Midweek Tidbits

* I'm due to do a tidbits BLOG, maybe I should make this one it.

* If you are not doing anything this afternoon and want something memorable to do, go to the Coliseum (Gates open at 3:30) to send off our West Virginia University Mountaineer Basketball team as it sets off for Indianapolis to play in the Final 4 and try to return with a National Championship. Give coach Huggins and this team the love they have earned if you have the time.

* I guess it is pretty sad when you have to learn about what is going on within your own family on Facebook. However my sister Kim had Oral Surgery yesterday morning. I tried calling yesterday morning, but realized the timing might not be right as she was probably in surgery.

* We're continuing getting ready for Saturday, it's calling for 81 degrees and sunny so hopefully everyone can have a great time and create a few memories. Michelle has been busting her butt trying to pull this off.

* 747 days since Michelle and I had our first date. Just in case anyone was wondering.

* 269 Shopping days left until Christmas.

* This is Blog post 1,940 for me. I should top 2,000 posts sometime in the near future. It's amazing the information and the history you create about yourself and the events around you simply by doing the following:

1. Start a BLOG
2. Write in the blog on a consistant basis
3. Keep that blog going. Every time you stop or change it, you lose a piece of your own history.
   
4. Make it your own

* Everyone have a great day, and Mom, put down the midget porn.

Easter Egg Coloring

Your Tuesdays Tidbits has been temporarily replaced this week for the Easter Egg Coloring that we did last night. Tidbits will be another day.

I can't remember how long it has been since I colored Easter Eggs, it's been years since I did it or had anything to do with it. That streak ended last night however when we colored eggs and started stuffing plastic eggs for the East Egg hunt this Saturday.

Chad and Laiah, Chad's girlfriend had a blast coloring and decorating the eggs as Michelle and I worked at filling the plastic eggs. It was a great evening and a lot of fun. it was nice working in teams of two to get a lot of things done that we needed to finish by this weekend.

Great evening, but now it's Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Second Post Op Followup

I have a second post op follow up this morning from my cataract surgery ten days ago. Eye is doing great and everything is just peachy keen, just a follow up.

It rained all day yesterday and that made it a "Take a Nap" kind of a day and that is exactly what we did yesterday afternoon. With such an irregular sleep pattern this weekend due to running Hayley to the Airport and the excitement from the post game celebration. it was nice to curl up next to my sweetie on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

We have some eggs to color and need to start putting things together for the Easter Egg hunt this weekend.

MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers

MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers

Final 4

Man what a day yesterday was. It started out with us taking Hayley to the airport, we she has arrived safely in Alabama, and turned out to be a trip to the Grove City Outlets.

That wasn't the big news of the day. The big news came with WVU playing a basketball team against a team I had picked to win it all. A team with 4 projected Lottery Picks in this years upcoming NBA draft, three of them are Freshmen, including everyone's top pick John Wall. Had we been beaten by this team of future Millionaires that includes possibly a couple more NBA players also on the roster, I don't think anyone would have been too surprised.

However this Mountaineer basketball team is different that any team I have seen before them. They have been in the top 10 all year, but when selection Sunday came and they bids were announced and we were not given a #1 seed, you could just tell by the looks on their faces they were not happy. They had earned it, yet they were denied that seed. To make matters worse, they put us in a bracket that with a team that I had winning it all which was Kentucky.

I guess there is a reason I am a Geographer and not a sports analyst. West Virginia playing without Truck Bryant our starting Point Guard, re-introduced the nation to Joe Mazulla and brought him center stage.

The Mountaineers beat East Region #1 seed Kentucky 73-66 to claim the East Regional Championship and advance to the Final 4 for the first time since 1959 when Jerry West led us to the Championship game.

Next up for the Mountaineers, the winner of todays South Region game between #1 seed Duke and #3 seed Baylor. Anyone remember the last time WVU and Duke played? We will play the Final 4 Semi-Finals next Saturday evening. Rumor has it Truck Bryant, who had a season ending injury, has a screw in his foot and just may be ready to go.

After the game Michelle and I drove around down town a couple of times, blowing the car horn and yelping it up. I would have loved to have met the team on its return, if they came back today, but they have already returned early this morning to a crowd of people waiting at the Coliseum. I would have loved to have been there, but it was a long day.

Word has it the team will leave for Indianapolis Wed.

Four down, two go.

Hayley off to Alabama

Michelle and I will be taking a trip to Pittsburgh this morning and today, specifically to the Pittsburgh International Airport. Hayley started her spring break yesterday and will be flying to Alabama today to go see her boyfriend Phil.

Michelle and I will be using the day for a few other things as well, we are going to stop in and see a few of her family members and pay a visit to them. We're also wanting to head to stop by Tanger Outlets to do a little shopping and maybe getting a chance to see Nasrin and possibly do lunch or dinner.

It should be a fun filled day.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

It looks like Michelle and I will be doing a little bit of running around this weekend, we'll be helping Hayley getting ready tonight as she will start her Spring Break. Tomorrow morning she'll be all packed up and we're going to take her to the Pittsburgh Airport for a 10:00 AM flight to Alabama to see her boyfriend who attends the University of Auburn. She'll return next week.

Speaking of Spring Break, traffic should be reduced dramatically over the next seven or eight days due to the WVU students also being on Spring Break next week and today being their last day of classes.

Could some PA geocaches be in the works for tomorrow? Strong possibility.

Let's get this Friday started.

Elite 8

The WVU Men's basketball team set a school record for victories tonight as they beat the Washington Huskies 69-56 to run their record to 30-6 on the year and advance to the Elite 7 for the second time in six seasons.

We will play Saturday for a chance to advance to the Final 4 for the first time since 1959.

Congrats guys, three to go.

Let's Do This

Well we have once again made it to the Sweet 16. We play the Washington Huskies tonight at 7:30 on ESPN for a chance to advance to the Elite 8 on Saturday.

West Virginia will have to play the rest of the 2010 season without starting Point Guard Darryl "Truck" Bryant as he is now out for the rest of the season with a broken foot. I think we will be OK, we still have Joe Mazzulla who was the starter last season before getting hurt. He's had a slow recovery from shoulder surgery and now appears to be 100% over the last 5 or 6 games that we have played.

The Mountaineers will be looking for the school record 30th season victory tonight, surpassing the 1959 NCAA Championship Game team's record of 29-5. We are currently 29-6.

On a special side note the WVU Womens team who also set a school record for wins with a 29-6 final record.

