Sad, sad, sad

Sad commentary on our society that Women's Professional Soccer must forgo their 2012 season due to a legal battle and funding issues, yet the Lingerie Football League prospers with 12 teams and plans for at least 10 more next year.

Lights Out

Took down the Christmas lights today.  Went faster than expected, however, everything is still sitting in bags and boxes on the front porch.  There's always tomorrow.

Today is the first day of 2012.  I decided that I won't make a big deal of it.  After all, how much different is today than yesterday?  Nothing changed significantly from one day to the next.  The Earth continued to spin in its ever steady rotation.

I did stay up and watch Carson Daily's New Year's Eve show.  I have no idea who he is, but I found him somewhat odd.  I can't quite place it but he didn't fit the live show all that well.  There was this other guy and a girl on there.  Didn't know them either.  Man, I'm out of it.

Then two other people, who I didn't recognize, pushed the button to start the ball drop (they were a second or so off but the ball went down on time regardless).  I thought it was Ralph Lauren and a sidekick (because he was wearing a goofy flag sweater and she was wearing a mask).  Turns out it was Lady Gaga and Mayor Bloomberg.  Go figure.

So anyway, the only day that comes once a year that should be of significance to me is my birthday.  It's the anniversary of my time on this spinning orb floating in space.  And it's only a month away!

Just a few more strings should do it...

Put the Christmas lights up last weekend and lo and behold, it seems many of the houses around me have doubled the number of lights they've put up this year.

So I was out on the roof again today, putting up  just a few more strings of lights.  I will not be outdone!

Don't Say This Blog Is Dead!

OK, so I haven't posted anything in a while.  One of the more recent posts was at the start of the MLS season.  The season is now over.

I'm still getting tons of hits though.  Oddly enough, they are coming from Google searches for "nude amazon."  I guess Google is sending these people looking for naked Amazonian women to my blog thanks to Firefighter's discussion about the nude photography book he bought on Amazon.com.

Speaking of nude women, I saw a commercial for the new .xxx domain.  What do you suppose that's for?

It's On Craig'sList

I used to be a huge Weird Al fan back in the day.  I heard a new song from him (new to me anyway) called Craigslist.  It's hilarious!

It's Alive! and thinking about the beautiful game.

Tonight at 9:30 the MLS kicks off their season with a match between LA and Seattle.  If you want to pledge to watch AND get a free t-shirt, click here.

As luck would have it, I was thinking of writing a post about soccer anyway.  My question is why it not more popular in the U.S?

It has gained in popularity since last year's World Cup and the US team's performance there.  But can soccer really be an American sport?

I love soccer, but I don't think it can ever be as popular as football (or tackleball as it should be called since only one player ever touches the ball with his foot) or basketball (which I suppose is aptly named) and baseball.

First, you have the dreaded tie.  A tie is un-American.  If you're an American, you must have winners and losers.  Worse yet, in some soccer tournaments, where points are tallied based on wins, loses and goals, it could even come down to a coin toss determining the winner.

Next, there are no commercials.  How in the world can anyone make money that way?  A sport for the sake of sport where no money is made in the process?  That's un-American.

Don't get me wrong though, soccer makes some money.  Look at any MLS jersey and you'll see.  I would like to buy a soccer jersey to wear around, perhaps one from my hometown Columbus Crew, but I don't want to have "Glidden" paint emblazoned across my chest (however it seems the Crew's new replica jerseys they sell are ad-free, but most European teams are not).

The lack of commercials also brings up the issue of potty breaks.  When am I supposed to use the facilities or grab a bag of chips if the moment I walk away, an amazing goal could be scored, thus negating the last 40 minutes of no goals being scored that I sat through?  That significantly reduces my willingness to invest my time in the game.  Perhaps though, as an American, my attention span is shorter than our European brothers.

Thirdly... well I'm sure there are other reasons, but those are the two that I feel like talking about.  I'm out of time today, time to move on and save some words for another day.

I can't wait to see you again

How the times have changed, I use to think boys and girls couldn't just hang out together without there being trouble. I guess I am wrong, my daughter informed me today that she wants to hang out with Mr X. Mr X is in a long term relationship and is to be married when he graduates high school. Now Mr X wants her to come over and hang out with him because he is on house arrest(nice). So where is this soon to be bride? She might be at work, school or out with her friends while my daughter is hanging out with her soon to be husband. To me that just seems wrong. Does it not to you? This Mr X guy has wanted to date my daughter, is known for his parties and drug use, that explains the house arrest. In my eyes this hanging out is wrong. I don't want him as a son in law! He is a pot head and he likes taking nude or topless pictures of himself and posting them on facebook like he is some sort of stud. What if hanging out turns into OOPS! I just screwed your daughter and my girl friend found out, now my daughter is with child and all those college hopes turn into diapers. My daughter is dead certain that this will not happen that this is normal and boys and girls can be friends.

Now I ask, can teen girls and boys be friends and not have sex? When I was 16 or 17 I was trying to hit anything with a YA and a heart beat. I don't think I am going to let them hang out together (alone anyway).