Defeat. x2

1.20.2008 — 9 Comments

Another unbelievable game. Another unbelievable loss.

When you move to a new state you somewhat instantaneously take-on that state’s team as your own when it gets down to the nitty gritty. Tonight I cheered (in vain) for Favre and his Packers to beat the stuffin’s out of Eli and his Giants – a team I grew up disliking while living in Rochester, NY.

The final field goal kick to win the game for the Giants was literally a slow-motion moment for me and the student population watching the game in my basement. I nearly cried real-tears. I didn’t – I’m a man – remember that.

In two weeks I will be faced with a decision to once again cheer for a team that I don’t hold very near or dear to my heart. Although they won tonight against the team for whom I was cheering their mission is simple. Stop the cheating Patriots from a 19-0 perfect season, post-season, and Super Bowl championship.

I’m voting to allow hand-to-hand combat weapons in the Super Bowl this year, too.

Some of our teens are calling Ella’s hair “Emo”. No, not as in “Elmo” the puppet, but “Emo” as in “Emotional-Rock”.

We love her hair!

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Ella Photoshoot

1.17.2008 — 3 Comments

Jess got to enjoy a few hours away from home today so I was solo-parenting this afternoon.

Of course you’d expect nothing less than a new Ella photoshoot:

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Photoset here.

By the way, outfit AND hair by Daddy!

I just finished my first episode of “Smash Lab” on the Discovery Channel.

Not bad. The show definitely lived up to its name – I saw more vehicles get smashed into concrete barricades on this show than in the last 28-years of my life!

It seems that this show is definitely a spin-off of Myth Busters. I’m not complaining, I’ll DVR them both every week that they’re new episodes!

More on the show at Discovery’s website.

Internet Radio

1.17.2008 — 1 Comment

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I was made aware last night that there are some online gold-mines that I haven’t shared “with the world” via stevansheets.com (or I have and they have missed them somehow)…

One of my online “gold-mines” is the Internet Radio Station that nearly-instantly gets clicked to begin when I get into the office each morning.

TheBlast.FM is my “always aggressive, always progressive” music-choice via iTunes.

They also stream-for-free in various other formats.

Winamp (people still use Winamp?)
Windows Media Player
VLC-format (for Macs & Linux mostly)
REAL Audio (the first thing that gets uninstalled on any new Sheets-household PC!)

Anyways, thought I’d share this “gold-mine” that I enjoy each day. Try it out and let me know if you’re a fan!