Smarty Horse meets his Birdstone

Today, 2004 June 5, was a sad day for fans of the wonderful race horse Smarty Jones. So many people expected him to win that he had odds of 1-5, meaning that there was an 80% chance of winning. His winning by 10 horse lengths in the Kentucky Derby may be a reason for this. So I watched what happened. Smarty also won the Preakness, so if he could win the Belmont Stakes today, he wins something called the "Triple Crown", which no horse has won since 1976 or so.

The race prebegan with a conniption on the part of Rock Hard Ten. He refused to get into the starting gate, delaying the race and causing the other horses to chafe at their bits. But he eventually got into the stall and then the race began. Smarty took a huge lead, but he quickly lost it to a combination of Purge, Eddington, Rock Hard Ten, and maybe another horse. Purge took the lead briefly. But these other horses tired out and Smarty was able to eke out another lead. Then I saw it on the TV set. A horse with a yellow number pad came up fourth, and seemed to go faster than the others. I wondered if this horse was going to win it. I wonder who he was. I found out soon he was number 4, Birdstone. There were heavy odds against him before the race, a real dark horse. Smarty extended his lead as Eddington and the other horses started to tire and go back. Then I saw number 4 gaining on him. It was an exciting and interesting finish as Birdstone kept on coming and eventually nosed out Smarty for the win. Many people were disappointed. No triple crown.

But then again, what does a Triple Crown mean? It means the same horse wins over and over again. It is like the same thing happening in your life over and over again. Do you have a Triple Crown in your life? Neuro-Linguistic Programming teaches us that if something does not work, try something else. Birdstone was something else. He was an unknown until today, and he seemed fresh, whereas all the other horses tired, including Smarty Jones. It also means that maybe the best path to success is not to try to fight the Smarty Jones pyramid. Don't try to keep up with the Smarty Joneses. Go around and establish your own Birdstone. Perhaps you may win your own personal Belmont if you do.

Blogtrek will now be facts and impressions

Today I started a new blog, for I was mixing opinions, say of the Bush-Kerry campaign or of the Pledge of Allegiance, with experiental things such as firefly counts and skywatches. So today I started a new blog, Beyond Opinion for these opinions. Visit the site to see what it's like. From now on, I will post current event issues and opinions to the new Beyond Opinion blog, and the other, usually more pleasant and enjoyable things, will go into Blogtrek.

Hopefully, this will create a better pair of blogs for all you blog readers out there.