"This dude once asked me what reciprocity was... The entire concept was so foreign to this fool, he'd never even heard the word before..." -Jessica Johnson- (via facebook)
"One subpar game - okay, everyone has an off night. But THREE in a row?! Yet another example as to why LeBron shouldn't be compared to Jordan..." -Eric Keller- (via facebook)
"Snow boots and shorts are not a fashion statement - it's more of a mental health statement..."
-@Up2Long- (via twitter)
"Birdman looks like if meth was a person..." -@kumailn- (via twitter)
"Sometimes all a girl wants is for you to fight for her attention..."
-@taking_a_CRIPE- (via twitter)
Good afternoon everyone. I'm happy to say that I've got my sleep completely under control now. I went to bed at 2:00 a.m., woke up at 5:30 a.m., and have not gone back to sleep... UGGHHH... I'm hoping to publish this and then take a quick nap before tonight's Stanley Cup faceoff at 7:00 p.m. While we're on the subject of sports, do not mistake the quotes that I included above as overconfidence on my part that the Spurs have the trophy wrapped up. I'll remind you here that I predicted the series to go the full seven games, and I think that it's far from over. Throw in a Tony Parker hamstring injury, just to make things interesting - WONDERFUL... (<<< Kelley word). However, I do think that Keller's statement about people who try comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan is completely accurate, and the Birdman quote made me laugh immediately, because it seemed to make sense... :) Now don't get me wrong about the series - I would LOVE to see the Spurs win it in five games (just to win it, PERIOD). I've said before that I do my very best to keep personal bias out of my predictions, and I don't want the series to go back to Miami just so I'll have the chance to get my prediction "exactly right..."
My current plan for the blog is to make an entry every weekday. I'm not promising anything, except that it's more difficult for me to make posts on the weekends, and there seems to be less interest, which is understandable. I know that I'm far less inclined to make Saturday or Sunday posts once the football starts anyway, plus I plan on using that time to roam around the ATX or San Marcos, America trying to find something else interesting to write about... ;)
As promised, I still have some "leftover" work stories to give you, so let's take a moment to do that... Last weekend in the hallway on the way up to the Veranda, a girl made a comment that was impossible not to laugh at: "I remember when you had to throw somebody out - it was the best day of my life!" Yeah... :) Also last weekend, when I was in Slackers monitoring the early traffic that was heading up to the Veranda, some of our customers were mistakenly walking up the staircase inside of our shot bar, thinking that was the way to go. This is how one of those interactions played out:
Me: (Motioning to the customers) "The roof is this way..."
Customer: "Upstairs?"
Me: (Nodding my head 'yes', as I thought to myself, "No, the roof in the BASEMENT...")
It will truly be a challenge finding things to write about now... ;)
I have, slowly but surely, embarked on my exercise program. As I tweeted last night (my twitter address is at the top of the page), if you want to make any television program go by a little bit faster, do 25 situps every 15 minutes while you're watching it. I plan on doing this again while I watch the hockey game tonight, and hopefully I'll be tired enough to fall asleep sometime around midnight. I am an extremely motivated person right now, and it's my hope that you'll be reading a lot of positive things in this blog in the months to come...
Speaking of positive things, Zach Greinke, my favorite fantasy pitcher, was involved in another brawl last night... MERP... (<<< Alyssa word). To his credit, when Greinke got hit in the head by a pitch while batting (don't you love that pitchers have to bat in the National League???), he stood there and DID NOT charge the mound, or anybody for that matter (although a brawl ensued anyway, as a result of earlier hostilities that occurred in the Dodgers game against the Diamondbacks). I just see the day coming where one of my fantasy teams has as many players on the disabled list as it does in the starting lineup...
On that note, I hope that you have a great day, and I'll see you again tomorrow!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Could You? (21)/Stanley Cup
"Is it really necessary for you to clap along to the Fraggle Rock theme song every single time? -My dog, probably-" -@okaymachado- (via twitter)
"Keep on dreaming, even if it breaks your heart..." -@niles_melissa- (via twitter)
"Every time I think of going back to school for my doctorate, I just read other people's tweets who are in school, and then go back to sleep..." -@DanaDavidson- (via twitter)
Could you do yourself a big favor and get your sleep right Coach? You'll love this... So last night, after having stayed awake until 6:00 a.m. on Sunday night/Monday morning, I stayed awake until 9:30 this morning... YEAH... Hopefully I can stay awake now without taking a nap for the next ten hours - if I can do that, I should be okay. I don't know about you, but normally an hour of sleep keeps me awake for two hours (much like the "normal" 8 hours of sleep keeps people going for 16 hours)... Well, I slept from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., so that should keep me going until just after midnight, and THEN, if I can just manage to crash through the night... :) It's becoming vital that I straighten it out now, because every waking moment in my near future will be focused on how I can make the most out of living in Austin, Texas (more people who can help me to do that are awake during the day than at 4:00 in the morning is where I'm going with that)...
Could you think about hard enough that you might finally "get it" Coach? Okay, so I'm walking through the Texas State campus to go to the Square yesterday, and I pass the 'Paws N Go' store located just off of the Quad. I have walked by this store SEVERAL TIMES, but this time it occurred to me: "Paws N Go, as in, pause to buy something, and then go... Is that how they meant it?..." I don't know if I've been so dense that I FINALLY had this "REVELATION," or if I'M THE CLEVER ONE, and no one else has EVER read that into it, including the creator(s)... Yeah, I've probably been that dense...
Could you give us one of those cold, hard, facts of life kind of quotes from an unexpected source Coach? Colleen, who is one of my friends and a former coworker, is one of the sweetest sounding, most unassuming sources for the words that you're about to read. I honestly don't remember what we were talking about (and I may have just walked up on this conversation at closing) when I heard the words, "If you don't have common sense, then you deserve it..." come from Colleen's mouth... Like I said, I don't remember the context, but let me give you an example of a situation where I believe that this would apply: As I was waiting at an intersection (the bottom of North LBJ) to cross the street onto campus a few days ago, there was a pause before the second car in line moved after the light turned green, and when I looked over, I saw that the driver was flanked to two dogs in the front seat, AND that her delay in moving forward was caused by her texting, which she CONTINUED TO DO as she made her way through the light, and onto the construction heavy Sessom Drive... Now if she were to get into an accident, reference Colleen's quote above, right??? I swear, you have to be SO CAREFUL AND ALERT...