Let's Goooo Mountaineers.

It's Softball !!!!!!!!!

Just got the first official call of the year from Coach, the 2010 softball team now needs to re-assemble from the winter break and start to get ready for a new season.

Once again we will be sponsored by MiHaley's as we were last year. And so far it looks like everyone with the exception of one player who blew his knee out will be returning this season. Our 3rd basemen Ryno was supposed to move back home after he graduated, but it looks like he is still here and will be here for the summer.

I'm ready to hit the field and spend the summer with the greatest group of guys you would ever want to be associated with.

Hump Day

OK, that's two down, one to go over the hump and two to go until the weekend. We're getting there.

We've had a couple of days of rain, we should have a couple more days of rain but today is calling for it to be sunny. I don;t know if that is will be accurate, but we know there will be no snowfall accumulation for today in the Morgantown area.

Michelle was a little under the weather yesterday evening and went and laid down early, hopefully today she will be chipper and feeling much better and ready to face the world.

Hi Ho Hi Ho.....

Tuesdays Tidbits

Well it's Tuesday, and I can't find a better reason to do a tidbits that that.

* There was a little bit of hometown sadness yesterday when local bar owner Charlie Kosten, the owner of Crocketts Lodge, died in a home fire early yesterday morning. Crocketts is one of Morgantown's oldest "Happening" taverns in town. It has been in operation fro 27 years.

* If you are keeping count, this is day 739 of my life with Michelle. Each and everyone of them have been very memorable and some of the best days of my life.

* While we are keeping track, 277 Shopping days till Christmas.

* Michelle and I will be taking Hayley to the Pittsburgh Airport Saturday morning. She is going to fly down to see her boyfriend Phil in Alabama during spring break. I know she has been counting down the days.

* Not much else to say, I did enjoy the nice weather we had yesterday as Michelle and I took Sadie out for a nice walk on the rails to trails.

Sweet 16!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!! I Hate Mondays, but this one is a lot more bearable as the WVU Mountaineers defeated Missouri 68-59 yesterday afternoon advance to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the past six seasons. DeSean Butler wasn't ready for his WVU career to be over with just yet and was the man once again by pouring in 28 points in the Mountaineer win.

The team will return to action this week against the Washington Huskies on Thursday at 7:30 PM. We will be in semi-familiar grounds as the next round for us will be played at the Home Court of fellow Big East member and regular season Champion Syracuse.

WVU and Syracuse are the only two Big East teams to survive the first two rounds of the tournament. 48 teams have went home, but WVU and Syracuse are not in that group.

I guess this makes today a little more bearable. Hi Ho Hi Ho

Sunday Morning

I sit here this early Sunday morning trying to rack my brain in all of this silence with a few thoughts rambling through my head.

My NCAA Basketball bracket is blown up for this year. It was bad enough when one of my Final 4 teams didn't even make it to the Sweet 16 and an Elite 8 team losing in the first round, now Kansas a team I had in the National Championship game loses last night and just completely blows my bracket apart. All the brackets look good when you pick them, but you have to account for the unaccountable and hope the teams you picked don't tank early.

The Mountaineers play this afternoon against Missouri. The winner of this game advances to the Sweet 16 to tale on the 10th seeded Washington Huskies. Hopefully we can put together a god 40 minutes of basketball today and advance to the Sweet 15 for the 4th in the last six seasons.

Weather is going to be awesome today, put down the computer, get outside and enjoy the springtime.

HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!

In can't believe that I missed this, today is the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!!!!!!!


Winter's outta here.

Gecaching

OK< I suffer from GDS (Geocaching Deficiency Syndrome) and need to get out and get the first caches of the year today. The weather is going to be nice and beautiful, almost too nice to be sitting inside the house and I can't think of a better thing to do on such a nice day.

I got the GPS all ready to go a couple of days ago, I reinstalled the drivers that I needed and will put a fresh set of batteries in this morning. Now it is just a matter of deciding just where we want to go look for them. I'm thinking about picking up some of the new ones around Morgantown for our first official time out. I still have a travel bug in my inventory that I need to get rid of and a cache that I have set up and ready to go that I need to get placed this season.

Temps in the upper 60's and 70's, I love it!!!!!

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Well it's March Madness time and the Mountaineers will play today at 12:15. Would you believe with me returning to work that I actually have a meeting scheduled at 12:00. Anyone want to bet it will be a short meeting, I'm just thankful that all I have to do is call in.

I'm doing fine, some slight headaches with the new interocular lens implanted in my eye. My head is still adjusting, so it will go away soon and life will return to normal for me.

Can't start the weekend until I finish Friday, so Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Amy

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my beautiful niece a very Happy Birthday today.

If I am not mistaken, and I am on occasion she is turning 24 today. She is now three years older than me, since I stopped aging at 21 and now celebrate anniversaries of birthdays.

Anyways, to Amy, I would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday today. May you be surrounded by the people you love and have a great day.

AAAAARRRRRRRR

Ahoy Matey's, Captain George here about to set sail to parts unknown. Actually that is a picture of me right before I was released from the Hospital yesterday from my surgery.

I have been told it is one of the easiest surgeries you will ever go through and I think I have to agree. Of course I was a little bit nervous knowing they were going to work on my eye while I was wide awake, but the procedure was quick, simple and painless. I was curious if I could see anything while they operated on it, well the answer to that question is basically no. I could see everything out of my left eye, but it was covered.

My surgery was scheduled for 11:15, but they had me going in about 20 minutes after 10 and once I got back to my area and Michelle got back to me in recovery it was 11:20. I have to wear this patch until 8:00 when I go to see my doctor and have it removed. My guess is he is going to dilate it again and take a good look at it once again. I'm anxious to be able to see again out of that eye. I was blind as a bat, I could make out shapes but that was about it.

Ironically Mom is also going in today to have surgery on her second eye. She had her first procedure done a few weeks back and this surgery couldn't come quick enough for her. She said it was a major improvement and looks forward to having the other rye fixed today.

Everything is good, the operation went well and I am recovering nicely. Thanks to Michelle for being by my side through this whole procedure.

Hump Day Surgery

Well today is the big day, the day of my Cataract Surgery. I need to be at the Hospital by 9:15 and am scheduled for surgery at 11:15 AM this morning. No food after 1:00 this morning until I get out of surgery and recover.

Mom had one eye done a few weeks back and will have her other eye done tomorrow, now if they can just do something for her hearing and obsession with midget porn...LOL

Michelle will be with me and I'm sure she'll keep everyone updated as to how I am doing. I'll be off work the next day too with a follow up appointment to have the patch removed.

