Not Seeing Straight

I had cataract surgery a couple years ago.  My eye doctor says I have a slight re-occurence in one eye of a cataract.  Really?  What did I spend all the money for?  I guess it happens in 30% of the surgeries.  My expert adviser, Grasshopper No.1 (who went to school for vision care), never indicated anything could go wrong.  Where was she when I needed her?

You can tell the Milwaukee Brewers are going to have a lousy team (i.e. rebuilding) when they call a news conference to talk about Hank the dog. The social media has been accusing the Brewers of switching the “old Hank” for a “new Hank”.  I know.  I know.  I’m being insensitive.

I have been picking up a few “over the air” TV stations lately.  Each evening at 10:00 PM, one station is broadcasting “Johnny Carson reruns”.  I know I am showing my age but some of guests were hilarious.  David Brenner! Buddy Hackett.  Maybe I will drop my cable network along Netflix, Amazon, and Vudu.  Carson is free.  Hey, another chance to get rich.

Back to Warren Buffett!  He is worth over $50 billion.  His wife sent him to the bank to pick up some cash.  He withdrew $9,999 (essentially $10,000) several times. Banks have a mandate to report to the FBI cash transactions of $10,000.  I guess it is to discourage drug dealers from laundering cash through our financial system.  So Warren got a visit from two FBI agents investigating the transactions.  It seems bizarre that our government would check out the billionaire.  Here’s the bigger question!  Where is his wife going to spend $10,000 in cash?  I’d like to have such problems.  Just saying!

Give Greg Gard the UW-Badger basketball coaching job.  I’m impressed.  I didn’t think he was the man.  He is a Bo Ryan clone.  It is hard for me to say but I was wrong.

Love,

Dad