Thursday, January 10, 2008

Well I suck

I started blogging early in 2007. Not that it mattered because not many people have come by to say hello. Well that my fault too. I haven't benn great about blogging or going to other blogs to find something good.
Who has? Well that's easy my wife her blog has gotten more traffic than most others i've found. She just blogs about life, and you know what that is what I will do from here on out. You come here you will find life how it is and how it's lived.
I am proud of her. She had done nothing but blog about life and find other blogs similar but she gets real comments on hers. The kind from people who are real. She got 14 comments on one blog the other day. Tell me she doesn't deserve the credit. And she doesnt do it for money, she had thought about it but no people come by just to read what she says. And that says it all.
I will make this blog more about me and less about others and find out if I am half the person she is. I love her and think she is great. And you know what others have found her blog and think the same.
Go babe keep blogging and write what you want to write because people love it!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Atlanta Falcons or Fal - CONS as it should be

Well the Atlanta Falcons coach resigned today to take the head coaching job at Arkansas. Now I have read that the way he did it was classless and he left the team hanging this far into the season but I do not agree. I believe the behavior of the idiot players on this team or at least quite a few of them showed that this organization is out of control.
First the coach comes into the job situation believing he will have Michael Vick as his QB. Well turns out Mr. Vick was not such a nice person he made out to believe. He ran an illegal dog fighting operation for 6 years out of a house in VA. So he gets sent to the poky, good riddance. Now even though Vick plead guilty in a court of law and was sentenced to less that half of the time he could have gotten some of his former "teammates" feel it was unjust.
Alge Crumpler the starting Tight End has over and over stated how bad he feels for Vick and how he is not a bad guy and doesn't deserve what is happening to him. Mr. Crumpler you should just grow up and realize that if you do the crime you do the time.
DeAngelo Hall starting Corner Back for the Falcons, at the start of the Monday Night Football game, brings out a Michael Vick poster to show his support. DUH! hello he was just sentenced following a guilty plea by Michael Vick, why are you supporting him like this on the day he is sentenced. Pathetic typical thug behavior for a professional athlete. This is the same player who earlier in the season racked up 65 yards in penalties on 1 drive alone to allow the opponent to get in for the winning score then yelled at the coach on the sideline when he was told what an IDIOT he was. I mean he cost his team the whole game with his actions.
Roddy White starting Wide Receiver for the Falcons, actually finds a way to hang on to a pass for a touchdown (which is newsworthy in its own right since he usually drops anything coming his way) raises his shirt after the TD and shows hand scrawled lettering to "Free Mike Vick". Again this is the same day he was sentenced after pleading guilty!!!! Do these idiots just not get how life works or are they that spoiled where they have to behave in such a boorish manner?
Joe Horn another starting Wide Receiver for the Falcons helps Roddy White pull up his jersey to show the hand scrawled message. You are a veteran of the league brought in by the Falcons to provide the "veteran presence" for the young receiving core and you think this is how you do that? You are now Captain Idiot of the Falcons squad.
And at least 2 of these yahoos Crumpler and Hall have publicly questioned and gone behind Coach Petrino's back to the media whining about the new coach this year. So obviously the Falcons have not done a very good job of drafting players who have any sort of decent moral fiber and they are paying for it and I do not blame this coach for high tailing it out of town. He came in expecting to coach men to a division championship and hopefully a Super Bowl and found out instead that he had a locker room full of thugs, idiots, and malcontents. Coach I am just glad you got the chance to escape that pit of doom.
This coming from a UGA Bulldog fan, I hope you do have success at Arkansas (except when playing UGA) and I hope you can just forget the last year having to deal with these overpaid underclassed pathetic excuses for members of society who are paid so much to play a game and instead have to act like fools.

Michael Vick - Update

Well it's finally over Mr. Vick has been sentenced to 23 months for his role in being the crime boss for a dog fighting ring. Considering the other sentences for those involved I feel it is appropriate. Though if you were to check out the comments on any of the sports sites you would think that this was nothing other than a race issue and Mr. Vick was being railroaded.
I couldn't disagree more. Let's just actually look at the facts of the case:
1. He started this operation 6 years ago after signing his first contract with the Falcons. (6 YEARS AGO!!!!)
2. When confronted by the authorities, he continually lied to the authorities, during interviews with the media, the Falcons and the commissioner of the NFL Roger Goodell.
3. There were 2 co-defendants who implicated Vick of participating in the killing of under performing dogs.
4. There is a history of bad behavior from Vick. Infecting a women with herpes without telling her he had it, while using an alias in the relationship. The dope scented water bottle at the Miami airport. And now the dog fighting charges, which he plead guilty too!
5. He failed a drug tested and admitted using marijuana while out on bail awaiting his trial and sentencing. (kind of makes it look like even more of a cover up there in Miami now doesn't it!)

