Wedding Planner Bubs

For those of you who couldn't make it through my last entry, I have a new link where you can see pictures of Link. It's called Picture Pages.

In other news, I was talking to Matt via IM just barely. He has a picture of the Iraqi Information Minister up. Am I the only one who thinks Matt looks exactly like that guy?

On to the list today... and today's list is not a list... it is a schedule of Brett and Rachel's wedding.

I know things can be stressful for people about to be married, so I took the liberty of putting together a schedule for them. If anyone doesn't like the activity planned, they can just go shopping or something.

May 18

4:00:00 pm - Wiffle Ball at the Millburn's house.
6:00:00 - Rehersal Dinner at some fancy restaurant where the butter looks like rasberry ice cream. Pirate Joe knows what I'm talking about.
6:10:00 - Beging eating
6:40:00 - Begin slideshow of select cute pics of Lincoln
7:40:00 - Begin slideshow of all of Brett's cute pictures
7:40:01 - End slideshow, Brett tells story of almost getting beat up at the dirt hills
8:30:00 - Raquetball at Mike's old place
10:00:00 - Watch Mystery Science Theater's "Space Mutiny"
12:00:00 - Retire to bed - Brett dreams of Sugar Plums

May 19

8:00:00 - Arise refreshed
8:10:00 - Breakfast at dad's (waffles)
8:20:00 - Wiffle Ball
10:00:00 - Play Pillage and Plunder
12:00:00 - Wedding Lunch at Wingers
1:00:00 - Wiffle Ball, though we'll all be bogged down, an option here is frisbee golf
2:00:00 - Wedding stuff
4:00:00 - Basketball at the Institute
5:00:00 - Wedding dinner at Tony Roma's
6:00:00 - Reception at an undisclosed location so terrorists can't attack us
9:00:00 - Croquet at Millburn's

So all the planning is over for you guys. I'll waive my usual $5,000 fee for this service because you're family. I hope to see everyone there, again, the fun begins May 18th... just show up at the Millburn's house for a good time.

Bullwinkle

Bitter Bubs

With the WBC winding down, I would like to point out how teams I root for never do well. Here is a list of how I'd want the eight teams that advanced to the second round to finish...

8 - Cuba
7 - Japan
6 - Korea
5 - Venezuela
4 - Mexico
3 - Dominican Republic
2 - Puerto Rico
1 - USA

You will notice a few things, first of all, My 7th and 8th pick are the ones in the final... I guess I'm going for Japan, but either way, we're going to hear about how either Cuba or Japan play baseball the 'right' way.

You may have also noticed that I have Venezuela pretty low for someone who has spent time there. It's because of their stupid president.

Also, Puerto Rico is number 2 because it really is part of the US. A win for Puerto Rico is the same as a win for the US in my book.

Now for some long-awaited pictures of Lincoln.

We took him to the doctor the other day to get his shots -- Which is a very traumatic/sad experience. Lincoln is 96 percentile for height... he has grown about 6 inches in 4 months... he is almost as tall as his 11 month old cousin... so obviously, we are going to need to move from our present location, because niether Lincoln nor the ceiling fan will be safe

So without further adieu

OK...looks like there's going to be more adieu... after several attempts at loading a picture, it looks like I'll have to try later.

So on that note...

The End

Scooter

PS I finally went another route with the pictures... I used photo bucket like Christen. If you are still interested in pictures of the little guy, click on 'Picture Pages' under my Links.

WBC Bubs

Brett's posting prompted me to make a few comments about the World Baseball Classic, before it goes away.

First of all, does anyone know if this is a yearly event or what? I hope so.

I watched the entire USA v Mexico game on the first day of the NCAA tourney. I never thought that could happen.

Cool things about WBC

Early Baseball Fix
Every game actually matters
Covered by mlb tv
All Stars
Get to finally root for players I hate, but that dominate

Not So cool things about WBC

We couldn't make the semi's in our own tournament
The only time Jeter doesn't show timely hitting is when I'm rooting for him
I have to celebrate when Chipper goes deep
Bad officiating -- I don't think major league umps would have missed as many calls, sad but true.
Japaneze lead the tourney in stolen bases... I thought stealing a base was considered 'dishonerable' in Japan baseball.
Americans don't seem to care as much as other countries
Nonstop people talking about how this tournament was dumb, and nobody watched.
Bud Selig

Weird (did I spell that right Matt?) things about WBC

Tiebreaker system -- when Mexico hit that homerun that got ruled not a homerun, and they were arguing -- at that point, them scoring a run eliminates them from the tournament. If they could have gone into the 13th inning tied 0-0, then hit a 3 run homer, they would have advanced.

The Netherlands (or whoever) are the team that pitched the no-hitter

Bud Selig

ESPN telivising early games, and then not telivising the USA game later that day.

