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Poila Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ Pôhela Boishakh or পয়লা বৈশাখ Pôela Boishakh) is the first day of the Bangla Calendar. Poila Boishakh is also known as Nôbobôrsho (নববর্ষ), or Bengali New Year, as it is the first day of the first month of Boishakh in the Bengali calendar. This day is a very festive time for Bengalis. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Baishakh)
today is the bengali new year -- 'poila baishak' . today according to the bengali traditional hindu calender we start the year 1415.
am in a rather nostalgic mood. today is a usual working day for me. but my heart is elsewhere. i wish i could be home with my parents and brother and all other near and dear ones. but alas i am all grown up now and have to sit on my desk and at least pretend to work. ok musings later. let me give a quick rundown on how as a kid i remember poila boishak being celebrated at home.
i remember the first thing that my parents used to say was that "today no fights, no tantrums, no sulks, cos if you behave badly today, you have to spend the rest of the year doing that only".
it was such a foolish idea yet we used to follow it so diligently, on 'poila baishak' we used to pray to god, drink milk like good children and be nice and behave properly.
i remember getting up early in excitement cos poila baishak was one occassion when we used to get new clothes apart from durga pujo. there used to be a pujo at home, then go touch the feet of all elders. ma generally used to cook some delicacy or the other like 'polao' (traditional bengali sweet rice) and 'kosha mangsho' (mutton) or 'rui macher kalia' (rohu fish curry) and of course some kind of desert like 'payas'.
in the evenings we used to go to the 'choroker mela' ( spring fair) which is held generally every year at this time. now choroker mela was a very interesting event. my brother and i, we loved going there cos dad always used to pamper us no end there. i remember buying handfull of glass bangles, terracotta toys, my brother used to go for musical instruments which make an awful lot of noise. usually some cousins allways used to accompany us. oh what a lovely time we had getting on those merry-go-rounds, eating 'telebhaja' (pakodas).
then we used to go visit some relatives or freinds and have nice dinner either there or at home.
before long poila baishak used to be over. i remember that as a kid before going to bed we used to do a check whether we have been on our perfect behaviour or not. otherwise there was a danger that whatever wrong we had done would get repeated throughout the year.
poila boishak always used to be the harbinger of mangoes. the mangoes before poila baishak never taste as good as those which come after the new year. that was another eeason why we used to wait for poila baishak with so much excitement.
now we are all grown up, busy in our lives, now we remember poila baishak when someone reminds us. then to commemorate the day we go to some fancy resturant for lunch or dinner. but somehow the innocence and the fun of those days can never be recaptured.
in words of rabindranath
'purano shey diner kotha
bhulbi kire hai'
(how can you forget those old days)
i am sure there is a better and a proper translation of this song, but right now i am in a writing mood and cant be bothered with translations.
inconvinience if any is deeply regretted.
maybe i would never spend poila baishak like i used to spend it in my childhood. but the memory would always be there with me.


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The full page after all the solid areas have been filled in. The dialogue for the first two panels is inked, and the rest of it is in place.
I was still toying with the idea of having Barbisol sing "With a Little Bit o' Luck" at this point. Yeah, I know.
This strip marked the debut of the Baby Monkey! Ridiculously cute, and typically perched upon other monkey's heads, he's quickly become a staple in my sketchbook (he'll almost certainly be featured in the 2006 Prospectus for ChriGov Industries). You can see that even this late in the game, I'm wondering if he should have a tail or not, and how exactly it should be drawn.
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|This is a photo from early on in our
time in Japan. We've had to rely on
each other more than if we'd lived in
our home country. And therefore have,
perhaps, a tighter bond than we other-
wise would.
I'm not so worked up about it as I was last year when he went (see here as I admitted my weakness in this area). I don't like him being gone, but I survived. Plus, I have many friends who have more frequent husband-absences and who I really admire for being able to do this. As I type, I think about my very good friend with six children who has to deal with long absences, and another who had three under three when her husband was deployed overseas.
I wrote this time last year about this verse: "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13, NIV. Indeed, I can do everything that my God gives me to do, in the strength that He also gives.
I just got a text saying they're about to get on the plane. I love my man and hate to see him leave, even for a short while. But as I said to my 7 y.o. this morning, who expressed the same sentiment, "The Seniors need him just now, so we'll lend him to them for a bit." He seemed happy with that.
Yesterday I also expressed the sentiment to a colleague that these short separations are good for our marriage. They help us to appreciate each other so much more. It is easy to take for granted how much the other parent does in a busy family, and how much we appreciate them just being there as a back-up. I hate having no backup. I'm it for the next eight days (well, I do have my heavenly Father, but He doesn't generally wash the dishes or supervise showers).
But as for now, I have business to take care of before the weekend, and three boys, are upon me. See you later!


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INCHEON, South Korea (April 21) – Japan head coach Jamie Joseph said Friday his team were ready for their Asian Rugby Championship opener against South Korea.
"We have prepared well and now we have to play well and I would be very surprised if we did not," he said following his side's captain's run at Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field.
Joseph went on to say that the team had been together for four weeks and that he wanted them to go out and execute their game plan.
"The performance is paramount to me. If everyone does their own jobs then I will be happy. We need to learn how to create tries for when we take on a higher level of opposition. If players start getting selfish then there is a problem. That's not part of the game plan."
Yutaka Nagare, who leads the side on his international debut said he was "excited to be playing his first game" for his country and that he wanted the team to use the occasion as one on which they can continue to improve.
"The coaches have made it easy for the players to understand what they want to achieve and the players are communicating off the field so they can implement things on the pitch," he said.
Japan won the corresponding fixture last year 60-3 (having previously won 85-0 in Yokohama) but Joseph said he expected the Koreans to have improved having had the benefit of a further 12 months under their new coaching regime of John Walters and Deon Muir.


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Fiery glances, loving kisses, warm embraces with so much more meaning than hugs shared by lovers.In exchange for what? Forced affection, dull eyes and sandpaper skin?
I dream. Dreams of pale yellow hair glistening under individual rays of warm sunlight, eyes closed contently, head rested upon my thigh. Tracing kisses upon his furrowed brow, whilst his thumbprint lingers on the palm of my hand. Wind blowing my hair as to brush it against his forehead. I squeeze his fingers in my hand and sigh, I feel myself glow with happiness; he's still mine.
Yet here now I sit, tied in ropes made of self doubt, uncertainty and paths wrongly chosen; tied to a man who's lips are thin and misleading, the dirt under his fingernails scraped from the deception of his false identity and his brow raised in self proclaimed superiority. Forcing me to cower in the shadows of my own self loathing; oh, how I miss my blond haired, bright eyed Apollo.


