My apology to KU Fans

Well, this wouldn't be the first time.....I would be wrong on this blog, but I'll keep my word. KU fans...I deeply apologize for not picking your team to the Final Four. I thought they would choke in the regional final.....and they almost did if the Davidson player had made that three point shot. You would be coming home tonight. So, two of my final four picks made it. I'll say Good Luck to you guys in San Antonio in the Final Four. Oh; and one more thing, please beat Roy Williams team for me this Saturday Night.

Today, I also got to try out a new restaurant called Granny's Chicken Ranch right behind Famous Dave's at the Legends. The atmosphere was pretty good if you didn't have the bar it would have been better. Some of the table and chairs were made of cherry oak. It's a family restaurant where everybody pitches in from the owner to the son who is waiter, cousin, mom and few others to make this place unique. I started with a nice house salad along with house vinaigrette which was probably the best thing on the menu. I ordered a chicken fried steak along with some mashed potatoes with the skins on along with some green beans. Every dinner came with a basket of a cinnamon roll and a made from scratch biscuit w/ some whipped honey butter. This place is pretty good if you want to splurge a little. I would definitely come back, but next time I would order something different. I highly recommend a house salad with the house vinaigrette. The cinnamon rolls and biscuits are unlimited as well as side items that came with your dinner. Out of my five star rating....I would give it three out five stars.

Signed,
Tim "I'm full" Crippen

Easter Potpurri

Well, I hope everyone had a great easter......I don't have one particular subject to talk about today so this post is going to a mix bag today.
Let's first talk about politics.....and no I'm not going to talk about the presidential election, I'm more shocked about these politicians and for some reason their getting caught in these sex scandals rings. Whatever happen to being faithful to your wife? We already know about former governor Elliot Spitzer and now we have the latest with the mayor of Detroit. For goodness sake these politicians are definitely getting what they deserve when they use taxpayers money for things like this. Speaking of spitzer...I heard that the woman he was seeing gave him a nickname called client #9. Client #9? You were the former governor of New York who were the other eight guys ahead of you? Okay, I will go to something more interesting.

Have you ever wanted to know what it was like to be a star? Well, now you can a company in Austin, TX will make you star even if it's just for a day. This company will hire a paparazzi, a bodyguard, get you a limo and can put your picture of your night in the town on a fake cover of a magazine. Packages for being a star for a day range from 250-1500. This is pretty good if you want to give people on street a good laugh or a stare. However, if I wanted to hire camera guys just find some friends and relatives with good cameras.

This is probably my favorite story this weekend.....We all have at one time or another ate those little yellow chicks or pink bunnies known as peeps. Well now there is a website for these marshmallow animals called www.peepsshow.com. This site we'll give you the history of the peeps but check out the photo gallery of what art the peeps can make. If that's not enough there is even a website for you lord of the rings fan called www.lordofthepeeps.com The picture of gandalf as peep is pretty cool.

Signed
Tim "loving spring" Crippen

March Maddness II

I've already done March madness one...if you don't know look on March 2007 and it should be there. Picking these games is like trying to pick stocks on the NYSE. You look for winners but most of the time my brackets go usually bust. So, this year I promise myself I'm not going to put KU in the Final four this year. I've been burned by this team in the past and they never seemed to deliver. Chances are that if I don't pick them they'll probably go to the Final Four. Anyway, after studying my brackets along with drinking irish coffee and eating some green cookies, cupcakes and almost anything else that looked green at work. It's time make my annual picks. My Final Four this year is UCLA, Tennessee, Memphis, and Georgetown. Sorry KU fans but I can't go with you two years in row. If they do get to the Final four ....I will greatly apologize on this blog. I do have dark horse for the tournament look out for Michigan St. in the tournament. Oh, could somebody explain to me also why they call it March Maddness. I mean this term could refer to severe weather or people's rage on the road. I also wonder why does it have to be march. Let's have August Maddness....this term would refer to people who are sick of the extreme warm temperatures or the crazyness of parents trying to get their kids enrolled in school. Just a thought.