Could you be more outgoing Coach? Yeah..., RIGHT??? :) I was enjoying the air conditioning in Slackers at work a few nights ago when I got into a conversation with one of our customers. After a few minutes, Katie stated, "You're cool. You don't talk in the hall..." HUH?! :P As I tried my best to respond to her like she wasn't crazy (I probably failed), I asked Katie, "WHAT are you talking about? I ALWAYS talk to people who stop and want to talk..." And then she said, "I asked for your name, and all you said was, 'Coach'..." (She played the part of me in a mocking voice also, saying... "COACH...") ;) And then I looked at her as if to say (while I actually said it of course), "yeah..., that's what you asked me!" :) It was nice meeting you Katie, and when you speak of me..., please speak kindly... :P
Could you make a prediction for us Coach? I PREDICT that if I had a DOLLAR for every time that somebody refers to me at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda between now and the end of the year, that I could move to Las Vegas and live off of that money for a year, and that the amount would be at least $20,000.00 (for those of you who are math impaired, that means that it is my belief that I will be referenced at least 20,000 times between now and the end of 2013). Now this reference could simply be 'Coach', or it could be, "where is that one hundred year-old guy that used to work here?", or it could be, "yeah, the guy with the blog..., the most NON-WRITING GUY that ever had a blog...," or "that poker chip guy," or "that sports illiterate dude..." ANYTHING along those lines is what I'm saying - just ANY REFERENCE to me, by ANYONE... TWENTY-THOUSAND TIMES... I feel bad for my former coworkers... ;)
Could you stop stalling, and give us your prediction for the Stanley Cup Finals? Okay..., but first, let's look at my predictions for the last round:
My Prediction/Actual Result
Blackhawks over the Kings in 5 games/Blackhawks in 5 games (OF COURSE!) ;)
Penguins over the Bruins in 5 games/Bruins in 4 games (UH OH...) :O
WELL..., let me tell you what I've been thinking..., what my train of thought has been..., as I've continued to pick against the Bruins in the later rounds. I VIVIDLY REMEMBER Boston being down two goals to the Maple Leafs REALLY LATE in that game, that seventh game, and have held it against them. I held it against them as they were about to face a Rangers team that had an exciting series win over the Capitals, and again against a Penguins team that had just been CRUISING through the playoffs... At this point I'm starting to think that I should have viewed that Bruins comeback much like the Red Sox turnaround against the Yankees when they were down 3 games to 0 in 2004... The Rangers looked SICK against the B's, ESPECIALLY in Game 3 at home, when the "GARDEN CROWD" was virtually nonexistent... The Pens offense was virtually nonexistent in this last series...
As for the Blackhawks..., well..., I've had them in every series so far (and I'm 10-4 through 3 rounds of the NHL playoffs to this point). The Hawks were down 3 games to 1 against the Red Wings, and it really did look as if there was no way that they were going to beat Detroit at that point, as well as the Wings were playing (a commentator's thoughts, which I had to agree with)... Of course Chicago came back, and then they beat the defending champion Kings in five games - sometimes I'm right... ;)
Now the NHL utilizes a 2-2-1-1-1 format as opposed to the NBA's 2-3-2 format to determine who is hosting each game of the series. The Blackhawks have home-ice advantage entering this series, but the Bruins have STIFLED their last two opponents, so I'm sorry Lightning, and I hate to jinx you Pete (and Bruins fans everywhere, including my friends up in New England), but I'm predicting...
Bruins over the Blackhawks in 6 games
I hope that all of you have a great evening of basketball (Spurs vs. the Heat - 8:00 p.m. CST - ABC) and I'll see you again tomorrow!
"Keep on dreaming, even if it breaks your heart..." -@niles_melissa- (via twitter)
"Every time I think of going back to school for my doctorate, I just read other people's tweets who are in school, and then go back to sleep..." -@DanaDavidson- (via twitter)
Could you do yourself a big favor and get your sleep right Coach? You'll love this... So last night, after having stayed awake until 6:00 a.m. on Sunday night/Monday morning, I stayed awake until 9:30 this morning... YEAH... Hopefully I can stay awake now without taking a nap for the next ten hours - if I can do that, I should be okay. I don't know about you, but normally an hour of sleep keeps me awake for two hours (much like the "normal" 8 hours of sleep keeps people going for 16 hours)... Well, I slept from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., so that should keep me going until just after midnight, and THEN, if I can just manage to crash through the night... :) It's becoming vital that I straighten it out now, because every waking moment in my near future will be focused on how I can make the most out of living in Austin, Texas (more people who can help me to do that are awake during the day than at 4:00 in the morning is where I'm going with that)...
Could you think about hard enough that you might finally "get it" Coach? Okay, so I'm walking through the Texas State campus to go to the Square yesterday, and I pass the 'Paws N Go' store located just off of the Quad. I have walked by this store SEVERAL TIMES, but this time it occurred to me: "Paws N Go, as in, pause to buy something, and then go... Is that how they meant it?..." I don't know if I've been so dense that I FINALLY had this "REVELATION," or if I'M THE CLEVER ONE, and no one else has EVER read that into it, including the creator(s)... Yeah, I've probably been that dense...
Could you give us one of those cold, hard, facts of life kind of quotes from an unexpected source Coach? Colleen, who is one of my friends and a former coworker, is one of the sweetest sounding, most unassuming sources for the words that you're about to read. I honestly don't remember what we were talking about (and I may have just walked up on this conversation at closing) when I heard the words, "If you don't have common sense, then you deserve it..." come from Colleen's mouth... Like I said, I don't remember the context, but let me give you an example of a situation where I believe that this would apply: As I was waiting at an intersection (the bottom of North LBJ) to cross the street onto campus a few days ago, there was a pause before the second car in line moved after the light turned green, and when I looked over, I saw that the driver was flanked to two dogs in the front seat, AND that her delay in moving forward was caused by her texting, which she CONTINUED TO DO as she made her way through the light, and onto the construction heavy Sessom Drive... Now if she were to get into an accident, reference Colleen's quote above, right??? I swear, you have to be SO CAREFUL AND ALERT...
