Reasons why you're still single... vacation spots

Every once in a while we need to take a break from everyday life. If your single, those vacation spots tend to differ than if you have a significant other to bring along. Generally, the opposite sex wouldn't be thrilled about these locations...

(1) The Dalles, Ore. -- to visit your great Uncle Lou and watch old Red Sox games on VHS. While this may seem like a great vacation. Think about it from a girl's perspective. Yeah, you're dying alone.
(2) Stateline -- for obvious reasons.
(3) Colville, Wash. -- Just because it's the county seat of Steven's County in Northeastern Washington doesn't mean you should take you summer vacation there. No, Walmart does not constitute as "things to do while in Colville."
(4) Yakima, Wash. -- Ponder for a moment how you would sell this to your significant other. Come up with reasons you can use. Drawing a blank slate? yeah thought so. And please keep in mind that watching 2A high school basketball at the SunDome is only socially acceptable when you go to the schools that are playing. Anything else and you're just weird.
(5) Any place in the State of Montana -- Unless you like ticks.
(6) On a non-cruise ship boat for three months -- actually this isn't called a vacation, it's called the Navy.
(7) Omak, Wash. -- Other than the dog-fighting rings they have going on here, there's really nothing going on. Maybe passable if you can get Michael Vick to come along.
(8) Texas -- Ew.
(9) Your buddies' house in Spokane -- 48 straight hours of "Halo Wars" is considered a coma.
(10) Staycation -- Who wants to play Yahtzee?!?!?!

High School Sports Feature: Barney, Betty, Fred and ELMA!!

6th ranked Elma High School (every time I think of that school I get Fred Flinstone in my head yelling for his wife) opened the 2A state girls basketball tournament with a resounding beat down of the Fife Trojans on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome (I heard they took part of the King Dome to build it).

In the 48-20 victory for the Eagles a new record for blocks in a game was set at 8 by Brandi Thomas (the old record was 7 set in 2005). In addition to providing blanket-like defense (allowing Fife to convert only 6 field goals and 13.3 percent from the field) Thomas also added 14 points.

Elma will not face Prosser tonight after the Mustangs trotted (so much cheese .... but ... can't ... resist) by Bellingham 72-68 on Wednesday.

God, I love March Madness

I'm headed to Yakima very soon to go watch the Spokane Shock play an exhibition game against the Tri-City Fever at the SunDome. While I'd love just to sit and watch NCAA games all day, people are buying me wine down in Yakima. I can't turn that down.

However, check out Fish Bear Sports running diary. That Joel Willits is a funny bastard.

And I'll try to drop in on his comment board and insult his mother every I get wireless on my laptop.

Which in Yakima, could be very iffy.