Who came up with a term like taxi squad?…..Remember Mickey McBride? Mr. McBride owned the Cleveland Browns in the 1940 and 1950 and when Paul Brown was his coach during those years, he wanted some extra guys available just in case someone got hurt. Mr. McBride also owned a taxi company. So, 5 men practiced with the team daily but their salaries were paid by the taxi company, even though they never drove a cab. They became known as the Taxi Squad….On this day in history, November 10, 1972, Mickey McBride died, leaving behind among a lot of other things,  the Cleveland Browns and our famous national football league…… taxi squads…..

Readers, here is my question. Having read my posts over a period of time, do you feel you know me or anything about me? I’m not talking about my very inner most self, but about my outward nature and what my general make up as a person is….I think you do…The things I write about and the way I say things are a dead give away to who I am…..How could a major in the United States Army, subject to many interviews by his superiors, slip through the interviews and testings and all of that to end up shooting our young soldiers and doing it on an Army Post? There is such a thing as letting people get away to too much, us being too politically correct, don’t you think….Seems to me like someone should have smelled something fishy about that guy many, many, months ago…What are we missing?…I suppose it was his uniform, huh?…We just naturally respect that, don’t you reckon?

Did you watch the videos from the UNM vs BYU Ladies Soccer game? The young lady from New Mexico who was pulling hair, hitting players in the back with her elbow, doing all sorts of things. She may have been training under the football coach…. Things just have a way of spreading around, don’t they? I think she may be as mean as she is tough and Coach may not want  to mess with her….She might make you a good linebacker, coach…What do you think?

Dionicio E.”Lonnie”  Zamora, age 76, has died. You may remember him as the state policeman who saw the oval shaped UFO on the ground just south of Socorro, four legs sticking out from the craft with two small characters dressed in white standing outside the craft. One of the characters, jerked and appeared scared when he saw Lonnie. Both were scrambling  into the craft and Lonnie hid behind his patrol car. When he next looked the legs were withdrawn and the craft was about twenty feet off the ground making a whirling sound. Then the sound stopped and the craft darted off toward the west. Over the years Mr Zamora story never changed according to reports from family and friends and the policeman had an excellent reputation. I remember the story reported in the newspaper about the time it happened. I was impressed with it all then, but never followed up on it, but I always remembered it. I  thought about it anytime the subject of UFOs came up. Then, this morning I read about Mr. Zamora”s passing. My condolences to the family and I know they will miss him. I understand he was a deeply religious man and the family is very glad for that.  I can’t help but wonder if the secrets of the universe has been revealed to Mr. Zamora at this time or if it is not important in the hereafter when we enter our heavenly home….I would like to think that it all has been revealed to him, don’t you?……

My concussion stirred up some comments. Both on safety and ladders and saying our prayers on a daily basis. I hope I have learned my lesson about ladders but it is hard to completely get away from ladders. Sooooo, my friends, we just have to be extra careful as we climb, huh? About the prayers. I remember laying on my back moaning and groaning trying to tell my boss what happened. (She may have been ready to fire me for laying down on the job until she saw the blood,  I’m kidding of course). But, do you remember me telling you that I had decided to read the bible cover to cover for 2009. Well, I’m in Romans. This morning I read Romans 8: 26 which states: “In the same way, the Spirit helps in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.” I think He may have interceded Saturday morning and may have interpreted some of my groans….What do you think????

Does it seem like to you the folks who voted for change may now be wondering if the change they voted for is the change they got? I guess it all depends on who’s doing the talking as to what change means. Seems like some folks are now voting republicians back into office already. I guess that’s about change too, huh? Saying change is a lot different than making change I reckon……

You know folks, at some point in time the University of New Mexico has got to consider playing football….not fighting…The lack of control in the locker room would most certainly affect players performance and attitude on the field….Coach, number one: teach the fundamentals of the game, two, give the boys good offense plays, a good run and pass defense, three, choose the best player you have for each position and then four, step aside and let them play…It is not that complicated….teams with far less talent than you are winning some of the time…You may have as high as 5 all conference players on your team right now…Play football coach…Go Lobos….