Hope everything goes well today and am glad I get a surgeon still sober in the morning of St. Patricks Day.

Oh, HAPPY St. PATRICKS day, remember to wear green.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* It's Tuesday and I can't think of a better reason to do a tidbits, so I think I'll do a tidbits for today.

* I'll get my call sometime this afternoon to let me know at what time I am going to have my surgery tomorrow. They are going to remove a cataract and p;ace in a new lens. I'm hoping it has X-Ray Vision in that lens. -)

* The Mountaineer men's team didn't get the #1 seed, but they do have a #2 seed. They will play Friday at 12:15 in the afternoon to start their tournament. We are in the same bracket as Kentucky, who I have winning it all, but the team looked disrespected Sunday night when their bid was announced.

* Michelle and I will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on April 3rd here. Something small for the kiddies. Some place they can go and be safe and have a good time.

* 732 marvelous days since the love of my life and I went on our first date. 10,000 BC stunk as a movie, but I can't complain because I got her.

* 284 Shopping days until Christmas.

* The WVU Women were issued a #3 seed in the Memphis bracket last night and will begin their tournament this weekend.

Two Years Ago Today

Two years ago today was a day that has changed my life forever. It all started one evening and going to see the movie 10,000 BC and it turned out two years later with me living with the absolute love of my life.

To Michelle,

I love you sweetheart and consider myself a very lucky man. You are my best friend and I love you from the very bottom of my heart. Thank You for coming back into my life, thank you for everything you do for me and thank you for saving me from a life full of solitude and loneliness. I love you.

Happy Second Anniversary.

Spring Forward

Well if you are reading this and you have manual clocks that you didn't spring forward, you're late.

If you live in an area that observes Daylight Savings Time, then this is the day when we say goodbye to short days and hello to more daylight in the evenings. The first real sign that winter is on its way out and spring is coming.

Yes we may still get a little bit of snow from here on out, mine is mostly melted, but being that much closer to spring time makes it just a little more bearable if we do get hit with any more.

Have I ever mentioned I hate snow?

BIG EAST CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!

WVU Men's basketball, the 2010 Big East Champions!!!!! 60-58 and the Butler did it again.

4th overall RPI rating, 3rd overall Strength of Schedule and Big East Tournament Champions. Now the selection committee has to take our automatic bid, look at the RPI and Strength of Schedule, our ranking and the championship and give us the #1 seed that we have EARNED!!!!!!

Update on Josh Judy

As I have noted in this blog on numerous occasions about an old softball team mate of mine named Josh Judy. From his initial signing a college offer at Indiana Tech to a number of other incidents and updates through college where he made All-American to him being drafted and slowly working his way up the roster. He is in Spring Training with the Major League Club and got to pitch for the first time yesterday in a 7-7 game against the California Angels.

He has pitched against the Major League teams when he was with some of the minor league teams in spring training, but this is the first time Josh has taken the mound as a Major League Pitcher with the Cleveland Indians.

He pitched 2 inning and struck out one batter in his inning that no one reached base.

Congrats Josh. I knew years ago that there was something special about how you could throw a baseball. Maybe I saw it when you were 14, but this only validates it.

This is one former team mate who is very proud to have taken the field with you.

Mountaineers are in Big East Finals

Even thought I snoozed through last night's game, the West Virginia Mountaineer Men's Basketball team repeated what the women's team did and made it to the conference Championship Game.

The men won last night beating Notre Shame 53-51 in the semi-finals. Tonight they will take on Georgetown tonight at 9:00 in Madison Square Garden for the Big East Championship for the second time since joining the Big East.\

IF and that is a big IF we would happen to win tonight and win the Championship, when the seedings come out tomorrow the Mountaineers have an outside shot at being a #1 seed for the NCAA tournament. At worst even if we lose I think being ranked #6 in the Coaches and #7 in the AP will give us a #2 seed when the pairings come out tomorrow night.

Make plans either way tomorrow morning or afternoon to welcome the team back to Morgantown, it's a lot of fun and it is inspiration to the team.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Hey baseball fans, the Mountaineer Baseball team is starting a four game home stand tonight at Hawley Field. With more nice weather coming our way, this could easily be something to do if that is what you are seeking.

Softball season is starting to get a little bit closer. BOPARC has their packets out already to download. Rosters and Forfeit fee need to be in by April 14, and league fees need to be in by April 19th. Hopefully Michael will sponsor us again this year and we can be MiHaley's once again.

Great Dinner

Went out to dinner this evening with Abdul, Farida and Nasrin as she stopped into town on business. I haven't seen Nas in a few years and it was great to sit down and catch up with her. I think Facebook app buddies Nas and Michelle hit it off and it was a great dinner at Mother India.

It's been a long day and I'm about ready to watch a little bit of basketball and hit the hay for the evening.

A sincere thank you to Nasin for making this evening a reality.

Geocaching

A few years ago I started to get into the hobby of Geocaching. The next year I got Michelle and Hayley involved and to date we have 100 current finds and one hide.

This will be our third season together caching, and my fourth even though I only did one that first year. It's an activity that has gotten me out and allowed me to enjoy life a little and challenge our abilities at reading a GPS, solving a puzzle and finding the cache.

Just in Morgantown there are a number of caches, many of which Michelle and have not gotten yet. There have been quite a few added since we hung it up for the year last fall.

The weather is getting nicer, the snow is melting and it's time to start doing outdoor things. I think my geocaching season is very close to starting for 2010. Hopefully I can get one in before my surgery next week =)

Hump Day

Woo Hoo, Monday and Tuesday are behind us and we are over the hump today looking to another weekend coming up.

Michelle went and got a new phone last night, I guess it was time for her to change in her old one and get a new one. It's one of those slider type phones with a full qwerty keyboard for texting.

Hats off to the WVU Women last night, losing the Big east Championship to the #1 ranked and defending National Champions UCONN Huskies. This is our 5th loss of the year and we have lost to the #1 team twice and the #3 and #4 ranked teams and a late game meltdown to an unranked Syracuse team account for the five losses. UCONN now has a 72 game winning streak.

It's actually going to be in the 60's today, more signs that winter is behind us. We'll spring our clocks forward this Sunday morning, so expect a little bit of a shorter weekend and more daylight time.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* The final regular season Men's basketball polls are out, WVU ended up 6th and 7th respectively. There will be one more poll this season, and that will come at the seasons end when the Tournaments are completed.

