Oh No!

This is a really hard picture to take. Look closely....

I just realized Peyton will be going against Rex Grossman, a gator! In Florida! Ahhhhhh!

New dog

It's a mini-labradoodle, or what we like to call around here...a labradeedle. It's across between a labrador and a poodle, don't ask me how they do it.

By the way, how about that Peyton Manning going to the Super Bowl! I'm so happy to see it finally happen for him and it wasn't easy by no means. I was sure afraid New England was going to find a way to come back on them.

The Colts should whup the Bears easily.

On the road again...

Fred Hartman bridge at dusk. Pretty bridge, kinda sporty taking photos and driving by looking threu the viewfinder. But hey, art has it's price.

New Dawg

New Addition to the Family

We got a new dog the other day, She's Izzie, a fuzzy ball of puppy fur that likes to chew and needs to go outside into the freezing weather to do her business about every 15 minutes. It is really reminding me of a baby, although I didn't take much responsibility for them either.

I'll post pictures (I know you can't wait) as soon as I can find that cord that hooks the camera to the pc. I know it's here somewhere.

I know you don't care but.....

David Beckham just signed a contract to play for the L.A. Galaxy of the MLS soccer league starting in August of this year. David is one of the top two or three names known in the world when it comes to soccer. He is, as they say, ultra-famous. His wife is also fairly well know...she is Posh Spice. David's contract will pay him a million dollars a week for 5 years. Not bad work if you can get it. This is huge news for the MLS.

Could this spur Ronaldinho or Rodney to come play for the Dynamo? Keep your fingers crossed. For you non-soccerites, this is the equivalent of Peyton Manning leavng the Colts to go play European Football in London (and taking his wife Paris Hilton with him).

And why do I like Dynamo games? They are affordable. Last season I paid ten bucks a ticket for me and three kids. We had good seats, we got free Dynamo t-shirts and ball caps at the stadium and got to walk on the field prior to the game. We also got to shake hands with the players. Think that happens at NFL games? NBA games?

The Astros are still affordable thank goodness.

Ho Hum

So college football is over, what do I do now? The Texans are out...the Cowboys are painfully out...I suppose I still have the Colts for now. At least until somebody tries to run the ball a little on them.

The Lady Vols looked real good against UConn. We have some big girls with talent on that team. I can't imagine there are three or four other teams as good as us.

In Tejas, baseball tryouts are next weekend. My first coaches meeting is next Thursday. The draft is in January and practice starts in Febuary. The season starts at Spring Break and is over before June. This all seams real early to me. But it's nice to get it over before it gets real hot. We just had our first basketball games this past weekend.

High school soccer is now playing outdoors. Unlike in Yankee-ville which plays a Fall season, we play a Spring season culminatng in state championship games at Easter.

My Crystal Ball

Here's a few more good tidbits for you....

Enron stock is really hot now. Buy, buy, buy.

Emu's are the new pork. Invest heavily in Emu farms.

Britney Spears will make a big comeback this year.

The Big Game

Florida will keep it close in the first half...say 21-17. Ohio State will pull away late in the 3rd quarter to make the final 31-17. That's my prediction.

Millard Fillmore was born on this date in 1800. He was our 13th Presdient.

How about those Lady Vols? It's always so nice when we beat UConn, especially at their place. We have a honkin' good team this year. I really like the looks of them.

KnoxVegas

Today's My Birthday

Yep, 29 and counting.

Do you know what a "wiki" is? Ever played with one? I've been using tiddlywiki as a personal journal for a little while now and I'm amazed at what it can do. It starts as one file and grows from there. You can pack a ton of info into it, it indexes stuff, you can search, store etc etc etc.

It just blows me away with it's simplicity and it's power. Head on over to TiddlyWiki and try it out. Just look at it and learn a little bit. You may want to try it. I've got mine set up with a calendar plug-in that lets me enter stuff by clicking a date. It's just way hippy.

Oh...and it's free. Oh...and it fits on a little thumb drive so you can take it anywhere.

New Year Resolution time

OK, so one of my resolutions is to re-start my blogging. I pledge to do that starting today. It may not be a first thing in the morning affair, but I plan on doing one post a day. Here's what I did yesterday......