BO vs BOZ

I haven't blogged in awhile so I am just going to throw stuff out there for everyone.. Quick Note… I will be talking a ton of NBA hoops since the ultimate fantasy season has begun so please ignore any sections marked NBA and you should be ok.. Well you will be stuck with the other meaningless crap I throw out there.. Let's see quick update on the weight all is going well I still can't crack into the 240's but my veal is healing and I began to run last night.. 10,00 steps is a killer I have made it everyday except yesterday which I only hit 9300.. Wow I have gone to fast food twice but I have been able to escape without French fries and a single burger.. Not bad for me.. Ohh before I forget while at my parents my mom wanted to thank me for helping out so she went to Dvincis in Watertown and picked us a up a pizza.. JLO they are still tremendous.. Anyway I was able to control myself and have two normal slices. I know this sound like Tony Robins or whoever that lurchy looking self help freak is but I felt good that I was able to stop.. I have in the past eaten a whole pizza from them so I am feeling pretty good..
So my Dad is recovering from a 3 hour surgery on his wrist.. I hate to be negative..yeah right but it doesn't look good for him to get complete range of motion back.. Man I am mad at myself.. Anyway my dad is trying to get rid of some cows that are troublesome in his words.. In my words dumb and uncontrollable.. So he sold them to a friend with some other good cattle so he would have to take them.. Anyway my Dad is basically useless other than getting in the way and freaking me out since I really don't want him to fall or bump his bad arm.. But he is on Brett Favre vitamins so he thinks he can help.. Well that made worse and I was having so much guilt that I was trying to do to much to help get this fnnnn cows loaded in a trailer.. We took our time but this one old cow was so insane that she stuck her head throw a whole at the bottom of the fence and nearly broke her neck try to flail kick and shit herself out of the choking positions she was in.. Tensions are running high when I try and be the good son and drive the two nice ones in the trailer but I just want it over with so my Dad doesn't hurt himself by helping so I jump in behind these two cows that I believe are in a shoot with no way of going but into the trailer.. Well since the cows and I are of equal intelligence the cow makes the smarter move by realizing that it is 3 times my size even though with size of the my giant cranium the cows unsure of my actual size but it decides to go Bo Jackson on me and thinks behind me is the endzone.. Well I am no Brian Bozworth but I am in the position of flight or fight and being the idiot I am I decided that I can take this SOB but BO jumps high and even though I lack the extra testosterone and mullet I attempt to tackle this beast ( It wasn't that big but it helps the story.. That’s what she said...) BO destroys me I am left to punch the cow in in the throat with all that I have as it blasts me into the gate behind me. My ribs heart and feel like I have been hit by a truck but all in all feels pretty good minus the cow shit all over me.. Short story long we got the cows loaded and no one got hurt..
Quick one I am getting my passport and the lady looks at my passport and says what color do you want me to put down for your hair color and she starts to laugh, for a moment I think..( just put down the color hair that is growing on you’re a$$) but I laugh drive the anger deeper down and say do they have flesh colored which get's her to chuckle.. I really hate people all of them... 100 bucks for a passport yuck..
Vikes
It is not so much you play a team it is when you play them in the NFL.. Seattle was struggling and we played them and we played well to beat them.. I think we would win 3 out of 10 games if they where all healthy but it is what it is..
The vikes don't beat themselves this year and they had some great play from the defense. And when you have a back that just keeps hitting the whole that hard goods things will happen.. I am really impressed with Chester he is just solid in every part of the game.. Hope he stays healthy..
We are playing on Monday night which is bad for the Vikes since the Patriots will be jacked up and they have only lost one game this year and are really starting to play together.. They have a great coach and superior talent.. The vikes are at home but the Patriots play well at domes.. I think these teams are pretty equal but Brady is a great talent and the Pats won't beat themselves.. I score it 21-17 Patriots.. If the vikes can get a turnover they have a chance..

LESS PHAT

I will sing, sing the new.. How long to sing their song.. Sorry Bono had a hold of my brain for minute.. Quick Updates..on my post from Monday.. My dad's break is pretty bad and it looks like he will have those external pins put on his arm for awhile.. He goes under the knife as I type this.. Damn I feel terrible.. It is what it is.. I think I need to explain part of my post last time.. The whole I never feel comfortable post is about me fitting in.. I look like a big dumb ex football player (everybody thinks I was a guard or something due to my porcine shape) but that is just not me.. Those guys are passionate about fishing and hunting and the outdoors I am not.. I enjoy fishing as long as I am with the right people.. But I have no clue about what tackle to use and I don't wade through the Cabellas magazine sweating at the site of a new rapala. It is just like hunting..  I enjoy pheasant hunting but I don't have 14 outfits of different camouflage patterns.. Given the choice of spending 500 bucks on a weekend in North Dakota I would rather spend that money taking my kids to water park or something.. I am not a great Dad or anything I just enjoy those weekends more..I just want to really love something like that so I can really get into it.. I always feel like I am just doing it because that is what guys do.. It has taken sometime but I have stopped doing things just because I am supposed to like it or because that is what guys like to do.. I am going to go the deer hunting shack with my side of the family but I am not going to go hunting because I really don't want to spend 120 or whatever it is now to buy a out of state license. Actually I love the fact that it is expensive since it give me an excuse for not buying it.. So I go up there wake up early and talk with everybody before they rush out to there stands and why they are preparing to stare at desolate woods for 4 plus hours.. I head off to the local greasy spoon and have a giant omelet coffee and I read the newspaper and finish my soduko.. I then go back to camp and take a mid morning nap and put whatever the hunters are going to have for lunch in the oven.. Wake up around noon have lunch with everybody and watch football and when someone comes back to camp after shooting a deer I help retrieve it or hang it with them.  That's just me I really talking to people but I would rather not spend 8 hours staring at a barren woods near the artic circle.. I want to try cross country skiing this winter but I know I don't fit that crowd either.. Anyway I guess we all struggle fitting into molds its just that the big heavy doesn't have any mold to fit in.. Sort of like my pants..  Back on Track..

Weight
I broke a rule of eating at McDonalds when I was driving my dad back but I was able to not have French fries.. One burger is not filling.. I left more hungry then when I came .. But man it tasted good.. The tally this morning was 252 which shocked me since I have not been able to do much since I ripped the veal last week.. Yesterday was the start of the death walk of trying to get 10,000 steps in everyday.. I was able to get that in so I am feeling good.. One day down.. 

Flag of our Fathers
Finally dragged IJ to a movie.. I was kinda pumped for a private ryan movie experience but I was left feeling shorted.. There is nothing wrong with this movie.. It had superb special affects and the acting was ok and the story was ok.. It just never grabbed me.. It was a story that really could be told in one sentence.. The soldiers where exploited to raise money for the war.  It tried to add depth but really it just didn't tell me anything.. I wish it was more of historical film… I didn't feel any emotion.. I just never really cared for the point of view that story was told and I didn't thing the angle on the story added anything..

So I will give it 2.75 baldies just because it was just well done..

Vikings..

Not yet..

More Later
Big less phat out..

