Tag: Sports

Vital Statistics

“Get out of San Francisco”

We made it to San Francisco, but I’m not really enjoying the trip very much. I’m reminded of how much I hate living in cubeland (i.e. cubicles). It’s very, very quiet here almost to the point of distraction.

I had to pass through security twice in Portland because of my money clip. If you heard that knifes less than 4 inches long were allowed, you heard wrong evidently. As I discovered a few years ago at a security checkpoint in Cincinatti, my money clip has a knife in it. I hadn’t planned on checking my bag, so at least I could put the money clip in the bag and check the bag. Back in Cincy, I had to steal a box from the checkout counter because I had already checked all my bags.

Before I went through security, I realized I had forgotten to detach my Leatherman micra from my keychain. I stashed it in the seat cover dispenser in the nearest bathroom. That worked for me once before about 15 years ago at MSP when I was afraid to carry a joint on board and was returning a few days later.

Current reading: n/a (forgot my book in the bag I checked)
Recent listening: n/a (remembered my iPod, forgot the headphones)
Recent viewing: Olympics: freestyle skiing
Imperative To Do: Get out of San Francisco, take out the trash

Here’s me bored in San Francisco:

Update 2/18: My Leatherman micra was waiting for me in the seat cover dispenser when I got back on Thursday.

Vital Statistics

Tomorrow I’m traveling to San Francisco for a couple of days to visit Macromedia/Adobe.

My Tivo is still getting a new hard drive. Tomorrow I’m traveling to San Francisco for a couple of days to visit Macromedia/Adobe.

Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles
Recent listening: Coverville, Mexican Standoff/Michelle Shocked, Get Behind Me Satan/White Stripes
Recent viewing: Olympics: men’s downhill, men’s and women’s curling, snowboarding, pair skating, ski jumping (long), speed skating (long and short track)
Recent playing: Halo
Imperative To Do: Pack, Pinewood Derby: Sand and repaint

Vital Statistics

I cleared a bunch of space on my Tivo last night in anticipation of the Olympics and it started rebooting every 10 minutes. The second drive has been going out for awhile, I think, and it’s on its last legs now. Took it to the office today to have our resident Tivo expert dupe the dying drive onto another drive I have laying around. Nevertheless, I am without Tivo tonight.

Current reading: Armor by John Steakley
Recent listening: Meat Is Murder/The Smiths, Evil Empire/Rage Against The Machine, Got No Strings/Michelle Shocked, DrugMusic
Recent viewing: (not applicable)
Recent playing: GamesGrid Poker
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Paint, Renew driver’s license, Take out garbage
Cool link: Tina’s Art

Vital Statistics

Bike odometer: 5754 miles
Current reading: Armor by John Steakley
Recent listening: Meat Is Murder/The Smiths, 12 Songs/Neil Diamond, Especially For You/Smithereens, Rid of Me/PJ Harvey
Recent viewing: Countdown with Keith Olberman, Sportscenter, Superbowl XL, CSI: Miami
Recent playing: Archoon
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Paint, Renew driver’s license
Cool link: Listening Test (send me a comment with your score)

Superbowl

Many are claiming that these two calls were a 14-point swing for the Steelers. That’s deceptive at best.

I’ll admit up front that I was rooting for the Steelers to win, so it should come as no surprise that I didn’t really think bad officiating helped the Steelers win Superbowl XL. However, here’s my take on the various controversies:

  1. The call for offensive pass interference was probably good but should have been reviewed. I think many people who are outraged are not regularly viewing football fans. It does not take much of a push to gain an unfair advantage in that situation. The fact that the offensive player was caught with his arm fully extended led to the call.
  2. The Roethlisberger touchdown call was correct. I watched the replay on my Tivo several times last night. What is deceptive is that when he makes the dive, he is holding the football high – up near his shoulder – but when he ends up on the ground, the football is near his waist. If you watch the replay carefully, you can see the two white stripes of the football, still held near his shoulder, when his head breaks the plane of the end zone. It’s clear to see that the tip of the football breaks the plane, also.
  3. Many are claiming that these two calls were a 14-point swing for the Steelers. That’s deceptive at best. The offensive pass interference call resulted in the Seahawks having to settle for a field goal, so that’s only 4 points. The controversial touchdown call occurred on 3rd down. If it had not been ruled a touchdown, the Steelers would have either gone for it with an inch to go, or more likely kicked a field goal. Again, only 4 points. The so-called 14-point swing was really only an 8-point swing.
  4. The Stones got bleeped during halftime and I missed it. I gave started fast-forwarding 1 minute into “Start Me Up” and only stopped occasionally to see if they sucked any less. They did not.
  5. Was nobody at the network paying attention to the setlist? Doesn’t everybody know that “Start Me Up” ends with “You make a dead man cum”?
  6. Finally, I feel sorry for Jerome Bettis. He was capable of a much better game, but the running game was just not there. They even gave him two chances to score a touchdown from the 3 yard line prior to Roethlisberger’s controversial dive. Hate to see him go out with a wimper.