My beloved Tigers won the Independence Bowl this afternoon. They beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 38-31! But what makes it even more impressive is the Tigers coming from a 28-7 deficit to win the game!
Brad Smith the Tigers QB was awesome! He had over 400 total yards of offense but even more impressively was his performance in the second half. He threw for a touchdown and ran for two more as the Tigers won their first bowl game since 1998.
As a Tiger Fan I am willing to give coach Gary Pinkel another year at the helm. He and his staff certainly adjusted at halftime today to win the bowl game. And with 17 of 22 starters returning I can hardly wait for the new college football season to begin! Yes, Mizzou will lose Brad Smith but Chase Daniel will get er done against the rest of the Big 12.
So to wrap this up congratulations to the Tigers, Gary Pinkel and Brad Smith and the defense that played one heck of a game in the second half!
MIZZOU-RAH TIGERS!!!
December 30, 2005
December 26, 2005
How was your Christmas?
I can't believe it but Christmas has come and gone. I had a great time at my sister and brother in law's home and playing with the little ones. The two two-year olds make me feel young and had me on the floor romping with them. And then add in my four year old great nephew Nate and we had a ball with all of his new Christmas toys.
Christmas day was still good even though I got sideswiped by a little 19 year old bimbo who thought she owned the road. Good thing there's insurance, because her insurer is going to pay to buy me a new side view mirror.
And today was a legal holiday, but it could have been a regular day. (You know, no mail or any other services, but still a good day). This evening I went to Southpaw's to watch MNF and it was kind of bittersweet. Now, you know how much I love football. But, it was the last game of the season, but also the final game of ABC's 36 year run. I can remember being in high school in 1969 when MNF first started. I am sorry to see it go, but then, life goes on.
I hope you had a great Christmas and hope you got everything you wished for!
Christmas day was still good even though I got sideswiped by a little 19 year old bimbo who thought she owned the road. Good thing there's insurance, because her insurer is going to pay to buy me a new side view mirror.
And today was a legal holiday, but it could have been a regular day. (You know, no mail or any other services, but still a good day). This evening I went to Southpaw's to watch MNF and it was kind of bittersweet. Now, you know how much I love football. But, it was the last game of the season, but also the final game of ABC's 36 year run. I can remember being in high school in 1969 when MNF first started. I am sorry to see it go, but then, life goes on.
I hope you had a great Christmas and hope you got everything you wished for!
December 21, 2005
HOW MUCH?
I thought about posting this in huge type face, because that is what I have become. I stepped on a scale this afternoon and it topped out at 285 pounds. I about crapped. Just six months ago I was right about the 262 level.
I know how it happened but didn't pay much attention to it. I have been eating most everything I want and drinking most everything too without much regard for my weight. And boom it's like, hey fat-ass guess how much you weigh? Two Hundred and Eighty Five freakin pounds!
I guess you will see this fatso walking around the neighborhood quite a bit. So, what have I done since seeing this startling number? I have had about five chocolate chip cookies and a couple handfuls of peanuts. Real Healthy stuff, huh? Man, I hate losing weight, but after the holidays are over I will do it because I have to. I am not real happy right now!
I know how it happened but didn't pay much attention to it. I have been eating most everything I want and drinking most everything too without much regard for my weight. And boom it's like, hey fat-ass guess how much you weigh? Two Hundred and Eighty Five freakin pounds!
I guess you will see this fatso walking around the neighborhood quite a bit. So, what have I done since seeing this startling number? I have had about five chocolate chip cookies and a couple handfuls of peanuts. Real Healthy stuff, huh? Man, I hate losing weight, but after the holidays are over I will do it because I have to. I am not real happy right now!
P.S I just ran the spell checker on this and guess what work it wanted to use for "freakin". It suggested "foreskin"! :-)
December 20, 2005
Damon to the Yankees
The New York Yankees have signed Johnny Damon of the Boston Red Sox to a four year $52 million dollar contract. I guess for Damon it's great. But, for the rest of the world of baseball it is just another brick in the wall.
George Steinbrenner continues to throw money around like he is made of it. Come to think of it he is. But, no other team in major league baseball has the resources of the Yankees. And the bigger problem is the rich get richer, because greedy bums like Steinbrenner don't share any of their multi-bazillion TV contracts with the small market franchises like those in Kansas City or Cincinnati. But, you really can't blame George since there are no salary caps or revenue sharing agreements. And who you ask is responsible for this? Why it's Bud Selig the "commissioner" of Major League Baseball. But Bud is clueless and has been sleeping on the job for the past ten years. So don't expect him to wake up any time soon. Until, he does, the so called "national pastime will continue to play in the shadow of the NFL. And what you might ask are Bud's credentials for being the commissioner? He was a used car salesman in Milwaukee. And now because MLB has such brilliant owners he is now the whipping boy of George Steinbrenner and the owners of the other 29 teams in major league baseball. Aaarrgh!
