Yeah, yeah - my prediction was wrong. Shouldn't be a surprise then that I lost $6 and had a "5 minute penalty" outside in the cold due to other wrong predictions. Congrats to the Steelers though. Time to start focusing all of this energy on Hockey!
The game itself was ok. Some bad drops on Seattle's part and some bad offense all the way around at times. But the commercials (at some 50 bajillion dollars for 30 seconds) lived up to their usual hype. My favorites:
* H3 was my favorite, although I was told it was NOT a new commercial. New to me who hates watching commercials on the other 364 days of the year.
* Budweiser showed they are the King of Commercials again this year. I enjoyed The Drinking Stadium and the Streaker commercials a lot.... but the best Bud commercial was easily the Hiding of Budlights at the Office....
* Phone Deterrent was awesome.... Nice to see Sprint do something funny for once, although that might be the Nextel influence helping out.
* FedEx was a good one. No excuses.
* There was a great commercial with a cute girl playing tackle football..... problem is that while the commercial was funny, I couldn't remember without looking it up what the commercial was for. Michelob.... but still a good commercial in my book.
* Whoperettes was a good commercial...
Commercials that were a waste of money:
* United.... didn't they just get OUT of Bankruptcy and their commercial probably just sent them back into it.
* Ford (with Kermit).... dumb. Simply Dumb.
* All the new lineups for ABC programming
* Disney World. Who did end up saying the line that we'll see for the next 20 years???
* While the new Pizza from Pizza Hut looks good.... the commercials were a waste of time.
That's all you get for today! Have a great Monday - back to "normal" tomorrow!!
Monday, February 06, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
A Remote Gobbler's Knob
Rise and shine, campers, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today!!
It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?
Not hardly. So the big question on everybody's lips.
On their chapped lips
Their chapped lips is, does Phil feel lucky? Punksatawney Phil, thats right wood chuck chuckers its.....
GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!!
Sorry about this, but today is probably one of my favorite holidays. It's the time of year when we pay attention to a little groundhog in Pennsylvania who is probably just as accurate at predicting the weather as the idiots on TV that get paid for it!!! Being a Meteorologist or whatever it's called, has to be the ONLY job I can think of where you can be right only 10-15% of the time and still keep your job. Even an employee of Burger King has to be right more than 50% of the time!!
It's also the day when I pull out one of my favorite movies and enjoy an incredibly funny performance by Bill Murray as Phil Connors. Hey now, don't tell me you don't remember me 'cause I sure as heckfire remember you.....
BING!
I'm off to La Crosse tonight for rehearsal, then concert on Friday and Saturday nights. Hazel is tagging along (I should make her drive so I can watch my movie in the car) since tonight we'll be in the Wisconsin Dells and get to see my brother and his family. That means I'll have new pictures of the adorable nephews to share with y'all next week!!!!
Then Super Bowl Sunday is very near! Yet another strange holiday that seems to be bigger than Christmas at times. I already predicted the SeaHawks to win and I still stand by that prediction. Am I right... or am I right? or am I right? Am I right?
Reading the news today, I see that Phil unfortunately saw his shadow and went back into hiding for 6 more weeks till Spring arrives. Yeah, that means spring arrives late this year.... I'm predicting March 21st.
My closing thoughts are this..... When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But sitting here among the millions of readers of my blog and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.
Song of the Day - Of course in honor of today, it's Pennsylvania Polka. Not only is it a quality song from a quality film... it's one of the greatest Polkas out there to sing, dance and of course drink to. I still have a ways to go to work this one up on the Accordion. Requires the big 120 button one which I'm not ready for!
Video of the Day - Duh....
Webpage of the Day - There's an Official Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.... I might have to look into that before next year's trip to Pennsylvania!! Too funny!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Everything You Need to Know for the SuperBowl
Seattle wins by 17.
Now that that's over - I am looking forward to the one time of a year where I think commercials are ok and they don't raise my blood pressure by 20 points! I always look forward to Pepsi and Budweiser advertisements. I'm also hoping there's a new GoDaddy.com advertisement;)
I finished my book yesterday. The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an amazingly quick read but so extremely powerful. Took me about 2 days to read and honestly, if I would have just started it on a lazy Saturday, there would have been no problems finishing it. It discusses "Eddie" (no, not the muscle bound, meat packing, Polish guy in Madison that we all know and love) upon his death and the 5 people he meets in heaven.... and why he meets them. It puts a lot of things in life in perspective to the point of making one reconsider how he or she interacts with people. One of the most powerful sections in my opinion that I'd like to share with you comes from Eddie's "3rd person" (Ruby) who might be a stranger to Eddie, but she helps put Eddie's relationship with his father into perspective. Eddie's father was very distant and abusive in Eddie's development and he's held onto that resentment his entire life:
It's pretty incredible and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I think roommate Adam is going to read my copy next but let me know if anyone else would like to borrow it.
Rehearsal went well last night in La Crosse. I really like the music on this concert. There are still tickets available for anyone that's interested!!
