An article that sums up a lot of my feelings about a wonderful show. With so much crap on TV it is sad to see a truly smart, thoughtful show get cancelled. The West Wing was my favorite show all through college, and I strongly associate it with a time when I was learning to think for myself about political issues. What a great show. I would rank it the #1 overall TV show of my lifetime.
(Side note: although this author points out that the current popular drama Lost is escapist, I do enjoy Lost and I think that it also falls in the category of smart, quality TV.)
Edit: another article about the cancellation
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
And yet, for some reason I am still a Lions fan!
In honor of Superbowl XL, which will be played in Detroit in 2 weeks:
Overall NFL standings from 1979-2005
We got you Arizona!!!
Also check out the NFL Misery Index
Lions are only #4, but it is hard to argue with #'s 1-3.
Overall NFL standings from 1979-2005
We got you Arizona!!!
Also check out the NFL Misery Index
Lions are only #4, but it is hard to argue with #'s 1-3.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Cat and mouse
Okay I know I haven’t blogged in over a week. I just haven’t been feeling very motivated or profound. So, I guess I’ll just post a cute story. Isis has been growing more and more interested in my computer (maybe a sign that I spend too much time on it?). Recently she discovered that there is this little arrow on the screen that moves all around, and she has grown determined to catch it. That’s right, my cat is chasing the mouse! Imagine her disappointment though when every time she paws or bites at it, it gets away. That darn arrow is sneaky!
Friday, January 13, 2006
Jamaica pics
As promised. If you are interested in seeing more pictures, let me know. (All pictures taken with Katie's camera, the first two by her, the 3rd by a Hooves employee, the last by me.)
The beach area of our hotel, Club Ambiance, on a rare sunny day.
Dunn's River Falls. One of many sections that we climbed up.
Me riding Tango on the beach, right before we head into the ocean!
Pool on the beach!
The beach area of our hotel, Club Ambiance, on a rare sunny day.
Dunn's River Falls. One of many sections that we climbed up.
Me riding Tango on the beach, right before we head into the ocean!
Pool on the beach!Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Ya mon!
I’m back from Jamaica! Katie and I had a great time! I’ll post a few pictures soon once I get them. Highlights:
--Dunn’s River Falls: A 600 foot waterfall that we climbed up/in! You walk down to the bottom at the beach, and then they have a guide that leads you up in groups. You scramble up, in the water, over rocks, through pools, etc. with the water flowing past you the whole time. It took us over an hour to climb all the way to the top! Everyone in the group holds hands so that if someone falls, they don’t fall too far. Our group had a bunch of kids in it, so the guide put adults in between the kids to help catch them just in case. Katie and I became adoptive parents of two cute kids from Indianapolis, Jillian and Jenison.
--Horseback riding in the ocean: We went through a place called Hooves that uses rehabilitated horses. We started out with a tour of an old sugar plantation that had all sorts of neat artifacts from as far back as 1500 that were dug up on site. Then we got on the horses and rode for about a half hour down to the beach. After a short snack break, we got back on the horses and rode into the ocean! The horses actually run in the ocean with the water up to their chests. It was super cool!
--Reading on the beach: The main reason I took the trip in the first place!
--Jamaica Night at the resort: Delicious Jamaican food like pepper pot soup and jerk chicken, along with a live reggae band!
--Jamaican driving: An adventure in itself. First, they drive on the left side of the road. (Although in lots of places it barely deserves the name “road”.) Crazy passing on a very small two lane road, random potholes, speed bumps, unpaved sections, and goats made for a very interesting ride whenever we went anywhere.
--All the guys called us “pretty lady”, “sexy”, “beautiful”, etc. everywhere we went. We decided that we need more of that so from now on Carl may only address us using one of those expressions.
--We both appreciated the laid back Jamaican attitude. No problem mon!
