The Metzes are in Key West this morning and will be coming back through Miami to catch a plane home this evening. Hopefully I'll get to see them before dinner on their way through.
We have had slightly cooler than normal temperatures this past week and they have been quite amused to hear us call lows in the 50's "cool." Adam has also remarked numerous times how confused Clark is because it is winter, yet he is wearing shorts and sandals. He expects Clark to really be thrown for a loop when they get back to Ohio.
So, I thought I'd check out the forecasts for today:
Key West: High of 76 and low of 67.
Miami: High of 78 and low of 64.
Westerville, OH: High of 24, low of 13.
'Nuff said.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Important Day
Today is a very important day. It is a day that has been anticipated for months. Throngs of media follow the participants' every move and report on every detail. The winner of the contest will long be remembered in History...until the next time one of these rolls around.
Yes, Super Bowl Media Day is upon us.
What?!?! You thought I was talking about the Florida elections? Well, yeah, that's taking place today, too.
Today is the presidential primary in Florida. Florida is expected to have a record turnout to vote in today's election, however, I won't be part of it. Democrats and Republicans are supposedly choosing their candidates for the general election later this year. The problem is, it does not really matter because the outcome of today's vote is nothing more than window dressing. Florida moved it's primary up to today, the last Tuesday in January. This angered people in Iowa and New Hampshire becaue they are insanely protective of their status as being the first states to hold primaries. So, the Democratic party decided to punish the good people of Florida and take away all of Florida's delegates to the convention this summer. Soon after, the Republicans stripped the state of half its delegates (Ah Florida...always an electoral drama queen. It has been amusing watching people whine about having their votes taken away which is really stupid since the right to vote in a primary and nominate a candidate to represent a party is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Primaries are just something the parties came up with the make the people believe they actually participate in the process.).
So, the primary here is essentially meaningless. Of course, there is talk that both parties will have their delegats reinstated prior to the conventions and the Democrats are discussing having some sort of caucus or other event in the Spring to select delegates to the convention. It all seems pretty absurd to me.
As a Republican, I'm pretty uninspired. We moved and I still have not changed my address on my voter registration and I have no idea where my voting precinct is. And the polls will probably be closed before I get home. Had Fred Thompson run a halfway decent campaign, I might have actually made the effort to go vote. I'm also missing out on the opporunity to vote on some county question regarding Vegas style slots at dog tracks (whoopee) and some changes to the property tax. I like the idea of increasing the homestead exemption, but I think the overall proposal stinks.
So, call me apathetic if you like, but I'm sitting this one out at least until November. Maybe by then, I'll have gotten my address changed.
No, the big news of the day is Media Day. I'd be willing to bet that more people across this vast land are paying attention to the Super Bowl than the primaries. This is the day that a bunch of nut jobs who don't have anything to do with football the other 50 weeks of the year get to do silly things like wear a wedding dress or wear a sock on your hand and interview professional atheletes about to play in the biggest game of their career. (Both of those things happened today.) There is definitely some goofiness that goes on during media day and some people do some really strange things. But I enjoy it. I look forward to Jay Leno's annual correspondent report from Media Day.
What I don't enjoy is the regular sports columnists who whine about all the non-football stuff that goes on during media day and the general excess. I say, get over. The Super Bowl is not just a sporting event. It's a pop culture event and it is a worldwide event. People from other cultures may not truly understand the game of football or its significance in American culture, but they watch it. The Super Bowl touches so many people who are not normal football fans, whether it is the celebrity parties, charity events, etc. So I completely understand the increase in the number of media covering the game. And frankly, some of the more weird stuff that goes on during media day is entertaining. So, to all of you grumpy, old sportswriters, get over yourselves. You're not as important as you think and this event is more than a game.
Yes, Super Bowl Media Day is upon us.
What?!?! You thought I was talking about the Florida elections? Well, yeah, that's taking place today, too.