Signed
Tim "Happy St. Pat's Day" Crippen

The K.C. auto show

This was my first time ever going to the auto show here in town.......I was mostly there to check out cars of what I might want to trade in for my Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. This vehicle above is an Hyundai Elantra.....in which I was impress.....good gas mileage and plenty of headroom and definitely one of the vehicles.....I would be interested in trading. This auto show is about eight football fields wide and had every car maker there to answer your questions. They did have some classic cars out there.

Like this Ford 2003 T-bird with a classic look

or this jeep...(I know it's cheesy doing the pointing thing, but this is my blog.)

I was also there to see some of the new concept cars like the smart car which was built by Mercedes, but is tiny and gets great gas mileage or the new car called the Zenn which runs on electric, but is not used for highway purposes. Even having my dad along for the ride was great and he seemed to have a pretty good time. So, I leave you with other pic's from the auto show.

Signed

Tim "the auto show was cool" Crippen

A Sunflower journey

When driving in Kansas; especially western kansas, you'll find the some unique places. one of those places is Mullinville. There has been a man there in town who has created many of these political and unusual wind mill signs that are along the highway in the town. Now, I don't know what his political views are but I think I know what he thinks of Hillary Clinton.

And what he thinks of our Health Care Plan

But before I went into this unique town.......I stop by Greensburg, Kansas. Before May 04, 2007 most people who have heard of greensburg, kansas only knew it as the place where the world's largest hand dug well........now it's more known for a F5 tornado that nearly wiped and entire town,

When I went see it.....I was just amazed of how there was very little left of the trees there....the schools held their classes in mobile trailer units. There was nothing left of the downtown area. Even the gift shop where the hand dug well is located was very little more than a garage shed. I would say that it's going to take about two or three years before Greensburg gets back to normal.

However, the main reason for traveling was for my grandmother's funeral. It was nice to see a lot of my cousins. Most of them were there and it was nice to catch up. Here's a nice picture of all of us cousins.

In fact one of our cousins Johnny Schneider along with his wife Shyla just had a baby boy.....way to go Johnny...the schneider name continues on. Pastor Charles West was one of the preachers at my grandmother's funeral...For those who have been at Shawnee church of the nazarene for awhile......he was the pastor there. Here we stand together as we laugh at a joke.

As for the place that we stayed at...Wow! My grandparents former next door neighbors Charlie and Jimmie Owings just opened their home for us. There were the nicest host you could ever want....the house was about 6000 square foot. Even their dog Maui...the german shepherd even greeted us.

My grandmother was a person who loved to take pictures...even if they were little crooked. Although, if their was one word to describe her it was patience. I happen to see this saying on the church bathroom wall that really describe my grandmother.

"Patience with others is called love, patience with self is called hope and patience with God is called faith." We will miss you grandma from the Schneider, Crippen and Hale families.

Signed

Tim Crippen

Knight Rider Returns

Twenty five years ago.....A man name Michael Knight and a black trans-am came into our living room fighting for truth and justice. That show was Knight Rider and it made David hasslehoff a star. Now, twenty five years later there is Knight Rider movie on TV even as I type this post. At the time when the original show came on seeing talking cars was unheard of.....now, their starting to become standard options for certain cars.
I was a huge fan of the original series......however, this new movie is not living up to the hype. Luckily, it's just a TV movie event, but there is talk about bringing back the TV series next fall. The new movie starts off on who built KITT and that this private security firm is trying to get the hard drive from it's creator. KITT's creator has a daughter who knows about the hard drive sytstem. She as well as Mike Truac (a former army ranger) are the only people he can trust. Mike Truac estranged father is surprise, surprise...Michael Knight (Hasslehoff).
Seeing Hasslehoff was cool......some of the features for KITT were cool liking him morphing into different colors, but I do have some gripes.
First off, bring back the Trans-Am .......to see a Ford shelby GT Mustang is totally not cool. Then KITT's voice....Val Kilmer ......Iceman from Top Gun? Are you kidding me....bring back William Daniels the original voice or if you want to bring a new voice put in Liam Nisson or Sean Connery to add some humor to the show......Could you imagine Sean Connery saying Hello, Mike in a Scottish accent.
Anyway, I hope they don't bring it back to the TV as series, but then again they brought back American Gladiators and it became a hit. I guess what is old is now new again.

