First, I'd like to apologize for not posting for a week. That's pretty lame.
Here's my excuse: I'm busy!
I know, that's a pathetic excuse but it's true.
One of our key Java architects is leaving Wednesday for good... and who has to replace him? That's right, yours truly. As if I didn't have enough to do already. It's making my life a tad stressful.
So, what's happened in a week? Well, quite a bit actually!
Wednesday - bowling. Shot a 60-something, don't remember which. Just hitting my average or there-abouts.
Thursday - supposed to be a playoff game but some jackass who doesn't care about anyone else AND lives right behind the rink decided Thursday sounded like a good day to tell his family he felt like killing himself and others. Police standoff. Hockey canceled at 6:24. At 6:28 he gives up. Good god man, you couldn't have given up 5 minutes earlier or better yet, just blow your freakin' brains out around 1:00 so we can get on with our lives. So, no hockey, rescheduled for this week, now we have to play Thursday and Friday! Can you say smelly equipment? I think I'll just leave everything outside overnight.
Friday - got out at noon, supposed to go golfing. Nothing works out right so I end up at a crappy local course (Yahara) in 30 mph winds. I shot 88 with a 9 on one hole. Otherwise not too bad.
Saturday - started work on Cdubya's room to replace the carpet with laminate hardwood flooring. Got most of it done then we had to go to couples bowling. Shot another 615 or something (can't seem to get off that). Then we went to Cannery Grill in Sun Prairie. Pretty neat place, used to be a Dole processing plant so it has that industrial feel to it. I guess it was going to be a Great Dane brew pub at one point but the stupid law about one place having more than 2 brewing facilities in one area forbids it so that went out the window. Would have been a great place for a brew pub.
Caught some of the Badger/Iowa game there and the rest at home. They won but it wasn't pretty.
Sunday - Finished the flooring and trim in her room while watching the Brewers get royally jacked by the umps. It's not looking good for the true blue brew crew. Down 3 1/2 with a week to go. Afterwards (about 5:00) we finally sat down and watched the dvr'd Packer game. That was fun! Brett free-wheeling it with basically no running game at all. Awesome. 3-0, who would have thought? Not me, that's for sure.
And here we are on Monday, gonna do it all again. Every Monday feels the same. This will be the week I get a lot of stuff done and by Thursday I realize I ran out of time again... maybe next week!
Oh yeah, iPhone update!
I LOVE IT! It's so much fun. Everyone should have one.
Only one thing I found weird. On Saturday I was at bowl-a-vard lanes and there's basically no AT&T signal there for some reason but they do have wi-fi which I connected the iPhone to. Only problem was that without a cell signal I still couldn't browse the web even with wi-fi. I'll have to investigate that some more.
That's it for now, enjoy your week and pray for the Cubs to fall apart as only the Cubs can. :)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Wait, it's Sunday night already?
Whirlwind...
That would describe the pace of this weekend pretty well.
Friday.
Rushing out of work after checking in a ton of code and breaking almost EVERY SINGLE TEST CASE, I had enough time to grab some beer and ice and get the cooler and grill out for our trip to the Brewers/Reds game. We tailgated for a couple hours in 50 degree weather with 20-30mph winds. A tad chilly.
Ben Sheets pretty much ruined the game for us right off the bat as he was hammered for 4 in the first and another in the 2nd. We did get to see Prince Fielder's club record tying 45th homer (he broke the record Saturday night), but it wasn't enough as they lost. I'm 0-3 this year, no more games for me.
Saturday was the 2-man best ball tourney at Door Creek. Dr. Mike and I played pretty well and tied for 3rd place with a 59 net. 52 won it and 58 took 2nd. Mike had an 87 and I had an 86 but I was ready to slit my wrists afterwards. You see, after posting an 8 under par 27 on the front 9 we were not really doing much on the back. On 13 Mike had a penalty so it was pretty much me. I was looking at a 40 foot birdie putt and made a decent run at it but ran it past about 6 feet. Then I missed the par putt coming back, leaving myself another 3 footer for bogey and then I missed that one too! 4-putt double bogey!
