How did I know that was going to happen?

I am guessing this will happen next year.

Hey guess what. Favre is back. Not news to anyone I know. But what I have done is circled week 8 on the NFL schedule. That is when Favre steps back into Green Bay for the first time since leaving the team. I wonder if he will get booed or cheered. regardless, there is one thing you can bet on. When he throws his first interception (and he will throw at least one), that place will go ape. And can you imagine if he throws more than one? Pandemonium will ensue. I can see it now....Favre after throwing his 3rd pick of the day, will be pulled from the game, and the Packers will get multiple delay of game penaltys because the crowd is whipped into such a frenzy. What about when he gets sacked? Oh yea, its going to be great TV for sure.

I also found this article on the web here and it mentions the past sports personalities that have gone from hero to villian. Now I will be the first to admit that I am no professional writer, but their choice to include Hulk Hogan on the list seems absurd. Favre, A-Rod, Lindros, Hulk Hogan? Give me a break. Its my guess that they need to fill a spot on their list. Whats worse is why he is on there. His "character" in professional wrestling turned bad. Its a story. Its made up. As in not real. Surely there must have been someone from the old roller derby days that switched sides as well.

Is it really true? Could it be? Thank god.

I read this morning that Brett Favre has decided to NOT make his annual comeback to the NFL. I'm glad he is not coming back, but its bitter sweet. His yearly attention whore scherade appears to be at an end. Which is great. I am so tired of hearing about this. What I will miss is the chance to see him throw 5 interceptions in a game. That was always fun. Had he stayed with the Vikings he would have had to play Green Bay twice. Can you imagine the hostility at Green Bay? That would have been something. I have never been a Favre fan, but he would be thrilled as to why. When he was in his hayday, he kept my beloved 49ers from the Superbowl numerous times. But I at least had respect for his talents, and could not deny that he was one of the all time greats. He has tarnished his own reputation, but pulling this retirement crap. At the end of the day I bid thee farewell. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

Reality TV, and soaps

So lately I have been spending more time with the wife. Its a good thing. I have not spent as much time with my beloved video games, but its been good.

The wife has me watching her soap. Thank god for DVR. While I understand that they are a necessary evil. Commercials wreck TV for me. Call it ADD or what ever but commercials totally make me lose interest.

So My wife has me watching All my children. I started watching it for the hot chicks. Lets face it, there are some hot chicks on soaps. They are not in a habit of hiring ugly actors. But if they want me to follow the story, do me a favor and hire different looking male actors. I can't tell who is who half the time. Half of the guys are tall with dark wavy hair. The only difference is one has a 5 o'clock shadow, one does not. I am sure the wife is getting tired of me asking "which guy is that"

There are a couple other shows I have been watching with her as well. The bachelorette. I have all sorts of issues with this show. The entire premise does not work for me. 30 dudes, 1 chick. By the end of the season, Every guy is in love with the girl, she has made out with every guy like the other guys don't exist. Jetting them all over the globe. Every episode seemed like the same thing to me. Date with all the dudes, one guy goes home, everybody cries. Towards the end of the show she had a chance to spend the night with the guys. Naturally she said no at first. I say spice things up. Can you imagine if she had banged all four of the remaining guys? Now that would be something! Imagine all the stuff we would talk about then! Then there is the part where she can send a guy home and then because he finally got some stones, he gets to come back. At the end of the day, this renders the whole format pointless. Last night they had the guys tell all episode. while I found it amusing, I was disappointed in the guys. They fought like women. At the end of the show they teased the final episode of the season. Guess what happens. Another guy gets to come back. Yawn.

The new show we watched was "Dating in the dark" or as I like to call it "15 seconds in the closet", you know the game you played when you were 14. This is what I am talking about. Throw a wrench in the dating mix! For those not familiar with the show, 3 men and 3 women get to meet, but the kicker is, they can't see each other. This show got 6 real odd balls. At the end they finally get to see the person that they have "fallen in love with". At this point they can decide if they want to continue to see the person. While it would not have been compelling TV, I could have saved everyone a bunch of time and money. Looks matter. It sucks and its cold, but its true. I know better than most. I am an ugly man. I can tell you from first hand experience, you don't look good, you will get passed over. Its just the way things are. At any rate, its entertaining. The awkward moment when they get to see the person for the first time is priceless. To actually see the color drain from the face of the girl who gets to see the troll that she genuinely likes. She then has the nerve to say "I wish it did not matter so much". Your kidding right? She is the only one who makes that decission. Bottom line is it proves how shallow some people can be. Of the 3 couples there was only 1 guy that went home alone. Of course it was a guy. Women have choices. She would be able to go find another guy that day. With him being an average looking guy, he has to work damn hard to get the attention of a woman.