Signed
Tim "Knight Rider rules" Crippen

The Doctor will see you now

It seems like every time this year I tend to get sick of something like flu or fever or something else. This year what I have is something not cureable by pill or by medicine. A doctor can help me with my illness, but only time can heal my disease situation it is called heartache. About every other year during Valentine's Day millions of men and women suffer from this tragic disease in which singles have hard time trying to get together. I would normally go see my regular doctor this weekend to get some help, but he is out town this weekend. So, to help my alleviate the symptons......I went the only doctor that was available this weekend. Sure, it was female doctor but she seemed to listen and understand my pain. You can kind of say she's a pioneer ahead of her times even if was just for a moment. Now, normally I don't go see female doctors, but a friend had recommend me her and I thought I would give a shot. What was the name of this female doctor?








I went to see Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman

Aka Jane Seymour

(What? Did you think I was really seeing a real doctor)

Other picture Jane Seymour

Signed

Tim "Happy Valentine's Day " Crippen

The good, the bad, and the ugly

When thinking about a title for this post....for some odd reason the old clint eastwood western movie fits perfectly to describe some of the SuperBowl commerical ads.

First the Good:
Shaquille O'Neal riding a horse and he thinks he's a jockey for Life Water drink.....the best part of this ad the photo finish with the cheesy grin.
Budweiser: rocky music as the dalmation trains a horse
bud light: Breathing Fire
Garmin: Napolean needs a GPS system to find his place of battle ......a much better job from Garmin than last years.
Go Daddy.com: woman hated it, men loved it.....However, FOX did not show the rejected commercial that only airs only on Go daddy's website. Let's just say Danica patrick is hot in the rejected one, but I think the ad was mostly pulled off more for it's tongue and cheek.
But my personal favorite was the Coke commerical with the ballons of Underdog and Stewie from the family guy. their both fighting for the coke and neithier one gets it.........It went to of all people get it was our goood friend Charlie Brown.....nice touch for coke......sometimes I feel like charlie brown and for him to get his justice was great.


The Bad:
The Audi commercial that did a spoof of the scene from the Godfather. I know what they were trying to portray but, it really didn't come through for me.


The Ugly:
Careerbuilder commercial with the Lady's heart jumps out of her bosom and then the heart climbs up to her boss' desk and holds a sign that says I quit. ugh......i'm surprise the lady died..
what a horrible commercial.


signed
tim "go giants" crippen

Social Suppers, the bucket list and a giants fan goes extreme.

It's nice every once in awhile to try out some new adventures and this weekend was no exception. For the first time, I decide to go to social suppers here in Leavenworth and get ingredients to make some meals. If you've never done this I would highly recommend it. Whether it be for parties or just a couples night out....this a place where you can have some fun.

I would like to say thanks to my sister in law Crystal and my brother for getting me a coupon book for Christmas in which I used a coupon for this place. I would like to say thanks also to Terri, Sandy and the rest of the crew at the Leavenworth social suppers who treated me with the utmost respect. I like this place because whether your a season veteran at cooking or just a beginner this place can make cooking fun. The menu is never the same cause it changes every month. I mean one month your having firehouse chilli and the next month you could be having grilled rasberry chicken.

So, today I put on apron (and yes I am wearing and apron) and started making ingredients for Honey garlic pork chops, citrus tarragon chicken and for a dessert since it was free with the coupon Cranberry Apple crisp.