Could you be more outgoing Coach? Yeah..., RIGHT??? :) I was enjoying the air conditioning in Slackers at work a few nights ago when I got into a conversation with one of our customers. After a few minutes, Katie stated, "You're cool. You don't talk in the hall..." HUH?! :P As I tried my best to respond to her like she wasn't crazy (I probably failed), I asked Katie, "WHAT are you talking about? I ALWAYS talk to people who stop and want to talk..." And then she said, "I asked for your name, and all you said was, 'Coach'..." (She played the part of me in a mocking voice also, saying... "COACH...") ;) And then I looked at her as if to say (while I actually said it of course), "yeah..., that's what you asked me!" :) It was nice meeting you Katie, and when you speak of me..., please speak kindly... :P
Could you make a prediction for us Coach? I PREDICT that if I had a DOLLAR for every time that somebody refers to me at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda between now and the end of the year, that I could move to Las Vegas and live off of that money for a year, and that the amount would be at least $20,000.00 (for those of you who are math impaired, that means that it is my belief that I will be referenced at least 20,000 times between now and the end of 2013). Now this reference could simply be 'Coach', or it could be, "where is that one hundred year-old guy that used to work here?", or it could be, "yeah, the guy with the blog..., the most NON-WRITING GUY that ever had a blog...," or "that poker chip guy," or "that sports illiterate dude..." ANYTHING along those lines is what I'm saying - just ANY REFERENCE to me, by ANYONE... TWENTY-THOUSAND TIMES... I feel bad for my former coworkers... ;)
Could you stop stalling, and give us your prediction for the Stanley Cup Finals? Okay..., but first, let's look at my predictions for the last round:
My Prediction/Actual Result
Blackhawks over the Kings in 5 games/Blackhawks in 5 games (OF COURSE!) ;)
Penguins over the Bruins in 5 games/Bruins in 4 games (UH OH...) :O
WELL..., let me tell you what I've been thinking..., what my train of thought has been..., as I've continued to pick against the Bruins in the later rounds. I VIVIDLY REMEMBER Boston being down two goals to the Maple Leafs REALLY LATE in that game, that seventh game, and have held it against them. I held it against them as they were about to face a Rangers team that had an exciting series win over the Capitals, and again against a Penguins team that had just been CRUISING through the playoffs... At this point I'm starting to think that I should have viewed that Bruins comeback much like the Red Sox turnaround against the Yankees when they were down 3 games to 0 in 2004... The Rangers looked SICK against the B's, ESPECIALLY in Game 3 at home, when the "GARDEN CROWD" was virtually nonexistent... The Pens offense was virtually nonexistent in this last series...
As for the Blackhawks..., well..., I've had them in every series so far (and I'm 10-4 through 3 rounds of the NHL playoffs to this point). The Hawks were down 3 games to 1 against the Red Wings, and it really did look as if there was no way that they were going to beat Detroit at that point, as well as the Wings were playing (a commentator's thoughts, which I had to agree with)... Of course Chicago came back, and then they beat the defending champion Kings in five games - sometimes I'm right... ;)
Now the NHL utilizes a 2-2-1-1-1 format as opposed to the NBA's 2-3-2 format to determine who is hosting each game of the series. The Blackhawks have home-ice advantage entering this series, but the Bruins have STIFLED their last two opponents, so I'm sorry Lightning, and I hate to jinx you Pete (and Bruins fans everywhere, including my friends up in New England), but I'm predicting...
Bruins over the Blackhawks in 6 games
I hope that all of you have a great evening of basketball (Spurs vs. the Heat - 8:00 p.m. CST - ABC) and I'll see you again tomorrow!
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Next Chapter...
"Woman are all best friends at 2:00 a.m. in the bathroom at the bar..."
-@cuckoo_cachu- (via twitter)
"Ever noticed that life lets you win every now and again..., just to keep you interested..." -@P8NT4R- (via twitter)
"My new diet started off really well this morning until I got hungry..."
-@Matty_Lombardo- (via twitter)
"Looking over your shoulder only detracts from accomplishing the task ahead..."
-@MarcusOreally- (via twitter)
Good evening everyone. I apologize for the very late Monday night post, but I have some good news for you (or likely VERY BAD NEWS if you enjoy reading quality writing)... :) I plan on posting more frequently in the near future, and if I don't post daily, it will be almost daily... Today I realized that I have a backlog of things to say and more time to say them... The next chapter in my life has begun as my last day working at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda was on Saturday, and as you can tell, I haven't straightened out my sleep schedule yet - this post would have already been published if I was sleeping in the realm of normal people, and not on vampire time... I added John Lackey (Red Sox/pitcher) to one of my fantasy teams today, and I woke up from an early evening nap (double segue - sleep schedule and fantasy baseball) in time to see the Sox bullpen blow a win for him (this surprises NO ONE by now, I know)... As a matter of fact, let's get the fantasy baseball out of the way right now...
League 1 (25 entry fee - 1st place/125, 2nd place/25)
1) DraftDodgers 73.50 (new leader in this league)
2) Neshanic 73.00 (my belief system is crushed now) :P
3) Shazzam 59.50 (just ahead of a logjam of teams)
9) The View From Bikini Hill 39.00 (amazed I even have 39 points)
League 2 (40 entry fee - 1st place/300, 2nd place/50)
1) Breaking Bats 83.00 (impressive lead)
2) 4troublemakers 69.00 (leading the next group)
3) Loons XXIV 67.50 (reaching for second)
6) The Bikini Hill Bobcats 49.50 (had a pretty rough week)
League 3 (40 entry fee - 1st place/300, 2nd place/50)
1) jonnylove7 66.50 (tenuous lead in my most competitive league)
2) Nappy Heads 65.50 (again, my belief system is crushed) :P
3) Mad Men 62.50 (my favorite show, hanging tough)
5) The Bikini Hill Nine 55.50 (my best chance to get my money back)
5) Pittsburg Crawfords 55.50 (1 of 6 teams within 11 points of 1st place)
Okay, so The View From Bikini Hill has NINE PLAYERS on the disabled list now, and as I'm fact-checking right now, I see that Jedd Gyorko (who is still in starting lineup) was placed on the DL today. IF I WAS TRYING to pick the players that I thought would get injured, I couldn't hit a number this high!!! As long as you're laughing, it's okay though - I'm here for your entertainment... ;) #courtjester The Bikini Hill Bobcats, by comparison, only have five players on the DL. The Bikini Hill Nine only lists four players on the DL, which probably explains the success of that team. OH, and The View From Bikini Hill is the team that I added Lackey to, the team who suffered through the Red Sox squandering the SIX RUNS that they scored in the FIRST INNING (on a related note, Alex Cobb is NOT a starter for ANY of my teams, so that's a tough break for someone out there)... ;)
As I said, I have a myriad of subjects to write about, and I will get to them in due time. There are some of them that I can't put off until later however. First of all, I want to give a shoutout to all of my friends at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda. As I wrote in my three weeks notice (yes, an extra week - I'm a visionary, I know...), it was a great group of people to work with. I was also told that I'm welcome back anytime, and I THINK that was meant as just more than as a paying customer... ;) Seriously, great group of people to work with, and a lot of great customers... Thank you...
Next, Amy, Mo, and Raymond get special shoutouts for getting me some of the FOOD that I listed in my "going away food wish list" post (the entry wasn't actually titled that, so don't look for it under that name)... Mo brought me 2 bags of Haribo Gummy Bears (is it completely horrible that 1 of the bags has disappeared already?), and her friend Amy brought me a bag of Snyder's of Hanover 'Hot Buffalo Wing' pretzel pieces... I know that I requested Gardetto's, but Amy said that she couldn't find them. HOWEVER, this little bag of pretzels (only half-eaten) has a code on it which enables me to get 14 issues of Sports Illustrated for $1.00. It's a damn shame that I don't like sports, huh?... ;) And as we waited for our establishment to get busy on Saturday night, Raymond ordered some PIZZA from Papa John's!!! I woke up really early (4:00 p.m.) for my 8:00 p.m. shift on Saturday night, so the pizza was a LIFE SAVER...
