Nice win for Ryan Newman in the Daytona 500, it's been a long time for the Rocket Man.
In Dale Jr news, I think adidas is getting a little carried away with their marketing ideas now that they've signed Little E ...
Among the items still to come are replicas of the driving shoes Earnhardt wears. The company even is considering selling the same fireproof suit Earnhardt will wear in his car -- an item that could cost more than $2,000 and has no discernible practical use to someone who doesn't drive race cars for a living. Source:Yahoo! Sports
I give this a 20% chance of actually happening, but if they managed to get a Dale Jr. firesuit to market by March 15th, I just might dig into savings to have that waiting at the end of the aisle for my beautiful bride.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still awaiting personal phone calls from the remaining Presidential candidates (Obama-rama, Billary, J-Mac and Huckleberry-bee) before I announce my endorsement.
Is there a good way to suggest this (What Great Managers Do) as required reading at work?
I'm trying to not get too excited about NASCAR again. Don't get me wrong, I want to be excited about it again. But I don't want Jr.'s win in the Shootout to be a flash in the pan and I want B. France to follow through on his promise to ''go back to basics' - especially with letting the drivers be drivers and making races more affordable.
I'm trying to put together a wedding reception music list, any suggestions? If you're going to be there, what do you want to hear?
I've decided to approach every future forecast of snow the way I approached this weekend's forecast ... by making the proper plans and preparations for being snowed in, and then carrying out those plans whether I'm snowed in or not. That way, even if I end up being disappointed by the actual accumulation, I still get the rest and relaxation from being "snowed in".
Are meteorologists using the same modeling software that told the banking industry it was good to give sub-prime mortgages to high-risk borrowers? Is the brain power behind the Doppler5000 and DopplerMAX super radars really just an old Atari 2600?
I know I'm almost 2 months behind on this (even Beth knew about this before I did), but I've only just been introduced to the concept of "giving someone the business" as being a penalty-worthy offense in football ...
I think the last couple of times I played football, I was guilty of "giving someone the business" in each game. Luckily, Ron Cherry wasn't there to call me on it. Anyway, seeing this video piqued my curiosity about the validity of such a call. My research led me to a former AFL/NFL official named Ben Dreith. Check out the section Memorable Games from his Wikipedia bio. Interestingly enough, the next section in his bio talks about how the NFL "gave him the business" figuratively, of course, when he turned 65.
Update: Not sure if there's a clip up on the 'nets yet, but there was definitely a reference to "giving him the business" in tonight's premiere of the reincarnated American Gladiators"
Shirley1, I'm not the only one out there who finds it silly the pedestal we place the "New Year" on and then subsequently use it to launch our renewed, repentant, and revamped lives. I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but don't most of us just end up falling flat on our faces anyway? It's not that I think the ideas of reflection and resolution are all that bad, I just think maybe we should be in a continual state of renewal. It makes sense to try to put our mistakes of the past year behind us, after we learn from them, of course. But doesn't it also make sense to do this everyday?
Probably it does. And since I haven't been doing this on a daily basis this year, I'll go through a quick rundown of the things I've learned this year and the things I look forward to learning in 2008. If I'm about to lose any of you right now, Happy New Year!
Health In 2007, I learned that I can't stay up as late, I can't run as fast, and I can't eat as much as I did 5 years ago. It only took me 5 years to learn that. In 2008 I look forward to learning how to get my eating habits to catch up to my metabolism. Or vice versa if the opportunity presents itself.
Work In 2007, I learned that getting a promotion is only fun as long as the paychecks keep going up (note-to-self: 1 promotion = 1 raise. That paycheck stops going up after the first one). In 2008, I look forward to learning that keeping the challenges fun at work is not necessarily the responsibility of my employer and how to find ways to do so.
Friends In 2007, I learned that it only gets harder and harder to keep close friends close as "oh bla dee oh bla da life goes on". In 2008, I hope I learn to manage my time better and that when it comes to friends, time management is a waste of time.
Love In 2007, I learned that there are an infinite ways of presenting a finite number of diamonds in the world, and that infiniteness does not necessarily conform to the laws of supply and demand. I got engaged this year and was never able to find a way to present that in blogese. In 2008, I look forward to learning how to be a loving, respectful, and devoted Christian husband.
This is, by no means, an exhaustive list of the things I've learned this year nor the things I look forward to learning in the coming year. Some things are harder to type than these, and thus require an entirely different state of mind. I'll make sure you're the first to know when that state of mind arrives. Until then, and once again, Happy New Year!
If you've heard the rumor going around that I've gotten a new desk chair, I am here to confirm that the rumors are, indeed, true. My new desk chair is a fitness orb.
I bought a new jacket today that I've been wearing since about 7 p.m. when we hit up Chipotle for dinner. It's now five after eleven and we've been back from dinner for at least 3 hours. I even made a special trip to the mailbox to get the mail, a task I normally leave for the return trip from a jog or running some errands. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to keep myself from sleeping in it. Probably. I'm a little worried that this slight attachment I have for the new jacket will lead to a lower tolerance for cold weather. I've already devolved from the peak resiliency of my youth when I would walk out into the snow with shorts on. Ahh to be young, stupid and warm.
Awake Dustin has overstayed his welcome at Sleepy Dustin's house a few too many nights over the last week or so, searching YouTube and iTunes for good new music, and nostalgic old music. I think if I could put my finger on one thing I miss most about growing up, a close second to being able to "go outside and play" is spending hours - yes I said hours - just listening to music. I'm not going to try and stake some triumphant claim of having the most discriminating taste in music, but the music that I love, I really do love. And in return for this affection that I bestow upon the pops, the rhythm & blueses/hip-hops, the country and westerns, and the modern/alternative rocks I am inspired, mused and motivated, calmed and relaxed, and simply carried away.
If your local area is experiencing the worst drought in recent history, does drinking bottled water that is presumably bottled where water is plentiful begin to drift from ridiculous to socially responsible?
Would it be wrong to ask the management team of your apartment complex to turn off the automated sprinkler system during the aforementioned drought even if that request was partially motivated by the fact that you were hit by one of the sprinklers on your way to work one morning last week?
Would it freak you out if you heard the short phrases "worst-case scenario", "no rainfall", "water supply", "120 days" combined into one sentence in any order?
