2009 New Mexico Bowl Champions

What a great football game. a 4th quarter comeback, a goal-line stop, and a Cowboy win in double OT. I had a lot of fun in Albuquerque this last weekend. Here are some pictures:

Bowling and the Boot

Wyoming beat CSU in ft Collins the day after thanksgiving and as a result were extended a bowl invite this weekend to the New Mexico bowl to play Fresno St.

It was nice to watch the pokes take back the boot. ACS had a great stiff arm on his 50 yard TD run.

I am planning on going to New Mexico for the bowl game. I'll probably drive down on Friday, and back on Sunday. I may head over to the official announcement / acceptance today at 1:00 at the ROC.

Wyoming Grabs the boot and brings it over to the fans to celebrate the win.

Go POKES!

Border War - Beat the Sheep!

On Monday I was able to be at the Wyoming Colorado border for the football exchange. For those not in the know each year the game ball is run from the stadium of the game the year before to the border by the ROTC where is is handed off to the other school's ROTC and ran to their stadium for this years game. Here are some pics from Mondays event.

4th quarter Comeback

Down 27-6 entering the 4th quarter I wasn't very confident that the cowboys would win. It was awesome to see them step it up and score two relatively quick touchdowns. I knew we would come back and tie after we blocked the SDSU field goal try. After SDSU fumbled the kickoff I knew we would win the game. 24 points in the 4th quarter to win 30-27. A great comeback win.

Go Pokes!

Raditude and Puerto Rico

I finally got my copy of Weezer's new album and gave it a spin. I'm not sure what to think yet. there are some very good tracks, and good music, I'm a little baffled by some of the lyrics though, I'll have to listen a few more times.

In other news I am going to Puerto Rico in January for some fun and relaxation. I just bought tickets to fly down for a week. My friend is going to hook me up with some Marriott discount for the resort down there (in San Juan), and my sister is also coming along for the fun. I'm excited to finally go somewhere outside the '48. The one downside is I will miss two home basketball games including a game against CSU.

I am thinking of going to Germany this next summer too. I have time to plan that out still.

I am finally getting over being sick for 2 weeks. I had a cold, then developed a sinus infection.

Cowboys Win 37 - 13

A great win for the pokes today. Lots of snow and cold, and a good time. here are a few pictures.

Game Day Snow

It is Game Day - Homecoming. It is about 10 degrees outside, we have several inches of snow on the ground, and it is still coming down. Kickoff is in 4 hours (Assuming New Mexico can make it into Laramie from Cheyenne - all the roads are closed right now.)

I haven't been to a good snow game in a while - I'm excited to bundle and and watch the pokes.

Cowboys won - next up FAU

Wyoming won a fun game Saturday against UNLV. Next we get to travel to FL to play FAU. I'm excited to be able to fly down for the game and meet up with Brandon and Dave. It should be lots of fun. Go Pokes!

Goodbye Summer - Hello Snow

Well Summer is officially over, and we were greeted this morning with a cold blanket of wet snow. Tonight is supposed to dip down to 20 degrees - killing off any plants that survived last night. I need to remember to turn off and clear my sprinkler system before tonight's hard freeze comes. I may get to turn on my furnace for the first time too.

To celebrate I am having hot Chocolate here at work.

Time for a post

It has been a while since my last post, so I best be posting.

Wyoming kicked off its football season with a win over weber state, then lost to Texas the next week. tomorrow we play @ Colorado - I plan on going.

I was REALLY sick the weekend of the weber game I barely made it to the game, and probably should have stayed home. Afterwords I was extremely dehydrated and tired. I've been feeling sick this week too.

Work has been very busy this week - we went live with a new system and all my time has been spent on fixing small issues on the system. Hopefully things will calm down soon.

I saw a nice bumper sticker the other day. It said "You need a lot of balls to play golf like I do."

New Weezer

I got to listen to the new Weezer song "I Want you to" Today off of their upcoming album Raditude. It is a very catchy song. I like it and am looking forward to the new album. It is set to hit shelves on October 27th.

btw you can listen to the song on weezer's website, or buy it from Amazon or iTunes.

Groundhog day in August ...

I came across an interesting write up today - trying to figure out how long Bill Murray was stuck in the movie groundhogs day

How long does Bill Murray spend trapped?

8.7 years is the article estimate. In the DVD commentary they say 10 years.

I recall a conversation with Brandon about trying to count how many days, and losing track. It is a good piece of information to know - just in case...

Denver Vacation

Here are a few pictures from my recent time in Denver. Saturday was an especially busy day. We got up and ate a good breakfast, then went and golfed 9 holes.

My ball actually made it on the green, so I had to take a picture.A scenic view while waiting for the people ahead of us.

After golf we had a drink at jamba juice next to the university of Denver campus, then we went back to our hotel and went swimming. The pool is on the 5th floor, but outside amongst the tall buildings. After a good swim we went to Mario's two fisted pizza and grabbed a few slices before heading to the Cubs Rockies game. We had great seats - Club level.
And the Cubs won - there were a ton of cubs fans there - Lots of W flags out after the win.
After the game we ate at Rodizio Grill before finally calling it a day.

Table

So I ordered a new coffee table about a month ago - July 9th. I may finally get it on Monday. Turns out the delivery company was waiting for a non existent 2nd box, and I could have had my table on the 16th or so...

My battle with a mole, or whatever has been living in my grass, I think is over. I haven't seen any new mounds in over a day. I'll keep checking and hope for the best.

Time for a new post

So I'm not sure what to post. I don't have any great ideas to share, or new pictures or happenings, but it has been a while and I feel I need a post.

Well I did rearrange my living room to better set it up for surround sound. I'm busy at work, and excited for football in another few months.

Oh - I do have a ground squirrel or ground hog, or prarie dog living in my yard. I wouldn't mind but he is ruining my grass, so he's got to go.

Orlando and a cow picnic

A few recent pictures from my trip to Orlando, and then in the mountains outside of Laramie.

Universal in Orlando


Me at the Loews Royal Pacific resort
A Cow Picnic

Washer and Dryer come today + Steak

The last of the items for my new house (for now at least) is coming today. I will soon have my washer and dryer. It will be a new experience not bagging up all the laundry and taking it somewhere to wash.

I grilled a steak last night on my new grill. It turned out well. Here are a couple of pictures. it is making me hungry again now.

My new Grill

So I bought a grill over the weekend. I fired it up for the first time last night and cooked some brats, corn on the cob, and some pineapple.

This is the grill I got:

Rancid

I got to see Rancid again last night at Red Rocks. It was a good show - I wish they could have played longer, and done a few more tracks from the new album. They only played East Bay Night (acoustic) and Last One to Die from the new record. In my opinion they were by far the best musicians on the stage last night. I appreciate being able to hear all sorts of different notes, singing, etc. on not just loud noise that doesn't seem to change pitch much.

The riverboat gamblers were OK, and Rise against was OK. All of their (Rise Against) stuff sounds about the same, and kinda high pitched and whiny. The only good stuff they did was when they played a few acoustic tracks.

My House

So here are some pictures of my house. I'm still unpacking, and things are messy.