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
But what if it does? Would I be okay? Would Chris be okay? What would we do? My heart shattered on April 12 and it doesn't quite fit back together the way it did before. If it broke into a million pieces again, would I be able to put the shards back together this time?
Does that thought ever go away? I hate that I can't take comfort in the things most women do. I just want to be naive again. I heard the heartbeat. I made it into the second trimester. I was days away from being halfway through the pregnancy. If I get pregnant again, will there come a day when I'm able to relax and consider the possibility of bringing an actual baby home with me, and not just a box of memories? At this point I can't imagine it.
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I have been struggling with this too. I literally cannot imagine what it would be like to bring a baby home. I have no fear of bringing home a live baby, I've been a baby nurse, I know what to do with them...but I can't imagine walking through the front door with MY CHILD in my arms. And then I worry that this is a premonition...like, what if I NEVER DO walk through my front door with my kid in my arms? What if it never happens again? I have always imagined myself with kids...so what if it doesn't happen? This is my biggest fear. Aidan's pregnancy did not make me not want to try for another one...but it certainly made it much harder to imagine it ever working out with a happy ending.ReplyDelete
Crossing everything I have that we both get that happy ending sooner rather than later.
*hugs* Going through multiple losses now, somehow, someway I am surviving. There are days that I am not sure how. The thought does NOT go away. I firmly believe though deep down in my heart that you WILL bring your next baby home with you <3ReplyDelete
After suffering infant loss we were so scared to try again to have another baby. It took us 2 years before we had a surprise pregnancy that gave us the "ok." And then that pregnancy ended in our first of three miscarriages in a year.ReplyDelete
The wisest advice I ever got was "when your desire to hold your child in your arms is stronger than your fear of losing again" is when you are ready.
Sadly, there are no promises and life isn't fair :( Sometimes the most deserving of happiness and easy lives are the ones who are forced to suffer the most.
Lots of hugs.
I think it will be nearly impossible to not worry our way through subsequent pregnancies. Even when we pass the point where we lost our baby(ies), we now know far too much about everything that can go wrong.ReplyDelete
From what I've heard from other BLM's who have had a healthy baby after losing one, the pregnancy is full of fear, but it is so worth it in the end.
I've also wondered how I could ever survive losing another child, but then I realize that I've done it before and I can do it again. At least this time, I will have a support system in place. I will be in a place that I have been before, but this time with the knowledge that I will survive, that things do get better and that life does go on. Of course, if it happens again, the devastation will be huge.
I would love to tell you that it gets easier, but for me it has gotten harder. The kicks help ease my anxiety a little. Once he stops to take a nap though I freak out. I try to have the attitude that we're hoping for the best, but know the worst. We know how we handle a loss.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2010 at 10:59 AM
HUGS, it will happen. it may not be be filled with rainbows and puppies the first part, but lots of worry, but it will happen. you have to believe. i know it's hard. but your love and your strength will carry you through. try to trust, try to relax, try to breathe. it will be okay. one day, one hour at a time.ReplyDelete
I just found your blog, and I'm so sorry for your loss. I read Caleb's birth story and it broke my heart. I have had a miscarriage, and although I wasn't as far along as you were, I know that feeling of devastation. My miscarriage happened a year ago, and I'm actually pregnant again right now, so I thought I could offer you some thoughts on that. It ISN'T easy - it might be the hardest thing you ever do. Even after I passed the point where I lost the last baby, I still worried all the time. Each appointment would give me some reassurance, then the doubts would creep back in a couple of days later. Even now that I can feel the baby kick..well, babies sleep and sometimes they just don't feel like doing as much on a given day, and that's torture for us pregnant after a loss ladies. Pregnancy will never be the same again for us, but it's worth trying again if you really do want a child. You will know when the time is right.ReplyDelete
I have a website called Angel Bracelets, and I was wondering if I could publish Caleb's story there? We have an Angel Stories page where we publish stories of lost babies. In addition we support numerous pregnancy and infant loss organizations through our memorial bracelets. I started this website after my miscarriage, because I wanted to help other people who'd been through a loss.
What I went through is nothing in comparison, however I had 2 miscarriages and cannot for the life of me stop worrying that it will just happen again. It sucks that it takes that "happy naive glow" away! Thinking of you!ReplyDelete
Pink, you are more than welcome to share the story on your site. I've seen it and I think you're doing amazing things! I would be honored.ReplyDelete
Lara, I found your blog through a mutual friend. I don't have much to say that will really help but I would love to share a tidbit of my story with you as it might help. I lost a pregnancy last year at 12 weeks. I know what it's like to be past the date where you feel like you have to worry only to have things go very differently than you anticipated. For me, I knew that the only thing that would make me feel better was to be pregnant again. I conceived again within two months and my sweet little boy turned 6 months yesterday! I can't lie and say that the second pregnancy was easy or that I didn't worry constantly. But I know it did encourage me every time I heard someone say they had lost a baby and then had a successful pregnancy afterward. I have faith for you and look forward to hearing more of your story as it progresses.ReplyDelete
i'm terrified myself. every day. but i have to keep hoping, and even if this pregnancy goes wrong i need to try again. even if it never happens for us i need to know i tried, that i gave us every chance of a living child.ReplyDelete
i don't think i'll ever stop worrying. even if i have a full term healthy baby. but maybe it'll calm down a little.
Like all of you, I'm so, so scared. But Lara, you have a plan of action now, and in some way, I hope that this is comforting. I won't be ready to TTC for a long time, but when I do, I have a plan to try to prevent going into premature labout again (progesterone shots). That gives me a bit of comfort and hope. I cross my fingers for you. xoReplyDelete
I'd love to say it doesn't go away, but let's live in reality, yes? Sucky as reality might be?ReplyDelete
When my partner got pregnant with our second son, I don't think either of us breathed until he did. Even then, we spent his first year (well, first, what is he, 19 months and some weeks) worrying about some sort of lightning bolt firing down from heaven to take away our new happiness. I'm 9 and a half weeks pregnant now, my first pregnancy, and while it's been totally trouble free, I look at the TP every time, thinking there'll be blood, wait for each cramp to presage something horrible...
But I also marvel at everything my living son does, wonder at every sonogram and the pictures of the rapidly beating hearts of our two new babies growing inside me.
It never goes away, but it does get tempered by yet more of that damned "experience" people who've never lost a child always say is so healthy for you. Sometimes they're actually right, shocking though that may seem!


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ESA-announce International Symposium "Crisis in Macroeconomics?"
we would like to share with you the call for posters and short presentations for the International Symposium "Crisis in Macroeconomics?" (August 13 at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany). Deadline for applications is July 20.
We invite submissions from young researchers (MSc & PhD students). Experimental and other methods are very welcome!
Speakers for the symposium are:
Alan Kirman, Université d'Aix-Marseille III
Gernot Müller, Rheinische-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
David Colander, Middlebury College, Vermont
Maik Wolters, Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Anders Poulsen, University of East Anglia
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Looking forward to seeing you in Bochum, Germany!
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Peace and Good!
While on pilgrimage in Italy, I reflected on how at times Francis felt a longing to stay up in the mountains as a contemplative, and how hard it was for him to guide his order as it grew so quickly. Yet, he couldn't escape the fact that God called him to interact with others, to use his amazing talents for good. The same thing was true of St. Bernard. He complains at times about how all he wants to be is a simple monk, and yet how often he ends up caught up in the needs of the Church of his day. He and Francis both had to differentiate between what they wanted and what was the true desire of their heart. That true desire is what God planted in them and called them to.
And that is what we all have to seek: to live our true heart's desire. We have to remember, too, that following it will not always be easy or even, ironically, feel 'desirable.' The rich young man in the gospel felt a great desire, but when Jesus told him how he could pursue it, he went away sad.
May God give us courage not to go away sad, but to follow in the footprints of Jesus, with the help of Mary, Francis, and Bernard.
(Here are a few photos from Assisi)
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Below are some images take from a second five-page short story that I'm collaborating on with a medical professor/ethicist who is using comics and graphics novels and teaching tools in his classes. He's been great to work with (and very patient, I might add, since I had to work this in around an extended full-time contract gig).
The images (except for the one full-page) are cropped images and not placed in any particular sequence.


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Summer has begun.
I would have been home and finished with my finals—reading a good book or two softly reclining on an easy chair. Instead, I am alone in my dorm room as the the other residents are slowly leaving one by one. Yet, here I am and still unable to decide whether I'll be going home or staying here. As much as I want to keep avoiding the question, necessity requires an answer. "What happens now?"
What exactly is going to happen now? After the storm, I and several students from UP Tacloban have gone to the university's flagship campus in Diliman looking for refuge and hopefully find a would-be lost semester.
That semester is now over and the other students are on their individual ways back to their hometowns. I am still here though, what happens to me? I didn't take any majors because there weren't any to take. I wasted a semester.
What do you do when you waste something? You make up for it.
And so I will, this summer.
Which is why I ask, "What happens now?"
There is nowhere to go at the moment but another UP campus in Cebu—and so to Cebu I shall point my lens and efforts.


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The great thing about learning InDesign is that I now can basically make whatever I want anyway I want it (my only real limitations are my lack in depth of InDesign knowledge). And so, I probably love my header because I designed it. Woot! Your first taste of my baby designing skills. I really am just a baby with lots to learn about design.
I'll soon post some drafts of some assignments I've been working on for my 428 class as well as for my portfolio. I feel like I have so much to learn and to do, especially to make myself more marketable. Right now I feel like the more I learn about this stuff the more I feel like there is I don't know. I am having little successes though and building confidence in my own tastes and instincts.


