On Thursday night, we had the awards ceremony for Steve “Cuds” Cuddihy’s fantasy football league. All the guys really love it when I ask them to pose for pictures like this as you can tell by their smiling faces. Well, I guess Steve and I are both smiling, but I think that’s because Steve had his hand on my butt while this was being taken.
My team, The Crippled Monkeys, won it’s division with a 10-3 record. We then won the first two playoff games which set up a Super Bowl match with former Minnesota Gophers Tight End Chad Redmann’s team called Buckwheat. Sadly, the Crippled Monkeys were no match for Buckwheat and lost the match, so Chad gets to hoist this year’s championship trophy. But the Monkeys will be coming back strong in 2010!
On Saturday morning, we went to cheer on Avery’s basketball team. We were excited to witness Avery’s first basket of the season, but the thrill was bitter sweet as his team went on to lose the game 18-12. I took a lot of fun photos like this one which looks like Avery has an electric shock go through his system as he realizes the ball is about to go out of bounds.
On Saturday night, we went to the boy’s school to attend Family Fun Night! There were neat activities like a dance, silly hair colorings, bouncers, bingo, and all sorts of games. I ditched the wife and kids as quickly as I could so I could hang out with The Reptile Guy and play with his snake. That’s my idea of a Family Fun Night!
Before we went in to the school, I had a serious discussion with the boys. I said “Listen, please do me a favor and don’t get your nails painted like you did last year. It’s embarrassing.” So naturally the nail painting room was the first one they visited!
My old friend, Jimmy Gilbertson, wasn’t embarrassed to participate in the night’s activities. He and his son had matching blue and white Mohawks which I thought were very flattering. Jimmy said he’s been trying to get on my website for 5 years so I had to take this picture. Next time I’m going to wait until he shaves his head to put him on here!
On Sunday, we went to the Minneapolis Boat Show to remind ourselves exactly how much money we don’t have.
We saw our good friends, Karl and Aaron, at the show. The boys had fun going through the cabins of the various boats and getting away with as much trouble as they could before the sales people shooed them away. It actually worked out great because while the boys were making distractions, Karl and I were in different boats creating even more trouble!
Luke and Avery came up with the idea for us to sell our house and all of our possessions so we could buy one of the big boats. When we asked them where we’d live, they said we’d live on the boat. When we asked them about school, they said they’d love to be home schooled on the boat. When we realized they had good answers to all of our questions we decided to take them up on their proposal and will be putting our house on the market soon. Then we’re going boating!
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You kick ass!!!
Rusty
Nice Facebook Message of the Week
OK so I confess, I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and it’s pretty great. you seem to have a charmed life, truly, and it is obvious you love your job and your family and live life to the fullest, to be clichéd. It’s also apparent that you & your family are very active and I have to ask, HOW do you do it all? I have two children but man, you all do more in one weekend than we manage in a month.
Hope you are well. (PS we went to high school together).
Laurine
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Obama already has his picture on some official US currency!
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Headlines 4 Years Ago:
“Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees“
“Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times”
“Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft”
Headlines Today:
“Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million”
“Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party”
“Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate”
“Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration”
Nothing like fair & unbiased coverage of the news !!!
Quote of the Week
“I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers
so we could identify their Corporate sponsors.”
—Author Unknown
Joke of the Week
Cold Weather Behavior…
60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat. Minnesotans plant gardens.
50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Duluth.
40 above zero:
Import cars won’t start. Minnesotans drive with the sunroof open.
32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes. The water in Bemidji gets thicker.
20 above zero:
New Mexicans don long johns, parkas and wool hats & mittens. Minnesotans throw on a flannel shirt.
15 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Minnesota have one last cookout before it gets cold.
Zero:
People in Miami all die. Minnesotans close the windows.
10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico. Minnesotans dig their winter coats out of storage.
25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Minnesota still selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero:
Washington, D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in Minnesota let their dogs sleep indoors.
100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Minnesotans get upset because the Mini-Van won’t start.
460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale). People in Minnesota can be heard to say, “Cold ’nuff fer ya?”
500 below zero:
Hell freezes over. Minnesota public schools open 2 hours late.
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January 25, 2009
Microsoft’s focus on features and functions specific to notebooks shows the company no longer treats them as portable desktops, and that’s a prime example of Microsoft listening to its partners, says Todd Swank, director of marketing at system builder Nor-Tech.
“People are going to look back at Windows 7 as an example of how the time and expense that Microsoft commits to usability can pay major dividends,” Swank said.
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Fixes Notebook Issues, CRN, January 20, 2009
In fact, the specter of Linux gaining ground on netbooks may force Microsoft to lower Windows pricing in the channel, a move that Microsoft partners say is long overdue, and would put even more pressure on Windows client revenue. “Microsoft needs to come up with a new pricing strategy across the board,” said Todd Swank, vice president of marketing at system builder Nor-Tech.
“Pricing seems to have become so out of whack, and Microsoft hasn’t had a price drop for a standard version of Windows for as long as I can remember. If they want to keep channel partners healthy and alive, that’d be a good move,” Swank added.
What’s Microsoft’s Next Move In Netbook Game?, CRN, January 22, 2009
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January 25, 2009
This is quite interesting. I didn’t try to verify any of the numbers but it’s the proposal I like.
“The Proposal”
When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers need to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. Wall street, and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of “tough decision”, and his board of directors gives him a big bonus. |