Rugby or Basketball? FOOTBALL!

So I woke up from a nap, turned on the TV and a rugby game was on.  First time I have ever seen a televised version of this sport.  I tried for about 20 minutes to watch and understand it. I got more and more confused and yelled, "I don't get this sport!".  Maybe I will research it and get a better understanding later.  In the meantime, I turned the channel and stubbled on to the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat basketball game. 

I will have to say that these are 2 teams I don't really care for.  Then again I don't care for the sport of basketball much anymore.  I know my brother will be like "What?!" if he reads this, but that is where I stand.  I feel that the sport has just lost it's appeal to me.  I feel it has gotten way too immature.  It's integrity is slow low in my opinion and I think this started during the high times of Iverson when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers.  I will check out a game or two here and there, like today, but I will not be like, "Oooo!  Have to see that game!"  That also applies to my favorite team, Milwaukee Bucks.  Overall, the sport of basketball has fallen to a low part of my list.  The only basketball events I will make sure to watch are the Saturday Night All-Star Events (3-Point Shootout, Slam Dunk Contest, etc.) and March Madness  (Conference Tournaments and the Big Dance).  Also, may I say that the All-Star games for the four of the major sports associations in the U.S. (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) are of the serious dumbness!  I am done with them.  Plus you fools need to stop calling yourselves world champions of anything because YOU DON'T PLAY AGAINST THE WORLD!

There are only 3 major sports/sporting events I will make sure to watch; Pro American Football (NFL), Pro Tennis (ATP & WTA) and the Olympics (Summer and Winter).  That is where I stand.

Later..........

Sleep Deprivation

Oh man! It is too early to already in the day be drained.

New focus starting in February after the move is more sleep. I must work hard to make this a priority among other big priorities.

It will definitely be in the top three. I will achieve this.

Wish me luck.

Out of the Frying Pan - Movie Review

The Hobbit - 4.5 Stars

So I have now seen this movie twice. Actually never thought I would do that, but I am glad I did.

PeterJackson has done it again, folks. The Hobbit was an extremely enjoyable movie. I had been a very long while since I read the book so I barely remember any of it. It was well done for a prequel. I felt it ran strong from the beginning to the end.

There was a lot more comedy than LOTR and just about as much action. I does make you see the dwarves in a different light.

Martin Freeman (The Office and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was great as Bilbo. Funny as always and never disappointing. It was also, of course, great to see Ian McKellan, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.

I is definitely a must see in the theaters if you love Lord of the Rings.

Looking forward to the next movie.

Until then.......

Step One Complete

So I have done it! I have finished my final semester for my AA in Teaching Degree. I will officially walk on graduation day in May because they only do it once a year.

Pretty excited to make it this far and stoked I did so well. I finished with a 3.5 GPA! I also became a member of 2 honor societies: Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society for Education Students and Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society for 2-Year Colleges. Feels very good.

Now I am on to the University of North Texas at Dallas to pursue my BA in Mathematics with a Secondary Teaching Certification. I hope to do as well as I did at Tarrant County College.

Wish me luck!

Final Week of FFL Regular Season

Well we have reached the final week of the season. Overall my season has not gone to well. 5 leagues and only 3 of those teams at or slightly above .500. I have decided that after this season I will drop down to 2 maybe 3. Not saying which ones I'm dropping yet.

So for this last week, the Syndicate (6-6) will be taking the the 2nd place team. This is in league I value the most (BYOV). I'm still taking a big risk and continuing to start Kaepernick over Eli. Still shaky about this one, but reguardless of the outcome I will make the playoffs.

As for my other leagues, the league at work I will take on the team who is at the top of the league, but whom I destroyed week ago. How will I do in the second week? It all depends on Rodgers' performance. With Jennings back, it could be big. Oh and I'll make the playoffs because they voted to have everyone in the playoffs. WHAT? SMH! And this is a paid league first paid one I did. Regardless how I do this season, this league will be on the bubble. So I guess i did tell one league I may be leaving. Oh well. Going to do some heaving thinking this off season.

My other leagues are no es bueno. So I'm done with them. Alright. Off to the games.

Go BYOV!

Riddle #1 - 11/25/12

Level of difficulty - 3 points

White bird, featherless,
Flying out of paradise,
Flying over sea and land,
Dying in my hand.

Riddles 11/24/12 - #2

Die without me, never thank me.
Walk right through me, never feel me.
Always watching, never speaking.
Always lurking, never seen.

Riddles of the Day - Riddle #1

Please click the blog link (the title) to post your guess.
Leader Board is on the blog site.

People are hired to get rid of me.
I'm often hiding under your bed.
In time I'll always return you see.
Bite me and you're surely dead.

Riddles and Trivia Game

So I decided to try something fun and do some riddles and/or trivia towards my friends and maybe family.  I started some riddles on Facebook and got some folks very interested participating.  So far for about a week up to Wednesday, November 23, 2012 the standing are as such:

Riddles Leader Board
Kris Pickard - 3
Mark Howard - 1
Mark Lockard - 1
Mindy Rosado - 1
Heather Van Ess Rotolo - 1

I will continue these riddles on this blog site starting today and I will keep a leader board off to the side.

The way this will work is I will post a Riddle and the first person answer it correctly will gain a point.  Some riddles may be 2 or 3 points base on level of difficulty.  I will post riddles at least 2 a day and maybe a trivia question here and there, which will have it's own leader board.  So subscribe to this blog and try out some riddles/trivia.

Good luck.

The Night of September 24, 2012

I will start off with this, I love American Football.  I really do!  To witness what I saw tonight place such a bitter taste in my mouth, it is horrible.  Now putting the officials aside, Green Bay's offense was bad.  Really, really bad.  Especially in the first quarter.  Seattle's defense seriously owned the Packers.  Green Bay's defense did very well, too, but the final pain was the officiating. 

For almost three weeks I have been giving these replacement referees the benefit of the doubt.  I like a lot of sports pundits would say that we would see the same amount of mistakes with the regular refs, but as the season been going more and more forward, it has been getting worse and worse.  Tonight, I feel was the final straw.

I am irritated with the NFL administration and the regular referees.  They need to put this to bed!  Will it be better when they come back?  Who knows, but I do know that these replacements are getting worse!

Will I continue to watch football?  Yes, but my enthusiasum is starting to fall and it's not because my team is now 1-2, but that doesn't help.

Oh well.  Moving on.

Later.........