Saturday, September 30, 2006

Cars, I love Cars...

I came across the coolest car site while poking around the internet. DPcars.net Here is the summary of his site -


I have long wondered what it would be like to own some of the machines that I keep reading about in magazines. What are they like in daily use, what's it like to take them to their limits? Eventually a time came when I decided to stop wondering and start doing....

This fellow goes through cars faster than I go through shoes.... No joke! He has had everything from a Ford Focus to a Scion xB (the one that looks like a box) to a Lotus Elise (or two), BMW M coupe, and a BMW M5. Takes them all to the track and gives great logs of his expirence. Then he sells them.

That isn't the coolest part. He is building his own track car from the ground up and documenting every step in fascinating detail from designing to building to testing (which he has just started). Yeah, most of you will find the detail he goes into boring (he's an engineer), but I ate it up like a good novel. I couldn't stop reading.

It makes me want to get my RC car out again. I would spend an evening taking the thing apart and putting it back together just because I could. It was almost more fun doing that than driving the thing!

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Magic Number Update

No big changes in the magic number for this week, just one less game to win in each race. 13 for the NFC West, and 14 for the NFC.

Big game against the Bears, very well could be the NFC championship match (I hope).

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

A good week...

Ahhh, what a great football weekend!

The Dawgs pull off their first Pac-10 win in a few years (EDIT: at home, thanks Jeff...) and do it with the second biggest comeback at Husky Stadium. Read about it here... I really think that with a few good bounces that they could make it to a bowl this year. Hell, they have already had a more successful season than last year. I think they are well on their way to sitting at the top of the Pac-10 again.

And then there are my Hawks... Wow, what a game. 21 points in the first quarter and a halftime score of 35-3! Yeah they gave up 27 points in the fourth, but they ended up winning 42-30. No worries whatsoever! I think Deion Branch had a great first game as a Hawk (I keep wanting to call him Cliff, who I just found out is Deions uncle from that link. Isn't the internet great!) I don't if it was because he was excited to be back on the gridiron or if it is the way he always plays, (I don't watch the Pats, I can't stand them) but he seems to have quite a bit of excitement... Jumping up after making a play... woofing... I like him!

The crowd was unbelievable! As I type this a few hours after the game my ears are ringing as bad as after any concert that I have gone to. No sleep for Mike tonight! My throat is a little sore but I should be able to talk tomorrow. I will however go have a hot tea with honey after I am done here.

Boy am I impressed with our D. If the offense can put up 21 points or more a game we will be fine. I think Hamlin is OK after being brained with a sign last October. The O line looked good, not a single sack that I can recall, the interception in the forth when Matty was hit was totally the fault of Morris not taking out his man. (damn Ducks). I didn't even notice that Rob Sims came in for Chris Gray because he sprung his knee... that is a good thing when you are talking O-line.

Note to self... bring sunscreen to games... my face is fried!

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Woo!

35-3 at the half.... Can't expect much more than that!

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FOX

The FOX halftime shox wa being shot in front of the Hawk today... Unfortunatly I didn't have any peanuts to hit Terry with.

Did you see me?

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Magic Number Update

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, I have yet to grow tired of my new videogame.... :)

To win the NFC West, the Seahawks magic number is now 14 with a win over Arizona and a loss by St Louis.

To win the NFC the magic number is 15.

We are off to the game, the Fox pregame is in the north parking lot this morning, but I didn't get up early enough to get down there. I was going to heckle Howie, Terry and Jimmy. Now that I type that don't they sound like you friends in elementary school? Where is Timmy and Joey? LOL, morning humor without caffine! Priceless...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Make some NOISE!!!

Hey there faithful blog readers (if there are in fact any!... remember comments are always welcome ;-) )

I got a kick out of this story here today. Someone, a NFL team, has alleged that the noise at the Hawk (Qwest Field) is enhanced with the PA system. The NFL will be monitoring this to make sure that this isn't happening. I have a couple theorys as to who did this.

If it was the Giants, they are fools. Even if true, they have motivated every fan to make even more noise. I hold back on most plays as I have to talk at work on Mondays. Not so this weekend! I will leave it all at the field, the proverbial 110%, running the cords at qualifying RPM's.... If it wasn't them, they are pissed at whoever picked this week to bring it up, which brings me to my next idea as to who did it....

Could it be a divisional foe of the Giants? (Washington, Philly or Dallas) This would be a genius move! None of them come to Seattle this year and they have everything to gain if NY loses. They know Seattle is a tough place to play and they benefit a great deal if the Giants fall to 1-2. Get that crowd riled up! I smell Jerry Jones.....

And last, my biggest conspiracy theory as to where this came from.... The Seahawks themselves! Someone in the organization 'leaked' most likely to a Cardinals front office person that the Hawks supplement the crowd with the PA system... The Cardinals were just here and witnessed how loud it gets, they reported it to the NFL. bingo, this story comes out and if everybody at the stadium makes that much more noise, crushing the Giants with sound!

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Seahawk Sunday

Ahh, another successful Sunday afternoon at the Hawk (Qwest Field).