I did buy one meal that was already made that was in the freezer. It was a maple mustard glazed pork roast in which I brought home and started cooking. All I can say is the taste was just impeccable. I especially loved that the fact the carrots were included in the dish which made it even better. The cranberry apple crisp was just as good. To think that you with a little bit help you can make something from ordinary to extraordinary.

Here's picture of the maple mustard glazed pork roast before I dig into it.

If your ever interested in getting your hands in the kitchen, go to http://www.socialsuppers.com/. Where you can find this month's menu and for the nearest store location. Wow, what an awesome place.

The bucket list......I have to say I really like this movie. It's grumpy old men meets the great outdoors. I laughed, I cried and there are some sad moments. Anyway, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson are two cancer patients who only have few months to live after both were admitted to the same room for cancer. Freeman's character writes a bucket list of things he wants to do before he kicks the bucket. Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a multi-millionaire who gives Freeman's character as well as himself and chance to live life to the fullest. There is one scene where Freeman and Nicholson are laughing so hard they both cry. It's when Freeman tells Edward Cole where the orgins of where his favorite drink comes from.......I must admit I was laughing at scene just as the two actors. Three out of four stars for me.

Okay, as we know next weekend is the SuperBowl between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. The parties, the food, the commercials and of course the game are all well in good. This story however I wasn't laughing about. The man who played Vito on the Sopranos show how much of a Giants fan he is.....There is extreme and there is really extreme. I don't know maybe it's just me but would you do this to your dog to show how loyal to your team.....I let the picture speak for itself.

Signed

Tim "still eating my cranberry apple crisp" Crippen

This made me laugh

I was raeding article on CNN's website on wether or not late night comedy shows are funny again since returning on the air. Well, a couple of people sent their so called top ten list and it made me laugh.
Pat Ames of Mishawaka, Indiana
Top 10 things I've done while the writers are on strike:
10. I've watched about 10 percent of the DVDs I've bought during the last 18 months and hadn't gotten around to.9. I scored over 600,000 on Chuzzle.8. I can recite all of the dialogue in every CSI episode (reruns on Spike).7. I laundered two months' worth of underwear and socks.6. I went to a restaurant, twice, at 8 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.5. I wrote a screenplay.4. I play with the cats.3. I read two novels.2. I got halfway through a year's worth of Newsweek magazines.1. I don't have to stay up until 10 p.m. on Tuesdays to watch House.

Chris Ritsch of Baltimore, MarylandReasons why the U.S. population doesn't care about the writers' Strike:
8. America is too busy losing mortgage payments playing online poker.7. Isn't there some kind of election going on somewhere?6. Because after three years, no one cares why the hell they are on that island in the first place.5. One word: Britney.4. The Internet porn writers are NOT on strike.3. Most Americans can't afford health care, let alone cable TV.2. Local libraries are running a "borrow one, get one free" special this month.1. The Weather Channel rarely shows repeats.

Signed
Tim "still laughing" crippen

Pix from ice skating

After suffering from some bumps and bruises and falling on my keister once......okay twice, I

leave you these lovely pixs.

another new year's predictions post

Well, it's time for another installment of new year's predictions and if you look at my last post....I did get a couple of them right. The Royals didn't lose 100 games this year, airlines did lose more luggage than ever before and will only give myself partial credit on the nanotechnolgy because wasn't talk about as much as I thought would.

The year in review.....if I have to say anything that 2007 was probably the Year of the recall.....from tainted pet food to lead paint in toys. We had stories like Lisa Norwalk; the crazy astronaunt, caught in a love triangle. The virginia tech massacre which shocked us all, a tornado that practically wiped out the entire town of Greensburg, KS, Barry Bonds rise as (the supposed homerun king) to his fall of being indicted on perjury charges. Michael Vick a fast QB but couldn't outrun the feds when it comes to dog fighting charges. We saw people pass away this year from Lucianno Pavarotti, Bill Walsh and Eddie robinson great football coaches to a jazz legend Oscar peterson who knew how to tickle the ivories. I'm sure I forgot some but those are the one's I remember the most.

