Giant Glowing Tomatoes

These 'bigger than your fist', bright, glowing tomatoes in my garden, had a finish as deep as the finest paint job on an expensive car.

One Game Won, A Season To Go

I'm not a big sports fan but I enjoyed UCLA's unexpected win on Labor Day over #18 Tennessee. Sure, my late brother David was a graduate and UCLA is a public school compared to USC's private elitism. UCLA, holds more national championships in all sports than any other university in the country. But in football, it has always seemed to find a way to pull defeat from the jaws of victory despite a periodic win here and there. Kinda' like the Democrats.

Despite everyone writing off UCLA for the next 2-3 years while rebuilding their program under their new head coach, Rick Nueheisel, the university recently placed the full page ad at left in the Los Angeles Times. Positive thinking is great, but, come on, this seemed a bit much given USC's local and national dominance, always being ranked in the top 3, and contending for the national championship while bullying UCLA on its march.

Even before the first game against Tennesse, UCLA was down to their third string quarterback, had key, experienced starters out with injuries, and were forced to play several freshmen. The picture didn't look promising. In fact, prospects were so bleak that even staunch UCLA supporters thought the ad was 3 years premature. But the Bruin players, coaching staff and university leaders had heart.

UCLA demonstrated physical and mental toughness and a huge heart! They clawed and scratched and kept battling until winning in overtime.

One game won, a season to go.

Go Bruins!

99 Cent Store Ad In Today's L.A. Times

So glad to see someone working at 99 Cent Stores has a sense of humor.