Today is the presidential primary in Florida. Florida is expected to have a record turnout to vote in today's election, however, I won't be part of it. Democrats and Republicans are supposedly choosing their candidates for the general election later this year. The problem is, it does not really matter because the outcome of today's vote is nothing more than window dressing. Florida moved it's primary up to today, the last Tuesday in January. This angered people in Iowa and New Hampshire becaue they are insanely protective of their status as being the first states to hold primaries. So, the Democratic party decided to punish the good people of Florida and take away all of Florida's delegates to the convention this summer. Soon after, the Republicans stripped the state of half its delegates (Ah Florida...always an electoral drama queen. It has been amusing watching people whine about having their votes taken away which is really stupid since the right to vote in a primary and nominate a candidate to represent a party is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Primaries are just something the parties came up with the make the people believe they actually participate in the process.).
So, the primary here is essentially meaningless. Of course, there is talk that both parties will have their delegats reinstated prior to the conventions and the Democrats are discussing having some sort of caucus or other event in the Spring to select delegates to the convention. It all seems pretty absurd to me.
As a Republican, I'm pretty uninspired. We moved and I still have not changed my address on my voter registration and I have no idea where my voting precinct is. And the polls will probably be closed before I get home. Had Fred Thompson run a halfway decent campaign, I might have actually made the effort to go vote. I'm also missing out on the opporunity to vote on some county question regarding Vegas style slots at dog tracks (whoopee) and some changes to the property tax. I like the idea of increasing the homestead exemption, but I think the overall proposal stinks.
So, call me apathetic if you like, but I'm sitting this one out at least until November. Maybe by then, I'll have gotten my address changed.
No, the big news of the day is Media Day. I'd be willing to bet that more people across this vast land are paying attention to the Super Bowl than the primaries. This is the day that a bunch of nut jobs who don't have anything to do with football the other 50 weeks of the year get to do silly things like wear a wedding dress or wear a sock on your hand and interview professional atheletes about to play in the biggest game of their career. (Both of those things happened today.) There is definitely some goofiness that goes on during media day and some people do some really strange things. But I enjoy it. I look forward to Jay Leno's annual correspondent report from Media Day.
What I don't enjoy is the regular sports columnists who whine about all the non-football stuff that goes on during media day and the general excess. I say, get over. The Super Bowl is not just a sporting event. It's a pop culture event and it is a worldwide event. People from other cultures may not truly understand the game of football or its significance in American culture, but they watch it. The Super Bowl touches so many people who are not normal football fans, whether it is the celebrity parties, charity events, etc. So I completely understand the increase in the number of media covering the game. And frankly, some of the more weird stuff that goes on during media day is entertaining. So, to all of you grumpy, old sportswriters, get over yourselves. You're not as important as you think and this event is more than a game.
Monday, January 28, 2008
You can come out now, Emma.
We just concluded a woderful visit with our good friends, the Metzes. Adam, Mary Beth, Clark and Clementine decided to spend their vacation with us and spent the last week at our house. Clark just turned three and Clementine is 8 months old. Needless to say, it turned our world upside down for a few days. But we loved it.
Unfortunately, our cat Emma was not so thrilled with the situation. She's not used to having a giggling blur whiz by her reaching out to pet her as he goes by. She's also not used to having another creature about the same size as her stalking her across the floor. In the past, she has done very well with our guests and generally ignores them. So I came home last Tuesday night and found her curled up in one of her normal spots. I assumed that she had already adjusted to our guests.
After dinner, I walked over to her to scratch her head a little. Clark walked up behind me to say that he wanted to pet her. I thought it would be OK. Boy, was I wrong. He touched her near her tail a couple of times and suddenly her tail puffed up and she was hissing at him. Later on, I held her while I showed Clark how to let her smell him before he pet her. She reluctantly allowed him to pet her, but it did not last long. She eventually hissed at him again and I have the scratch marks on my hand to show how eager she was to remove herself from the situation.
Finally, one evening, as Clark was running around having a good time, he gave Emma a drive by love tap as he went by. This sent her over the edge as she hissed, faced him and arched her back. I knew that was it and after I corraled her, I locked her up in our bedroom. So the poor thing spent most of the week cooped up when the kids were around.
