Who needs Bush?

The Packers are killing me... when it finally is looking like they might have an inside track to Reggie Bush after the Jets manage to win a game (granted, Houston is better at figuring out how to lose a close game), the Pack manages to beat Detroit behind the 170 something yards of rookie Samkon Gado. Perhaps they don't need Bush after all.

Spent Saturday night in Kohler at the Inn on Woodlake. Nothing really special about that hotel but it's the only one other than the American Club. We had lunch at a little italian bistro and then drove out to see Whistling Straits. Cdubya was quite impressed with the buildings and the amount of hills that they built. Driving out to it is completely flat farmland all around. Quite a shock to find all the hills when you get to the course. The buildings definitely give it that Scottish feel. The best part is she's all over letting me go there and play now! We also visited Blackwolf Run and while nice, just isn't the same feel. After doing some shopping we had dinner at the Wisconsin Room at the American Club. One word describes the American Club... class. We were greated at the front door by the bellman who asked if we needed assistance. I told him why we were there and he said "follow me, sir" and led us through the hotel all the way back to the restaurant. I kept waiting for him to point me in the right direction but he took us all the way there, then took our coats, asked if we would like cocktails and told us to go ahead and have a seat anywhere (they have a huge waiting area with sofa's, chairs, shelves of books, windows looking out to the courtyard, etc). He then checked us in at the restaurant and had a waitress over to see us immediately. Dinner at the Wisconsin Room can also be described in one word... slow. It took us 2 hours. Most of that just waiting for the waitress to come around. She was mostly non-existent to us. The food was good but I grew very frustrated with the lack of service.

I had a hockey game after we got home yesterday and we won again. This time 5-3. I managed a goal and an assist while playing defense. Fairly good game in between coughing fits. Still haven't gotten rid of that cold yet.

Warning: Survivor spoiler ahead if you haven't watched it yet.

We had tivo'd Survivor so we started it around 8 after I got home and showered. Rafe won the first immunity challenge in a very close race with Steph and Danni. In a surprise move they voted out Lydia who was no threat to any of them. Personally, I would have voted out Danni, but Rafe had an alliance with her to get her to the final 3. If I'm Rafe though, I get rid of her since he would win easily against either Steph or Lydia in the final 2. This would be his biggest mistake and cost him the million bucks.

The final challenge is, as usual, an endurance special. They had to stand on unstable platforms hanging on to ropes. After an hour they had to let go of one of the two ropes. I didn't think this would throw them but first Steph, then Danni, then Rafe all lost their balance and were dangling from their ropes trying not to touch the ground. They all managed to hang on and balance themselves with their backs against a post and their feet on the platform. First to go out was Rafe when he had a mental lapse and touched his hand to the post (after Jeff told them they could not do that). Steph held on as long as she could but Danni's height made it so much easier for her to keep balanced. Danni won immunity and went against Rafe (after he told her it was ok to do that... dufus) and picked Steph to go with her to the final 2. Steph had no chance to win as she'd already alienated over half the jury. Danni won the million easily (though I never did see a final vote total as she got her 4th after the 5th vote was read, but I think it was probably 5-2 with Rafe and Lydia voting for Stephanie).

Oh, I played in a 3 table hold 'em tournament Friday afternoon ($2 buy in). Made it to the final table and was in the top 5 of chip leaders for almost the entire time but made one mistake getting suckered into a bet I didn't want to make and ended up getting short stacked. I tried to make a stand but lost and ended up 9th out of 30. I was upset about that one hand getting to me because I had been so patient the entire time and really was playing a very smart game. I went in big on 3 hands and won all 3 and then sat back to let the others knock each other off. I just had a mental lapse and it cost me.

Oh well, have a great week.