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A few months ago I watched The King of Kong, a "documentary" about two rivals for the highest Donkey Kong score. It was an interesting watch, whether it was true to life or not. I had played Donkey Kong a little bit before that, but I think watching that movie is what really increased my interest.
Donkey Kong is one of the first platforming games. A gorilla named Donkey Kong kidnaps the girlfriend of the protagonist, Jumpman (later Mario). Jumpman has to navigate his way through many obstacles in order to rescue his Lady.
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Exactly a year ago today, I had the pleasure of having dinner with 3 of my favorite people in the whole entire world-- Kaitlin and the best cousins, Tracy and Taryn.
Tonight, I get to do it again and I could not be more excited! These girls are not just fun to be around, but something about hanging out with them takes me right back to being 4 years old and eating bow-tie pasta with parmesan, laughing about everything.
I could go on, but I won't for multiple reasons.
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2. I need to get out of bed and get dressed. This is proving to be difficult.
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
The 69th
It looks to be an interesting primary battle in the 69th as Mary Lindeman has scheduled a fundraiser on the 22nd of September. Her matchup with East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows will be interesting. He will have the strong backing of the state party with Frank Kelley as his treasurer but Lindeman has run before and knows how to campaign without a lot of cash. She nearly beat current rep Gretchen Whitmer for the seat 5 years ago in the primary while being outspent 10-1. (300k-30k). I could get bloody. I'm not sure, but she might be the wife of very popular drain commisssioner Pat Lindeman, which would really put the county and state at odds with one another.
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I will just put the state and county party at odds with one another. Both candidates will have a lot of support, a lot of endorcements from office holders. I doubt it will turn messy, but Meadows had a lot of history he'll have to deal with.
As obvious from my screenname, I'm a Republican, but I'd be voting in the democrat primary for Lindemann if I lived in East Lansing, and not for dirty tricks.
As a former MSU student, I can't stand Meadows and his elitist anti-student attitude.
As a former MSU student, I can't stand Meadows and his elitist anti-student attitude.
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I'm late in posting these little guys…but here is a batch of Scrap Teddy Bears I've recently done…
I decided to use up some of the baggies full of mohair scraps that have accumulated over the past couple of years. There were so many pretty colors in the bags that I thought it might be fun to mix them up, along with the multi-colored bits of dyes wool roving that I have left over from all my needle felting projects.
So here they are…and they are so much fun to make!
Here's my personal fave:


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When Moundridge's boys swamped Ell-Saline 95-47 late during the 1990-91 basketball season, little did anyone know it was the beginning of history.
The Wildcats went on to win the Class 2A state title that year as they completed the season on a six-game winning streak, including a 47-42 victory over LaCrosse in the state title game, as they defended their championship of the previous year.
But winning soon became as natural of an act as breathing for the Wildcats. They reeled off 26 straight wins in the 1991-92 season, capped by a 64-47 triumph over Wabaunsee for their third straight title. Ditto for the next season, with Valley Falls a 76-55 victim in the finals as MHS made it four straight titles.
When they opened the 1993-94 season with a 54-44 victory over Andale, the Wildcats' winning streak was at a state-record 59.
But it wasn't a matter of if, but when, the streak would end. The Wildcats, a young team that year that would go on to finish 11-11, probably weren't surprised when the streak ended in the season's second game and it ended with a thud with a 47-15 loss to Hesston.
The Wildcats' remarkable streak stood until 2012 when Perry Ellis and Wichita Heights came along to bump it up to 62 before it was extinguished by Wichita East in Ellis' final year.
It would be hard to distinguish which of those four MHS state title teams were the best, so the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association is doing the right thing on June 28 when it is inducting all four into its Hall of Fame in ceremonies at Salina.
And maybe it's appropriate that area school Little River is having its four straight state championship girls teams inducted the same day, the teams that spearheaded a girls' record 91 straight wins, though Hoxie could break that DiMaggio-like record as it's won 73 in a row and returns nine of its top 12 players next year and welcomes a freshman class which is part of a current 66-game winning streak.
The common threads for those great Moundridge teams were coach Vance Unrau, All-Stater Jacy Holloway, who was the team's Batman, while Dwight Helms was its Robin. Holloway, who would later go on to play at a high level at Iowa State, started all four years, while Helms came off the bench his freshman year and then started the final three.
"Jacy and Dwight were 99-4 in their high school playing career," said Unrau, who is still the head coach and never tires of talking about the golden era.
Even though Holloway and Helms were the players most people remember, Unrau is quick to point out how the supporting cast blended in to form a cohesive unit.
"All of these teams were athletic and talented with high basketball IQs," Unrau said. "Intense competitors. They played hard. But the one thing that really stands out is that they all got along and we had great chemistry. I knew that we were in a special time when this was all happening. Players of this caliber don't come along very often, especially in a small school."
The 1990 state title team included Holloway and his brother Brian, and were joined in the starting lineup by Steve Kaufman, Chris Moddelmog and Darren Schrag.
Helms and Jacy Holloway led the 1991 team along with Kaufman, while new starters were the Brian boys, Koehn and Cutting.
Kaufman departed after the '91 season and his place was taken by Drue Durst, while the other four starters came back.
Holloway and Helms were the only returning starters on the 1992-93 team, as Pat Goering, Brad Cutting and David Moddelmog completed the starting five.
Of course along the way, there were some escapes during the 59-game streak.
• 1990-91 — The streak, which started near the end of the season, almost ended at two. The Wildcats had to survive a 58-55 overtime hand-wringer against Remington.
• 1991-92 — A 49-46 win over rival Hillsboro and a 42-39 overtime victory over Ellsworth were early season scares. From there, the Wildcats literally had no challenges. Only once in their final 14 games did they not win by double digits, that a nine-point success over Hillsboro in the rematch.
• 1992-93 — In the season's second game, bitter rival Inman put a scare into the Wildcats as MHS was a 60-56 winner. There also was a 27-25 escape at midseason to Ellsworth, a game Helms missed with an ankle injury and Holloway wound up scoring 25 of the points. Finally, there was a 41-35 overtime game against Halstead, which that night was honoring its 1944-46 teams that had won 53 games in a row, which was the standing record at the time. Moundridge finally broke the record with an 80-47 win over Lincoln. MHS won its three state games that year by 42, 8 and 21 points.
Trying to squeeze into the gym to see the Wildcats play was an accomplishment in itself. Tickets went like hot cakes as they were like rock stars.
"The gyms we played in were standing-room-only, having to come hours before tipoff to get a seat," Unrau said. "I told our players that it might be until they are 35 before they truly realized and appreciated what they had accomplished. They set the gold standard of Wildcat basketball. But they were great kids and turned into great adults. Wonderful families and highly successful at various occupations including doctors, engineers, teachers, coaches, farmers, etc."
Unrau would go on to coach the Wildcats to a fifth state championship in 1997 and no doubt will be thought of as one of the best coaches in Kansas during his era. Yet, he deflects the credit for his accomplishments, focusing it on the players.
"It's all so humbling to be a part of it all," he said.


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Happy 1st Mother's Day to Me!!! (and to our Mother's we love you)
5 months ago
Emily and I attended the Race for the Cure on April 25th. I signed her up with PBS so that I could get her a shirt.
I decided to turn her shirt into a onesie. I think it turned out rather cute.
She also go a Eat Mor Chikin cow. She was the cutest baby at the race. (ok so maybe I'm partial)


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Monday, February 7, 2011
Movie Monday
14 comments:
- Jolyn Lloyd Matthews said...
He he. I love you. What book did you finish and what did you start? I went to bed at 9:30 last night so I could semi-function today.
- February 7, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Pat Tillett said...
I really like the video! The guy is talented.
I TOTALLY understand about the book. When you loose yourself in a good one, you don't want to stop!
great post!
- February 7, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- McGriddle Pants said...
Hahhaaaa, yeah I feel your pain. I've given up on setting the alarm to exercise years ago. It was a pointless endeavor. I know they say you should do it first thing, but staying up and reading a book or not, I can never bring myself to do it.
- February 7, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...
He IS very charming and amusing. I hope you get a solid 7.8 hours of sleep tonight.
- February 7, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Dazee Dreamer said...
you crack me up. You also didn't say what book you had just finished. silly girl.
- February 7, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Sandra said...
Here's the trick: go to bed late, wake up, exercise (or read some more or watch tv shows you have to catch up...whatever...) then find time in day for nap. Then stay up late reading, wake up early, then find time in day to nap....wash, rinse, repeat!...works for me!
- February 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Jessica said...
You're back to exercising? Does this mean your "thing" has healed and you can come Zumba with me??
- February 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Cheeseboy said...
This is exactly why I don't read. Because I need the exersize. Also, I can not spell exersize.
- February 7, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- jayayceeblog said...
Mine is set for 6 am on the days I work. Do you actually get up and just not exercise or do you hit the snooze? I love to stay up late and read like that. It's kind of a guilty pleasure because you know you're going to pay for it being extra tired the next day, but you just can't help yourself! I think a post full of tired typos - especially knowing you are laughing yourself silly - would be extremely fun!
- February 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM
:) I am happy someone gets to read good books late into the night! Shoot the exercise. (Don't call me a bad doctor, I'm a good friend. :)) Eat oatmeal once a day. I promise you it helps to lose weight. Drink plenty water, too.
- February 7, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Amy said...
I am now in love with Mike. So coo!
- February 7, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Venassa said...
What book was it? I've done that many times before. Sometimes it's just easier to finish the book then to go to bed wondering what was going to happen next.
I love that video. It's so cool how he did it all himself. Plus I already loved the song.
- February 7, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Jessica said...
Gotta be honest, I don't usually take the time to watch the videos, but I started this one and now I've watched it like 5 times! That's amazing!
- February 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Joann Mannix said...
I don't mean to make you jealous, but I don't need a lot of sleep. Now granted, I'm not up at 5 in the morning, but I usually stay up pretty late. And I feel you about the exercise thing. There's a class at my gym that begins at 5:30 in the morning. I love this class. I've only made it there once. I've been trying to get to this class for 4 years.
- February 8, 2011 at 7:47 PM