I said in an earlier post that if he is found guilty he should be thrown out of the NFL for good. After cooling off I am going to change this though. Once out of the poky if Vick actually show remorse does some donating to the Humane Society or ASPCA (NOT PETA!!!!!) and maybe does some public service work for the Humane Society or ASPCA (NOT PETA!!!!) then it should be at the discretion of the league and the commissioner whether he deserves another chance at playing. Truthfully I never expected the case to go this far, I was expecting some cop out from the legal system as so often happens with celebrities now a days. But he was given a fair sentence so once his time is served and if some team wants that baggage then they should feel free to sign him to a contract, though they have to realize the protests which will occur by PETA (MORONS!!!!) if he ever is signed.

I hope he does take the time to realize and learn from his mistakes and that he comprehends the unbelievable fall he has take from grace. Maybe, just maybe he will wake up turn his life around and contribute to society. If he makes amends and supports those groups working to stop something like dog fighting that would be a huge step. And if he makes it back to the NFL after that then I say let him be and let him play and earn a living at it. Somewhere, sometime, there has to be a story of someone turning their life around after a mistake and this would be a good lesson for the younger players about how not to get into trouble and if they do how to work their way back into the folds of society.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Ronald McDonald House's -The Best

Wow, what an incredible charity this is. The Ronald McDonald House's across the globe. I have heard of them and really thought they were only next to big hospitals and for terminally ill children. And that would be fine. Those kids who are so sick god knows they need all the help they can get and deserve it.
Well our son #1 needed a surgical procedure done, it was not elective and later in life could mean a great deal to him and us as a family. Yes it was painful and he will be hurting for a few days but compared to those other who were there and whose life depends on it, this was a lesser scale. My son is overall healthy happy and loved beyond belief.
But the people with Ronald McDonald charities and the Ronald McDonald house well they need to be screamed about because they are just that great.
I have new heroes in the world today and it is those who server the Ronald McDonald houses and those who support them. You see them everyday in front of the registers at every McDonald's around. Drop a dime or quarter in the slot. Well I bet they are seeing a big drop off with the advent of debit and credit cards being used at all locations. But people please find some change or bills and donate this place is more peace of mind that you can believe. Let's all step up and make sure we drop some change or bills next time we are in McDonald's.
So my son needed a procedure done and they offered the night at a Ronald McDonald house for $10. Well we are not rich we are a military family and I work from home doing remote computer work so the money gets by but not much more. So yes we accepted.
Well the people at this place are great, they gave us all the rules and liabilities and we went to our room. Was it huge, no I actually slept on the floor, we had mom and baby girl in one bed and the boys in the other and I grabbed some floor. Hey we couldn't afford $80 to $120 a night so it was great. Yeah the floor sucks but the people and what they do for you and how they treat you make up for it completely.
I played pool and ping pong with the kids the night before the surgery, they loved it and by the time it was quiet hours they were pretty much ready for bed. Morning was coming quick since we had to get up at 5:45am.
So we went to the hospital and knew we had to check out later (sorry it's not a hotel and they don't have the manpower to be at the desk at 6am to check you out). I took the younger two kids back later to check out and make sure the van was warmed up for son #1. Well then they shocked me even more.
They asked all about the younger two kids who were there and told them no kid leaves a Ronald McDonald house without a stuffed animal and a quilt (real hand made quilts too I couldn't believe it) so they picked out their animals and I picked one for the oldest who was still in recovery. His brother picked out the quilt. Then they give us 2 board games and a basket with goodies for all the kids.
Who does this now a days? No one I know of, but they believe in it there and the Ronald McDonald house and did it. All 3 kids were so happy it didn't matter where or how they slept the night before. And they invited us back in case son #1 needs a follow up later, which he does.
Amazing these people shocked and rocked my whole world.
If you have a heart and love kids at all you will contribute, I know they are now at the top of our list and yes we contribute out of every check to the charities of our choice.
Thanks

Monday, November 5, 2007

I Love My Kids but they are Killing ME!

