My five cents worth

Here's today's top five:

1- The interviews for the Chargers head coaching job continue. Everyone is probably wondering who my choice is for the job. I like Ron Rivera from da Bears. A 3rd year defensive coordinator he meets some of AJ Smiths criteria. He's defensive minded. He says he can work with the 3-4 that SD currently uses. He's young. He has Super Bowl experience both as a coach and a player. He'll come cheaper than Bill Parcells and the most important he says he can work with AJ. Whomever the choice is--- they better not screw with the system that's in place--- it works!

2- A good college friend is battling multiple myeloma. It's a pretty rough cancer and he'll be needing a bone marrow transplant and a kidney transplant in the coming months. Please keep Jay in your prayers.

3- I averted a winemaking disaster. I made a yeast starter- that didn't start. I boiled juice, sugar and water and probably added the yeast powder too soon. It never germinated. I added it to the wine must and... nothing. Today I quickly got another started and then added it to the quietly silent wine must. All have begun to happily bubble and a disaster has been sidestepped. This batch will include single gallons of: mint, blackberry, pineapple and apple. Stay tuned for more. The first three are in secondary fermentation: 1 gallon each of raspberry and blueberry and 1/2 gallon of blueberry/raspberry.

4- I went to the commissary and did some grocery shopping today. Also stopped by pass and decal and got a sticker for the Civic that GMO drives.

5- BMO likes his new phone. It's a hnad-me-down from GMO and has been working well so far. I recycled the old and broken phone so it doesn't end up in the landfill to poison the environment.

P.S. Please say a prayer that Karen gets the job in SD, that she is hoping for.