Show time!

How is all the people in blog land? It was pointed out that my last blog was on the boring and unoriginal side. I will not give the name of my critic but she also pointed out a number of grammatical and spelling errors. They do say that when life (wife) gives you lemons... make lemonade! I therefore will put my best foot forward and try to be better at my blogging in the future.
I have to admit I am really getting into this rent or buy a season of a show and watch it at my own leisure. Leisure would be a terrible word to represent my addiction to any show that I have the whole season. I tend to try to watch all (whatever number) shows in one or two nights. I'm getting up early everyday to workout or I'm quite sure I would stay up most the night to accomplish this goal. My new addiction is Rescue Me a firefighting show starring Denis Leary (Kelly, his name is really spelled with just one n). Its a great show and starts out about 6months after 9/11 with their crew that has lost three of their own to tower two. One of the firefighters lost was Leary's cousin and best friend. The first season deals with his marriage (falling apart), his state of mind (falling apart), his battle with alcohol (falling apart) and basically his life (falling apart). The show is really original and very well written. I know it sounds depressing but it has a good comedic and lighter side to it also. So I'm now half way through season two. I have decided to take this time to list my favs on the seasonal watching of shows of the past few years. I will not however rank the shows seasons - just the shows and how they stack up against one another.

1. Sopranos - just can't beat the acting, writing and idea for the story - I could go on all day but will stop.
2. Deadwood - Combine a western theme and the best written show on television (David Milch)
3. Lost (Season 1 is the only one I saw on DVD - the rest on t.v. and its killing me to wait each week.) Never could wrap my mind around what the next stop in the storyline would be. I loved the premise also.
4. Rescue Me - See above!
5. 24 - (the first five seasons on DVD) the best to watch 24 is on DVD . This waiting between episodes kills the drama for me.
6. Nip/Tuck - Great acting and great idea for a show! Learn to love the characters!
7. X-Files - only bad thing was really only two characters to get invested in but still a great, creative show.
8. The Shield - NYPD with more action and gotta love Michael Chiklis.
9. Alias - Great first three seasons then it died like my dreams of playing in the NHL.
10. Weeds - They get the most out of a creative yet odd premise.

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Alive

I just got back from Nashville, Tennessee! As one of the students I took there proclaimed - "Nashville's known for music". My smartalec self had to point out the name of Nashville is "Music City". Ahhh the youth of America. We went for a conference to select entertainment events for the next year here at school.. Had the opportunity to hear Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Angels in the outfield, Color Purple) give his ultra Liberal, fight the government speech. You would think he would talk about movies or something the least bit interesting but no he talked about politics. I often enjoy an actor telling me how to think about how I should vote. Of course it was a college crowd so everything he said there was a loud applause for. We also got the chance to see Pat Green - I love Texas country music so naturally - he was awesome. The conference was at the Gaylord Opryland hotel. It has to be one of the biggest hotels in the world. It has a river running through it for goodness sake! I honestly have been in it three times in my life and still get lost. Overall it was a great trip.
My sis is here with us this week. Its great - I think Owen likes it the most because she keeps taking him on walks in his stroller and he loves those.
My wife is trying to get a new vehicle, get our carport fixed, look at possibilities for landscaping, and get a concrete slab to the side of our house. I'm not kidding about any of those. The most famous thing said by my wife is ..." I got the estimate back" Then we start the twenty minute conversation about which shes talking about and how I should have known thats what she meant from the beginning. I'm kidding a little about that. Kinda

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Entry for my Blog

I have the worst time trying to figure out what to title these entries. Anyway, what a great Super Bowl!!! I'm so happy for the Colts. Tony Dungy (their coach) is such a class act. I love the way he wasts no time giving the praise to God. Their owner Jim Irsay even gave God a bunch of shout outs. It was great to see Peyton get the monkey off his back with this win. I, of course, went over to Rob's to watch the game. I'm not a real big fan of the Super Bowl party. I don't need a bunch of people having a great time and talking/laughing when I'm trying to watch the game. It cheapens the experience. Sounds a tad psycho but thats how my lil brain works.
I really wasn't big on the commercials this year - a little disappointed. I liked the Oprah and Dave one and the snickers commercial was clever also. My fav was probably the "slapping as a form of saying hello" one.
Alec just told Kelly and me that he was worried because sometime he wonders if our religion is the right one. He reads a lot and I think he has read about other people believing other things and wonders if he has the right one. We told him its o.k. to wonder about that and it doesnt make him bad for doing so. We talked about faith and the historical accuracies of the Bible. Hes big into history. I have to admit though it really caught me off guard. I'm going to have to brush up on my night time logic and not turn my brain off so early because it took me forever to think through it. We plan on revisiting the issue tomorrow.
We did have a good weekend and now I have to get through another 200 days without football! Thats o.k. though because we have a little thing I like to call NASCAR starting on the 18th.
I'm starting to feel the pressure of Valentines Day coming up. I hate this holiday. I'm quite possibly one of the worst gift buyers. Kelly doesn't really want much so it stresses me out a lot. I have an idea of what I'm going to get her its just a matter of purchasing it. I truly don't like the dumb day!

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