I love my kids more than anything else in this world. I mean it. I love seeing them in the morning when they first wake up and I love that they give me hugs and kisses goodnight each day. They are 5, 9, and 12 yrs old. They are all unique and they are all a hand full.
Sometimes though they just drive me up the friggin' wall and I have no escape!

Kid #1 12 yrs old - smart as can be scores unbelievably high on any test he is given but can't seem to remember to bring home or do homework! What is this all about? I mean he gets ACT (Assignment Completion Time) (otherwise known to real people as DETENTION!!!!) a few times each week. I ask if he has done his homework I check what he gives me, I check his "planner" to see what is written down (he is the one writing in it so of course not everything gets in there!!!!) but still he will lie through his teeth just to get out of 10 minutes of homework, WTF! I mean come on its not that hard and we live in ND so it's already cold as can be so just sit down and do the assignment and quit getting DETENTION!! oops I meant ACT for all those PC morons out there.

Kid #2 9 yrs old - smart as a whip. Hates doing any chores. I quiz this one on his school work or spelling and he makes me feel bad for wasting my time. How can a 9 yr old do that to a grown man? Make this kid study spelling or for a test for 15 minutes and you would think I just ran bamboo up under his fingernails! He gets them right though (uuggghhh). Ask him to do a chore anything at all, feed the dog or cats, clean his room (oh heaven forbid) or bring down his laundry and you have just declared war on a sovereign nation and he will retaliate with his full Nuclear arsenal. However if you stand in the room where said chore needs to be done he completes it cheerfully and out of sheer angst you praise him for such a good job.

Kid # 3 5 yrs old - spoiled spoiled spoiled, but I love her. This one has me wrapped around every finger on each hand, I try to be harsh when I need to, alot of good that does! I spent hours on end with her getting her ready for kindergarten flash cards, numbers, spelling, writing her name everything, address and phone number, she can recite them back to me with no problem at all then we get her report card and now she doesn't recognize letters, can't count past 5 (even though she came home and counted to 40 without missing a dang beat) and is not turning in assignments. Sounds like the 12 yr old already. Then she gets mad at me if we don't have daily snuggle time and tickle time for her. I mean she will throw down a fit the likes of which haven't been seen since Napoleon if she doesn't get her way. This little one may just one day rule the world, hope you aren't on her bad side though!

So when all is said and done, I deal with the school stuff though it confounds my mind why they can't just actually do the work and turn it in!!!!! But I love them and their quirks lets just hope I am not raising those snotty brats I put up with every time I leave the house.

Thanks

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Golden Compass

Well there is another uproar about a new movie coming out. This one is The Golden Compass starring Nicole Kidman based on a series of novels by Philip Pullman. The series is titled "His Dark Materials" and contains 3 novels. The first is of course The Golden Compass. Well I actually read this series last spring. I was looking for something different to read (I tend to reread books that I really enjoy). Well one series of books is called the Inheritance Trilogy (see bottom for more information on this on). The Inheritance Trilogy is being written by a young man Christopher Paolini. I have enjoyed both of the first 2 books in the series Eragon and Eldest and impatiently waiting for the third in the series. Anyhow linked off of the web page for the Inheritance Trilogy was the page for Philip Pullman. So I looked it up and found the series and read it. It was pretty interesting though the farther this series got the less interesting it became. I had started the series and so I was determined to finish it. If what I have read about the authors intent to make kids become atheists is true then he failed pretty poorly if you ask me. They are just fictitious stories. That's how I feel about many books and stories though. Just because I read about the ancient Greek mythologies does not mean I am going to start offering blood sacrifices to Zeus or Aphrodite. They are stories and if you are so weak in your spiritual belief that a fictitious story could change your whole outlook then you do not have your faith in order to begin with.
So if the author is an atheist so be it. That is his choice, my choice is to believe that he will have to answer to the Lord our God one day for his ignorance just as we all will have to answer for everything each of us has done but I am not going to deny myself the pleasure of reading books because the storyline may not follow the writings of the Bible. One is real one is fiction. I know the difference and just because I can appreciate a well written story I do not have to follow what is written in the fiction, because that is what it is plain and simple fiction.
So what I would suggest is before everyone starts to talk about censoring movies and books you probably should at least read the books yourself and make up your own mind. You might find that it was just a story after all.

Now about the Inheritance Trilogy. Turns out it is no longer a "trilogy" but now a "cycle". I like this actually, the author realized he could create a 1200 page book to finish the trilogy or he could make a 3rd and 4th book and change it to a cycle. Well I am all for that if the last two are as good as the first 2 in the series. The one thing I hate is that all the rumors said the 3rd book would be out in the spring or fall of this year and now they are saying it will not be out until September of next year, talk about a bummer. Anyhow the series is actually listed as Juvenile Fiction but much like the Harry Potter series the books and characters and storyline have grown up quite quickly so I would have no problem suggesting you read them. The movie for Eragon however was not every good at all. Do not bother watching it. The characters and storyline and even the races of beings were changed so drastically that it was not close to the book. Anyhow here is the link for the Inheritance Cycle, I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

New TV Series

Well Chuck was a winner this week again for me. I like that show, this week with all the back and forth as to who was trying to kill Chuck was pretty good.
Cavemen on the other hand was HORRIBLE!!!!!! The wife and I started watching it and before it was half over, and it's only a 30 minute show, we decided it was just that bad and instead watched the Chuck episode DVR'ed from last night. Best decision of the night for us, what a waste of 15 minutes on Cavemen. I would be surprised if they even bring it back next week it was so bad just so very bad.
We still need to watch the pilot for Bionic Women we have on DVR and the second episode is on tomorrow night so we will probably watch it at lunch tomorrow. Gotta love those DVR's.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Michael Vick - AGAIN! and AGAIN!

Oh my what an idiot this guy has turned out to be. Michael Vick who earlier this year claimed that the hidden compartment in his water bottle was for jewelry even though it smelled like pot was given a pass on that one by the authorities in Miami.
Then he has the whole sordid affair with the dog fighting, and killing, and basically being a despicable human being or excuse for one.
Well I commented earlier in the year about what an idiot Vick was with the water bottle incident and he has gone ahead and proven me right.
Mr. Moron is basically out on bail awaiting sentencing for the federal charges concerning the dog fighting, and it was just announced he will now face state charges as well. So what does this idiot do, he goes out and burns a big ol' fatty with his boys! Yeah great idea you are trying to get as little time as possible for all the dog fighting charges and rehab your image and instead you are out smoking marijuana. What are you thinking? And knowing your behavior is being monitored by a Probation Officer and are subject to testing for alcohol and any illegal drugs and you still fire one up! You may be the dumbest person ever to live and have made Forrest Gump look like a Rhodes Scholar.
Way to go moron I can't wait to find out what your next stupid move is. My bet though is you will be jailed before your sentencing then get closer to 5 years for the charges after this slap in the face at the justice system. Have fun in those communal showers with the other thugs and scum in the joint. It will be the only joint you have anything to do with for the next 3 to 5 years is my bet.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

War In Iraq

I found an article linked off of foxnews.com about the war in Iraq from an independent journalist. It was a pretty good article and piqued my interest so I clicked on the link to this journalist's website. What a good read this was, honest from his perspective and of those he interviews. I not only focused my reading on the interview with the US military members but then checked the link for his article about Iran.
Good reporting done here and not something being spun by the left or right in my opinion. What do you know a journalist who actually just reports the story without interjecting his own beliefs and shoving them down your throat.
If you want a good read that is actually objective give this link a try:

http://www.michaeltotten.com/

I was impressed and I hope you take the time to read it too.

And that's my 2 cents

Monday, September 24, 2007

New TV Series

It's been a couple of years since I have started to watch any new series on network TV. There have been a few new shows that have piqued my interest this year. So I made it a point to DVR them because last year I got burned. I had thought about watching Heroes but just never remembered to setup the DVR and was busy watching football probably. Well being the knuckle head I can be I waited too long to go to the NBC website to watch the episodes. I went out last week to try to catch up so I could watch season 2 but they had removed the episodes and basically said wait and buy the first season on DVD. So I decided not to do that this year.
The first one I watched was "Chuck" on NBC (on just before Heroes so it should have a shot at least of sticking around). That was a funny and action oriented show. The wife and I both enjoyed it which is saying something since we don't agree on much entertainment wise. But yeah I will be setting up "Chuck" for a season recording. That looks like a good show.
The second one was on CBS called "The Big Bang Theory" now I don't know if its time slot will be able to help with an audience for this show but I hope it does. Based on 2 science geeks who get to know a new hot neighbor with their lacking all social skills it was another laugher.
Luckily I did DVR both because they are on head to head but with DVR that's not really a problem but I hope these shows get a season to get a following because they were both good shows and not the normal crap that has been on over the last few years.