Minus and Plus

Last night we went to the "World's Largest Ice Cream Social" at Coldstone. I was very disappointed. Not only were you limited to blueberry, marshmallow or Nutter Butter ice cream, but you didn't get a mix-in to go with it. I know you get what you pay for, but it seemed like a pretty weak promotion to me.

When we got home the Twins were losing 1-6 to the White Sox. With only 4 games left in the season and trailing the Sox by .5, this game mattered A LOT! We sat down and watched the Twins battle back, winning 7-6 in the 10th inning. Most exciting game I've watched this season. It put the Twins in first place! Now we just need to do well against the Royals this weekend and the division is ours. Yay!!!

It finally happened

Looks like Matt Millen has been fired.

This was a long time coming.

Priorities

I was checking out at Kohl's today and the little girl behind me was begging her mom for one of the books they have on display by the checkouts (Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you see?). The mom kept saying no. The girl must have asked about 5 times. Then the child picked up the polar bear stuffed animal and said "Can I have him?". The mom said yes. The girl asked "And the book?" Mom says "Maybe next time".

Maybe there's a back story I don't know, but the whole thing made me pretty sad. Books are friends!

Quarterbacks

I really enjoyed this article about quarterbacks of yesterday and today. I'm also looking forward to my "Brett's a Jet" SI later on today. The Packers are still my favorite team but Brett is still my favorite player.

Score!

The Packers beat the Vikings! The Favre-Rodgers comparisons were a little annoying, but not too bad. I thought all the "Mr Rodgers Neighborhood" signs/comments were much worse.

Off to a pretty good fantasy start too. I won two games and lost one. I only lost by 5 points - I had enough bench points to win too. Oh well. The first week is such a crapshoot. Joseph Addai didn't do that well, but after Brady went down I'm glad I picked him (I was debating between the two of them in the #4 slot; in that league QBs score 6 per passing touchdown).

DirecTV

Yesterday was our first Sunday of DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket. Since GB is playing tonight, it was a good chance to mess around with all the features and not worry about missing "the Game" (although it was odd not to watch them). The verdict: it's lots of fun. We mainly watched Jets-Dolphins (never thought I would say that 2 months ago) and Steelers-Texans. My last minute pick-up of TE Anthony Fasano should get me points for a second consecutive "coach of the year" award - 83 yards and a touchdown! However, all of my fantasy games are too close to call until after the GB/MIN game tonight. Nick and I did both survive in the survivor pool, which is significantly shrunk thanks to the Indy and Charger losses.

Yay for football!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Lots of football, tomorrow. It's only a day away. Since Green Bay plays on Monday night, my "game of the day" will be Jets-Dolphins. Scary. I'm also looking forward to the Colts-Bears, but I need to watch a daytime game as well.

Also: Many thanks to Rob and Katie for a fantastic party last night! :)

Countdown

1 week and 7 hours until Packers football. Aaron Rodgers v Tavaris Jackson. GO PACK GO!!