Archive | October 2012

NFL Week 6

Evil’s Picks:

My picks have been suspiciously good here this year. Makes me wonder if there’s a bug in the software.

My take:

Away	Home	Away	Home	Favorite	Line	O/U
Pittsburgh	Tennessee	21	21	Pittsburgh	1	42
Oakland	Atlanta	20	26	Atlanta	6	46
Dallas	Baltimore	17	24	Baltimore	7	40
Cincinnati	Cleveland	19	20	Cleveland	1	38
St. Louis	Miami	17	23	Miami	6	39
Indianapolis	NY Jets	18	25	NY Jets	7	43
Detroit	Philadelphia	21	26	Philadelphia	4	47
Kansas City	Tampa Bay	21	21	Kansas City	0	41
Buffalo	Arizona	20	27	Arizona	7	47
New England	Seattle	25	21	New England	4	46
NY Giants	San Francisco	19	24	San Francisco	5	43
Minnesota	Washington	22	22	Washington	0	44
Green Bay	Houston	22	22	Houston	1	44
Denver	San Diego	18	27	San Diego	9	45

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Nascar Reinstates AJ Allmendinger

Oct13

A.J. Allmendinger

Allmendinger Gets A Second Chance

On Tuesday, Nascar announced they have reinstated AJ Allmendinger after successful completion of the sanctioning body’s Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery program.

This marks the first driver to enter and complete the program since its inception. ‘Dinger failed a drug test on June 29 at Kentucky Speedway. He was put on temporary suspension July 7 when the “A” sample of his urine specimen tested positive. That suspension became indefinite on July 24, after AJ Allmendinger’s “B” Sample Tests Positive.

Allmendinger’s business manager, Tara Ragan, said was an unspecified stimulant, adding that the results “were within nanograms of accepted standards.”

On August 7th Allmendinger told Marty Smith in an exclusive interview, he tested Positive for a Prescription Drug, Adderall. AJ tells Smith: ” he had been out in Louisville, Ky., the Wednesday before the Quaker State 400 race at Kentucky Speedway and was tired. A friend, Allmendinger said, handed him a pill and stated it was a workout supplement that would give him energy. Allmendinger ingested the pill.” That pill turned out to be Adderall, according to Allmendinger. Continue reading →

A Special Amtrak Engine

Oct12

An Unusual Engine

We’ve seen a lot of different types of CSX engines roll through town. But this is the first black Amtrak engine we’ve ever seen.

Amtrak 145

Looking Through A Kids Eyes

Oct11

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

What The Universe Looks Like – When You’re 9

We’ve made mention here before about the advanced reading of our son. When he was in 3rd grade he was tested at school for his reading and comprehension ability. As all kids are. Our little Prince was scored on a 12th grade reading level. Ok, we knew he was smart; but he’s still a kid.

This year his reading ability is so high, the school test can’t score his reading ability. So they’re saying he’s on a college level with his reading. Now there are good and bad sides to this. The good side, he’s smart and when he wants to know something he goes to Google and he reads about it. His interests lean toward science and computers. The first webpage he book marked was a page that discusses the periodic table.

The bad side is that it’s hard to find books for him to read for his homework that aren’t too easy and will still keep his interest. His favorite books are “Hank The Cowdog” by John Erickson. Now these aren’t real hard books to read, but they aren’t really written for kids. Mr. Erickson has a history of saying he didn’t intend these books to be for children. But kids love them! And adults too. They really are hilarious and not in a childish way. Continue reading →

NFL Week 5 Results & Week 6 Picks

Oct11

Spring and The Prince Results & Picks

Let’s start with the Week 6 Picks:
This week the Prince didn’t seem to stick with his “the bigger animal will win” strategy. He’s going with his gut feeling. And he made his picks before I made mine, so this is going to be interesting, since I know he’s not really up on who is who in the NFL. He’s 9, but he’s also a science/computer geek. Still he’s a pretty smart kid, so we’ll have to see how his intuition holds up.

Now for me, I think the best game of the week is going to be the Giants and 49’ers. It’s only my perspective, but I don’t think it’s a clear win for either side. I do think San Francisco is coming up to their peak, where as the Giants are on the other side of the mountain and we’ll see them in a rebuilding year soon enough. So I’m going with the 49’ers. Continue reading →

NFL Weeks 5

Oct6

Evil’s Picks

When you’re the 4-0 Arizona Cardinals, there’s nothing like stopping by St. Louis so they can remind you that you’re still the Arizona Cardinals, and you are not going to the playoffs.

My take for week 5:

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2012 NFL Picks – Week 5

Oct3

Picks for Spring & the Little Prince

We had a tough time picking some of the games. Some of them seem to be toss ups. The Prince thinks the Colts should pull out a victory at home. I’m not so sure about that, but he had some good reasons. Though I hope this past Sunday’s win for my Skins will give them a confidence boost to take on Atlanta, I don’t think they can pull off a win against the Falcons. And the Prince thinks the Saints have been embarrassed enough to really be mad about now and that emotional energy will garner a win at home.

So here’s our Picks for Week 5 of the 2012 NFL Season..

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2012 NFL Picks – Week 4 Results

Oct2

Results For Spring & The Little Prince

It wasn’t a bad weekend after all. My skins won, my Titans won, the kids Eagles won and the cowboys lost in spectacular fashion and it doesn’t get much better than that. But it did! The regular/professional refs were back in full swing and man did it show. There were one or two ..um..interesting calls, but I think things generally worked out in the end. And they were certainly a whole lot better than the replacement refs.

I ended the weekend on a high note, picking both the Sunday and Monday night games correctly. The Prince and his method didn’t work so well for him. But he’s happy his Eagles won against the Giants.

Here are our results for week 4. Not bad…not bad at all (well for me anyway). Continue reading →