* 725 days for me and Michelle. That is how long it has been since I drug her out to see `10,000 BC. Man was that a horrible movie...LOL

* For those of you counting, 291 days till Christmas, so get with the shopping.

* We bought a Juicer this weekend. We found one for Mom so we decided to go get one for ourselves. It's amazing ow much juice comes out of some things.

* Today is supposed to be the first home WVU Baseball game of the season, however the game has already been postponed. They will be at home this weekend and the weather is looking good. Anyone ever been to a WVU baseball game? Take one in if you never have, they are a blast.

* Keeping an eye on my old team mate, Josh Judy is with the Cleveland Indians major league team this spring, he might make the 40 man roster by this fall. He hasn't thrown in any of the spring games as of yet, but I am watching.

* Wow, a couple of baseball posts, could softball be very far off?

* Hi Ho Hi Ho....

I hate you Monday

I hate you Monday, why do you always have to follow my weekend? Couldn't we start the workweek with say....FRIDAY!!!!!! Six day weekends would be awesome, but no you have to show up and we all have to go back to the grindstone. Thanks a lot Monday.

Well we never did make it to any geocaches this pasty weekend. Amy and Val invited Michelle to go to Tanger Outlets yesterday to do a little bit of shopping after we had finished grocery shopping. She came home and said that she had a great time with the girls. She got some new clothes and they all went out to lunch at the Ponderosa Steak House in Washington.

It was a nice weekend, hopefully the weather will continue to get better and better and Phil's prediction on February 2nd will come to pass and we will invite spring into our lives. I can already hear the birds a chirping. Is it Softball yet?

Sunday

Here I sit in a quite home, everyone is sleeping and only me who went to bed very early yesterday is up at the crack of dawn.

Auction went pretty well yesterday, Michelle and I showed up and there were a few surprises. A lot of glassware at this auction, so much that one might even buy the lots and try to sell them on ebay individually, but I'll let someone else try that.

Not too much on our agenda today, grocery shopping will be one of the first things we do today. Other than that nothing is planned.

Auction Today

Jim Paugh, Michelle's brother in law, will be holding his monthly auction today at 1:00 at the Blue Horizon Flea market. Jim will have many items up for auction today so if you get a chance, swing on over and check out what he has up for auction and see if you can wrangle yourself a nice deal or two.

Weather is supposed to be in the 40's today, so get out and enjoy yourselves. I am looking at the extended forecast and they are calling for a high of 57 on Tuesday.

Get out of the house, solve the cabin fever and come on over to the auction.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Michelle went back to see her doctor on a followup after her surgery and she is now cancer free. They got it all and have removed the stitches and she is healing up just fine.

I do have to say that I like this Friday's weather more than I like last Fridays. No new snow and temps high enough to melt the stuff that has been on the ground all winter. Maybe we should have a "Sign of Spring" party!!!! Wooo Hoo!!!!

Alright sports fans, the Men's basketball team plays tomorrow at noon, but this game will be at Villanova as we close the regular season out and get ready for Big East Tournament play. The Women's team starts the Big East tournament today, although like the men they have Bye's in the first two rounds and will not start playing until the third round which will be Sunday afternoon. Women's Gymnastics will be at Home tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 and the Men's Wrestling team will host the EWL Championships on Sunday starting at 10:00 AM.

Enjoy your Friday, you've earned it and made it.

Anyone Ready for a Warm Weekend?

I know I am loooong overdue in enjoying a warm weather weekend and this weekend looks like it might just be that, a warmer weather weekend.

Temps should be in the mid to upper 40's here, meaning that snow will be melting away even more and we can get out and enjoy ourselves a little more.

Never know might even be a good weekend to look for our first geocache of the season. We had a lot of work done to the car with new tires, new starter, new brakes and repairing a few minor issues that it might be time to stretch our legs a little and get out and about.

P&P Auctions is having their monthly auction scheduled this Saturday if anyone is interested. It's a nice day to have an auction, nice weather and I'm sure you can find a deal or two.

Hump Day

You know, every once in a while you get a little bit of writers block, today is one of those days.

Today however I have a little bit of something to fall back on, plus I just saw this video and thought it was uber cool.

Great job Kevin and the rest of the guys at WVAQ.

Morgantown State of Mind

Morgantown State of Mind

Tuesdays Tidbits

* News Flash. I have a big announcement to make, I HATE SNOW!!!. That is all, now back to your regularly scheduled BLOG.

* It's Tuesday, and it's time for a tidbits.

* If anyone is tired of Cable TV, my brother in law Nick would love to sell you a satellite system. They offer some nice packages, so if you are thinking of switching, this might be a place to look.

* Day 718 since mine and Michelle's first date. I have to say these have been 718 magical days filled with highs and lows, good times and bad. We're still together and going stronger than ever, I am one lucky guy.

* Had some minor car problems last night, our starter froze up and wouldn't start the car. Banged it with a metal rod and it started. It's about time to change the starter.

* 298 shopping days till Christmas. Can I safely assume no one is finished yet?

* We went to Applebees last night for dinner after my Dr's appointment. I'm surprised we don't eat there more often.

* have I mentioned that I hate snow?

* Mountaineer basketball team played their last home game of the season last night. Ranked 8th in the country and the Big East tournament coming up, there is no chance they won't make the NCAA tournament this season meaning they are done at home this season.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Ugly Monday

You had to do it, you had to show up and ruin my weekend didn't you. I'm talking to you Monday, you and your ugly mug had ruin my perfectly good weekend. Thanks a lot Monday, you know you are my least favorite day.

Oh well, since we are there it is back to work and a Doctors appointment this afternoon for me. This is a regularly scheduled visit, but a required visit that I have to do prior to my surgery. Unfortunately this or the next time will be the last time I see Dr. Feathers as he is going to he going to South Carolina to specialize in Sports Medicine. I'll probably have a new Dr come this July.

Did anyone watch the Gold Medal Hockey game yesterday, how do you have one of your favorite players from your favorite team rip your heart out and win the Gold Medal for his country. It was an awesome game with the Americans pushing it to Sudden Death Overtime in the games final seconds to tie it up 2-2. Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby ended the game giving Canada the gold medal with his overtime goal.

Oh well, Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Weekend Slow Down

Ok Mr Weekend, you need to stop living on the fast track and slow down already. It should still be like, Saturday Morning and we are at Sunday already. If you want to speed up, wait till tomorrow and then speed up.

