The Browns have lost their # 7 draft pick!

I love when people make moronic mistakes.  NBC Sports has the Cleveland Browns passing their 7th pick.  What maroons.  Imbeciles!  Check your work morons!

I swear the Browns had the 7th pick in the NFL Draft on Friday!!!!

My lawn looks like a green and yellow patch of well, you know.

I’ve been weeding my life lately.  I’m someone that doesn’t let go of things easily. Recently I’ve been lucky to start letting things in my life , well just go like a dandelion in the wind.

Now in the past I’d be letting all the wonderful dandelions begat more dandelions, but it just isn’t happening now.

I’ve got too much to do and too much to see.

So I started today by paring down the Facebook friends list.  Am I really friends with 500 people? No. I started by weeding that down to under 300.  It may be weeded again soon.

If you didn’t talk to me in the past, or you added me because of some friend of a friend you probably didn’t see the notification of your weeding on FB.

You were just gone.

I’ve taken 2 truck loads of stuff over for a garage sale this weekend at my friend Kerri’s house.

What happens if they don’t get sold? The stuff gets donated to a prison ministry.

I don’t need stuff. I have stuff, lots of stuff.

But in reality, all the stuff is are weeds.

They don’t have deep roots, they can be eliminated with proper care , and in the end don’t have meaning for me.

The stuff that has emotional meaning is put up where it needs to be. The rest just found its way to places that aren’t my garage.

My heart isn’t into keeping things that don’t have meaning anymore.

And I’ve been making changes at home, work and everywhere.

Maybe when I’m finished weeding I’ll see the green grass.  The big lawn picture that I need to see.

Or maybe, I’ll just have to start weeding again.

We have the car and now she will stop the 21 daily calls to me.

I can relax and prepare for Radiothon.

Canada will have to win 4 games in 4 days to win the Gold.

U.S.A. will have to win 3 games in 4 days to win the Gold.

Canada starts with Germany in a 6-11 match up.

USA will either play the winner of Slovakia / Belarus or a Swiss / Norway depending on the Finland / Sweden game.  Because of the 5-3 victory against Canada the US needs a Sweden victory or a Finland victory in overtime to gain the # 1 seed.  I’d rather see them play as the 2 seed and let Finland play the Slovakia / Belarus winner.  We’ve won against Swiss / Norway, and I’d rather play Norway.

Tonight’s game was a tale of 5 sections.

Section 1 : Quick US Score followed by Canada equalizer then the lead back for the US.

The US in the first period used counter attacking to a T and whenever Marty Brodeur decided to get away from the crease, he was punished with shots and two goals.

Section 2: Canada attacking with organized attacks as the US fell into the trap of defending a lead.  They gave up the equalizer and so many times Canada had open looks and Ryan Miller shut them down.

Section 3: The key of the game was here… ACTUALLY scoring on a Power Play.  The US can’t let the man advantage go away with bad passing and barely any shots with a man advantage.  Canada played inspired until the last PP.

Section 4: The Brick Wall of Miller.  You can’t see the Miller Time logo on the back of his helmet but Ryan was IMPRESSIVE! The Buffalo Sabre goalkeeper was everywhere in the crease and made several incredible stick and glove saves.  At any time Canada COULD HAVE tied it up, but every time they had a chance, Ryan just got enough of the puck to send it somewhere else.  By using the Brick Wall of Miller the US had enough counter attacking to change the tempo and momentum of the game.

Section 5: Empty Netter and celebration. Laying down to score a 5th goal may have seemed without value but that 5th goal could be the difference in seeding for the US team.  Now they sit back and get to ice down those injuries.

For the entire game I kept trying to explain penalties and players to Joanna.  All she wanted to talk about was pretty boy Sydney Crosby, and with the exception of the one goal was a  non entity in the game.

My three stars:

3. Chris Drury  Goal and overall attitude!

2. Ryan Miller 42 saves Nuff said.

1. Brian Rafalski 36 year old grandpa of the US team with 2 goals.

In other Olympic news, the US Curling team still sucks.  My favorite goat still found a way to blame everyone else but HIMSELF!  He even had the gall to challenge Brian Smith to make a tough shot and bet him $20 if he couldn’t make it.

Win consistently and then have fun with the side bets GOAT!

But then , that’s my opinion and I’m still waiting for the Goat fanclub to show up and tell me what kind of great guy he is.

AH here they are.

