College Football

TCU visits Air Force today. Short week for both teams with AF coming up big against Utah (AF was the underdog giving 7 1/2 to Utah, opened 10, and over/under was 47 1/2) and TCU crashing against Texas. TCU has had AF number for quite sometime. Back in 1993, AF was undefeated until losing at TCU. Since TCU joined the mountain west AF has never been close. The game in 2005 was infamous in that it led to DeBerry looking like a fool because of some statements about black athletes. Neither game has been close, AF looks to get on track this year. TCU's coach has already put out some fighting words claiming not to believe in Calhoun and that AF is still an option team. Well we shall see, I hope AF lights them up!

2005 48 -10 L
2006 38 -14 L
2007 ???

I predicted this game to be a lose but I think it will be close. TCU 27 - 14.

Interesting games this weekend...Citadel at Wisconsin (Yikes!). Tennessee at Florida (look out Vols...it will be punishing), and Notre Dame at Michigan (hee hee too bad there aren't ties anymore!).

Haiku Wednesday

Haiku - Popcorn

Movie theatre
Buttery smell, sweet cola
Feet stuck to the floor!

Little Bit of This...Little Bit of That

Indiana Jones 4 is now titled "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" I mouthful of a title.

Comics for the last two weeks

Buffy #6
Great start with new writer, Brian K. Vaughan and I have to admit it writing was a heck of lot easier to follow. I enjoyed Whedon's work but I thought it was a bit convoluted and it wasn't until I read the wikipedia entry and then finally figured what was going on. I almost think Joss is so familiar with these characters he forgets to fill the rest of us in. Anyway good launching point for Brian...I enjoy the Faith and Giles teaming. Should be a good series.











Uncanny X-men #490
Why can't anyone put together an interesting take on this book? Have all the good stories been taken? Is the x-mythology just too weighted town. Returning to the Morlock tunnels sounded good and it is neat to see Skids again (SHIELD agent?) but why can't there be action, adventure, fun? These plots just don't go anywhere...I just don't care. Girrrr

Colorado Rockies - Week 23

A 4-2 week against the division rivals, Giants and Padres. Two good winning series. Would have been nice to sweep the Giants but we did gain some on the Wild Card standings so you can't expect anymore. It is good to be talking Roxs baseball in September but it will certainly be a struggle down the stretch. The bandaid that has become our pitching staff can only go so far. Dessens and Redman certainly aren't going to take us there. Francis can only pitch every 5 days and Jimenez has done a good job. Fogg is inconsistent and Morales is just over his head. Prime example of this is Hurdle using 10 pitchers (!, tied a major league record for most pitchers for a 9 inning game) to steal a win against the Padres on Friday night...Yikes! Don't think we want to try LaRussa experiment while in a playoff hunt. The Roxs are in 4th place (6.0 behind) and 3.0 behind in the wild card chase. The Roxs currently stand at 74 - 68. Currently 43-28 at home and 31-40 on the road, the Roxs have outscored its opponents 721-670 (expected wins is 76 versus historical wins at 66). On pace for 84 wins. Roxs graphical wins (home in Purple, away in grey)

Weekly WPA Leaders: Well the relievers were the big winners this week with Corpas and Herges. Helton continues to show why it is too bad he wasn't traded to a real contender. I think Helton would do like Walker during his sole world series appearance, hit the crap out of the ball. Here's hoping Todd makes it next year (alright he still has a chance this year but unless he can go out every 5 days and pitch, I'm not holding my breath!)

One Year in the Books...or Forever Lost Electrons

Yup...one year tomorrow. I've bored myself for 226 posts last year or 62% of the available days. Not bad, pretty consistent. Since I started tagging my posts the "Rockies" have won out at 31 posts, followed by books at 21, and haiku with 14. Favorite posts include the 10/9 rant on NASA, my classic movies, my cute titled post on 1/10, "Apple Newton 3.0", the Captain America RIP post, my Chabon posting on 5/17, and the Monday Roxs feature and finally my Wednesday Haiku. It has been a fun ride so far...and so here is to another good year of posting!