I recovered to par 14 somehow. Then Mike birdied the par 5 15th and we were back in it again. We both bogied 16 and then came 17....
Mike started it off by hitting a wild ass slice clear over onto the executive course (out of bounds). I hit a decent drive but it stayed just right of the fairway. Of course, it ended up under a tree but I could hit a wedge and get it over another tree back to the fairway and did just that. I left myself about 85 yards from the middle of the fairway (Mike's hit another tree and at this point I'm not worried about what he does). I hit a pretty nice sand wedge about 12 feet below the hole.
I'm starting to think that a birdie would be nice here and we could get to 56 with a birdie/birdie finish. I hit a pretty good putt but maybe a tad hard and it didn't break as much as it should have and went by about 3 feet. Ok, not a problem. Oops, rammed the par putt by the lip and 3 feet past the hole again. This time I just walked up to it and oh christ I missed it again. 4 putt double bogey after looking at a super makable birdie. I let out the loudest FUCK! ever heard on a golf course (I'm nothing if not classy). On the 18th tee I swung as hard as I possible could and damn near fell as my right foot slipped out (gotta change those spikes). Luckily it went near the fairway by the 150 post. From there I hit a fat 8 iron that landed in front of the green and somehow rolled up to about 8 feet. I guess the golf gods felt sorry for me because I managed to make that putt for birdie.
So, 56 turns into 59 and I'm incredibly depressed as I see that 58 is leading. Jim lets Phil the pro know to keep sharp objects away from me for awhile as I drown my sorrows in some Capital Island Wheat.
Unfortunately I can't just get shit-faced as I Cdubya and I are taking my mom to American Players Theater (outdoor theater for those who don't know) that evening. I go home, shower and we leave for dinner with mom. The play was good ("Missalliance" by George Bernard Shaw) but good grief, it was freezing. By the time the show ended at 11:15, it was 40 degrees! My legs were completely numb.
But today made it all worth it. Not only did the Packers win (whoo hoo!) and the Brewers win (yeah baby!) but I bought an iPhone today! It's pretty cool, the screen is amazing and the set up was super easy. It found my wi-fi network right away and I set up my bluetooth headset in about 10 seconds. I'll post more on it next week after I've had enough "play time".
Phew, and in just a few more hours I get to go to work and start all over again.
That would describe the pace of this weekend pretty well.
Friday.
Rushing out of work after checking in a ton of code and breaking almost EVERY SINGLE TEST CASE, I had enough time to grab some beer and ice and get the cooler and grill out for our trip to the Brewers/Reds game. We tailgated for a couple hours in 50 degree weather with 20-30mph winds. A tad chilly.
Ben Sheets pretty much ruined the game for us right off the bat as he was hammered for 4 in the first and another in the 2nd. We did get to see Prince Fielder's club record tying 45th homer (he broke the record Saturday night), but it wasn't enough as they lost. I'm 0-3 this year, no more games for me.
Saturday was the 2-man best ball tourney at Door Creek. Dr. Mike and I played pretty well and tied for 3rd place with a 59 net. 52 won it and 58 took 2nd. Mike had an 87 and I had an 86 but I was ready to slit my wrists afterwards. You see, after posting an 8 under par 27 on the front 9 we were not really doing much on the back. On 13 Mike had a penalty so it was pretty much me. I was looking at a 40 foot birdie putt and made a decent run at it but ran it past about 6 feet. Then I missed the par putt coming back, leaving myself another 3 footer for bogey and then I missed that one too! 4-putt double bogey!
I recovered to par 14 somehow. Then Mike birdied the par 5 15th and we were back in it again. We both bogied 16 and then came 17....
Mike started it off by hitting a wild ass slice clear over onto the executive course (out of bounds). I hit a decent drive but it stayed just right of the fairway. Of course, it ended up under a tree but I could hit a wedge and get it over another tree back to the fairway and did just that. I left myself about 85 yards from the middle of the fairway (Mike's hit another tree and at this point I'm not worried about what he does). I hit a pretty nice sand wedge about 12 feet below the hole.