Other things that I know:

• No matter how hard I try, the garage door will have to be looked at after the first of the year.  The stopping in the middle of the way up is annoying as hell!

• Big Win for the Red Raiders last night versus Washington. But it means NOTHING unless you follow it up with a win versus TCU on Tuesday. Winning at home is expected. Winning on the road is where you make your RPI look good for the NCAA’s.
• It’s not the holidays. It’s CHRISTMAS DAMMIT!  I’m so tired of people filled to the brim with political correctness.  The holiday that causes people to wait for deals at 4 in the morning isn’t Kwanzaa, it isn’t Festivus, it’s Christmas.   Stop wasting my time with “Happy Holidays”. It’s either Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah.  All the other imitators need to go away now.
• I know that if  it takes a paid subscription to read your stuff , I won’t be subscribing.
• I’ve wanted it to snow more and more and every time I hear 1- 3 inches expected we get nothing. It’s kinda disappointing. All I want them to say is “this storm won’t drop much” , and then we’ll get three feet.
• That the wedding is closer and what needs to be done are the little things.  But those little things are KILLING Joanna and I now.  If we had a weekend to get it all done it would be easy. But it isn’t . Joanna leaves in 8 days to go home for her final wedding preparations.
• I will say it for the record. I am NOT NERVOUS!  Just depending on other people to take care of certain things are driving me crazy! The wedding planner for the site is horrendous.

Alot of work this week for the wedding with wedding music. I’m putting together the list and the computer with the music on it. I refuse to have the following songs played at my wedding :

We aren’t having a DJ at the wedding reception because :

A. We don’t have the room in the room to have a DJ.

B.  I’m not listening to crap at my wedding. I remember some of the music that the “Alleged DJ” thought would be “perfect” for my first wedding, and watched as the dance floor stayed empty.  We’ll have a great mix of rock , country , a little hip hop. But unfortunately, I can’t have Steel Panther played at the wedding reception otherwise I’d offend the offensive.

C. We have a former XM Satellite PD as our official button pusher/programmer.  Thanks John for helping us out!

D. The usual requests at the wedding are so esoteric that we would rather listen to music that we like rather than what other people like. Maybe that’s a bit selfish, but it is our day. I have no desire to listen to anyone that I can’t stand ie The Macarena, Anything by Vince Gill, Joanna has banned U2 and I’m still wavering on the chicken dance. It may be on the play list but it won’t be pulled out unless I’m feeling right!

One last reunion…

In a way , this may be the last time I’m going to be seeing this group of my good friends together again ever.  Each of the wedding party on my side has a special purpose. In Alphabetical Order:

My best goat blowing friend Joe… What can I say? We toughed out some of the toughest years of our lives with the other encouraging the other.  When he was dealing with Family Auto Spots, I was laughing along with him.  When I was dealing with divorce, he was there to tell me that I would find love again.  As for the goat blowing, its a inside joke.  I was honored to be Joe’s best man at the wedding of him and Ann.

My brother Liam…  He is my tie to my family, been there for the last 29 years supporting me when I wanted to pull away from everyone and hide in Lubbock.  He’s the one who told me to go play cards after Pat died and started me back onto the road of self strength.  I know when the phone is ringing at 1 in the morning that it could be only one man. My brother. I can depend on him.

My college friend Mitchell… who has been there since college, doling out the advice on a when I really needed it basis.  Stayed quiet when I discussed Angie before I got married the first time, but now tells me how Joanna is such a good fit for me. If he approves someone, he will back them up. Also knows where the bodies are hidden and where to hide them !

My work friend Reid… host of donahue.org, instanttragedy.com and my first friend in radio in Lubbock.  We worked overnights , him at FM 99, me at KLLL and yet we’d talk to each other to keep each other awake. Bring the term Eleanor Roosevelt up to him and he’ll tell you a sidesplitting story about screwing with Kelli the overnight woman at Mix. Don’t forget the chicken call and some of the more interesting .

My brother from another mother Shawn… What can I say about Shawn?  We played cards, and helped each other with our poker play. Him to a world series seat, me to a top 6 finish in the APL National Championships. I knew he was a great guy when him and Curtis just listened to me talk to my kids one time back from the lake to Oklahoma City and pulled me aside to say that he knew my pain and he would always be behind me.  Unquestioned friendship. I’d tell you more, but he’d ask for a dollar for the bad beat story.

