Blast from the Past

Tecmo Bo

I just got done watching the YouTube video of Bo Jackson running 99 yards for a touchdown in Tecmo Bowl where he burns off the entire first quarter clock. Running from the Los Angeles Raiders one yard line to the other one yard line and then back to score a touchdown as the clock hits zero. I forgot how dominate they made Bo Jackson in that football game.

Pelsi - Did you ever ask Rotz to see if he was the mysterious blogger who wrote at 321egan?

American Gladiators

After seeing the commercial on NBC about the decision to bring back the early 1990s television gameshow, Amercian Gladiators, I was thinging of who would be a great feature athlete to replace the guys with names like Nitro, Turbo and Laser in the updated 21st century version. I recommend our own blog administrator, Tim, tryout to become one of the next featured athletes. If he made it, we would need to figure out what his featured athlete name should be, how about Tireiron...

From what I read online, it appears the new American Gladiators will follow eight gladiators -- four men and four women -- as they take on contestants both male and female. This time, in a new wrinkle, the players will be given the opportunity to train for their match -- and viewers will be given a glimpse of their personalities prior to the actual competish. So if you don't make it as a featured athlete, you would have the ability to train and take on the featured athletes to get redemption! Thoughts?

Lazy Days

If you have not already received my e-mail. In the past few weeks I was approached by two of my former supervisors about a position at M&I in their Corporate Accounting Department to be the lead stock option accountant. Since the position I was posting for had been open for three months and the employee I am replacing is retiring. I put a salary request that was pretty high, 20% increase from my current salary, and they gave it to me.

So I quit my job this past Monday and my boss told me they have this policy where people with access to sensitive information have to leave the company the day they announce. The company also has a policy that you must give two-weeks notice when you terminate your employment with the company. So, what ended up happening is I left the day I announced my resignation and the company has to pay me for two more weeks.

Ergo - I have a two-week paid vacation from an employer I no longer work for. I imagine this is Pelsi's dream to get paid for doing nothing!

Gilbert Brown Named Head Coach of Bonecrushers

The Milwaukee Bonecrushers indoor football team has named former Green Bay Packers' star Gilbert Brown as its new head coach. The Bonecrushers are part of the 12-team Continental Indoor Football League. The team kicks off its inaugural season next March. Brown played 10 seasons on the defensive line with the Packers, including their two Super Bowl teams in the 1990s. Gilbert signed a three-year contract to act as the teams inaugural head coach and is listed in the team's press release as being qualified because his brother, Kyle Moore-Brown, has been a player in the Arena Football League for 14 years. I never thought I would see qualified by association in coaching until today.

My Lifelong Dream is Now Complete

Yesterday, after suffering my first ever migraine, I devised a strategy to make the very best frozen pizza. The ingredients were a Connie's Frozen Cheese Pizza, Red & Green Peppers that I obtained from a salad bar, Onions that I obtained from that same salad bar, and some packaged pepperoni. After preheating the oven to 400 degrees, and placing one layer of tin foil on the pizza pan, I added the frozen cheese pizza, a layer of pepperoni (approx one side of the package), and pieces of the peppers and onions. I cooked the entire thing for 25 minutes, removed from the oven, and removed the excess grease with a paper towel. Greatest Frozen Pizza of all time, period.

This is what a Packer fan does on a bye week.

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Kelly's in the O.C.

The owner of Kelly's Bleachers bars wants to open a new establishment at the former Ray Bussler's, 10276 S. 27th St. Karlis A. Vecitis has plans to remodel much of the building for a bar and restaurant. The east end of the building would get demolished and a new addition would house a kitchen, restrooms and bar areas. The plans already came before the Oak Creek Plan Commission, but commissioners said they wanted to see architects upgrade the building's exterior design. The item was held over and will be discussed again at the Tuesday, Oct. 23 commission meeting. Vectis wants to add an outdoor patio with a stone wall around it, refinish the building exterior with cement board siding, repave the parking lot, replace the gravel with greenspace and add a volleyball court east of the building. The 1.2 acre site has been vacant for a few years, city staff said. Kelly's Bleachers bars already operate on Blue Mound Road in Milwaukee and in Wind Lake.

