That was one heck of a game.  I am so glad that the Giant's won.  The Patriots just come across so arrogant, so it was good to see them prevented from going 19-0.

Went and watched the game at a fellow BCC members house, was a good crowd... a few Dallas fan's protested and played Guitar Hero.  Now this is where it got a bit odd... I guess a few decided to see what style points they could get and were jumping on furniture while they were playing.  Ended up with on person on crutches!!! Heard a pop in her knee, I guess we will see how bad that turns out to be.

But it was by far the most exciting game I remember since the 1988 Bengals/49ers game.

Well its official, Cincinnati won the clash of the choirs.  It is kind of cool knowing I knew one of the inspirational stories about this team first hand. The Underwood's, pictured to the left, are a great family.  I am really glad that Kathy got to see all of this first hand, and I really hope that this helped bring Will and Arielle together a bit closer.

This was a once in a life time experience for them, and with Kathy's illness there is really no telling what the future holds for them.  

The picture to the left was taken back in June of 2004 at a going away part for another family in the Cincinnati Church of Christ that was moving away.  I saw the Underwood family about a year and a half or so, as the CCoC was arranging meals and I volunteered to take on their way.  And I'll say it here, this couldn't have happen to a better family.  I also say they'd be a great option for the Extreme Makeover as well!

So today I get an IM from my former boss, whom I met at my first church.  Telling me that some mutual friends from that church are on NBC's Clash of The Choirs!

They are on Nick Lachey's 'team', who is a Cincinnati boy.

It is Will and Arielle Underwood (father/daughter).  I have actually blogged about Arielle in the past, on a former blog.  She at one point made a trip to Hollywood with American Idol. She never made it on TV though.

I've heard her sing once before in the front of our former church, but the quality was a bit broken... it was on a Mother's day in which she was singing a song to her mom who was at the time fighting cancer, and is really still fighting it.

The Underwood's have always held a special place in my heart and I hope they do well on the contest as they certainly have a 'made for TV' family life.

Good Luck Guys!!

As I've mentioned on this blog many times, I'm a HUGE tv fan.  Love my DVR, lets me watch shows on my time and not when the networks tell me to.  But today is the last episode of Big Brother Eight.  I am predicting now that Evel Dick will win over his daughter Daniele.

I've actually really enjoyed this year's show, my wife not so much.  But as a Christian I have been ashamed!  Two of the contestants are 'committed Christians" and it seems their words are censored more than most of the non-Christians.  That's why my favorite player is what I call the non-Christian version of me, Evel Dick.  If you take his language and clean it up and drop the cigarettes, I think you may have me.  Told people how it was, whether they wanted to hear it or not.  Only once did he go back on his word and that was near the end when eventually you either play or get played.  Took two players out at 5 and 6 instead of taking them to the final 4. 

Now a great underlying story in this was he and his daughter.  The twist on this season was that some of the house guest had 'enemies' in the house.  Dick and Daniele had not talked for several years before the show.  Over the course of three months they have reconnected and hopefully it will continue outside of the house.  Hopefully then get some counseling to deal with what they need to deal with, but it is ALWAYS a joy to see a family reunited.  I couldn't imagine not talking to my girl for a few years.  She is certainly a daddy's girl and that may be what draws me to liking ED so much.

But I predict that ED will beat his daughter by a unanimous vote.  Not counting America's vote because they are a bit unpredictable.   But the evil guy always wins in these shows when they make it to the final two.  From Survivor to Big Brother, if you play dirty and make it that far... people will vote for you.

I'm a TV buff. Love watching all kinds of shows. Due to the national championship game I couldn't DVR the latest episode of 24. I was bummed, but quickly overcame that because I know that Fox is one of the smart networks and allows me to watch the latest episode online!

So I sit here on my dual monitor setup, typing this on one monitor and watching the latest episode online.

So cool!

I'm sitting here watching ESPN2 and the Miami (OH) vs. Akron MAC championship.

Akron has a two point lead and a man shooting foul shots with 6.6 seconds left. The shooter misses the foul shot and Miami gets the rebound... however the clock didn't start right away. Miami goes down the floor and shoots a three with 1.2 second left on the clock, the clock expired as the shot went in.

So what do the announcers, refs and all the other officials do? ADD .6 seconds to clock... how in the world did they figure that out? So it starts late (ie if you are going to adjust the game clock you are going to SUBTRACT time from it). The question should have been, did the clock delay more than 1.2 seconds. If it did then the shot wouldn't have counted. If it only delayed 1.1 seconds or less than the shot counts and the game was over (winner Miami).

I've never been so frustrated listening to announcers screw up basic math!

Oh... and I'm a jock ;-)

Is life this good?  But I log on to CNN.Com and what is the big news alert? Anna Nicole-Smith exchanged non-binding vows with her boyfriend... what the??

I hate Desperate Housewives. Its a sleazy show that belongs on HBO, not public television. I've never watched an episode the commercials are enough to tell me to not watch it.

But while it still had monster ratings, they at least did drop.

It is a start.

Well I'm several hours into the movie on ABC. It has done nothing but reinforce my beliefs that George Bush's pre-emptive strike policy is the right thing to do. We need to keep the war on their ground and not let them come to ours. What will we say when they come here and do suicide bombers? What will we say?