Quick post

Just a quick post to say I do plan on posting as soon as we get back from Florida and the weeks vacation with my family to Disney and the beach. Been a little busy lately:

We finished up track season: girls were 5th at state, boys were 7th (best we've ever finished).

Turned right around and did spring football. We look improved from last season with several new players/coaches, but you really can't tell until you are playing someone else.

School is over now so I am gearing up for football. For those interested we have a jamboree August 22nd and open at home August 29th this season. We are picked to finish 7th in the region (out of 8). Hopefully we can prove some people wrong.

If you haven't check Jamey's blog she has some pictures of the kids. Braden is now over 20lbs and is growing by the minute. He can sit up and roll and grab everything. The best news...he is a daddy's boy as of now. Avery is 3 now. She is very smart and fun to be with.

Jamey and I will celebrate 7 years together on June 2nd. Fittingly we will both be working with our teams during the day.

Thanks to anyone still looking at this blog!

Walmart

I have always loved Walmart. Since working there in college to spending at least 1/5 of my income on buying good cheap products. I thought this was a good article on Walmart's support of Hurricane Katrina. I know that some of this was for public relations, but it was more than many other groups did.

Politics

The more I watch American politics the more I ask, how much should I get involved? I am convinced now that I will never enter into politics, but think the Christian voice needs to be heard. Just not sure how to go about that the most effective way. But I did think this was a neat quote I found on Roxy's blog.

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."

Plato

Twins??

Braden and his favorite toy. I think they look alike.

When I get little

Avery has had several milestones in the last couple of weeks. She is now potty-trained. She has given up her "paci". I have been the one to put her to bed, it is a good time to spend time with her and she is able to catch me up on what she did that day. The first night I put her to bed without her pacifier was a little rough. When she finally calmed down she said "when I get little again I can have my paci". I kind of brushed it off and moved on. The last few nights she had been saying that several times and I said "Avery, you will never get little again. You are going to keep on getting bigger".

She responded the other night by saying "that makes me sad". The more I think about her never getting little again it makes me kind of sad too.

Obama

Does his minister hurt him bad in this election? How is he handling the "race" issue? What do you think of his minister, another Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton?

Top 10 worst places to use a public bathroom

I cannot speak for women, but recently I have had to use the bathroom in some pretty nasty places. Here is my new list:

10. Foreign country bathrooms

9. Woods

8. Malls

7. Fast food resteraunts

6. Any Mexican resteraunt.

5. Airplanes / Busses

4. School Bathrooms (high/middle schools)

3. Movie Theater bathrooms

2. Any Port-a-potty

1. Gas stations

Politics con't

Since we had such a good amount of discussion, which has remained very civil. I thought instead of another comment I'd do another blog, so here it is...

Jason I would agree that Israel is a theocracy not a democracy and there was/is quite a difference. However, I think we need a type of safety net welfare system. Teaching economics I have done some (not alot) of research as to where our tax money goes. Here are some stats: Which may or may not be made up :)

1) Since 1950 we have spent less than half (percentage wise) on military/police/fire

2) Since 1950 we have remained the same in most other areas with two major exceptions....

3) We now spend 4 times as much (again this is percentage wise) in expenses for the poor.

4) We also now spend 4 times as much on paying off interest from the incredible amount of debt from the government. Which leads me to say:

Why trust the government to "fix" the healthcare problem??

Birthday surprise

My wife surprised me at chuch last night with a birthday party. I really did not see it coming, and it was a nice surprise. Now if I could just get that year of my life back...

Politics

Sorry for such a long time between blogs. Family is doing well, check Jamey's blog to read more.

Thought I'd throw out a few items to discuss for anyone that still reads my frequently updated blog.

What do you think about universal health care?

War in Iraq?

Who do you want to win election? Who do you think will win?

New York, New York!!

That's what I'm talkin about. About time the cheaters got what was coming to them. Loved how Belly ran off the field not watching the last second. Now the '72 Dolphins can open that champagne...

Big News

As of today I am the new head football coach at Alabama Christian Academy, a 4A school in Montgomery, Al. Any prayers for me will be much appreciated!!

Please no...

Her or Obama? Obama or her? Is there really a good choice on the donkey side this year?

Simpson Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

What do you think on this one?

Simpson Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family tree software

What do you think?? I was surprised it was not by more.

Top 10 upsets of the college football season

Thanks to a comment by James, I figured I'd do another list this week. The top 10 upsets in a very unpredictable season of college football. There were many to pick from, and I attempted to not pick too many SEC games.

10: South Florida over Auburn: My brother Thomas was able to go to this game. Auburn was still undefeated and not many people knew about South Florida. This game set the tone for Auburn, who would be upset again by MSU, and South Florida, who would go to #2 in the BCS before feeling the pressure.

9: Arizona over Oregon: I know they were able to win the game because of Dixon's ACL, but Oregon was a front-runner for the BCS with a heisman candidate. Another #2 getting knocked off, and it was in prime time. Doesn't hurt that I am an Arizona fan (having lived in Tucson).

8: Georgia over Florida: As a Gator fan I hate to put this in here, but UGA beating Florida for the first time in a million years and putting Tennessee in the SEC championship game and Georgia in a BCS was a huge game. Georgia (a team that got beat twice early in the year) played an outstanding game, and it didn't hurt that Tebow was not 100%.

