2011 State of Union

I realized that once again time has passed and a new year has begun, which means that my 2011 State of My Union Rant is due.The biggest decision of the moment is what music to listen to as I ramble on into the land of poor grammar, no known idea of what conforms to a paragraph, and the idiotic ramblings of a malcontented, getting older every day, white man. Maybe Enlightment by Van Morrison would be appropriate. Having been to NYC in early December certainly helped 2010 end in a positive note, but then again I'm always happy being in the Big Apple during the Christmas Season. We were lucky enough to come the weekend of Santa Con and the drunken Santas and Mrs. Santas were all over midtown and on the subways. The temperature in New York that weekend approached 60 degrees which only made it worse as we flew west into O'Hare into single digets , and then on to Bluegrass Field into frigid temps and snow. New York has been warmer than Kentucky since December. WLEX Nocaster Bill Meck has been orgasmic over the cold temps. You can see his breathing quicken as he always misses the temperature by 10 degrees. T.G. Shucks over at WKYT is no better and that crackling pre-pubsence voice drives me nuts. At least WLEX has Kristen Pflum to make up for Meck's insane rattlings. I will say that if I was as inept and inaccurate in my business as these weather clowns then I would be broker than I am .I have also gotten smarter this year in the field of New Years Resolutions. Never a fan of resolutions, I always enjoyed watching friends and acquaintances make the silly things, only to back- slide and revert back to their sorry assed old ways by February. My new mantra is to make resolutions that you will enjoy and not break. To wit: my first resolution is to gain as much weight as large volumes of Coca Cola will allow.My second resolution is to leer and ogle at any female that I see fit, and possibly a few that I don't. Lust is not a bad thing. I will not give any advice this year as noone has ever followed it anyway. I will try to buy even more gasoline this year than last, and I will watch even less news this year than in 2010.News is depressing and serves no purpose in my life at the moment.Local government seems to function despite good old boys, and I promise to stay out of that fiasco .Are we still in a recession?? Are we still in Iraq?? Are we still in Afghanistan?? Are the Republicans and the Democrats still bickering? Do we owe $14 trillion dollars? If those answers are yes then this country is still in the same shape as 2010.Maybe someone else should be making decisions. I grow frustrated that we have no smarter people leading this country and helping us regain the prestige we once had. We have dumbed the country down. Speaking of decisions and resolutions, I think the Wildcat football powers should resolve to not schedule any SEC teams next year and only schedule teams like Akron or Austin Peay. That way we can go to endless bowls. Welcome to the Joker Era!!Kentucky plays football like Junior Earnhardt plays Nascar. Speaking of: WE,ve already got our tickets for Sprint Cup at the Kentucky Speedway on July 9.We're not going to Bristol this year ,and hopefully we can see some other tracks. I'd like to go to Sonoma and I think I can persuade my CFO Sandy to consider a Board Meeting in San Francisco about that time. That would be a good resolution.January is almost half over and I have the first three months of this year filled up with some real neat projects. It's a unique feeling to get out of bed and look forward to a day filled with projects that are destined to be outstanding and enjoyable. I came to the realization that I spend money on nothing but liquids. I only buy gasoline,diesel fuel , and soft drinks. My company is fueled on the three and would come to a complete halt if not for the complex interaction of the liquids.I guess the next biggest expense is the strain on my ears as I'm spending a goodly amount of time on the cell phone. I've worn out my Razor V3 and can't get another one. AT&T wants you to buy a cute I Phone and a $30 monthly fee for the internet.Sandy Kay the CFO has the I Phone and Angry Birds. I only want a simple phone.I also resolve to fill my I Pod up this year and I've only got 2600 songs so far. I need to load 8000 more songs in 11 months. I think its doable(is that a word??)We went down to Folly Beach over the week of Christmas and had some outstanding sea food. It was great until mother nature decided to snow . Snow in Charleston is unique , but entertaining. The only difficult time was two hours of glee between Asheville and the Tennessee Line on I-40, when a bunch of scardy cats crept over icy roads. So here we are back and energized in the Bluegrass state ready to cover Eastern Kentucky.I don't think my resolutions are going to be hard to keep, as a matter of fact I will achieve resolution success easier than Joker or Junior. I've already got Fergie and the Peas downloaded from I Tunes and The Beginning is ready for spring grass cutting. I think the Fort successfully withstood Shawnee attack over vthe winter, but Indians have traditionally gone on the war path in the spring. I'll keep you posted.