The Finest of Ladies

I was in a NJ mall the other day and came across these beauties...



yup...that is a she-mullett on the right

Brrrrrrrr.........

Its cold out there...

Where did it come from? The other day it was in the 30s.

This morning, I get in my car to go to work, and it says 15....THAT IS COLD!

Also, pretty good game yesterday. Another STRONG performance from the D. Good to see Ryan Plackemeir finally get a good game under his belt. Offense continues to sputter along.

It will be interesting to see how the team attacks the off-season.

Have some pride, and beat the 9ers!

Tix for 'Skins

I posted craigslist ads in Philly and in Washington for today's games. Barely a nibble, and with Dallas losing last night, Philly is now in 2nd place in the NFC East, and basically controls their destiny...

Lets just hope for a win, and see if we can knock 'em out...

Hand Washing

Did you ever think about how many people when in the bathroom at the office go #1, and if they are the only people in there, will just walk on out...

OR...

When they go #1, and decide they need to wash their hands, only because someone else is in there too, and they do not want the reputation of being, "the guy who doesn't wash his hands after going to the bathroom....

Things that make you go hmmmm!

HOLD...

I have been on hold for in excess of 1 hour with Citibank to discuss my mortgage. On the upside, they have some nice jazz music playing, that is actually nice to listen to, while trying to get some work done.

If they would only stop interupting the music to tell me how important my call is to them, and to please stay on hold...

Go Caps...

I became a big hockey fan about 7 years ago, when I was given access to a whole lot of tickets. I started to learn the game, and understand some of the nuances, the players, and the personalities.

It quickly became my 2nd favorite professional sport behind football, and quickly outpaced my lack of interest in professional baseball and far exceeded my distaste of professional basketball.

For the 1st 4-5 years of my "fandom," the Caps were never very good (except in 98 when they made the miraculous run to the Stanley Cup, only to be easily swept by the Red Wings). However, over the past few years, they have steadily built what is looking like a Championship Team.

Given my affinity for Washington sports, it is refreshing to watch the development of a professional sports team "done right." Dan Snyder just does not get it. Buying a championship does not work. Ernie Grunfeld does not get it. Keeping with what does not work (i.e. Jamison and Arenas) will only get you to the 2nd/3rd round of the playoffs, and certainly not a championship. I believe that Stan Kasten and Jim Bowden have the right idea, but that is really going to take some time before they see the fruit of their labor.

The Caps leadership knew it was going to get worse, before it got better. They have developed such a young core group of players, here in Washington, as well as in Hershey and South Carolina. This team is going to win a Cup. It is an exciting time to be a fan...

Kudos to Ted Leonsis, George McPhee, and Bruce Boudreau...

Go Caps...

Babies 'R' Racist

I spent some time on Saturday at Babies R U doing some XMas shopping for friends and family, and came across this toy.

I am not sure if this toy is trying to teach my child to speak Spanish, or teach him to be a racist...

you be the judge!

Distraught!!!

I do not know how a Redskins season, which started with so much hope and promise, can end, so simply, and what seemed, so suddenly.

People are calling for Zorn's head. I am not sure if it is warranted, as much as people should be calling for the head of Vinny Ceratto. This guy has the lethal combination of being overpaid and over-STUPID. He has no business being a GM, let alone Snyder's right hand man! Case in point...great pick up on Shaun Alexander. Great pick up on Erasmus James. Hell....great pick up on Jason Taylor. We aint getting those draft picks back!

I do not want BILL COWHER. He is not the solution to our problems!

We need to develop some youth at the Offensive Line, some ability at Defensive End, and figure out someway to get those 3 knucklehead 2nd Round Draft Picks from '08 (Thomas, Kelly, Davis) to pull their respective head's out of their respective a$$es.

JUST AWFUL!

Keep it up JD...

the story, like a fine wine, only gets better with age!

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3761316

Not Sure What To Comment On Today...

it seems to be a slow news day, and its been busy at work...

but here are some random thoughts for you to chew on!

