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Weekend: September 01, 2006 - Weekend I had Friday off because I had to work on the previous Sunday. It was a great deal and I'd happily do it again. When you have a weekday off you get to do all of the things you usually can't do because you, like everyone else, are at work. I didn't do any of these things, but I could have. I drank a lot of coffee and napped a lot. I feel like jamie did something Friday night but I think I just sat in my house and played NCAA Football 2003 on the Playstation. It was my day off! No nagging! [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Monday: September 02, 2006 - Working working After laboring in coal-mine like conditions for the past 11 months I was pleased to get Labor Day off. Over the weekend the only major thing I "accomplished" was buying a new TV for my office. I got it at Home Depot of all places but I wanted a 15" LCD and didn't want to spend $350 at Best Buy for a crap-brand when I could spend $250 at Home Depot for a Magnavox. The TV it replaced did not change channels or allow you to adjust the volume more than once a week. Usually each Sunday I'd decide what channel and volume to watch for the week and then hate my decision to choose Lifetime (hey, Fraiser was on) on near-mute. The new TV is nice and it looks good next to my two flat-screen monitors. Booyah. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Tuesday: September 04, 2006 - Go State! Man, I spent so much time hand-making a graphic to celebrate FSU's win over Miami that I forgot to upload it. Damn. I spent a lot of time on that it. Oh well, I guess you'll get to see it tomorrow. Obviously Florida State dismantled Miami despite a rushing "attack" of all of 2 yards on the game. Even though the game was on all 450 ESPN channels we chose the traditional coverage with the two most biased announcers ever. Suck it! Before the game only one of the four analysts predicted an FSU win and they all commented about how great Miami's defense was and how FSU's was too new to be any good. Busted! Man, the best play was Some Miami Receiver just flat-out dropped that ball up the middle. Oh man, that was hot. Now it's smooth sailing until Florida, but they play in Tallahassee this year and FSU will be 10-0 at that point so hopefully they'll stick it to the Gators to make up for last year's ass-whipping. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Wednesday: September 05, 2006 - Music in our schools People are so stupid. The reason we're supposed to be teaching music to kids isn't so they'll grow up to play in Symphony Orchestras or live at home until they're 30. Most kids that play music grow up to do other things--and do those other things well. I feel like most people I know who had a healthy background in music are really, really good at what they do. AND, more importantly, they're really good at doing other things. Music forces you to think critically--gee, I only play four notes in this song and I can play them a trillion different ways, I wonder which way would be the best. Bam. There you go. Suddenly, twenty years later you're sitting at your adult-work-desk saying, "gee, I have to write this function, I wonder which way would be the best"--your foundation is already there. Bam. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Thursday: September 07, 2006 - Project Runway: Vincent Although not as gratifying as some wins in the past, I was able to fend off tchris and jamie in a little three-way poker last night. At different points in the night we all had huge chip leads and somehow blew them. We're all big bettors so it was a lot of fun despite the low number of people.

I really need a new computer. Mine shuts off after about five minutes of use due to overheating and I still have not been able to find the right replacement fan. I'm hoping by the week after my birthday to have enough money to buy the new one from Dell, even though they won't let me get it without the video card. I talked to their retarded sales/tech guy and asked them simply if they could not charge/install a video card. They do not have dual-monitor options and I wasn't ordering any monitors so I didn't need the card. He replied that they could not and I was out of luck. I replied by asking him if the computers were really built by hand like they say in the commercials. He said yes. I then asked if they guy installing it could just "leave out" the video card (I'd be throwing it out the day I got it) and have the person hand-writing my bill leave off the cost of it. He said no. Oh well. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Weekend: September 10, 2006 - Chompy, what's this? Chompy, what's this? jamie and I scored some tickets from her sister's husband's parents for the Troy game so naturally we went. The game even more horrible in person than it could have been on TV. FSU couldn't hold onto the football to save their lives. De'Cody Fagg was the only trustworthy receiver and there were no, and I mean no, trustworthy rushers. I wish I knew what went on in Lorenzo Booker's head. I bet it's something like, "'Lo, listen" (it should be pointed out that Lorenzo sounds strikingly similar to Alex) "don't dance this time. Just run straight ahead." Then he gets the ball and his feet take over. "Damn it, feet. Stop doing this, we've been over this a zillion times!" And that goes on like that every play.

