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The Birthers New Conspiracy — Give it a rest already

This Is Your Brain On Stupid – #3

Where’s The Macy’s Day Parade?

This Is Your Brain On Stupid — #2

Freight Train

Week 3 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Picks

Week 2 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Results

Week 2 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Picks

Week 1 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Results

2010 Nascar Chase Is On!

Ok..it didn’t take long for a conspiracy theory to emerge about Pres. Obama’s long form birth certificate. I received a spam email today that proclaimed the birth certificate is a forgery and all you have to do is open the document in Adobe Illustrator and look at the layers to see it’s a fraud. Stating further that no pdf document would do this. — Of course that’s not true, many pdf image documents do that. I can do it with a pdf scan I have of an imaged document.

It’s just amazing to me how far bigots will go attack people. So many people keep calling the long form the official document and that just irks me to no end as well. It’s not the official document and hasn’t been for several years. Hawaii produces a digital version of birth certificates and those, and only those are the official legal documents of the state. Give it a rest already Birthers. You’ve lost your argument and your continual conspiracy rants do nothing but show you as the bigots you are. You 5 minutes are up. Get off the stage now.

Jan26

The Shoe Incident

Um Momma…I have something to tell you…

Today at breakfast (at school no less), I was playing with my shoe and I put my finger in it like this…and then I couldn’t get it out.

Momma…starts giggling.

I started crying and yelling for help. Some of the teachers came to help and NO one could get my finger out!

Momma…starts laughing.

Finally one of the teachers said let’s take the shoe off and see if we can cut it out of there. I was really scared they were going to cut my finger off.

Momma is now laughing hysterically.

When they got it off something happened and my finger ust came loose. I was so scared they were going to have to cut my finger off to get the shoe off!

Momma can no longer breath!

Nov25

NBC, CBS Where’s the parade? They’ve turned a national institution into nothing more than a variety show! Kids from around the country spend months preparing to march in the parade. People spend months preparing floats and learning to hold the balloons. But do we see any of that? No! It’s one big commercial for the net…work & Broadway shows. I HATE IT! WHERE’S THE PARADE?!

I think it’s time to start a movement for TNT or better yet, TCM to show the parade like it used to be! The Classic Macy’s Day Parade, where you can see the bands, the floats and balloons as if you were actually there. Screw the dance numbers on the stage, the musicals on the roof tops! How is that a PARADE!

WE WANT THE REAL, LIVE PARADE BACK!

Oct28

The Canoe Incident

The man child is out in the backyard working with Daddy to clean up and prepare the fire bowl for an evening of roasting marshmallows. When he suddenly notices the canoe filled to the brim with water.

Well we can’t just let that sit there like that now can we!? No of course no. We need to run and leap over it. At it’s widest point of course.

And so the second of the “Hey y’all watch this!” moments. He gathers himself up, takes off running, and leaps….. right into the water filled canoe.

Yep..that’s our Honor Roll Student!

Oct2

Counting The Cars

There’s nothing like counting cars on a freight train. I remember as little kids we always counted the cars on trains and anticipated seeing the caboose. Most trains do without the caboose now days. But it’s still fun to count the cars.

CSX 5380

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Sep25

Week 3 is here and we’re late making our picks. But here’s hoping our teams, The Redskins and the Eagles don’t let us down this week.

Week 3
SUN, SEP 26	Spring’s Picks	The Prince’s Picks
Tennessee at NY Giants	NY Giants	NY Giants
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay
Cincinnati at Carolina	Cincinnati	Carolina
Cleveland at Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore
Dallas at Houston	Houston	Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City	Kansas City	Kansas City
Detroit at Minnesota	Minnesota	Detroit
Buffalo at New England	New England	New England
Atlanta at New Orleans	New Orleans	New Orleans
Washington at St. Louis	Washington	St. Louis
Philadelphia at Jacksonville	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Oakland at Arizona	Oakland	Arizona
San Diego at Seattle	Seattle	Seattle
Indianapolis at Denver	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
NY Jets at Miami	Miami	Miami
MON, SEP 27
Green Bay at Chicago	Green Bay	Chicago

Sep22

Not a bad second week. Of course my Redskins just laid down and gave their giant lead away to Houston. It was very disappointing, but the defense did not come out in the second half and stand up to Houston’s offense. Watching the Mannings competing against each other was not only interesting, but it was an exciting game as well. I’m secretly glad Peyton won. Eli has a long career ahead of him, he has plenty of time to make up for his brotherly loss. So here’s the final results for week 2 for the Prince and I.

