Where did I leave off?

M'lady and I at the Gonnason's Casa for Hoopfest

Wow, it has been a minute since I last blogged. My apologies to all of my fans, US Weekly, OK!, the Twitterverse, and of course the paparazzi. I know what you are thinking...Where have you been? Well I don't have 3 months to write everything, like what sandwich I had on September 8th (Probably a smoked turkey and swiss on wheat. That's it. No Mayo. No Mustard. Boom. Down to biz). So here are the highlights, followed by a couple of pics from the big events:

1) Spokane Hoopfest - Largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world, no joke. Close to 30,000 players of all ages. If you ever get a chance, you should play once. It is amazing.

The squad repped tough, going 2-0 the first day which put us in a huge matchup with a group of US Marines. They had 2 guards who were quick as lightning, but smelled like a fresh batch o' Jack Daniels. Sure enough, they had been partying hard all night. The 3rd dude was the problem though. I am talking about a 6'8" 260lb solid rock of a problem in the low post. Our team runs about 6'4 200 across the board, but I probably tip the scales at about 202, so I was lucky enough to guard this moose. By guarding him, I mean absolutely bear hugging this guy. I could have been arrested for my actions, but the dude never called a foul. Ever. Somehow we grab the lead 17-14 (games are to 20) and Pete (aka the Swede, a 6'7 ex PLU Lute) reaches in on the Moose to try to steal the ball from him. Bad idea. Pete pulls the ball one way, Moose pulls the ball the other way. Moose wins and takes Swede's arm with him. Dislocated shoulder. Out for tourney. So BigD, our 4th man comes in off the bench, plays admirably, but we go down in OT and never recovered with out Pete.

Left to Right: CBone, Swede, Blogger, BigD

But...we had a couple of fantastic BBQ's, some ice cold beverages, an awesome round of golf, and we brought the Boo's, who also had a great time. Fellas, you know how it is to have your lady in the crowd. It's a great way to show her you still have it and definitely earn some points. Just ask m'lady.

CBone to the rack

More to come... It's late for an old buzzard like myself, time to hit the sack. Holla!