Their damn band would not shut up. They played under our band the whole time since of course the eight members of the TSU band could not be heard over the Marching Dorks. They played when we had the ball...or Troy had the ball...or there was a timeout. However, the largest trigger to their playing was...our band playing. Which was funny because there were so few of them that you only realized this after FSU's song stopped and the Troy band kept going. Anyway it was horrible. Next week is Clemson and I'm going back solely to beat the shit out of their fan who kept tapping my head last time. I know Jamie doesn't believe it but after eight months of fighting at least twice a week I'm feeling pretty confident I could kick some frat-ass. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Monday: September 11, 2006 - Busy Bee First off all, barb is now a proud member of the Guilt Links. Over the weekend I plan to make a significant change to them so they load faster. You see, I'm scraping a full page's worth of data and since most of the sites have an RSS feed it will take much less time to parse through that instead. Now that I'm an XML master I can do such things.

Secondly, I am the leader of College Pick 'Em going into a hellish Week 3. As you can see I do not have a commanding lead and I anticipate holding firmly to last place after getting only two games right this week. I have FSU picked to win with only two confidence points after last week's "effort" against Troy; all but one of my upsets I have more riding on.

Over the weekend I started reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. Matt told me I'd probably like him since I like David Sedaris so much but while the book was good he's no David Sedaris. I figured I'd give Augusten another chance and last night I finished Dry. Again, a solid B book. If you're not a sarcastic person or have not read David Sedaris you'd probably find it funny and give it an A. Auguesten is more pity-me self-depricating and David is more laugh-at-me self-depricating so it looks like no one will be replacing David off the top of my list. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Tuesday: September 12, 2006 - Buggles Underneath the trashcan in my kitchen is a huge, dead roach. Unlike the typical 1"-1.5" roaches that typically dine with me nightly this one is about 3.5". I came home yesterday and it was laying in the middle of my kitchen floor on its back, nearly dead. My initial thought was "go get the dog". I got the dog. She informed that since it was dead she had no interest because she would not be able to kill it. I rebutted that it was not entirely dead; it's left antannae was still sending out blips calling for backup. Chompy left and ate some food. I had just spent the past hour throwing people around a room. Large, muscular people and landing dozens of blows across their bodies with Swiss precision. Suddenly there is, for intents and purposes (thanks Kathy!), a very, very small non-muscular person in my kitchen and despite six arms can't defend himself. Yet I can't fight him off. Mustering up every ounce of strength I lift my garbage can and smack it down on him (Smackdown!) and go about my day. So if any of you who still in town want to come by and clean up a big dead roach from under my trash can please just stop by. Thanks. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Wednesday: September 13, 2006 - Boggle Last night I hung out with Ricky. We had some beers and then trotted over to the 4th Quarter for dinner. Had the bun not totally fallen apart in a soggy mess I would have considered it to be a great Cajun chicken sandwich. Ricky had the Philly Cheesesteak. Once we parted ways I caught the tailend of Project Runway; with enough time to see Laura pull out the win and Kayne go home. Man, it was about time to see Kayne go. I know jamie has been rooting for Michael (Miker!) and now I think my decision to go with Uli was foolish. Oh well, good thing we don't have money riding on it. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Thursday: September 14, 2006 - College Football Since jamie went to Jacksonville for a conference and she makes up 1/3 of our new poker group tchris and I made the tough decision to cancel poker. Since there was no poker and my internet was (and still is) down I watched the WVU vs. Maryland game on ESPN. Man, remember when Maryland was good? What happened? The announcers kept asking, "What's Maryland need to do next quarter to get back in this game?" with the reply always being "Better recruiting" with a clever laugh. Yeah, it wasn't funny the first time and it REALLY wasn't funny the next hundred.

It was Kurt's birthday so we got him a cookie cake and a gift certificate to the fish store down the street. And that's it. Read chris ' blog. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Weekend: September 17, 2006 - Boo Clemson We were totally gyped against Clemson. I mean TOTALLY. Sure, both our offense and defense sucked but our special teams had us tied until the last 0:08 seconds. Nonetheless, we should SHOULD have gotten the ball back on their 10 yard line after a fumble recovery but no. Ugh, it was horrible. Nothing worse than the walk of shame back to your car after a game like that. As a seasoned Cubs fan I have a well-prepared lecture on "waiting until next year".