And Friday I get to see my adorable nephews and my brother and sister-in-law whom I haven't seen in a long while unfortunately. They are going to the Wisconsin-Dells for a couple of days so Hazel and I are going over for a day to spend with them and so I can get the nephews' approval on Hazel:) I'm sure they'll have no problem with her as they usually don't have problems with anyone. Just mention you like Spiderman or Thomas the Train and they'll be in quick agreement!
Song of the Day - I'm slowly finding classical music that I don't have. Actually there's a ton of music that I don't have but I have quite the collection and most of the "standards". But one piece I do not have that I heard this morning is the Overture to Candide by Bernstein. It's a very quick piece and fun to play for everyone (especially the violins and brass). When Bernstein passed away in 1990, at a memorial concert for him by the New York Philharmonic (where he conducted for an extensive time and revitalized them in so many ways), the musicians performed it without a conductor in his honor. Since then, it has been performed by them 19 times... all without a conductor.
Video of the Day - I watched The Island recently with Scarlett Johansson (who was in Lost in Translation which has become a "realistic" movie after my recent travels) and Ewan McGregor. It's a pretty well done Sci-Fi flick that I enjoyed. Steve Buscemi's pretty funny in it as he usually is in movies. He's still the best as Mr. Pink.... "I don't tip. I don't believe in it"
Webpage of the Day - Stiffler.... F**k!! The weird girl (one that gave Taraholic Reid sexual advice) from American Pie has a warrant out for her arrest for many things... including "allegedly threatening to sexually molest her former neighbor's dog in 2004"... that is disturbing!
Happy February Everyone!!!! Get ready for the big day tomorrow!!!! Go Phil!!! (Like the Groundhog!)
Now that that's over - I am looking forward to the one time of a year where I think commercials are ok and they don't raise my blood pressure by 20 points! I always look forward to Pepsi and Budweiser advertisements. I'm also hoping there's a new GoDaddy.com advertisement;)
I finished my book yesterday. The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an amazingly quick read but so extremely powerful. Took me about 2 days to read and honestly, if I would have just started it on a lazy Saturday, there would have been no problems finishing it. It discusses "Eddie" (no, not the muscle bound, meat packing, Polish guy in Madison that we all know and love) upon his death and the 5 people he meets in heaven.... and why he meets them. It puts a lot of things in life in perspective to the point of making one reconsider how he or she interacts with people. One of the most powerful sections in my opinion that I'd like to share with you comes from Eddie's "3rd person" (Ruby) who might be a stranger to Eddie, but she helps put Eddie's relationship with his father into perspective. Eddie's father was very distant and abusive in Eddie's development and he's held onto that resentment his entire life:
Ruby stood, and Eddie stood, too. He could not stop thinking about his father's death.
"I hated him," he mumbled.
The old woman nodded.
"He was hell on me as a kid. And he was worse when I got older"
Ruby stepped toward him. "Edward," she said softly. It was the first time she had called him by name. "Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
"Forgive, Edward. Forgive. Do you remember the lightness you felt when you first arrived in heaven?"
Eddie did. Where is my pain?
"That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to feel it."
She touched his hand. "You need to forgive your father."
It's pretty incredible and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I think roommate Adam is going to read my copy next but let me know if anyone else would like to borrow it.
Rehearsal went well last night in La Crosse. I really like the music on this concert. There are still tickets available for anyone that's interested!!
And Friday I get to see my adorable nephews and my brother and sister-in-law whom I haven't seen in a long while unfortunately. They are going to the Wisconsin-Dells for a couple of days so Hazel and I are going over for a day to spend with them and so I can get the nephews' approval on Hazel:) I'm sure they'll have no problem with her as they usually don't have problems with anyone. Just mention you like Spiderman or Thomas the Train and they'll be in quick agreement!
Song of the Day - I'm slowly finding classical music that I don't have. Actually there's a ton of music that I don't have but I have quite the collection and most of the "standards". But one piece I do not have that I heard this morning is the Overture to Candide by Bernstein. It's a very quick piece and fun to play for everyone (especially the violins and brass). When Bernstein passed away in 1990, at a memorial concert for him by the New York Philharmonic (where he conducted for an extensive time and revitalized them in so many ways), the musicians performed it without a conductor in his honor. Since then, it has been performed by them 19 times... all without a conductor.
Video of the Day - I watched The Island recently with Scarlett Johansson (who was in Lost in Translation which has become a "realistic" movie after my recent travels) and Ewan McGregor. It's a pretty well done Sci-Fi flick that I enjoyed. Steve Buscemi's pretty funny in it as he usually is in movies. He's still the best as Mr. Pink.... "I don't tip. I don't believe in it"
Webpage of the Day - Stiffler.... F**k!! The weird girl (one that gave Taraholic Reid sexual advice) from American Pie has a warrant out for her arrest for many things... including "allegedly threatening to sexually molest her former neighbor's dog in 2004"... that is disturbing!
Happy February Everyone!!!! Get ready for the big day tomorrow!!!! Go Phil!!! (Like the Groundhog!)
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