I told you the Carolina vs Kentucky game was a trap game. I think I am going to change the name of my blog to You Heard It Hear First.
Life is tough at the top, just ask Alabama, Ohio State, and Oklahoma. Oregon and Auburn are on watch this weekend.
Clemson has defeated 2 of 3 thorns in their sides - Maryland and Georgia Tech. Boston College is on tap this week at BC. Even with BC at or near the bottom of the ACC it will probably still be a good game. Clemson seems to be improving. Probably has something to do with Andre Ellington running to ball more often, limiting the number of times Jamie Harper touches the ball and The Million Dollar Man (KP) not playing with his head up his backside which has been aided by the receivers actually catching the balls that are catchable.
When trying to keep your daughter from being scared by the thunder and lightning, it is best not to jump into her lap even when the bolt of lightning hits about 3 feet from you as you are putting her in her car seat. (Don't know exactly how close but it was flash/bam and I was in her lap and looking at her with the "Are we both ok, look?")
Wyatt is still drooling. He's got a rash under his chin, he drools so much. He needs a rubber rain suit. He is now officially crawling and can even sit up for a short period of time before he falls over and starts crawling. He is even saying
"Da Da" a little bit. We are still waiting on his first tooth.
The NBA season starts tonight and I say "Who cares?" The only thing I care about is Boston beating Miami tonight. Boston's BIG 3.5 (Pierce, Garnett, Allen and "The Big Shamrock") vs Miami's big 3 (Wade, Bosh, and "The Decision"). I am hoping tonight that the tone is set and that "I am Witness" to Miami's quest for a title getting derailed...a self implosion. This might be the most NBA you will ever read on this blog...unless I add a feature to track the Heat's demise. The final chapter of this story will not be written until June...enjoy your winter and check back in April to see how Miami is doing. "The Decision" has a new Nike commercial out (You will have to click the link to watch it...I am not embedding it.).
Isn't college basketball just around the corner.
Where have I/LA been in the past two weeks?
*Cypress
LA and I went to dinner with Tim and Arlette...very nice, somehow it turned into a 4 hour meal that seemed only about an hour...fun times...a big shout out to our babysitters - Grandma and Aube for being troopers.
*2010 Motorola Road Show - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Left on Monday (18th) at the crack of dawn thirty from CHS airport...meeting Monday afternoon and all day Tuesday and hope Tuesday night.(Not that it really mattered because I was only in the room for about 12 hours BUT when checking in and I am paying for all 3 rooms, it might be nice to put the person funding everyone's stay in the nicer room. My room was a side view of another building. I could lean out over the balcony railing to see the ocean while my traveling compatriots rooms were ocean front, high floor, marble showers, and super deluxe...I made one of them change with me...nah, I thought about it but decided to be nice.) I am pretty sure I gave my sinus infection to everyone on the plane from CHS to ATL, ATL to FLL, everyone at the meetings and on the return flights home. I did not feel good the whole time.
However, it was a pretty good trip for me. I won a $50 gift card in a trivia game about Motorola products and I won NFL tickets to any regular season game remaining. (So, I am sure you are wondering how I won. We used these handheld devices to record our answers and the quickest correct answer got the most points and was a declining scale from there based on when answered relative to everyone else. I figured out that you could answer at any point once the question was on the screen, so it was about speed reading and knowing the answers. And let's be honest here. The questions were not about how to split an atom...actually they were harder because you actually had to pay attention to the speaker to know the answer and couldn't skip a session...it keep me in the meetings.) Motorola has access to all the teams through their relationship with the NFL providing the sideline communications for all the teams (coaches on the field to the coaches in the booth and the system that the quarterback and defense captain have that allows the coach to scream in their ear after each play and give them the next play). Not sure what it costs Motorola but I am sure it isn't cheap. I guess the added perk is that they get some tickets.
Since I am not a die hard NFL fan, the question is where to go. I have thoughts on the subject and I have had a few suggestions from friends:
Miami Dolphins - SunTrust Field
Green Bay Packers - Lambeau Field "The Crown Jewel Of The NFL"
Pittsburgh Steelers - Heinz Field
Indianapolis Colts - Lucas Oil Field
Washington Redskins - Fed Ex Field
San Deigo Chargers - Qualcomm Stadium
Dallas Cowboys - Cowboys Stadium "Mecca"
New England Patriots - Gillette Stadium
New York Jets / Giants - New Meadowland Stadium "Mecca II"
Where I am not going:
Oakland Raiders
Carolina Panthers
(I didn't provide links because let's be honest are you really going to go check them out)
There were other teams and stadiums that were considered. LA wanted to go to Indianapolis to see Payton or Boston to see the New England and Tom Brady (wonder why that is?). I thought about New York Jets because I might get to see Ines Sainz on the sidelines but I have decided that there is only one real choice for us. LA and I will make our pilgrimage to MECCA - Cowboys Stadium at a cost of $1.2 Billion dollars (Which this year it became the second most costly stadium ever built. The Jets and Giants New Meadowlands home cost $1.6 Billion. It cost that much just because it was built in New York) which is just over 300 times the combined lifetime income of LA and I. The Cowboys will be playing the Redskins on that day. Why the Dallas Cowboys and Cowboy Stadium?
*$1.2 Billion Dollars - It's got to be worth seeing.
*Largest domed stadium in the world (it actually has a retractable roof)
*Largest HDTV screen (60 yards long - 20 yard line to 20 yard line)
*Nicknamed - Jone-Mahal, The Palace In Dallas, 6 Flags Over Jerry
*The weather was a factor, I am not a die hard enough fan of any NFL team to sit in the freezing cold at Lambeau or The New Meadowlands Stadium
*Our schedules
*LA vetoed a Thanksgiving Trip to Dallas to watch the New Orleans Saints play the Cowboys...something about shopping on Black Friday...she said I could go and take a friend but I really want her to go with me and share the experience.
*The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders...duh
*It one of the oldest rivalries in the NFL - I grew up playing cowboys and indians (now it's cowboys and native americans)
*I actually remember Tom Landry - Cowboys ("Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable") and George Allen - Redskins coaching against each other
*The Cowboys are "Americas Team" and were even known as "South Americas Team" for a little while because of some drug problems with players
So the arrangements are in the works for a trip to Big D to see JR and South Fork Ranch, North Dallas Forty and the hapless Cowboys. I wish the Cowboys were playing better and that the Redskins game might mean something but I think this trip is going to be more about the stadium, the NFL experience, and Dallas than the actual football.
*Clemson, SC / Lake Keowee
Anybody that has some extra lake front property (Marion or Moultrie), please don't hesitate to give me a little bit. (and I don't want any lake front property in Kansas that your trying to sell)
When hiking and going downhill, always remember that the climb back up the hill is much harder. I am officially out of shape at 43 years of age and not even close to being in shape. I need to find some older friends to hang out with so I can feel better about myself.
Don't eat a big lunch before hiking...you aren't going to walk it off. You might throw it up but your definitely not waking it off.
Never take advise from someone you don't know about pressing a door bell button...the person coming to the door isn't going to think it is near as funny as the person you didn't know thought it was.
A theater room is a nice addition to a home.
A trout releases about 2,000 - 3,000 eggs...eat more trout
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