On Sunday jamie and I went over to Ricky and Tami's for some grilling, TV and Scrabble. Jamie pulled the upset in Scrabbled. Well, good for her; it was a weekend of upsets. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Monday: September 18, 2006 - Organize-y Last night I did something I should have done long, long ago. When I moved to Florida I had sent most of my things down on a train to save room in the cars. In my car's backseat were two things: my computer and boxes of CDs in jewel cases. If you've been to my home you've seen, stacked next to the cichlid aquarium in the dining room, about 8' of ascending CDs. They go up so high that you can't see what they are and because they're in the dining room there is no motivation to go in there to find what you want. No longer!

After organizing all of my computer CDs (~100), my DVDs (~4) and my video games (~dork) I decided it was time to tackle the regular ole music CDs. Last night I plunked $120 at Best Buy to buy five faux-leather bound CD cases. I only made it so far as the jazz section but I was able to fill about 70 slots so apparently I'm allowed to buy another 18 Art Blakey CDs. I'm not sure how to organize the classical section--by era? Composer name? Genre? Each presents their own problem so I'll probably do the pop section since Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix can reside peacefully in the same book. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Tuesday: September 19, 2006 - Mike Vs. Jeff Over the weekend, while organizing my video games, I came across NCAA Football 2006, a game I purchased when Steve (who just started his MA at the University of Chicago yesterday), came to town last year. At the time my Playstation 2 did not work so we did not have a chance to play it. The only time I got to play it was at pchris ' house before he moved away. So on Monday I made a deal with the game. I would play the 2005 season on the hardest settings without reading the instructions. I would play the FSU schedule and see if I could do better than the real team did without having any idea how to run 7/8 of the plays.

GAME 1: #11 FSU vs. #13 Miami
Down 27-10 at halftime, I decided to abandon the pass altogether and to stop punting and start going for it each 4th down. My mostly zone defense had allowed only one touchdown but my special teams had allowed two consecutive punt returns for TDs. No more punting! Putting the ball in Video Leon Washington's hands every play had paid off by the 4th quarter and I had pulled the game within 29-23 after giving up a saftey the ONE time I decide to try passing (probably not the best decision from my own 6 yard line). With about a minute left Miami had the ball and was about 10 yards away from finishing me off. Video Kyle Wright was intercepted in the end zone and Video AJ Nicholson ran it back 102 yards for a touchdown and the extra point was good. 30-29 FSU! Video Devon Hester returned the kickoff 70 yards to about my 35 yard line and with 0:08 seconds left Miami set up for a field goal and it missed. Mike wins, 30-29. Real FSU wins, 10-7.
Who was better? Real FSU. My offense was at least on par with Jeff Bowden except for the fact I gave up two safties. My defense sucked but hopefully that will get better in time. I call this game a time in the comparison between Jeff Bowden and me: 0-0-1 [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Wednesday: September 20, 2006 - Grandma's Birthday Today was my Grandma's Birthday.Happy birthday! I know you'll never read my blog--I don't think you've ever sat down in front of a computer but it's the thought that counts. Chompy was sick last night and I was up from about 4:30am with her making sure she didn't make too big of a mess in the house. She's fine now though. I met up with christine and jamie for Clyde's lunch buffet yesterday. Man, that's the only reason I wake up on Wednesday's.

GAME 2: #9 FSU vs. The Citadel
Real FSU won this game 62-10 but was tied at halftime. I remember the game because I was there with Jamie, Ricky and Tami. I vowed to blow them out. And, friends, I did. With 1096 yards of total offense I set a new NCAA Record with a 116-0 whomping. Had I not given the ball so many times to Video Leon Washington in the first quarter (he had 9 rushing touchdowns) I think I could have ran up the score even more. The Citadel was held to -60 yards of total offense. I'm not sure if it was just a flaw in the game or if they were that bad but blitzing them every single play destroyed anything they tried. I also had 19 sacks. Sorry Jeff, but my offensive play calling was way better. Chalk one up to me. 1-0-1