We managed to make it up to the Morgantown Mall yesterday for the Health Fair. We saw Pam at her station and walked around and did a little shopping. I love it when JC Penny's has 80% off their Big and Tall section. You got to love when you can buy $60.00 sweaters for $4.95. I guess you have to hit it just right, I did the same thing a few years ago with shirts.

Hayley has been busting her butt all weekend doing a self paced online Algebra class. She was doing homework Friday evening and was doing homework last night working on getting through this class. Needless to say both Michelle and I are very proud of her right now. Of course she also went and got a lot of tank tops and some clothes with us yesterday, I guess she found a great deal at one of her favorite stores.

Today, we have grocery shopping on the agenda. We tried to find a new snow shovel yesterday, since I seemed to have snapped the last one in half. You would think that after so much snow this season, that a new snow shovel would not be hard to find. I could understand if it was a new snow or we were just getting hit with it, but this white stuff has basically been on the ground since before Christmas, so you think people would have their shovels and stores would have been replenished. I guessed wrong.

Have a great Sunday.

Snow Snow Go Away

Snow, Snow go away, and come back again some other year. I don't know about anyone else, but I think I have seen about enough of this white stuff this winter. We had a heavy snow fall prior to Christmas.

The Month of February should be changed to Snowbuary for the amount of snow that we have seen since that damn rat popped his head out from under his hole. Thanks a lot Phil.

I'm ready for the birds to start singing, for trees to start with their little initial buds and first signs of that wonderful green foliage that I love so much. I'm ready for the spring time and fresh springtime air that emanates freshness and the dawn of summer. I'm ready for the flowers to awaken from their long winter hibernation to fill the landscape with beautiful colors. I'm ready for a fresh clean spring rain to wash the memories of winter away as if to just clean everything up with a spring cleaning.

I'm ready for spring, where you have cookouts and Easter Egg hunts, when you hear the sounds of softballs pinging off aluminum bats being swung by older people like me surrounded by friends. I'm ready for nice evenings when the sun stays up and you fire up the grill with the smell of charcoal (propane in our case) and hear the searing steaks and brats that tickle your nostrils with aroma.

I'm ready for springtime and I'm ready for the snow to stop. Have I ever mentioned I HATE SNOW!!!!

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Hey Sports fans the Mountaineers Men's and Women's basketball teams (both ranked in the top 10 in the Nation) will both be playing at home this weekend. The men play Bob Huggin's old team, the Cincinnati Bearcats tomorrow at 2:00 and the women take on Marquette at 7:00 tomorrow night at the WVU Coliseum. Both teams are ranked #8 in the Associated Press AND Both teams are ranked #7 in the USAToday Coaches Polls. We are very lucky here in Morgantown to have two teams, and coaches of this caliber.

Not sure what mine and Michelle's plans are for this weekend, she is still recovering from her surgery but doing much, much better with every passing day.

I know Michelle said she would like to go to the Mon General HealthFair sometime this weekend at the Morgantown Mall. My sister Pam will be working at one of the booths.

An early heads up, Michelle's Brother in law Jim will be having his monthly auction NEXT weekend at the Blue Horizon Flea Market. So plan ahead and go bargain hunting on what will hopefully be a nice weekend.

A Nice Dinner

As Michelle is still recovering from her surgery, we decided (or should I say she decided) to go out for dinner last night. Michelle said she had a big hunkering for a steak, so off to the Texas Roadhouse we went for dinner.

I have to say it has been a number of years since I actually went to and ate at the Roadhouse, I'm pretty sure that I was still in college if you can believe that.

Anyways it was a nice dinner with some pleasant company. Dinner was awesome, steaks were perfect and the ribs were a little on the burnt side, but overall a good dinner.

Is it softball yet?

Hump Day

It's up and over that hump and on the way to the weekend kind of a day. I do have to say that this week is moving right along.

Michelle is still recovering from her surgery, she has been able to remove the first set of bandages yesterday. There is some slight bruising and you can see where her stitches are located. She had a rough night sleeping her first night due to the pain. She went to bed early last night to be able to get a little bit of rest. Hopefully today there will be a little less pain.

Anyone have any magical solutions to shut a cat up that is in heat? If I could just temporarily remove that Meow Box my life would be so much simpler. Cloe is a great cat, very friendly and you never hear a peep out of her until she goes into heat which isn't that often. It's Sophie who is in heat 31 out of 30 days of the month. At least they aren't both in heat at the same time.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* I swear I just did a Tuesday's Tibits, but I guess it has been a whole week. Wow did that week just fly by.

* Michelle is still recovering from her surgery yesterday, last night she was still numb from the local drugs, but I figure she will start to have a great deal of pain today.

* Speaking of Michelle, it has been 711 marvelous days since we had our first date. I really am a lucky man to find someone who will put up with me as long as she has.

* Since there is still snow on the ground, I'll remind everyone that there are only 305 shopping days left until Christmas and we are halfway through the six weeks of winter that Phil decided we needed. I think he dropped the whole winters worth in a few short weeks.

* I've been wanting to buy a bigger external storage drive for my computer, over 10,000 pictures, lot's of software and files I do not ever want to lose are the reason I run and external drive. I upgraded from 160 GB to 1 TB. for less money than I bought that HUGE 160 GB drive a few years back. Storage wasn't really an issue, and it is less of an issue now.

* We bought a nice safe last night too, somewhere to keep the important stuff in case of a fire and to keep what we need private, private and secure. My Old Drive is probably going to go in there as another safe place for most of my files.

* Michelle and I are thinking about having an Easter Egg hunt here this spring, details are incomplete right now and will be determined later.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho, Tuesday here we go.

Back to the Grindstone

Time to stop reaping the rewards and getting back to the grindstone, it's Monday again and the start f another workweek.

I think the weekends are too short and the workweeks are too long, even though I can;t complain very much with this nice weather we have been having.

Michelle is having surgery this afternoon, she has a basil cell carcinoma on her arm that needs to be removed. She will have the procedure done today at her Doctor's office. She caught it early and it should be a simple procedure that may take a few days for her arm to heal.

I can;t start another weekend until I get Monday in, so Hi Ho Hi Ho....

A Mild Weekend

We have been quite fortunate this weekend so far when it comes to the weather. The past few weeks have been filled with sub freezing temperatures and more snow that I would care to see. Yesterday however the temps pushed the upper 30's and allowed for a little bit of the snow to be returned to the form it should be.....water.