George Steinbrenner continues to throw money around like he is made of it. Come to think of it he is. But, no other team in major league baseball has the resources of the Yankees. And the bigger problem is the rich get richer, because greedy bums like Steinbrenner don't share any of their multi-bazillion TV contracts with the small market franchises like those in Kansas City or Cincinnati. But, you really can't blame George since there are no salary caps or revenue sharing agreements. And who you ask is responsible for this? Why it's Bud Selig the "commissioner" of Major League Baseball. But Bud is clueless and has been sleeping on the job for the past ten years. So don't expect him to wake up any time soon. Until, he does, the so called "national pastime will continue to play in the shadow of the NFL. And what you might ask are Bud's credentials for being the commissioner? He was a used car salesman in Milwaukee. And now because MLB has such brilliant owners he is now the whipping boy of George Steinbrenner and the owners of the other 29 teams in major league baseball. Aaarrgh!
December 19, 2005
Dubya takes it to the masses
Three times now in the last three days George W. Bush has taken the offensive and supported his action of listening to the phone calls of Americans without court orders. First in his radio address to the American people on Saturday, last night in a televised address from the Oval office and then today to news media at the White House. And I learned that it was only calls going from the US to foreign countries and not internal calls as initially reported by the networks and wire services. If this is the case and the government is still going to the courts for internal wiretaps then I have no problem with it.
Bush also seems to relish the point of attacking the Senate for trying to kill renewal of the Patriot Act. And he is certainly on the offensive naming Democratic senators from California, New York and Nevada for their actions. He almost has them looking un-patriotic! And from my point of view they need to give the administration what it needs at this point to stop Al Queda.
Bush last night sucked it up and admitted his intelligence was faulty for entering Iraq two and a half years ago, but he has done such a fine job of telling the need to wrap up his war in Iraq that I am now convinced we should stay there awhile longer and try to finish the job. But I think we need to go in and fight it as a war and not a police action. Our troops are NOT policemen. They are soldiers. And as such just let them do their jobs! The rest will take care of itself. Maybe the Iraqis will figure it out on their own, but they have to step up to the plate too and take responsibility for their own security against their own internal enemies. Then we can continue to fight the battle against our real enemy...Al Queda.
In another note....G.W. Apparently has a pretty good sense of humor when dealing with the media. Several times at the news conference this morning, he poked good nature fun at the media. And maybe the media types in D.C. can learn not to take themselves so seriously.
Finally, I had on the Fox New Channel when I was watching the news conference. When it was done they attempted to do what all network talking heads do...give an instant replay and summation of what was just said. (Where this comes from I dont know, but they certainly insult the intelligence of many Americans with their "instant analysis. I saw it. I dont need you to try and spin it with your point of view)! But, back to the Fox News set, they had some fat pompous ass come on and try to spin the session his way. I dont know who this fat jackass is, but I have never heard of him before and certainly wont care if I dont have to listen to him again! Hey Fox nobody cares what this guy or any other self appointed guru has to say after a speech from the Prez. We get it and can figure it out for ourselves.
Bush also seems to relish the point of attacking the Senate for trying to kill renewal of the Patriot Act. And he is certainly on the offensive naming Democratic senators from California, New York and Nevada for their actions. He almost has them looking un-patriotic! And from my point of view they need to give the administration what it needs at this point to stop Al Queda.
Bush last night sucked it up and admitted his intelligence was faulty for entering Iraq two and a half years ago, but he has done such a fine job of telling the need to wrap up his war in Iraq that I am now convinced we should stay there awhile longer and try to finish the job. But I think we need to go in and fight it as a war and not a police action. Our troops are NOT policemen. They are soldiers. And as such just let them do their jobs! The rest will take care of itself. Maybe the Iraqis will figure it out on their own, but they have to step up to the plate too and take responsibility for their own security against their own internal enemies. Then we can continue to fight the battle against our real enemy...Al Queda.
In another note....G.W. Apparently has a pretty good sense of humor when dealing with the media. Several times at the news conference this morning, he poked good nature fun at the media. And maybe the media types in D.C. can learn not to take themselves so seriously.
Finally, I had on the Fox New Channel when I was watching the news conference. When it was done they attempted to do what all network talking heads do...give an instant replay and summation of what was just said. (Where this comes from I dont know, but they certainly insult the intelligence of many Americans with their "instant analysis. I saw it. I dont need you to try and spin it with your point of view)! But, back to the Fox News set, they had some fat pompous ass come on and try to spin the session his way. I dont know who this fat jackass is, but I have never heard of him before and certainly wont care if I dont have to listen to him again! Hey Fox nobody cares what this guy or any other self appointed guru has to say after a speech from the Prez. We get it and can figure it out for ourselves.
December 11, 2005
No one here cares!
We have some really mediocre TV stations in Saint Louis. But, the the worst excuse for local news is the NBC affiliate KSDK. The station has a really nasty habit of putting up weather graphics while you are trying to watch network programming. And never mind that they will break into a network show with out the least worry. KSDK is not alone in mediocrity. KTVI the fox affiliate has a weather man named Dave Murray. This guy should have been a clown. He couldn't hit a forecast to save his life. But, when a cloud comes over he wants to break into prime time programming and run on ad nauseum until he has worn out his topic. (For the record, this guy was run out of Boston because he was so poor in forecasting the weather)!
