Thursday

That trip over to Iowa City on Tuesday night was worth the drive.  Airliner pizza is always a hit, but for some reason, the one we got on Tuesday was better than the last couple I have had there.  We each took some leftovers home...and I finished mine off for dinner last night.  (We did a little Freakshow as our pre-dinner libation.  Always a good choice.)

The local weather forecast has some snow in it for the weekend.  I don't think that we are supposed to get a lot of accumulation, but it does signal that Winter is nigh.  We've had enough rain this week to have my sump pump kick on a few times.  So getting that fertilizer down on my yard Sunday was a good thing.  (I already have another light cover of leaves on my front yard.  Thanks again, neighbors!)

Here's a topic for debate:  Is the money aspect of NCAA football and basketball more insidious than the politics of open border immigration?  Who thinks the other side is the most gullible?  They had a basketball double header at the United Center in Chicago this week with Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Michigan State student athletes.  Apparently, these four schools have agreed to play each other in prior and future years at different sites.  It makes sense from an entertainment perspective, but really, the charade of calling these guys "students" is almost insulting.  Especially the way Calipari and now Krzyzewski have embraced the "One 'n Done" baller.  Whatever.

Then you have the debate on whether the USA should open the door to all of the illegal immigrants already in the country, as well as anyone else that may come knocking.  Let's face it; the Democrats see their humanitarianism as the right step to get results at the ballot box.  The conservatives are racists for raising any question on the propriety of the whole idea, or on the process that might be necessary.  Again, whatever.

That said, I think the current debate on the Syrian refugees is a slippery slope.

Big doin's at Homestead, Florida this weekend.  Jeff Gordan goes for a season championship Sunday in his last NASCAR race.  He is actually just running against three other drivers as they have gone to a system in recent years where the last ten races are set up to eliminate drivers to get to a Final Four for the last race.  I'm not that big of a fan of the new system, but if the 24 comes home a winner on Sunday, I'm gonna be OK with it.  The key will be to keep out of trouble for the first 2/3's of the race and drive hard to the checkers.

I head out to NYC to meet my new grandson on Saturday at oh-dark-hundred.  Can't wait.  Staying at my fav hotel...the Westin at Grand Central.

Thanks for reading.

BCOT