After the perfect first quarter the Hawks struggled a bit again on O, but still looked great with the D. There wasn't that feeling of dread that would come over the stadium like a black cloud in that situation in the past. Boy have we missed a defense around here.... Welcome back!

As for the offense, I am a bit disappointed, but not worried. The line is looking human, I am not so sure that the departure of Hutch is the only reason. Shaun needs to run. All to often it seemed like he would not have a hole and just fall over. Maybe if we hung a picture of an endzone off the front of his helmet he would pound it a little more like a horse after the carrot. DJack looked good. His touchdown was sweet. To bad it was at the opposite end of the stadium. In fact all Hawk scores were at the opposite end. Bummer. I was all ready with the camera phone for a good shot at the end of the third when they decided to let the clock run and scored at the south. No such luck!

My favorite part of the game other than the fact that I didn't get sick and they won.... The 'Wave' never got going once. Some buffoons in the upper level tried to start it (the wrong direction) but it didn't catch. Carrie got irritated with me when I yelled "knock it off!" in their direction.

Now if we could just get rid of the silly car race that to many people get a way too excited about. Don't they know it is staged? What a bunch of lemmings! I look away as I feel it rots the brain like the arc in 'Indiana Jones' melted the nazis when they opened it. Leave that stuff for baseball, they need all the enrichment to their gaming experience that they can get...

Same goes for the hide the football under the helmet. Adults yelling "three!!!, three!!, three!!!" just to prove to everyone around them that they were able to follow the ball and then cheering loudly if they were right. Lab rats....

Oh yeah, did anyone catch that tackle by Josh Brown on the rekick? Best tackle by a kicker that I can remember.... He looked like an actual field player! LOL...

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Hawks 1st quarter

Great start to the home season... First drive for a TD, hold the cards to a three and out. Missed FG for them too.

14-0 Hawks

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Magic Number Update

I almost forgot!

To win the NFC West the MN is 16.

To win the NFC, the MN is 16.

Off to the game! GoBigBlue!

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Cool Cooler Coolest

So, it is Thursday afternoon and the beer that I put in my cooler Saturday is still icy cold... How cool is that? (literally) Looks like I have some work to do...

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Uggh...

I have been listening to Sports Radio KJR this morning and they played "Private Eyes" by Hall & Oates as a bumper and now the song is eating away at my brain...

Private Eyes
They're watching you
Watching your every move...
(and repeat)

Just sharing...

BTW, they got me all hyped for the Hawks home opener. Cortez to the ring of honor. NFC champions banner. Rain. Awesome!!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Kurt Warner with a K

I was scanning the Seahawks Insider blog and saw this post here. Nothing remarkable (I didn't listen to the interview yet), but check out his picture..... No half beard! I don't think that I have seen KW without his perma-3 day facial growth, not that I seek out KW pictures.

I have always said, either grow it or shave it....

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

I know , I know, I haven't posted in awhile... I have been pretty busy lately (yeah right!).

Well, the push to get the deck done was successful. I finished Friday night amid a swarm of craneflys and an anxiety attack at 9pm. I slept good that night! Here is a before and after....




Can you tell which is which?

Next spring and summer I concentrate on landscaping again. Its much more relaxing....

The BBQ on Saturday was great! It was Carries and my first foray into large scale entertaining. We had a good group of family, friends and kids over. Beers were tossed back, flesh was grilled and all seemed to have a good time except for the occasional knife fight... The weather tried to dampen the party but it was to no avail. Too bad summer is over and football has begun or I would have a few more of these. Oh well, there is always next summer, hopefully the deck will still be standing....

The other thing keeping me busy is my new video game, Test Drive Unlimited. Basically they have put the whole island of Oahu with all it's roads and sights for you to explore in expensive exotic cars. That isn't even the coolest part. You run into real people from all over driving at the same time when connected to the internet. It is a thrill to chase someone down and blow buy them, knowing that it is a real person, say in Spain, that was driving the other car. You can challenge people to races, sometimes for pinks, or do individual challenges. I enoy just finding the twisties (there are plenty on Oahu) and just cruising at a high speed, weaving through traffic. It is surprisingly engaging... I even blew off Monday Night Football to race, it is that good.

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Friday, September 08, 2006

Magic Number - Week 1

I will try to do this every week... Unless things get ugly.

For home field advantage the magic number is 17.
For the NFC West divisional title the magic number is 17.

BTW, did you know that the Manning brothers are going to play each other Sunday night? You'd think that NBC would promote something like that a little more.... (eyes rolling) I'm hoping Eli tweeks his elbow in warmups and Tim Hasselbeck starts.

That could be bad if Eli isn't healed by week three because they would then hype the Matt - Tim battle... All they would talk about is Elisabeth. Check the trends.... The only time that Matt (and Tim for some reason) surpassed Elisabeth in Google searches was during the Super Bowl. Matt rules in Seattle 2:1 but loses HUGE in Minneapolis and Cincy. They are Elisabeth fans there!

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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Methinks

Whole Foods, never been there before. Since they just opened one up in Redmond, within walking distance from my office I thought I'd take check them out today at lunch time.