What is most annoying though is the local stations' attitude, that they have the God given right to put crap on the screen or minimize the actual viewing area so they can put storm warnings, school closings and lost kid alerts. This is particularly annoying to viewers who tuned in for one reason only, to see network programming. The TV stations attitude seems to be the public be da^&ed.
I agree that severe weather like tornados and extremly strong thunder storms are important. But why do they persist in putting up their crap on the screen for storms that are 100 miles south of Saint Louis or 100 miles northeast of Saint Louis. The viewers in these communities can not get the local signal off air, and federal regulation blacks out the St. Louis station in favor of their local TV stations.
The bottom line is the stations have spent about a bazillion dollars on this Doppler radar stuff and want to show it off and impress their viewers. Hey we're NOT impressed. We would be more impressed if you would just run the show you're supposed to and not put your junk on our television sets!
I watched a recorded version of the show ER this morning on the 32 inch TV screen. But, with the school closings for schools 60 to 80 miles away on the night I recorded, I ended up watching what amounted to about 17 inches of screen. Shame on you KSDK! And for the other Saint Louis stations; you are just as guilty. Bottom line stop it! No on wants to see school closings and severe weather warnings for cities 80 to 100 miles away. No one here cares!
What is most annoying though is the local stations' attitude, that they have the God given right to put crap on the screen or minimize the actual viewing area so they can put storm warnings, school closings and lost kid alerts. This is particularly annoying to viewers who tuned in for one reason only, to see network programming. The TV stations attitude seems to be the public be da^&ed.
I agree that severe weather like tornados and extremly strong thunder storms are important. But why do they persist in putting up their crap on the screen for storms that are 100 miles south of Saint Louis or 100 miles northeast of Saint Louis. The viewers in these communities can not get the local signal off air, and federal regulation blacks out the St. Louis station in favor of their local TV stations.
The bottom line is the stations have spent about a bazillion dollars on this Doppler radar stuff and want to show it off and impress their viewers. Hey we're NOT impressed. We would be more impressed if you would just run the show you're supposed to and not put your junk on our television sets!
I watched a recorded version of the show ER this morning on the 32 inch TV screen. But, with the school closings for schools 60 to 80 miles away on the night I recorded, I ended up watching what amounted to about 17 inches of screen. Shame on you KSDK! And for the other Saint Louis stations; you are just as guilty. Bottom line stop it! No on wants to see school closings and severe weather warnings for cities 80 to 100 miles away. No one here cares!
December 10, 2005
Bunch of Thieves
I got my bill from Laclede Gas for November several days ago and all I can say is Aaaarrrgghh!
117 dollars is what these thieves want for the month of November when temperatures really weren't all that cold. I know that natural gas is more expensive because of production problems associated with Hurricane Katrina. But, 117 dollars for a half way warm month?
The gas company answers to the Missouri Public Service Commission (another bunch of morons) and has to get it's rates approved. But how can it be this high? I will call the gas company when I have an hour to kill because that's about how long it has taken in the past with their fine customer service representatives. I can see it now. By January I will get a bill asking me on one line how much money I have. And then on the next line it will say something like "... Please send it in". Aaaaaaaaaarrgghh!!!
117 dollars is what these thieves want for the month of November when temperatures really weren't all that cold. I know that natural gas is more expensive because of production problems associated with Hurricane Katrina. But, 117 dollars for a half way warm month?
The gas company answers to the Missouri Public Service Commission (another bunch of morons) and has to get it's rates approved. But how can it be this high? I will call the gas company when I have an hour to kill because that's about how long it has taken in the past with their fine customer service representatives. I can see it now. By January I will get a bill asking me on one line how much money I have. And then on the next line it will say something like "... Please send it in". Aaaaaaaaaarrgghh!!!
Take out the trash
My alma mater has a problem. It has a basketball coach who can't coach. His name is Quin Snyder. He can't coach. He can't recruit and apparently he is unable to improve.
This afternoon my alma mater, Missouri, nearly lost to a low ranked Division I school. The Tigers did win the game 82-81, but had Texas A&M-Corpus Christi played the last two minutes properly they would have won the game.
I have not been a fan of Snyder's for quite some time. But, now it is time to remove Snyder from his job. He has to go...now. Not at the end of the season...now! Today's game is just another embarrassing performance from a once proud program. It's time to take out the trash.
This afternoon my alma mater, Missouri, nearly lost to a low ranked Division I school. The Tigers did win the game 82-81, but had Texas A&M-Corpus Christi played the last two minutes properly they would have won the game.
I have not been a fan of Snyder's for quite some time. But, now it is time to remove Snyder from his job. He has to go...now. Not at the end of the season...now! Today's game is just another embarrassing performance from a once proud program. It's time to take out the trash.
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