Can you pass me another beer please?
Yes, it’s been that kind of a day. I am so tired of answering stupid questions, dealing with uncooperative co-workers, people with territorial issues, and one cranky five year old. Has anyone out there stopped to ask me how my day went? Does anyone care how I am feeling these days? Anyone…crickets chirping…chirp…chirp. Well…in the words of Scarlett O’Hara…after all, tomorrow is another day!
Once again not much going on here in The Park. I am a little sad because the NASCAR boys will be in Ft. Worth this weekend and I will be here in Raiderland 6 hours away. I found this funny so without further ado…
It’s Tuesday…nothing much going on here in The Park so here’s something for you viewing and listening pleasure.
I was so busy this weekend between T-ball, T-Rexs, Tourney brackets and Tony Stewart, I am exhausted.
Let’s talk about Martinsville. I think I like Martinsville a little bit better than Bristol. Denny had his #11 Fed Ex car in the zone yesterday. He lead 296 laps of the 500 lap race yesterday. He just had the car dialed in all day. But as we all know the best car or the one who leads the most laps doesn’t always win the race. Plus he had history working against him yesterday. I mean it was the 25th anniversary of the first win by Hendrick in the Cup series. But it did look like Denny was going to spoil the whole Hendrick party. But Jimmie Johnson loves this track. Up until yesterday he had won 4 of the last five races. With yesterday’s win it is now up to 5 of the last 6. We used to say Lowe’s was Jimmie’s house, I am beginning to think Martinsville is Jimmie’s house. No matter what happeend yesterday it seemed to be in the cards for a Hendrick driver to win yesterday. All four teams finished in Top Ten. I do have to say Johnson made a bold move on Denny in the waning laps of the race to take the lead from Denny. It was the kind of racing I like. Two drivers fighting for the lead and respecting each other and not taking one out. Would I have jumped up and down if Jimmie had made the move on Denny and they both went spinning? Hell yes I would have because who was in that third place spot???? Tony Stewart! But unfortunately the two drivers did what they do best race cleanly. Denny showed some class in his post race interview. Kudos Denny. And what was the deal with Robby Gordon? Every time I looked up (well, it seemed that way) he was cuasing a yellow flag to flown. Hey Robbie…green is our friend, yellow bad. Two thumbs up for Stewart Haas Racing–both Ryan and Tony finished in the Top Ten. I know this really didn’t have to do with the race, but did anyone see Ingrid’s new do? OMG—she cut off quite a bit of hair!
The rest of my weekend was quite busy. First up for me was to see if I could gain some ground on Postman in our NCAA Bracket Challange. I certainly didn’t want to wear the University of Texas shirt to his birthday party. Please note I am an alum of Texas Tech Unversity and well, we don’t like UT. I was only 2 points behind him and I would have been able to make up some ground only if Michigan State and Connecticut lost as well as Pitt winning it all. But if you followed the tourney, you will find that Michigan State and Connecticut and Michigan State are in the Final Four and well…Pittsburgh’s fate. Same fate as me…dead in the water. That’s right folks I cannot overtake my Postman in the bracket challenge. Only 1 of my 4 picks for the final four made. Go North Carolina! So this is what I will be wearing (or something similar) to Postman’s party. Sorry folks, I must go through this “humilation” by myself. No sympathy shirt wearing to make me feel better. I made the bet and lost.
Little Smoke and his team the Diamondbacks had their first t-ball game on Saturday. We won 28-4. I know that is a high score for t-ballers, but we dominated the other team…well as much as a t-ball team can dominate. We are only allowed to score 7 runs/inning. The other team never got us out in the traditional sense. Little Smoke went 3 for 3 with 1 RBI. A ball was hit to him in the outfield, but he didn’t let it get by him and in t-ball that is everything. Still needs a littel work on the baserunning and throwing, but all in all not bad for his first game. Wish us luck tonight…we play the Yankess. And as I recall, the D-Backs beat the Yankees in the 2001 World Series. Sign of good things to come?
If you need to make a dinosaur I am your gal. Little Smoke needed a dinosaur model for school this week. Of course as we all know this project becomes bigger than it really is and it can take on a life of it’s own. And naturally, Little Smoke wanted his model to be a T-Rex. In case you are not up on all the dinosaurs, he is like the Michael Jordan of dinosaurs. So I spent most of yesterday while he was at two birthday partys constructing the model, he helped paint the thing though. Bascially Little Smoke and Postman were the designers and well, I was the free labor. But I think it turned out pretty good. Take a gander and tell me what you think.
I have been somewhat flying under the radar these days. I have beent rying to get back to what I do here in The Park and that is write more meaningful posts about NASCAR. I have had several drafts of posts ready for posting, but by the time I think about posting them it’s too late. I am working on a post that may ruffle some feathers, but sometimes you have to step back and take a look at the bigger picture. I have been thinking about NASCAR lately among other things so without further interruptions…here are some little nibblets to keep you wanting more.
1. What the heck is the deal with the weather here in Raiderland? Did some decide to shake of the snow globe that encases my reality? Yesterday we were sunny and gorgeous and now…we have hit our high for the day and it is only 8:15 am in the morning. Expected precipitation…snow. That’s what I said S-N-O-W! Luckily I work indoors and will be nice and toasty…Postman, well, he will be outside most of the day. But as I always tell him he knew the oath when he signed up for his gig.
