer for folks that don't wish to answer. "Hello machine at work, this is the machine at the home you are calling. Let's talk". Work: "Talk? Talk about what?" Home:"Let's just talk about anything, give the person that plugged you in some excitement thinking that real people are paying attention to whatever it is they are trying to sell" Work: "Oh, hey, that's a great idea! Humans are not all that bright you know" Home:"Yes, I know, and they would be totally lost without us machines to run their little world" The convo could go on for a short while, say five or ten minutes leaving the person at work to think he is making a great sales pitch with his machine. It also would eat up a lot of time so that this telemarketer could not call that many people thus making others happy when their telephone does not ring at the most inopportune times. Now that, dear friends, would be a smart phone!

Marathon Electric Motors

When I first saw this I thought it was a brand new car company cashing in on the latest and smart trend of electric cars to save the environment as well as money from buying gasoline ( Up around $6 a gallon in Los Angeles). But it has nothing to do with cars at all. It is a great name though, Marathon. As most people know, a marathon is a very long race, usually miles. Takes a long time to complete and if you can accomplish getting to the finish line you can be very proud of yourself. Marathon, long, long running. It truly fits these marathon electric motors. Electric motors can be troublesome and often need to be replaced quicker than one would like. That's why you need a motor made by a company that has been around a long time like this one. This company has been around since 1913, just shy of one hundred years! That's a marathon in itself. If you have anything that needs an electric motor and you are tired of constantly replacing that motor then you should check out the line of quality electric motors on this website. You should be able to save yourself enough money here to buy yourself an extra gallon of gasoline for that fuel burner you drive to work.

Another Bad Week

This is like the third week in a row I have been sicker than normal. Not a good sign of the future there :( Too much coughing, way too much spitting up phlegm and even more mucus coming out by the constant blowing of my nose. Gee and I don't even have a cold or the flu. Ugh! I am trying hard to get back into some sort of pattern with my days but frankly I just have been too lethargic to care about much of anything. All I wanna do is just sit and stare off into space while playing games on Facebook or over on the game site of NPP. I really need to snap out of this...

Cough

Have spent the better part of the last three days coughing my fool head off :( Almost went to the ER twice but changed my mind. Hate to have them tend to me and send me home. No oxygen and no car? No thanks! Rather stay at home and cough...