My Blog Has Become Obsolete

So Jordan just started a new blog 5280 Sports. Guess what it's about. (To avoid confusion the website name is spelled out as fiftytwoeightysports.blogspot just in case you ever try to go to it without the link.) We'll see if we can get it up and running, but in the meantime I realized since I'm now a contributer to a blog for politics and a blog for sports I may have run out of things to talk about in this blog. I may have to start talking about myself more. Sorry guys.

Or maybe I can just bring you more of this:

What Really Matters

I had a great weekend. I got to play the organ at the temple on Friday, spent some time talking with my dad, played racquetball and tennis on Saturday, went to the General Relief Society broadcast Saturday night (with pie after), had a great fast Sunday today, didn't watch the Broncos, and I really accomplished a lot for my callings and some other stuff I've been worried about. I even came to peace for the most part with what congress is trying to shove down our throats. Well, I at least feel like I can handle whatever happens as a result of their incompetence.

Well, it really was a great weekend that made me feel so happy that I haven't even felt hungry since Thursday. (Don't worry I ate. See PIE in the previous paragraph.)

I think part of this is because I didn't have a laptop most of the weekend. I took it over to my dad to look at on Thursday because of what I thought was a little problem with it and I left it with him overnight because i didn't think I would need it. Well the problem wasn't major, but it wasn't so little. So after several hours on the phone with microsoft (I'm still a PC) my dad was able to get a lot of the errors worked out when I picked it back up Sat, but by then I was reading a book that I couldn't put down (Book of Lies and I finished in 3 days) and so I didn't really care to hop on the internet. (BTW Thanks Dad for helping me out!!!)

So, I finally got on tonight and started looking at my reader. I might be done with this now, because after having such a peaceful weekend I became stressed again as 280 items of worldly crap came flooding into my browser. I won't even mention my horrible fantasy football team. Well, I finally cleaned out my reader and dropped all my wide receivers, and I'm glad I left the updates from the church websites for last because the feeling that came over me after reading all the garbage was a huge contrast to what I have been feeling all weekend. It wasn't bad stuff in the reader, but it wasn't important. I guess I need to remember this contrast when I start to get caught up in all the noise that's going on around me.

I'm so glad I was able to have the gospel in my life this weekend, because not only did I just feel better, but I felt braver, more organized, more creative, and better prepared. So I'm going to try and be better about putting the more important things first and cut a lot of the garbage out, but I had to make sure I put some Jazz "fans" in their place which I think is ok to put in my "not so important but definitely necessary" column.

"Be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours." -D&C 78:18

Rivalry Renewed!

So the HSM3 video has sparked a little back and forth via the Nugg Doctor and the True Blue Jazz Hands.

First of all their response is pretty weak. I'm pretty sure it was a Nuggets fan who coined the term Thuggets, and who doesn't love Birdman?! At least our guys can dance. Can anyone say Ostertag? And I would much rather have my Thuggets than this guy.

Or this guy.

So now I'm not sure if I have posted this before, but if this just shows how inadequate even the Jazz organziation feels when compared to Denver.



I swear to you this isn't photoshopped (I'm not that good at it) and it was originally posted on the team store website, but I was able to get the screen shot of it a little while later.

I know it's a little hard to see, but who's skyline is that? It's not the Salt Lake skyline. That's right they stole the Denver skyline for their website. (Notice the Wells Fargo building and the Elitches tower.) Their skyline isn't good enough and as much as they want to be their superior neighbor to the east they fail in every way. Especially in being a fan.

Only in Utah will you go to a game where 2 fans of the opposing team cheer louder than the entire arena. It's the only place where you will be taunted for cheering for the Nuggets by a guy completely decked out in Denver Broncos gear.

And my favorite instance of bad fanship was after Kleiza dropped 40 points on the Jazz last February everyone in Salt Lake called the sports radio shows and said that the Western Conference appearance the previous year was a fluke.

So enjoy your pseudo-success now Jazz fans because no matter what happens with the Nuggets you will always be an inferior sports city with inferior fans, inferior mountains and inferior skyscrapers.

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Art?

I wasn't sure if this should go on the political blog or not, but it's interesting politically or not.

I watched this video and at first it looks like the rantings of a crazy old man, but if you read numbers 22 and 23 from the 1963 Communist Goals entered into the congressional record then it's actually pretty easy to agree with him. (And no I am not a conspiracy theorist, I just find this stuff interesting and I like making these kind of connections. This can also be found in W. Cleon Skousen's book, "The Naked Communist.")

"22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to 'eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings,' substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms.

23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. 'Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.'"

Not to mention the fact that most of this crap is such a waste of money. (I kind of like the bears downtown, and the Moose statues in Park City.)

An Open Letter To Referee Ed Hochuli

Dear, Dear, Dear, Mr. Ed,

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

If it weren't for you our nightmares about that ball not going forward would be a lot scarier.

Don't worry. Even though we all know it was a bad call most people are chalking this up as a bad rule pointed out by human error and amplified by the time left on the clock. These things happen, and we applaud you for admitting your mistake right then and there. I think this is less your fault then it is Karma's fault anyway.

Now we don't really believe in Karma, but with such evidence as the Madden Curse we believe there might be football Karma.

The Chargers have only been relevant the past few years because of Ladanian Tomlinson. Look, Phillip Rivers really isn't any good and Norv Turner is a whiner and every knows it. They lose 2 players and they fall apart. The only reason why they stayed in the game was because the Broncos defense is bad and Sporles saved their butts.

Now look at the Broncos. How can you not like them this year? They finally did what the Nuggets should do and got rid of the trouble makers. They got rid of Sauerbraun, Henry, and Walker. It was finally rid of all the baggage and it's so fun to cheer for guys like Cutler, who's overcoming diabetes, and Eddie Royal. These are hard workers who play because they love the game, and now they are being rewarded by the football gods. (You also have to love a team who goes for 2 in that kind of situation.) So really you got it right because the better team won the game, just like it's supposed to be.

So don't worry about the whiners, and if you have to take some time off for a while feel free to come visit Denver. Not only will we accept you here, we may even throw you up on our shoulders and carry you around downtown. We may even let you be an honorary umpire in a Rockies game, and we'll put in a good word for you to make sure you are working when we come down to San Diego.

Thanks again 39 times over!

Gratefully Yours,

Broncos Country

P.S. Thanks for our allowing our dreams to continue to be of this.

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59-0!!!! Yeah Cougars!!!!

Hall Fun Facts

Max Hall's seven touchdown passes Saturday were ...

• Four more than Patriots starter Matt Cassel's NFL and college career's combined.

• Two more than he had in the first two games this year combined.

• As many as Notre Dame QB Jimmy Claussen had all of last season.

• One more than Marc Wilson, one of the guys he shares the record with, had in his final NFL season with the Patriots in 1990.

• Two more than Jim McMahon, the other guy he shares the record with, threw in eight career NFL playoff games.

• One more than fellow BYU QB Steve Young threw against the Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX.

-- ESPN research

Even Worse Than An EWWW It Was An Unnecessary EWWW.

Remember this monstrosity?

It didn't have to be this bad, and it is BAAAAAAD.

There was a contest a couple of weeks ago on ESPN page 2 website in a column called uniwatch where people could design the OKC team's logo and uniforms. (For full commentary check out the front page of Page 2. It's a section in the bottom left hand side.) These are almost all better than the one they picked, even the ones drawn in crayon.

Here's probably the best one, but the others are really entertaining and worth a look.

Happy Birthday to My Pydota!

So I've lost my mind to politics and so I couldn't get a card out in time nor could I get her address without being obvious about what I wanted it for, but I wanted to take time out to wish a Happy Birthday to my best friend Jamie!!!

We've been friends since Y group freshman year and she's always helped me through the hard times like when Napster got shut down. She helped me overcome my snood addiction and she was always there telling me to buy the fruit bar instead of the ice cream sandwich from the vending machine. She really saved me from the freshman 4,000.

You really made college fun for me, and I'm so glad we're still close friends and you're the only one I can say "Dis is a cash only line" to and get a laugh! And boy does she sure know how to tap dance in the street, not for money.

Thanks for getting me through the cilantro pancakes and just for making everything fun! I know I can count on you for anything, and I'm sad you're so far away now. Although, now I have an excuse to go to New York and go to the Little Shop Around the Corner!

Happy Birthday Jamie!

Love,

Kayce

P.S. Enjoy the pictures from the 1.5 megapixel HP brick camera from 1972. My phone takes better than that thing ever did.

EWWWW!

