Mixed Bag

Dad had his angioplasty yesterday to take care of his blockage of his femoral artery on the left side... his left foot now has a pulse. He'll need another one to work on the abdominal one... maybe as early as three weeks. He's sore today (I'm betting he was pretty tense and tight on the gurney... nervous).

Dad wasn't the only one who had surgery: another UCLA QB will undergo knee surgery... he should be back by summer camp, but jeez... the Bruins are putting the "BLUE" in Blue Shield.

Obama got his ass handed to him by Hillary the other night in West Virginia... where 67% of the whites don't have a college education. Yep, that's right up her alley. Is it any coincidence that John Edwards (the "working man"'s candidate before he dropped out and Hillary dropped in as the gun-totin', beer-swillin', anti-elitist, good ol' girl in Pennsylvania) endorsed Obama yesterday in the pretty extravagant rally in Michigan.

Wow, not to get all cynical or Oliver Stone on you, but could this have been better timed? Within 24 hours of his worse defeat of the primary season, one sure to raise the question of "Is a black man electable in a white country?" for the 24/7 cable news markets for the next week until Kentucky, before Hillary or her troops can truly savor any bit of this victory, Obama rolls out Edwards, who endorses Barrack in such a way as to lend legitimacy to Obama's claims of the nomination, opens the door to other Superdelegates who are on the fence, brings 18 pledged delegates with him, and--most importantly--gives Obama working white cred. The only thing that could have been worse for Hillary is if Obama had done this on Tuesday night in his pseudo-concession speech, and done it in Kentucky (where he looks to lose again, and up until yesterday's endorsement lose BIG)... of course, it did take place in Michigan, where Obama wasn't even on the ballot and whose delegates are not going to be seated because they held their primary too early... hmmm, not mending any fences there, eh?

On completely unrelated news, the high school water polo coach held his parent information meeting the other night. Practice starts on June 16... three days before Kyle even graduates from 8th grade. And because of that (and because the Oxnard and Camarillo schools graduate a week early), he'll miss the first week of summer workouts. Rio Mesa has about 60 players signed up... way more that expected. So this year, it looks like there will be three squads: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh-Soph. Kyle had hoped to play JV, but it's looking like F-S... though he could move up, given his position and skill, but he'll have to work his ass off during summer workouts and prove himself in the summer leagues against older, more experienced players. Time will tell.