GAME 3: #9 FSU at #13 Boston College
How do you not move up in the rankings after winning by 116? Come on! After the crushing of The Citadel I was probably too cocky going into Boston College. By halftime I had already thrown 3 interceptions and Video Leon Washington and Video Lorenzo Booker each had a fumble although I was winning 3-0. In the third quarter Video Wyatt Sexton was hurt on a 20 yard-losing sack and I had to turn to Video Xavier Lee. (Video Wyatt Sexton? In the game he didn't go crazy so I kept him.) Oh, if only I had known how to run the option! BC left me some big holes but by the time I figured out how to run through them they sacked me; I gave up nine sacks in the game. Fortunately, Video Antonie Cromartie ran back a punt for a TD in the 4th quarter to put the game out of reach and BC fell at home 13-0. I did a pretty crappy job only scoring 6 points on offense with eight turnovers. Real FSU won 28-17 in Real Drew Weatherford's first coming-out party. I know when I'm beat so I will concede the win to Jeff Bowden. 1-1-1 [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Thursday: September 21, 2006 - Orangepeople Last night at karate I learned that I really could kill someone with a single blow. We were practicing with pads and although I talk about fighting a lot it never really sank in last night that it really would not be that hard for me to kill someone. Christine and I held fighting pads for each other and my god Chompy, my ridgehands would easily kill someone. It's kind of scary. After karate Jamie and I trotted over to TChris' house for some poker. I was out first and Jamie won. Good work baby.

GAME 4: #6 FSU vs. Syracuse
It was time to learn some new plays and who better to do it against that Syracuse. Real FSU won 38-14 so I knew I couldn't pull another BC if I was going to prove how I'm superior to Jeff Bowden with my offensive play calling. Video Wyatt Sexton was back after his injury last game and I learned that Video De'Cody Fagg needs to be a bigger part of my game plans. I went for 2-point conversions after each touchdown in the second half and the fans were BOO'ing! At home! Sure I was up like 49-0 at halftime but who cares? With about 0:07 left in the fourth quarter I scored another touchdown and went for two. I think the game got pissed at me because not only was the hand-off to unstoppable Video Leon Washington foiled but he fumbled it and the Video Syracuse Offensive Lineman was somehow able to outrun all of my guys for a touchdown with no time on the clock. That ended my streak of 11 consecutive scoreless quarters. Final Score: 83-6. Sorry Jeff, I win this one: 2-1-1

GAME 5: #5 FSU vs. Wake Forest I don't know what happened but Wake Forest was dangerously close to winning this game. Closer than anyone else other than Miami. Maybe it was because I was on the road? Oh wait, I wasn't. My NCAA #1 rushing offense was completely shut down by Wake. On the game I had a paltry 33 yards rushing. At halftime the score was 7-3 but on the last play of the half they completed something like a 70 yard pass and were tackled at my 1. Whew. I'd hate to go into halftime losing. Unfortunately they picked up on the very first play of the second half and took a 10-7 lead. Going into the fourth quarter we were tied at 13-13. What the hell is going on here!!! Why can't Video Greg Carr catch a damn pass?? In the fourt quarter I threw it to Video De'Cody Fagg literally every down and poured on two more touchdowns. Wake scored another field goal but the last play of the game was ANOTHER bomb that was caught at around my 3 yard line. There go all my good stats. Final Score: 24-16. Real FSU won 42-24. Man, it sucks to get outcoached by Jeff Bowden. 2-2-1. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Weekend: September 24, 2006 - Rice-A-Roni Thanks to Christine and a friend of her husband Erick, Jamie and I were able to score some great tickets to the Rice game. Although they were "only" on the 2 yard line, they were best seats we've ever had--they were only about 10 rows up from the field. I felt like I could spit on Xavier Lee or catch one of his (errant?) passes. The stadium was really empty and we were able to lean back onto the seats behind us and get some major sun. We left in the third quarter because it was damn hot out and FSU was whomping Rice.

I spent the rest of my weekend vigorously cleaning my house and planning my applications for my DM. I even cleaned all the mud out of my bathtub that had been there for a little too long. How'd I get mud in my tub? Glad you asked. On NPR they said it was good for houseplants to have their full pots submerged in water to get an even water/root distribution. They suggested getting a small bucket and dunking each plant. I had a bucket but it's the same one I used to change the water in my fishtanks so I didn't want to get it dirty so I used my bathtub. Stupid, stupid, stupid idea. Don't do it.

