FRIDAY!!!

Happy Birthday Jamie (Boy)!! The joy about still living in Central Iowa is having the ability to go to Hickory Park on your birthday for free dessert! Don't worry, there are birthdays of mine that I've been tempted to drive the 2.5 hours to Ames to get free ice cream! Anyway - hopefully Boy celebrates this weekend with a Cyclone victory as well!

And speaking of Iowa State winning.... final game of the season - at stake? EVERYTHING!!! Kansas is #3 in the nation (although after Oregon losing to Arizona last night, Kansas is already in the #2 slot) so ISU can gain the respect of the nation (and the favor of a LOT of teams waiting to get into the BCS title game) by beating Kansas. They beat us in Ames last year 41-10, so payback is a B***H! And I wasn't spelling "booth" just now! Plus I think Iowa State has an 0-72 record or something against top 5 teams, so a chance to fix that!! Plus, we've beaten all the other teams that have the letters "H-A-W-K" in their name this year!!! Final score? IOWA STATE 128 Kansas 6. I'll give them two field goals. Game is on ABC for those interested in watching on Saturday! Follows the Michigan/Ohio State Game.

Barry's going to jail... hopefully serves a longer sentence than LiLo did yesterday.

Other Predictions:

• OSU and Michigan - doesn't matter since neither will be in the Championship game!!
  
• Final NASCAR race of the year.... but back in February! Only season longer than bowling is NASCAR season. As commented last year by me, I still find it interesting that this Sunday will be the only time in sports that the winner of the event, is not the happiest person at the event. You don't have to win the race Saturday to win the overall championship! Doesn't happen that way anywhere else. Let's hope for a Jimmie wreck on lap 1
• No real good NFL games to note, but I'll still be watching I'm sure.
  
• A-Rod will sign with the Yankees, the number of people who hate A-Rod will increase exponentially, the Yankees will still miss the playoffs!
• Last night's episode of The Office may be my favorite yet - prediction that it'll only get funnier.
  

Concerts tonight and Saturday night in La Crosse. We have a GUEST CONDUCTOR and the Orchestra sounds AMAZING!! We play much better under someone at the podium who has skill. We're playing a quick violin concerto piece, a Jazz Trio with Orchestra piece based on the old Capreol Suite that I remember playing in High School (arranged by our guest conductor who is also a jazz pianist)... it's really a neat piece that I am sure the audience will enjoy. Then we finish off with Brahms 4. A standard symphony, but remember - I don't really care for Brahms. Not enough space in today's blog to explain that one.

Anyway - Have a great weekend!!