7: Colorado over Oklahoma: This was another BCS team that fell on its face against an unranked team. Colorado is an improved team, but if they played this game 10 more times, Oklahoma wins them all.

6: ULM over Alabama: Although Alabama is not a great team, they were looking at a potential 8-4 season and a good bowl before losing at HOME to a team that is a mid-level team in a terrible conference.

5: Kentucky over LSU: Knocking LSU from the unbeatens. Great game as well. Kentucky was a solid team, but still should not have been able to beat LSU.

4: FSU over Boston College: Matt Ryan had just beat Virginia Tech and become a heisman candidate. Now FSU rolls in to Boston College and takes this team out of the BCS picture. They also effectively end Ryan's chances.

3: South Florida over West Virginia: Another great upset by the Bull of South Florida. This made them the team to beat and almost knocked out West Virginia. My prediction is this is the only loss of West Virginia this season.

2: Stanford over USC: This would have been one of the biggest upsets of the decade if not for number one...

1: App. State over Michigan: By far the biggest upset of all-time. A team that had no business on the field with Michigan getting the win. A blocked field goal, a last minute drive to take back the lead. I would say Michigan did not even play that bad at the end. App. State won the game, Michigan did not choke it away.

What did I miss?

Next list

I am going to attempt to do another top 10 list. See if you can follow this one.

Top 10...continuations of multiple part movies and the worst choice to replace the main actor.

10. Rocky VII: New lead...Leonardo Di Caprio

9. Mission Impossible: Dennis Hopper

8. Indiana Jones: Chris Tucker

7. Star Wars: Jim Carrey

6. Friday: Russel Crowe

5. Ace Ventura Pet Detective: Harrison Ford

4. Godfather: Jackie Chan

3. Rambo: John Voight

2. Austin Powers: Al Pacino

1. Legally Blonde: Whoopi Goldberg


Any other ideas for top 10 lists or to add to this one??

Simpson update

A quick update on the stuff going on. Haven't been updating as regularly as I'd like, but with football over I may have more time...well if I'm not holding my boy or girl.

Braden is doing very well. He was born at 10 lbs even and 21 3/4 inches long. He is a big strong boy. Jamey says he is sleeping really well. Avery has been getting up during the night now. She is a proud big sister. Above are some pictures. Jamey has many other pictures.

Football ended last friday as we went 2-8. Highlight of the season was the Jodan Creel story. Read the last post for more on the story or this story picked up by Sports Illustrated. Now we start reloading for next season, with several new players and a few that played young we have a chance to be good.

Now Jamey and I turn our attention to track. The girls have a chance to be great and the boys have an outside shot at being a top team this season.

Also since I have time to blog (students studying for a US states and capitals test) thought I'd go over my preseason NFL picks at the halfway point.

Here's my link to the picks from preseason.
NFC East: Eagles at 10-6 is not a great pick, I did have Dallas at 9-7 and in the playoffs.

NFC South: Had New Orleans here at 10-6 which may happen, but did not see Tampa doing so well. Also had Carolina doing well, but without Delhomme they don't have a chance.

NFC North: Had Chicago here, did not pick Detroit or Green Bay (but who did?).

NFC West: Seattle was my pick here, and they may still be the team to make it, but no team here looks great. Arizona would be my new pick.


AFC East: I picked the NYJ to win, not looking so good now. Had New England at 11-5 and in the playoffs.

AFC South: Had Indy winning. But did not think much of Tennessee or Jacksonville.

AFC North: Picked Baltimore (bad) and Cinncy (also bad). Looking like Pittsburg wins the title.

AFC West: Had San Diego at 12-4, they still have a good shot at winning division, but not going 12-4.

Picked Carolina over San Diego in Super Bowl.

Jordan Creel

I will post more on this if I have the time later. But I was witness to God's work Friday night in the shape of a football player. Read this article and you'll see why...

...Many times as a Christian coach you question if God cares or not about sports. There are many stories about "religious" teams that give God the credit for their victories. But what about the teams that have Christians on them that do not win. I have been a coach on winning and losing teams and did not feel I was a worse or better christian on either of them. So what roll does God play in high school sports...

I am not sure of the answer, but do know that I was shown a little of his power in what he allowed Jordan to do last Friday. Not only did he play well, but his teammates played well above their heads to give him a small gift, that is insignificant in the big picture, but allowed him to see he was loved.

What do you think? Is God concerned with who wins and loses? Why do teams that give him no credit do as well as those who are followers of him?

Creel

Political top 10

Thought this was funny.

Signs Your Presidential Candidate is Under-Qualified

10. Promises to improve foreign relations with Hawaii.

9. Runs a series of attack ads against Martin Sheen's character on "The West Wing."

8. His #1 choice to work on his cabinet is "That Bob Vila guy."

7. Outstanding record as Governor of Rhode Island nullified by the fact that no one really cares.

6. Got his degree in Political Economics by bribing Sally Struthers with a chocolate donut.

5. Anybody mentions Washington, he asks, "The state or the DC thingie?"

4. At the debates, answers every question with a snarled, "You wanna wrestle?!?"

3. Vows to put an end to the war in Pokemon and free the Pikachu refugees once and for all.

2. Says the Pledge of Allegiance as quickly as possible, then shouts, "I win!"

...and the Number 1 Sign Your Presidential Candidate Is Under-Qualified...

1. On the very first question of the debate, he says, "Regis, I want to use a LIFELINE."