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Just Me
- Ronnie
- A small Coastal town called Saint Marys, Georgia, United States
- Hi, my name is Ronnie. I am an American Contemporary Folk Artist. I conjure up images, then paint them on canvas. This makes me happy. Nice to meet you.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
August speeds by!
Whine time: Painting the interior of your house is a nightmare. It's as near to moving as you can get. Moving stuff from room to room as each room gets painted. Pictures come off the wall....
Blah. Do I really want to hammer a bunch of holes in these freshly painted walls? A lot of it just needs to go. Too much stuff!
But I have a plan... Less stuff and less traditional! How's this for a start?
How's that?!
Oh, I forgot, I do have one pic of the finished kitchen....
Maybe I better wait til tomorrow when I have my camera.
I'll have nice pics of the squared away new kitchen and some ART PHOTOS too (yes, this is an Art Blog) from my trip to Quebec, Canada. Here's a tiny tease.....
HAH! Not so tiny, huh?!
Later gators,
6 comments:
- Sandy Mastroni said...
ha ha ha ha ah ............... ha ha ha
you're too much
- August 23, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Rebecca Ramsey said...
I LOVE Sandy's girl on the boar's head. PERFECT.
Your stuffectomy inspires me, friend.
- August 23, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Susan said...
Argh...painting drives me batty. I have been performing multiple stuffectomies myself. I love seeing Sandy's art flying and lounging around is such perfect places. Hang in there, I'm sure the light at the tunnel's end is coming soon.
- August 24, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Ronnie said...
I agree Becky. Sandy's art brightens my attitude. Thanks, Susan. I need the pep talk more than you know!
Hi, Sandy! Love ya!
- August 24, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Anne Gaal said...
Hi, Ronnie! I like the new paint job on the hutch! Very nice with the contrasting color in the back. Good luck finishing the painting! :-)
- August 24, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Terry said...
Hello Ms. Brain, Thanks for following my blog. Since my dad was nicknamed "Biddy" and kept "Bid" as his nickname all his life and you are fairly close the Architecture Tourist World HQ, I had to peruse your most excellent blog.
I've now discovered you love Seagle's Bar so I hereby award you my Sunday Georgia Coast Blogging Prize. (It's never been awarded before but I'm going to get your check in the mail real soon now.) Anyway the wife and I had very fine one night stay in the Riverview, home is Seagle's. St. Mary's is one of the most worthy places in Georgia that most folks don't know about. Best wishes.
- August 29, 2010 at 5:10 PM


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Guy Perry is wrapping up his 18 year career as the public address announcer for the Mallards.
"As soon as I got started in it I said you know what I want to do this until I die or until I can't," said Perry. "The appeal today is that number one I love the game and I would love to see this level, I love to see the guys that are trying to get better and go into better opportunities. I really like the fans here they are very responsive."
Perry said that through the years he has acknowledged his obligation to educate people on the game. He has enjoyed revving up the crowd and loves the natural enthusiasm of the fans.
A word of caution from Perry to future announcers is to keep in mind that it's a lot of work. read article watch video


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Thursday, 18 October 2012
Ankaragucu draw Corum Belediyespor in Turkish Cup !
Ankaragucu were today drawn at home to Corum Belediyespor in the Turkish Cup third round. Ankaragucu won 5-1 in the last round at home to Igdir Universitesi, however Lig 3 side Corum look like they will be tougher opposition this time round.
Corum knocked Adana Demirspor out in the last round and our resident Jim will tell you just how good a side Adana are. The most important thing for Ankaragucu this season is that they stay in the Turkish first division but a good cup run can bring in much needed revenue.
In other news Ankaragucu have been fined 25,000 TL for the crowd trouble at the Bucaspor match. Ankaragucu have also added Mehmet Umut Nayir who was the youth teams top goalscorer last season and central defender Necmettin Kutulubay to their squad. Both players were out of contract but have agreed to deals which will see them here to at least the end of the season.
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Wow, what an impressive performance from Radek Stepanek to win the 100th Davis Cup final in the fifth rubber, with all the pressure from his home crowd firmly on his shoulders. There was a lot of talk about his advanced age of almost 34, but once again the 30-somethings are proving themselves, and Stepanek showed himself to have the mental toughness and the physical stamina to go four hard sets and take the victory from younger player Nicholas Almagro. And the way he was throwing himself around the court sacrificing his body was really rather inspirational!
I have to say that while I have gotten to be quite a David Ferrer fan over the last couple years for so many reasons, and while I most definitely will probably never be a Tomas Berdych fan, I still was pulling for the Czech team. Spain has gotten to win this thing quite a lot of time in the last few years and it just felt like it would have been rather anticlimactic for them to win it again. It was more of a feel good kind of story to have the Czech Republic win it in the same year that the women won the Fed Cup, having only won one previously title, and that 32 years ago. I have also gotten so that I really rather enjoy Radek Stepanek. It took me a while to get used to his rather bizarre looks, but now that I have it's fun to watch his old school style of play. And to be honest I think I got a bit attached to him when he did the worm on the court when he won his last title. But all that aside, I couldn't help but be happy for him that he was able to stay strong and serve out that final game, knowing how much it would mean to everyone involved. I can imagine the immense relief to get that last point and know he had carried his country to victory!
Well, that truly means that competitive tennis is done for 2012. We will continue to see some fun exhibitions over the next month-and-a-half I'm sure, but that's not the same. I will watch some old matches from this year and also some DVDs of Federer grand slam wins while I wait. But I already know how excited I will be as January rolls around and the Australian Open looms close. I have actually been close to tears on the first day of the AO, hearing the introductory music - that's how much tennis has come to mean to me. So until then we will find other things to occupy our time, but for the hard core tennis fans we are always on the look-out for a good tennis story or tennis star sighting as we wait for one of our true joys of life to begin again.


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Maggie's Store
Part Seven
So I'd sit on the slope porch of the store and wait with my "pop" and I admit that I really didn't mind the old farts because they actually killed off the time pretty much with their stories about like how they put a car up on the roof of the hardware store with my uncle and no one in town could figure out how that happened or about when my uncle got married was because they were gonna "expel him" from Bowdoin College but he "found out" if he got married he'd be expelled for "just that" "she was a Catholic girl you know". Well, he DID get married and DID get expelled and DID have a son that no one ever mentioned and I have STILL never ever seen but also Bowdoin DID put his name on monument in the middle of the campus of him "died in the service of" as well as having been "there" (at Bowdoin) under the World War II column. HE SHOWED THEM, HUH! NO wonder he wouldn't bail out: What for? To end up sit'en out there drink'en ah "pop" with me at Maggie's store?
MEANWHILE back inside the second house They was wing-wang'en Maggie like ah paddle ball around the five or six generations (of which she was "the last") of "her" "stuff" and this had a curious choreography of duplicity by both parties that even I could sort of figure. SEE Maggie would "get stuff" and it'd go in the store OR into the two front rooms of the second house if it would fit better. Now she lived in the back of the second house in these two room; "the kitchen"[1] and a "room off the kitchen" with a door "out the back" in between. OTHERWISE the rest of the house was "closed off" and that included the wicked heavy dark drapes hanging over EVERY doorway so I was always trying NOT to get those in my face but always DID so I'd sneeze and was sure to be lucky that was ALL that happen. Anyway: OUT in those front rooms, after going in the FRONT DOOR because Maggie was like my grandmother when it came to "letting people in" "where we live" and I add that it DID always seem that THEY DID get into her kitchen anyway but rural formalities ALWAYS were "followed" EACH TIME... . ANYWAY, out there began the "in the house" part of each visit and, presuming everything went along well with Mr. Wallet doing his part to "show", it DID all end up way out by the small barn and the "get'en to get the things loaded". That "show" of Mr. Wallet was pretty well done by my grandmother for she had this little "trick" she called of having this wad of money that she "always want 'em to SEE" and that means even if she had to drop the damn wad all over the FLOOR of where ever she was. I've even seen her do it ("the drop") out in front of ah barn in a wind storm. Anyway, that was part of it; stuffing Maggie full dollar bills like she was a Thanksgiving turkey. MEANWHILE Maggie had her game plan that pretty much she'd find a "reason" to have Them "HAVE TO" go into the house; usually because she'd "got" something and that, after going around and around in an antiquarian quadrille, would "lead" to the "rest of the house". Now what it was ACTUALLY was that Maggie didn't know ANYTHING about what she had AND the stuff she "picked up" so, in fact, most of the latter weren't "as good" as the former "IF we can JUST get to IT". AND she KNEW THAT too but, of course followed rural etiquette as well as ANYONE does, so, what with wanting the dollars as bad as my grandmother knew she did, everybody was always going to the same place but just had to ride on the train to get there. See: That's why I'd "seen" the framed medals before They "found it" but still They "found it" because it took like sixty years to "get around" to "springing that". THEY, on the way home, would always talk about the stuff they "could see" or "saw" and would "try" or "go after" "next time". But, you know, I had the chairs in my face and was gonna barf then so I never really ever mentioned anything I SAW.
[1]: THEY called it "the kitchen" but most people would look at it as a kitchen been once but was now buried under all this "stuff" AND had all "her cats" "in there" so one's not gonna sit down and "EAT" "anything".


