That NFC Championship game was a fitting end to a strange season. The Bears came in to the season picked by most to finish third (out of 4) in the NFC Central. At 6-3 they were ranked 17th (out of 32) in the espn power rankings. They went 5-2 down the stretch, won the Central, got the second seed and still didn't inspire fear in anyone, including the truly mediocre Seahawks. And then, after 2 impressive Packer drives, they stymied Aaron Rodgers and almost forced OT in the championship game with their 3rd string QB at the helm. A loss that seemed inevitable with 5 mins to go in the first qtr ended up pulse-pounding by the end.
Anyway: Steelers 27, GB 24 in OT.
1/25/11
1/18/11
kudo
use 'kudo' when someone does just one that thing isn't all that impressive and not worthy of full 'kudos.' example:
doug: hey man, I washed my car without scratching it
steve: well kudo to you Doug
doug: hey man, I washed my car without scratching it
steve: well kudo to you Doug
1/13/11
Check this out
O and other NHPS pupils got a *second* day off from school today ostensibly because the mounds of snow everywhere would make safe travel to school difficult. Yet O somehow found his way to the top of the Empire State Building, among other Manhattan locales. This guy has it figured out.
1/12/11
the forbidden dance
S. Burlington High in Vermont cancelled its Winter 'Ball' due to lack of interest. School administrators banned the popular dance style 'grinding,' known to those in my generation as 'vertical backside dry-humping,' and students responded by losing interest in attending the ball. There are huge implications to this story, not the least of which is a practically-already-written script for Footloose 2, this time featuring auto-erotic ottoman humping rather than long montages of Kevin Bacon running through warehouses doing pirouettes off hay bales.
1/11/11
Snow's picking up...
O's newly-learned superstition must be taking effect. Madison, our neighbor and carpool buddy told O that if he wants a snow day tomorrow he has to go to bed with his pj pants inside out and a spoon under his pillow, which of course he did. Cute!
Meanwhile, Dad got ready by pouring half of the remaining snow blower gas on his f ing shoes and half in the machine, then realized he forgot the f ing power cord to his laptop at work meaning he had to go buy another f ing one at radio shack for f ing $100 (but it has an f ing adapter plug for the car -- great! Driving and using my laptop is a great f ing idea!) just so he didn't have to drive to f ing Waterbury for the next 36 hours in a blizzard and will be ready to give his talk at Griffin hospital Thursday. But, rest assured he'll be turning his pj pants inside-out momentarily...
Meanwhile, Dad got ready by pouring half of the remaining snow blower gas on his f ing shoes and half in the machine, then realized he forgot the f ing power cord to his laptop at work meaning he had to go buy another f ing one at radio shack for f ing $100 (but it has an f ing adapter plug for the car -- great! Driving and using my laptop is a great f ing idea!) just so he didn't have to drive to f ing Waterbury for the next 36 hours in a blizzard and will be ready to give his talk at Griffin hospital Thursday. But, rest assured he'll be turning his pj pants inside-out momentarily...
1/3/11
Happy New Year
There's a LEGO replica of Hogwarts on our big table that O is rightfully proud of
We had a fantastic visit to Omaha which included some gingerbread house making
Sam the Cat introduced me to the Best Innocuous Office Prank of 2011 (so far). You hit control-alt-arrow key and it rotates your unsuspecting office-mate's computer screen image 90 degrees.
We had a fantastic visit to Omaha which included some gingerbread house making
Sam the Cat introduced me to the Best Innocuous Office Prank of 2011 (so far). You hit control-alt-arrow key and it rotates your unsuspecting office-mate's computer screen image 90 degrees.
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