Smarty Pants

It's official. My kids are the smarticlest. (It is so a word.)

Both of my boys got straight A's. Again.

I'd love to say that they get it from HD and I but I never got straight A's in my whole life. Neither did HD. Nope. Not from us.

We'll keep them though. Someone has to take care of us in our old age, right?

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Have you been following the Draft Day Suit NFL Roundtables? They are wildly fun to do: we discuss 4 of the upcoming NFL games. Sometimes we sound smart, other times, not so much, but it's still entertaining. Hop on over and watch this week's shenanigans! And, we're the only ones that have the Hochuli Tracker!

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(UPDATED WITH LIVE LINK)

I just spent time writing a post for Draft Day Suit about all of the football firings this week. Of course it's not posted yet so I can't actually link to it right now. However. I promise that I will insert the link in here tomorrow when it's live.

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Knott's

Took the kids to Knott's today with some of our pals. Had a great day. Totally exhausted. There at 11, home at 9:00.

Oh, and I wrote this at Draft Day Suit. So sad.

See ya tomorrow!
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For your weekend reading pleasure...

By me: 

Have you answered this week's Just Curious question? There's still time!

Kodak Bus Tour: Easy Share is Easy!

Brett’s Back: Favre Retirement Watch, Part Too Many

NCAA Football Starts Tonight

Budgeting

8 Tips for Back to School Success

Minor League Baseball is coming to a close ...

Not by me, but still awesome:

Big Babies

Sexting: One more thing for parents to worry about

How to make your blog addictive like World of Warcraft

Oh my goodness, this recipe is SO GOOD! Tomato Zucchini Pie (This link wasn't working well. I'll check it again in a while....)

Non-Toxic way to Polish Silver Jewelery

The most amazing post, by Jodi. Obsession. If you haven't read it yet, you must. And send it to every teen girl and woman you know. It's been a VERY LONG time since a post has resonated this much with me. Srsly. I keep going back. Maybe it will soak in one of these days.

Have a great holiday weekend, everyone!

Me on Draft Day Suit

You know all those days that I wasn't here? (Well, maybe not all of them, but some of them!) Well, I was over at Draft Day Suit writing all of this....

Visiting Coors Field


Rockies Make Coors Field History


Capriati Recovering, I May Not

The NBA Series, By Someone Who Doesn't Care

DC Football Coach Makes National Headlines

Lakers/Suns Game Overshadowed by Politics

And my personal favorite: How The Magic Happens Here at DDS

Oh, and you should read these by Sarah, too. They're funny. And good. And stuff:


Hence the name, Draft Day Suit

Just Because I Have a Vagina Does Not Mean I Need A Woman's Guide to Sports

Happy Reading!

Some Randomy Randomness

• I'm having a crisis of sorts. Carmen wrote earlier in the week about friendship. Why is this relevant? A local pal, (who I love but doesn't read blogs-mine or anyone else's as far as I know,) asked a few of us to come over for happy hour this afternoon. Sounds great right? Well, my kids end up getting the short end of the stick when the kids play, and end up being miserable. What to do? We're going because some kids that they like will be there but sheesh, why can't it be easier? I don't want to knowingly put my kids in a situation where they get 'trampled' on, but I want to see my friends, too. What do you do in this situation?
• I'm getting really tired of listening to LA news. Three reasons: the LA budget crunch (Can you say bankrupt?), 'cutting ties' with Arizona because of the illegal immigration law, and the Lakers. All three piss me off.
• My house is a disaster area. The floors need vacuuming and mopping, the bathrooms need cleaning, my bathroom needs to be painted, I need to hang pictures, and clean out closets and drawers, the shelves above our wet bar are grossly dusty, yaddayaddayadda. Where do I start? 
• I'm starting to feel a little weepy and tired. That doesn't bode well for getting things done, now does it?
• I wrote/compiled a funny story over at DDS. Go read it, for it will make you laugh.
• I lost 2 ounces this week. Weak, I know, but at least the scale isn't reading this anymore. I guess I need to work a little harder, eh? Or, you know, work on it at all?
• I've decided that I want to be Mir when I grow up. I envy her career, in a good way. I'm thrilled for her success, I love her new design, and I would very much like to do what she does. Except without all of the work. Heh.
• I'm doing better at quitting than my better half. That doesn't make me better, just crankier. This might explain the weepy and tired thing, come to think of it.
• Headless Girl moved to campus last weekend. The house feels really empty without her. It's a cool deal for her, though. The kids that work on campus during the summer get to live there for free. There is no meal plan so they have to eat out, but that is a pretty nice trade-off, no? I'm so proud of her-she's got a great job and she's getting great grades and she's just a pretty awesome all around kid. Go, HG!
• Headless Dad is s.l.o.w.l.y getting over bronchitis. And I mean slowly. 6 weeks and counting, and still coughing. 
• Anyone going to be in Vegas the weekend of June 4-6? I'd love to meet you somewhere and have a drink, or ten. I'm going for bowling with Debby of Just Breathe. Leave a comment or email me, k? (headlessfamily5atgmaildotcom)

I suppose that's enough randomness from me for today. What's your random thought of the day?