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Monday, December 29, 2008
Week 17: NFC South Champs
Brethren: The last game of the regular season provided just as much drama as you would expect from a team that can't shake its "Cardiac Cats" moniker. Leading 30-10 going into the final quarter, the Carolina Panthers promptly gave up 21 straight points to a humming pass-happy New Orleans offense, and found themselves down 31-30. New Orleans' only problem was they left over 3 minutes on the clock to a team that knows how to run a two-minute offense.
Either that, or Steve Smith did his Superman bailout thing again. On the first play of the potential game-winning drive, Jake Delhomme bought time in a pocket that was quickly collapsing, and as he was about to get nailed by two defenders, heaved a jump ball downfield towards a double-teamed Smitty. Result: another amazing catch by Smitty, a clock-killing drive, and a John Kasay field goal that wrapped up a 33-31 win, the NFC South championship, and the #2 seed in the NFC for the playoffs.
I shouldn't be surprised by Steve Smith anymore, but I am. He fought over two defenders, secured the ball, and made my life a lot more happy. He's just unreal. He did this against Green Bay earlier this year, and he's done it countless times in his career as a Panther. I thank my lucky stars for Steve Smith every Sunday.
So in a game that almost quick-sanded away, the Carolina Panthers eeked one out, and established a 12-4 record on the season for just the second time in team history.
One more thing before we get to our more ramblingish thoughts: on Christmas Day, I gave myself the pleasure of re-reading the Carolina Panthers preview that the Sports Brethren wrote for Deadspin. I don't mention this to toot our own horns (because, seriously, we pretty much nailed every aspect of that preview), but just to remember where this season started. It's far from over, but it was good to reflect. As this blog has become exceedingly Panther-specific, I can't imagine a better season for us to do it.
More thoughts, desde:
Brethren (cont'd): For the final time this regular season, the patented, bulleted Brethren thoughts:
- There's no way John Fox would ever admit to this, but I kinda saw this fourth quarter lead give-away and reclamation as exactly how I would do it if I were playing a video game. After going three and out as New Orleans had made it a six point game by effortlessly scoring two passing touchdowns, wouldn't you at least entertain purposefully shanking a punt so you can give the other team a short field to work with, give them the TD, the lead, and leave enough time on the clock to make the game-winning drive? I mean, in a video game, that scenario definitely goes through my mind. Now, knowing the Silver Fox, I can guarantee this is NOT what he was thinking. But it worked out all the same, huh?
- Another fantastic day by Smash N Dash. DeAngelo set the single-season record for a Carolina Panthers running back and capped a break-out season by cranking out 178 dagger-to-the-heart yards, and several big ones on the last drive. Stewart had one ridiculous run where he was stuffed by five guys in the backfield, never went down, and bounced outside for a dozen yards -- and he had a solid touchdown run.
- The Panthers coaching staff's propensity to go conservative on offense with a lead two weeks in a rows scares the shit out of me. I will be so pissed if that's the reason our season ends in the playoffs, because at this point, it's just become so predictable.
- With that said, I love that we won and got the bye week. Should be enough time to get our big boys in the middle of our D-Line back and prepare for the first playoff game in Charlotte since 2003. Whichever meek bird we're playing, I know damn well the Queen City will be rocking.
Fuck. and. yes.
Nacho: On Saturday night the SportsCousin, aka Trey, walked up to spend the night at my place and before saying hello or anything, he asked "Do you think there should be seeded playoffs?" Sure, we hadn't seen each other in over a week, and the last time we were supposed to see one another was when Trey didn't pick me up and take me to the airport, the Pats could miss the playoffs with one less win than the Panthers, and this is a legitimate question with a great debate behind it. Should a team like the Cardinals or Chargers get to the post season over a team with a better record? Trey and I both decided that yes, the playoffs should be seeded. Trey said when he brought this up to his coworkers, their first complaint was "What if you win your division and don't get in?"
We decided that Division Champs is good for breaking tie breaks, but should not guarantee a post season berth. The more I think about it, I find it odd that I took this stance so willingly, but it's true. The NFC South was the best division in pro football this year by leaps and bounds. It speaks volumes that yesterday, when the Panthers beat the Saints, was the first time all season that the visiting team of an NFC South vs NFC South match up won. The NFC South was ridiculous and everyone finished above .500. In summation: I've got every reason to defend Division Champs = playoffs, and yet, I don't. Probably because we only lost four games this season.
Anyway, the Cats continue building momentum and are playing the best ball they have been all year. It's been a helluva season, and one I won't soon forget. I've loved the highs and lows, and I'm still kind of flabbergasted that DeAngelo broke our rushing record in a platooned backfield.
I trust the Silver Fox won't let these fellers rest on their haunches and I look forward to facing a worthy opponent in two weeks.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Week 16: Will this be our "Patriots loss"?
Brethren: That's about the only thing I'm clinging to this morning. Last year, the NY Giants infamously took a 16-0 Patriots team down to the wire in a Week 17 loss, giving them the confidence that they could play with the best team in the league. They then went on a 4-game road win streak to win the Super Bowl. Could this overtime, "should have won but didn't" loss in the Meadowlands be the same kind of propulsion the Panthers need to take home their own Super Bowl title this year?
Like I said, it's all I've got.
We got beat at our own game: power football. We had control through the fourth quarter -- a few things bounce differently for us and that's a huge road win. Instead, we probably got too conservative on our last few drives, pining for a field goal and defensive stop that never materialized.
It was a heart-wrenching loss in that I know we could and should have won that game. Four beastly touchdowns from DeAngelo; a beastly performance by Steve Smith (why do we ever stop giving him the ball); some jarring big hits on defense; and it was all for naught. The silver lining is that this is just a regular season game -- it counts as much as the Tampa debacle, the Atlanta loss, or the Week 3 Vikings loss.
More musings desde
Brethren: Oh! I found one more silver lining: now the Silver Fox is forced to play our starters and get that win next week. If we can go on the road and beat an NFC South opponent (something no one in the division has done this year), we'll take home the #2 seed and division title. Lose, and we're a road wild card team. Given our 8-0 success at home this year, I really really want that home January game and the bye week.
Foxey: we need a W this week. Then shit gets real.
Nacho: The SportsParents put the kabbash on me watching last night's game in a bar, so I ended up in our quaint living room, surrounded by some family friends in a cocktail party setting. The compromise was that I was allowed to behave in my usual manner (read: every other word out of my mouth is fuck; this affliction was named "Situational Tourrettes") The game happened, the fridge has a dent in it, and my fist hurts today. To dull the throbbing pain, I went down to Bank of America Stadium and bought over one hundred dollars in Panthers paraphernalia. Retail therapy rocks, but---
Oh my god....Oh my god....Is that Will Clegg's music?? IS THAT WILL CLEGG'S MUSIC?!?!
Ladies and gentleman, a Panther fan who actually attended last night's game. The one, the only, Will Clegg:
I have attended many a Panthers game in my time, but never in the other team's house until the epic battle for the number one seed on Sunday night. The Clegg bretheren made the short trek to East Rutherford, NJ, and here my non-patented, random thoughts, as they actually occurred:
7:15pm Why did we get here an hour early? It is cold as hell. This italian sausage sandwich is terrible. I can't believe... Oh shit! Steve Smith is yelling at Antonio Pierce! That's why I came early. TELL 'EM SMITTY!
1st Quarter- DeAngelo scores. Panthers are awesome. I am so cold.
2nd Quarter - DeAngelo scores again. This time I got a picture of the touchdown dive. I can't feel my toes. I pray that Brandon Jacobs continues to limp around the sideline.
2nd Quarter - Jacobs is back. God hates me after all.
Still 2nd Quarter - OMFG we are leading 21-10! This is amazing, I'm here in the Meadowlands with my brother, watching my team win, I'm so happy and - OW THAT ICE BALL THAT JUST HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE NECK REALLY HURT!
3rd Quarter - We are not scoring. Steve Smith is not touching the ball. I can feel my toes again, but this is bad because they hurt so much.
4th Quarter - We are winning 28-20. FINISH THE @#$!^$#&ING GAME! Derrick Ward is a dick!
4th Quarter - Field goal is good! Oh, no wait, no it's not. Oh god. I am uncomfortable with the old man pointing in my face right now.
Overtime - We lost the coin toss. If my tear ducts were not frozen, I would cry right now.
Game Over. Derrick Ward is a super huge dick. At least it won't be an hour and half before I get home.
I must say that overall, Giants fans were pretty pleasant. They seemed to recognize that the Panthers came to play and were pretty good, and some even showed genuine concern for our game next week. Many commented on what a great game it was. But to the one who hit me in neck with an ice-ball: we will be back in January. And you will take an ice-ball to the nuts when the Cats win the NFC.