WOW!!!! This is the greatest smelling grocery store EVER! As I wandered (it is huge) I came across many wonderful scents... A nice fruity smell in the produce department, the fish smelled like fresh ocean, there was a smokey (good smokey!) odor around the meat. Their cheese kiosk was unbelievable (smelled like feet though). The deli was awesome. A flowery scent hung around the middle of the store. Seriously this was the greatest treat my nostrils have expirenced!

The place was a bit spendy, but it looks like you get value. Good thing I am not afraid to BBQ in the winter as there was some good flesh there for the taking. This place makes Larry's Market (RIP) look like a circa 1974 Safeway.

Their sushi looked good to my untrained eye too, I almost picked some up. Surprising after my recent bout with food poisioning. I got to get back on that horse! I will eat seared ahi again! I will just avoid it when it costs $8 at a bar that used to be a brothel. I will stick to beer there....

Speaking of my weekend of hurl, I am now hooked on gatorade. I never craved it before but after downing gallons, I am hooked. There must be crack in there!

...Back at work, I was told by a woman I work with that my bout with food poisioning (the uncontrolled stomach contractions) was what a woman goes through when delivering a baby, so now I know what it is like.... I'll deliver a baby anyday before I go through that again!

With a baby, hopefully you get a night of passion (wink wink) and after 9 months and some convulsions and contractions you are blessed with a healthy baby to love and raise....

My bout with FP, however... I got a grilled ahi sandwich and fries (not bad, or so I thought). I got to boot on a public street in front of strangers who probably thought I was a raging drunk.... I got a good 6 hours or so of convulsions and contractions....

All I was left with was a bucket of bile and a horrible taste in my mouth... No fair!

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Sunday, September 03, 2006

I'm not cruel!

Jay Steller, my bluejay arch-nemisis, was spotted landing on the lid of my highly modified Webber Genisis Silver B with the 3psi propane boost too add 25% to the BTU output at the grill. She'll do 700 degrees in no time flat if I keep the lid down.

He quickly took off (real quickly). Hopefully to never visit my backyard again!

No, he wasn't baited, It was his own fault. Fool!

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

I hopped on the scale last night for kicks after eating the biggest meal I dared (bowl chicken noodle, toast) and discovered that I have lost around 10 pounds off my normal (over) weight.... Yeesh, I must have booted a kidney!

Yesterday I attempting to work on the deck, but I was so weak I could only do a little before having to sit for a bit. C was a bit irritated with me, but what can I say, I'm a dog. Like Bo (Moms Boston Terrier) I'll chase a ball 'til I drop... I almost dropped... I did make some appreciable progress though.

This morning, after being awakened by sirens, and a helicopter circling for 45 minutes at 2am. Then an outburst by Jay Stellar for an hour at 6am... I actually feel almost normal. I think I'll run by the 'Buck and pick up my usual (grande almond latte... sublime!) and may try some breakfast that isn't bananas or apple sauce. Let's hope for the best! Arrivederci!

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Uggghhhhhh.....

Since my last post from the Seahawk game things went downhill quickly for me... No worries, I'm fine now.

Basically, I got myself a nice case of food poisoning. During halftime my stomach started to feel not so good, no biggie, but something was up... In the third quarter, when the Hawks came up on a forth-and-3 I decided it was time to go. I was miserable, or what I would have previously considered miserable.

We walked, slowly, back to the truck. I drove it out of the garage, as it was pretty tight, and switched with Carrie after we paid for parking. As we headed up Cherry street, a San Francisco like grade, heading towards the express lanes I realized there would be no place to pull over for miles.... "Pull over Carrie!" She handled it like a champ.

We pulled up against the curb and I unleashed like the Excorcist... My God it was horrible! The worst was seeing people look at me, I'd rather be naked in public than boot. Well after I got that out I didn't feel too bad, on with the trip home!

Around a mile or so to go to home I sensed it coming back again... What the hell??? We pulled into the driveway and I yelled for Carrie to stop! I did it again right there, being sure to miss the lawn (I actually thought about that) and praying that no neighbors were within earshot. I hosed off the walkway and Carrie hosed the driveway so their would be no reminders in the morning. I hoped I was done.

To make this long (and disgusting) story short, from around 10pm and 4am I booted around once every 30-45 minutes... It felt like my abdomin was a damp rag being twisted by giant hands for every last drop of moisture, combined with someone trying to remove my insides with a giant mellon-baller. Horrible!

As of this morning I feel 1000x better, still not even at 60%, but I'll take it! I am on the BRAT diet for a couple days (Carrie was worried enough to call the emergency room, that was their recomondation) Bananas, Rice, Apple sauce and Toast. Mmm, mmm, good! No tuna cassarole for me tonight! Hopefully my tongue will start working soon so I can taste bananas. I'm eating one as I type and it has all the flavor of a tofu stick!

Just a thought, If I could replicate the muscle action of booting without the nasty bits and do it three times a week, I would have abs of steel in no time! Maybe thats how I'll make my millions!

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