The weeks just prior to the start of American football season had me a bit concerned. I wasn't nearly as amped for college football and the NFL to begin as I normally am. Not sure why, maybe I just had a lot going on. Anyway, now that they're both in full swing, my level of anticipation for the weekends has increased exponentially.
A few noteworthy games:
Of course we've got the USC and OSU game on Saturday at 8pm. But who really cares about that one? Hopefully they end in a 0-0 tie and both squads somehow fall out of the top 25.
The big games this weekend, aren't even this weekend. We've got the big Monday night game which features my Birds taking on the cowgirls. Should be a great game. I think some people are underestimating just how good the Eagles could be this year... I'm pumped.
The next Wednesday I'll be headed out to Colorado to watch the Mountaineers take on, duh, Colorado. Hopefully the 'Eers can redeem themselves with a nice stomping of the Buffaloes. Make sure you tune in, the games on Thursday night at 8:30 on ESPN.
Bye for now.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
He Survived.
Well, the Strine survived his bachelor party... We did our best, but he survived.
Patron!!!
Strine opening his gifts looking like a 5 year old on Christmas morning.
Groom and Best Man.
Not going to go into much detail here, for obvious reasons... but it was definitely a great time.
The festivities took place in Ohiopyle, PA. It was a pretty cool little hippy rafting town. Lots of outdoorsy stuff to do up there. Definitely worth making another trip up there next summer.
This was the pad we rented out... pretty sick. Could have easily fit 30 people in there. Instead we had 10, or actually 12 for about 2 hours.
Strine opening his gifts looking like a 5 year old on Christmas morning.Groom and Best Man.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
There should be a bachelor party every weekend
Wow, good times... I wish more of my friends would go ahead and get married... bachelor parties and weddings are always a good time.
Pics to come.
Pics to come.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
0 for 2
A couple things I wanted to throw out there prior to bed.
First, I've officially signed up for too many fantasy football leagues this year. After completing my latest draft last night, I've come to the realization that by signing up for all these leagues I own about half the players in the NFL. There is one benefit to this, and one potential benefit.
For those of you who play fantasy football know, when you are in a league, you end up rooting for players and teams that you'd never normally root for. Example: In my one league, I have Westbrook, McNabb and the Cowboys defense. This sucks. When the birds play the girls I'll want McNabb and Westbrook to get as many points as possible leading them to an Eagles win, but as you know, it'll come at the expense of my fantasy team defense. Oh how difficult life can be. Here lies the benefit to being in so many leagues. Since I own basically every player in the league, all unnecessary rooting has basically been negated. Now I can go back to rooting only for the Eagles.
The potential benefit to being in this many leagues is simply that I stand a better chance of winning some cheddar... not that I needed better odds.
The other thing on my mind is this stupid upcoming election. Damnit!!! What happens if you don't like any of the candidates? I love voting, as I feel everyone should... But I don't want to cast a vote for either of the two shit parties. Who's going to be running as an independent?
I have serious concerns with both pairs running.
Ok, I'm going to try to keep this as brief as possible so as not to bore you to death, and so that I can actually go to sleep sometime tonight instead of sitting here typing until my fingers bleed.
As a person, I really like McCain. From what I can tell, he seems like he has a good head on his shoulders. I feel like he'd be able to make rational decisions necessary to move this country in the proper direction. Though I'm registered non-partisan, I typically consider myself to be slightly more of a democrat than republican. Either way, I'm not one of those people who votes straight ticket no matter who's running (I hate it when people vote straight ticket, voting for people whom they've never even heard of and know nothing about, yet feel the need to help place them in control of having a say in how we run our lives... stupid). Anywho, I feel like this past year McCain has sort of moved himself slightly more right than he was in the past. I'm hoping that if elected, he'll resort back to his more moderate ways. Hopefully he's only making himself more likable to the right wing folks to get the nod for the republican nomination. We'll see.
My main concerns with McCain are the obvious ones. His health, both mental and physical make me nervous to cast my vote for him. With his pick for VP, the oil-loving Palin, I find myself scared to give McCain my nod just for the simple reason that if he croaks, this nobody would be our president... No thank you. This lady is too inexperienced, has no relevant political background, and has way too many question marks next to her for me to have any confidence in her to lead the US. (I also don't like the fact that her husband is in the oil industry up in Alaska, she's all about drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, and she was apparently involved in some group called the Alaskan Independence Party who wanted Alaska to secede from the US. If she wanted out of the US, why would I want her to be our Pres?). Plus, how can McCain not be somewhat mental for being held as a POW?
Obama, wow, I just don't know how he's risen as quickly as he has... Oh wait, I do... Because he's young, black, attractive, educated and well-spoken... making him a media darling. I just can't buy into it. There's something about him that I don't like.
It seems to me like he's just going to be another George Bush. How can I compare him to Bush? Easy. He'll simply be another hollow shell, a puppet controlled by whatever groups and individuals whose pockets he's got his hands in. He's risen too quickly for my liking. I don't like him for one of the same reasons I don't like Palin, he's just too inexperienced to be our leader. Guess that's why he chose the Senator of the amazing huge and awesome state of Delaware. Wow, Joe Biden... awesome. He just screams asshole. I swear, we're looking at Bush and Cheney running this country all over again.