I'm starting to think that a birdie would be nice here and we could get to 56 with a birdie/birdie finish. I hit a pretty good putt but maybe a tad hard and it didn't break as much as it should have and went by about 3 feet. Ok, not a problem. Oops, rammed the par putt by the lip and 3 feet past the hole again. This time I just walked up to it and oh christ I missed it again. 4 putt double bogey after looking at a super makable birdie. I let out the loudest FUCK! ever heard on a golf course (I'm nothing if not classy). On the 18th tee I swung as hard as I possible could and damn near fell as my right foot slipped out (gotta change those spikes). Luckily it went near the fairway by the 150 post. From there I hit a fat 8 iron that landed in front of the green and somehow rolled up to about 8 feet. I guess the golf gods felt sorry for me because I managed to make that putt for birdie.
So, 56 turns into 59 and I'm incredibly depressed as I see that 58 is leading. Jim lets Phil the pro know to keep sharp objects away from me for awhile as I drown my sorrows in some Capital Island Wheat.
Unfortunately I can't just get shit-faced as I Cdubya and I are taking my mom to American Players Theater (outdoor theater for those who don't know) that evening. I go home, shower and we leave for dinner with mom. The play was good ("Missalliance" by George Bernard Shaw) but good grief, it was freezing. By the time the show ended at 11:15, it was 40 degrees! My legs were completely numb.
But today made it all worth it. Not only did the Packers win (whoo hoo!) and the Brewers win (yeah baby!) but I bought an iPhone today! It's pretty cool, the screen is amazing and the set up was super easy. It found my wi-fi network right away and I set up my bluetooth headset in about 10 seconds. I'll post more on it next week after I've had enough "play time".
Phew, and in just a few more hours I get to go to work and start all over again.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Regular Season Finale
Well, we lost our final regular season hockey game last night, 4-3. We finished 4-8-1 to end up in last place. We play the first place team in the playoffs next week.
Before hand I bowled in the company league and had 3 Guinness while I was bowling. I think that may have impacted my hockey skills a little. I did have 3 close in opportunities and should have buried at least one of them but I missed the net twice and hit the goalie in the shoulder with the 3rd.
I bowled pretty well, score should have been higher if it weren't for some unlucky shots. I ended up shooting 691 (208, 248, 235). The 2nd game could have easily been a 300. Every ball was buried but I left an 8 pin in the 2nd and 9 pins in the 8th and 9th. And of course, that first night sets our average for the league so now I have to deal with a 230 average. I'm not bowling in that league the next 2 weeks due to hockey playoffs though, so it'll have to wait.
Leaving at 3pm today to go tailgate before the Brewer game. Strange weather we're having too. Only supposed to be in the mid 50's with about a 15 mph nw wind. Tonight it's supposed to get down near freezing and they're saying 34 at 7:30am tomorrow morning. I don't know when my tee time is yet but I hope it's not TOO early!
Ok, back to work. Have a great weekend.
Before hand I bowled in the company league and had 3 Guinness while I was bowling. I think that may have impacted my hockey skills a little. I did have 3 close in opportunities and should have buried at least one of them but I missed the net twice and hit the goalie in the shoulder with the 3rd.
I bowled pretty well, score should have been higher if it weren't for some unlucky shots. I ended up shooting 691 (208, 248, 235). The 2nd game could have easily been a 300. Every ball was buried but I left an 8 pin in the 2nd and 9 pins in the 8th and 9th. And of course, that first night sets our average for the league so now I have to deal with a 230 average. I'm not bowling in that league the next 2 weeks due to hockey playoffs though, so it'll have to wait.
Leaving at 3pm today to go tailgate before the Brewer game. Strange weather we're having too. Only supposed to be in the mid 50's with about a 15 mph nw wind. Tonight it's supposed to get down near freezing and they're saying 34 at 7:30am tomorrow morning. I don't know when my tee time is yet but I hope it's not TOO early!
Ok, back to work. Have a great weekend.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Bowling underway
Sorry for the lack of posts, it's been very hectic lately.
