I know it is a day early, but I won't be online tomorrow.
So I want to send a special greeting out to my mother.
I recently started practicing law at the age of 31. This is a dream I have followed for as long as I can remember. My mother has been there every step of the way supporting me and dreaming my dream with me.
My mother bandaged bruises, nursed me when I was sick, cheered my accomplishments and most of all, she has loved me. That is the most important thing. It seems so simple, but a mother's love is wonderful, complex thing. It can prop you up when you are down and it can help you soar when you are up.
Thanks mom. Thanks for always being there. Thanks for always caring. Thanks for being you.
I love you. Happy Mother's Day!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
He gets paid for this?
I am a sports fan. A HUGE sports fan. I love watching sports and I love reading about sports. Most sports columnists are just blowhards who try to be controversial or go against the grain. You understand it and you acccept it as you read most things. But occasionally, one of these guys will write something that is just hilarious. Especially when they are proven to be flat out wrong just a day later. One of the Miami Herald's writers had that experience this week. Greg Cote wrote a column saying that the dolphins should give Daunte Culpepper and Ricky Williams a second chance. Ricky Williams, of course, is the guy that quit on the Dolphins a couple of years ago right before training camp and then decided to "unretire." Since then, he has been suspended by the NFL for testing positive for marijuana use. In his column, Cote had this to say:
and this:
Williams' last uninterrupted season was 2003? The last three seasons have been "interrupted" not by injurie, but by quitting and by drug suspensions. And Cote says Williams is proven? Of course he bases this on Williams saying that he has been "sober" (or whatever you call it when you have a drug problem) for a ridiculous amount of time.
So of course, after writing this, what comes out? Ricky Williams has failed his fifth drug test.
I just find it funny. Ths guy has the ability to be one of best running backs of all time. But he can't stay on the field. Some people are being apologists for Ricky and blaming his drug use on "Social Anxiety Disorder." Apparently a "disease" that disables people when they get around a large group of people. Ricky has to "blaze" (as people called it on the radio last night) just to be comfortable. To me, it's just plain selfishness. He has a contract with the Dolphins. He has made commitments to teammates. All Ricky has "proven" is that he is untrustworthy and does not deserve any more chances from the Dolphins or the NFL!
So anyway, I find it ironic for Cote. Of course in his blog, he says he included a caveat about Ricky giving up pot. Nice backtracking there. He bought Ricky Williams song and dance, wrote a column about it, and now he looks foolish. I wonder what the going rate is at the Herald for blowhard sports columnist. Might be time for a career change.
These are two proven, productive weapons when healthy and unsuspended, which both seem close to finally being.
and this:
In Williams' last uninterrupted season (2003), he rushed for 1,372 yards, caught 50 passes and had 10 touchdowns. Draftee Lorenzo Booker is an NFL maybe. Williams is proven.
Williams' last uninterrupted season was 2003? The last three seasons have been "interrupted" not by injurie, but by quitting and by drug suspensions. And Cote says Williams is proven? Of course he bases this on Williams saying that he has been "sober" (or whatever you call it when you have a drug problem) for a ridiculous amount of time.
So of course, after writing this, what comes out? Ricky Williams has failed his fifth drug test.
I just find it funny. Ths guy has the ability to be one of best running backs of all time. But he can't stay on the field. Some people are being apologists for Ricky and blaming his drug use on "Social Anxiety Disorder." Apparently a "disease" that disables people when they get around a large group of people. Ricky has to "blaze" (as people called it on the radio last night) just to be comfortable. To me, it's just plain selfishness. He has a contract with the Dolphins. He has made commitments to teammates. All Ricky has "proven" is that he is untrustworthy and does not deserve any more chances from the Dolphins or the NFL!
So anyway, I find it ironic for Cote. Of course in his blog, he says he included a caveat about Ricky giving up pot. Nice backtracking there. He bought Ricky Williams song and dance, wrote a column about it, and now he looks foolish. I wonder what the going rate is at the Herald for blowhard sports columnist. Might be time for a career change.
Life in South Florida
It's spring time and the smell of smoke is in the air. Yes, head out the door, take a big breath and smell the acrid smell of smoke. As you can see in this article, South Florida has been covered in a blank of smoke since early in the week.
To get an idea of what it has been like, check out this picture:
There are fires all over the state as well as a really big one up in south Georgia near the Florida border. To make matters worse, the winds are steering the smoke from all over the state in the direction of Miami. But there is something about the current weather pattern that makes it just stall and hang out over miami.
It was actually kind of cool when it rolled in early in the week. From my office, I cold see it on the horizon. It looked like a really low cloud, like the really heavy thunderstorms we get in the summer. What was strange was the odd orange color. I wasn's sure if it was smog or clouds being tinted by the sunlight since it was late in the afternoon. Before I left work, my building was in the cloud. Once I got outside and got a whiff of the smoke, it wasn't cool anymore.
I'm tired of it and I hope it goes away soon. The rainy season is supposed to start mid-May, so hopefully we'll start getting some storms to put out the fires as well as some steering currents that will blow the smoke out of here.
To get an idea of what it has been like, check out this picture:
There are fires all over the state as well as a really big one up in south Georgia near the Florida border. To make matters worse, the winds are steering the smoke from all over the state in the direction of Miami. But there is something about the current weather pattern that makes it just stall and hang out over miami.
It was actually kind of cool when it rolled in early in the week. From my office, I cold see it on the horizon. It looked like a really low cloud, like the really heavy thunderstorms we get in the summer. What was strange was the odd orange color. I wasn's sure if it was smog or clouds being tinted by the sunlight since it was late in the afternoon. Before I left work, my building was in the cloud. Once I got outside and got a whiff of the smoke, it wasn't cool anymore.
I'm tired of it and I hope it goes away soon. The rainy season is supposed to start mid-May, so hopefully we'll start getting some storms to put out the fires as well as some steering currents that will blow the smoke out of here.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Shout Out!
Have to give a shout out to the Metz Family. Congratulations on the birth of your new baby girl. Julie and I love you guys and we are thinking about you.
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