Where is Obama going to lead us? He's thrown out no true plans for reviving our economy, no plan for resolving some issues in the middle east (Which is the furthest thing from an easy task as you can get), and has really brought nothing to the table aside from a pretty face and some well spoken speeches.
I just wish I knew Obama's agenda... you know he has one, they all do. The only good thing about those that have been in the spotlight for a little longer is that their underlying agendas are often better known.
I can't see this man leading our country out of the 'funk' it's been in and getting us back on track. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't like him.
If anyone wants to chime in, feel free to write an extended comment or give me a shout on the phone. I love talking about this and getting other people's opinions. The more we discuss, the more informed we become.
Also, please don't just sit there and listen to all the he says she says bullshit that's presented every night on FOX News and CNBC and all those shit networks. There's more informative and more reliable sources of information out there. Hit up BBC, the Times, the Post or anything other than those stupid, ignorant, money-grubbing, ratings obsessed talking heads.
Annnnnnd, I'm done for now.
First, I've officially signed up for too many fantasy football leagues this year. After completing my latest draft last night, I've come to the realization that by signing up for all these leagues I own about half the players in the NFL. There is one benefit to this, and one potential benefit.
For those of you who play fantasy football know, when you are in a league, you end up rooting for players and teams that you'd never normally root for. Example: In my one league, I have Westbrook, McNabb and the Cowboys defense. This sucks. When the birds play the girls I'll want McNabb and Westbrook to get as many points as possible leading them to an Eagles win, but as you know, it'll come at the expense of my fantasy team defense. Oh how difficult life can be. Here lies the benefit to being in so many leagues. Since I own basically every player in the league, all unnecessary rooting has basically been negated. Now I can go back to rooting only for the Eagles.
The potential benefit to being in this many leagues is simply that I stand a better chance of winning some cheddar... not that I needed better odds.
The other thing on my mind is this stupid upcoming election. Damnit!!! What happens if you don't like any of the candidates? I love voting, as I feel everyone should... But I don't want to cast a vote for either of the two shit parties. Who's going to be running as an independent?
I have serious concerns with both pairs running.
Ok, I'm going to try to keep this as brief as possible so as not to bore you to death, and so that I can actually go to sleep sometime tonight instead of sitting here typing until my fingers bleed.
As a person, I really like McCain. From what I can tell, he seems like he has a good head on his shoulders. I feel like he'd be able to make rational decisions necessary to move this country in the proper direction. Though I'm registered non-partisan, I typically consider myself to be slightly more of a democrat than republican. Either way, I'm not one of those people who votes straight ticket no matter who's running (I hate it when people vote straight ticket, voting for people whom they've never even heard of and know nothing about, yet feel the need to help place them in control of having a say in how we run our lives... stupid). Anywho, I feel like this past year McCain has sort of moved himself slightly more right than he was in the past. I'm hoping that if elected, he'll resort back to his more moderate ways. Hopefully he's only making himself more likable to the right wing folks to get the nod for the republican nomination. We'll see.
My main concerns with McCain are the obvious ones. His health, both mental and physical make me nervous to cast my vote for him. With his pick for VP, the oil-loving Palin, I find myself scared to give McCain my nod just for the simple reason that if he croaks, this nobody would be our president... No thank you. This lady is too inexperienced, has no relevant political background, and has way too many question marks next to her for me to have any confidence in her to lead the US. (I also don't like the fact that her husband is in the oil industry up in Alaska, she's all about drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, and she was apparently involved in some group called the Alaskan Independence Party who wanted Alaska to secede from the US. If she wanted out of the US, why would I want her to be our Pres?). Plus, how can McCain not be somewhat mental for being held as a POW?
Obama, wow, I just don't know how he's risen as quickly as he has... Oh wait, I do... Because he's young, black, attractive, educated and well-spoken... making him a media darling. I just can't buy into it. There's something about him that I don't like.
It seems to me like he's just going to be another George Bush. How can I compare him to Bush? Easy. He'll simply be another hollow shell, a puppet controlled by whatever groups and individuals whose pockets he's got his hands in. He's risen too quickly for my liking. I don't like him for one of the same reasons I don't like Palin, he's just too inexperienced to be our leader. Guess that's why he chose the Senator of the amazing huge and awesome state of Delaware. Wow, Joe Biden... awesome. He just screams asshole. I swear, we're looking at Bush and Cheney running this country all over again.
Where is Obama going to lead us? He's thrown out no true plans for reviving our economy, no plan for resolving some issues in the middle east (Which is the furthest thing from an easy task as you can get), and has really brought nothing to the table aside from a pretty face and some well spoken speeches.
I just wish I knew Obama's agenda... you know he has one, they all do. The only good thing about those that have been in the spotlight for a little longer is that their underlying agendas are often better known.
I can't see this man leading our country out of the 'funk' it's been in and getting us back on track. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't like him.
If anyone wants to chime in, feel free to write an extended comment or give me a shout on the phone. I love talking about this and getting other people's opinions. The more we discuss, the more informed we become.
Also, please don't just sit there and listen to all the he says she says bullshit that's presented every night on FOX News and CNBC and all those shit networks. There's more informative and more reliable sources of information out there. Hit up BBC, the Times, the Post or anything other than those stupid, ignorant, money-grubbing, ratings obsessed talking heads.
Annnnnnd, I'm done for now.
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