Weekend Wrap

The concert cycle for October is complete. No huge problems (one scary moment where our cue from our conductor was wrong but we figured it out a measure later). The music was an interesting collection but was enjoyed by those who attended. Next concerts are November 16th and 17th in case anyone's interested. We're playing Brahms 4 on that one with a guest conductor from Israel.

My Cyclones weren't embarrassed this week for once! The defense actually showed up but the offense continued to struggle. That would make it 13 points the last 3 weeks now:( But Iowa lost, so a successful weekend still! Note the continued lack of respect to Kansas (at 12th yet undefeated), but hopefully there will still be losses to Boston College and Ohio State this year.... further expose the BCS for being bad for college football. Did you catch the amazing TD catch to give LSU a win? Wow....

The days of glory are gone temporarily for Iowa State... I miss the days of watching this ("THE RUN")!!! Or the Cyclone comeback in 2002 against Iowa....

Boston is off to the World Series... at least it's not the Yankees!! But hopefully the baseball fans of the world will come together to cheer on Colorado who are almost 1/3 the budget that the Red Sox are spending on their team. You have to root for the cheaper team in baseball:)

Still trying to figure out a FREE way of converting my DVDs to my iPod... any ideas out there?

And I'm finally caught up on all of the Fall season of my shows (watched three episodes of American Dad yesterday since the only football game showing was Tampa Bay and Detroit!?!?!). If you're bored, check out the video game of American Dad vs Family Guy!!! Peter's got the best moves that I've found so far!

Anyway, when is Daylight savings? This whole thing where the sun doesn't come up till 8am is rediculous!!!

Haiku of the Day
Boston beats Cleveland
World Series starts on Wednesday
Just in time for SNOW!!!!!

Entertainment of the Day - I watched Evan Almighty yesterday which is the sequel to Bruce Almighty (the one they show on USA/TNT every other day....). It's actually pretty good, although a little bit cheezy. There are definitely some funny moments and some quality moments that cause one to reflect. I remember all the religious groups being upset at the first one (as they probably were at the sequel) but honestly, there's a good religious message to be found for those paying attention. My favorite part of Evan's talk with God (I guess I don't picture God looking like Morgan Freeman... maybe more like Beyonce, but that's a separate discussion). "God" asks Evan:

Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

Think about it:)

Weblink of the Day - And the funniest video you will see all week... GUARANTEED!!!! Instead of youtube... it's GodTube... and instead of your usual Baby Got Back (think Sir Mix A Lot), it's.... BABY GOT BOOK!!! Seriously, you have to watch and enjoy. It's actually scary how well it's done!