Laptop wish list

My true wishlist is getting more refined the longer I have the laptop.

Now I plan on buying the Student/Teacher version of Microsoft Office. It costs about $80.

I want to buy a laptop backpack. The nice ones cost about $75.

I want this adapter and software so I can burn my home videos to dvd. It costs $49 or $79 depending on the version.

I haven't decided what order I'm going to get these yet. I have a 60 day trial of Office so I'll probably get the backpack and adapter first.

Free Golf

Nothing better than free golf. I golfed free twice this week and even got sunburnt once. Unfortunately, the golf course opens the first of April so no more free golf for me.

Dodgeball

He should plead insanity. Dodgeball and glasses will give anyone temporary insanity.

I'm a little afraid at night

You've probably heard about the pastor's wife who killed him.

Did you know she's 5'3 and weighs 120?
She's 32?
She's a pastor's wife that only has daughters?
She was married to a man that drove her crazy?

Steph is 5'1 and weighs around there.
Steph is 30.
Steph's a pastor's wife that only has daughters.
Steph is married to a man that drives her crazy.

Spooky

Last weekend

This last weekend Steph and I dropped the girls off at my parents and used a gift certificate for a hotel that my sister gave Steph for Christmas. It was a good time. We ate at Applebees and then went shopping. We had thought about going to a movie but while we were at Best Buy we looked at laptops. I've been wanting a laptop for some time. We looked and looked and then I turned over one of their price things and saw a deal for a laptop that wasn't on display. All the info on it was hidden by another price tag for a laptop that was on display. Being convinced that if they had to hide the info and price that it must be a good deal, I made the impulse buy. We now own a Sony Vaio FS-810/w. We skipped the movie saving money now that we had none. We went back to our suite, watched basketball, and played on the new computer. We also went out to Steak and Shake at about 10:00 for shakes. I've been looking for fun toys for the laptop and I've come up with a GPS, but I've never really been lost so that would be a waste of money. I looked at a car diagnostics kit, but that cost almost what a car costs. I'll probably just end up saving up and buying Microsoft Office.

By the way, everywhere I find it on the internet it cost more than $100 more.

Sports Gambling

My mother was just after me again for my sports betting. Now understand I haven't bet on sports since I was in high school. But that's what moms are for.

George Mason opened the tourney at 400-1 odds at PinnacleSports.com. They had one guy make a $20 bet. If George Mason wins, that $20 bet will pay him $8,000. Go George Mason.

Oh and don't bet on sports.

Praying for strength and courage

I'm praying for strength and courage for Abdur Rahman. He may be executed for being a Christian.

Running update

I'm still running just about every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I've been getting a little faster but still have a ways to go. I can't wait for the cold weather to break so the running isn't quite as bad. At least we didn't get that bad snow storm that they got down in Indiana.

I'm a big football fan but this is a little crazy

This guy turned his half year prison sentence into a 5 year sentence. He says he'd do it again and his brother says he would have done it.

Would you go to prison for 5 years for the chance to go to the Super Bowl and see your brother play?

Colts sign Vinatieri

Say goodbye to the idiot kicker. This makes me happy for a couple of reasons. Nothing better than signing a key player away from the enemy.

What's up with Indy and kickers whose names are hard to spell and start with Vs?

Sixpence sings about my weekend

It has gotten to my head
Permeates the path I tread
But I tread, I'm moving on
In a new and happy song
I can sing about the night
How my tunnel without light
Led me to the other side
Where the sky is blue

It's all I can do to not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me again

There is fire inside the tree
Flames of knowing kissing me
I have waited long to see a sign from you

It's all I can do to not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me again

Moving On - Sixpence None the Richer

I'd tell you more but I'm already close to the moved on stage and don't want to look back. The sky is blue on this side of the tunnel. I'm hoping I stay here and I'm hoping everything else stays on the other side of the tunnel.

A snowplow?

This is a sad story and all but why in the world did a train in Texas have a snowplow on it?

March Madness Blues

The tourney is finally here and I loved it yesterday. Now the second day is here and I'm at work. Here's the weird part. I'm the only one here. Pastor left early. The secretary left early.

Why am I still here?!?!

What I'm listening to

I've gone old school with a little Hokus Pick "Brothers from Different Mothers".

Goodbye

It's time to say goodbye to two sports figures.

John Chaney was the long time coach of Temple Basketball. The guy was a jerk at times but was a great coach. He even looked like an owl. Some guys just belong at some schools.

Edgerrin James was the long time running back for the Indianapolis Colts. I liked Edge. I was pretty upset when the Colts drafted him instead of Ricky Williams though. And I wasn't very happy when they traded Marshall away either. Edge over time wasn't as excited about being a Colt so I won't cry as he goes. He was late to training camps, hated playing preseason, and said some dumb things towards the end. He will be hard to replace though.

My family's Star Wars names

Yesterday Steph watched a little boy for a lady from our church. It was a last minute thing. The mother had someone lined up to watch him but that person never showed up. Steph was telling me about it and Laura said, "We're her only hope." That instantly took me to Star Wars and I came up with names for our family. Laura is Obi-Laura-Kenobi. Colleen is R2Leen2. Steph is Princess Stephanie. And I, of course, am Anakin Weaver.

The weather

Yesterday it was in the 40's. Today it's in the 40's. And unfortunately, it still looks like this outside.

Ok here's some pictures

These are from many years ago so laugh it up. The hair is good stuff.Tobin and the Brooklyn Bridge

The Times Square Double Tree Guest Suites


and the hair.

NCAA brackets

I love the NCAA tournament. I love watching the games. I love filling out the brackets. Here's your chance to join me. Join and fill out your bracket and see if you can beat me, it shouldn't be that hard. Oh and it's free.

Go to http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/. Click on join group. Enter this info.

Group ID# 19084
Group Password letpaulwin

I'm a jerk but...

This video made me laugh out loud yesterday when I saw it. I feel like a jerk for laughing at a girl with a broken kneck but man is this funny.

Here's the video and story.

Mastercard's priceless commercials

Mastercard is doing a promotion where you write the next "priceless" commercial. I thought that would be cool and I would submit the story of getting engaged to Steph. It would go something like this...

Engagement ring - $1700
Two night stay in Times Square - $700
Parking in the hotel parking garage $70
Giving her an engagement story she'll never forget - priceless

Unfortunately they've already shot the commercial. You just write the lines or something. So I didn't do it.

You know, Tobin was a big part of that weekend. Thanks Tobin for all the help there and for taking a great picture. I just had that picture blown up to an 8x11. Maybe I'll post a copy here later for everyone to see.

www.burrillstrong.com

Burrill is the younger brother of my college roommate, Tobin, and a friend of mine. Budah, one of the names we lovingly call Burrill, and I have had some fun times including tailgating before Michigan games and once we had a bet that I couldn't work his name into the announcements at church. Of course I won that bet. Nothing like mentioning Budah during the announcements at a Baptist church. Anyways here's a link to his website. I think he's ok with me posting it here. His page is much cooler than my little blog. Check it out.

I'm a little confused on why they would do this

A clothing company, "Second Coming Clothing Company", is selling t-shirts. This is one of their designs.

“The Original 10 Commandments, BrokeBack on the Mountain.” An angry Moses is looking over the Israelites and their calf. Then it says, “In his anger, Moses broke the two tablets of stone that the Ten Commandments were written on while walking back down the mountain.” The italics have been added.

Update on the ferrari

1 million dollars of wreckage.