photo courtesy of Will Clegg
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Week 15: The Homes Stretch
Nacho: For the second time in the team's history, the Carolina Panthers finished the season 8-0. The other time we did that, we got beat by the Packers in the NFC Champioship. Not that anybody's counting...
The Cats looked textbook strong against the Broncos. The O-line made mincemeat out of a formidable Broncos D. Smithy got his. Fox continues to make the adjustments he needs to within the game with remarkable awareness. Denver has no run defense? Denver has no rushing game? Sweet!
It was also good to see a cameo from the man himself, Jerry Richardson. Always good to see old Jerry rockin' out, and staying warm.
The rest of the season's no cakewalk for the Panthers. Coming up they've got the Giants; a quirk in the universe has turned the 2008 Panthers into the 2007 Giants, where we're playing our best ball at the end of the season. Should be interesting to see if the Giants can continue their self-implosion.
Brethren's thoughts and various other sundries lie beyond...
Brethren waits in the tall grass...
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Labels: Bank of America Stadium, Carolina Panthers, Home Stretch, Jerry Richardson, undefeated at home
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Week 14: A Historically Good Night
Brethren: Who did what to the what now? The Carolina Panthers rushed for nearly 300 yards and 4 touchdowns against a run defense that had previously given up 1 rushing touchdown over the entire 2008 season? These little, old, barely-beating-the-Lions-and-Raiders Carolina Panthers? The ones no one at Sports Illustrated thought could hold the jock strap of the mighty and fierce Tampa Bay Bucaqueers? Surely you jest -- it simply cannot be!
I jest motherfucking not.
On the biggest stage in football, under the brightest lights a young swash-buckling town like Charlotte could produce, the Carolina Panthers pulled away from their most hated rival in complete and utterly dominating fashion, winning Monday night 38-23, behind a historically good running game. First place in the toughest division in football? For now. First place in all the NFC? Could be.
Monday night was a night that allowed Panthers fans to dream big, as big as a NFL fan can dream. It had everything you'd come to expect from a crushing Panther victory: sacks and big plays by Peppers and Beason; plays that make you curse and love Jake Delhomme; big catches for first downs and touchdowns by Smitty; and now, an absolutely dominant run game. We'll breakdown more desde:
Brethren (cont'd): Some patented bulleted Brethren thoughts:
- If the NFC Pro Bowl team doesn't contain someone off this Carolina Panthers offensive line, it would be a sore oversight. My vote right now would be for LG Travelle Wharton -- that man has been playing great football. Last week in the Green Bay game, beyond his blocking, he hustled and recovered the Stewart fumble 40 yards past the line of scrimmage. This week, it seemed like every big DeAngelo and Stewart run (which happened, oh, every other rushing play) was one where Big T was pulling left or right. Here's a guy who was the starting left tackle last year -- the premiere position on the O-Line -- and he moved inside to left guard during the offseason as Silver Fox and Hurney revamped the starting five to be as mammoth as possible. Wharton didn't see it as a demotion or anything like that -- he embraced it and now is playing as noticeably good as a left guard can play.
- The big knock on the Panthers offense is that it's always too one-dimensional. Who do they have beyond Steve Smith? And if we run the ball well, it's well, that's just what John Fox likes to do. Please: this offense is plenty explosive, but strives for a balanced, dagger-esque identity. Last night, that's exactly how they played.
- Seeing the run game dominate like this made me realize the Silver Fox is just trying to not have to rely solely on Jake to win a game. It can and has been done -- but we're much better off not having to have Jake force things, like he did several times Monday night. Great games by Smitty and Moose though.
- The pass defense still seems too vulnerable to the big play, but I think that's the nature of the aggressive, blitz-heavy Carolina D. We have faith to put the corners on an island, and last night, that almost bit us too many times. But ultimately, the superior pass rush and pressure won out.
- One more home game, next week against the AFC West-leading Denver Broncos. Get that win, go 8-0 at home, and start prepping for D-day against the Super Bowl champs on the road for a real test of character. Let's keep this motherfucking train going.
Nacho: Shortly after the Panthers dispatched of the Bucs our mom texted me to say "Peter whoever eat shit!!!" It was her use of coarse language, not to mention three exclamation points, that tipped me off that she was fired up. Smitty's third quarter foot-draggin' TD was made right in front of her. It felt good knowing a family member was getting to witness this remarkable night in person.
This was the game our entire season had been leading up to. Steve Smith said in the locker room after the game that he'd like to keep things the way they are. He meant this in relation to the way the media views this Carolina squad. As Brethren pointed out, no one in the sports media feels necessarily moved by the Cats, and refuse to give them the time of day. If there's one through line sentiment that connects the Super Bowl 2003 squad and this one, it's the enormous chip on both's shoulders. Both's? Boths? Weird.
Last night was magical, it was cathartic, and most of all, it was impressive. Now it's time to move on. The Giants game doesn't exist yet. There is only one thing that should be on everybody's mind right now:
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Labels: 10-3, Brethren, Carolina Panthers, DeAngelo Williams, Nacho Friendly, Smash and Dash, Sports Illustrated sucks balls
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Week 13: The Power Of Inevitability
Nacho: Perhaps the most unique thing about Sunday's come-from-behind victory for the Carolina Panthers was how routine it was. By the time the Packers had marched down to their own 30 yard line on their second-to-last drive, I was outwardly rooting for the Cats to just let them score so we could make our own go at the end zone. A defense that had seemed befuddled by Aaron Rodgers's ability to pick apart their schemes, however, did not concur. Instead our boys did what they seem to do about every other week this season. Put up a goal line stand.
They did. Coach McCarthy, whom I'm pretty sure wore the motion capture suit for the humans in Wall-E, opted for a field goal and when that happened I looked to my left at the gaggle of Green Bayers and smiled.
"Game over."
Had I been a man of chance, I'd say what we had was a sure thing.
My eloquent conclusion, and Brethren's unique trapped-in-airport bulleted thoughts, after..
The graphic came up on the screen announcing that Jake Delhomme had 17 4th quarter comebacks in his career. I solemnly sat down and explained to Doug and the other Packer fans that this is simply what we do. We race out to early leads, we squander said leads, we give home teams a ray of hope (see also: Diego, San) and then we rip your heart out in front your fanbase. It's a dick move, but it's our bread and butter. Well, that, and throwing to Smitty.
It was a game of momentum, with pendulous swings for both teams. Jake did another turn as Zelig, playing just well enough to beat the opposing team. He even pulled a Brett Farve on that last pass to Smitty, heaving it off his back foot. No one else coulda caught that thing. Tampa Bay's defense has been their core this year, but their offense hung 27 on us last time around. Our D's gotta show up a helluva lot better than they did Sunday if we want to win.
Brethren showed me how ol' Patty Y over at ESPN.com thinks the statistics for home teams in the NFC South favor a Panther victory, come Monday.
I sure as hell hope so.
Brethren: I was in the midst of my nightmarish post-Thanksgiving travel itinenary during this weekend's game, so the only quarter I caught on TV was the fourth. I spent the first half in a car on my way to the Norfolk airport, with 3 women more interested in counting up the amount of "good proteins and calories" in their week of eating than football. I was vainly trying to listen to the play-by-play of the Bucs-Saints game for updates on the Panthers. Needlesstosay, I was ready to get to the airport's sports bar to finally watch my Cats play on the Frozen Tundra.
Once I arrived at the quaint Norfolk airport, I immediately found out my flight back to New York had been canceled. I was then stuck trying to decide whether I should tend to getting a new flight or watching the suddenly close 21-21 game. I settled on just calling Delta instead of waiting in the 300+ person line, and sat on hold as I watched the Panthers fight it to the death in Green Bay.
Therefore, much of my lamenting, cursing, and celebrating came as I was also talking to a Delta representative on the other end of the line. Here are some bulleted thoughts, representative of that odd phone call/viewing of a dramatic Panthers win:
- Even if Smitty is all we have, he may just be enough. Yes, DeWilliams is 'Dash'ing it up and scoring at will recently, but the Carolina Panthers are not that dynamic without Smitty. But with him, they possess just a whole 'nother gear.
- Loved the late hit by Pep, and his explanation of it after the game. He said he saw Rodgers fake going out of bounds the play before and ended up with 6 more yards. He was not going to let that happen, fifteen yard penalty be damned. Loved it.
- Really enjoyed the flea flicker to Moose to start the game. All week, to Fox's chagrin, some players reported that the team had been practicing a little harder to try to correct the recent habit of starting slow. It was good to see that play-call; we just need to see Moose not fumble the ball.
