A Full Schedule for 24 Hours

So my favorite sports to watch are (in order):

• Cyclone Football (only when we win)
• Stanley Cup Finals
• Super Bowl
• US Open Tennis.... night matches

And although it's only the first week (1st and 2nd round) when the matchups are a little lopsided (similar to the first few weeks of college football when USC plays Montana State College of Technology..... the "Fighting Clouds") but they're still fun to watch. Last night was my first opportunity of 2007's tournament to watch the night round. Maria Sharapova killed her opponent, and then Andy Roddick sent Gimelstob into retirement with actually an entertaining match between two really good friends. But now that Andre's not around for the first time in my lifetime??? I'm rooting for James Blake - he's a lot of fun to watch.

As for Cyclone Football (only when we win) -that will happen tomorrow night as we kick the crap out of Kent State in Ames! CYCLONE COUNTRY BABY!!!!

But before that happens, it's Velvet Revolver tonight in St. Paul. Who is that you may ask??? VR is the "new" band that was formed by Slash, Duff, and Matt Sorum (think.... Guns N Roses) and Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots (he was in and out of rehab 10 years before LiLo... back when it meant you were a "rebel", not "spoiled"). They picked up Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth for anyone that remembers them) to form Velvet Revolver.

This will be the 2nd time I will see VR and the first time to see Alice in Chains. "Alice in Chains is still together?" you may ask.... well kind of. You'll recall that lead singer Layne Staley died in 2002 of a drug overdose. Or you may not since 98% of the press that was on the death of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez (think... TLC.... "Don't go chasing waterfalls" - the most overplayed song of my senior year in high school). Well Staley DID in fact die, the band disappeared for most of the early 2000s, but is back with William DuVall singing. Jerry Cantrell is still the center of the band and they're going strong... although never as strong as the mid 90s.

How's that for a musical lesson? None the less, should be an AWESOME show tonight!!!

And Sarah says "thanks for the kind words"... hope she knows what she's in for! haha!

Haiku of the Day
My girlfriend Sarah,
Yeah.... she pretty much kicks ass!!
I'm a lucky guy!

Entertainment of the Day - I watched the NEW TMNT movie (that's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for the unknowledgable) last week.... brought back fond memories of the cartoon (I had a thing for April O'Neil). It was nice that they kept it as a continuation (Shredder was defeated rather than back from the dead), rather than a remake or ignoring all the comic books. It was aimed for kids as it was a CGI. There were some good "extras" on the DVD talking about how the movie was made with CGI. Master Splinter was interesting to see how they got him created with CGI. If you enjoyed it as a kid... you will enjoy it as an adult. Otherwise, no! BTW - remember the video game for NES? Here's a review by the Angry Nintendo Nerd (R rated for language but still funny).

Weblink of the Day - Drew pointed out a 60 foot backyard slide (with jump at the end)... how would you like to be the first one to test out if the pool is placed correctly??? Fun times!