LIFE :Just Dumb

I know this is not a shock to anyone who reads this ugly ramble that I spew out every day or so but I am just plain dumb.. I have mentioned several times that I can never really find my niche in the world of being an adult man.. I try hunting fishing or whatever but I just end up wishing I was getting a pizza and going to a movie..
Well my brother and Dad have both tried ATV out and have really enjoyed them. So we decided to go on a 4 wheeling weekend in the Iron Range.. (Special shout out to all my homies from Cloquet..) Everything worked great we met North of the city and headed up Friday night with 4 ATV's in tow.. We make great time park the trailers make our plans for the next day.. My Nephew SD and my Dad and I take jump in the sauna.. Not to self wood sauna seats and slippery bald man are not a good combination. People where staring in this little barrel in wonder as the dried wood bench creaked under the enormous weight.. But all went well we where ready to have a nice relaxing day trail riding.. We arrived at the course and once again I am out of place people are nice and everything else but the people at this course our doing wheelies and spinning donuts and revving up engines which is sort of scary but kind of gets your juices flowing.. This same thing usually happens to me when I smell food.
I am just setting the table of why the event occurred not making excuses for what happened next..
So I quickly cut off my new clothes tags of my manly clothes in an attempt to fit in with the crowd.. I should have just dived into the iron ore water puddled right there and it would have been perfect.. We all put our helmets since it was freezing cold with the plan of taking them off when it warmed up.. Once again dumb.. My brother was nice enough to borrow me his helmet which was an XL which I thought would fit over the giant planet I call a head.. It hurt like crazy but crammed it on and we took off.. I was shocked this is not a trail ride we are on it is in essence a stunt course for people that like to push there ATV's to the limit..And I am being led by 68 year old father who is bounding over these stone moguls like nothing.. So I join in and I start going over them it is a riot and I am just charged up there is puddles or little lakes that you have to avoid rocks and timber and you fly through them spraying this iron water all over it is surreal.. It is so rugged but this machines are amazing they bounce over and crawl over everything.. This course has drops of 50-100 ft that you would not believe you could which you can do with ease.. Your on edge the whole time your dogging trees bouncing over boulders and throwing mud all over the place.. I am having a blast I can't how much fun this is.. Even though about every 20 seconds I am scared out of my mind… But it is strange you kinda get lost in the moment you feel invincible on these things.. You don't feel like you have a torn veal.. And the playing field is leveled my Dad and my nephew are 50 years apart but they are both able to do the same things together.. Well enough of the fun part.. It is getting close to 11:00 and the big heavy needs to eat.. So my Dad says we should take a trail that gets us to the high ground so we can stop have a pop and eat lunch..
SD is our best driver so he leads then Me then Dad then my brother.. We see this signs on the trail that having a squiggly line on them.. If you don't know you should probably take a second to figure out what they mean. But hey we feel invincible my cow doesn't hurt we are all having a blast there is no trail we can't handle. This trail is steep,narrow,slippery,muddy and really throws you around but I have driven this thing for 2 whole hours I am an expert.. (dumbass) So SD being the reasonable one pauses at each turn to make sure it is Ok to keep going.. But I am really dumb because if he thinks he can do it why can't I.. The fact that my dad is behind me is completely lost.. You are in this really survival/testosterone laced mood .. So as we face this steepest most difficult trail I am dumber than usual.. I give SD the go ahead nod and he fires up the trail and he is bouncing and spinning all over but he makes it to the top.. It was scary to see but I am blinded but everything that happened previous and I hammer this huge 700cc four-wheeler up the trail. And I fly up this hill with blood in my eyes when I get to the top I feel as though I have just reached Everest. But just as I holler out like I had actually done something myself instead of riding this engineering dream up this slope.. It dawns that my father is behind me (Why didn't I think of him you dumb ass heavyd) I hear my brother yelling to my dad to not shift but keep going because he looked at this hill and said no way was he going to even attempt it..
5 seconds later I hear my brother yell out.. I need help.. Dad's hurt it is really bad.. Nothing hurts me anymore I leap off my atv and SD and I fly across the slippery slope down to my Dad.. My brother is right my Dads head is covered in blood and he is laying on his side saying that he broke his arm.. It has to be something worse he flipped the ATV twice all of the force came down on him and the only ground below contained nothing but sharp Rocks.. The ATV is crushed and laying upside down in the trail.. We are in the middle of nowhere my Dad is bleeding all over and we are in the middle of a trail with very few options to get down.. My brother and I quickly come up with a good plan to get him to an emergency room as quick as possible.. My Dad is tougher than nails and is as calm as anyone and he has the strength to hold his broken arm and shimmy down the hill we where trying to keep him awake and we did not want him to have the bone push through the skin so we did not put him on the back of an ATV to risk further injury... I am not sure how or why but we flipped his ATV back on its wheels bend the handles somewhat straight the big heavy was a wee jacked up.. Everything worked perfectly my brother was able to find flat ground and drive my dad back to our vehicles and get Dad to a hospital within 30 minutes of the accident happened..

My Dad ending up having a broken arm and needed stitched for his face but I was able to get him back to his home before night fall. His arm might require surgery but he is in great shape considering.. All because he had his helmet on was he able to survive..
I will never go on a trail like we did that day again.. But I will continue to take the nice safe trails from this day forward.. No moral to this story.. It is just simple when you ride a motorcycle or ATV or whatever wear a helmet.. Don't be stupid.. The ATV did not hurt my Dad poor judgment did.. When I look back on this if I would have just used my head we would have had a great weekend but you live and learn..

I will blog on the vikings later.. I don't have time to even look at this post it was just a straight upchuck of the events. I apologize to BS who struggles reading it daily I might call him and read it for him.

Wounded Veal

I have no topics to blog about lately since I haven't done anything other than lay around and try and repair the Holstein. The muscle tear must not have been good It has a concentrated bruise that is really starting to look ugly but I am trying to walk as much as possible and get the blood flowing through there so I think I must be on the road to recovery.. I need to be.. I am going 4 wheeling this weekend. So anyway today the post is going to have no structure so I am just really going to throw crap out.. Baseball playoffs no one cares.. I don't know why but I thought I would try and watch a little preseason hoop to see if the wolves would spark my interest. I still love the wolves but I mean it is just so hard to watch.. BS sent me an article that I was thinking the same thing.. The Wolves have no identity they have no style they have no strength they have no future .. A couple of quick impressions KG is getting some Chris  Weberidus in his body he still gets it done he just looks lethargic and slow moving the energy is there he is just lost some of his explosive playmaking.. It could be preseason and all or it could be the pounding is taking it out of ticket or it could be he looks around and sees no chance of winning.. Mike James is very Cassel like he should have a nice year for the wolves..The front court is the worst in the NBA I can't think of a worse team unit than the wolves. They have no depth no strength no height no scoring ohhh. They are bad here.. The backcourt is average that has a chance to be pretty good with Mcants,Foye and James.. Tdud makes me sick.. I am bored with Ricky D he gets destroyed playing defense I am not sure he is any better than Wally on the d end. Ok more observations on them later..

The weight is going really well I am not breaking any rules and I am not gaining anything even though I am unable to do anything other than work and lay around.. Just some uncomfortable moments I need to get out there.. FT is traveling for work (and he is not the most relaxed person in the world) and he is sitting on the plan when a person sitting behind him whose name lacks vowels starts praying to Allah as the plane takes flight.. Apparently FT is quite unnerved by this chanting and moves his seat so he can watch his actions throughout the flight.. I don't know why but that just cracks me up.. So I meet with our small group from our church and we are having a fun night where we just get together and socialize.. So the couple hosting the party has this beautiful deck in the back of their house and they have one of these little portable fireplace things that we are all sitting around.. I have never really used one of these I thought they where stupid.. They are not it is pretty cool.. Anyway we play this game Outburst as a team guys against the girls.. The game is like the family feud where there are 10 answers to the topic stated and you try to guess as many as you can as a team.. Well all is going well with topics like characters on the Flintstones and whatever but a few turns later.. The guys get this topic famous porno films and characters.. So here I sit with my Church group hmm and for some reasons the women decide to test the men and see how many they can.. This sends my head spinning I don't know this people well enough to start saying Johnny the Wad or DeepThroat well I could go but the guys are all looking at each other and wondering what answers are common answers or if an answer is going to make you look like a raving pervert. I ended up saying nothing more than behind the green door and linda lovelace.. Why does that stuff happen..   I know this is weak today but really I don't care..

Vikes should probably break out their offensive funk this weekend.. I am betting this game is high scoring I will say Vikes 27 Seattle 30..  

HeavyD Out

Torn Cow

 I  was feeling so good…

I managed to get up at 5:00 on Saturday morning to play hoops… Not sure if  I was motivated by the breakfast after or watching SW and FT play actual hoops instead of watching shrek bang around for the larva I mean ball..

So I had two good games.. My idea of two good games is I didn't hurt anyone I grabbed a few boards and I made a shot.. I was just wondering if this was too good to be true.. I had lost some lbs I was feeling good and I was going to have a hot breakfast in less than an hour.. Well it was too good to be true I was pretending that I could still make quick plays on the basketball court so when a poorly thrown lob was thrown up the court I was going to make a quick cut and steal the ball.

Well in case I have not told you this before.. I am not in real good shape and I am smidge overweight.. So when I lunged for the ball I really thought someone kicked me or tripped on my calf because I heard this sort of low pop noise.. But when I looked back no one was there. It felt like some had taken an ax and hit me in the calf. It was like having the worst charlie horse of your life..  So like a walrus sliding across an iceberg I mannaged to pull myself to the edge of the court.  If crying would have eased the pain I would have done it but I couldn't.. This is sad to admit but as I was slithering across the court I was wondering if I could still make breafast this morning.. I am not trying to be funny it just shows how and why the big D remains heavy.. So I have been icing it and trying to stay off but it basically feels like I have had a charlie horse since that morning..  

I am going to blog on this tommorow but it looks like the big heavy needs to hang it up on any sport that requires sudden movement.. I think you will see me with those really odd looking white walking shoes in a mall near you..

I have not broken any eating rules but I need to feed the rage soon..

I am big angry and from this point forward I have a torn cow.. You get the joke just thought it was too easy..
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Not much

Simple but weird.. I am really late to the web cam thing.. So I just started using since it since is so easy to use with skype.. Just some quick observations.. It is really fun with your kids since so much of their communication is non verbal.. I have not seen DenverJ in awhile so it was sort of surreal to see him this morning.. DenverJ works from home so he looked a little rough around the edges.. He should eat more it would round him out.. If you have limited bandwidth on the upstream you are going to disappointed with your service.. IJ has DSL and I am not sure if it is the computer or the connection but it gets pretty garbled up.. My parents bought some new furniture so while I as talking to my dad he swung the camera around to see it.. It is what it is but it definitely is something I will continue to use..

Weight
I have not broken a rule yet so all is going well.. It helps when things are a little tight financially since you really can't afford snacks or going out to lunch..  I have an outside chance of being down a 10 spot by next week.. I have another rule that might just kill me but it is simple so I am going to give it a shot.. No matter what I am going to 10,000 steps in a day.. I wish I didn't have so much pressure down on my feet it truly kills my feet.. It's kinda like the Eggroll before the chicken… Wait a minute I am really hungry that just slipped out…

Music
Live Album-The Bottom Line (Dec 2001)/early show
- Have to agree  with BS thunder road is rock solid.. If you love Bern.. He is no Huey Lewis..

Movies
I have not seen a thing in the last month.. IJ has decided to Boycott the movie industry so there goes my movie guy..

Books
I am reading a tremendous book.. Extremely loud Incredibly Close.. This book makes you weep, laugh, feel, understand, live in shoes that you would never live in .. It is not a simple read but the characters and the viewpoint is just so tremendous you will not be able to put it down.. I am approaching the end of this book and I don't want it to end.. 

Nothing
Is anybody watching the baseball playoffs.. Not sure why but they just bore me this year.. I think SW is going to hoops on Saturday that should be fun.. I am playing age of the empires again still love that game.. Once again life is good not sure how to feel about that.. So let me get this straight when normal people are at work they are not in constricting pain all day.. I still need lose a 6 year old or two but my fat pants feel good..  


I got a whole lot of nothing..
Biggie Small
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Snow

Ahh I have learned a lot from IJ.. I used to hate the winter but what he said really hit home.. When it is cold outside you really shouldn't be out there.. There is no guilt about staying in side and relaxing.. There is nothing out there you should be doing.. It is freeing.. So let it get cold… The weight thing is going great.. IJ 256 after breakfast.. It has been slow and steady.. I just need to get on big arse up on the treadmill now that we don't have 3 kids practices a week.. My brother and I where trying out skype video last night. It isn't perfect but it adds something and will make you feel a little closer when you are traveling away from home.. I use it to call my wife from work which is weird but very functional.. My brother asked me why I am growing my foo.. Its simple if I don't put some hair on my head you can't tell if I am coming or going.. It really is the same reason I shave my arse.. Ohh that's a mental image..

TV
Some good shows out there.. Heroes is just so different it is good. I am not sure I am buying sunset strip anymore it just's seems to be laboring on what the show is about but it is still well written and acted. Lost has my head spinning I wish that show was two hours.. You can't  compete with the office for gut busting humor.. I don't watch Earl anymore I just don't think that formula for humor is funny.  As a fatman the biggest loser is something I don't miss I just so understand those people.. Even though most of them are masking there problems with food.. Wait a minute …  Ok.. The big heavy really understands that..

Tpups..
I just can't drink the Koolaid on these guys this year.. Every little "gotta be patient with the rookies"  quote or whatever infuriates me.. I would like one NBA that doesn't say that we are focusing on defense.. Flip said it every year..  Maro Jaric said he is working on playing small forward why doesn't work on being basketball player…  Try hustling playing defense shooting.. See I have lost perspective.. They need to gut this team and take 5 years to rebuild this team.. They give me no reason to watch them.. When are they on TV this preseason?

 

Afternoon Edition

Jottings
So much bitterness so little blog space.. Actually I am not very bitter today I am quite happy. I am approaching the end of 30 days of a chest/sinus cold.. I have not over eaten in 7 days.. My pants don't hurt as bad as usual. It is sad but I feel like I finally have control over my eating which pretty much dominates my life.. Although we did walk through casettas on our walk today.. I think I put on three lb's just smelling the food.. Man I love food.. Well what the heck am I doing with myself. I never mention my job here because it bores me to discuss it but I am going to be doing some pretty tough stuff for me in the next year so I might lose some focus on the whole blog but I will do my best..

I am sure there is a clinical name for this but I am not sure how to handle situations when things are going well. I don't have this often but it really bothers me when it is this way.. So I am going to ride this good vibe for the next few days/hours and see where that takes me.

Vikings

They have a bye week so I really can't critique anything.. Oh yeah I can I think we can do our first quarter grades and thoughts.. First of all let me say that the Vikings organization is doing leaps and bound better than it was last year at this time.. I think they got the best first time head coach of the bunch.. BUT.. Childress is a very inexperienced play caller.. He is getting out coached each week when the teams switch up the D after the first drive he gets lost in his own scheme.. He also has a team of solid players but not one exceptional player or playmakers on offense.. But hey I am not going to second guess I have the same problem with Madden. (Ohh that is sad that I say things like that.) But here we go on our grades..

Offense as a whole D+

They have not had a big play or done anything other than hold the ball and wait for other teams to make a mistake.. This unit has lost games for the team but has not won any.. The only time they have scored about 20 is when the D scored twice and they where playing Detroit.

Oline F
This is the weakness of this team and it is the only unit that is not performing like they are paid.
QB A-
He is about the cheapest starting qb in the league and he is playing above that number and he has played up to his potential.
RB B-
Chester Taylor is not great but has stayed healthy runs hard catches the ball and plays everydown.. Mewelde is non-existent in this offense I think they could utilize him more maybe in a two back set at least that would get rid of one of our sorry wide receivers we play.

WR D -
They are not open and when they are they drop the ball fumble you name it.. Troy Williamson is close to being a bust..He was drafted 7th and he is nonexistent in most games.. This might the least effective in the NFL.

TE Incomplete
Childress does not know how to get the ball to the tightend. They have talent here it is just not being utilized..

Special Teams C
Punting D+ Kluwe has taken a huge step back from what he did last year.. He has shanked the ball in key situations.. He had a nine yard punt I am being kind to give him a D.. That pretty much sealed the game against Buffalo..

Kicking B
Why the B.. This guy kick great field goals but he can't kick the ball off past the 10.. It is huge to make teams drive 80 yds for a scored instead of 60 or 65 yds..

Defense A
Coaching is great with same talent as last year.. They have one games for the team.. They have kept this team in ever game this year.. Nobody has slowed down Chicago other than this defense. They have 4 guys that I think our Pro Bowl material Pat and Kevin Williams, Darren Sharper, Antoine Winfield.. I think that says it all.. We can play with any team if they play this well the whole year.

Tpups tommorow..

DD Life 06

Weight
As a courtesy to IJ I am not going to post my weight as often but I will give you updates periodically.. I had a good weekend eating, working out.  I played hoops on Saturday morning.. I use the term play loosely.. And then spent an afternoon splitting and stacking wood.. It was a beautiful  day to just be outside.  No rules broken..

12 years
DD turned twelve on Saturday.  I can't tell you why that is such a significant number for me or him but it just is. I know we all have relationships with our kids and they are growing evolving and changing everyday but our relationship is not normal in that there are so many boundaries between he and I.  DD is not able to carry on long conversations let alone long sentences so it is difficult for him to tell me how he really feels but in the most unique ways he does better than anybody I have ever met.  For me to really connect with my kids I have to get them in their element and away from the rest of the family and stop being a Dad for a minute and relate to them as a person that is not going to correct or judge or change the way they feel. (With CD (nine year old)  this is an easy thing to do since he has his dads "gift" of just throwing it all out there and it couldn't be easier for a parent to talk to him since he is so open and honest and loves to communicate with adults.)  With D it is a simple game of playing catch in the front yard.. (He is usually the "Quarterbacker" in D's mind why would you have linebacker and not a quarterbacker.. He has a point) But to get to the point of this reflection.. I spent 10 years trying to be both ends of the communication and guess how he feels and finish sentences for him when he struggles and try to fill in and help when we where attempting a conversation. That was just to make me feel like I was having a conversation and not letting the true DD come out.. So now we go outside and talk about the twins score and who the Vikings are going to play next week and who the packers are going  to lose to.. And guess what everyone once in awhile he tells me how hard it is to grow up being him… And how he wishes that he could read better or run faster or have more friends at school. It hurts to hear it and quite frankly it is difficult to write it.. So you know how your kids tell you they love and they really mean it but sometimes they tell you something that they really feel and it hurts you but it brings you closer and helps you understand the person inside it makes all of this parenting stuff worth it.  I was pretty sick awhile back and was gutting it out at one of the practices for CD and DD wasn't feeling too well either so we where riding together home and I just didn't feel like talking or being a Dad for that matter. But with DD you seize any moment  that he is trying to get something across to you so he starts rubbing his shoulders like I do for him.. And he says something that I will never forget… Dad your not feeling good hunh.. Yeah D I am feeling pretty crappy… Dad I will always be there for you no matter what.   I have told DD since well since forever when he was down or upset about things that no matter what happens to you I will always be there for you.  As the tears welled in my eyes driving down the road I thought I would return the favor and tell him much I appreciated what he said.. DD in his own way got me back on the right track and asked me if the Twins where on tonight.. Enough I just can't tell you how much that kid has taught me I thought I would share it on his birthday .. 

Here is a cool updated on DD's football 
DD's two football coaches so completely get sports that gives us all hope.. DD's team was in the championship game on Saturday and they where ahead by a touchdown or two so in the last seconds the coach who has been calling plays for him to score touchdowns all year but DD is so afraid of getting crushed he pretty much freezes and the opposing kids rip off his flags runs over to the opposite of the field and talks to the other coach and officials that they would like everyone to take it easy for the last play they are going to give DD the ball.  Well the other team agrees to it and DD's team pitches the ball to DD and another kid grabs DD by the Jersey to get him to run and DD's runs the ball for 20-30 yds I couldn't see as you can imagine.. DD came off the field with his helmet smiling from ear to ear and the team.. He knows this will be his last year of football as a player but he can always tell everyone that he is a football player..   Yeah D you are…  as usual you get more out of life than anyone I know.  DD always likes to tell everyone how is Dad used to be a football player..  Now it is my turn to tell everyone my son DD is a football player..  Well as DD would tell me get back to the Vikes

Vikings
What a waste of time.. I will blog on this later.. When I have had a chance to come up some positives on this game.. The Defense was just great.. Pat Williams was the mvp last year and is again this year.. More on them later..

Twins
Thanks for the great season.. I hope every season regardless of sport can be as fun as you where to watch.. Not bitter for one minute about losing.. They will only get better..

BIG OUT

Love to hear comments

I have nothing for today short of loving our current weather.. GO TWINS..

Comments
I do have some ideas for topics that I would like everyone to post one.. Don't be jackass when you read this..But If you had to rank the electronic items in your life that if they broke you need a suitable replacement within the week or the day and why.

I don't want stove,fridge,lightbulb or someother neccessity.

1.  Satelite Dish/reciever for obvious reasons like prestine picture quality and the ability to watch the twins,twolves and gophers.. (TV is to obvious since everyone has at least two they can always fall back on an old one in a pinch)

1a.  Tivo/DVR for me it is one of the perfect devices that entertain me yet make my family life a whole lot better.. For example on any normal weekday we are either outside or going to church or practice and we never hesitate to do anything like that because we really like a show or a game (Not the vikes I have to watch them close to live insane but all me). I have  never missed an episode of the office or Lost or whatever because one of my kids wanted to play catch or read a book or whatever. Typically my wife and I do not have the TV on in our house until the kids are in bed and we have moment to relax talk about the day and enjoy some the shows we like together.. I know you have people like BS that say I don't watch that much TV.. They do watch less mostly because when they sit down at 9:30 or whatever nothing is on so they sit and flip through the dials and watch crap.  95% of my TV watching is tivoed that means I can watch 2 hours of TV in about 1:20 minutes.. So if you have a life yet want to relax for an hour or so and watch some quality programmning get a dvr or tivo..   I do have to give big props to M5/DenverJ who started this whole thing for me 7 years ago.. By the way my orginal 7 year old tivo still works flawlessly..

2. This is a tough one I am going to go with HighSpeed Internet. Since it allows me to work from home when needed and provides me phone access to my family and my entire family uses it on a daily basis.

3. Ipod  A year ago I would have never guessed this.. I take it everywhere I go I am able to listen to all the music I really enjoy.. I average about 3 hours a day of listening to it.. Plus you can watch a movie or a TV show.. I can get an album the day it is released and be enjoying that evening..

4. Not sure on this one so I will go with a DVD player since I still average about a movie or year throughout.. 

I don't know where to stick this but I love high def sports and television the sound and clarity of the picture really add something to watching.. Gives the goods shows like lost and CSI better than DVD sound and picture quality..

I could do more but I will probably change based on other people's thoughts..

Weight 258 and holding strong no rules broken.. Walked a good 3-4 miles yesterday.. Pants hurt less but still have 75% of them that I cannot wear.. DD is turning 12.. Not joking but what a great 12 years.. I will post on this later..

Ok that's it for the early morning edition..
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I LOVE FALL!!!

MiscOk.. I am feeling positive today not sure why but I am going to attempt an all positive vibe.. Maybe it was the shows I watched last night.. If you are not a fan of lost your missing out. The High Def is outstanding the story is different.. The acting is decent for tv and once you watch it you will be hooked.. IJ said this a few posts ago but I really enjoy when a movie suprises you.. That was lucky number slevin.. It is pretty violent but it had a certain cool slickness to it all.. The dialogue was pretty witty and thd story line is pretty interesting…

New Shows
Ohh another show that I have started to really like is Heroes.. It is an intersting new story that entertains a little note of caution this is not a Kid show JLO there is a ton of violence/Blood in this show maybe that's why I like it. I am really liking the studio 60 show it is just well acted written and peformed..

Twins
Normally after the Twins lose in the playoffs or whatever I am pretty down but not this year.. These guys have been playin their guts out since June to get into the playoffs. It is a good experince for a young team and they will be better down the road.. I am not a Torii lover but people get a grip he did not cost the team that game.. The fact that they scored 4 runs in two games is the reason they are losing.. By the way much props to Boof he migh just be the real deal..

Vikings
Trying to stay positive.. I think they will be 9-7 so 2-2 is doable with the teams they played.. Detroit is the first must win so we will see how they perform when they should beat a team.
The equation is simple if they run the ball and average 4-5 yds they will win this game.. I still don't think our line and back is good enough to run when team's expect it.. I hope they throw early and run once they get the backers of the line some.. The Vikes will beat detroit 24-13 it will be worse if the D gets a few breaks and gets an interception.
--------IJ PLEASE SKIP-------

Weight
On a bright note I am now 258.5 I know that looks ugly to you that are not weight challenged but it is a nice start for me.. I have not broken any rulest to this point. So a guy that I work with says we should do a BMI contest to see how low we can get our BMI well lets just say that I have to lose forty lbs just to be considered on my deathbed.. I am going out for a walk (waddle).. Don't you just love fall.

Great Pizza
I know this is really shouldn't follow my weight post but if you have not tried

Red Savoy Pizza

in st. paul it is amazing.. i could eat all I wanted yesterday for free but I had one piece.. Again I am trying to eat what normal people would eat.



That's I am out
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Squeeze Me, Press Me, Make Me Wine

Relax get through it everything will be ok.. I have a whole lotta nothing today so I am just going to ramble.. Saw this great bumper sticker today "Squeeze Me, Press Me, Make Me Wine" I was so interested to see what hot chick would have that sticker on her car that I quickly accelerated to take a look.. To my horror it was a large effeminate man in a beret.. Ish.. Moving On. I am having no luck getting rid of this sinus infection I now taste blood most of the day and my teeth ache maybe that is why I am so angry bitter.. Ok.. I need to generate some good karma so I will try and be positive some.
Weight
I broke no rules yesterday.. I was sick most of the afternoon but I didn't binge my fever or overeat my cold both seem to have worked for me in the past.. Just a note regular people don't enough I am hungry most of the time.. All that being said the scale was kind to me 260.5. I understand the fat black guy that one American idol is down 50 lbs from 450 wow that dude is big.. Do you ever wonder how much you would have to eat to tip the 3 bill or 4 bill mark… I guy can dream can't he.. I am hungry even though I am eating a healthy bowl of oatmeal in the morning.. I hope my stomach shrinks so the pain will stop it should be filled with blood and sinus drainage today which should.. Anyway it feels good to have some control over myself..

Twolves
Not sure what to think of a team that had these quotes this early in the season.. Triple Double wanna be "I had a sore groin so I was not able to play defense last year." Not sure if he is aware of it but your groin is not attached to your effort. Tdud "I hope this year I am able to practice left" Well that should inspire the troops. MasterB missing his plane back to MPS since he had to deal with some personal problems back in Houston (Apparently the flight did offer in flight porn like his SUV so he opted out of the flight. Casey said that he is going to focus on defense at this camp.. I was hoping they would work on getting taller so one of their eight guards could grown into a power forward..

Twins
Twins win today 5-2.. Boof is on the loose.. Cuddy will hit 1 dinger. Mauer will get two hits. And Rondel White will make a great catch in left ok lets not get carried away.. The twins will be tight today I just hope they can get to Loiza early and get the tension out ..

Sick and Tired
Less heavy
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Bitter Start For October

The Big heavy was taken out yesterday. Sinus infection meds all attributed to my failure to post.. I am angry today so be prepared for some bitterness..

Twins
First of all would a miraculous end to a magical season.. (Are you aware that Cuddy does magic.. Sorry just sick of the little pieces that are going to be thrown in by the National announcers.. ) I know it was great that they won the division and all but it sucks for us working stiffs that all the games are on in the afternoon on weekdays.. If we played the Yankees it would have been prime time.. So I am mad at Detroit for getting swept by KC. So what is everyone's prediction on the first series.. I think that if Cytana pitched well and they beat the A's today they will probably win in 4 games.. If they lose today they will lose in a close 5 game series.. Really we need Boof to be as good as he was in Sept.. And radke to pitch decent for 5 innings.. I just have a feeling that the twins are going to struggle to get more than 2-3 runs a game.. What do you guys think..

Weight
I have decided to try a new technique to try lose some weight each day that I post I am going to try and weigh that morning or at lunch.. It was ugly at the Doctor's office yesterday this nice nurse takes a look at the scale when I am crushing it and then back at me and then straight to my midsection.. If she could have read my mind it I was saying I carry a lot of weight in my ass hence the zuba like sweats I am wearing.. So I will post any of my eating failures and my current weight that day.. I have a simple plan this time..
No fast food.. No eating after 7:00 PM and eat normal people portions.. So Here it is I am currently 220 Ohh I wish that was it without my giant Ass.. I weigh 240 no that was quite awhile ago.. Ok I am exactly 251 nope that is my goal for the end of October.. I am 261.5 big ones.. Ouch and that is down some… Please mock and ridicule that is the goal.. I have not Broken rules since I started this at 7:AM today.. Impressive..

Vikings
Our offensive line is horrible I am sick of every week the excuse comes out that we are facing a great defensive line.. Umm I think or left side should be the best in football according to salary.. Birk is washed up or lost out there.. Fatkinney is playing worse each week. Hutchinson is just servicable..And the right side is a joke but at least they are cheap.. This team is going to have to play lik philly they are going to have to throw to run… Our line is not good enough to run and enforce are will on them.. Johnson is playing Ok but he is nearly 40 what do you expect him to carry the team.. We should have drafted an offensive player to add some playmaking ability to this team.. I am thinking a back whose name sounds like tenderoni would have been a nice asset instead of an often injured, undersized 2nd best linebacker from Iowa. The receivers are horrible catch the ball make a play do something or get off the field.. Our D coordinator is doing a great job with the same talent as last year.. I can't say anything except that he needs to have a few guys make a play on a pick or something.. This offense might be one of the worst in the NFL.. They have scored 2 TD's in 4 weeks and the one last week was the other team backing off hoping for them to run out of clock which they did.. Childress is really struggling with play calling he can't develop any rhythm to the offense since they cannot run the ball at all.. I would look at giving the rookie a shot at the center position see who is the better guard between Hick and Johnson and move someone else into to play the right tackle.. I am betting next week you will see the vikes throw about 80% and see if that will give our pathetic line a chance at some bs run yardage..
Coaching--- take some risks and put the ball in the air and make these receivers touch the ball more maybe that will help them catch it when they get the deep shot.. The vikes are so boring I can hardly watch them the second time..(That is pathetic) Ok.. More on that this week.. I bet you will see a change in the Oline after the bye with a new starter or something..

Twolves
I am just so frustrated with the front office I have nothing to say other than pathetic.. The ostrich sticks his hand in the beaches of Bemidji or wherever he goes up north and does nothing this off season.. The end result is 8 guards with the most senior of them wanting to limit the number of practices before the season begins wow that makes for great trade material.. I would flat out cut him.. I wish it where football where you could just cut him.. They have a front court of a masturbating/movie watching/drinking/driving forward to go along the KG and a bipolar drunk who hasn't played well in a decade.. Hey kids this should be fun to watch.. I am going to watch this to see how good the rookie is and to watch KG everyone else is a joke.. I would kick Mchale out of our fantasy basketball league if he had a team of eight guards.. Taylor wake up just because he is from Minnesota that we are going to tolerate this… I am hoping Stern will ban McFail from making anymore trades involving draft picks so the next guy has a chance at all.. This is really depressing.. I am out..



Really Heavy and Sick
Go Twins

Sports Yap

Twins
This is getting ridiculous they come up with new ways to win every night.. Radke pitched with a broken shoulder.. Are you kidding me.. Breaking News Radke mixed his pain medication with some supplements and he had to have his stomach pumped.. No that is the idiot in Dallas who is popping pain pills for his sore hand… I am so sick of that guy he wants attention so bad that he pretends to kill himself.. He is pathetic.. Anyway.. The chances of the twins beating AJ and sox are pretty minuscule hey so are the chances of coming back from 12 games down.. What a year.. CY young winner.. Batting champ Winner.. Almost Rookie of the year.. Almost MVP… What a ride.. Ok back to reality.. I really want them to play the yankees in 5 games instead of 7 but it is what it is..

Vikings
Not sure what to think this week.. I think our defense is better than the Bills. I think the offense is a tossup.. Our kickoff coverage and punting game is horrible.. We have a solid field goal kicker.. They are weak against the run.. I think the Vikes will win by 3.. The only way they win by more than 3 is if the O line plays average.. Right now they are playing terrible..

Twolves
They start on Monday with 8 guards wow this is going to be a tough season.. Yuck.. But this is the last year of the ticket so I am going to enjoy it anyway..


Life
Life is how, you feel right now

Big Bald
That's it

Wedding Recap

I will try not to embellish this account.. But it seems to bad to be true..I know the wedding is going to be stressful since all of them are to the family members involved.. I say that... But as a man I have never been nervous or tense at a wedding unless I am an usher..(Cut to 1990 and I am on my hands and knees in front of a church( we will call "Trinity" for this tale) on a cold December evening. I am poised with the other C friends of the groom being harped on by the brides mother to get the 100 or so odd candles lit in bags lining the walk. As the soot covers my third degree burns while lighting the 37th bag I wonder why I paid a 100 dollars to be in this wedding.. no make that around the wedding because you aren't in the wedding party the ushers just look like they are.. sort of like the waiters or a butler.. Or when you are a son in law.. Easy heavy.. But hey JLO it was worth it I might my first wife that night.. ) Ok so I don't want to stress my wife or anyone else out but I tell them to not worry about my three kids that morning..

Ouch how do you get three boys fed,showered,and in tuxes and arrive at the church at 12:15 looking perfect.. To make this short story long I managed to feed the kids early... washing them up quickly.. and getting the cuff links in as they jumped in the van.. I side benefit was I was able to use there tears to wet down their hair before I combed it. (Not a fun thing to stress the big heavy out) Oh.. I forget I also had to pour myself into a suit and shave the top half of my body.. No I didn't shave my chest or armpits.. Wait a minute what's left .. Well I figure I would eliminate anything that would restrict me being able to fit in my suit pants..Ohh bad mental picture… But wait I had this amazing moment apparently the stress of trying to find a new job made me more porcine than usual my suit pants were lose on me.. So I took out this circa 1995 tie and strapped it around my polish sausage neck just allow my bulbous bald head to pop out the top.. Basically I look like a walking falic symbol… But I feel great because my pants are loose.. I arrive to church on time before any other groomsmen but hey I feel like I climbed Everest.. One of the guys says he was a little late with having to get his tux on and all.. I thought about tackling him to the ground and beating him with his shiny rental shoes but I just laughed. I said hi to my wife in front of most of the groomsmen (she looked amazing in her dress) Most of the groomsmen gave me the look of oh well you must have been somewhat attractive at what point in your life to get her .. But hey you can't be good looking and smart.. Wait a minute please read all previous post.. Strike two…

I hurry the kids into the church before they get dirty on my watch.. But I am stopped by the Personal A or whatever they call the women ushers.. Anyway she says you must be Pat.. (Oh I would love to know the description they had for me) Yes he will be the happy athletic guy that bring his kids to the church. Anyway.. Too Easy.. So she says could you help me since your probably not busy keeping your kids from playing in the Catholic holy water can you help me do the only thing I have to do today.. I say sure because I am married and am never allowed to say " no I am kinda busy right now".. So I go out to her car and she says can you lift this cooler out and bring it in the church.. " Ok I will" but as I am rolling it along with my self up the stairs to the church she hands me two glass jello bowls to balance in my free hand. I guess her satchel and the bag of chips was quite a load for her to carry.. So as I balance the door and hurry the cooler into the church the entire cooler spills out.. Spilling the non blessed water out in the front of the church.. We are talking a lot of water and cans of pop and water bottles and everything else..I fall to my knees without the aid of the pew kneeler and so as not to drop the Jello bowls and start throwing the cans in before the wedding party sees this mess.. The PA comes in right as I am picking up the cans and says wow how did that happened and proceeds through into the church without even stopping to help me. I don't panic I let the anger simmer as not to freak the wedding party out.. So I quickly run through the church hoping not to run into anything or anybody I shouldn't looking for a mop or something to get this huge mess cleared up before the wedding begins.. So three alter boy closets later I stumble on the mop and rush through the church and mop up the mess roll up the mats in the front and I happened to tear my hand up on the mop handle.. Let's just say I was about to explode when I rushed the broom back the closet.. I ran back to see if anybody might need more help and come up with excuses for the water dripped throughout the church..

Ohh this was not enough they assigned my two oldest boys the junior usher the duty of giving out programs to everyone.. Seem simple enough but apparently there was not enough programs for everyone to have.. So they want my kids to only give one program per couple or family.. Well my kids had a hard time determining who should get what so I was told to supervise them and by the way try and get some action shots.. It got to the point where the old ladies where pulling programs from my kids because they wanted one for themselves and their husband.. In the grand scheme of things I think they might want to think about getting enough 5 cent programs for everyone.. I could go on but I did a ton of things to make sure that things went smoothly and my kids didn't take away from the day for everyone else.. So the day after the wedding my wife and mother in-law look at me and say did you get any pictures of the boys handing out programs.. "I'm sorry I didn't have the camera on me then" Oh that would have been nice.. They look away disappointed.. As usual then.. So that turned out good…

I love weddings..



TWINS.. THE BEST SEASON EVER… Enough Said..

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Nothing about Nothing

So much to blog about so little time. I will break them up into separate posts throughout the week.. No crap I will just do Minnie posts for each..

WHS 86
The football half time thing was just as I expected. The good part was seeing people that I had not seen in nearly 20 years.. I won't bore you with the details wait a minute I already have.. The turnout was pretty good short of a few key people that I would liked to have seen especially 22 and the juke box hero sorry way inside.. Mostly everyone appears very happy with their lives or at least gave the impression they did.. It was pretty cool to see JD get inducted into the Hall of Fame.. I am a little biased on this but to mean he was the most elusive running backs I have witnessed in a high school game.. One thing pissed me off was that the royals had all new uniforms.. They have blue helmets,shirts and pants.. They look ridiculous I miss the ugly red white and blue.. But hey if your team is horrible you might as well change uniforms.. That wasn't nice but true.. On a sad note they gave us a old uniforms to keep and wear out there.. Well I am quite certain that my uniform in particular must have been dried to long because it had really shrunk.. In fact if I could have had some navel jewelry I would have been able to showcase it.. (The Mental Picture is sickening.) I might post more on this later but all of the old coaches came back and we sat in a circle at a local bar and the head coach went through the origin of all the old stories including the HOW attack.. The don't touch the ball after it bounces on a punt..JLO.. Pain and Injury.. It was priceless.

