Isolation Thought

We found the newest best seats at Jacobs Field last night. They are in the Market Pavilion in right-center field and have tall bar tables with high-backed chairs and you get a great view. They also had heaters out there, a nice touch on a damp evening. So, use the Pepsi can to get in for $6 and grab a chair. When the weather turns nice though, I think you may have to arrive at (gulp!) 5:30 for games. It draws the smoking and drinking crowd out there, to provide a seedier vibe.

I have to mention the latest "Weekly World News". The cover says the Pope has named Mel Gibson as his successor. Inside, Kim Jong-il of North Korea has banned laughter. Now that's hard to do, especially after reading that last sentence.

Coming off a nice payday in the Kentucky Oaks (I had $10 win/place on Island Sand at 17-1 and she finished second, paying $12.00) yesterday, today is one of my favorite days of the year...the Kentucky Derby. As usual, the early betting has dramatically changed things. I mean, Birdstone was bet down from 50-1 to 15-1 already.

Despite the rain today, Thea Andrews has great legs on "Breakfast at Churchill Downs".

18 Tapit will be my key horse. (Any horse that has Guinness and eggs for breakfast can't be bad. "Brilliant!!")

Here are my plays:

18 Tapit across the board

Exactas: 18/3.8,11,16,20 and 3,8,11,16,20/18

Tapit over/Lion Heart/Master David/The Cliff's Edge/Castledale/Quinton's Gold Rush
Lion Heart/Master David/The Cliff's Edge/Castledale/Quinton's Gold Rush over Tapit

And the $1 tris would be as follows:

18/3.8,11,16,20/3.8,11,16,20 and 3.8,11,16,20/18/3.8,11,16,20 and 3.8,11,16,20/3.8,11,16,20/18

And a saver Win bet on 3 Lion Heart

Meal of Links

Some Canuck is creeped out by the Olsen twins.

"Mission accomplished." Well, no.

Remember when you had to buy bootlegs. Here come instant, legal bootlegs.

Exercise Yard

The Germans are pissed off at their soccer team. They lost 5-1 to Romania, truly an embarrassment for the team. I don't know what they are saying, but when your national team makes Bild, characterized as frankfurters (click on slide show), well, let's just say they are not happy.

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35 Across: Singer profiled in "Sweet Dreams" (5 letters) Answer: Cline