Week 2
SUN, SEP 19	Spring’s Picks	Spring’s Results	The Prince’s Picks	The Prince’s Results	Game Results
Pittsburgh at Tennessee	Tennessee	L	Tennessee	L	19 – 11
Miami at Minnesota	Minnesota	L	Miami	W	14 – 10
Arizona at Atlanta	Atlanta	W	Atlanta	W	7 – 41
Baltimore at Cincinnati	Baltimore	L	Baltimore	L	10 – 15
Kansas City at Cleveland	Kansas City	W	Kansas City	W	16 – 14
Chicago at Dallas	Dallas	L	Dallas	L	27 – 20
Philadelphia at Detroit	Philadelphia	W	Philadelphia	W	35 – 32
Buffalo at Green Bay	Green Bay	W	Buffalo	L	7 – 34
Tampa Bay at Carolina	Tampa Bay	W	Carolina	L	20 – 7
Seattle at Denver	Denver	W	Seattle	L	14 – 31
St. Louis at Oakland	Oakland	W	St. Louis	L	14 – 16
Houston at Washington	Washington	L	Washington	L	30 – 27 OT
New England at NY Jets	New England	L	New England	L	14 – 28
Jacksonville at San Diego	Jacksonville	L	San Diego	W	13 – 38
NY Giants at Indianapolis	Indianapolis	W	Indianapolis	W	14 – 38
MON, SEP 20	.
New Orleans at San Francisco	New Orleans	W	New Orleans	W	25 – 22
Results: W = 9 / L = 7 of 16 Season: W = 19 / L = 13 of 32			Results: W – 7 / L – 9 of 16 Season: W = 13/ L = 19 of 32

Sep18

Time for Week 2 already? Where did the week go?
No big insights this week. I picked Philly over Detroit primarily because Vick is starting and I think he gives the team a major boost in performance. I’m counting on my Titans to win again at home. And finally, I’m not sure people understand how much of a confidence builder the Redskins get after beating their biggest rival the Cowboys. The rivalry between the Skins and the Cowboys never diminished within the hearts and minds of the fans. It may have waxed and waned amongst the team and the NFL over all, but it never faded for fans. As indicated by the intensity and electricity of the Skin’s stadium last week. That emotional high should carry over to this week as Washington takes on Houston.

Once again keep in mind the Prince makes his pick based on which team is the animal, or which animal will beat the other animal. It’s interesting how he perceives animal strength, it’s not just brawn that wins the day. He seems to think if you’re a bird, you are invincible. 😉

So here are our picks for the week.

Week 2
SUN, SEP 19	Spring’s Picks	The Prince’s Picks
Pittsburgh at Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee
Miami at Minnesota	Minnesota	Miami
Arizona at Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta
Baltimore at Cincinnati	Baltimore	Baltimore
Kansas City at Cleveland	Kansas City	Kansas City
Chicago at Dallas	Dallas	Dallas
Philadelphia at Detroit	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Buffalo at Green Bay	Green Bay	Buffalo
Tampa Bay at Carolina	Tampa Bay	Carolina
Seattle at Denver	Denver	Seattle
St. Louis at Oakland	Oakland	St. Louis
Houston at Washington	Washington	Washington
New England at NY Jets	New England	New England
Jacksonville at San Diego	Jacksonville	San Diego
NY Giants at Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
MON, SEP 20	.
New Orleans at San Francisco	New Orleans	New Orleans

Sep18

Well not a bad start to the 1st week. My picks finished 10wins to 6 losses. Not great, but better than some of the professional prognosticators in TV. The best game in my book was of course my Redskins vs. Dallas. Those last 3 seconds were definitely a nail-bitter. But woohoo the Cowboys self-destructed! Hahaha!!!

The little Prince didn’t fair as well. His method of picking is base on the name of the team. If it’s a bird, ie: Cardinals, Eagles, Ravens, Falcons; he picks them to win. He likes animals over objects for the most part. Not sure it’s the best method, but it works for him and that’s all that matters. He’s excited that he won 6 picks last week and didn’t even seem to listen that between us, I won the week. He asked; but it just didn’t matter because his Eagles won. Not sure how he’s going to feel when his Eagles play my Skins.