New year's predictions for 2008
1. We will have a new president that will be eithier be a woman, african american, latino, mormon or just another plain white guy. (i'm covering all my bases)

2. foreclosures will be even higher next year than even this year.

3. Social Security will make it's way back into the news (and it won't be very good)

4. I will have my credit card debt paid off

5.The New england Patriots will go 19-0 to win the superbowl.

6. Youtube might create a reality tv series with just ordinary people

7. royals will go above 500 this year

8. A major earthquake will happen in California

9.I will eithier be promoted in my company this year or I will be doing my passion this year.

10. I pray that there is major anti global warming movement so that the media as well as these environmental wackos will shut up and realize there is no such thing as global warming

The day after christmas

Well, it has been awhile since I have written a post so here it goes.....the past few weeks at work seem like there was nothing but overtime galore wether it be the 10 or the 12 hour shifts, but I trudge through and my wallet felt a little fuller. It will feel nice to get back to some normalcy. I haven't been to church for over three weeks for eithier one of many reasons whether be being sick or an ice storm or something else. The holidays are almost over and I miss being with some of my friends. Did everbody get what they want for christmas? I almost got everything I want, but my needs are more of taking care of my debt or trading in my truck. I did receive a nice fleece jacket for the winter time which will keep me warm. Mom and Dad receive their gifts from me one of which was an electric knife and the others were two gift cards from resteraunts. My greatest gift was more of miracle as I finally was able to remove my freaking wart that has been bothering me for weeks. This thing has been on my left hand and has hurt me so much during work that I had to wear a glove just to protect it. I know it sounds disgusting, but it's a big relief for me. I just need time to give my hand to heal up. My company's christmas lunch and party was the best I have ever been to bar none. It definitely lived up to my expectations....anytime you serve eithier ham or turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, salad, rolls and your choice of three different kind of pies.......that's some good eating. Finally, before everbody left for their 4 day weekend, Everyone who works for the company recieved their year end bonus. It wasn't much but every little bit helps. This was one of the most memorabable christmas I have had in a long time not only from the recieving end but also from the giving side as well.

Merry Christmas to all and I hope to see everyone before or after New year's Day
Signed Tim Crippen

PS: Jay Leno makes his return on January 2nd YYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Not really missing Jay Leno......okay maybe a little

Being cold and ice in this weekend gave me a chance to catch on some reading, watch some holiday films and laugh at the people who have to drive in this crappy weather. For the past five weeks the writers guild of america have been on strike. What does that mean? Well, I haven't seen a new late night show in quite awhile. No more new shows from primetime schedule except for the ones that are eithier game or reality shows. The movie industry is hurt the least beacause all the films that are coming out next year are already written. So, is it bothering me? Not really except I do miss watching a new Jay leno episode with new comedy. I just caught friday night's episode in which they went back to the archives like back to 2004. Ouch! next thing you know if strike continues any longer their going to show an old Tonight show with Johhny Carson in black and white. You know the way I look at it .....If Letterman and Leno are really all that funny......Why can't they write the jokes themselves and do the shows without the writers. Heck, I betcha I could find Joe Blow out on the street who could probably write funny material. The point is that I'm not really missing my late night comedy too much.....with the holidays in full swing, working overtime and trying to find time with friends and family.....I haven't had the time to think about it what if the writers strike goes on longer. Here's a thought and I'll put it in big bold letters.



How about trying to get a life instead of watching TV.