- Moose said after the game that we may look back and see this game as a huge win, as a win that gave this team the backbone to go compete in the NFL Playoffs. Let's see it -- big MNF game coming up.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
An Open Letter To Mets Management
A couple of weeks ago, I noticed September 24th on my calendar. The Mets and Pirates at Citi Field with possible playoff implications for both teams. Here at PBI we were positively giddy at the prospect of these two teams actually playing a meaningful late-September series.
The best laid plans....
The Mets went into the All Star Break with a record of 46-40, sitting just a half-game out of the Wild Card. At 48-37, the Pirates were in 1st place in the National League Central Division and had won 8 out of 10 games.
Since the All Star Break, the Pirates have stumbled a bit, and the Cincinnati Reds have gone on a ridiculous tear to pull ahead in the division. But make no mistake, the Pirates are hanging tough at 16 games over .500. The Mets on the other hand have won just 5 of their last 19 games and have dropped nearly 10 games off the Wild Card pace.
If you listen closely, you can hear the murmuring from a certain segment of Mets fans - fire Terry Collins and bring in the fiery Wally Backman from their AAA farm club to throw a few buckets of baseballs around and shake things up. And that is precisely what the Mets DON'T want to do. And if you need a reason why, look no further than the aforementioned Pittsburgh Pirates.
Last summer, their 1st under manager (and PBI Major League advisor) Clint Hurdle, the Pirates were one of the big surprises of the National League. With a core of good young players they were winning and putting fans back into the seats. Though they ultimately ran out of gas as the 162-game season wore on, the general mood among the players was that 2011 had brought about a change in Pirates baseball. So as the Pirates head into August still in contention, they've talked about how much they learned last year and how they're using that experience to maintain a level of consistency in 2012.
The Mets would do well to follow the same course of action. The 2012 Mets of the 1st half were exciting, they were winning games they would have lost a year or two ago, and the fans were starting to get excited again. Firing Terry Collins now, just to bring in the supposedly fiery Wally Backman would be a huge mistake. Like the 2012 Pirates who are using the lessons learned from the 2011 season to stay in contention, I think the 2013 Mets will be best served by keeping Terry Collins and learning from the mistakes of the 2012 second half.
There's a reason the Major League Baseball season is 162 games long. The Pirates learned it last year; the Mets are learning it this year.
Stay the course.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Johan (Finally) Closes the Deal
Fifty years. 8019 games. A list of some of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game on their all-time roster like Seaver, Ryan, Gooden. Ten pitchers who did it in their career BEFORE joining the Mets. Seven pitchers who accomplished it AFTER leaving the Mets. Opponents did it to the Mets six times, including Jim Bunning's 1964 perfect game on Father's Day at Shea Stadium. A grand total of 35 - THIRTY-FREAKING-FIVE - Mets pitchers had thrown 1-hitters including two by Tom Seaver who both times got into the 9th inning before giving up a base hit. But until Friday night, no Met in the entire history of the franchise had ever thrown a no-hitter.
Who could have even seen this one coming, too? In the fall of 2010, Johan Santana underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder. It was the third year in a row that Santana had been injured and there was some legitimate concern that his career might even be over. He missed the entire 2011 major league season while rehabbing. His game-time that year consisted of 2 minor league starts in A ball against college-age level minor leaguers. Heading into 2012, there was no guarantee that Santana would even leave spring training on the roster, let alone be the Opening Day starting pitcher.
His early bullpen sessions in spring training were encouraging. He had some velocity; more importantly, his surgically repaired shoulder was responding positively after he threw. Se there was Johan Santana on April 5, 2012 on the mound for the Mets as the Opening Day starting pitcher. He went 5 scoreless innings against Atlanta while striking out 5. Six weeks later, he threw a complete game against San Diego in which he struck out 7. It was clear he was healthy.
Friday night, Johan Santana did something no one - not Seaver, Ryan, Gooden or any of the rest - had ever done in a Mets uniform. In the 8020th game in Mets franchise history, he threw a no-hitter. Eight strikeouts, five walks, and a career-high 134 pitches. Add in 20-25 warm-up throws in the outfield to loosen up, followed by another 35-40 pitches in the pre-game bullpen, plus another 8 pre-inning warm-up throws and you have a VERY busy evening for Santana. It's no wonder manager Terry Collins was a bit guarded in his post-game press conference.
The game was not without a little controversy. What, after 50 years and 8019 games you thought it was going to be easy? Carlos Beltran's liner down the 3rd base line in the 6th inning was incorrectly ruled a foul ball and there are some Cardinals fans whining about how the no-hitter should have an asterisk next to it. I would offer that those Cardinals fans should be more concerned that their team has scored but a single run over the last 27 innings against a gritty Mets team that is proving all of its detractors very wrong.
Congratulations to Johan Santana and the New York Mets. Let's hope it's not another 8020 games until the next one.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A Tale of Two Pitchers - Who's Bad?
This past Sunday Andy Pettitte made his return to the Yankees against the Seattle Mariners. He was met with a resounding ovation both before the game and as he was leaving the field, even though he had given up a pair of home runs and was on the losing end of what was happening. Meanwhile a couple hundred miles to the north, Red Sox Nation was blasting one of their starting pitchers, Josh Beckett, for what is being perceived as a lack of proper commitment to THEIR team.
Pettitte is regarded as one of the good guys by Yankee fans. Along with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada he was part of the "core four" who had anchored the Yankees through their amazing championship run in the 90's. Despite an admission of using HGH, Pettitte has rarely been subjected to any venom from the Yankee Faithful. Did using PED's make Pettitte a bad guy? I mean, it's cheating, right? I don't necessarily agree with his choice, but put me in the category of those who think that Pettitte was just doing whatever he could to keep making a living. Judging from the reaction Andy received throughout his career following his revelation, it was clear that the fans had long forgiven him (if they ever even cared).
Beckett, on the other hand, is the Poster Boy for the collapse of the 2011 Red Sox. For five months, that team was the best in baseball, prior to a September collapse that was almost beyond comprehension. Soon after Boston was eliminated from the playoffs word leaked out that Beckett and a few other pitchers had been drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the clubhouse during games. Despite the fact that players have been eating/drinking in lockerrooms for years (especially pitchers after they have been removed from a game), angry Red Sox fans chose Beckett as the ring leader, questioned his work ethic and worried about the effect he was having on younger pitchers like Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz. More recently, he was skipped for a start with what was said to be a sore lat muscle. That would have fine, except it was later revealed that he had played 18 holes of golf on a non-game day shortly after it was announced that he would miss a game. When he subsequently got rocked in his next start, the boos that rained down upon him at Fenway Park were deafening.
In the post-game media interview, Beckett told fans what they most certainly didn't want to hear - what he does on a day off is no one's business but his. "I spend my off days the way I want to spend them." You can imagine the reaction. Twitter, Facebook, and the call-in shows were full of the expected knee-jerk reaction of "He gets an entire off-season...what does he need a day off for during the season?" Never mind what players do in the off-season - the running, the lifting, the throwing, etc. in an effort to get ready for 162 games packed into 180 days (with the possibility of post-season games). Oh, and I forgot to factor in the millions of dollars these guys get paid. Rachet the anger level of the fans up even higher when you start talking about the money athletes make.
Did Beckett's admonition that his private life is his and his alone make him a bad guy? I suppose it depends upon whether you think a professional athlete owes you anything. Speaking personally, I stopped the whole hero worship/role model thing with athletes years ago (okay, I will admit to having a small man-crush on Jacoby Ellsbury). They're human beings who perform HIGHLY skilled jobs. Say what you will about Andy Pettitte or Josh Beckett or any other MLB player but they hold two out of 750 possible jobs at the Major League level. What's that? You say you'd play for free? That's probably exactly what you'd be worth compared to an athlete who has reached the highest level of his profession.
Now excuse me...I have to check on Jacoby Ellsbury's rehab from his April shoulder injury.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
When "If" Is the Biggest Word In the English Language
I don't know if I'd call it the best Super Bowl game I've ever seen - and I'm old enough to have seen each and every one of them - but I do know that Super Bowl XLVI came down to the last play of the game before it was ultimately decided. And for that reason, I have to say that it was certainly one of the most exciting NFL championship games we've ever had.