• The Illinois Governor should not even be given the right to a fair trial...throw his a$$ in jail!
• Figuring out how to re-finance your home is difficult
• I am ready for 1 good snowstorm. I am talking a solid foot of snow. The type that shuts DC down for a few days
• It pisses me off, when people schedule meetings you have to go to on Friday afternoons
• The trade the Wizards made was a mistake...way to send away the toughest guy on an already SOFT team...keep losing LOSERS!
• Lehigh wrestling seems to be back to its old self, after a pretty dismal year last year

What do you think about that???

I "Felt Like a Fat Cow"

Stop insulting cows Oprah!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245089,00.html?xid=email-peopledaily-20081209-20245089

PITIFUL...

When you look that up in the dictionary you might find a picture of the following:

Nice Garment!

I was looking at cnn.com and this was the front picture...I didn't even care what the article was about...I just like his hair, and even more, I dig the St. Louis Blues hockey (is that a T-Shirt, or a hockey sweater, a jersey)...

Who cares...it is AWESOME!

Holiday Lunch

I had a team lunch today, and by accident I had 3 Jack Daniels....

WHOOPS! I hate when that happens!

File Under...

Things you do not see everyday...

About 6 months ago, we had our master bathroom remodeled...they did a pretty good job. My wife and I were happy.

After a while, we noticed a few things that needed fixing. Really nothing major, so we called up the contractor, asked if he was willing to correct the mistakes, and he said yes. It took them a while to get there, but they did. It was a 2 part effort, of which the 1st part was done last week.

One guy, who I recongized, arrived this morning around 7ish, and went right into the bathroom, closed the door and started working. After about an hour, I decided to go in and check on him, as I thought the work would be minor, and not take that long to fix.

He said "come in" in broken English, and in I walk in, only to see him sitting on the toilet, reading People Magazine. He doesnt even speak English!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

ps, He was just sitting, it not like he was going #1 or #2...but still!!!

Big $$$

My mother told me yesterday that a home in our old neighborhood was being rented for $60,000 for the week of inauguration.

WOW!

File Under...

I wish they had the Darwin Awards equivalent for stupid criminals!

http://www.kcra.com/cnn-news/18191082/detail.html

Sharting

My baby sharted on my wife last night...one of the funniest things I have ever seen!

2008 Movies

I am not much of a movie buff...but it seems 2008 was not particularly a good year for movies.

The only one that stuck out in my mind was the Batman movie (The Dark Night), and that is only because of all the pub that Heath Ledger got, you know with being dead and all.

This is a pretty cool picture:Other movies that I remember are

• Juno
• The Bank Job (maybe my favorite movie of the year)
• 27 Dresses

In other words...a bad year!

Quiet Day...

Does not seem to be much going on today...

It seems kinda scary that XMas is only 23 short days away, and someone who prides themself on being organized, I have done literally nothing as it relates to the Holidays.

I could just decide to celebrate Festivus:

Cabinet Posts

As President-Elect (cringe!!!) Obama names his cabinet level designees, for the most part, I dont have issue or care who they are, because at the end of the day, it just does not affect my day-to-day activities...

However...

Secretary of Defense: I am happy to see that Robert Gates is staying on in this post for a number of reasons:

1. He seems to have brought some steadiness and resolve to this position, in following, what I believe to have been a pretty bad run by Mr. Rumsfeld. Not as bad as most people made it out to be...but bad!
2. In this time of War, we need 1 vision, 1 strategy, and 1 voice leading the Troops. I believe this helps that mission
3. I think it shows some gusto, and some intelligence by President-Elect Obama to continue on with a Republican appointee.

Secretary of State: Naming Hilary R. Clinton is a massive mistake in my mind. Do we really want this as the face of our country internationally. I understand she has outstanding contacts internationally, based on her time as the President, I mean "1st Lady" but come on. This woman is a criminal, and divisive in nature. This is a mistake of utter proportions.

WORK???

Back to work today for the 1st time in about 5 weeks. Talk about a 180!

Oh, and by the way...The Skins were terrible yesterday!