Started bowling again last week and so far I've been consistent but nothing spectacular. Shot 619 last Wednesday, 602 Saturday and 617 last night. No big games, no low games. Kind of boring actually.
Tonight I bowl again right after work and then hockey is at 8:30. 2 more weeks of hockey left for this season after tonight (playoffs).
Quite a busy time of the year. Tomorrow we are going to the Brewer game. It's Robin Yount Bobblehead night! Saturday morning I have a 2 man best ball golf tournament at Door Creek and then Saturday night we're taking my mom to American Players Theater in Spring Green. I still have more flooring to get done upstairs too. Maybe Sunday? I'd rather watch football... sigh.
Ok, off to a meeting, later!
Started bowling again last week and so far I've been consistent but nothing spectacular. Shot 619 last Wednesday, 602 Saturday and 617 last night. No big games, no low games. Kind of boring actually.
Tonight I bowl again right after work and then hockey is at 8:30. 2 more weeks of hockey left for this season after tonight (playoffs).
Quite a busy time of the year. Tomorrow we are going to the Brewer game. It's Robin Yount Bobblehead night! Saturday morning I have a 2 man best ball golf tournament at Door Creek and then Saturday night we're taking my mom to American Players Theater in Spring Green. I still have more flooring to get done upstairs too. Maybe Sunday? I'd rather watch football... sigh.
Ok, off to a meeting, later!
Friday, September 07, 2007
The Great (almost) Comeback
We had an interesting problem at hockey last night. The center on my line (one of our better offensive players) is also a goalie. Last night he played goalie in the game before us (and gave up 10 goals!) and when it came time for our game we found out that due to vacations, injuries, going to college, etc. that we didn't have another goalie for our team so he was going to play. Well, that hurts us both in losing his scoring but also because he just had a horrible game.
We moved another guy to center our line and went at it. Unfortunately, he picked up where he left off the previous game, giving up 4 weak goals in the first period and we couldn't get any offense going. So we're down 4-0 going into the 3rd period and finally our offense starts getting on track. We score 3 in the first 8 minutes to get us close and we tie it up with about 9 minutes left. We kept the attack going and got some really good chances to go ahead but couldn't quite do it (one of my shots hit the underside of the crossbar and dropped straight down, somehow staying out of the goal).
Then with about 4 minutes left the ref called a pretty bad penalty on one of our defenseman. Ok, we can deal with that, we score short handed goals all the time. Unfortunately, they called another penalty on us a minute later, again a cheap call where two players got their legs tangled and fell down. Not sure how they could decide that was a penalty on us, especially in a tie game and already down a man. By the time we got back to full strength there wasn't much time left. We had a few chances but the game ended in a tie. I guess we get the "moral victory" but it still felt disappointing.
We moved another guy to center our line and went at it. Unfortunately, he picked up where he left off the previous game, giving up 4 weak goals in the first period and we couldn't get any offense going. So we're down 4-0 going into the 3rd period and finally our offense starts getting on track. We score 3 in the first 8 minutes to get us close and we tie it up with about 9 minutes left. We kept the attack going and got some really good chances to go ahead but couldn't quite do it (one of my shots hit the underside of the crossbar and dropped straight down, somehow staying out of the goal).
Then with about 4 minutes left the ref called a pretty bad penalty on one of our defenseman. Ok, we can deal with that, we score short handed goals all the time. Unfortunately, they called another penalty on us a minute later, again a cheap call where two players got their legs tangled and fell down. Not sure how they could decide that was a penalty on us, especially in a tie game and already down a man. By the time we got back to full strength there wasn't much time left. We had a few chances but the game ended in a tie. I guess we get the "moral victory" but it still felt disappointing.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Fantasy Football Draft
Last night was the annual OFFL football draft. It's a scoring only league with the points laid out like so:
Rushing TD: 6
Receiving TD: 6
Passing TD: 4
Defense/Special Teams TD: 6
Defense shutout: 6
FG < 50 yards: 3
FG >= 50 yards: 4
Coach victory: 3
I've won this league a few times and won the playoffs after finishing 3rd in the regular season last year.