And then there's ELLEN... :) This girl is the proof that I'm one hundred years old... Back in my second year of teaching and coaching, and my first at a new school (a hundred years ago, of course), I coached with Ellen's dad and taught with Ellen's mom. Chris and Paula were nice enough to let me stay at their house on Friday nights so that I didn't have to make the half-hour drive back to Dallas, followed by the quick turnaround on Saturday mornings to be back in town by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings when I was coaching football. Well, Ellen was born during that fall (during the best month of the year by the way, and that has nothing to do with the fact that my birthday is in October also), and for some unexplained reason, this little girl likes me... I actually had a few photographs of Ellen as a youngster included among the myriad of pictures that I would display on or near my desk in my classrooms as I moved on to other schools, and was asked several times if she was my daughter. Of course my response was always along the lines of, "a girl that pretty..., MY CHILD??? C'mon..." ;) Well, Ellen graduated from high school on Saturday (a year early I might add - overachiever...), and did so as the VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS, and I'm very proud to give her a paragraph in my blog as she moves on to the next chapter in her life also. Congratulations Ellen - I'm SO PROUD of you!!! :)
I hope that all of you have a great day and I'll see you again on Tuesday (which is probably today)... :)
-@cuckoo_cachu- (via twitter)
"Ever noticed that life lets you win every now and again..., just to keep you interested..." -@P8NT4R- (via twitter)
"My new diet started off really well this morning until I got hungry..."
-@Matty_Lombardo- (via twitter)
"Looking over your shoulder only detracts from accomplishing the task ahead..."
-@MarcusOreally- (via twitter)
Good evening everyone. I apologize for the very late Monday night post, but I have some good news for you (or likely VERY BAD NEWS if you enjoy reading quality writing)... :) I plan on posting more frequently in the near future, and if I don't post daily, it will be almost daily... Today I realized that I have a backlog of things to say and more time to say them... The next chapter in my life has begun as my last day working at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda was on Saturday, and as you can tell, I haven't straightened out my sleep schedule yet - this post would have already been published if I was sleeping in the realm of normal people, and not on vampire time... I added John Lackey (Red Sox/pitcher) to one of my fantasy teams today, and I woke up from an early evening nap (double segue - sleep schedule and fantasy baseball) in time to see the Sox bullpen blow a win for him (this surprises NO ONE by now, I know)... As a matter of fact, let's get the fantasy baseball out of the way right now...
League 1 (25 entry fee - 1st place/125, 2nd place/25)
1) DraftDodgers 73.50 (new leader in this league)
2) Neshanic 73.00 (my belief system is crushed now) :P
3) Shazzam 59.50 (just ahead of a logjam of teams)
9) The View From Bikini Hill 39.00 (amazed I even have 39 points)
League 2 (40 entry fee - 1st place/300, 2nd place/50)
1) Breaking Bats 83.00 (impressive lead)
2) 4troublemakers 69.00 (leading the next group)
3) Loons XXIV 67.50 (reaching for second)
6) The Bikini Hill Bobcats 49.50 (had a pretty rough week)
League 3 (40 entry fee - 1st place/300, 2nd place/50)
1) jonnylove7 66.50 (tenuous lead in my most competitive league)
2) Nappy Heads 65.50 (again, my belief system is crushed) :P
3) Mad Men 62.50 (my favorite show, hanging tough)
5) The Bikini Hill Nine 55.50 (my best chance to get my money back)
5) Pittsburg Crawfords 55.50 (1 of 6 teams within 11 points of 1st place)
Okay, so The View From Bikini Hill has NINE PLAYERS on the disabled list now, and as I'm fact-checking right now, I see that Jedd Gyorko (who is still in starting lineup) was placed on the DL today. IF I WAS TRYING to pick the players that I thought would get injured, I couldn't hit a number this high!!! As long as you're laughing, it's okay though - I'm here for your entertainment... ;) #courtjester The Bikini Hill Bobcats, by comparison, only have five players on the DL. The Bikini Hill Nine only lists four players on the DL, which probably explains the success of that team. OH, and The View From Bikini Hill is the team that I added Lackey to, the team who suffered through the Red Sox squandering the SIX RUNS that they scored in the FIRST INNING (on a related note, Alex Cobb is NOT a starter for ANY of my teams, so that's a tough break for someone out there)... ;)
As I said, I have a myriad of subjects to write about, and I will get to them in due time. There are some of them that I can't put off until later however. First of all, I want to give a shoutout to all of my friends at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda. As I wrote in my three weeks notice (yes, an extra week - I'm a visionary, I know...), it was a great group of people to work with. I was also told that I'm welcome back anytime, and I THINK that was meant as just more than as a paying customer... ;) Seriously, great group of people to work with, and a lot of great customers... Thank you...
Next, Amy, Mo, and Raymond get special shoutouts for getting me some of the FOOD that I listed in my "going away food wish list" post (the entry wasn't actually titled that, so don't look for it under that name)... Mo brought me 2 bags of Haribo Gummy Bears (is it completely horrible that 1 of the bags has disappeared already?), and her friend Amy brought me a bag of Snyder's of Hanover 'Hot Buffalo Wing' pretzel pieces... I know that I requested Gardetto's, but Amy said that she couldn't find them. HOWEVER, this little bag of pretzels (only half-eaten) has a code on it which enables me to get 14 issues of Sports Illustrated for $1.00. It's a damn shame that I don't like sports, huh?... ;) And as we waited for our establishment to get busy on Saturday night, Raymond ordered some PIZZA from Papa John's!!! I woke up really early (4:00 p.m.) for my 8:00 p.m. shift on Saturday night, so the pizza was a LIFE SAVER...
And then there's ELLEN... :) This girl is the proof that I'm one hundred years old... Back in my second year of teaching and coaching, and my first at a new school (a hundred years ago, of course), I coached with Ellen's dad and taught with Ellen's mom. Chris and Paula were nice enough to let me stay at their house on Friday nights so that I didn't have to make the half-hour drive back to Dallas, followed by the quick turnaround on Saturday mornings to be back in town by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings when I was coaching football. Well, Ellen was born during that fall (during the best month of the year by the way, and that has nothing to do with the fact that my birthday is in October also), and for some unexplained reason, this little girl likes me... I actually had a few photographs of Ellen as a youngster included among the myriad of pictures that I would display on or near my desk in my classrooms as I moved on to other schools, and was asked several times if she was my daughter. Of course my response was always along the lines of, "a girl that pretty..., MY CHILD??? C'mon..." ;) Well, Ellen graduated from high school on Saturday (a year early I might add - overachiever...), and did so as the VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS, and I'm very proud to give her a paragraph in my blog as she moves on to the next chapter in her life also. Congratulations Ellen - I'm SO PROUD of you!!! :)
I hope that all of you have a great day and I'll see you again on Tuesday (which is probably today)... :)
Thursday, June 6, 2013
I Remember The First Time (20)
"Sometimes you never really know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory..."