In other news Tim and I were totally screwed in Pick 'Em. We both had ND being upset my Michigan State and ND should have lost that game. Because of some fortunate events it didn't happen and both Elena and PChris both had perfect weeks while Tim and I fought for last place. BC was also upset by NC State and only Elena and P-Chris got that right. I can live with being wrong on that one but man, ND should have lost! And why I picked NC to upset Clemson I'll never know.

GAME 6: #5 FSU at #19 Virginia Real FSU lost this game 26-21. I won 63-49. Whoa, a shootout! I had to suspend the following players for missing team meetings: Video AJ Nicholson, Video Antonio Cromartie and Video Ernie Sims. My defense sucked so it's a good thing I'm not comparing myself against Real Mickey Andrews. I think anytime you put 60 points on the board you're the winner of an offensive showdown. Since I won and Jeff lost I give myself the win here.3-2-1. GAME 7: #4 FSU at Duke I totally pulled a Real FSU vs. Citadel in this one. I was winning 7-6 at halftime then opened it up in the second half and won 52-6. Real FSU won 55-24. There was nothing notable at all about this game other than I think I defeated Jeff Bowden again. 4-2-1. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Monday: September 25, 2006 - Skippy I skipped lunch to go to karate but I ended up ditching. The Monday and Wednesday classes are really hard on my old bones and I decided I would rather do some laundry and clean the clothes that cover my old bones than collect some new rugburns. Because I skipped karate my day was even more boring than usual so I had to find a really good picture. I'm not sure how this puppy got stuck sliding down some bamboo (bit slivers!) but I decided it was cute enough to merit its placement.

Game 8: #3 FSU vs. Maryland
I think people are losing interest in my football stories so I'll cut to the chase. Real FSU won 35-27. Video FSU won 49-3. I did receive some bad news though in the win. Video Antonio Cromartie is out for the season with a broken leg. Ouch.5-2-1

Game 9: #2 FSU vs #6 NC State
Somehow Real FSU lost this game 20-15 and NC State sure as hell was not #6 in the country. Video FSU blew them away 42-28. Who knew that not having Video Antonio Cromartie would cause such big problems. I also lost some DE for the season for "Undiscloesd Off-Site Infractions" so I would have to imagine something like rape. I had the option of sitting him for a quarter or benching him for the season so I benched him for the season just for you honey.6-2-1

Game 10: #1 FSU at Clemson
I stuck it to Video Clemson for beating Real FSU this year. AND for winning 35-14 last year. My defense consists soley of Video Ernie Sims and Video AJ Nicholson. If they're not on the play the other team is running some huge play. I also discovered how to play Video Lorenzo Booker when I need to lose yards on the run. Anyway, another blowout of lowly Clemson: 49-13. 7-2-1

Game 11: #1 FSU at #9 Florida

I don't mean to be whatever but why is my schedule is difficult? It seems like every game is against a ranked team. I admit that I did not finish this game. There was 1:30 left in the 4th quarter and I turned it off. I ALMOST replayed it and covered it up on here but that's not very nice. On the first play of the game Video Florida sacked Video Wyatt, broke his wrist, intercepted his pass and ran it back for a touchdown. Uh oh. Enter Video Xavier Lee. At halftime the score 13-10 UF. On the first place of the second half Video Chris Leak was sacked by Video Buster Davis who somehow bruised his hip or something and had to miss the rest of the game. On my first possession Video Leon Washington, the NCAA recordholder for most TDs in a season, pulled a hamstring and would be out for two weeks. With my offense in the hands of Video Xavier Lee and Video Lorenzo Booker (or as I call it the Can't Run, Can't Pass Offense) #1 Video FSU lost to Video UF 29-16. There goes the perfect season. I did better than Jeff Bowden though since he only scored 7 point in Real UF's 34-7 win. So I got that going for me, which is nice.8-2-1. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Tuesday: September 26, 2006 - Cute Puppies Week Continues Karate was not terrible exciting. Christine and I didn't learn anything new and we spent a lot of time working on Combination 4. If I can roundhouse kick you to the ribs, you're dead. DEAD. We need to stop going to the early class sincethere is a test in two weeks. I would HIGHLY doubt we'd be ask to test since we just got our purple belts but it's a fun goal to shoot for. Today will be the wrap up of my 2005 Football Season. I know you're heartbroken.