She was also confused by how often her food moved around. Since there was an 8-month old crusing around, we did not think it was a good idea to have her water and food on the floor, so those things also spent their time up on a counter while the kids were out and about.
As Clark said about Emma this week "She not very nice." But the kid is so sweet, he never really got scared of her. He was always asking "Where Emma?" or "Where dat".
Well, the crew left this morning for a few days down in the Keys before heading back to the frigid North. I'm sure Emma is glad to have her house and her routine back. But Julie and I are a little sad today. We enjoyed our time with our friends and the opportunity to show them around our hometown. They've only been gone a few hours, but we miss them already and can't wait for their next visit.
Unfortunately, our cat Emma was not so thrilled with the situation. She's not used to having a giggling blur whiz by her reaching out to pet her as he goes by. She's also not used to having another creature about the same size as her stalking her across the floor. In the past, she has done very well with our guests and generally ignores them. So I came home last Tuesday night and found her curled up in one of her normal spots. I assumed that she had already adjusted to our guests.
After dinner, I walked over to her to scratch her head a little. Clark walked up behind me to say that he wanted to pet her. I thought it would be OK. Boy, was I wrong. He touched her near her tail a couple of times and suddenly her tail puffed up and she was hissing at him. Later on, I held her while I showed Clark how to let her smell him before he pet her. She reluctantly allowed him to pet her, but it did not last long. She eventually hissed at him again and I have the scratch marks on my hand to show how eager she was to remove herself from the situation.
Finally, one evening, as Clark was running around having a good time, he gave Emma a drive by love tap as he went by. This sent her over the edge as she hissed, faced him and arched her back. I knew that was it and after I corraled her, I locked her up in our bedroom. So the poor thing spent most of the week cooped up when the kids were around.
She was also confused by how often her food moved around. Since there was an 8-month old crusing around, we did not think it was a good idea to have her water and food on the floor, so those things also spent their time up on a counter while the kids were out and about.
As Clark said about Emma this week "She not very nice." But the kid is so sweet, he never really got scared of her. He was always asking "Where Emma?" or "Where dat".
Well, the crew left this morning for a few days down in the Keys before heading back to the frigid North. I'm sure Emma is glad to have her house and her routine back. But Julie and I are a little sad today. We enjoyed our time with our friends and the opportunity to show them around our hometown. They've only been gone a few hours, but we miss them already and can't wait for their next visit.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sports Cheesieness
I have long been aware of one of the great icons of NFL football: the Cheesehead. Green Bay Packer fans are easily recognizable due to this large piece of cheddar. I have no problem with anyone who thinks they look Gouda (sorry, had to do it) wearing one of these. However, I think this is a bit extreme.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Congratulations!
Judging by the snarky comment posted annonymously to the previous post, it has been a while since I last posted. I could reply with an equally snarky comment about how not a single thing has happened to me, but I guess that would not be true.
I have been very busy wrapping up my first full year of being a law associate among other things, and sometimes I figure my life is just too boring for people to read about. I guess I need to learn that life exists not in the grand moments, but in the small moments that happen every day.
So I'd like to (hopefully) kick off a new year with a new habit of regular posts with one of those small events that make up life.
I'd like to give a shout out to my mom. My mom recently celebrated another year in which she was one of the top selling realtors in Roswell, NM. Mom jumped into real estate a few years back in her "old age" and learned some new tricks. She has done well as a realtor and I am proud of her.
Congratulations mom! Keep up the good work.
I have been very busy wrapping up my first full year of being a law associate among other things, and sometimes I figure my life is just too boring for people to read about. I guess I need to learn that life exists not in the grand moments, but in the small moments that happen every day.
So I'd like to (hopefully) kick off a new year with a new habit of regular posts with one of those small events that make up life.
I'd like to give a shout out to my mom. My mom recently celebrated another year in which she was one of the top selling realtors in Roswell, NM. Mom jumped into real estate a few years back in her "old age" and learned some new tricks. She has done well as a realtor and I am proud of her.
Congratulations mom! Keep up the good work.
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