It is that time of year again. The monster truck show is coming to town and I plan on taking my newphews to see it. I bought tickets yesterday on the way home from work, as soon as I heard they had gone on sale. We got amazing seats and I was able to get pit passes as well. The kids are going to go nuts. I got a couple for my brother and his wife as well, in case they want to join us. If they don’t, I will take whoever wants to go.
Caught a big one
Well our trip went well. I caught a really big Marlin, that took six hours to bring in. For those of you who do no tknow what a Marlin is, here is a picture of my big fish as I was fighting it.
This was just an amazing fishing trip. I never thought to catch one of these like this. He was five hundred pounds and mean as could be. You have to give a guy some props for that catch. You should have seen the look on my dads face when he got a look at it. I think he will be going with us on our next trip to the gulf coast.
Loving Nascar this year
Jr has been leading in the points for most of the season so far, even though he has only won one race. That is literally amazing. I hope that he is able to keep his lead, but unless he starts winning a a few more races, it will not happen. My brother and I are battling it out over Jeff and Jr. I know I am going to win this one.
Go Dale Earnhardt Jr !
Remembering Junior Seau
I am a pretty big sports fan. I love my football and everybody knows it. That’s why when something big happens I am all over it. This is why I have been talking about the death of former linebacker Junior Seau who died suddenly on Wednesday.
Junior played for the San Diego Chargers football team. He was great at his position and was one of the legends of the game. He will be remembered by many and I hope his family will find peace.
Snacks for all
The super bowl is finally here. I have invited some of my closest friends over to watch the game with me. I have several that have already said they will attend. We plan to have plenty of food ready for everyone. I know they will enjoy that.
The game is always great and the half-time show should be enjoyable as well. It is always a good time for all. My house will be full and it is great to have company. This is a great land.
A shocker
The Detroit Lions are in a tough place right now. It seems that one of their players made a bonehead play and now they are paying the price. Ndamukong Suh decided to kick an opposing player at a key point in a game. This play cost the Lions points on the board and a chance to excel in their division.
The worst part is that the Lions will now have to do without their star player for at least two games. He is being suspended until the two game limit is reached. This will definitely have an impact on the lion’s season.
Hello NFL
The national Football league has decided to settle its dispute with the players and the games are finally on the way. The season starts this weekend and many people are waiting for it to start. I love the game of football and am glad that things are rolling again.
I am looking forward to sitting on the couch and watching a good game. My favorite team is the redskins and I am hoping they have a good year. I guess I’ll have to wait and see what happens, but I am hoping for the best.
That’s Racing
A lot of my friends are discovering NASCAR and becoming race fans. In fact, the most influential athlete in America was announced the other day – and it turns out to be a NASCAR driver. Wow – when I was a kid no one I knew ever watched NASCAR races – ow it seems that everyone is watching.
My idea of racing is drag racing – not going around and around in circles for 4 hours. I like a good drag race – it’s fast and dangerous and exciting to watch dozens of pairs of racers each hour take off and have a winner within a minute or two. Race a half mile and hit 100 mph? Now, that’s racing.
Clean It or Cover It Up
My brother was living large last year and bought a pool for his back yard in August. They got a couple moths use out of it before it got too cold to swim in the afternoons, and they eventually drained it for the winter, pretty much forgetting about it until now that the temperatures have started climbing.
He’s never had a pool before, so I guess he was surprised when he went to fill it up with water this weekend and realized that he had to clean it out first. I tell you what, cleaning out a pool that was not covered over the winter is a nasty, exhausting job. I’ve helped friends back in the college days do that and I had a vested interest in getting the pool clean – so we could have a wild college pool party.
When he told me how hard he had to work at cleaning the pool, I flat out told him to start pricing pool covers so he doesn’t have to go through all that again next year. It is a matter of covering it up or cleaning it – you are going to pay one way or the other, by spending two days scrubbing and cleaning or by spending a little money on a cover. Shouldn’t take a rocket scientist which way to go on that one.
Spreading the Fun
One thing that everybody in my family really enjoys is going to an outing. We all love to get away from home for a few hours and go see a sporting event. Sometimes we watch a football or hockey game, but it depends on what time of the year it is. Since its basketball season, we have been going to many of the games. I recently got some Boston Celtics Tickets that we used to see the game. I was glad I got the tickets pretty cheap.
We do a lot of traveling and it’s good to be able to get tickets to major events on short notice. I found a site called acheapseat.com that is good for getting tickets on. I have purchased Chicago Bulls Tickets as well as Dallas Mavericks Tickets there. It is easy to do and I know I can count on the site to provide first class service.
Another thing I found out was that tickets make a great gift. I sent my cousin in Texas some Houston Rockets Tickets for her birthday and she just loved the gift. I sent my brother in law in California some Los Angeles Lakers Tickets and he took his family to see the game. He loved the gift I sent. I have always loved sports and it is a pleasure to spread the fun around.