For more, click :Kelly's Bleachers to add location in Oak Creek

The Curse of Schembechler

Associated Press - After the nation has watched the University of Michigan Wolverines lose their last four games since the passing of Bo Schembechler (against Ohio State, USC, Appalachian State & Oregon), stories have been confirmed throughout the Big Ten that Bo Schembechler went to hell when he passed away on November 17, 2006. Schembechler was planning on arriving in heaven upon passing from his mortal life to the one of immortality. Instead, Schembechler has been negotiating with Lucifer to strike a deal to exchange his one way ticket to hell for a ticket to the pearly gates of heaven. The negotiated deal includes a clause that the University of Michigan Wolverines would have to lose a predetermined number of consecutive games to allow Lucifer to win enough money by betting against Michigan in Las Vegas. The potential number of consecutive losses or gross amount of winnings required in the deal were not disclosed at press time.

This just in, Randy is slower than a dinosaur (by the transitive property)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen, according to research published on Wednesday.

Even T-rex, who wasn't incredibly fast, could chase down footballer David Beckham.

Scientists using computer models calculated the top speeds for five meat-eating dinosaurs in a study they say can also illustrate how animals cope with climate change and extinction.
The velociraptor, whose speed and ferocity was highlighted in the film "Jurassic Park", reached 24 miles per hour while the T-rex could muster speeds of up to 18 miles per hour, the study published in the Royal Society's Biological Sciences showed.
"Our research, which used the minimum leg-muscle mass T-rex required for movement, suggests that while not incredibly fast, this carnivore was certainly capable of running and would have little difficulty in chasing down footballer David Beckham, for instance," said Phil Manning, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester, who worked on the study.
The smallest dinosaur -- the Compsognathus -- could run nearly 40 miles per hour, about 5 miles per hour faster than the computer's estimate for the fastest living animal on two legs, the ostrich.
A top human sprinter can reach a speed of about 25 miles per hour.
The researchers used a computer model to calculate the running speeds of the five dinosaurs that varied in size from the 6.6 pound Compsognathus to a six-ton Tyrannosaurus.
They fed information about the skeletal and muscular structure of the dinosaurs into the computer and ran a simulation tens of millions of times to see how fast the animals moved, said William Sellers, a zoologist at the University of Manchester, who led the study.
They checked their method by inputting data of a human with the muscle and bone structure of a professional sportsman and found the computer accurately spat out a top running speed just behind T-rex's pace.

"People have estimated speeds before but they have always been indirect estimates and hard to verify," Sellers said. "What we found is they were all perfectly capable of running."
Looking at how these ancient animals lived and died out is also important in trying to predict how modern day species may cope with future climate change, Sellers added.
This study helps to build a biological picture that scientists can use to better understand how dinosaurs adapted to changes in the weather just before they went extinct some 65 million years ago, he said.
"Knowing how these animals coped over the past millions of years will give us clues to what is going to happen over the next thousand years," he said. "That is why there has been more recent interest in biology of these animals."

Becks In US

As someone who actually likes football (translation soccer), I have to say that other seeing Posh Spice more, I am still disappointed that David Beckham now plays for the LA Galaxy. I guess that him coming to America is supposed to draw interest in soccer in the US, but I think all its really done is get the MLS some world wide attention that will be short lived. Granted one million people watched the Galaxy/Chelsea match the other weekend, but I'm pretty confident that that will be the highest rated Beckham/LA game.

Here is my list of complaints:

1. I hate pulling for anything LA, especially a franchise named after space.
2. MLS soccer is sloppy and boring to watch. I will now have to sit through a few more of these.
3. Beckham probably lost more international respect than the MLS gained. This hurts his chances of playing in Euro '08 for England (man, he had just gotten back on the team).
4. Becks plays midfield, so other than scoring on free kicks, he does not score much. In US sports, this translates into "he is not that good" so people will soon turn on him.
5. Although I do think Victoria Beckham is hot, the last thing this world needs is another reality tv show.