-@AdamDelane- (via twitter)
"I'd have less of a headache if I put my phone away each time I have free time..."
-@b_jai2012- (via twitter)
"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe in you..." -@Okema_07- (via twitter)
"You're never too old to be young..." -@Starlight2112- (via twitter)
"Everyone's all like "summer's finally here" and I'm over here like "summer started a month ago"..." -@luhoral- (via twitter)
I remember the first time that I knew that somebody lived in San Marcos... As soon as I read that last tweet above, I KNEW that she had to be a Bobcat... Forecast high of 91 today, in case you were wondering...
I remember the first time that I was quick... Last night "Socks" (one of our regulars who is a local tattoo artist) walked by while I was going through my usual ritual. He commented "you and your poker chips...," and I instantly fired back, "you and your tats..." ;)
I remember the first time that I got positive feedback about Bikini Hill's new look... Everything that I've heard about the changes here has been upbeat, especially in comparison to the bright green that I had recently implemented. If you have any more feedback for me (good or bad), please let me know...
I remember the first time that I wasn't surprised... Stephen Strasburg and Jake Peavy both went on the disabled list yesterday. Strasburg is one of my fantasy pitchers, and Peavy..., IS ONE OF MY FANTASY PITCHERS... Shocking, I know...
I remember the first time that I was punished for doing something positive... George Karl was named the NBA's 'Coach of the Year' less than a month ago, so naturally the Denver Nuggets fired him today... As bad as I feel for Coach Karl, it's strangely reassuring to know that I'm not the only person who's ever been unappreciated and ambushed - hang in there Coach...
I remember the first time that I felt even better about being a Spurs fan... Last night at work when I looked up at one of our t.v. screens, I saw a shot of Justin Bieber wearing a Miami Heat ballcap... That's all... :)
I remember the first time that it was my last weekend at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda... This is it folks - it's time to start a new chapter in my life (I'm really wishing now that I would have learned how to read)... Ba dump, ching!.. ;) ANYWAY, if you want to give me that goodbye handshake, hug, fistbump, pile of cash, list of complaints, etc..., come by and see me tonight, tomorrow night, or Saturday night...
Have a great day, and remember that the first game of the NBA Finals is TONIGHT! See ya on Monday... :)
-@AdamDelane- (via twitter)
"I'd have less of a headache if I put my phone away each time I have free time..."
-@b_jai2012- (via twitter)
"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe in you..." -@Okema_07- (via twitter)
"You're never too old to be young..." -@Starlight2112- (via twitter)
"Everyone's all like "summer's finally here" and I'm over here like "summer started a month ago"..." -@luhoral- (via twitter)
I remember the first time that I knew that somebody lived in San Marcos... As soon as I read that last tweet above, I KNEW that she had to be a Bobcat... Forecast high of 91 today, in case you were wondering...
I remember the first time that I was quick... Last night "Socks" (one of our regulars who is a local tattoo artist) walked by while I was going through my usual ritual. He commented "you and your poker chips...," and I instantly fired back, "you and your tats..." ;)
I remember the first time that I got positive feedback about Bikini Hill's new look... Everything that I've heard about the changes here has been upbeat, especially in comparison to the bright green that I had recently implemented. If you have any more feedback for me (good or bad), please let me know...
I remember the first time that I wasn't surprised... Stephen Strasburg and Jake Peavy both went on the disabled list yesterday. Strasburg is one of my fantasy pitchers, and Peavy..., IS ONE OF MY FANTASY PITCHERS... Shocking, I know...
I remember the first time that I was punished for doing something positive... George Karl was named the NBA's 'Coach of the Year' less than a month ago, so naturally the Denver Nuggets fired him today... As bad as I feel for Coach Karl, it's strangely reassuring to know that I'm not the only person who's ever been unappreciated and ambushed - hang in there Coach...
I remember the first time that I felt even better about being a Spurs fan... Last night at work when I looked up at one of our t.v. screens, I saw a shot of Justin Bieber wearing a Miami Heat ballcap... That's all... :)
I remember the first time that it was my last weekend at Harper's/Slackers/The Veranda... This is it folks - it's time to start a new chapter in my life (I'm really wishing now that I would have learned how to read)... Ba dump, ching!.. ;) ANYWAY, if you want to give me that goodbye handshake, hug, fistbump, pile of cash, list of complaints, etc..., come by and see me tonight, tomorrow night, or Saturday night...
Have a great day, and remember that the first game of the NBA Finals is TONIGHT! See ya on Monday... :)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Could You? (20)/NBA Finals
"When you become number one and everybody talks about how much you're going to kill the other team and they've done nothing but lose and you're on the road, it's at night and it's cold, it's a trap game..." -Mack Brown- (University of Texas/Head Football Coach)
"We need to play. We don't need to play a game, take a week off, play a game, take another week off. That's not a very good schedule for us..." -Dennis Franchione- (Texas State University/Head Football Coach)
"We have guys that are inspired by these types of moments in the bright lights..." -Erik Spoelstra- (Miami Heat/Head Basketball Coach)
"I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great..." -Gregg Popovich- (San Antonio Spurs/Head Basketball Coach)
Could you write a lot about sports and colleges today Coach? Yes, I believe that I could, and good evening everyone...
Could you leave the predictions to me brother? So after the first game of the Bruins/Penguins series, a game that Boston won 3-0, my brother predicted that the Pens would change goalies before the series was finished. Fast forward to the second game of the series last night, where Pittsburgh pulled their goalie at the 3:29 mark of the first period after the Penguins fell behind 3-0 - good call Pete...
Could you tell us about another text that your brother sent you? I have to admit that I don't watch even close to the amount of college softball that I used to since I stopped coaching it as a high school coach. Last night I get a text from my brother that says, "how about this softball game?" I change the channel to find Tennessee and Oklahoma tied 3-3 in the top of the 12th inning, after each team had just scored all 3 of their runs in the 11th inning. After Tennessee was retired in their half of the 12th, the Sooners got a runner on base. At this point, Oklahoma sends a batter to the plate that has been hitting very well, and the commentator says, "Will they walk her? No..." And then, BAMMMMM!!! When I look up from my computer monitor, I see a ball clearing the fence just inside the left field foul pole, and the game is over. The Sooners now lead the championship series of this year's NCAA Women's College World Series 1-0, with the second game taking place tonight at 7:00 p.m. CST (ESPN).
Could you tell us something about Texas State University and the University of Texas? Well, yesterday was the first day of summer classes at Texas State, and Thursday will be the first day that summer classes meet at UT. You know that this only means one thing: the upcoming football season is now less than three months away... ;) Being the team player that I am, I researched the 2013 football schedules for each of these programs today, and I'm about to type them for you below...
