Horse shoes and hand grenades

Almost only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades! Have you ever thought about that? Why does it matter?LOL

Anyway just something that crossed my mind. I found out today why my blog is not popular. I asked someone I love dearly today had they ever read my blog and the response was simple, quick, specific and precise, "Too wordy for me." Well there ya have it! LOL Describes the world of blogging to a tee.

I will do this one different. This blog will in response to an acquaintenance blog. Her blog is popular though, unlike mine. ;-) So she posted a terrible dating experience and asked the question who should foot the bill on a date, the man or the woman. Her motto is, if she is paying then it is not a date. Cute. Her specific story was a man's nightmare. Guy calls girl, ask out on a friendly double date, credit card of his friend does not work and he had $20 bucks in his pocket, and yes he was trying to show off at the trendy spot in the trendy place. The evening ended with the 2 young ladies paying and slipping out the side door on the posers.
LMAO, that is hilarious! This is a simple case. He was fake and owes that woman an apology. She owes him nothing, at least not from how the story was relayed. He called, he asked, he arranged, he pays. Unless addressed beforehand, man pays no matter what. In the case of "Oops my card does not work!" You remorsefully ask for help from the young lady with the promise to pay first thing next business day. Macho went out the door with the declined credit card. Damn playah what were you thinking!!!! You knew you did not have the cash when you called. Hope the conversation was worth it because your card is suspended.

So the new hot topic in my world is Dwain Chambers. Another of the BALCO kids returned from the nether regions to compete. I will cliff note this to catch the unfamiliar up. Junior champion in 1996. Bronze medallists in 1999 100m, breaks 10 seconds (9.97), at the time the youngest ever to medal. 4th in Sydney by a hair. 2001 4th in Edmonton by a hair. And then the wheels fell off for the man. He decided to cheat, got caught in 2003, got suspended for 2 years. He tried football, returned to track in 2006. He started that season at 10.07 making him the fastest of the Brits that season. Faced tremendous heat from his home country and decided to go back to the NFL in 2007. Played in NFL Europe, returned to track again. And this is where all hell breaks loose.
The British federation want him gone, play ghost, play dead, play football, just do not run track! Oh well, he runs indoors. The UKA tries to ban him from the trials. They had no legal basis to do so and it looked like a personal issue. It is a personal issue. I have no sympathy for Dwain but I do have a clear opinion on their attempt to ban him. STOP BRINGING NEGATIVE ATTENTION TO OUR SPORT!
Dwain is a nobody off that island, and the BALCO thing was a baseball problem. The UKA going after him only succeeded in making him the number one story of their trials! All the while screaming he will bring negativity to the sport. Hell no he would not have if they would have just left it alone. So of course he went out and won the trials in the fastest time of the year for a Brit.
Folks if you are in track learn to spin questions and think about how you want us all to look. In the world of media what actually is is not important. The story you tell trumps the truth. When all else fails talk about yourself and what you have done. If you must say something about drugs never talk specific people and always talk up the long standing drug testing regimen we have.

Damn too wordy, i am tired now. I will speak more on this I promise. my fingers cannot keep up with my head. I get irritated talking about the pr and marketing of the sport.