We start with 4 keepers. Mine were:
Joseph Addai, RB
Steven Jackson, RB
Willie Parker, RB
Terrell Owens, WR
Here's who I picked up (in the order drafted):
Javon Walker, WR
Donald Driver, WR
Philip Rivers, QB
Darrell Jackson, WR
Baltimore Defense
Eli Manning, QB
Shayne Graham, K
Josh Brown, K
Mushin Muhammad, WR
Kellen Winslow, TE
Vernand Morency, RB
Najeh Davenport, RB
Wade Phillips (Dallas), Coach
I should be able to contend once again with that.
After missing the first week of bowling due to golf league, tonight will mark my first night of the season. Unfortunately I can still barely move. My right leg is a little better but my left hamstring is one big knot. I'd be better off if it was the other way around as my left leg is my sliding leg and the one I put most of my weight on at release.
Oh well, wish me luck.
Rushing TD: 6
Receiving TD: 6
Passing TD: 4
Defense/Special Teams TD: 6
Defense shutout: 6
FG < 50 yards: 3
FG >= 50 yards: 4
Coach victory: 3
I've won this league a few times and won the playoffs after finishing 3rd in the regular season last year.
We start with 4 keepers. Mine were:
Joseph Addai, RB
Steven Jackson, RB
Willie Parker, RB
Terrell Owens, WR
Here's who I picked up (in the order drafted):
Javon Walker, WR
Donald Driver, WR
Philip Rivers, QB
Darrell Jackson, WR
Baltimore Defense
Eli Manning, QB
Shayne Graham, K
Josh Brown, K
Mushin Muhammad, WR
Kellen Winslow, TE
Vernand Morency, RB
Najeh Davenport, RB
Wade Phillips (Dallas), Coach
I should be able to contend once again with that.
After missing the first week of bowling due to golf league, tonight will mark my first night of the season. Unfortunately I can still barely move. My right leg is a little better but my left hamstring is one big knot. I'd be better off if it was the other way around as my left leg is my sliding leg and the one I put most of my weight on at release.
Oh well, wish me luck.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
1 down, 3 to go
Picked up 26 boxes of laminate hardwood flooring for the house on Friday and started on room 1 (our master bedroom) on Sunday (Saturday was Badger game, they won 42-21 over WAZZU, and I enjoyed it).
Finished ripping up the carpet and putting down the new floor Sunday night (about 11 hours worth of work). Finished all the trim work yesterday and got to sit down around 5:00 to watch the final round of the PGA. After which I was unable to get up. My body pretty much was very angry with me for abusing it for 2 solid days.
Unfortunately I'm just getting started. I have 2 more rooms plus the hallway upstairs still to do and Cdubya would like that done pretty soon. Unfortunately I'm not sure how long it will be before I can actually walk normally again. My inner thighs and ass are in knots, I can barely walk today. The thought of having to do the upstairs makes me hurt even more. Maybe I should just hire my brother to do it... I'm getting too old for this shit.
Not sure how bowling is going to go tomorrow night. If I had to bowl tonight I couldn't. Of course, there's no rest for the weary as our fantasy football draft is tonight. That shouldn't take too much physical effort at least...
Finished ripping up the carpet and putting down the new floor Sunday night (about 11 hours worth of work). Finished all the trim work yesterday and got to sit down around 5:00 to watch the final round of the PGA. After which I was unable to get up. My body pretty much was very angry with me for abusing it for 2 solid days.
Unfortunately I'm just getting started. I have 2 more rooms plus the hallway upstairs still to do and Cdubya would like that done pretty soon. Unfortunately I'm not sure how long it will be before I can actually walk normally again. My inner thighs and ass are in knots, I can barely walk today. The thought of having to do the upstairs makes me hurt even more. Maybe I should just hire my brother to do it... I'm getting too old for this shit.
Not sure how bowling is going to go tomorrow night. If I had to bowl tonight I couldn't. Of course, there's no rest for the weary as our fantasy football draft is tonight. That shouldn't take too much physical effort at least...
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