Texas State Bobcats 2013 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 @ Southern Mississippi
Sep. 7 vs. Prairie View A&M
Sep. 14 OFF
Sep. 21 @ Texas Tech
Sep. 28 vs. Wyoming
Oct. 5 @ Louisiana-Lafayette
Oct. 12 vs. Louisiana-Monroe
Oct. 19 vs. Georgia State
Oct. 26 vs. South Alabama
Nov. 2 @ Idaho
Nov. 9 OFF
Nov. 16 @ Arkansas State
Nov. 23 vs. Western Kentucky
Nov. 29 @ Troy
Texas Longhorns 2013 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 vs. New Mexico State
Sep. 7 @ BYU
Sep. 14 vs. Ole Miss
Sep. 21 vs. Kansas State
Sep. 28 OFF
Oct. 3 @ Iowa State
Oct. 12 vs. Oklahoma (@ Cotton Bowl)
Oct. 19 OFF
Oct. 26 @ TCU
Nov. 2 vs. Kansas
Nov. 9 @ West Virginia
Nov. 16 vs. Oklahoma State
Nov. 23 OFF
Nov. 28 vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 7 @ Baylor
The thing that pleases me the most about these schedules (and that should make San Marcos and Austin businesses smile) is that the Bobcats and Longhorns do not host a single home game on the same day as each other this fall... That's the reason that I chose the specific Coach Fran quote above that I did. Between open dates and one team being on the road while the other is at home, I will have the opportunity to see any home game that I choose to attend this fall... :) I have also decided that as a part of making my weekly football predictions, I will predict the final score for all of the Texas State and UT football games this fall... :O
Could you please stop stalling and give us your prediction for the NBA Finals Coach? Well, before I do that, let's take a look at the previous rounds... After the first 3 rounds of the playoffs, I am now 10-4 picking the winner of each series. Below is a recap of my predictions for the last round, and my prediction for the finals:
Third Round - My Prediction/Actual Result
Heat over the Pacers in 7 games/Heat in 7 games
Spurs over the Grizzlies in 7 games/Spurs in 4 games
NBA Finals Prediction
Spurs over the Heat in 7 games
As a Spurs fan, I obviously want the Heat to lose, but I try not to be biased when I make my predictions here. If you remember my preseason predictions, I predicted that the Thunder would meet the Heat in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. At the time I made that call, OKC still had Harden, and Westbrook hadn't suffered his playoff injury. That is the reason that I don't like making "prop bets" - too many things can happen over the course of a season. Well, these developments opened the door for the Spurs. The Spurs and the Heat played each other very closely in each of their games in the regular season this year. As you might recall, each team played a game without its superstars. I'm sure that David Stern remembers, since a team is supposed to make sure that its stars are on the court to please the road fans instead of looking out for its own best interests evidently... Anyway, one reason that I like the Spurs in this series is that they got the chance to rest a little bit. Another reason that I like them is that they seem to be more disciplined that the Heat. If somebody is going to get frustrated or is going to be ejected from a game in this series, I would see that happening to someone on Miami's team first. I also believe that the Spurs have a deeper bench than the Heat. And yes, I do realize that the Spurs will have to win a Game Seven in Miami if the series goes that long, but I just believe that it's going to be a great series, much like the Spurs/Pistons series of 2005.
I hope that you have a great day and I'll see you again on Thursday!
"We need to play. We don't need to play a game, take a week off, play a game, take another week off. That's not a very good schedule for us..." -Dennis Franchione- (Texas State University/Head Football Coach)
"We have guys that are inspired by these types of moments in the bright lights..." -Erik Spoelstra- (Miami Heat/Head Basketball Coach)
"I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great..." -Gregg Popovich- (San Antonio Spurs/Head Basketball Coach)
Could you write a lot about sports and colleges today Coach? Yes, I believe that I could, and good evening everyone...
Could you leave the predictions to me brother? So after the first game of the Bruins/Penguins series, a game that Boston won 3-0, my brother predicted that the Pens would change goalies before the series was finished. Fast forward to the second game of the series last night, where Pittsburgh pulled their goalie at the 3:29 mark of the first period after the Penguins fell behind 3-0 - good call Pete...
Could you tell us about another text that your brother sent you? I have to admit that I don't watch even close to the amount of college softball that I used to since I stopped coaching it as a high school coach. Last night I get a text from my brother that says, "how about this softball game?" I change the channel to find Tennessee and Oklahoma tied 3-3 in the top of the 12th inning, after each team had just scored all 3 of their runs in the 11th inning. After Tennessee was retired in their half of the 12th, the Sooners got a runner on base. At this point, Oklahoma sends a batter to the plate that has been hitting very well, and the commentator says, "Will they walk her? No..." And then, BAMMMMM!!! When I look up from my computer monitor, I see a ball clearing the fence just inside the left field foul pole, and the game is over. The Sooners now lead the championship series of this year's NCAA Women's College World Series 1-0, with the second game taking place tonight at 7:00 p.m. CST (ESPN).
Could you tell us something about Texas State University and the University of Texas? Well, yesterday was the first day of summer classes at Texas State, and Thursday will be the first day that summer classes meet at UT. You know that this only means one thing: the upcoming football season is now less than three months away... ;) Being the team player that I am, I researched the 2013 football schedules for each of these programs today, and I'm about to type them for you below...
Texas State Bobcats 2013 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 @ Southern Mississippi
Sep. 7 vs. Prairie View A&M
Sep. 14 OFF
Sep. 21 @ Texas Tech
Sep. 28 vs. Wyoming
Oct. 5 @ Louisiana-Lafayette
Oct. 12 vs. Louisiana-Monroe
Oct. 19 vs. Georgia State
Oct. 26 vs. South Alabama
Nov. 2 @ Idaho
Nov. 9 OFF
Nov. 16 @ Arkansas State
Nov. 23 vs. Western Kentucky
Nov. 29 @ Troy
Texas Longhorns 2013 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 vs. New Mexico State
Sep. 7 @ BYU
Sep. 14 vs. Ole Miss
Sep. 21 vs. Kansas State
Sep. 28 OFF
Oct. 3 @ Iowa State
Oct. 12 vs. Oklahoma (@ Cotton Bowl)
Oct. 19 OFF
Oct. 26 @ TCU
Nov. 2 vs. Kansas
Nov. 9 @ West Virginia
Nov. 16 vs. Oklahoma State
Nov. 23 OFF
Nov. 28 vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 7 @ Baylor
The thing that pleases me the most about these schedules (and that should make San Marcos and Austin businesses smile) is that the Bobcats and Longhorns do not host a single home game on the same day as each other this fall... That's the reason that I chose the specific Coach Fran quote above that I did. Between open dates and one team being on the road while the other is at home, I will have the opportunity to see any home game that I choose to attend this fall... :) I have also decided that as a part of making my weekly football predictions, I will predict the final score for all of the Texas State and UT football games this fall... :O
Could you please stop stalling and give us your prediction for the NBA Finals Coach? Well, before I do that, let's take a look at the previous rounds... After the first 3 rounds of the playoffs, I am now 10-4 picking the winner of each series. Below is a recap of my predictions for the last round, and my prediction for the finals:
Third Round - My Prediction/Actual Result
Heat over the Pacers in 7 games/Heat in 7 games
Spurs over the Grizzlies in 7 games/Spurs in 4 games
NBA Finals Prediction
Spurs over the Heat in 7 games
As a Spurs fan, I obviously want the Heat to lose, but I try not to be biased when I make my predictions here. If you remember my preseason predictions, I predicted that the Thunder would meet the Heat in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. At the time I made that call, OKC still had Harden, and Westbrook hadn't suffered his playoff injury. That is the reason that I don't like making "prop bets" - too many things can happen over the course of a season. Well, these developments opened the door for the Spurs. The Spurs and the Heat played each other very closely in each of their games in the regular season this year. As you might recall, each team played a game without its superstars. I'm sure that David Stern remembers, since a team is supposed to make sure that its stars are on the court to please the road fans instead of looking out for its own best interests evidently... Anyway, one reason that I like the Spurs in this series is that they got the chance to rest a little bit. Another reason that I like them is that they seem to be more disciplined that the Heat. If somebody is going to get frustrated or is going to be ejected from a game in this series, I would see that happening to someone on Miami's team first. I also believe that the Spurs have a deeper bench than the Heat. And yes, I do realize that the Spurs will have to win a Game Seven in Miami if the series goes that long, but I just believe that it's going to be a great series, much like the Spurs/Pistons series of 2005.
I hope that you have a great day and I'll see you again on Thursday!
Monday, June 3, 2013
I Panicked
"I think my new dream job would be a host for a show on the Travel Channel - the show would be all about eating at buffets and working out..." -Zane McCoy- (via facebook)
"I wonder if Vegans are ever concerned that animals are going hungry because they are eating up all their food..." -@LeroyTee- (via twitter)
"Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out..."
-@jjblonde84- (via twitter)
"My friend told me I'm delusional, so I set him on fire and took off on my dragon..."
-@_InsanelyNormal- (via twitter)
"You haven't truly made it on Twitter until someone recognizes you in the unemployment line and asks for your autograph..." -@carlyken- (via twitter)
Good afternoon everyone, and welcome back to something completely different... I did a short post on Saturday, where I explained my reasoning for the new name and background for the blog, but I assume that most of you are seeing it for the first time today. Like I asked of you when I made the changes before this, please let me know what you think of the new look - I really do appreciate the last round of comments, and they in no small part led to this new look. You told me that the green under the new format was too bright (especially on cell phones), so hopefully this will be readable now (you know, the words..., not that my content will start making any sense)... ;) I tagged a big group of you to this post on facebook because I know that you'll be honest with me. However, don't feel slighted if you're not in that group - please let me know what you think of the new name and look, whether that be via the comment section here, through facebook, twitter, or in person.
As I give you my completely horrid weekly fantasy baseball update, let me also give a shoutout to those of you in my leagues who have been reading Bikini Hill. The way that the view tracking is set up here by blogger, I only get a 'sampling' of where pageviews come from (websites, etc...), but I have seen cdmsports.com showing up on a regular basis, so I hope that you're enjoying reading about my misery... :) Now onto this week's wonderful news...
League 1 (25 entry fee - 1st place - 125, 2nd place - 25)
1) Neshanic 76.50
2) DraftDodgers 69.00
3) Pappys Boyz 60.00
10) The View From Bikini Hill 38.00 (Yes, I renamed the blog out of shame)... :P
League 2 (50 entry/40 w/discount - 1st place - 300, 2nd place 50)
1) Breaking Bats 90.00 (NINETY freaking points...) Punk... :)
2) 4troublemakers 68.00
3) Loons XXIV 67.00
5) The Bikini Hill Bobcats 54.00
League 3 (50 entry/40 w/discount - 1st place - 300, 2nd place 50)
1) Nappy Heads 71.50
2) jonnylove7 59.50
3) Mad Men 59.00
5) The Bikini Hill Nine 55.50 (Fishing For Trout, Loons XXI tied for 5th)
As for my "favorite" fantasy horror stories this week... Well, The View From Bikini Hill is now back to SEVEN players on the DL after Huston Street and A.J. Ellis decided to join the crowd (oh, and A.J. Ellis was my catcher for ALL THREE TEAMS) - "and the hits just keep on coming..." So I'm at work on Friday (I believe), and Clayton Kershaw has a 5-3 lead in the 9th inning, with a reliever in the game against the Rockies. There's a runner on base when the batter just CRUSHES THE BALL! Anyway, the game is now tied 5-5, and no win for Coach... #shocking THEN I see that Strasburg was pulled in the 2nd inning of his start with an injury - BEAUTIFUL... Just for the sake of you being kind enough to stop by and read my blog, I hope that y'all are a bunch of sadists... :)
Speaking of sports, things have broken right for my San Antonio Spurs to this point. The Heat and Pacers will be playing a Game 7 tonight, and the winner will have only 2 days of rest before tipping off the Finals with the Spurs on Thursday. I'm hoping to watch a triple overtime game tonight... ;)
Let me give you a little story from work last night... :) I'm working at the front door, and in the right lane of the street in front Harper's, a car starts cruising slowly behind the row of cars that is parked in front of the businesses on our side of the Square. The guy on the passenger side then leans out of the window as the car comes to a stop behind one of the parked cars, waving his right arm as he starts yelling, "LET'S GO!!!" Of course the car that he is motioning to and shouting at is COMPLETELY EMPTY... :)
As I write my blog today, let me retell the story about how I wouldn't even have a blog if it wasn't for --S, who writes 'Life as a Las Vegas Poker Dealer' (link on the right). When I was dealing poker in Las Vegas, --S was dealing poker at the Flamingo (sorry, the Pink Chicken), and he would often come to our "bustling poker room" to play. In his most recent blog entry, --S stated that a move to Hawaii with his wife is pretty much in the works. One of the reasons that he gave for this was that he finds the thought of spending any more time in Vegas depressing... This is something that I have said about the desert before, as I continue to wonder why we can't just have an intersection of Bikini Hill, 6th Street, and the Strip right here in Central Texas. :) I want to wish my friend and his wife the best of luck as they make plans to move to paradise, and I won't even address the INSANE CLAIM that if he had his life to live over again, that he'd do nothing in his past any differently... :)
Speaking of friends who are trying to annoy me, I mentioned fellow blogger Lucki Duck (Small Potatoes Poker and Sports Betting - link on the right) here recently, and that he was going to be playing in Event 7 of this year's World Series of Poker. Well, the $1,000.00 No-Limit Hold 'Em event began yesterday, and out of 1,837 entries, our friend Pete finished in 154th place, for a $2,033.00 cash... :) I can't be in Vegas, and he's CASHING in WSOP events... Congratulations Pete!