Game 12: #3 FSU vs. #6 Miami
As of right now I will not be playing for the Video National Championship. Somehow Alabama is undefeated and a one-loss USC is #2 followed by 1-loss #4 Iowa. I had already beated Video Miami once so I was feeling pretty good I could beat them again. Fortunately with the time between the games four of my nine injured players returned including Video Leon Washington and Video Buster Davis. I was going to be stuck with Video Xavier Lee (still haven't figured out how to run the option) for the rest of the season. Anyway, even though I rested Video Leon Washington for the first three quarters I was still able to drop several long bombs on the Video Miami secondary and frankly the game was a breeze. Final Score: 28-17. Real FSU won 27-22. I scored more points and Miami so again Jeff Bowden, you are defeated.9-2-1

Game 13: #1 FSU vs. #3 USC First of all, Alabama lost. Second of all, I don't understand the BCS at all. #1 FSU vs. #3 USC while #2 Iowa plays an unranked UConn? Iowa won their game 63-14. Weird. At the Rose Bowl there were a surprisingly large amount of "fans" so the game lost some realism points there. I, as usual, won the toss and elected to kick. First play of the game I kick off and Video Reggie Bush returns it for a touchdown. Apparently Video Reggie Bush can break four tackles at once. Whatever. Out comes Video Xavier Lee. First offensive play of the game I decide to go for the game-tying bomb to Video De'Cody Fagg. Oh right, Video Xavier Lee sucks. Intercepted and ran back for a touchdown. 14-0 after about 30 seconds. This sucks. Next offensive series I decide to play it safe. First play I hand off to Video Lorenzo Booker who runs about four yards and fumbles. BUT this time Video De'Cody Fagg scoops up the ball and runs it in for a touchdown. 14-7 Video USC. The rest of the first half consists of stuffing Video Reggie Bush time and time again and then getting burned on 3rd and 25 passes regardless of the defense I call. At half-time we were tied 28-28; offensive shootout. After going three and out with the ball on my first offensive set USC somehow blocks my punt. Blocking kicks and punts is IMPOSSIBLE in this game so I don't know how they did it. Anyway, Video Matt Leinart comes out and on the first play gets sandwiched by Video Ernie Sims and Video AJ Nicholson. He's out for the game. Sweet. After that USC could no longer convert their 3rd and 25s and once Video Leon Washington came in it was over. 38-28 win and I am the Video National Champion. Eat that Jeff Bowden.10-2-1. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Wednesday: September 27, 2006 - Even More Puppies! Christine, her husband Erick and I met up with Jamie for the lunch buffet at Clyde's. It was as good as always but we had to wait for them bring out more London Broil since apparently all of the actors from those Hungry Man commercials were there first. After work Christine and I went to the adult upper-belt class and got a serious ass-whomping. I had to work with this Russian dude named Mikhail who had no sense of humor. I attribute this to the fact he probably only knew 100 words of English and none of them were punchlines to any jokes. Oh well. There is no poker tomorrow because tchris is out of town and he's 1/3 of the group. :[ [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Thursday: September 28, 2006 - Cutest of the Cute First of all, I'm sure you will recognize the Cutest of the Cute Puppies. Not only is she bar far the most cute but she could totally kick the ass of any of those other pups. Three cheers for Chompy. Three cheers as well for Kathy, Fed-Chris and Jamie. Kathy and Fed-Chris are getting married (ooh la la) and Jamie will be taking the LSAT on Saturday. I really don't have any news of my own to share since in comparison to these events my life is exceedingly boring. I might have strained my right bicep in karate yesterday but I'm also not sure if my bicep is big enough that it could be strained. Anyway, Happy Weekend. [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·

Tuesday: September 29, 2006 - Ernesto Well, it looks like Ernesto is going to do nothing. I was hoping it was going to force the FSU/Miami game to a neutral location but doesn't look like that's going to happen. FSU is 3 point underdogs despite half of Miami's team being suspended. I think FSU will always be three point underdogs to Miami until they can prove they can make a field goal when it counts. Last year Jamie and I went to the game along with Tami and Ricky and saw Drew Weatherford debut with a crushing blow to the Hurrithugs. I'll always remember the time we went to the game and all the FSU fans to told the Miami fans to go back to Cuba. Ah, those were the days. Go State! [Comments: 0]· permalink · · ·