Attending Cody’s last basketball game. They lost but it came down to the last minute of the game. I’m ready for baseball. I hate basketball.
Jan
26
Riot guitarist dies
Riot guitarist Mark Reale has died, he was 57.
Such a shame. I remember seeing Riot at a skating rink (remember those? 4 wheel skates?) in Copperas Cove Texas in 1978 or 1979. They were touring for their first album, Rock City. I immediately went out and bought it. And later bought Narita and Restless Breed. I still have all three albums on vinyl as well as CD. I still have a few of their songs on rotation on my iPhone (Rock City, Overdrive). Just great American Rock.
My post high school band used to play Do It Up from the Narita album.
Jan
25
State of the Union
I come away from parts of the State of the Union speech tonight thinking Socialism. A noble idea but we all know that it doesn’t work. Socialism opens loop holes and there are way too many people who would rather take advantage of the system than benefit from it. People don’t want to work in this country.
I applaud Obama’s support of teachers. My sister in law is a teacher and she spends money out of her pocket to help decorate her class, get additional supplies and keep the students involved and interested. She is a great teacher that cares. So Obama I hope you mean what you say about helping teachers.
I found it contradictory when Obama said that companies should hire American workers and we should support American companies that help keep jobs in America, yet then say we should allow foreign students to stay here upon graduating and take jobs from Americans. Obama, I don’t think you realize the actual situation. There are thousands of foreign students who stay in school in this country just so they don’t have to leave. And when they do reach the end of their academic life, they take hi tech jobs from Americans rather than return to their countries to help improve that countries economy. I believe the original intent of allowing foreign students in was to have them take the knowledge back to their country to improve their country. Obama says they should stay here instead of returning home to help some other country. Hello? That is not the intent of the program.
Obama listed a number of things he was going to create and make happen. I think he better hurry up, he’s running out of time.
Obama I agree with you that Washington D.C. is broken. I don’t know anyone who trust their congressman to do right by them. Congress is a bunch of overpaid over hyped talking heads that get nothing done. Their main goal is to get each other re-elected so they can keep getting a really good paycheck and all the perks that common folk do not have or have to work hard for.
Jan
23
Weekend Woundup
Weekends are a short respite from the chaos that is work and traffic.
This weekend (and most of my weekends) consisted of catching up on shows that have been DVR’d. Chuck, Fringe, Grimm and Supernatural. Lately hockey games have been on Saturday nights, late, so at 10:00 p.m. I played hockey and stayed out way too late consuming some adult beverages. I stayed up way too late once I got home as well. I HURT on Sunday morning. My body didn’t respond well to the hockey exercise. I skated fairly hard so my knee, that I had popped a week ago, was stiffened up like a board. Felt swollen and could barely bend my right leg. My back hurt and I had a slight headache from a sinus infection I’d been fighting off. I didn’t sleep well and just felt beat but I had things to do on Sunday.
Sunday was watching football, then band practice then Sherlock Holmes at the theater. Sherlock Holmes was an excellent movie but if you have a short attention span or ADD I don’t recommend. You have to pay attention to catch the information and understand what is going on. But an excellent movie. The wife enjoyed it. Cross off that goal of catching a movie.
This morning traffic moved briskly, the knee is still stiff but better, the sinus infection is almost gone and work is quiet. A good day so far. Hopefully a good week is coming.
Jan
19
Long Day Yesterday
12 hours yesterday at work. Whew! Can’t wait for the weekend. Today it’s a bit quieter.
Tonight will be Cody’s last basketball game for season and possibly forever. It is doubtful he will make the high school basketball team so going to go watch the game.
Hope to catch a movie this weekend, Underworld: Awakening is one I’d like to see. And Sherlock Holmes. And we got band practice planned.
Jan
17
Much Better
The cold is going away. I felt like sh!t on Monday but today has been good. Long work day, typing this from a conference room at work as we work through a proposal. Should be done in the next 30 minutes…I hope.
Last night we watched Piranha 3d. Ugh. What a gore fest with a lot of full nudity, T&A including shaved woman bits. I’m so glad I didn’t pay at the theater to watch this movie.
Jan
16
Holiday? What holiday?
Seems today is a holiday for 80% of the working force. Not me. That’s cool. The drive to work was serene and quick. The weather is warm though, a nice change from the mid-40′s we’ve been having.
This past weekend is a blur. I remember doing nothing Friday. I remember watching some football on Saturday and then going to play hockey and staying out very late drinking a few beers. I remember we won and I remember skating pretty hard. I definitely remember the sore back and knees on Sunday morning. I remember watching a bit more football Sunday before heading to band practice then returning home 2 1/2 hours later and plopping on the couch worn out.
I remember watching Fringe, then Supernatural and then finding the Toy Hunter show on the Travel channel followed by Making Monsters. Both shows on the Travel channel were interesting and worth watching.
And that’s all I remember. Oh and I caught a cold along the way. I don’t remember that.