Hopefully today we are going to see a little bit of the same as temps should get in the 40's today through at least Wed. Maybe that can melt the majority of this snow and melt it slow enough that flooding won;t be much of an issue.

We have snakes here at the household again. Chad brought his and Leah's snakes over ans we now have 2 Pythons, a Boa and a corn snake. That and two cats, something tells me mice don;t want to stop by and pay a visit for very long.

Computer Repair

Computer repairman to the rescue. Mom called me a couple of days ago and said her computer was having some serious problems, could not connect to the internet. Her and Gerald brought it over here and I tried to connect to my network with no luck so I started trouble shooting.

I tried to connect to the network and it could not find it either wirelessly or even if I hardwired it in. Tried repairing the network and got some windows error message. Tried to turn the computer back and once again a windows error telling me something was corrupt.

Well when we bought the computer we had a set of recovery discs and Mom still had them. I re-installed her system last night and am spending this morning getting it safe and secure with the software she needs.

It's as good as new now, just installing the windows updates and Office for her.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Is anyone else getting tired of the snow? Today at 10:00 AM Jimmy Buffet tickets will be going on sale. I will be hitting refresh until the option for me to purchase them becomes available. I could use a little August 12th weather for a day or so to make me forget the snow on the ground.

The WVU Men's Basketball team will be playing at home at noon tomorrow. The Women's team and the Gymnastics team will be competing in locations other than Morgantown. Today is the start of WVU baseball season, but they won;t be playing in Morgantown until next month. They start their season at Coastal Carolina. *Think Spring

Hi Ho Hi Ho.....

Is the Snow Ever Going to Stop

I think I have mentioned on more than one occasion on my blog that I am not that fond of old man winter. I hate snow even when there is not much of it and only a threat of it.

This is getting flat our ridiculous. Maybe we should all pitch in and order a professional hit on not only Phil the Groundhog, but Mother nature and Jack Frost also. Those three have teamed up to make this winter less than pleasurable for me and everyone here.

Let me have the spring time, warm and long days when you can walk around in shorts and sandals and enjoy the nice warm nights. This winter thing is starting to really wear thin on me.

Summer time please!!!

Calling All Parrot Heads

Calling all Parrot Heads, Jimmy Buffet will bring his 2010 tour to Pittsburgh at the FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION on August 12, 201o. Tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY at 10:00. Michelle and I have been to the last two concerts and I was at one other, so this will be my fourth and her third concert.

If you want tickets you need to be online at before 10:00 and act quickly, these tickets will sell out in a matter of a couple of minutes. We'll be sitting in the lawn again this year as we did last year, tickets are about $100.00 a seat cheaper and I learned that the hard way a couple of years ago.

Tickets are $38.00 each plus the $17.00 per ticket ticketmaster charge if anyone else is interested in going. It is early in the year, but the tickets always sell out quick and they sell out early.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* It's Tuesday, can't think of a better day or time to do a tidbits.

* 704 Days ago I went on my first date with the love of my life.

* I went and did my pre-admission surgical testing for next month. All I have to do is meet my Doctor on March 1 and finish everything up and we should be good to go with my surgery on March 17th.

* I talked to Mom a little bit yesterday, she informed me she is going to have her second Cataract surgery of the year the day after I have mine. She had her first surgery about a week and a half ago and is due to have the second. She said her vision is about 95% better and said the 18th can't get here quick enough for her.

* Speaking of surgeries, Michelle is going to have surgery this coming Monday. They are going to cut out a Basil Cell Carcinoma off of her arm.

* It turned out to be a great three day weekend. Michelle and I bought each other a Home Entertainment System as a Valentine's Day gift for each other. We have a Sony Bravia TV, so this system works well with my system. I had three HDMI ports on my TV, and this allowed me to maximize them. The RokuHD getting the other port.

* When is this snow ever going to stop? I don't know about everyone else, but I am really ready for the foliage of the trees to return and the smell of springtime instead of what we have been getting.

* Haley finally returned to school yesterday, she had been off since February 4th as the rest of the kids in Mon County due to the excess snow fall.

* Anyone else watching the Winter Olympics? I have to say that HDTV's and surround sound brings out vibrant colors and brings listening to them into a whole new perspective.

* Only 312 more shopping days till Christmas.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho, at least Monday is over with.

Thank You Phil (Caskey)

Had a great valentines day but made a very bad mistake. I left my new Camera that Michelle bought me for Christmas at the Coliseum. We came home from the day and took a nap, I woke up in the middle of the nap and could not remember bringing the camera back to the car.

I went and checked my desk, no camera, I checked the car, no camera. Luckily I looked up at what section we sat in initially and remembered we were in section 62.

Phil Caskey. the Mayor of Mihaley's and long time softball team mate is the SID for Women's basketball and his office is in the coliseum. Before I had a coronary I called Phil and asked him if he was still in the Coliseum, fortunately he was and his office os close to where we were sitting.

Phil went out to check and WALLA!!!! My camera was still sitting where I left it. Phil picked it up and we went to the Coliseum to see Phil and pick it up.

I owe Phil some beer and a big debt of gratitude. It wasn't the economic aspect that bothered me, I could have replaced it no problem, it was the fact that this was what Michelle had bought me for Christmas after doing months worth of research.

Thank you once again Phil, I owe you a few beers.

Happy Valentines Day

I would like to wish the love of my life a very Happy Valentines Day.

It's been almost two years and I consider myself a very lucky man. Michelle came into my life and breathed a breath of fresh life into a dull and boring existence that was tired of being lonely.

She is the absolute love of my life and I want to wish her a very Happy Valentines day.

I think we are going to spend the afternoon at the Pink Zone. A Women's basketball game where all the women will be wearing pink uniforms to show a unison to support the fight of Breast Cancer.

Three Day Weekend

I forgot to mention yesterday that this is actually a three day holiday weekend for me with President's Day being Monday and a Federal Holiday.

I went to be a little early last night and missed the BackYard Brawl II as the Mountaineers dropped a Triple Overtime game at Arch Rival Pitt 98-95. You know the Yinzers are dancing in the streets, that's OK though, we;ll get them at Madison Square Garden next month.

The Winter Olympics started last night and tragedy struck as Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during the Luge event.

The Mountaineer Women's Gymnastics team beat Ohio State 195.65-192.8 last night wearing their pink uniforms. Me and Michelle were going to go but didn't. She had a stressful day and then we went to dinner at Pizza Hut and got a half cooked Pizza, late bread sticks and she spilled water all over herself. We will make it a meet this year.