The Last Olympic Straw

I recently wrote about my dissatisfaction with NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I really and truly thought that I had gotten it out of my system.

Oh, how wrong I was.

So here I sit on the last morning of the games wondering if we’ll get ANY COVERAGE AT ALL. You see, according to the KNBC website and the listings guide on cable, Olympic coverage came on at 9 am. Really? Because all I’ve seen is Access Hollywood (rerun) and Monk (also a rerun.) The hockey game-GOLD MEDAL GAME AGAINST CANADA is supposed to be on, as well as a few other events that are having their final rounds today.

This is absolutely unacceptable, NBC. You say that your ratings are high? Honestly, it can only be because we have NO other options for viewing. Have you polled anyone lately? And, quite honestly, I think I’m done with you as a network, local and national. This has been the final straw.
Here’s how I think national Olympic coverage should look from you, NBC (and CBS, ABC, and FOX should take notice, should there be a change in networks for the next games. Please?!)

Morning show- Fine. Cute stories about athletes, whatever. Depending on the time zone of the actual games, I get this. (The morning crew has actually done a great job of interviewing the athletes.)

Just after the morning show: LIVE COVERAGE

Noon: 30 minutes of local news.

Afternoon: LIVE COVERAGE

5 or 6 pm: 30 minutes of local news, 30 minutes of national news.

Evening: LIVE COVERAGE

10 pm: 30 minutes of local news

THE END.

Seriously, it’s only 2 weeks out of every 2 years. There is nothing that can’t be put on hiatus for those two weeks. With everyone having digital television now, if a network or local affiliate feels the need to air their regular programming they can now create a digital 2.0 channel for those programs and leave the regular channel for people to find the coverage of the Olympics easily. If you really need your dose of pop culture and celebrity news there are plenty of other networks and online outlets for that.

Here on the west coast we have had to wait until 11-12 pm to watch the medal rounds and races. Why is this if we’re watching it taped? If we tape it to watch later, the morning shows ruin the results. Watching is just not the same if you already know the outcome.

As for the actual coverage? It, too, has been horrendous. Someone actually made a chart of the time that was dedicated to each category: advertising, special stories, Bob Costas, medal ceremonies, etc. Costas is getting more coverage than replays and medal ceremonies COMBINED. The Olympics are not about you, Bob, they’re about the athletes, their competition, their competitors, and their medals. Last night he actually said “If you’re in the central or mountain time zone you can figure it out for yourself,” which I found pretty lame. I tweeted “Bob Costas is a douche,” and I received the following reply from Glennia: @HeadlessMom Amen to that. A botoxed, toupee-wearing douche at that. #shutupcostas. 

Really Bob? As the announcer it’s your JOB to be able to tell the viewers when their national coverage begins and we only have 4 time zones. I guess we’d really be in trouble if we had something like 11 like Russia does.

Thank goodness today is the last day. I honestly don’t think I could take much more. Here’s to a new network getting the rights for the next Olympic games. One that will commit to getting it right.

(Cross posted on Draft Day Suit and Inland Empire Family)

What I've Been Up To

Taking pictures at IEF.

Talking football at DDS-Twice!

Wishing Carmen a quick recovery.

Updating my blogroll and my BlogHer'09 peeps. (See, Mr. Lady? I did it! Did you?) (See also? If you don't find your name on one of those lists, it was an oversight. Comment or email me and I'll fix it.)

Also? Y'all really worked out my commenter muscle yesterday but I'm up for more. Did I miss your Delurker day post? Yikes! Let me know and I'll come by and comment.... Unlike the 100+ of you that visited but didn't comment. Uh, that's what Delurker day is all about, duh!

I have a new post up over at Draft Day Suit about Ingram winning the Heisman.

Go ahead and give us some page views. Kthxbi.

I have a new post up at Draft Day Suit. Come check it out!