Contact Established

At the cost of hearing every bobblehead story, ever, trades were discussed tonight with the Bobblehead guy. Since Vargas was pitching, I think all the stories only took one inning. I told him the two we need, and he said trading a Moore for a Thomas would be a piece of cake for you. He said if I get a blue in any of the remaining games, he will trade me a white and a Caldwell since he gets numerous per game and does not want me to miss just one. He actually seemed genuinely concerned that we were both short just one.


His advice was for me to get a Uecker ticket this Friday to get an extra Thomas to trade you for your Moore. He went into detail on where I need to go and what time, and included numerous standing in line stories. But I really don't want to become a bobblehead guy, so I may not.

Other notes:

3-1 in July so far to take the total season to 12-7. Trivia. Of the losses I have seen, how many of them were attended by Tim?

Who hates Milwaukee/Wisconsin more: Gary Sheffield (this goes way back), Javon Walker or Ji Hawwwwww?

Arena Football in Milwaukee

Arena football is returning to Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Bonecrushers, a new entry in the Continental Indoor Football League, will play a brand of indoor football beginning in the spring of 2008 at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

Cheek, it looks like you will have a reason to become another type of season ticketholder and hopefully the "Nut" will return with this new arena football team for hours of in-game entertainment at the same level as Mike McCarter (a.k.a, Freeway) with Marquette Golden Eagles and Milwaukee Bucks games.

Back to Double Digits

Its good to see that we are now back to double digits for posts, even in a month with 30 days versus 31. Here were some posts that I thought of but never got around to:


-Ben Effen Sheets
-Greatest Softball game ever televised (Favre's game was on Time Warner Sports)
-USA Gold Cup Champs!
-Cheek misquotes: De La Rosa for St. Pierre, not even in the same season?
-Sometimes I really miss my subscription to Nintendo Power
-Rotz, what does he do in the summer?

Creed Thoughts

During "The Office" season three finale I thought the line about Creed writing his thoughts on a blog was pretty fun. I mean if you could get into the mind of Creed and see the crazy stuff he is thinking after nearly four decades of heavy drug use, you would be kind of curious as to what types of things make sense to him. I think Ryan Howard put it best though:

"...Wanting to protect the world from being exposed to Creed's brain, I opened up a Word document on his computer and put an address at the top. I've read some of it. Even for the Intranet, it's...pretty shocking."

Well, low and behold, NBC has put Creed's blog to life. The blog is updated on a weekly basis each Thursday since the finale with Creed's random thoughts about things, similar to the list (may the list rest in peace). I think you all should go to:
http://blog.nbc.com/CreedThoughts/
and check it out.

This is getting out of hand

So at the Brewers game Monday night versus the Cubs, things got out of hand in the bleachers. First off I will back track to the First and Second innings when the Brewers were putting guys on, the place was loud and rocking with Brewer fans. This was about the time that FIB family behind us (this guy was the definition of FIB) dumped a beer all over my sister's purse while their ADD kids kicked her in the back. Honestly, these people were awful, and I really did not expect them to apologize (which they did not), but I would think the D-Bag's wife who was directly behind my sister would at least mention something about the spill.

Anyway, after complaining about how overrated and overpaid Sorryano was (he was 2-2 at that point) and complaining that Pie (as in apple pie not Pi-a) was not in the GameDay (I'm not even a Cubs fan but I new he was called up on Sunday and that his name was not pronounced like the dessert), he took his kids to play games (obviously, the Brewers were winning). Without fail, he comes back after the Cubs take the lead singing the praises of the "best outfielder in the game today". At this point I realized what happened to the purse and threw my soak in wet GameDay programs under his chair in the hopes that he would slip and fall. I even thought about buying a soda (I don't drink soda) just so I could apologize to him after dumping it on him.

But the people in our section did worse. After cussing the guy out (which he deserved, but the Brewer fans did not need to sink to his level), to get the guy back they started making fun of his daughter since the D-Bad bought her a Brewer bat. At this point, even with how bad this guy deserved it, I was embarrassed by Brewer fans who would mock a 3 year old (granted they were teaching her to say Brett Favre is the best, which is true) just to get this guy.

All in all, the game sucked and a whole lot of the Cubs and Brewer fans sucked worse. Two kind of people who attend sporting events: people who support their team and people who go to antagonize the opposition and their fans. I honestly have to say it was probably the worst game I have been to.