Thats all I have for now. If something crops up I will be back. Let me know you were here, so I am not talking to the wall!

I had a reader!

Now I know that some time has passed since my last post. Frankly I had no idea anyone would miss it. So much has happened since I last posted. Some guy named Jackson died. You may have seen it on the news. Ed Mcmahon died too. That guy never did drop off a check to me. Then almost as if he was mocking me for it, he came on tv and suggested that I sell my old gold. Nice Ed. A few things have not changed. The economy still sucks. Unemployment here in Michigan is up to 15%. I am still working, well sort of. Some of the time. few months ago the wife and I decided to invest $1,000 In GM stock. We all know how that turned out. Thankfully we got out while we still had half our money.

Starting this blog was sort of a pet project. Just to get my feet wet so to speak. I thought maybe if a few people liked it, I would keep up on it. maybe it would take off and I could make a few bucks from google. Does not appear to be working. There was some discussion on what to focus the blog on. One of my passions is Video games. I love to play them and love to talk about them. Reviewing games was one suggestion. So I am not real sure. Please leave feedback. talk to me! I would love to answer qestions. Suggestions are always welcome. Most of all thanks for stopping by.

Nice weather makes me sad

The approach of spring is indeed a wonderful thing. Nicer, warmer weather, is always nice. Last year I really enjoyed it. In march of last year I purchased a 2008 Mustang GT. This had been a goal of mine since before I had a license. I always wanted a Mustang, and this car was perfect. The planets seemed to align, and I found myself in a situation to be able to afford one. Fast forword to last month. I recieved the news that my work would be cutting down to 4 days a week, and any overtime that I had seen a few months earlier was a thing of the past. Despite a raise that I got just before I bought the car, I still made about $4,000 less in 2008. After being told that I was losing 20% of my income, I made the tough decision to sell my most prized posetion next to my wife and children. It was clearly the thing that had to go, but it crushed me to do it. The economic crisis had finally hit home. The sale was swift and I think she went to a good home.

These days I drive my wifes Saturn Outlook. Its a fine automobile in its own regard, but its definatly not a sports car. We are getting by on 1 car just fine. Much better than I had expected. I know it sounds silly, but I miss the car as much as much if not more than I had expected. One of the hardest things is when my son brings it up. He loved daddys Mustang. that was the only car he talked about. When he plays with Toy cars, he calls them all Mustangs. He is only 4 so I know he does not understand what is going on in the world, but I know it bums him out as well that we no longer have the Mustang. He tells me all the time that I need to buy a new one. Dont I wish.

I long for the day that I can get my own car again. I know it will happen some day. I think back to when I was a kid. My dad painted a Gremlin bright orange because I loved the Dukes of hazzard. There was no confederate flag on the roof, but he did have on on the plate on the front.

This week the new Chevrolet Camaro has started rolling into dealerships. My son loves the movie Transformers. Any yellow car he plays with is "Bumble Bee". While I know its not feasible, I cant help be think how wonderful it would be to get a new Camaro 1SS, yellow with black stripes, just like the character in the movie. Hey a guy can dream right?

What if you won $700,000

This morning I caved to the pressure and purchased 2 Lucky 7's Raffle tickets here in michigan.

Top prize is $700,000. Makes me think, man what would I do with 700K. well first of all, I am not going to act like I know everything about taxes, so for argument sake lets assume that I would get half after taxes. $350K.

Like most responsible Americans, first thing I would do is pay off all my debt. I wont go into specifics, but with a House and car and other debt, $215,000 left.

what to do with it?

well I have 2 kids, so let say I put $30K into an education fund for each. $155,000 left. Well, I could buy a new car. I recently had to sell mine due to the rough economy. If I replace the one I had to sell, and assuming that I fight the urge to upgrade to something sexier. 121,000 left.

Finish the interior of my house that I started 5 years ago and remodel my obscenely small kitchen. I am going to guess here and say that is going to take $10,000. $111,000.

after that, I guess I just dont know. I would just sit on it I guess. Granted State tournement with the boys would never be the same!

Octo Mom in adult films? Why?

Like many of you I REALLY wish the Octo-Mom would just go away. Go and raise your 13 children. Your 15 minutes should have ended a while ago. But there is an adult film company that has offered Octo-Mom $1 Million dollars to do an adult film. In addition to that, they have offered her Insurance for her and all 13 of her kids if she became a contract girl, which mean she would be doing multiple movies. Personally I cannot fathom why someone would want to see this. I am making a plea to any company out there. Let her go away. I dont want to hear from her again untill her kids are late teens and we can see if she actually raised useful kids.