does anyone besides me find myspace a little creepy? i do. this was originally for bands to get there music out and be heard. now it's place where people do anything and everything; from teens trying to hook up, to pedophiles trying to hook up teens (scary). but most people just use it to find new friends or reconnect with old ones. everybody thinks it so great and i just don't get. myspace is so fake! c'mon do you really want all those people to be your friends? or do you just feel cool about having hundreds of myspace friends? it's like online high school cliques for the internet generation. ok, you can be my friend, but not you, you're a loser, i don't let losers be my friend...sucka!
go out and get friends the old-fashioned way - fantasy sports! then you can meet good guys, like mario, who let you have their extra cubs ticket for free! in the meantime, enjoy your myspace.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
267-sampson slapped
the indiana basketball coach was sanctioned by the ncaa today.
is this really the direction indiana basketball wants to go? IU has gone like 50 years without any violations and now they are bringing in a guy who starts his career off this way (making 600 illegal phone calls?
i guess it isn't that bad as andy katz says, since as long as he doesn't dial the phone he ok and that there are a lot of good recruits close to bloomington that can come into visits.
i happen to think, though, that parents have a lot to say in where their child goes to school and who coaches their kid. do you think parents will want an ncaa violator teaching them about basketball and life? ??? and, on top of that, how is he supposed to meet these parents if he can't leave the campus.
IU hasn't said anything about what they are going to do , but dickie v says this story ain't over, and sampson could still be fired.
thank god the cubs had the day off, saving me from having to write two depressing posts.
is this really the direction indiana basketball wants to go? IU has gone like 50 years without any violations and now they are bringing in a guy who starts his career off this way (making 600 illegal phone calls?
i guess it isn't that bad as andy katz says, since as long as he doesn't dial the phone he ok and that there are a lot of good recruits close to bloomington that can come into visits.
i happen to think, though, that parents have a lot to say in where their child goes to school and who coaches their kid. do you think parents will want an ncaa violator teaching them about basketball and life? ??? and, on top of that, how is he supposed to meet these parents if he can't leave the campus.
IU hasn't said anything about what they are going to do , but dickie v says this story ain't over, and sampson could still be fired.
thank god the cubs had the day off, saving me from having to write two depressing posts.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
268-opening night
after 3 weeks of trying the duck snorts finally got their first game in of the season, and it typical ducksnort fashion it was a 'W'.
it wasn't pretty, but since it was the first game in abour 8 months for most of us we'll take it. the final score 29-21. although, it looked like a offensive slugfest, the high score was also due to some sloppy defense. personally, i made a throwing error and a fielding error, but it was nice to get the rust off and i expect a much more polished defense on the field soon.
the other team had some problems on defense too, but 29 runs is 29 runs and with only 2 walks in the game you know we had to be banging the ball around pretty good. my swing is definitely not there yet, but i think a lot had to do with just being nervous. (i know i shouldn't be nervous for a softball game, but i was) i barely got a piece of the ball on a couple swings, but i was able to go 4-for-5 (or 3-for-4, i can't remember). so, at least i got lucky in the average department. i was so far ahead on everything and only hit one ball solid. the other ones were bloops that were perfectly place over the 3rd baseman in between the shortstop and left fielder.
the league looks interesting this year. i watched the game before us and they looked about the same skill level as us (although we should definitely be able to take them). but, the guys that played after us looked like they were professionals. i'm not scared, though, as the snorts always find a way to win against teams like that.
look for a duck snorts webpage in the future. i thought i had a photgrapher to take pictures, but she (missy) forgot the camera!
we are now one game over .500 which is about 11 games better than the cubs.
it wasn't pretty, but since it was the first game in abour 8 months for most of us we'll take it. the final score 29-21. although, it looked like a offensive slugfest, the high score was also due to some sloppy defense. personally, i made a throwing error and a fielding error, but it was nice to get the rust off and i expect a much more polished defense on the field soon.
the other team had some problems on defense too, but 29 runs is 29 runs and with only 2 walks in the game you know we had to be banging the ball around pretty good. my swing is definitely not there yet, but i think a lot had to do with just being nervous. (i know i shouldn't be nervous for a softball game, but i was) i barely got a piece of the ball on a couple swings, but i was able to go 4-for-5 (or 3-for-4, i can't remember). so, at least i got lucky in the average department. i was so far ahead on everything and only hit one ball solid. the other ones were bloops that were perfectly place over the 3rd baseman in between the shortstop and left fielder.
the league looks interesting this year. i watched the game before us and they looked about the same skill level as us (although we should definitely be able to take them). but, the guys that played after us looked like they were professionals. i'm not scared, though, as the snorts always find a way to win against teams like that.
look for a duck snorts webpage in the future. i thought i had a photgrapher to take pictures, but she (missy) forgot the camera!
we are now one game over .500 which is about 11 games better than the cubs.
269-business opportunity
i don't know how many people have figured this out (even though you should have--the links are everywhere), but i also do a cubs blog at http://go-cubs.blogger.com. i don't know how many of you have seen it, but it caught the attention of TicketsSport.com who sent me an email wanting to post their site on my blog. why not?
so, as soon as i get the code, i will be placing their advertisement on my blog. it's not like i'm expecting any money out of this, but it will be interesting to see what you get for a click here and there.
now, it's up to you all to make me some bucks. i'm not asking you to buy from them, but just check them out next time you want to buy some tickets, or just out of pure curiosity.
so, as soon as i get the code, i will be placing their advertisement on my blog. it's not like i'm expecting any money out of this, but it will be interesting to see what you get for a click here and there.
now, it's up to you all to make me some bucks. i'm not asking you to buy from them, but just check them out next time you want to buy some tickets, or just out of pure curiosity.
Monday, May 22, 2006
270- grillin' out
it's almost summer in chicago and that means only one thing--cookouts!
this is the first summer i will actually have a place to cook out. the residents in the coach house behind our place moved out in may ,and although it is a community back yard, they pretty much ran the show. but, since no one has moved in yet, missy and i decided to make it ours. we quickly cleaned up the place and went out this weekend and bought a grill as a placekeeper. now, that we had staked our claim, we had our first cookout.
no wonder people love cookouts. even though it was just me missy and chance, it was a lot of fun. there must just be something about preparing meat and cooking it over an open fire. i guess our primitive urges are sometimes the most fun to indulge. we'd love to have anyone over, so bring your meat and let's enjoy chicago's summer!
i know who i'd love to throw over an open fire, dusty baker. c'mon, he can't even beat the marlins.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
271-good news sunday
hey, hey, the cubs actually won a game! maybe that punch woke them up! missy likes it when they win b/c i am unpleasant to be around when they lose.
the cubs win was good, but small potatoes. the big potato is lindsey and joe are engaged! i figured he would like to tell you all, but hey, he knows i have a blog and he knows i need something to write about.
after 8 years, joe was finally ready to pop the question. congratulations to them both!
seems like just yesterday (not really) that joe couldn't stop talking about her on our 20-hour spring break ski trip drive to utah.
the cubs win was good, but small potatoes. the big potato is lindsey and joe are engaged! i figured he would like to tell you all, but hey, he knows i have a blog and he knows i need something to write about.
after 8 years, joe was finally ready to pop the question. congratulations to them both!
seems like just yesterday (not really) that joe couldn't stop talking about her on our 20-hour spring break ski trip drive to utah.
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