Morning Bottles

My boy and I get up most mornings together, and I give him his bottle downstairs. We either watch Sportscenter or Comcast SportsRise.

It makes me sick to my stomach that I will not even turn either of those shows on, because that is how little I want to hear about the Skins. It hurts just to write this now.

Its Week 3, and I am already angry! I can't even sell my tix to this weeks game!

Obama Time...

Here are some words, you do not hear out of me very often...

I FULLY SUPPORT President Obama's trip to Coppenhagen, Denmark. I think it would be great to have the Olympics in Chicago, and have no issue with him going to push that agenda.

Hosting the Olympics is a huge boost to the economy and can showcase to the world that Americans are not all together bad people, which I believe most of the world thinks right now.

Ummm....

As my friend R.E. put it...

"I have never been so embarrased to be a Skins Fan!"

'Nuff Said!

WEEK 3 PICKS

WEEK 3 RESULTS: 11-5
OVERALL: 32-16

On a side note, pretty sure I am not picking the Skins anytime soon!

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Some unconventional picks this week!

Atlanta at New England: NEW ENGLAND
Cleveland at Baltimore: BALTIMORE
Green Bay at St. Louis: GREEN BAY
Jacksonville at Houston: JAX
Kansas City at Philadelphia: PHILLY
NY Giants at Tampa Bay: NYG
San Francisco at Minnesota: SF
Tennessee at NY Jets: TENN
Washington at Detroit: WASHINGTON
Chicago at Seattle: CHICAGO
New Orleans at Buffalo: NEW ORLEANS
Denver at Oakland: OAKLAND
Miami at San Diego: SAN DIEGO
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: PITT
Indianapolis at Arizona: INDY
Carolina at Dallas: PANTHERS

McDonnell vs. Deeds

While I realize that no one but Virginians care about the Gubernatorial race...this is one of the strangest elections I have ever remembered.

• Bob McDonnell is the republican who made an error in judgement 20 years when he wrote some things about women in the workplace, and the use of birth control.
• The Washington Post, the liberal rag that it is, has backed Bob McDonnell.
• All of Creigh Deeds' advertisements are about this issue from 20 years ago, and state what a bad person he is.
• All of McDonnell's ads are about his programs, his family, and his morals.

I have never seen such a 1-sidedmud slinging contest. Deeds is getting the backing of the Obamam administration, as well as the VA Senators...but I think when it comes down to it, we might see the Republican take back Richmond!

Our Home...

after being on the market for 5 months, and having 2 MAJOR price reductions, we received 2 matching low-ball offers. We asked both for a Best and Final, and one came back $2K more, plus it was a cleaner contract (less contingencies). After the buyer paid for a home inspection on our home, which allowed us to put an offer on a home we liked, we got a call from our agent last night saying the buyer was backing out, with the justification of, "buyers remorse and the house was to big!"

Let's review:

1. This woman is an idiot!
2. She has screwed the other couple who put an offer on our home
3. It screws us for obvious reasons
4. It screws up the purchase of a new home for us...

Thanks a lot you dumb !@@#@$#$@! If I ever see you out and about, you are in for a serious tounge lashing!

WEEK 2 PICKS

WEEK 2 RESULTS: 9-7

Arizona at Jacksonville: ARIZONA
Carolina at Atlanta: ATLANTA
Cincinnati at Green Bay: GB
Houston at Tennessee: TENN
Minnesota at Detroit: MINN
New England at NY Jets: NE
New Orleans at Philadelphia: NO
Oakland at Kansas City: OAK
St. Louis at Washington: WASHINGTON
Seattle at San Francisco: SF
Tampa Bay at Buffalo : TB
Baltimore at San Diego: SD
Cleveland at Denver: DENVER
Pittsburgh at Chicago: PITT
NY Giants at Dallas: DALL
Indianapolis at Miami: INDY

2 TV Commericals of Note

2 things jumped out at me this weekend on TV

• Bud Lite Lime advertises that the beer contains "100% natural lime flavor." What does that mean?
• Pizza Hut is using actor/comedian Jim Breur to advertise pizza. He has come a long way since sitting in the Weekend Update Chair and starring in Half-Baked!

WEEK 1 PICKS

WEEK 1 RESULTS: 12-4

Just to challenge myself, I am going to make NFL picks each week, and then I will go back and see how I did.

WEEK 1:

Dallas at Tampa Bay: DALLAS
Denver at Cincinnati: CINCI
Detroit at New Orleans: NEW ORLEANS
Jacksonville at Indianapolis: INDY
Kansas City at Baltimore: BALTI
Miami at Atlanta: ATLANTA
Minnesota at Cleveland: MINN
NY Jets at Houston: HOUSTON
Philadelphia at Carolina: CAROLINA
San Francisco at Arizona: ARIZONA
St. Louis at Seattle: SEATTLE
Washington at NY Giants: WASHINGTON
Chicago at Green Bay: GB
Buffalo at New England: NEW ENGLAND
San Diego at Oakland: SAN DIEGO
Tennessee at Pittsburgh: PITT (I would have picked them!)

