Lots of Things To Say...

not a lot of time to do it...

Had a great time this weekend in B-Ham, Alabama.

Enjoyed the W Hotel, with its NYC Contemporary styling, which was nice, however seemed slightly out of place in the deep south.

Other hotels should take note...instead of wasting money on bars of soap and shampoo, take a cue from the W...use dispensers...I liked that idea.

It never ceases to amaze me, how quickly I remember how much I dislike flying. From the moment you step foot into an airport, is an unpleasent experience.

More to come!

Toyota

I got to thinking today as I was driving along...you know when you see an old car, you understand how it fit into that generation of cars...

Well, I remember in the early to mid-90s, right about when I was coming into that age where I cared about cars, because I would be driving them pretty soon, the mini-van craze was beginning. Well my mom ended up getting the very hip Dodge Caravan (of course she needed the wood-siding)




The one car, she looked at, but never pulled the trigger on, was the Toyota Previa. This car (driven by my good friends G & B, and aptly named the Space Ship) was completely different. Even today, I saw some Mexicans driving one, and I cannot think of another car that has ever resembled this thing.

I think it was a good idea that they stopped making them!

Jon & Kate MINUS 8

It was tough to watch the car crash that was Jon and Kate last night...It must really suck to have to go through that, and it is only compounded by the fact that it is on National Television.

I am not sure who to blame...my wife and I have discussed it at length, but I am going to go ahead and place 51% on Jon.

Call me what you will for watching...but like a car accident...everyone stops and stares!

Golfin...

I was happy to get a round in yesterday, where I am happy to report I played pretty well. I drove the ball well and putted well, it was in between that I need to work on...

I am playing 36 on Fri/Sat in Birmingham, AL, including the famous Shoal Creek, home to 2 PGA Championships and the '08 US Amateur. This is a course designed by The Golden Bear, and we are playing with caddies, which makes any round fun.

I will be sure to report back, hopefully with some pics...

The Nats...

are not a good baseball team...they have terrible pitching (starters through closers), and can barely hit the ball. The management seems to know what they are doing, but that hasnt helped the on-field product. Rumors are swirling that the Manager is going to be fired, about 2 weeks after he fired the pitching coach...

Given the ineptitude of the team, all is supposed to be saved with the arrival of Stephen Strasburg. However...that is until I saw this quote about a 16 year old:

"When big Bryce Harper made the cover of Sports Illustrated two weeks ago, I knew we'd soon again be hearing from the 16-year-old 'chosen one.' But not quite this soon. On Sunday, the sophomore from Las Vegas found his way into national headlines again when his father told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Bryce will forgo his final two years of high school and use a GED to enroll in a community college this August. Though it more or less makes a mockery of our education system, the Harpers' plan would make Bryce eligible for the 2010 draft, where he could conceivably be the Nationals' No. 1 pick and eventually join forces with Stephen Strasburg to save Washington baseball from itself."

This just goes to show that DC is the laughingstock of the baseball community.

Back-To-Back-To-Back

Meeting after meeting after meeting, can really screw up a day. I have been in them since 1030 this morning, and feel like I have achieved nothing.

I like how that makes for long-a$$ days!

Women At The Office...

...really get away with anything they want, when it comes to fashion. We have a pretty strict suit policy here for men, and coat and tie is pretty acceptable as well...

to that end...women wear anything they want, so much so, that I just saw a woman wearing pumas!

PUMAS!

Hardly professional, but who is going to say something to a woman, for fear of getting slapped with a harrassment lawsuit.

PUMAS!

T-Shirt

When I wear a T-Shirt, I tend to just grab whatever is on top...so this weekend I happened to throw on a 'Skins Shirt.

I dont know if it was because we were out and about a bunch, or just general excitement, but I got at least 10 comments (mostly positive) on the shirt.

I guess with the summer having started, people are ready for training camp. Preseason games start in about 10-12 weeks...

BRING IT ON!

My Trip Home From NJ...

So I had to travel to our NJ office for the day...I was sitting in the train station at Metropark, waiting for the train home, when I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I believed I saw a man walk into the woman's restroom. I was all excited, as I thought, that would make for a funny blog entry.

Well, when that man walked out of the women's room, I was upset to find that it was in fact a woman all the time...

I figured I had nothing to blog about today, until I looked behind me in the train station to see a woman filing her fingernails, which I think is gross...however, I let it go!

It was about 5 minutes later, when I got up to head to the tracks that I looked back one final time...however, this time she was not filing her fingernails...she was CLIPPING her TOE NAILS???

WHAT? I wanted to donkey punch her, right then and there...

GROSS!

The States

Headed off to Westfield High School to officiate one of the State Semi-Finals. Should be a good one. Hopefully the weather holds off, and the crowd is pretty loud.

I hope when the game is over, I can grab a world-famous "Taco-In-A-Bag"

If you do not know what that is...google it...it is PHENOMINAL!

So Long My Friend #76

When my wife and I got engaged in 2006, she got a diamond ring...in return, she bought be an authentic Washington Redskins #76 Jersey (Jon Jansen).

Jon was cut last week by the Skins after 10 years of very steady play that would have made the original 'Hogs proud.

I understand for the most part that it was time for him to go, but my issue is, and remains, that no good replacement has really been identified.

I am now stuck in that uneviable position of either looking like an idiot wearing a jersey of a guy who will probably end up on another team, or just ponying up and buying a fake jersey (probably Chris Cooley by the way)...

What am I to do???

I Like Me Some Cooley

From a recent interview between Chris Cooley and S.I.

SI: What's your craziest/best travel story?

Chris Cooley: We were playing in Denver during my second season and I was trying to fit in with all the guys. Cory Raymer had an entire backpack full of mini bottles of Jack Daniels. So we got into a drinking contest on the bus. The next day I found 13 or 14 of those bottles, empty, in my bag. And this was just on the bus to the airport after a game. Before we even took off, I'm conducting the pre-flight announcements. Twenty minutes into the plane ride I'm on the floor in the aisle eating out of an applesauce container. Needless to say, I had a visit with the head coach the next morning.

Also, check out his wife's T-Shirt in this picture...see if you can figure out the puzzle!