Well, I found out the hard way about concussions….I spent Saturday in the ER because I fell off a two step ladder, backwards, using my head to break my fall…That hurts….My hands went numb immediately and I thought, uh oh, now I’ve had it….But it turned out pretty good considering…nothing broken….spent the next couple of days in bed, dizzy and upset stomach but I am pretty much back to normal now…But let me caution you about backless house shoes and ladders, my shoes caught causing me to trip…The nurse at the ER said she gave a lecture at the Meadowlark Senior Citizen Center and told them to always have backs in their house shoes further stating they are the major cause of falls for seniors..Well, you live and learn I guess..I am glad to be back…

I have quoted from the Journal, and about the Journal and read them daily looking for items I can pass on to you readers of this blog…adding my two cents (which may be an exaggeration of worth)  on some of the articles. Today’s Journal was loaded and I will not be able to expound on them all, but here is a few: Headline: Movie Shuts Down I-40 by Dan Mayfield, Journal Staff Writer. He states, “The film shut down Interstate 40 eastbound just outside of Laguna Pueblo from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday night into Sunday morning, slowing truckers, travelers and about 800 people coming in from a night of boxing at Acoma’s Sky City Casino.” …..Can you believe that? Futhermore, the Department of Transportation let them do it. And the State of New Mexico lets them do such for free….no charge….Take that citizens…Bill owes several of us a Cuban cigar, don’t you think? Ok, that’s all on that for now but I have a feeling we will hear more soon…

5 NMSU President Finalists Named by Marten Salazar, Journal Staff Writer: “Two of the five finalists for the New Mexico State University presidency resigned from their previous leadership posts amid high-profile scandals involving alleged special favors for the politically connected.”……Whoa, hold on….Folks down in Las Cruces are not reading the Journal about all the politically connected favors already going on in our state….In my opinion they can drop two of the five right now….What is that saying about, “Here’s your sign?”…Maybe you remember that, but in any case you need to think about that some more….

New Mexico State Aggies vs Ohio State….Ohio State favored by 40 points….But they are paying our Aggies $850,000 to beat the crap out of them…..Aggies, listen to me, they probably will do that, but they can only put eleven men on the field at a time….Make them pay a little for every dollar they are paying you…One thing you  Aggies have that Ohio State does not is some of us New Mexicans are praying for you and I don’t think the Ohio State fans feel that they need to pray for their boys to win….You just do your best and that’s all we can ask of you…When them big old boys go to chasing you down the field, remember this, “Run, Forrest, Run.”  And also, you have trained at high altitude and have more lung power than they do..Show them that you came to play…

Folks in trouble as noted in the Journal: Letterman’s had female employees quit due to favorable status of some workers, ahem!!!…well, something close to that anyway…Larry Johnson told to stay away from the Kansas City Chiefs because of a gay slur or slurs….Dez Bryant, WR for Okla St suspended for lying to NCAA investigators…Bob Griese for comments about a NASCAR racer being “out having a taco” when his name did not appear in the top 5 and his associate wondered where he was…probably not fitting or proper, but at least it was cute, don’t you think?….Tampa Bay Buc’s Marcus Johnson, OL, arrested on charges of driving under the influence. He was found asleep in his car near the Bucs’ stadium…Come on, the charge should have been “sleeping under the influence”,,,,or “asleep at the wheel”….Well, I sure don’t want to make light of that charge seeing how so many people are injured or killed by drunk drivers…I guess it was just the way the article was worded….

And finally: Paper stated that our Lobo’s are not doing so well…Out of 120 schools, New Mexico is, 110 in total offense, 109 in total defense, 110 in turn over margin, 118 in time of possession, and 120 in third down conversions….Wow…We got some good players too…Man oh man….Is there anything I can do coach?…Let me know….

If you hire me as your company’s Executive Director and promise me a big bonus if I am successful, it is only fair and right that you do as you said and pay me the bonus. If I am unsuccessful, then you should fire me or determine a fair amount of time for me to correct any problems and if I can correct them and then turn the company around, a bonus may be in order. But, if I have done so poorly that the Federal Government has to step in to save our company, there is no way any executive or other management personnel is deserving of a bonus. Some of the rank and file personnel might be due one because of putting up with the sorry decisions of management, but certainly not the executive people. Yet, that is happening to companies the government has bailed out. That’s not right…Taxpayer money to bail out the company and taxpayer money to unsuccessful executives who have been promoted to their highest level of incompetence and we still reward them with a bonus…..Please, take all that bonus money and put it in the treasury….Somewhere down the line our government is going to have to smarten up…..Reckon?….Yeah, that is asking a lot ……However, some of us voters put them in there…both sides of the asile…