Signed
Tim "merry christmas" Crippen

You never stop learning

The last couple of sundays at church have been very interesting for me. About a couple a months ago, the lord kind of laid on my heart to do something in the church. Instead of just a person who goes to church and sunday school and then gives his tithe to the lord. There was this emptyness that felt like I wasn't helping out. Then one Sunday, a man name Billy; who was in my financial peace university class, introduce me to Lon and the tech crew at the church. These past two Sundays I've have been trying to learn the powerpoint sytem as well as the audio board there at the church. It has been over three and half years since I have done any technical work with a computer or an audio board. Even at my age, the audio board is so multiple layered that it's like I got to learn a whole new system over again. I have two reasons for wanting to learn both systems. One, is to improve on my technical skills and start learning a new system in the digital age instead of being intimidated by it. Two, I always wanted to help out in the church in some way, but just eithier didn't seem to care or just didn't know where I could fit in. Even in God's perfect plan you never stop learning.

College football turned upside down

This year has been the weirdest, most upsets and the best college football season I have ever seen period. Forget your powerhouses like USC, Notre Dame, Ohio State or Florida.......this has been the year you kind of wonder whether hell has frozen over it if this year has just been a streak of good luck. Let's start with Kansas University no not the basketball team the football team. 11-0 before their first loss this has to be the biggest turnaround for them since even before I wasa born. Mark maggino has got this team going in the right direction. Then you got the team that beat Kansas in their only loss and that is Missouri. The Tigers for the first time since 1960 are #1 and have a good shot at the national championship. Then you have West Virginia, a team that really doesn't get too many big name recruits to come to their school is only one win away from playing in the national championship. With all the excitement going on this college football season... ....I tend to almost forget about the NFL except only when the Bears are playing.

A christmas economic story

Twas the day before christmas and it's time to go shopping before all the good gifts leave the store. We hop in our SUV that's costing us 349 a month and gas is so high that will be a 100 bucks more. The kids want hot chocalate, but mom says no. She even denies herself a trip starbucks that would have cost $4 even more. Dad is serving in Iraq and doing the best that he can while mom complains that going to mall is a traffic jam. The kids run through the store to find the toys they want on their list and mom is not to far behind while drinking a $1 Sierra Mist. After their fun in the toy department, she takes them to find clothes to see what would look good with ribbons and bows. Junior wants these pair of Nike's that is $60 top of the line and mom says no are you out of your mind. Susie wants the latest perfume so that she can smell nice, but mom looks at the price tag and says not at the expensive price. They finally leave the store and get what they need and their hearts were not full of all that greed. Their tire blows out and they have spare. It takes them few minutes and they finally arrive back home in Deleware. Junior asks question "Mommy why can't we afford it?" (Referring to the shoes that he wanted) Because I've listen to Dave Ramsey and were on a tight budget.

A christmas gift and Oh yes, Garth Brooks

Let me start with the Christmas gift first.....I have to save you folks from spending a complete waste of money. Last Tuesday, as I'm sitting at applebee's, I come across this commercial for the latest execise equipment called "The perfect push-up". The best way to describe this thing it looks like two paddles with handles that twist and turn as your doing a push-up. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing and wondering who would buy this crap? Here's the even more funnier part....the cost......two payments of 19.95...$40.00 are you out of your mind...for that much money I can take a date to nice resteraunt and maybe go see a movie. Now, if the paddles contain electric shock to revive your heart after you work out on the perfect pushup then maybe it would be worth it, but don't spend your money on this.....if you want to do a push up just use your hands.

Okay, now onto the Garth Brooks concert......first the sprint center itself.....this is definitely not the place to hold concerts. The acoustics were terrible....the only instrument that actually sounded good was the fiddle. Then the hanging scaffolding that was holding the camermen was blocking the view of the videotron and finally the seating kind of felt tight. This new arena was more built for sporting events. However, there were some positives the seating was fairly comfortable, the videotron was pretty cool, there wasn't a bad seat in the house and looking inside from the outside through the glass panels makes this a very unique building.