Sept 11th...

My thoughts and prayers are with all the families and Service Members on this day in History.

The Banana Spider

When we were in SC, our house was surrounded by something we learned was called The Banana Spider. This spider, while not harmful, supposedly packs a punch that really hurts...

Meet the Banana Spider...this thing is bigger than a Krispy Kreme Doughnut...(by the way, that is not my hand!)

Witnessing History (Kind of...)

I went to the Nats game last night...We were in our Corporate Booth which was a great experience, but hardly the reason I am writing. The Nats lost 5-3, in a well played game full of homers (Philly had 5 solo shots), and I believe the Nats had one.

However, the highlight of the evening was the President's Race where Teddy Roosevelt won his 1st race of his career...only for Screech, the stupid mascot of the Nats to run out of the stands and disqualify him for some unforseen reason...

Teddy's futility, like the Nats, continues.

Some Things I Think I Think...

• I think Vinny Cerrato looks like a user car salesman, and has the same amount of football knowledge as one
• It never ceases to amaze me how bad Joe Theismann is at announcing football games. His overall football acumen is slim to none, and he barely knows the name of players he is announcing. Amazing
• I am going to Nats games on back to back nights next week. I think we have really good seats both nights, as the games are against the Phillies. Pretty darn sure there are going to be more Philly fans at the game.
• I am headed to Atlantic City for a conference the following week for 3 days. Should be fun. It a'int Vegas, but it is what it is!
• I have a conference call at 8am on Sunday of Labor Day. Awesome!
• I still enjoy watching old episodes of "Home Improvement." That show is still funny.
• I am not happy about the fact that gas is approaching $3 again.
• At the Arlington Flea Market, they sell the same crap every week, including a guy with a a headset microphone selling Sorbet, that will cause you to have "an out of body experience." Really?
• I wish I could post mobile thoughts on this site, as sometimes I think of things, but then forget when I finally get in front of a computer.

Guess Who Is Back?

Back again...from work in FL and vacation in SC.

We were in Charleston, SC and had a great time. Weather was perfect, house was perfect, and a good time had by all...

one funny thing to note, we went and saw the College of Charleston and then The Citadel. Talk about Polar Opposites...

Now I am playing catch up.

I was happy with the way the Skins 1st Team O played against the Pats. It was encouraging!

Half-Glass Full

I would like to say that I remain optomistic after that 23-0 drubbing last night...but it is hard. I tend to try to find silver linings in games like last night, and the only thing I could come up with, and it is somewhat of a stretch, was that Brian Orapko could be UNREAL!

The only good point Joe Theismann came up with last night was comparing him to DeMarcus Ware.

Ladell "Bettis"???

Thank You

When are people going to realize that "Thank You" or "Great Job" emails do not connote a form of Leadership...they just piss people off, and make the sender feel good about the work that you did for them!

TARP Funds...

Thank You Mr. Obama for having me sit in traffic last Saturday on the Cape as I was trying to LEAVE in the middle morning...

Your stupid TARP program was having construction done on a Saturday in August, when people come crashing down on the Cape and Islands. I know this was TARP construction, because there was a big sign that said it was...

What should have been a 15 minute trip took 90 minutes.

Great program loser!

92 Minutes...

that I will never get back.

Lsat night I watched "The House Bunny" starring Anna Farris.

Punch me in the face!

Just My Luck...

I dialed into, "The Sports Junkies" show this morning to play on GameShow Wed. Today was Junkies Shootout, where they ask you 3 random questions, and if you get them right, you win a prize, like concert tickets, Madden '10, or a Jiffylube Oil Change. I was doing really well listening to the other questions, which were usually about Sports, or movies, or random stuff like that.

Well, I finally got on, and was ready to go, when I got the dumbest question ever...

"Name the better cereal...Fruit Loops or Sugar Smacks?"

First of all that is not a trivia question
Secondly, I answered Fruit Loops, only for the Junkie (JP) to say I was wrong, and hang up on me...
Finally, the 2 other Junkies there, both agreed with me.

Thanks a lot JP...you MORON!

Best Italian Restaurant

WTOP News, the local DC All News Radio Station, has been running a "best of" this summer including things like restaurants, ice cream, etc...

They have people call in and say what they think should be nominated...

For best Italian Restaurant...a woman called in and nominated "The Macaroni Grill"

REALLY?