So here are our 1st week results:

Week 1
THU, SEP 9	Spring’s Picks	Spring’s Results	The Prince’s Picks	The Prince’s Results	Game Results
New Orleans at Minnesota	New Orleans	W	Minnesota	L	14 – 9
SUN, SEP 12	.
Carolina at NY Giants	NY Giants	W	Carolina	L	18 – 31
Atlanta at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	W	Atlanta	L	9 – 15
Cleveland at Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	W	Cleveland	L	14 – 17
Denver at Jacksonville	Denver	L	Denver	L	17 – 24
Indianapolis at Houston	Indianapolis	L	Indianapolis	L	24 – 34
Miami at Buffalo	Buffalo	L	Miami	W	15 – 10
Detroit at Chicago	Chicago	W	Chicago	W	14 – 19
Oakland at Tennessee	Oakland	L	Oakland	L	13 – 38
Cincinnati at New England	New England	W	New England	L	24 – 38
Arizona at St. Louis	Arizona	W	Arizona	W	17 – 13
San Francisco at Seattle	San Francisco	L	Seattle	W	6 – 31
Green Bay at Philadelphia	Philadelphia	L	Philadelphia	L	27 – 20
Dallas at Washington	Washington	W	Dallas	L	7 – 13
MON, SEP 13
Baltimore at NY Jets	Baltimore	W	Baltimore	W	10 – 9
San Diego at Kansas City	Kansas City	W	Kansas City	W	14 – 21
Results: W = 10 / L = 6 of 16 Season: W = 10 / L = 6 of 16			W – 6 / L – 10

Regular Season Stats

Sep12

The 2010 Nascar Chase has begun after last night’s Air Guard 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The race itself was less than exciting, in general. But the last 10 laps did get interesting as our native Richmonder Denny Hamlin took the checkered flag over team mate Kyle Busch. Coach Joe Gibbs had a great night in that his entries finished 1st, 2nd and 4th as Joey Logano came in just behind Jimmie Johnson.

Our boys didn’t fare real well however. Tony Stewart had improved his position to the top 5, but began dropping back like a rock after the 1st caution adjustment. Seems the team just couldn’t get those changes corrected and he finished the race in 16th.

Ryan Newman’s chance to get into the chase were dashed as Bowyer had a great race and finished in the top 10. But it was great seeing Ryan fight for all they had and finish the overall race in 11th.

And what happened to Dale Jr? He qualified well, starting in the top 10. But that was all he wrote. He dropped back during the entire race like a rock and finished 34th. All in all it was dismal year for Jr. But Sir Evil remain a true fan.

So our boys end the season like this:

The Chase for the Cup begins Sept. 19th in New Hampshire. The points have been reset and the standings going into the race are:

RK	DRIVER	PTS	BACK	WINS	TOP5	TOP10	DNF	EARNINGS
1	Denny Hamlin	5060	–	6	10	11	2	$4,292,228
2	Jimmie Johnson	5050	-10	5	10	14	4	$5,338,436
3	Kevin Harvick	5030	-30	3	11	17	1	$5,164,351
4	Kyle Busch	5030	-30	3	8	14	1	$4,861,478
5	Kurt Busch	5020	-40	2	8	15	2	$5,464,010
6	Tony Stewart	5010	-50	1	7	14	1	$4,269,900
7	Greg Biffle	5010	-50	1	5	14	2	$3,734,487
8	Jeff Gordon	5000	-60	0	10	13	2	$4,379,398
9	Carl Edwards	5000	-60	0	6	14	2	$4,096,479
10	Jeff Burton	5000	-60	0	5	13	0	$3,943,397
11	Matt Kenseth	5000	-60	0	5	10	0	$4,091,273
12	Clint Bowyer	5000	-60	0	4	14	2	$3,402,729

At last years Chase race in Richmond, the Little Prince decided he liked Carl Edwards. Perhaps because he was able to sit in Carl’s Nationwide Scotts car, which might have been a good luck charm for Carl. He won the Nationwide race that night. Or because the Prince really likes “The Duck” from Aflac. What ever his reasons, we’ll be following Carl from now on as his #2 guy.

So here’s hoping Tony and Carl smoke ’em all in the Chase! Good Luck Guys! And if not one of our guys, ANYONE BUT JIMMIE!!!!!!