Looking into buying a surround sound system for the TV today. The Roku is awesome and I have a number of movies cued up to watch at my disposal. Not sure what we're going to get, but it is mine and Michelle's Valentine gift to each other. Last year we bought each other a nice grill.

Today it has been 701 days since mine and Michelle's first date.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Well my Roku device has finally arrived and I have it installed, I have to say that I am quite happy with it and have already gave it a nice test run on my TV and it works great. I've added a number of movies to my instant cue and even tried watching a couple of movies in HD with great success. I have to say it was a worthwhile investment.

Hye if you are looking for something to do this weekend, the WVU Women's basketball team is playing Sunday afternoon at 1:00. Remember to wear pink and come out and support the 9th ranked Mountaineer Women!!!!

OK Real BLOG

Now that I have gotten to the bottom of why MUB payments go to NC, it's time for my real Blog.

I think we are getting pretty lucky with the amount of snow we are getting this week. It could have been much worse, but the major storm front seemed to do the most damage in Norther PA and NYC area. I'm not complaining, they can have all of the attention and the snow that goes with it.

There is once again no school in Monongalia County today, but the holiday that they were going to get on Monday now has been taken away and they will have school on Monday. Next year students can start as early as August 10th and they can keep them in school all the way to the end of June. This year however the last day students can be in session is June 8th.

Maybe it's just a hunch, but I think my brother Gary is becoming a Mafia Wars addict on facebook. Maybe they need a 12 step program for Facebook addicts.

Solving the Great Mystery

Yesterday the great mystery was presented to me and I, the god of the dumbass bloggers will respond to this request. That's just how I am and how I roll, I'll do anything to keep my readers happy, unless that request involves me wearing a thong and to the theme of Chariots of Fire.

Anyways the question has arisen, why in the world would MUB payments have to be sent to North Carolina. Morgantown money to North Carolina, surely you just but alas, they are sent to North Carolina.

We dispensed our highly trained undercover invisible gnomes out to get hard answers to these hard questions. If anyone could get to the bottom of this, it had to be the highly trained undercover invisible gnomes.

What they have uncovered is terrifying, they have discovered an underground organized crime network who use the mythical North Carolina address as a way of laundering their illegal cash flow network. They exploit everyone into thinking they are charging you for water, yeah right, rain is free. They money is actually sent to North Carolina to confuse anyone trying to track the underground crime syndicates actions.

Well my team of highly trained undercover invisible gnomes did not stop there, they had to find out who was sitting a top of this underground syndicate. Who was benefiting from all of this cash. The results of this ground breaking investigation were shocking, it turns out that someone who no one would accuse or even associate with utility payments was reaping the rewards.

The godfather of this underground crime syndicate was none other than.....

...Punxatawny Phil. You see he saw his shadow last week and forced this damn snow storm upon us. Knowing that he could not capitalize on free rain if the temperatures increased, so he made it snow. Then used that snow and processed it and added value to it just so he could sell it back to us.

I think my group of highly trained undercover invisible gnomes need to start honing up on their Ninja Skills so that they can perpetrate his syndicate and take that rat out.

THAT is why your MUB payments go to North Carolina and I and my team broke the requested story from one of my loyal readers. We aim to please because that's how we roll. Kill the rat.

Hump Day

We've made it this far, now it's just a matter of going over that hump and working on the downhill part of the week.

In case you didn't know it, there is no school in Monongalia County today, they called it off last night in anticipation of a large snow storm coming through. NETL actually let us out a couple of hours earlier for the day to prevent any massive cluster mess ups like we experienced last year when Morgantown was in total gridlock.

When I spoke with Pam last night they still did not have any power, but they were anticipating having it later in the evening and may have it by this morning. I've offered an open door to her, but she is worried about her puppy Spike (St. Bernard).

I did get a nice chance to chat with my Cousin James Koon in Houston last night for a few minutes. He said that they are very busy during this time of the year. I think he is ready to retire and buy an island somewhere...LOL

Have a great Hump day....

Tuesday'sTidbits

* It's Tuesday, I can't think of a better reason to have a tidbits. So here we go.

* Mixed news, Kim now has her electric back and is back up and operational. Pam on the other hand still does not have power as of yet. Hopefully it will be restored some time soon before the next series of storms hits.

* Speaking of the next series of storms, look outside because it may be hitting about the time you are reading this. School has already been canceled for tomorrow and the roads are horrendous. Michelle said the Mileground is really bad, now we are going to get it again.

* Amy now has the internet at home. Be it that it is dial up, but she does in fact have it and can browse with something other than her phone.

* Short day for me yesterday, at noon time I was actually taking notes in one meeting while I was teleconferencing into another meeting and taking notes for it. I think I did a good job and got all the major points and actions.

* My Roku device should be here sometime this week. I saw an ad at the Superbowl of a TV that does everything this thing does, that however is the first time I've seen a TV do it.

* Have a good day, if you don't need to be anywhere then stay home, roads are already bad and I say that before we get hit again.

Late Start Today

I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl last night, the New Orleans Saints claimed their first ever Lombardi Trophy last night by defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. I had a feeling the Saints defense would be the difference in the game and the late pick 6 supported my opinion on this. I thought the Who stunk it up for the halftime show, guys in their mid to late 60's don't really need to be singing about teenage wastelands. Just seemed a little creepy.

I'll be going into the office a little late this morning, NETL has a delayed opening, meaning the site does not open up until 10:00, so we can have a little extra sleep this morning. That will give crews a little extra time in cleaning everything up.

Last report last night neither Kim nor Pam had power yet. Michelle's sister and family came over here yesterday to take showers and clean up as they do not have power yet either.

It's Over

Well we took a nice winter blast, it's now over with and time for the digging out and restoring of lost services.

My sisters Pam and Kim have both been without electricity for a few days, Kim has a generator and Pam is downstairs camped out by the propane heater. Both are waiting for restoration of their electric and trying to dig out of a mess that old man winter has left us.

Van Voorhis Road is travel-able, only problem is me getting through the driveway and to the road. We'll manage to get out somehow today, Ralphie has a snow plow and I told Amy I would pay him to come over and plow the driveway so we can get out.

There may be a trip to the emergency room today, Michelle jumped into bed yesterday afternoon to take a nap and hit her elbow against the corner of the nightstand. If we could have gotten out I would have taken her last night. We'll make it there today somehow plus get to Wal-Mart for her prescriptions.