Lowlights of the trip were that I had a sinus infection, (I got it the day we left,) so I pretty much had a headache the entire time, plus the weather was cool by Jamaican standards (70s and cloudy/windy) for most of the time. But we still managed to have a blast!
--Dunn’s River Falls: A 600 foot waterfall that we climbed up/in! You walk down to the bottom at the beach, and then they have a guide that leads you up in groups. You scramble up, in the water, over rocks, through pools, etc. with the water flowing past you the whole time. It took us over an hour to climb all the way to the top! Everyone in the group holds hands so that if someone falls, they don’t fall too far. Our group had a bunch of kids in it, so the guide put adults in between the kids to help catch them just in case. Katie and I became adoptive parents of two cute kids from Indianapolis, Jillian and Jenison.
--Horseback riding in the ocean: We went through a place called Hooves that uses rehabilitated horses. We started out with a tour of an old sugar plantation that had all sorts of neat artifacts from as far back as 1500 that were dug up on site. Then we got on the horses and rode for about a half hour down to the beach. After a short snack break, we got back on the horses and rode into the ocean! The horses actually run in the ocean with the water up to their chests. It was super cool!
--Reading on the beach: The main reason I took the trip in the first place!
--Jamaica Night at the resort: Delicious Jamaican food like pepper pot soup and jerk chicken, along with a live reggae band!
--Jamaican driving: An adventure in itself. First, they drive on the left side of the road. (Although in lots of places it barely deserves the name “road”.) Crazy passing on a very small two lane road, random potholes, speed bumps, unpaved sections, and goats made for a very interesting ride whenever we went anywhere.
--All the guys called us “pretty lady”, “sexy”, “beautiful”, etc. everywhere we went. We decided that we need more of that so from now on Carl may only address us using one of those expressions.
--We both appreciated the laid back Jamaican attitude. No problem mon!
Lowlights of the trip were that I had a sinus infection, (I got it the day we left,) so I pretty much had a headache the entire time, plus the weather was cool by Jamaican standards (70s and cloudy/windy) for most of the time. But we still managed to have a blast!
Sunday, January 01, 2006
What a way to go!
From MSNBC.com
Bowler dies after third perfect game
Michigan man collapses, dies at bowling alley
PORTAGE, Mich. - A bowler collapsed and died at a bowling alley shortly after rolling the third perfect game of his life.
Ed Lorenz, 69, bowled a 300 Wednesday in his first league game of the night at Airway Lanes. When the retiree got up to bowl in the fifth frame of his second game, he clutched his chest and fell over, and efforts to revive him failed.
“If he could have written a way to go out, this would be it,” said Johnny D Masters, who was bowling with Lorenz.
(FYI, Portage is a suburb of Kalamazoo, so this happened right near me!)
Bowler dies after third perfect game
Michigan man collapses, dies at bowling alley
PORTAGE, Mich. - A bowler collapsed and died at a bowling alley shortly after rolling the third perfect game of his life.
Ed Lorenz, 69, bowled a 300 Wednesday in his first league game of the night at Airway Lanes. When the retiree got up to bowl in the fifth frame of his second game, he clutched his chest and fell over, and efforts to revive him failed.
“If he could have written a way to go out, this would be it,” said Johnny D Masters, who was bowling with Lorenz.
(FYI, Portage is a suburb of Kalamazoo, so this happened right near me!)
Happy New Year!
I start the new year eagerly anticipating Katie and my trip to Jamaica! I came down with a cold on Friday, so it looks like I will be sick when we go, but hopefully that warm tropical sun will bake it out of me. ;-)
I don’t normally make New Years resolutions, but this year I am going to make a very boring one of joining a gym and working out at least 3 times a week, since my exercise seriously slacked off this fall. So please, after I get back ask me about how I’m doing on this one!
I don’t normally make New Years resolutions, but this year I am going to make a very boring one of joining a gym and working out at least 3 times a week, since my exercise seriously slacked off this fall. So please, after I get back ask me about how I’m doing on this one!
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