And speaking of annoying people that my little blog can't seem to get rid of, our friend Alyssa (yeah, that one) made a trip to South Texas this weekend. I'll let her tell you the story about what happened: "Drove through Dairy Queen to get a snack to eat while driving, and when the lady asked what I wanted to drink, I panicked and responded, "cheese"..." You can take the girl out of San Marcos, but you can't get her out of the blog... :)
I'm not going to improve on that, so have a great day and I'll see you again tomorrow!
"I wonder if Vegans are ever concerned that animals are going hungry because they are eating up all their food..." -@LeroyTee- (via twitter)
"Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out..."
-@jjblonde84- (via twitter)
"My friend told me I'm delusional, so I set him on fire and took off on my dragon..."
-@_InsanelyNormal- (via twitter)
"You haven't truly made it on Twitter until someone recognizes you in the unemployment line and asks for your autograph..." -@carlyken- (via twitter)
Good afternoon everyone, and welcome back to something completely different... I did a short post on Saturday, where I explained my reasoning for the new name and background for the blog, but I assume that most of you are seeing it for the first time today. Like I asked of you when I made the changes before this, please let me know what you think of the new look - I really do appreciate the last round of comments, and they in no small part led to this new look. You told me that the green under the new format was too bright (especially on cell phones), so hopefully this will be readable now (you know, the words..., not that my content will start making any sense)... ;) I tagged a big group of you to this post on facebook because I know that you'll be honest with me. However, don't feel slighted if you're not in that group - please let me know what you think of the new name and look, whether that be via the comment section here, through facebook, twitter, or in person.
As I give you my completely horrid weekly fantasy baseball update, let me also give a shoutout to those of you in my leagues who have been reading Bikini Hill. The way that the view tracking is set up here by blogger, I only get a 'sampling' of where pageviews come from (websites, etc...), but I have seen cdmsports.com showing up on a regular basis, so I hope that you're enjoying reading about my misery... :) Now onto this week's wonderful news...
League 1 (25 entry fee - 1st place - 125, 2nd place - 25)
1) Neshanic 76.50
2) DraftDodgers 69.00
3) Pappys Boyz 60.00
10) The View From Bikini Hill 38.00 (Yes, I renamed the blog out of shame)... :P
League 2 (50 entry/40 w/discount - 1st place - 300, 2nd place 50)
1) Breaking Bats 90.00 (NINETY freaking points...) Punk... :)
2) 4troublemakers 68.00
3) Loons XXIV 67.00
5) The Bikini Hill Bobcats 54.00
League 3 (50 entry/40 w/discount - 1st place - 300, 2nd place 50)
1) Nappy Heads 71.50
2) jonnylove7 59.50
3) Mad Men 59.00
5) The Bikini Hill Nine 55.50 (Fishing For Trout, Loons XXI tied for 5th)
As for my "favorite" fantasy horror stories this week... Well, The View From Bikini Hill is now back to SEVEN players on the DL after Huston Street and A.J. Ellis decided to join the crowd (oh, and A.J. Ellis was my catcher for ALL THREE TEAMS) - "and the hits just keep on coming..." So I'm at work on Friday (I believe), and Clayton Kershaw has a 5-3 lead in the 9th inning, with a reliever in the game against the Rockies. There's a runner on base when the batter just CRUSHES THE BALL! Anyway, the game is now tied 5-5, and no win for Coach... #shocking THEN I see that Strasburg was pulled in the 2nd inning of his start with an injury - BEAUTIFUL... Just for the sake of you being kind enough to stop by and read my blog, I hope that y'all are a bunch of sadists... :)
Speaking of sports, things have broken right for my San Antonio Spurs to this point. The Heat and Pacers will be playing a Game 7 tonight, and the winner will have only 2 days of rest before tipping off the Finals with the Spurs on Thursday. I'm hoping to watch a triple overtime game tonight... ;)
Let me give you a little story from work last night... :) I'm working at the front door, and in the right lane of the street in front Harper's, a car starts cruising slowly behind the row of cars that is parked in front of the businesses on our side of the Square. The guy on the passenger side then leans out of the window as the car comes to a stop behind one of the parked cars, waving his right arm as he starts yelling, "LET'S GO!!!" Of course the car that he is motioning to and shouting at is COMPLETELY EMPTY... :)
As I write my blog today, let me retell the story about how I wouldn't even have a blog if it wasn't for --S, who writes 'Life as a Las Vegas Poker Dealer' (link on the right). When I was dealing poker in Las Vegas, --S was dealing poker at the Flamingo (sorry, the Pink Chicken), and he would often come to our "bustling poker room" to play. In his most recent blog entry, --S stated that a move to Hawaii with his wife is pretty much in the works. One of the reasons that he gave for this was that he finds the thought of spending any more time in Vegas depressing... This is something that I have said about the desert before, as I continue to wonder why we can't just have an intersection of Bikini Hill, 6th Street, and the Strip right here in Central Texas. :) I want to wish my friend and his wife the best of luck as they make plans to move to paradise, and I won't even address the INSANE CLAIM that if he had his life to live over again, that he'd do nothing in his past any differently... :)
Speaking of friends who are trying to annoy me, I mentioned fellow blogger Lucki Duck (Small Potatoes Poker and Sports Betting - link on the right) here recently, and that he was going to be playing in Event 7 of this year's World Series of Poker. Well, the $1,000.00 No-Limit Hold 'Em event began yesterday, and out of 1,837 entries, our friend Pete finished in 154th place, for a $2,033.00 cash... :) I can't be in Vegas, and he's CASHING in WSOP events... Congratulations Pete!
And speaking of annoying people that my little blog can't seem to get rid of, our friend Alyssa (yeah, that one) made a trip to South Texas this weekend. I'll let her tell you the story about what happened: "Drove through Dairy Queen to get a snack to eat while driving, and when the lady asked what I wanted to drink, I panicked and responded, "cheese"..." You can take the girl out of San Marcos, but you can't get her out of the blog... :)
I'm not going to improve on that, so have a great day and I'll see you again tomorrow!
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Bikini Hill, 6th, & The Strip
Good evening everyone. After changing the name of my blog recently from 'The View From Bikini Hill' to 'The View From Bikini Hill & 6th' due to my upcoming move back to the ATX (Austin, Texas), I thought about the new name and what I write about in this blog, and I decided that 'Bikini Hill, 6th, & The Strip' more accurately reflects the blog's content. For those of you who are regular readers, this will be the last name change (for a while at least)... ;) And yes Lightning, this does mean that you won't be reading a blog entry here next week under the blog name of 'Bikini Beach'... :) Also, for the guys who were waiting in line to get up to the Veranda last night and started yelling, "C'MON, THE VIEW FROM BIKINI ATOLL..." - NO, you won't be seeing that as the name of the blog either... :) Have a great weekend and I'll see you again on Monday!
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