Vikings
The vikes took Chicago's best shot and could and probably should have won that game.. I am little upset but if you play to stay close your going to lose to good teams.. Grossman is weak but the bears are a good team.. I think the vikes will be better when they face them again and I think the bears will be worse.. Are O line is playing very poorly.. Mainly because birk is doing nothing up front short of OLE blocking.. The Coach made a key mistake when they threw deep on the last play but hey he took a shot kinda like the fake field goal.. He is no confidence in his Offense to score and they haven't done anything to prove him wrong.. Tomlin gets my game ball he has taken the same guys as last year and put in a new defense and has made a very poor defense to a top 15 defense.. So anyway good game poor execution near the goaline way too many penalties but I like the effort on everyone..
Smoot is going to be benched soon…


Wedding

No this needs a separate post

Big Bald OUT

Wedding Weekend-- JLO STORY

PLEASE JLO'S COMMENT ON THIS GREAT STORY WELL TOLD

So little life so much to post.. Wait a minute.. New Bern is not great but solid.. I just needed some new music so bad I couldn't take it..
Well the couples shower has now turned into wedding weekend is starting tomorrow.. I know other people will be crying on this momentous moment in these peoples lives.. I will be crying for the grand I spent on three tuxes and a bridesmaid dress.. I guess I will have to ask Grandpa MasterCard or Uncle Visa for some more help..

The new TV season is upon us so I am sure to post crap about the office since I watch each episode twice.. IJ recommends Studio 60 or something with Mathew Perry I have it on the season pass but have not watched it.. Anybody else? I will also watch the life and times of HeavyD better known as the biggest loser.. (too easy sorry for that one).. I feel like crap so I normally would be really bitter but the Twins keep lifting my spirits. How would you like to be the Red Sox "we are going to put Kurt Schilling out there to face the mighty twins lineup in the Hallowed grounds of Fenway." The Twins are sending out a rookie name Boof whose home stadium is a giant pimple on the ass off the Midwest landscape.. But Wait a minute.. The Twins bend there Wicked Saaxks ass over and spank them night after night and seal it by putting the Yankees in the playoffs.. Thanks for the season… It has been the best regular season I have ever witnessed in any sport .(Better Than 15-1 vikes (hard to cheer for chris carter)). Baseball can still be great over 162 games..


Vikes Prediction
They will lose 17-10
There offensive line will not be able to do a thing against the Bears.. Why does Kluwe suck this year? Chester was great last week I watched the game again and he is just so solid even though the vikes are getting no push off the ball.. Was that the worst announcing team you have ever heard.. What do they do on off days call the Fargo Flash games what is that.. Who will we get this weekend Chad Hartman.. Yuck....





The One the Only Bern
Gotta love it.. Please Close the Window..
"If I's a bee I'd have to sting you with my stinger And then your arm would swell and hurt for days If I's a bell I'd ring you all day with my ringer Until you'd open up and see my face I'm not asking For very much Remember me Remember me "

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Vikes Win

Too Tired of for a good blog today.. Well what else is new I never have a good blog.. I am just going to spew a few things out.. I love watching football games I hate being grouped with these people.. When you go to a twins game or tpups or whatever you go and you talk to the person you are with about the game and related items.. When you go to a vikes game everyone feels the need to listen to your conversations and try and engage you.. What is that and trust me there is not a lot intellectual conversations going on up there.. "You see Pepper he looks terrible" "Wow we are going to kick GB's ass this year" .. I am talking to FT (speaking of FT he provided the Brats,Chili, and Bloody mary's that where just plain outstanding) and every time I would start a sentence somebody would start adding to it.. This isn't normal behavior why do people want to slap five with me when the Vikings scored.. I didn't accomplish anything and I am fairly confident you didn't wash your hands after the third visit to the trough.. Get off my side I don't want to be grouped with you.. It is one thing to be dumb it is another to be grouped with a herd of them..

So lets run down the game..

Game Ball
Coaching.. The vikes are a really bad offensive team but they aware of that and try and minized the impact of the offense can have a game. Clutch call on practicing and executing the fake field goal.. This would not have happened with the dime store staff they had last year. They just kept giving the other team a chance to screw up and they did.. Those two teams looked like carbon copies minimize of one team having Peppers..

MVP
Defense.. They have made adjustments in the second half of both games to minize the minimize to 3 pts each.. That is an impressive stat.. So If I had to pick anyone I will pick Winfield he is the best pure tackler I have seen play in a decade or so.. His special teams tackles where just so timely when they needed to get their offense buried..

Offense
Running Backs.. A
Chester Taylor if he stays healthy is just like Brad Johnson he gets it done and gives you great effort every time.

O line.. D- or F]
FatKinney is the Randy Moss of Lineman he does not run block at all he takes plays off if not series.. They made no adjustment to Peppers (Best Athlete in Pads I have seen in long time) he was destroying Marcus Johnson and got no chip or tight end help or scheme help.. This could have lost the game for them. Lost of Ole Blocks by both sides including the 100 million left side.. Could we block an LB once and awhile..

Quarterback A-
Wow Brad johnson played well under pressure.. Made one mistake but other than that he was solid short of few drop balls.. Travis in the end zone and Wiggins on the third down play late in the 4th we would have beaten them earlier.

Receivers B+
Williamson was open all day and played with an injury.. That is a big deal they are a much better offense when he is on the field and he is going to take a pounding in this throw underneath team.. We need another receiver to step up here..

TE F
This is by far the strength of this offense and they are doing nothing short of dropping key catches.. Wiggins is not open "Ever" and Ksauce is getting paid a ton of money for chipping the D end and we cannot get around the corner ever.. We will have new Tight e
ends next year..

Defense A
They are playing with virtually the same talent as last year and are holding teams to one touchdown a game.. Great coaching but it is only 2 teams not playing with their best players at full strength..

LB's B
Solid when rushing horrible when reading a run play… I would just have them shoot gaps and be done with it.. But anybody can play behind the Williams..

Dline A+
they are so disruptive and really make the Vikes worth watching.. They are just so tough against the run…

Dbacks..B Tough great tackling and leaps and bounds better than last year..


Tough to tell both teams they beat have no wins this year.. It is a dumb stat but it is true.. I hope they can get ahead of Chicago if that lame offense of the Bears gets ahead of you that defense will destroy the Vikes Oline..

2-0 It is what it is.. 7 more wins for 9-7..

Twins..
How,Why I can't believe these guys keep winning much respect.. I can't post anything negative on these guys..

Fantasy Football
0-4 so far wow I am great judge.. Bring on Fantasy Hoops..

Keep Hating
Twins Magic Number is 9

THICK
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Political BS

I am fired up and just need to fire this out there.. This is not or will never be a political blog for many reasons which I don't need to clarify for anyone out there but I will throw out my opinions because it will ease my anger (actually I am doing quite well since the country eggs this morning ) .. I am aware of issues but I am by no means unbiased when I approach them. On some issues I am very conservative. On other issues I am somewhat liberal. But I very rarely express my opinion in the hope that people will make there own decisions based on there own evaluation. We don't have a political system in this country.. We are forced to chose between two parties whose only goal is to get just enough support from the opposite party to win by a small percentage and gets the most cash from fundraisers. We have no real options for us .. We can throw our vote for someone that is independent but it is really a vote that accounts for a nothing. We have Coke and Pepsi for a political parties and frankly I find very few if any of either of the people in these parties a candidate for decent leadership. This topic just frustrates me to no end and I could expand on it but I think the political system in this country is not doing anything close to what the intent of when it was started. But here is what really get's me jacked.. I don't know if this started when Nixon or Clinton managed to make a mockery of the office they held but somehow in 2006 we have lost respect for the office. No matter how I feel about who is in that office or if I believe in what he/she is doing.. I still respect the position that he/she holds. We now have people writing articles in "highly respected" rags that refer to him as Mr. Bush or GW or whatever. No… That is not right... He is the president of the United States and should always be addressed as Mr. President or President Bush sorry but I just believe that even though you disagree with his politics he deserves the respect of the office he holds.. I guess I am old school but I am trying to show my kids how to respect people and themselves and we can't get writers to set aside there own personal agenda while writing or speaking to the masses to give the highest office in this country the respect it deserves..(I am a little hot on this)