I'm writing this as thousands upon thousands of New York Giants fans are lining the streets of lower Manhattan for the team's victory parade, and just a handful of hours before the celebration moves to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River for the party at Met Life Stadium. And I can't help but wonder what if....
What if Wes Welker hadn't dropped that 4th quarter pass from Tom Brady? What if Aaron Hernandez hadn't dropped his own 4th quarter pass - arguably better thrown and an easier catch? What if Rob Gronkowski caught that deflection of that final Hail Mary pass in the endzone? What if Brady underthrows that final pass and Wes Welker (#83) - completely wide open in front of the end zone - catches it? What if Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw's stumble into the endzone (OF COURSE the Patriots let him score, they needed the ball back) ultimately left too much time on the clock and Brady manages to complete the final pass?
Let's just say the celebration today would probably be a few hundred miles to the north in a flotilla of duck boats.
That's not to take anything away from Eli Manning, his salsa-dancing wide receiver Victor Cruz, or any of the Giants who came from the depths of a 7-7 record and ran the table for the team's 2nd Super Bowl win in the last 4 years. The entire Giants organization, the players, and the fans should be very proud of what this team accomplished this season.
It's just that sometimes, "if" is a bigger word than it appears.
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Labels: Giants, NFL, Patriots, Super Bowl, Tom Brady, Wes Welker
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The 2012 High Holy Days
February 1st and 60 degrees makes it official! Spring is on its way! I can't remember the last time we had a winter that was so incredibly mild. Save for a freak October blizzard, Mother Nature has been rather kind to us lately.
Here is official run down for the 2012 High Holy Days.
February 11 - Truck Day
February 19 - Pitchers and catchers report
February 24 - Position players report
February 25 - Full squad workouts begin
March 1 - First day of spring (unofficial)
March 3 - First Red Sox Spring Training game
March 10 - Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 16 - Matthew's birthday
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 20 - First day of spring (official)
March 28 - 2012 Major League Baseball Opening Day
April 13 - Red Sox Home Opener
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My last couple of months have looked something like this: 2 weeks in the hospital, finish my last week of my last school year at the school where I was teaching, pack up my classroom, pack up my stuff at my parents' house, move two hours away, start a new job, deal with more health issues, and unpack. That unpacking? Yeah...still not finished. I need to finish up soon, though, because my roommate moves in in just a few weeks!
Needless to say, it's been rather busy, and as a result, I've neglected this blog. But, I'm back, and I'm bringing you a sweet treat. Overall, I eat pretty healthy {healthily, healthfully??}. Even since I moved and am now totally in charge of what food I'm buying and eating, my fridge is filled with a good amount of fruits and vegetables and lean protein. I still enjoy my treats though (like that $1 single serving ice cream at the grocery store. Probably not really that great of a deal, but then I don't have a whole big container of ice cream staring me in the face, begging to be eaten.}
Anyway, a week or so ago, a friend of mine {who I also told you about here} posted a recipe for peanut butter popcorn. My first thought was that it sounded very sticky, but tasty. In the mood for something sweet tonight, I decided to make it. While it is sticky, it is not as sticky as I anticipated. It is definitely sweet, which is probably good, because that actually kept me from eating too much. This popcorn doesn't set up hard like caramel corn, but stays fairly soft. However, the marshmallow causes the whole mixture to set up enough that you don't feel like you're eating melted peanut butter {or getting it all over your hands.} This recipe would make popcorn balls pretty well too, I believe. I made a couple of alterations to the original recipe based on the ingredients I had, so the original is posted below with my changes in blue.
Peanut Butter Popcorn
from: food.com
yield: 6 servings
What You Need
2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages microwave popcorn, popped {I used air-popped.)
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
20 large marshmallows {or about 6 oz. marshmallow fluff}
What To Do
~ Pour the popped popcorn into a large bowl.
~ In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave the butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows on high for 1 minute intervals, stirring between each minute until the mixture is melted and smooth. {This took about 2 minutes for me.} Remove from microwave and stir in peanut butter until well blended.
~ Pour the melted peanut butter mixture over the popcorn. Quickly stir to coat the popcorn before it cools.
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I don't usually do a lot of pasta unless it is this simple skillet lasagna or daddy's mac and cheese, mainly because when we were in Provo (and DIRT poor) it was pretty much all we ate! I got so sick of it! I really do love pasta though, you can do so many different things with it and it can make lots of quick and easy meals!!
I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and it was really tasty!
Easy Creamy Pasta
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups half and half (the recipe calls for heavy cream and I would still use that if you have it I just didn't have any on hand)
8 oz linguine (I used fettuccine, again just because it is what I had)
1 cup shredded chicken
6 slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
1 cup peas
1 cup grated Parmesan (fresh would be best)
Put the chicken broth and heavy cream into a medium sauce pan and bring it to a boil, then reduce to medium/low heat. Let it simmer down until it reduces to about half (mine never thickened up much so I added some flour mixed with cold water to help it out a little) For the bacon I put it onto 2 paper towels on a microwave safe dish and cooked it for 2 1/2 minutes (thank you to my good friend Maricela for instructions on how to do bacon in the Microwave... turned out perfect!!) Then add Parmesan, peas, chicken, and bacon bits.
For the pasta, just bring a large pot of water, salt and a little bit of oil to boil. Once boiling add the pasta and stir. If you are using fettuccine cook for 11-12 minutes, linguine will take about 8-10 mins. The pasta is supposed to be al dente, I usually cook it for a little longer because I don't like my pasta firm at all, if you are like me, just add a couple of minutes to the cook time.
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Coming up this weekend, Saturday morning sit down to Brunch with the McPherson Community Theater for donuts, coffee and a good time. At 9:00am Meet the director of the summer musical and learn what to expect form auditions and find out how to get involved.
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In Lindsborg The 5thannual Daddy Daughter Dance 6:30 to 8:30 at the J.O. Sundstrom Ballroom 102 N.Main in Lindsborg. Enjoy dancing a DJ , snacks and lots of photographs to create lasting memories. This is a special evening for dads and their daughter aged newborn to 14.
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R. Kelly Live - The Light It Up Tour
- Street Date:
- December 18th, 2007
- Movie Release Year:
- 2006
- MPAA Rating:
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- Studio:
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- Length:
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- Release Country
- United States
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Plot Synopsis:R. Kelly is the highest selling, most prolific R&B artist/producer of our time and has never performed a Live Concert DVD. This concert program was shot with 10 high-definition cameras featuring R. Kelly at the world famous Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA. Kelly's previous albums have garnered sales of over 25 million records in the U.S. alone. The show features hit songs from his entire career leading up to his next album in 2007. This high end program runs over 60 minutes in length and features all of the smash hits that R. Kelly is famous for including Bump and Grind, Fiesta, Step In The Name of Love, I Believe I Can Fly and many more. Rarely does the market have the opportunity to see this type of show from an artist of his stature. R. Kelly's undeniable popularity will capture the attention of the entire world covering all demographics with his timeless sound.
Songlist: Mr. Showbiz - Gigolo - Bump, Bump, Bump - Hotel - Wonderful - So Sexy - We Thuggin' - Used To Me - Spending - Home Alone - TP-2 - Strip For You - The Greatest Sex - The Greatest Sex Interlude - Ignition - Fiesta - Your Body's Callin' - When A Woman's Fed Up - Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) - It Seems Like You're Ready - I Wish - Snake - Thoia Thoing - Get This Money - The Zoo - Feelin' On Yo Booty - Feelin' On Yo Booty Opera - Ooh Na Na - R & B Thug - Bump & Grind - Sex Me/Hey Mr. DJ/You Remind Me/Mind Telling Me No - Sex In The Kitchen - Sex Weed - Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend - Poem - Slow Wind - Trapped In The Closet Chapters 1, 2 & 3 - Love Street - Red Carpet - Ladies' Night (Treat Her Like Heaven) - Steppin' In The Name Of Love RMX - Happy People
Technology specifications:• Featurettes: "Trip To The Mall," "Countdown To Showtime"
• Interviews: "Mr. Showbiz," "The Band," "The Dancers," "The Singers"
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Aspect Ratio(s)
- 1.78:1
Audio Formats
- English Dolby TrueHD 4.1 Surround
- Featurettes
- Interviews
Exclusive HD Content
- None