The concert all I can say is wow what a show.......It has to be in my top 5 of best concerts I've ever been too. Trisha Yearwood open up the show and was really good then the main event showed up and it was like.....well I don't know how to describe it. It wasn't like a show it was more like a controlled party atmosphere where everybody seemed to have a good time. Garth opened up show with his song "Fever" as he poped up from underneath stage like he was Jack in the Box and just let it rip.

Strobe lights moving all around, Garth's logo sign coming down from above the opening was one of the best I ever seen. He played all the hits and there was even a moment during the show where he seemed a bit teary eyed as if he missed touring.

The concert was great, but I think I can help Garth Brooks improve his image even more because at the end it seemed like he was tired, but he kept on going for 2 1/2 hours. Here are just some suggestions

1: Use some just for men hair gel to get rid of the grey

2: Use rograine to grow some of that hair back

3: Use the perfect push up to keep your energy up (Just kidding about all three)

If you get a chance to go see his show it is worth the price of admission and you might even have one of your own mastercard moments.

Two tickets for Garth Brooks Tickets $50

Parking for the show $0

Times I got turned down to take someone to the show 8 times

Sitting with your dad at a Garth Brooks concert while

spending some quality time with him Priceless

Signed

Tim "I had a great time" Crippen

The last two weeks

I have to admit that the last two weekends have been a whirlwind for me, but here we go. Couple of weekends ago I went to my Dad's retirement party in Wichita, KS. We held the reception at the Timberline resteraunt and a very friendly person was there to greet us.







If you never been to this resteraunt.....It's mostly a steakhouse resteraunt, but the best part of the resteraunt is the loaves of bread served with honey butter. Anyway, I digress as people were gathering around ......my dad receives a plaque

for his 33 years of service for the Veterans Administration. Of course my dad appreciate all the people who came to this event. Although, dad didn't realize this evening was going to get better
as one of his coworkers decide to roast him by writing a poem about his life with the VA by using titles of candy bars and other sugar sweets. I saw him have a great chuckle as family and friends


and yes even Polly showed up to see my dad have one of his best days of his life.

Last weekend, I went to Pittsburg, Kansas for their homecoming football game as well as the Campus Christians annual ribs for the alumni. I will admit the ribs were really good and I definitely went back for seconds. This was probably the last time we were going to have this before they tear down CC house before they make it into a parking lot...what a cryin shame .....I have too many great memories of this house. Before the game and the all you can eat ribs, we had our morning parade and our congresswoman Nancy Boyda was there and she was the Honary cannonneer for the game as she got to shoot off the cannon. I bring this up not to talk politics, but to point out that her fashion sense isn't the best. She's not a PSU alumni and when she was walking around the parade with a white PSU logo shirt (which was allright) but those red pants that she was wearing was awful looking. Then again who am I to criticize fashion ....I'm dude who sometimes wears shorts during the winter months. I didn't spend much time with my friend Dan because he was on call on lot, but the time we spent was very good in quality.


Update on Garth: I have been turned down six times, but I'm not giving up on finding a date for Garth Brooks concert.....and there is possibly that I might be able to trade the tickets for another night....so I'm crossing my fingers.

That's been my last two weeks in a nutshell.

Searching for a date

Well the search continues for a date. Not a just any date, a particular date. Okay, let me explain.....Last week, a co-worker of mind had two extra pair of tickets to go see the one and only Garth Brooks. I'm somewhat of a fan and the tickets only cost me $50 . The fact that he is performing nine shows in a row is just unreal.....and guess what all nine shows are sold out. I guess what makes this hard is that the show I got tickets for is on Wednesday November 7th and their very good seats in the lower level. If I had tickets for Friday, Saturday or even a Sunday night show....I would have easily had a date. I usually try not to do any big events during the middle of the work week, but this could possibly be the last time Garth performs and that the fact this will be the first time I will get a chance to see the new sprint center. So, who will go with me to the man performs the song "the dance"? I will keep you updated.

Signed

Tim "the thunder rolls" Crippen