Sports Offseasons

I don't envy sports talk show hosts whose shows are driven by one or only a few sports. Here in Salt Lake City there is really on the Jazz and the college sports teams. No I am not dogging on MLS, it just isn't really on the sports map here with most people so the hosts don't give Soccer much play. I love soccer.

It must be really difficult to have to rehash the same issues everyday with relatively little change, while trying to bring fresh perspectives to it so your listeners keep tuning in. I mean how many times can you discuss, "Will or won't Carlos Boozer opt out"?

That is really okay though since I am not listening to the radio much lately as I try to use my drive time to improve how I think.

Hopefully the Jazz will have exciting news soon. Without some big moves next year may end up pretty painful.

Waking to Music

I have been waking up to a screaming alarm for years. Probably nearly 20 now. For almost 7 years (I can't believe it has been that long!), my wife has been admonishing me to wake to music, as she ostensibly does with her alarm clock. About half of the time though, her radio turns on to some super obnoxious commercial or radio DJ that I find way more grating than an alarm buzzer. At least I can control what I hear, right?

So, after nearly 7 years I determined that she was right, but not entirely, and I went out and bought an alarm with a CD player. It was much more pleasant to wake to the tunes of my good friend, and Christian Rock artist Ben Glover (seriously check his stuff out he is great), than a buzzer, and I didn't immediately roll over and go back to sleep because I wanted to listen to the song.

With that in mind I want to say: Babe you were right.

Thank You

I just caught part of Saving Private Ryan on TV, this should be required for people to see in my opinion. Schindler's List also falls into that category with a couple of others.

After seeing the closing scenes I just wanted to say thank you again to all of our service men and women. I have lived and traveled abroad fairly extensively and we have the greatest nation in the world. It isn't perfect by any means, but it is the best. Thank you to all of you who pay the price for our freedom. Thank you to all of you who have lost loved ones. Thank you to all the mothers, and wives, and children and anyone else who I left out who worry about your hero everyday as they are deployed.

I know that my little thanks doesn't go very far, but from the bottom of my heart thank you.

What is up with the Jazz?

So for the second game in a row, the Jazz choked away a huge lead in the third quarter. I can understand getting a little complacent and letting a big lead shrink, but 24 points? Gone?

I guess the consolation is that they won.

Seems like a fairly brutal stretch run, hopefully the Jazz can finish strong. I don't think they will win the North West, but it is still possible. Home court seems like a must watching these guys play on the road.

I Love the Cold

I live in Salt Lake City and the last couple weeks of February as well as the first several weeks of March were unseasonably warm. Already into the 70's. We have needed moisture and I was really not ready to get to spring/summer.

Hooray for the Rocky Mountains, they delivered for me. The last week has been cooler (though I haven't experienced anything in the States in years that I would truly describe as cold) and we had some snow. I love it! I love it even more when I see people grouchy because it is snowy and cold in February and March, it makes me giggle inside. Why do you live in the Rockies if you don't like cold?

So, I thought that I would state: I love the cold. One of my favorite feelings in the world is "booger freezing cold": when you walk outside, breathe deeply and everything all the way into your sinuses tingles and freezes. Call me weird, I think it is awesome. Since the last time I was in Russia, I haven't gotten that sensation. I miss it, time to visit colder climes...

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