Here is what takes the cake for me on any political issue.. Bruce,Dixie Chicks,etc… I don't care what you think about a given issue.. Shut up and sing… Oh because you are making more money than you can ever spend... I am supposed to think that validates you as a person of authority on anything.. No your not.. You made a lot of money because you are really talented musicians… (Bit of a stretch with Dixie Chicks) I hate this preaching that people now feel is appropriate.. Here is my point.. Yesterday I was forced to sit in a room to discuss the employee handbook and they brought in the exec/general counsel here. Sounds like a decent enough guy but in his short presentation he uses this opportunity to bring up the fact that "Bush" not our president or anything close to that when referring to him.. (hard to tell where he stands) Was rubbing the female German chancellors shoulders during some summit or whatever. Yes it was a bonehead move but instead of just telling the story he has to get all these new employees to agree with him as he says "well as you can tell I am not a fan of bush" or something close to that.. The point was is this you are dumb if you don't agree with me.. It is ok to shout out my political views to everyone in the hopes that my position will sway you personal position. That is what the heart of the issue is for me.. It is low hanging fruit it is too easy… It is wrong.. I guess I got this from my parents back in the day when I was pretty curious about who they voted for. They didn't tell me because they wanted me to form my own opinion.. Maybe I am wrong but I think that is the right approach.. (Easy Heavy taste the cheese still left on your chin.. breath in the roasted Red pepper smell on your breath.. ) Ok if you disagree holler out..

Vikings
Dwight Smif will be playing this week angry..(I just hope Steve Smif comes across the middle).. Chester needs to have the same game as last week he really impressed me with his fight.. (He hasn't started the Ted Brown move of backing into the line when there is nothing there.. I watched the game again..(pathetic) Steve Hutchinson is so dominant Seattle is going to miss that guy.. FatKinney and the rest of the behemoths out there should thank the Vikes and Hutchinson for the big money that the Lineman are going to start getting because he is showing why he is worth it..Matt Birk is a shell of himself.. He just is not very confident out there I think it will take a few weeks before he is even 80% of the guy that went to the Pro Bowl.. I think it will be another close game but if Smif doesn't play for Carolina they are going to have trouble getting points.. 17-14 Vikes.. I am going to the game so I am pretty pumped.. That might be because FT is making bloody Mary'ss,Brats,Chili and last but not least plenty of NewCastle..
Oh I believe the Vikings coach staff will choose to waste an enitre game to prove to Smoot that he needs to play in the Team Concept of a defense.. I didn't have a blog then but that really was the end of the Tice era for me….


Twins
The twins will not make the playoffs..(I hope this eases the pain for me I feel like if I keep telling myself they aren’t going to make it it will soften the pain when they don't) It won't so some quick thoughts.. If Rondell could get hot and stay there wow that makes the lineup a little more daunting… Phil Nevin we are gonna miss you umm maybe it is time to retire.. Mornosey he just keeps getting better I have never been more wrong on a guy.. The twins will pay dearly for the year he is having.. Please move Mauer to Left field or Third or something besides catcher this season is wearing him out he is 23 and he is tired and hitting less what makes them think he will be more effective with 5 season like this.. Hunter has lost 3 steps since his foot started to ailing but has been hitting a ton better.. He is going to have to if he plans on getting a decent contract for next year for Boston (it was a nice run). Punto is becoming an amazing defensive third basemen please start taking HGH or something so we can some power out of that position. Go Twins.. Thanks for entertaining me..

Bus
I was playing a soduko game on the bus.. (I know it is entertaing to watch A Dumb bald Headed guy work on a puzzle sort of like when you watch a bear trying to figure out how to open a can of cherries) But this person who apparently doesn't have the time to prepare himself for the bus rides he takes each day decides to start looking over my shoulder as I make futile atttempt to solve the puzzle. Well I am mad enough already but then when he starts nodding approval when I put in a number I came close to going over the edge but I was unsure that my sharpie would hold up when I rammed the end of it through his left pupil.. I quietly folded up the puzzle without finishing it and imagined why a person that has 15-20 minutes of each day where they could listen to music or read a book or the paper or whatever decides it would be more enjoyable to stare at the back of my head.. I guess that is why ASSCar is successful it doesn't take much for these people.. I wonder who Jeff Gordon is going to Vote for..

Don't Hate I have enough of it for everyone..

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1 and 0 and 1 and half games back

I know people hate when I discuss sports but I am an incredibly shallow person (That is tough to figure out) with the intellect of a wart hog (and shape) so I blog what I am. I am an idiot that enjoys the escape that sport provides..

I am not sure it gets much better for a Minnesota sports fan than last night.. When the twins beat a playoff caliber team easily with great pitching from the not sinking Silva.. What a great night to use hot watch on tivo.. I did not miss a pitch or a play.. Thank you Tivo..
My impressions of the Vikings haven't changed much.. This coaching staff might not win many games but they are going to do the right thing for this ownership group.. They need that stadium and they are going to have a team that people are not going to be embarrassed to root for..
It has been tough to root for the Vikings when they are constantly pushing the edge with the Artic Blast thing heck even back to the Tommy Kramer and Keith Millard days.. Don't get me wrong football players are not going to be great people but at least have enough control to get their freak on in private.. Drink but just don't drive it just isn't that hard.. First of all thatis what she sai… no heavy to easy.. So the Vikes where willing to lose that game to punish that player.. That is going to get the attention of the players out there as well as the fans.. I was shocked that they did it and oh by the way did not do a big press release or beat there chest about it.. They just did it much respeCK.

The Defense really struggled due to the very slow play of the Linebackers.. I think you could see they where trying different players out there like D . Thomas.. The cover 2 just requires the backers to make quick decisions and either get deep in the pass routes or get to the edge and protect the outside.. They where constantly stuck in the middle of the two and where not able to make plays but that said it should get better over time and they did play much better in the second half.. Brad Johnson played amazing he was putting the ball in perfect position almost every play.. Troy W. needs to make the plays.. That guy was open all night long.. I was sick of the Vikings throwing deep but it was just like when they kept running the ball for two yards and a whole lotta nothing.. They kept doing it to keep the defense off guard and eventually they popped a few nice runs and Troy caught a ball when he had to.. Washington offense looked like the vikes d the past few years.. They struggle d to line up and get the plays run correctly instead of be able to make plays.. That offense will eventually be very good.. The Vikings offense is what it is.. That is what we are going to see all year.. They are going to play each game so that they can run the clock down and hope their kicker can win the game for them.. Hutchinson and McKinney where just plain solid last night when the team needed them at the end.. Look how the vikes spent money this season. They signed a vanilla running back (who is just solid not great but very tough) a clutch kicker a fullback and offensive lineman.. They are going to try and beat defenses into submission and hey they are 1 for 1 on that they just plain wore the redskins down..

So I have some new things on my rating the game system everybody please tell me yours…

Play of the game
When Sharper went Joey Browner on the potential touchdown pass in the end zone.. That changed the game and brought that defense back to life.

Player of the game.
This is tough so I am going to chicken out. And give it to Oline and Dline.. Both of those units where just solid and allowed the vikes to stay in the game. Look at how much time Brad got on those passes.. Look at how many tackles that Dline had..

Game Ball
I will give that to Brad Johnson he is just so good for his age it is amazing.. I know he will be hurt soon but I just love his energy instead of the pepper mope…

Reason we won
No turnovers.. And they where not out coached.. Or maybe the redskins are bad.. But they where favored by 4.5 without portis..


Big Holler out to IJ and JLO sometimes I create topics (WHS) just to see what great comments they will come up..

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