A Tribute....

In Loving Memory























Elsa Dabney
January 22 1916 - February 20 2006

Superbowl XL....

My friend Jerry hosted a small gathering at his place on Sunday for the super bowl. We got together a few hours before kickoff to play some cards. As far as I could tell, no one there was excited about the superbowl, myself included. The game was so riveting that a few of us missed large portions to play NBA Live '03 on the playstation2 in the other room. We also played poker throughout the whole game. I wonder if our disinterest in the game was the same for everyone not living in the Seattle or Pittsburgh areas? There was just something about the game that made me think "blah."

On to the point of this post. Since I didn't pay close attention to the tv, I didn't catch many of the commercials and I came across this one on break.com:


That has to rank up there in my all-time favorite commercials. Maybe it's because I'm a father now and can relate. Or maybe I'm more in touch with my feminine/sensitive side now.

(if the video doesn't work - it's my first attempt at embedding a video clip in my blog, go here: http://www.break.com/superbowl/budweiser4.html to view the video)

Professional Players' Salaries....

Whenever a pro player's salary is mentioned, it is always X amount per year over Z years.

Does anyone know if the pro gets a paycheck every week? every two weeks? bi-monthly?

And does she/he get that check throughout the year or only during the season?

Why My New Job Is Killing My Blogging Life...

...and it's not a bad thing.

I made a new year's resolution to post more often, especially about my kids and that funny, interesting quirks. I've been so busy at work that I just don't have the time to post anything. I might have an idea in the morning of what I'd like to blog about, but by the time I get to work and get immersed in what I'm doing, I've forgotten all about it.

Last night I came upstairs to bed at around 9:45 and was surprised to find Nicky still awake and watching tv in my room. So when his show was over I flipped the channel to watch the end of the Cavs/Heat game. Nicky protested so I flipped the channel over to the Discovery Channel and put on Mega Machines. Nicky saw the huge trucks and got excited: "Yeah Daddy. That's what I want to watch." I wasn't a bit upset that I couldn't watch the NBA game because it was a blow-out by that point and I like watching the Mega series on Discovery anyway.

With Nicky staying up way too late (I know - bad parenting), he surprised the heck out of us this morning and was up when I got out of the shower at 6:00am. Usually we have to fight with him to get up and he hides under the pillows when we flip the light switch. Alexis was also up early this morning to my surprise. As soon as I put the water on for the shower, she was standing up in her crib laughing at me. She asked for a bottle, so I got her one and put her down on our bed to watch some cartoons while I was in the shower.

I've rambled on way too long and fear I've lost interest in anyone reading this. Sorry.

Have a nice weekend! :0)