Bye Bye Yankee Stadium

There are plenty of thing that I want to do before my time is up in this world. Visiting Yankee Stadium has been crossed off my list. I never was a real baseball fan, but I do have an understanding about the history that place held. From Babe Ruth all the way to A-Rod, they made that place into pure americana. I would have wanted to watch at least one game where greatness dwelled. Hate the Yankees all you want, but there is no doubt about their accomplishments the past century. They may have sucked according to their standards this season, but they sure know how to close out a monument.

Ocho Psycho

Chad Johnson. One of the great receivers playing in the NFL today and a showman as well. He may never be Jerry Rice but he's fun to watch. He had been calling himself Ocho Cinco, the spanish interpretation of his trademark 85 he wears on his uniform. Recently, he made it legal. He's now known as Chad Ocho Cinco. As a nickname, I thought it kind of funny. But as a surname, it's just too bizarre to fathom that it's a real person now. Maybe I should change my name to Joseph Rico Suave.

Thank you fraud protection

I get a call this morning from my bank to call then immediately regarding my credit card. I usually have a good memory of what transactions I make so all of the sudden I start backtracking all of my activity. I confirm with one of the reps of my purchases until she mentions a $5,600 transaction to some website called collegesportsnetwork.com. I quickly confirmed with the rep that I didn't make that type of purchase. I look back years ago when I got that card that I actually was going to waive that protection. Sure it only costs a couple of dollars, but it beats having a bill I'll probably lose sleep over fighting. An old colleague once told me he's never done his finances via internet. I thought he was crazy with what technology we have now, but after what happened, I saw what he was getting at. I probably would cry if I saw what took me eight years to build destroyed.

Championship Aspirations

These studs will take me to fantasy football's promised land. GAME ON!!!

Check It Out

Check out this website of a wedding I'm going to be in.

http://www.mywedding.com/dimeandjen/wedding_party.html.

Felicisimo Belleza

I come in to work one morning and my co-worker Jerry prints out a newspaper article for me to check out. A guy who worked at the nursing home near my shop came in and threatened to kill his colleagues. I remembered running into this guy frequently. I never knew his name but I knew his face. He was this enthusiastic army vet who seemed cool. But the one thing I would notice was that when I talked to this guy, he would veer from the subject and talk about something else. Then a colleague of mine told me that he was diagnosed with PTSD and was basically sent home for 30 days. That's when it all started to add up. It turned out that he did two tours in Iraq. Probably enough to fuck up his head. His actions were reprehensible but he is human. To see this guy getting torn to shreds by the media was sickening. He's now this monster rather than a guy who needed counseling. His portrait was even taken down at work. It was like this country has disowned him. I finally knew his name but the sad thing is that I may never see him again. If I do, it won't be the same.

Here is the link to the article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/07/BARN126N8E.DTL&hw=va+hospital&sn=001&sc=1000

R.I.P Randy Pausch

Thank you Randy. You put everything in perspective.