nothing to blog about...so here is some random randomness

Well life at the moment is essentially boring, Nothing much going on outside of still being sick. Though I finally went to the doctor today to get some antibiotics since obviously this is more serious than the average cold. I know Sam hates how stubborn I am about the doctor and I know that when I feel like crap and it wont go away I should go, but I really hate the doctor so its hard to convince my mind that I need to go...I always fear finding out that something is horriably wrong with me so if I dont go I cant find out that. In sports news the NHL trade line came and went and my Thrashers made a deal sending Marion Hossa and Pascal Dupois to Pittsburgh in exchange for Colby Armstrong, Erik Chritensen a young prospect and a draft pick. All in all I think it was a good deal the Thrashers are all but out of it this year, and they were looking at losing Hossa to free agency at the end of the year anyway so at least they got something in return, Though I hate that they included Dupois in the deal because he was one of my favorite thrashers (mostly because its incrediably fun to say his name). Also Baseball spring training started and though I mostly find spring training ultra boring, there were some fireworks in the Mets first game. They were playing Michigan and a kid tried to lay down a bunt against our closer Billy Wagner well this teed off Wagner and he said if the kid had laid it down the next guy up would have gotten drilled. Im with Wag's on this one the MLBers are not out there to try and win the games they are there to shake off the dust and get back to the routine, the college kids get the thrill of playing against the MLBers but these are not real games and should not be treated as such. On the video game front I picked up and old used copy of Tiger Woods 07 cause I was pining for some next gen golfing action and it was cheap, I have to say I am really liking it so far instead of instantly giving you the next Tiger Woods you have to take your golfer and train their skills in various challenges, Now at first you max out at ten percent so everything you earn after that is "unrealized potential" and doesnt affect your play in game, in order to increase your max out you have to play in the Tiger Challenge were you take on various golfers on various course's eventually leading to a match with Tiger himself, this is ingenious way of setting it up because you actually feel like you are increasing your skill just by playing more. Putting is a bit wonky and sometimes makes no sense witch I guess is realistic cause you cant always read the green perfect in real life either. I havent got into PGA tour season mode yet (Want to build my skills up first) but that is the meat and pototoes of the game. Sam and I have been watching Idol (i for the most part could care less outside of the horriable auditions) but I have found a way to make it bearable......The Mighty DVR, I swear the DVR is the greatest invention it allows you to record the show the fast forward through all the crap and watch just the parts that matter (the actually singing) and not have to listen to Seacrest and Simon bitch like the jilted lovers I think the are, I think David Archaleta and Carly Smithson are the ones to beat their performances this week were far and away the best and Archaleta went so far as to apperntly get Paula high cause she blurted out some crazy stuff after his song...something about poping his head of and hangin it from her rearview mirror?? Seriously WTF????????????

Being Sick Sucks....

Well not much to blog about latley other than the fact that I have been extremley sick the last few days. I dont know what the bug I caught is but it bites the big one it started Monday with a really sore throat and headache I went to work anyway and just started feeling worse when I got home as I got out of the car I had a weird choking incedent, tuesday was even worse and I didnt go to work just druged myself and stayed in bed finally starting to feel a little bit better the last two days hopefully by this weekend it will be gone. Speaking of this weekend Sam and I are going up to the cabin in North Georgia I think it will do both of us some good to get away from things for a little bit.

Roger Clemens.....

I can honestly say that I have never been a fan of Roger Clemens, might have something with him repeatedly trying to take Mike Piazza's head off when Mike was with the Mets, but Clemens has offcially ruined his reputation and probably will not make it into the Hall of Fame now. Clemens has reapetedly denied using performancing enhancing drugs despite overwhelming evidence against him. He wants us to believe him when he says Mcnamee is lying, but its hard to side with Clemens. Mcnamee says he injected Andy Pettite, Andy Pettite has admited to this, Mcnamee says Knobloch also was injected, Knoblock admits this is true. So Clemens wants us to think that Mcnamee told the truth about Pettite and Knobloch yet lied about Clemens, that makes no sense. Clemens knew he was named in the mitchell report even before it came out yet did nothing about it. Then even after it was made public he waited almost a week before coming out and saying anything. It just all seems a little fishy to me and in watching Clemens today on capital hill I lost what little respect I did have for him.

Hockey....

So Sam and I went to the Gladiators game last night and it was a great game (no fights though, cept a little skirmish right at the end of the game). The Glads poured it on and won 7-3 kicking the pants of our most hated goalie Davis Parley. I took the new camera to see what it could do capturing the fast action, forgot to pack extra batteries though so my shots were limited but here are some of the better shots I took....


Needs some cropping in the lower right but I really like the look of this shot

If only the bar wasnt in the frame this shot would be perfect

I love the way the goalie is leaning trying to spot the puck in this one

Another great action shot


The Scene Outside the game





Jeff Campbell 2 time league MVP



Our Goalie Greg "K-Wall" Kowalski



My Attempt at an artsy shot


The opening faceoff