Thursday, December 20, 2007

Al the "Gal" Blogging Initiative 2007 - The Wrap-Up

The poll has closed, and the results are in. 87% of Married to the Game readers think Gal should start a blog. And don't worry Gal, the one vote against was someone that orginally said yes, but later changed their mind. It was probably just Damon thinking that he was being funny. Am I right Damon?

So rumor has it, from a very reliable source that Gal is in the begining phases of starting up her blog. You heard it here first.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A-Ross' Blog

Just a quick note - A-Ross', a self proclaimed myspace blogger from way back, has come over from the dark side and started a blog here at blogger. Click HERE and check it out, I've also added the link to my "other notable links" section.

Rex Cunningham - Voice of the Bobcats

In an unusual, but wonderful turn of events, Zeb decided to "chuck a sickie" (or call in sick to work - as our australian friends say) and travel with me and my team to Utah State this week. Maybe it was brought on by the fact that we watched anchor man on the bus on the way there, but Zeb really stepped up his involvement this road trip. It all started during shootaround when Zeb was talking to our radio guy, Tyler, and looking through his stats pages. Zeb helped him brainstorm for questions for his interviews with the coach and a player. At some point it was decided that Zeb should be the color commentator in addition to Tyler's play-by-play. And if he was going to do the color comentating, he was going to need a new and improved radio name - Rex Cunningham was born. So we thought we were pretty funny, and continued to joke about this for the rest of the day, but then Zeb actually ended up sitting at the media table next to the radio guy, listening to him call the game. Zeb sat next to the live stats computer and pointed out key stats throughout the game, and Tyler actually said that Zeb found some pretty interesting stuff that he never would have thought of.

Zeb was pretty disappointed when he found out that radio guys don't really make that much money, and that they all pretty much have to keep second job to make a living. Before he found that out, Zeb was already making plans to quit his day job and come on the road with us full time!

Holiday Spirit - Elliott Yamin Style

Yes, thats right, I'm sure some of you can hardly believe it, but Elliott Yamin (see previous posts regarding my Elliott Yamin related obsession by clicking the Elliott Yamin label on the right -->) has a christmas CD. Unfortunatly it only has 8 tracks (not nearly enough to be considered satisfying) but the tracks that are there are delightful. My favorites are:

Track 1) This Christmas - This is one of my favorite christmas songs in general, previously recorded by Stevie Wonder, and just about every other soul singer on the planet - this classic does not disappoint.
Track 2) Warm Me Up

As usual, I have had this on repeat in the office for the last week or so. This is an especially impressive feat, as it only takes about 20 mins to get through the whole thing - and if you do the math I believe that is about 457 plays in the course of a day (I might be exagerating)

As an added bonus for you guys, I've included a picture of my office decorations. Last year I only had the snowflakes, so the multi-colored lights are a big next up to the next level. Also, there are just a few hours left to have your voice heard on the Al the Gal Blogging Initiative of 2007. This is a very important topic, and it is your right as an American - so vote on my poll! Top right corner of the page!!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Al the "Gal" Blogging Initiative 2007

Recently the idea occured to me that Gal needs to start a blog. It's intuitive really, she was an english major & and very good writer. She writes huge long comments, and im sure she only stops because she is self concious that the comment is too long, she has more to say! And the world should hear it.....or, you know...maybe just the few of us that actually read this blog.

So really I got the idea from coming across a blog where the person does movie reviews, see below:

A Girl and Her Netflix Account - This pile of poop was actually named a blogger.com Blog of Note. I know Gal could do better than this.

So I thought that Gal could do a movie/TV blog, all the news, her own reviews, she could pull from her old files and whatnot. Or really, it could be a blog about nothing (seinfeld reference,) or anything, but knowing Gal, it would be pretty interesting.

So feel free to use the comments section here to sign on in support of Gal blogging. I'm also going to post a poll for everyone to state their opinion.

And a last plea to Gal, start a blog soon! Don't make me drag this out into the Al the "Gal" Blogging Initiative of 2008, please. Setting up the blog is really easy, and if you need any help, just call me!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Ugh.

Blogging is Hard.

Yes, That's what she said.

I've been struggling big time lately. But I AM trying to find some new motivation, and hopefully keep the few loyal readers I have a little more entertained. If I haven't lost you all already?

More news tomorrow. I have the morning off (finals week, so we're working slightly reduced hours) so I'll try to get a little somethin' somethin' going here.

Feel free to comment and try to motivate me to blog more! Thanks!

Thursday, December 06, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI!!!

Today, December 6, is Ali's birthday. Happy Birthday Ali! I have collected some of your favorite things/things that remind me of you right here in the blog in celebration! Hope you had a great day!!!

Being a Doctor

CoffeeHiking Women who catch extrordinarily large fish

Boston
Traveling
Oregon State Beavers