column comes true

the first column i wrote for VEGAS VOICE was on how bad the surface street drivers are here. what with the tourists being distracted by all the bright shiny lights, the drunks (we give away whiskey), the losers and, of course, our share of just plain idiots driving on our streets is a gamble in and of itself. so, to prove my point, rhonda was in a car wreck late monday afternoon where she was stopped at red light behind another car and WHAM! she gets rear-ended by a woman whose foot apparently got "stuck" on the accelerator. rhonda was banged around a lot and i took her to the hospital from the accident scene. x-rays were negative which is good but her neck and back hurt like hell which is bad. she could barely move yesterday and spent the day in bed, moaning.

we tried to get doctor appt. for yesterday but none was available. my personal physican's office told me that he does not take car accident patients, something i have never heard of. bizarre. it is probably because of litagation and taking forever for the car insurance company to pay. however, rhonda has insurance so that wouldn't be a problem. but anyway.....

i will keep you posted.

dodgers have, all of a sudden, started hitting the ball (see the ball--hit the ball) since manny came on board. arizona went out and got adam dunn and he hit a crucial home run last night in their win.

shock's prediction: dodgers will win west and then lose in league championship series to the cubs. (but i sure would like an angels-dodgers world series. i have never been to a w.s. game and sure would like to do so before my time here on this plane is up.

(but before you go out and put any money on that remember i am the world's worst sports bettor.)