And there are many other people that I could substitute in there  for almost each of them.  People that have made an impact in my life; Dalby, Hyatt, Ken, Jon, McDermott and the list would continue on and on.  But I chose this fabulous five for this moment.  At this time I needed them, and they will be there.

The days approach to the wedding, and I have no fears.  Except the one where the wedding planner doesn’t call us back.

I found out that I have to be at work at 5A on Friday. Joy. I’m SOOOOOO Excited. Maybe I can get some shopping done before my shift at 9A.

When it rains it pours…

A week ago I didn’t think Joanna and I would have Thanksgiving plans.  Since I work at the aforementioned 5A on Black Friday, I would be unable to have Thanksgiving with either of our families in Hurst and Fredricksburg.

We’ve been busy doing things for other people and getting Jewelry parties set up as well as wedding showers for Joanna and we’ve been too busy to think of what we are going to do for Thanksgiving.  Just Sunday night, her parents asked us what we were doing for T-Day.

I just stared at her as I held her on the couch and said…

“Right now we don’t have any solid plans,” I said clueless to the Big Guy’s plan.

Because my usual single place for Thanksgiving – Dennis and Kristi Simmons , well, he’s the wide receivers coach for Tech and I had it in my mind that he would have practice in preparation for the FRIDAY game and not holding Thanksgiving this year.  Except the game is on Saturday at Jimmy World in Dallas.

So they kindly invited us back for yet another year of shenanigans starting at 2. BTW Kristi cheats at cards.  I’m not kidding, just ask Dee Brown.  But I still hold the Turkey Bowl Trophy for spades against her and my wife to be. (Have I mentioned that they cheat horribly?)

COOL! We are normally done at 7 or so and I usually rolls myself into bed for a nice winters nap.

WRONG

Yesterday we were invited at 7 to the Dalby’s for a Thanksgiving Feast. I love Kym and Mike Dalby. She’s a nurse, he’s a firefighter and there isn’t a bad time that we have EVER had with them.  Every year I find a way to sneak out a Fantasy Football win against him and he is always yelling my name in vain.

By the way GO NEW YORK NASTY BOYS!!!!!

SCORE!  So we get baby Ava time with the Dalby’s because Mike won’t get home from the Fire Station till after 6-6:30.  Every man needs to wind down a bit before he has to carve turkey!

Then this morning at 7:45 in the morning… we were invited to the Kruegers for a Thanksgiving shot of goodwill Thanksgiving morning.

A couple of days ago I was cursing because I felt that Thanksgiving would be a quiet one between Joanna and I.

Now , we will be surrounded by our friends being very thankful that they are in our lives.

Tonight it will be “Go to the wine store and figure out what Lubbock wine will go the best with Turkey!”

I’m a blessed man.

ERROR ! DOES NOT COMPUTE

Now I admit last night I got very frustrated because I was working on an accounting issue for someone I love.  However my English and her English were not meshing.

Because she LEFT SOMETHING OUT!

Now the logical part of me is going crazy because she doesn’t give me all the facts.  It was like this…

“How does 2 +1 = 4? Because it doesn’t!”

“But 2 + 1 + 1 = 4!”

“Where did the other 1 come from?”

“Didn’t I tell you about the other 1?”

“NO!” (red angry face)

“Oops!”

I’m a logical person but in every equation you can’t solve for X if there isn’t a X to solve for.

25 days and I can’t wait.

Each day we get closer and closer, and each day I look more forward to it all being done and she being mine…

FOREVER!

Instant Sean on Facebook

My overall goal is to get Facebook comments to come back to the blog and vice versa.  Anyone who is an expert (WAWFULS!) is welcome to assist

UGH!

Let’s see here, Joe came to the blogosphere, drank all the liquor, tried to taunt my deceased dog, and posted once.

Coming up after the break: Joe’s New Blog, Tech football and wedding thoughts as well as a bunch of others in this Uber (tm Iggy Inc).

Then he got sober and decided to post in his own universe: http://joe-thinkingoutsidethebox.blogspot.com/

Now, I’ve been Joe’s friend for years, and I know stepping outside of the box was difficult.  So was asking a woman out or getting up in the morning.  Joe is shy in front of the mirror. But I wish him good luck in his writing efforts.

I’m waiting for the e-mail “How do I do that?”

Wait for it…

Joe Woodyard November 23 at 9:51am

You’re a moron.
So how do I link yours to mine?

Texas Tech Football

Wedding thoughts:

The Kids

HI ANGIE, SHELBY & WORK!