Oh, it's Super Bowl Sunday. My prediction, the Saints will win.

Snow Storm

Wow, how about all this snow we have gotten. They have let us off work early before it really started to snow and it was a good thing that they did, because we got hammered and hammered hard here.

Cars were all over the road in front of the house, people were not going much further than our driveway going up the hill. Numerous cars, being driven by a few idiots, ended up in the ditch.

Michael put on one heck of a fireworks display next door, it was 4th of July during a snowstorm. It was entertaining, gorgeous and something to watch until the police showed up and put an end to all the fun. Thanks Mik,e it was a thrill watching it while the snow was blasting us.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword to, when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is once again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

In case any of you noticed, Phil is a complete idiot and has teamed up with Mother Nature to throw a bunch of snow on us over the next day or so. We're looking at 7"-10" of snowfall by tomorrow evening. Damn Rat.

Michelle and I did what everyone else in Morgantown did last night, we went to Wal-Mart and picked up a few essentials like Eggs, Bread, Toilet Paper and I had my daily midget intake as I saw one pushing a cart and shopping.

Well stay warm, stay safe and enjoy your Friday.

Yesterday went well

Trip to Pittsburgh went well yesterday, I think I made some nice contacts and have the ball rolling on a couple of other project. I think I'll have the TouchTable reading other computers soon. The software they provided isn't really working and we have found a work around.

I guess we are supposed to have a big snow storm coming our way soon, calling for us to get a fair amount of snowfall and the Eastern Part of the state will basically get hammered. Are the six weeks up yet?

Amy finally got herself a nice little computer and should have a dial up (I know but no DSL or High Speed available yet) internet connection in the near future. It's a laptop with a wireless card, so she can be mobile and surf for her midget porn from the comforts of her own bed.

The icing on the cake was the 70-51 win in the backyard brawl against Pitt.

Hi Ho Hi Ho...

It;'s getting closer.

Through the years I have blogged about an old softball team mate of mine who is a pretty good baseball player. Josh Judy whom used to play for us while he was pitching University High to the State Finals and winning a State Championship with the American Legion before becoming an All-American at Indiana Tech and being drafted by the Cleveland Indians (Whew, that's a long sentence), has been playing pro ball for a few years now.

Well yesterday his dream just became much closer to being a reality. As the 2010 season will be the first season he will be contractually eligible to play in the Major Leagues, he will start spring training this season in the Big League Camp. He's not on the roster yet, but this is a good indication that there is a chance he may make the 40 man roster when rosters go from 25 to 40 players in September.

I see Josh's dad all the time and constantly get updates on his progress. I think it is about time for me to finally buy a Cleveland Indians hat.

Just for the record, the MLB minimum salary is $400,000 a year. Josh, I will be needing tickets in the near future.

It's a Pittsburgh Humpday

Hey it's Hump day, we are crossing over the hump and working toward yet another weekend.

I'll be in Pittsburgh on business today and maybe tomorrow, but I think it will probably just be for today. Leaving at chicken 30 so I can be ready to for a meeting in the Burgh at 8:00 AM. I have a co-worker going with me and ironically the head of NatCarb, who I will be assisting on the Carbon Sequestration Atlas III for the next six months or so.

Today is also the magical Letter of Intent Day for college football. This is the day when all the verbal commitments that you have received over the last year become binding once the player signs his Letter of Intent. Then internet message boards will be buzzing, the rumor mills will be flowing and we will know for sure who will be a Mountaineer and who may have changed their minds.

I am one of those people who follow recruiting year round, and I will have to say Bill Stewart is about to land a very stellar class. A few big time recruits and a whole slew of players that will be filling needs. The defense should be almost completely revamped or returning injured players from last year next season.

Have a great hump day.

Tuesdays Tidbit's

* Well now that the rat has stolen the show and ruined my day, how about a nice little tidbits.

* I bought a Roku player yesterday, and it has been shipped already. I already have a Netflix account and have streamed a couple of movies to my computer. The Roku is wireless and let's me stream straight to my TV using a wireless connection and an HDMI adaptor. It is capable of streaming HD and I have spoken with a friend who does and he says it is no problem and no lag.

* I'll be out of town tomorrow and in Pittsburgh on business. It will be nice to get out of the office and travel a little bit, I think it has been a couple months since I last traveled.

* Everyone got their taxes filed yet? I have used TaxCut for years, but H&R Block discontinued it to present H&R Block at Home. Same thing just a little bit more robust. I get five free Federal e-files and have a couple left if anyone needs to file.

* Did I ever mention I hate snow. You suck Phil.

You Suck Phil

Damn rat saw his shadow, six more weeks of winter for us Humans and groundhog stew fro me for dinner tonight.

At least I sent him a nice assortment of fine nuts to fatten him up to be my dinner tonight.

Six more weeks of this white stuff, come on Phil I wanted spring to come. You and Mother Nature are now both on my "I don't Like You List".

Good day to you rat.

OK Phil

You're up. It's your day, it's Groundhog Day and I'm not talking about the Bill Murray movie. This is the day that everyone decides to visit Gobblers Knob and listen what you have to say. Please oh Rodent friend of mine, do not see that shadow.

Let's see. In 2006 you saw your shadow. In 2007 you oh King of the Groundhogs didn't see that shadow. In 2008 you returned to your shadow seeing self. Last year in 2009 you continued to irritate me by bringing us the six additional weeks of winter.

So out of four years of me writing about you, you have saw your shadow three times to one time not seeing it. Come on oh King of the groundhogs, ignore anything you may see today on the ground if it resembles you. It is not a shadow, I repeat it is NOT A SHADOW.

Happy Groundhogs Day everyone, I hope Phil is not dinner tonight.

Phil is Getting Nervous

Tomorrow is his big day, Phil enters center stage at Gobblers Knob and in grounhogeze will tell his keep his and mother Natures plans for the next six weeks. Phil old Buddy, I hope you have enjoyed the fine assortment of spiced nuts that I have sent you. Please don't consider it as a bribe, because I would never try to influence your magic. However, if you and Mother Nature want to drop more of that white stuff on us in the next six weeks those nuts can be considered me just fattening you up for dinner tomorrow night.

Hint to the rat, it is in your best interest to not see any shadows, I have an army of invisible midget porn watching gnomes with explicit instructions to place you in my stewing pot tomorrow night so I can enjoy the next sic weeks of winter with groundhog stew.

Don't consider the assortment of fine nuts a bribe in any way.....rat.