Rise and Shout!

Looks like College Football will be a little more exciting this year!

"The odds against any team going undefeated are long, and BYU is no different, but the potential for a magical run is in place." -ESPN.com

It's Official...

I'm getting these kind of bangs.

Why I Left Utah: Volume 1

Look at which cities Salt Lake City is sweatier than. Atlanta really? That's just wrong. I'm okay being sweatier than Green Bay and Buffalo because I don't have to deal with their winters. By the way I left off 6-30 because, who cares? But if you really want the whole list click here.

Do you live in a sweaty city? Check the list.
1. Phoenix, Ariz.

2. Las Vegas, Nev.

3. Tallahassee, Fla.

4. Tucson, Ariz.

5. Memphis, Tenn...

30. Fresno, Calif.

31. Savannah, Ga.

32. Shreveport, La.

33. Charleston, S.C.

34. Chattanooga, Tenn.

35. Louisville, Ky.

36. Tulsa, Okla.

37. Raleigh, N.C.

38. St. Louis, Mo.

39. Salt Lake City, Utah

40. Kansas City, Mo.

41. Knoxville, Tenn.

42. Oklahoma City, Okla.

43. Atlanta, Ga.

44. Wichita, Kan. (TIE)

Charlotte, N.C. (TIE)

46. Greensboro, N.C.

47. Evansville, Ind.

48. Washington, D.C.

49. Richmond, Va.

50. Norfolk, Va.

51. Albuquerque, N.M.

52. Springfield, Mo.

53. Roanoke, Va.

54. Lexington, Ky.

55. Omaha, Neb.

56. Reno, Nev.

57. Indianapolis, Ind.

58. Baltimore, Md.

59. Cincinnati, Ohio

60. Des Moines, Iowa

61. Charleston, W.Va.

62. Philadelphia, Pa.

63. Springfield, Ill.

64. Harrisburg, Pa.

65. Sacramento, Calif.

66. Cleveland, Ohio

67. Chicago, Ill.

68. New York, N.Y.

69. Dayton, Ohio

70. Asheville, N.C.

71. Los Angeles, Calif.

72. Columbus, Ohio

73. Toledo, Ohio

74. Detroit, Mich.

75. Grand Rapids, Mich.

76. South Bend, Ind.

77. Providence, R.I.

78. Hartford, Conn.

79. Minneapolis, Minn.

80. Boston, Mass.

81. Pittsburgh, Pa.

82. Denver, Colo.

83. Madison, Wis.

84. Milwaukee, Wis.

85. Buffalo, N.Y.

86. Rochester, N.Y.

87. Albany, N.Y.

88. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

89. Colorado Springs, Colo.

90. Flint, Mich.

91. Syracuse, N.Y.

92. San Diego, Calif.

93. Youngstown, Ohio

94. Green Bay, Wis.

95. Burlington, Vt.

96. Spokane, Wash.

97. Portland, Maine

98. Portland, Ore.

99. Seattle, Wash.

100. San Francisco, Calif.

Celtics and Sucky Circuses

I didn't really want to use the word "sucky," but the alliteration was way better.

So, I've kind of hated Boston and their fans for a few months now and I was so happy when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl. However, I was really excited to see the Celtics win last night, and I'll just count down the reasons.

1. I hate the Lakers, and it was so fun to watch them get slaughtered.

2. I've always liked Paul Pierce. He's kind of a hard guy to hate. I also liked seeing Big Baby come off the bench and celebrate with everyone.

3. It wasn't the Spurs, Lakers, or Pistons winning it all for a change. And I'm sooo glad it wasn't the Jazz!

4. I have been saying that Boston fans have been all high and mighty about their teams and I have not liked them lately, but they were a GREAT crowd last night. It wasn't the crowds of the Richy Rich's who go to games because it's the "in" thing to do, and they can afford it. They were acutallycheering for their team, and that's the first time in a long time I've really seen a crowd affect a game so much. I also loved that they were singing "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye" with over 5 minutes left in the game.

5. As disappointing as the Nuggets have been as of late, watching the Celtics gave me hope for my team. Here were 3 guys who were superstars on other teams, but just didn't have enough talent on their teams, in cities that they loved and for the most part were pretty loyal to. But they were finally given an opportunity to win and be great and they proved you can win with a bunch of superstars, but you have to want to win so badly it hurts. You especially have to give it to Paul Pierce for sticking with the team when they were sooooo horrible for soooo long. Anyway, it was really cool to see how much they wanted to play for the championship, but not for the fame. They proved they could score too, but they committed themselves to defense because they wanted to win so badly. KG would go days without sleeping, because he wanted it so much. I love how he described winning the championship like getting picked on by a kid for school for years and then finally being able to lay him out one day and say I'm not going to take it anymore. If the Nuggets could figure this out they could win, but alas herein lies the problem, but at least we know now it can be done.

6. Seeing those 3 guys win it after careers of disappointment reminded me so much of '97 and 2001. If you don't know the significance of those years then you don't know me. But watching the celebration and reading the Sports Guy's column about it from a diehard fans perspective made me feel as if I was watching John Elway holding his head in disbelief or watching Ray Borque finally lift the cup over his head. Not only did it remind me of those in particular, but it reminded me of 3OT in '96, the blowout in '98, and the division series sweep of the Phillies last fall. I wanted to go run out in the streets of downtown again and just high five everyone I saw. It just brought back all those feelings, and reminded me of why I love sports.

Now having given these reasons I want to say I still do not like the Red Sox or the Patriots. I actually might like the Bruins, but nobody in Boston cares about hockey anymore so it really doesn't matter.


NOW ON TO THE CIRCUSES!!!

So I only have two channels. Part of this is I don't want 5000 channels when all I need is 15-20, and there's nothing on in the summer anyway. Well I didn't get to read the paper this morning because I had to be at National Jewish at 6:30 this morning for an asthma study ($$) so I decided I'd sit down and skim through it tonight. So I just turned on the TV and I didn't want to watch Super Nanny, so I ended up turning it to Celebrity Circus. I never thought it was a great idea for a show in the first place, but this was about a million times worse than I thought it would be. Anyway, I just thought I would warn you.

So remember how I said I was reading the paper? Well I was looking through the comics, which for the most part aren't as good when you're not 10, and I cam across the Family Circus. Ok, this comic strip sucks. I'm ticked I didn't learn how to draw little children better or else I could have written stupid statements under my pictures and made a million dollars. Other than drawing it takes no talent to come up with that stuff, and he probably uses the same drawings over and over again. I'm sure you can use the same picture to say, "Mommy, we learned about the Decoration of Independence," "Daddy, we learned about the tina, the pinto, and the Dan Marino today," and for "Grandpa has hair in his ears." I'm also pretty sure I've heard President Bush say Decoration of Independence and nobody thought that was cute. In fact I'm sure it's on Harry Reid's list of why Bush should be impeached. Maybe he should of thrown a mommy in there.

Well, let's just say I'm done with all circuses. Greatest show on earth my eye. (Speaking of eye's, ESPN's Stuart Scott has a glass eye cause he got hit in the face with a football. I thought he looked different.)

A New Look

I'm sure you've noticed my blog is looking different now. I still struggle with photo shop so that picture is not as sharp as I would like it to be. Maybe I can have Jordan help me with it.

As I'm also sure you've noticed I haven't updated for a while. I think I say that every time I blog, and I promise every time I will blog more. I feel like this.
Now the difference is I used to say I just didn't have anything to write about, and I still don't have children or for some of you, built in blog topics, so really the reason is I just don't want to blog anymore. I'm having far too much fun in Denver. I also get a real newspaper now, mostly because I have a "breakfast nook" to read it in and I can go into work pretty much whenever I want now, so I'm starting to spend less time online.

So if you wish you heard more from me take an ad out in the paper and then I'll write a post just for you, or you can just deal with it and I'll blog when I feel like it. However, I'm open to blog topic suggestions and I'm familiar with topics of all varieties, including current events, so try me and I will write about it even if I hate it. For those of you who don't know I have fairly strong opinions so be warned you may not like what I have to say. Oh well.

I guess I can give you a little anecdote from my weekend. I went to a speed dating activity, and I think this might be the way to go. I eliminated tons of guys after 2 minutes including the first one. It was more like 30 secs actually. He told me he thought Denver was a dirty city, he hated hockey, and thought men's lacrosse was a girlie sport. (I immediately forgot his name, Jordan, otherwise I would show him to you so you could show him how girlie lacrosse players are). The only problem with speed dating though is 30 dates, and no dinner. Boo.

Stupid Rockies. I just saw they lost. Oh, and Get Smart comes out this weekend and this is only the 2nd movie I've truly been excited for a whole year to see. The other? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which did not disappoint, which will hopefully be the case for this one. If anyone can do justice to Don Adams' character it's Steve Carell. Well till next time.