Happy Birthday wishes go out to actress, writer, and singer Raquel Welch who turns 73 years young today.

This cartoon has actually helped me see the situation in Syria and what the response of the U.S. might be much clearer.  We don't really have a dog in their fight and don't really have much to gain by lobbing a bunch of missiles into Syria.  It will only kill more people.  It won't stop Al-Assad from using chemical weapons again if he wants.  It's expensive - tomahawk missiles are about $1.4 million each (wikipedia) . It won't end the war in Syria.  Let's let someone else be the world police for once.

 

 

 

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend.  It's been hot and humid all weekend here in SoCal.  Saturday evening Karen and I went to a Quakes baseball game.   It was shirt sleeves all evening.  Of course the game went into extra innings as the crowd anxiously awaited for the post game fireworks.  Thankfully the home team pulled out the victory in the bottom of the 10th. Matt Kemp was there on a rehab assignment and he didn't impress. 

 

Rode my bike on Friday from Fairmont Park in Riverside.  I saw on the news that a strong thunder storm hit the city of Riverside Thursday evening causing lots of flooding and wind damage.  Some of that damage was visible on my bike ride with tree limbs down and lots of mud on the bike trail.

 

Sunday Karen and I did our beach trip.  Lots of people at the beach for the weekend.  The cool breeze off the ocean was very pleasant for a change. 

 

Oh and my fantasy baseball team won it's last game against Josh by four points.  LOL!!!

 

Happy Birthday wishes go out to actress, comedian, director and writer, Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin, who turns 74 years young today.

 

Lily Tomlin is probably best known for her many characters on "Laugh-in." 

 

I find myself saying this more and more as time goes on, and I'm sure it gets the same "sigh" as shown in the photo.