Bob Lob Law's Long Blogs Blah Blah

Ok so this is the 3rd time today I've posted, and I still feel like I'm not able to share all the stuff I'm finding out right now. So I'm giving another plug for my shared google reader items. This time though there is a widget for it right on my blog, so now you can read all the stuff I read. The best part is it's not all politics!!!!!! Some of it is hockey, and other sports, and some is actually useful stuff like how to organize your photos. So if you get bored feel free to take a gander.

OH AND SCROLL DOWN FOR TODAY'S ITEMS. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF!

Someone probably needs to tag me so I will stop carrying on about all this.

Quote Game Round II

“This really is a non-starter for her critics as juicy as it might seem on the surface right? I mean she may have fired the guy who didn’t fire the trooper who had been married to her sister, but the guy was beating up the sister and tasering their 11 year old kid. I mean no women would see that and would not give her a round of applause and the same goes for a lot of men too.”

Highlight for Answer: Keith Olbermann. I know, I can't believe it either! IT'S STARTING TO UNRAVEL!!!!! Or maybe he just decided he better start being a journalist.

The Liberal Left is Transparant to the Democrats Too

This is a great article on why a democrat mother is voting for McCain/Palin this fall. She says it much better than anyone I've heard so far and it's absolutely worth a read. She is also from Colorado, and I'm almost sure her son with down syndrome was in the after school program I worked at several years ago.

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1161

Oh the other big point to take from this article is that the Democrat Party is not the same as it used to be. As Glenn Beck puts it, "It's been hijacked." It's been taken over by self proclaimed progressives, and if you want a history project do some research on the progressive party of the early 20th century (which was started by Teddy Roosevelt, but it was largely rejected by Republicans as a whole). Woodrow Wilson and Margaret Sanger, founder of planned parenthood, and her views on eugenics are particularly interesting.

Was I The Only One Who Saw Juno?

I really thought this crazy, mad-cap, feel-good film had been seen by a lot more people than me. But maybe I'm the only one who saw it, because I thought teenage pregnancy was supposed to be FUN!!

I also thought that the end of the movie showed that a successful professional woman could adopt a baby and be a single mom while still being successful even without a low-life husband to help her out. Oh and I remember hearing one time that it should be ok for 14 year olds to get birth control and abortions without a parents permission because they were old enough to make their own decisions.

Hmmmmm...

But now we are led to believe that Sarah Palin is to blame for her "Juneau Juno's" pregnancy because she doesn't stay home with her children and she shouldn't be running for office so she can spend more time with her family and her special needs child who statistics show most people would have aborted anyway.

Hmmmmm...

The more I think about it the more I believe that John McCain isn't a senile old fool who doesn't know what he's doing, but he is very shrewed and calculating in his decisions.

Some will say he didn't know about the pregnancy, but there is no way he didn't. And whether intentional or unintentional I think the genius of this pick is not that she is the most conservative candidate on a presidential ticket since Reagan, or that she took down the Republican leader in Alaska on ethics after she was put in a position of power to try and get her to conform to the party and having a person like that who will hold McCain's feet to the fire is the only thing that will bring the real conservatives in to support the semi-liberal presidential candidate, but it is that the hypocrisy of the Democratic/Progressive party is now exposed on such a grand scale that you have to be an idiot not to see it. The best part is no one had to point it out (even though that is what I'm doing in this post).

Biden said she was hot, and the media is criticizing her for just being a pretty face and then showing pictures of her calfs. (sexist!) Now it's not our fault that they haven't had any good looking calfs in their party, and I would bet my life that Palin would never stay with an adulterer just to keep power. I would also like to know how Hilary became the champine for women's lib and Sandra Day O'Conner gets ridiculed, or how they are all for a black man becoming powerful but yet they HATE Clarence Thomas.

Hmmmmm....

Obama said she was inexperienced. (We all know experience is his greatest trait.) She is the only one on either ticket that has executive experience. In other words she is the only one who's been in charge of anything. And the best part is when she says she will cut excess government spending you know she will because on the first day of the job she put the old governor's private jet up for sale on Ebay. She accomplished more to cut government spending in one day then the other 3 senators combined in all their years in the senate.

Hmmmmm....

So needless to say I am all aboard on the McCain Train, and I still struggle with some of his policies and I will do my best to make sure those are fought against if he ever tries to put them in place, but he does have one of the most important qualifications a president needs and he proved it this weekend.

He sure knows how to pick GREAT people to put around him.