College Football Friday

Air Force visits Utah on Saturday. An interesting series over the last few years. DeBerry played the Urban Meyer teams pretty closely over the years. Alot of heart breakers for AF.

2002 30 - 26 W
2003 43 - 45 L
2004 35 - 49 L
2005 35 -38 L
2006 14 -17 L
2007 ???

I predict a 28 - 24 Win for AF! What the heck, we're due! Good win last week, I was a bit nervous for the Falcons has we had a new coach and new offense. Some things I never expected to read in my local paper, the Denver Post, and I quote:

"However, Guenther (the center) had trouble with the center snaps with quarterback Shaun Carney in the shotgun early in the game...." Shotgun????

"...surprised South Carolina St. coming out with 5 receivers and empty backfield..." Hmmmm...what happened to run, run, pass, punt???

Too bad for Michigan and Notre Dame last week, HA HA...at least we don't have to listen to any national championships. Big games of interest LSU vs. VTech and TCU vs. Texas.

Camping

Went camping this weekend. Living in Colorado you sometimes forgot how close you are to beautiful majestic places. I think I've become dulled to the beauty. A pleasant weekend camping trip was all it took to readjust that attitude! A nice campsite outside of Jefferson, Colorado, named Lodgepoll about 3 miles south of Lake Jefferson. Also right near the Colorado Trail. There is something to be said about leaving the electronic world behind and returning to an earlier time. Very primal and almost surreal. Sitting next to a fire each night watching the wood burn, the flames lick, the embers glow like nature's LED lights. If memories and DNA are related than camping is that bridge to remind us of a time when fire was the most important thing. In addition to being outside the one thing you really notice is the night time sky. The milky way gets blocked out by the city lights but in the mountains it glows with an eerie silence. To sit and gaze into a sky where constellations lose their urban definitions. Although you still can't lose sight of the technology blanket we have as you watch satellites stroll along the stars. Seeing a sky like that is somewhat humbling as the universe is thrust upon you and infinity becomes visual. I pity the city dwellers who never make it out and see the wilderness and sky and realize the world is a much bigger place then the city blocks that surround them.

Haiku Wednesday

Haiku - Remembering

Cubicle's forest
Post-it notes stuck everywhere
They flutter like leaves

Game 138 - Colorado Rockies

Game 138 was another wild ride...felt like I was watching Game 128 but in a different section! One of those games they probably should have lost. Had the bases loaded twice and didn't score (left 11 on for the night). Got lucky with the umpire's ejection of Wilson in the 8th which ultimately lead to Matsui's (!) score tying hit. Kind of hate September baseball with the the deeper bench. It makes the manager do crazy things like managing like he is in an all-star game. Two pinch runners, Stewart pinch hitting in the bottom of the 3rd for Morales (who obviously didn't have it). Then crazy pinch hitting throughout the rest of the game. Atkins looked awful at the plate, can't believe he walked on 4 pitches in the bottom of the 9th which then brought up Atkins and his heroic basehit. All in all a good game.

Colorado Rockies - Week 22

A 3-3 week against the division rivals, Giants and D-Backs. Not a real positive road trip. A good 2-1 against the D-backs and a good win against Webb, but 1-2 against the cellar Giants. Always good to play well against the division. Looking at the expanded standings and it is somewhat revealing. The Roxs are only 26-27 while the division leader Padres are 32-22 against the NL West. Also, all the division teams have a good home record but to be a contender you need a decent road record and the Roxs 31-40 record is below that of the Padres, D-backs, and LA (who have 34 and 35 wins). Looking at the runs scored/runs against on the road (313-319)shows that the Roxs certainly are capable of playing better but for some reason are 4 wins behind where they should be...and would in fact be closer to contending! The Roxs are in 4th place (5.0 behind) and 5.0 behind in the wild card chase. Another important homestand against the Giants and Padres. The Roxs currently stand at 70 - 66. Currently 39-26 at home and 31-40 on the road, the Roxs have outscored its opponents 660-647 (expected wins is 72 versus historical wins at 63). On pace for 83 wins. Roxs graphical wins (home in Purple, away in grey)

Weekly WPA Leaders: