Grow Up

A quote from Felicia Young from an AP article on Vince Young and his emotional issues:

But we’re not talking about football right now. We’re talking about what would make him happy, and that is the most important thing.

Oh grow up. Lots of people, myself included, aren't happy with their jobs, and most don't get paid millions of dollars to do them. We still show up to work, like adults. Spoiled children run and hide, which is exactly what Young is doing. I'm sure getting booed by an NFL crowd is no fun, but what else is he going to do? He hasn't finished his degree and I'd be surprised if he has any significant work experience. So stop crying and do your job.

One more thing: if your mom's talking about how you're "hurting inside and out" the the press, you just might have to turn in your man card.

UPDATE: By the time I finished typing this the article disappeared, replaced with a new one about how Young showed up to practice today. Good for him. The nearest I can find to the original article is this.

Ouch

Tom Brady will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Unless, of course, this is another trick by Belichick and the Pats, who still won't say what Brady's injury actually is. But that would be pretty crazy. (So you're sayin' there's a chance?) Anyway, the Pats will start Matt Cassel, who will not repeat Brady's amazing ascension to NFL superstar.

Quote of the Day

If I had a rotator cuff, I could pat myself on the back like you.
-Howie Long, to Jimmy Johnson

Resolution

100 Combines

From an email I received today:

Record setting harvest done in 2008, in Norton , Kansas. 160 acres were harvested with 100 combines and several grain trucks in 10 minutes and 15 seconds.


This record will be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. Proceeds of this crop will be sent to a kids' camp.

Fantasy Draft, Part Deux

Sounds like there's interest in doing a fantasy draft party again. Would the evening of 8/31 (Sunday) work? I'm driving back on Monday and Saturday night is Spartan football, so that seems to be the best night to me. Who wants to host? The Stoeckle residence of Cass City is open if we want to party there, but if one of you homeowners wants to host that would be great too. Any other thoughts?

Here's some resources to help you get ready, if you're going to:
-Funston's Big Board
-NFL.com Top 100
-Rotter's Top 500 (Probably the default list for the draft, due to it's size)
-ESPN.com Top 200
-ESPN.com Cheat Sheet (pdf file)
-ESPN Live Draft Results
-Projected Looks and Touches
-Fox Sports Average Draft Position

UPDATE: Added more resources.

UPDATE 2: Added another resource. Seriously, you should be good to go.

UPDATE 3: I'm working on a spreadsheet for the draft, I'll post it here when it's done so it's easily available. How would everyone feel about me doing the random picks for position before the draft so that I could enter team names before it started? Also, just to be sure, can we hook the laptop we're using up to the TV, or are we just going to go without?

UPDATE IV: One more resource.

UPDATE V: THE UPDATE STRIKES BACK Here's the spreadsheet, as much as is done anyway.

Throwing Hankies

Check this quote out. In reference to MLB using instant replay starting on Thursday, Cubs manager Lou Piniella wondered whether a team could challenge a call. "I'd love to be able to throw a red hankie or a green hankie. Imagine being able to throw something on the field and not be ejected," he said. "I shouldn't say it's not going to work, but this could turn into a little bit of a fiasco initially."

You know what, I'll be spontaneous, why not post a little video in tribute to Coach Lou.

The Dangers of YouTube

One of my coworkers has a daughter in dance. Apparently at the recital the fathers had a dance of their own. This coworker participated and his wife taped it. It was posted on YouTube. So far, good. Then, another coworker stumbled across the video. A mass email went out, hilarity ensues. Moral of the story: be careful what you post on the internet, it may come back and get you (say, at the daily production meeting).

Too Good

Here's a story for you little league folks: Youth baseball officials in New Haven, CT dissolved and 8 and 9-year-old team because it's coach refused to sit his star pitcher, who was deemed "too good". The team went 8-0, but the players were moved to other teams and won't play in the playoffs. All of the players refused to go, now there's a lawsuit. By the way, the second place team is run by the league officials who dissolved the unbeaten team. Hmmm. (Hat tip: Jack Fowler at The Corner)

The Fountains at the Bellagio

Breath-Taking

I'm only an amateur film maker so far.

Winter Olympics 2010

I hope this works, it's my first uploaded video. That's me at Boyne Highlands.

"And here we go"

Finally, the Cass Theater is showing "The Dark Knight." Only took him 5 weeks to get it. I've never been more excited to see a movie for a second time. In fact, this marks the first time I've ever seen the same movie twice in the theater. The odds are also good that I'll watch it twice in CC. Probably on "bargin night."

In other related bat and olympic news, Haag took home the Gold last night (3:00am) knocking his 6th bat out of the air and onto the kitchen floor. It was actually a tie for Gold, but extra points were given for use of the tennis racket.

Donkey Kong Jenga

This looks pretty cool:

9-7?

Mike O'Hara thinks that the Lions will go at least 9-7. Not necessarily playoffs, but enough wins to put them close. Is he crazy? Kitna sounded crazy last year, and just when it looked like the team might be able to deliver, they collapsed. Expectations aren't quite so high this year, but can they manage it?

106-57

That's the score after Team USA smacked down Chris Kaman and Team Deutschland, knocking them out of the tournament. Team USA will advance to the quarterfinals versus Australia and Chris Kaman will return home to be jeered by crowds all next season.

.007

No, that title wasn't a teasing attempt to make you read the post thinking it would be something about James Bond. I'm sure we've all seen the video and heard about super fish Mike Phelps winning his 36th gold medal on Friday night...or Saturday afternoon depending on where you roll...by one-one hundredth of a second.

But, what if the laser timers actually measured to the thousandth. What I'm trying to say is, what if Phelps actually won by 0.007 seconds, but the laser timer (since it only measures in hundredths of a second) rounded up to the nearest hundredth of a second, marking the win differential by 0.01 seconds. Heck, he may have touched 0.005 seconds sooner than the other guy...who will inevitably be kicking himself for the rest of his life if he had just taken another half stroke.

Looking for a date?

Check this story out about arguably the world's strongest woman. Not only that, but read some of the comments. I've posted one for you:

"A woman after my own heart. One that can lift the truck up and hold it there while I rotate the tires and change the oil......."

Someday

Broke

Remember how Michael Vick had lots of money before going to prison? Not anymore. Is it that hard to find good help?