2. Can I just say I DON’T LOOK GOOD IN BURNT ORANGE!!! For those of you who frequent The Park know I am an alum of Texas Tech University. Our colors are Red and Black. So you are thinking where does the burnt orange come into play? It doesn’t. I don’t own any kind of burnt orange object. The only time you would EVER see any burnt orange in my household would be if I put an orange on the grill and left it there to burn. But, I am NOT one who backs down from a bet. Postman and I did out NCAA tournament brackets to see who could out play each other. We wavered on what the loser of the challenge would have to do. The “prize” I wanted to use was the following…if I won, he would have to wear a Pittsburgh Steelers shirt to his birthday party next month. Please note, Postman is and will always be a Dallas Cowboys fan, HATES THE STEELERS. But if he won, I would wear a #88 shirt on raceday and to his birthday party. I am not a #88 fan. I thought it was a fair trade. But he wasn’t man enough to put his brackets against mine with that bet. So, we decided the loser of the challenge would have to wear a University of Texas shirt to his birthday party next month. Why the party? Well, we are both alums of Tech, several of our friends are alums, and it needed to be in public were ridiculing could take place. I am screwed. Memphis lost last night. If you know about the brackets, I had Memphis all the way through the final 4. I am going to need some serious help or I will be donning that shirt.
3. Little Smoke starts his first season of t-ball this Saturday. I am excited about all of this. I think he is doing ok considering he just started palying this game about a month ago. His team name–Diamondbacks. Whew–we dodged a bullet there…don’t know if I could get behind his team if it had been Y-A-N-K-E-E-S. As it is deemed in the state of Texas, every little boy will play some sort of football in his life. Little Smoke will be old enough come fall and he WILL be playing football. Let’s just hope his team isn’t Steelers.
4. Work–same old stuff…different day.
5. What’s up with moving to the TTU vs Baylor football game to the DFW area? Are you freakin’ kidding me? Apparently, TTU and Baylor have agreed to play the next two football games in Dallas. In 2009, we will play at Jerry World aka New Dallas Cowboys stadium and then in 2010 at the Cotton Bowl. If you know Red Raider football, you know every single time we have been to the Cotton Bowl we lost. Of course, they were all bowl games. Perhaps we might win since this will be a regular football game. But you never can tell with our REd Raiders. I don’t like this idea. So we might get a little bit more money swung this way and we might have more people at the game, but seriously folks, I am not going to travel 6 hours to watch TTU play. Can’t afford it. I might look into the 2009 game just because the game will be played at Jerry World, but then again with the cost of things probably not. Even though I love football, I would rather pay money to go to a NASCAR race at TMS. I would get more bang for my buck.
5. I would like to say THANK YOU to Kurt Busch. With his 11th place finish and Kevin Harvick’s bad day at Bristol, I jumped into the lead one of the fantasy leagues I am in. But as you know that could all change this weekend. I am going with Jeff Gordon as my pick this week. I think it is a good pick. Even if he doesn’t win, I know he will give me a good points day and to be honest that’s what it is all about. Getting a lead and maintaining that lead until the finish line.
6. Can you believe Chevrolet has not won a race so far this season? That’s right…Ford has two wins, Toyota has two wins, and Dodge has one…Kenseth, ,Kenseth, Kyle B., Kurt B., Kyle B. Maybe the Chevrolets can pull one out this week at Martinsville.
7. I am not an #88 fan. I make no bones about it. I am working on a post about #88, but I am still doing a little research and hopefully I will have posted next week. I have some opinions about #88 and that’s what they are OPINIONS, but as with anything dealing wtih the #88 you tread very little and very respectfully and that’s what I plan to attempt.
8. I would love to be headed to TMS next week. I miss going to TMS. I love the roar of the engines as they come off Turn 4 towards the green flag. I miss all the interesting people down in the pits, but times are tough and well, race tickets aren’t in the budget this year.
I think that is about it for the week. Nothing all that exciting on this end of the world. Have a great week!
I have been watching quite a bit of March Madness yesterday and today. My brackets have taken a big hit today. But as long as I beat Postman at the end of it all I am ok with everything. I did take some chances with a few of my picks and one of them I am worried that it will come back to bite me back in the butt. But here’s hoping—UPDATE–WTF–I KNEW IT! OUCH!!!! UGH!!! Next time I will NOT, I repeat NOT pick Ohio State.
Now back to regular programming…this week the boys are in Bristol for a little short track racing. Congratulations to Mark Martin for his second pole in a row. Now if he can just get that bad racing karma away from him I think he could make a good run on Sunday. I am looking forward to getting back to racing.
I must now head off to bed…my brackets have been destroyed! I need some adult beverage to ease the pain.
Heard about this on Mike and Mike this morning. I thought I would share it with everyone. This is Charlie Weiss (head football coach at Notre Dame) and Bill Belichick (head coach of the New England Patirots) singing with Bon Jovi. Yep…I said Bon Jovi. All I have to say is Charlie Weiss and Bill Belichick should keep their day jobs. Nice effort though–all for a worthy cause I must say.
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