Pitch counts

US with one of the higher batting averages, and lower run totals.


I think I've finally put all my thoughts on blog about this.

That would be all

Grandpa Simpson

Big Dance Bubs

Today is the best day of the year. The beginning of the NCAA tourney, where for several days, you can turn on the TV, and see basketball. This is by far the best sporting event in the world. I wish the NBA would wake up and realize that there is no reason to have a seven game series.

There are a few things that annoy me about the tournament, so that is today’s list…

Billy Packer nonstop complaining about how another east coast team didn’t get in - Is it asking too much to finish in the top 8 of your conference to get invited?

Halftime

Pat O’Brien leaving CBS sports to work for Access Hollywood or whatever. (Wait, that’s on my list of strangest career moves)

Rick Majerus saying Offense (Oh - fence)

How I always get burned by picking teams I like

People that brag nonstop about picking an upset. They didn’t know the one team was going to win, they just got lucky.

Infinity timeouts at the end of games

Commercials at the end of games last 8 minutes. Maybe Matt needs it, but I don't need that much time for a bathroom break.

Gonzaga was underrated for years, and now every year, they’re overrated.

My bracket is always ruined 2 hours into day 1

Enjoy the tournament… also USA v. Mexico today, a USA win would get them to the semi’s -- good thing since this is our tournament.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Canadian Bubs

It seems it has been a while since I’ve posted an entry. I ‘m still trying to recover from that BYU game. How is it that refs always know who I’m rooting for, and manage to lose games for my favorite teams? I’m willing to bet that most of us could score on Plaisted if no rules apply. This wouldn’t have happened if BYU had just blown them out like they should have.

On to the World Baseball Classic. Good one how Canada beat the US 8-6. Unfortunately, that led a certain Canadian I know to believe that Canada is better than the US. Then Canada doesn’t even advance past the first round.

So… I decided to make a list on why Canada Sucks

12- The Canadian Football League – I dare anyone to name one improvement these guys made on real football.
11- Celine Dion – pretty much self explanatory.
10- They have crappy bacon – It’s true.
9- Non-existent military – I think me and Pirate Joe could take over the place armed with a Sharpie and a Peanut Butter Sandwich. Who's going to stop us? The Mounties?
9a- Where were these guys in World War 1 and World War 2? They probably didn’t see Hitler as a threat, because who would want to take over that place?
8- The Toronto Maple Leafs… Isn’t plural for ‘leaf’ leaves? Not that I'm big on spelling, but you'd think they'd bother to spell their team name right.
7- 13th grade – Yes, they go to 13 grades… that’s the rumor.
6- Cost of living is through the roof
5- The street signs don’t tell you what you can’t do (as in ‘no left turn’) they only tell you what is permissible. Mike Smith has my back.
4- 70% income tax – and for what? So they can have a crappy heath care system?
3- Worst weather in the world
2- Gay Marriage
1- Their monopoly money is worthless. (Remember when Homer went to Canada, and was bribing people nonstop for ‘1 American dollar’?)

That should just about wrap things up. The US vs. Japan game is starting right now. I’m going to get on the internet, so Brett can’t watch.

Paul Riser

Tourney Bubs

The following are my predictions for the Mountain west tournament:

Now I know a lot of you are thinking that I only predicted BYU to win, because that's who I want to win. That is true, but it is also true that BYU is the hottest team in the conference right now, so you could say I'm going with the hot hand.

I think BYU does have the toughest road of the favorites in the tourney... they have to beat their rival, who for some reason only wants to play when they are playing against BYU, then they have to beat the top two teams. (If everything goes to form)

SDSU has a much easier road in that their first round game is a gimme (CSU's played well lately, and their close to home, SDSU's too good for them). I think they overlook Vegas, and UNLV will play BYU in the championship.

I'm going to go ahead and pretend that Air Force gets out of the first round for once, then loses to BYU. I don't think a team that relys on the 3 ball so much can win three straight tournament games.

I think the MWC will send SDSU to the big dance, and the winner of BYU/AFA. If the commitee were thinking clearly, I think BYU would be a lock, but for some reason, thier RPI is low, and none of the 'experts' think they're in. I think they deserve to be in more than the 7th ACC or Big 10 team -- probably because I'm a fan.

Begging Bubs

With me being sick for the last couple of weeks, I've forgotten a few things. One of them is to register the Platypi. I'm sure there are still spots available, but I don't have the funds to make it happen. We need to come up with $400+ to register. I am pretty good at getting money back, so anyone that fronts money will get it back (the first three years of Platypi, I lost more than $1000, so I had to learn to get money.) Anyone that has any ideas, or can front all or part of the money -- let me know., but it needs to happen soon. Thank You

Reb Nahem - the beggar