Always Good To Catch Up

with friends from high school, especially when you can take time and think about making fun of other people from high school.

It makes it even more special, when you get to share in collectively making fun of one of those emails that spreads like wildfire around the internet, only to realize that the originator was someone you knew!

Good times this past weekend!

CopyCat Post

A friend made a post on his blog, and it got me thinking about the questions he posed:

Fruits of the day (in order of preference): Raspberries / Peaches / Blueberries...I will ALWAYS pass on a pear

Cities I've never visited: LA, Anyplace in TX

Cities I want to visit: San Antonio / Nashville (though not anytime soon)

My guess at the Washington Nationals 2010 record - 74-88

And Some Other Things...

I Am Excited About: The Zac Brown Band / Dave Matthews Concert in June

Living in the Suburbs: is really fun actually...we do miss the "Big Box" stores though!

My Next Golf Club: The Adams Idea a7OS Hybrid http://www.adamsgolf.com/products/hybrids/a7os.php

Hoppin On...

I am not a baseball fan, but I am jumping on the Nats Bandwagon!

I have that feeling in my gut, that I did a few years ago about the Caps, that things are starting to turn around for the Nats.

They have been built the right way, and with a little bit of luck, they got a star in Strasburg, and a cornerstone in Zimmerman...this does not sound all to different from the Caps with Ovechkin and Green/Semin.

I even found myself watching a game last night.

Good time to come this summer and into the future.

GO NATS!

Just When We Got Past...

the whole Duke thing, this UVA story has to rear its ugly head, and this is FAR FAR FAR worse.

This upsets me beyond all proportions!

I honestly have nothing else to say about this situation.

The Caps...

I had the opportunity to go to Game 7 last week, and have held my tongue, as I was so pissed off by the outcome...I thought long and hard as to the reasons we lost, and here are a few of my official thoughts...Let me note first, however, I do not want to point the blame at one specific player, or even the coach for that matter, as I think that the Caps were fundamentally missing 2 key ingrediants, that simply rear their ugly head during the playoffs. In no other sport, does the difference between the regular season and the playoffs so distinct. It is so true in hockey that offense wins games, defense wins championships. to that end. A hockey team can ride a hot goalie to the Stanley Cup:

• Mike Green and the rest of the defense did not lose the series for us. What lost the series was the lack of a "Stay at Home Defensemen" Did you really expect Mike and the gang to change their ways in the playoffs....the answer is simply NO.
• Mike Knuble is the only player on the team who is willing to crash the net (Brooks Laich is a close 2nd, but was not the same after taking a puck in the face after a practice a few weeks back). In other words our top 2-3 lines are made up of Easter Europeans and Russians, who play a finesse game, and prefer to shoot from the outside. The playoffs are won and lost in front of the net.
• I have no issue with our goaltending. I hope that the 3 guys come back next year, and if Theo is the odd-man out, best of luck to him. He is a class-act, and should be treated as such.
• The coaching was fine, and no changes should be made.
• As for transactions, let go of Fleishmann and Fehr, and get a hard nose, in your face winger who wants to get after it. The same goes for Brendan Morrison. On D, bring up Alzner and keep Carlson with the big boys, and send Shawn Morrison and Milan Jurcina on their way. Go get a Chris Pronger like player.

We will keep going at this, until Uncle Ted shuts it down. Maybe we need to get rid of George McPhee...

My 2 cents

BLACKBERRY!!!

I am excited...the phone I have been waiting about 5 months for was officially announced today (Blackberry Bold 9650)...I suspect that Verizon will release it in May.

Cannot come soon enough!

Solid...Not Spectacular

In my best Obama voice..."Let me be perfectly clear..."

I am very happy about the selection of Trent Williams as our new Left Tackle.

In an ideal world, we would have traded down, and still selected a solid Left Tackle, however, the sense is that there was not a lot of appetite for the 4th slot, so we got what we got!

Let's hope there is some wheeling and dealing and we can pick up some more picks.

I guess the Rams are back on the clock!

BREASTS!!!

of chicken really surprise me. Whether you buy them at COSTCO in those 6x2 packs, or from the grocery store, they come in all different sizes, and you never know what you are going to get.

Furthermore, why do grocery stores more often than not, sell them 3 to a package? It makes no sense whatsoever!

Did you think I was going to discuss something else on this post?

Allergies

are kicking my rear end this year...I have never had a problem until this year and it sucks!

Officially...

I worked a college game yesterday with a coach who was unrelenting...He wanted everything, he complained about everything, and his attitude showed through the complaining that all of his players did as well.

I cannot tell you who they were, obviously, but let me just say they are a top ranked D-3 team. This coach makes it un-fun to be out there!

They won, but lets put it this way, the final horn rang, the teams crossed, and we got out of there as soon as possible!

Way To Go Phil...

I could not be happier for Phil. A class act, and a good story to boot!

Even more so, I am happy that all the reporting today has been about him, and not about Tiger. To that end, every blow-up, club drop, eye-roll that Tiger made this week, made me smile, as it just re-enforced what a D-Bag he really is.

Best of luck to Lee Westwood. His game is strong, and I get the sense that a Major title is within his grasp. I feel the same way about KJ Choi, who got stuck playing with Tiger for 4 days. What a punishment, and it did not appear to phase him in any way!

The rest of the summer, through the FedEx Cup should be a pretty exciting year! I am certainly looking forward to it!

Good Luck JC

I think the trade for Donovan McNabb spells the end of Jason Campbell's career in Washington. I am actually saddened by this, as this poor guy has gotten a pretty bum rap, despite playing for some pathetic teams over the last 4 years.

He took a beating week-in and week-out, all while changing Head Coaches / O-Coordinators / Offenses almost annually. He did this every year, and never changed his positive attitude, when he could have been pissed off at the world, the front office, the media, etc.

Best of luck Jason...I hope you end up in the AFC, maybe on West Coast, where you will not come back and haunt us!

Irony?

I was pulling into McDonalds the other day at the drive thru and the car in front of me was a Papa John's delivery guy...

Hmmmm!

Refreshing...

I enjoy the 4 S's on vacation....

• Starbucks
• $hit
• Shower
• Shave

On Vacation...

and all is quiet here in FLA!

Corporate Pride?

I am not afraid to say that I am proud of the company that I work for...I have a few T-Shirts, some pens, and a coffee mug that has our name on it. I am not afraid t use those items in public.

I thought that was pretty standard across most large businesses (and small for that matter).

Then I was in our parking lot this morning and my jaw dropped!

Some loser had a license plate cover with our corporate name on it...Get a life!

Though I Am Not Surprised...

that Lehigh recieved a 16 seed, that is somewhat of a slap in the face to the Patriot League, when the Ivy League pulls a 12. Cornell is solid, and can upset just about anyone, but a 12?

I have more thoughts on the bracket, including the outrage that Duke is a 1 and VA Tech is aiming high for a NIT finale in NYC.

More to come!

At The Risk...

of counting my chickens before they are hatched...if Lehigh makes the dance on Friday, do I:

• Want them to play in the play-in game, which is nationally televised, but is disrespectful to the Patriot League, which has had some great teams the last 8 or so years
• Play as a 16 seed and end up against someone like Kansas / Duke / Cuse / etc.
• or not worry about it, as my post will end up causing them to lose to Lafayette, and have the women win, which means I really am just pissing in the wind!

Way to go!

Ready For The Weekend

Bring it on...little St. Patty's Day Parade, and my buddy GSN's engagement party!

It has been one of those weeks!

Final Olympic Reflections...

Here are my thoughts:

HIGHLIGHTS (in no particular order):

• For the most part Americans living up to the expectations in their individual sports
• USA 4 Man Bobsled coming out of no where to take Gold
• Apollo Ohno just dominating, and seems like an all-around nice guy
• Watching the Canadian Figure Skater come through despite the unexpected loss of her mother
• Shaun White simply going bigger and higher than everyone else
• Ryan Miller standing on his head for 6 games, with a minor mental lapse in OT of the Gold Medal Game...the MVP of the tournament was well deserved.

LOWLIGHTS (in no particular order):

• The sad story of the Georgian Luger
• The American Ski Team spats between Vonn and ManCuso
• The Russian Male Figure Skater being sour over 2nd place...get over yourself you fairy
• Overall NBC coverage, headed by having to listen to Bob Costas, night in and night out.
• Watching human interest pieces by Mary Carillo, as she tries out for the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, or mushing with a blind snow-dog
• Mike Milbury...Mike Milbury...Mike Milbury

NEUTRAL (in no particular order):

• Why does the world get so entralled with Curling? Everyone is waiting for a big moment to happen, and it never really does (for what it is worth, I am guilty of it as well)
• Nice to not hear any stories about Performance Enhancing Drugs this go around
• I still have not figured out the whole Ice Dancing thing yet...but that is ok...I did not really watch any of it anyway.
• I would like to try a bi-athlon...chances are I would fall, and shoot myself in the back of the head though.
• Interesting how the Beijing and Vancouver games were affected by weather so much
• Kind of excited for London 2012...less so for Sochi 2014