On a side note, the White Sox fans are lucky they had the County Sheriffs versus the MPD. I saw some police really strong arm some Cubs fans (I think I even saw a '80's choke hold). Probably the only highlight other than the Prince Home Run.

Death of CNR

I was saddened this morning to read that one of the most entertaining celebrity game show contestants of all time had passed away on Friday. Charles Nelson Reilly had provided Cheek and myself with numerous hours of entertainment while watching Match Game during our college years on the Game Show network. CNR was such a funny character that Saturday Night Live made a skit about him during the 2000-01 season with Will Ferrell as James Lipton and Alec Baldwin as CR. This skit of "Inside the Actors Studio" provided America with a new word -scrumtrilescent. Today is a somber day when the world is now missing one of the most flamboyant actors America has ever seen.

DVR Rules for watching baseball.

Rule 1:
Watch the game live if possible.

Rule 2:
If you pause to use the bathroom only, it's only necessary to skip ahead during the commercials to catch up.

Rule 3:
Don't hesitate with the skip ahead button or you might as well not use it.

Rule 4:
Implement the following skips when going for the most time savings.
-1 skip after a ball is put in play and an out is recorded.
-1 skip after a ball is put in play and the batter reaches base. (optional skip if you want to see the replay)
-1 skip after a ball is fouled into the crowd.
-1 skip when the catcher goes out to the mound.
-2 skips when a manager goes out to the mound.
-6 skips after a ball is put in play and the last out of the inning is recorded.
-7 skips when the manager calls for a relief pitcher.

You can watch the game in 40% of the time.
*If you are good with the Ffwd (not skip) you can speed up the time in between pitches to possibly reduce the time to 30%.

*Know the pitchers style, Sheets works fast so careful with the skips. If Johnny Estrada hits a double you can probalby get a skip or two in while he runs.

NBA vs. WNBA

When I was working out on Wednesday, I was watching the Hot List on ESPNEWS and was surprised how fast the women's college basketball season moves. Here is why I am surprised:

• Sunday, April 1, 2007: Tennessee beats North Carolina and Rutgers crushes LSU to go to the national championship game.


• Tuesday, April 3, 2007: Tennessee beats Rutgers to win their first national championship in nine years.


• Wednesday, April 4, 2007: WNBA conducts their annual college player draft.

Can you imagine what would happen if men's basketball moved this fast, without the series of pre-draft workout camps and rookie season basketball games? Now, if only we can change the NBA playoff structure to closer resemble the WNBA playoff structure where the longest series goes only five games.

George W – Help a brother out

Something has been on my mind ever since I bought the 4 packs. What’s up with this $16 bleacher ticket crap? Then I saw this article yesterday. This is government looking out for the interests of the common man. George W, follow the lead of Tony B and the Brits and get on this!

On a side note, if I ever turn on a Packer game and see empty rows, only one thing will come to my mind: Man, get the plungers out! And 60 pounds a game? I thought they walked everywhere in Europe. You sure would not see me carrying around 60 pounds of anything unless it was housed in a metal barrel

Blair wants cheaper prices in Premiership

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants Premier League soccer clubs to lower their ticket prices.

"Anyone who watches the Premiership can just notice, in the past year or couple of years, the rows of empty seats," Blair said Tuesday at his monthly news conference. "It's something I do not recall seeing in the same way four or five years back so I think there are very sensible market-based reasons for people to make sure the ticket prices aren't beyond the reach of the ordinary fan. "It's a decision for them but I think the logic of it is pretty clear." Almost 80 lawmakers have signed a motion protesting ticket prices "beyond the reach of many fans."

The Premier League will get a new television contract worth 325 million pounds (US$638 million; €482 million) next season, and lawmakers say clubs should use their share to help cut prices. Bolton has already said it will reduce season ticket prices next season. Chelsea said this month it plans to reduce prices for Champions League and domestic cup matches. The most expensive Premier League ticket for a home Chelsea game is 60 pounds (US$118; €89) and Manchester United's tickets range from 29 to 50 pounds (US$57-98; €43-74). Arsenal's tickets range from 46 to 94 pounds (US$90-188; €68-140) at its new Emirates Stadium.