Battle to End All Battles

So, the Seahawks and Steelers finally face off, in the Super Bowl no less. I knew this day would come. After the years and years of abuse from 4 uncles, my Seahawks will play their Steelers for the Super Bowl trophy.



Lucy, Kerry, and I will be travelling up to PA to attend a Steelers Super Bowl party. Should be interesting. Bragging rights for the rest of our lives up for grabs.

The Sports Championship Trifecta

Wow! That's all I'll say. After years, and I do mean years, of cheering for the old nags, my teams are pulling together this year. First the ChiSox pull of the World Series. Got the sports blood in me flowing. When we were up in PA, I went through all my old stuff and brought down a few artifacts from my days as a huge Frank Thomas/Robin Ventura fan. Now the Seahawks march toward the NFC Championship game. Again, I pulled out all my artifacts ("Stevie Largent--what a good receiver!") and took some pictures. Apologies to my father-in-law for the win over his Skins. Of course we play Carolina this week. Not that I'm worried about the team, but I LIVE in Carolina and work with some pretty big fans. Makes for a long week. Be interesting to see the Hawks meet the 'Stillers.' I guess we'd be making a Pittsburgh road trip for a Super Bowl party!

Now the Canes have the best record in the NHL. We actually go to a game Thursday night, then we'll head to DC Friday and I'll attend the Caps-Canes game. My Canes jersey and Seahawks hat will probably get me mugged, but that's alright.

PodcasterCon 2006

Hello Chapel Hill! Many of the world's famous podcasters will descend to UNC-Chapel Hill for an open source conference on podcasting. As I've just recently begun my involvement in the world of podcasting, I'm excited to go and rub elbows with many of the people I listen to and read about. At the conference, some of the participants include Rob of Podcast 411, an instructional cast on issues in podcasting, Me and the Bean, a favorite cast of mine as they discuss the events of a young, married with children relationship, and some educational podcastings. Should be a good time. Drop by!! Best of all--it's free!! (-:

PodcasterCon Link


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Agua: A Fossil Fuel in Raleigh

Phew! You would think water is gold down here these days. Here we begin 2006, and Raleigh still faces water restrictions. Ok, so what does this mean? Well, I cannot wash the new Kia or my filthy, Northern-driven through the salt and ash Focus, but HEY!!! I can water my non-growing lawn twice a week. Whooo hoooo!
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Ok, so we all know Raleigh and the Greater Triangle area are great places to raise a family. That's why over 5,000 students join the public school system each year. We find ourselves unable to build schools fast enough. What does that mean? Wake County ignores purchasing more technology, increasing teacher and paraprofessional staff pay, and other things that would benefit the students. Do a google for Wake County reassignments. Heehee! You want to start a fist fight, bring that subject up between a repub and demo. It is ludicrious. So, where exactly am I going with this? Well, we can't build schools fast enough, we're running out of water...here comes Chris' Common Sense Moment of the Day:::::STOP ALLOWING MORE SUBDIVISIONS to be built in the county. We don't have enough water. We don't have enough schools. So let's allow a developer to build 500 houses in East Wake. Sure, go ahead and put in a plantation-style development in N. Raleigh. Come on Raleigh leaders...stop the insanity.

Happy 2006!

2005 is over and 2006 has just begun. Kerry, Lucy, and I rung in the new year together last night. Ok, well Kerry and I rang it in together. At least until 10:30, then we went to bed. We watched Willy Wonka (new version), then went to bed. We are quite the party animals. Oh well, we had a tough day! (-; As we start a new year, here's to hoping it's just as good or better than 2005. It was a good year for us, so here' to a new start!!!
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Enjoy our new Kia too--up to 48 miles now!! Better park it for awhile!