All Things Rowdy

In the current election in San Diego, the incumbent Sheriff is running unopposed. So I am doing a write in campaign to run against him. If you want a different choice, write in my name for Sheriff of San Diego County when you vote. Rowdy Bricco.

So it was thought I had a high blood level of lead from being in the shooting sports. I do not. Thankfully. But in the routine visit to discuss this my general practitioner has a mild concern. Concerning? My brain. Some loss of balance, some confusion, some loss of cognitive ability. Initially we thought lead poisoning. Negative. Then low testosterone, which I've had in the past and been treated for. Negative. Saturday morning at 7am I'm getting an MRI of my brain. And yes you will see pictures!! Update: First off, I have had like 4 documented concussion in my life. With at least two probable. I'm not sure if that's excessive. Who knows? Certainly not the NFL. And for a while I had really bad positional vertigo. Oh and my grandma died of a brain tumor and my mom has a benign brain tumor, though that sort of thing isn't genetic is still seems weird. Examples of loss of cognitive ability are things like being asked "can you bring me two boxes off the coun...

I heard about myself the other day, said somewhat mixed with humor and exasperation, "You really only can be yourself, can't you?" Want some context? I was turning left out of a parking lot, in front of three No Left Turn signs, in the exact same spot I'd previously gotten a ticket for that exact offense. Aaaaannnddd I just got a letter from California DMV telling me my license is in jeopardy. Plus you know how that effects my motorcycle teaching job...... What's the point? Well I'm pretty simplistic. I just want to get a chicken suit, light it on fire and jump off the pier. I've got to be Rowdy, because no one else will do it for me. My birthday was yesterday and I got a gift I wanted. A nostalgic gift. A record player!! And a few great records as well. It took a few minutes to get it all set up but when that needle first dropped.......... oh I knew this was a great gift. Now the day after my birthday I'm beginning to show some of my Rowdy-ness. ...

6 days until I'm another year older. 9 days until I getta see Killer. 25 days until I get to see Benson's baby bump. 29 days until I go to Juice Box's wedding.

Not sure if it's in the national news right now, but San Diego has some pretty good fires going right now in north county near a lot of residential and commercial areas. You can actually see the smoke from my house, so I went out on the balcony and took some pictures. Of which a selection are below and the rest on my photography blog.

Focusing on the Negative.... St Louis has more burned out, broken down, blighted areas of urban decay than I've seen in any other American city. Half a mile west of where the Cards play is horrible. Missouri is full of bad choices. From smoking, to food, to drinking to no exercise. Reading doesn't seem to be that highly valued of a skill. The weather. The slow driving and lack of real signage. Someone hit my rental car and didn't leave a note either. Everything closed at 8pm. The constant teasing about being from California. I grew up in Oregon and Washington, please. I'm much more "mountain man" than I am "beach boy." I got second place from something beyond my control. I was winning and then a stage was thrown out. The new aggregate scoring placed me in second. Not happy that someone else could effect my score. Two words. American Airlines. Morons. Focusing on the Positive.... People in service industries were very nice. Once I ...

30 for 30 is the general title of some pretty cool sports documentary films in association with ESPN. I like to watch them on ESPN Classic or Netflix. Especially the football related ones. And with today being the first round of the draft, well let's just say they all inspire this post. This month I have been doing 30 crunches or whatever per day. Some sort of abdomen exercise and that is a surgically induced weak point in my body. 30 for 30. I've decided that next month's personal 30 for 30 will be a little more ambitious. Ambitious, not crazy as I have three out of state trips in June. I want to run 2 miles for 30 days straight in June. No make ups allowed, if it's not 30 days straight and not two miles, it's failure.

Get up at 430am on Friday to be at the airport at 530am for a 720am flight to St Louis MO. Arrive in StL at 330pm if no mishaps along the way, like in the DFW airport. Fingers crossed.... Then drive the 35 minutes to my hotel in south St Louis. Check and unpack. Trying not to accumulate 5 room keys in one weekend. I'll get a quick snack and drive to an indoor shooting range not far from there to get some trigger time in. I'll keep going south to the Pear Tree Inn on Drury Lane (sounds like a nursery rhyme in that) for early registration and check in for Saturday's match. After checking in I'll go out to steak dinner with some of my southern IDPA friends. The trip back to the hotel and some dry fire practice and capped off with a long hot shower. Maybe some benadryl to sleep if I'm nervous. Saturday is up at 7am for a light breakfast and drive to the match. The match is from 830am till 6pm. I'm going to be squadded with folks I've only met on the intern...

If you didn't really like the first list, here are some other birthday gift items for you to consider: -A Dremel tool and attachments. $60-$120 -Classic gold rim RayBan aviator sunglasses $160-200 -class from Wheelie University. $500 -movie passes. oh man there is soo much out I want to see. $10-$80 -Titegroup gun powder. 1, 4 or 8 pounds please. $20-$300 -a bigger cameara bag, probably like a backpack style one. $80-$200

In my main shooting sport these are the skill classifications from lowest to highest: Unclassified, Novice, Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert and Master. There is a separate class called Distinguished Master for people who've won the overall at the national championships, but as only like less than a dozen people have that classification, no reason really to include it. I am Expert in three different gun divisions. So when you see me posting about winning, it is as the best expert shooter in whatever gun division I happen to be shooting in. First place expert. You already know I'm semi-pro. Kinda like a good college football player or a minor league baseball player. Just one good year of performances from being a pro in the majors. Or in this case as a Master class shooter with a good level or support for my competition. (I thoroughly appreciate those who help me out currently!! Academi. Automatic Accuracy. The Blue Bullets.) In the way my friends in law school didn't shav...

May 1. If you're a communist or socialist, it's May Day and your out protesting for the workers of the world to unite. If you're at the other end of the spectrum and a full blooded American then you're celebrating the death of Usama bin Laden. Me? Not so much the first, definitely some of the second but mostly the fact that it's Mr Oliver Hammond's 1st birthday today! Rescued him from the shelter as a curious little 6 month old kitten and today he is now an actual cat. Happy Birthday Oliver.