Loser of the Week: Houston guard Aubrey Coleman
Aubrey issued an apology earlier this week claiming that he didn't intentionally use Arizona's Chase Budinger's face as a doormat.
"I want to apologize to Chase Budinger for what happened Saturday night. I never meant to step on him," Coleman said in a statement issued by the school. "I have never been in an incident like this before, and I have nothing but respect for him as a great player."
You can see in the video that Coleman is smiling off the court after he got ejected from the game.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Winners and Losers for the week
Winner of the Week: Kay Yow
North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow passed away today after a long battle with breast cancer. The 66 year old won more than 700 games as a head coach. Yow battled breast cancer for what is reported as "decades." Her body took an incredible pounding from chemotherapy and other treatments. Still, she went on coaching and making an impact on others. Yow rarely took time away from her time but this year was different. The cancer spread to her liver and bones. Her team visited her this past Wednesday.
This hits home for me because my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer 9 years ago. She is in remission. It was a tough battle but thanks to the doctors at University Hospitals in Cleveland and at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, she is fine.
Loser of the Week: Rush Limbaugh
I am convinced that this guy sole goal in life is to bash Democrats, no matter what. Among his highlights this week...saying he wants Obama to fail, criticizing his inauguration speech by saying it wasn't electrifying and focused too much on our nation's problems. Clearly, Limbaugh missed the part of the speech that said something about picking ourselves up and dusting ourselves off and getting at it. I believe Obama referred to it as a "call to service."
Monday, January 19, 2009
Martin Luther King Day
Are you experiencing the same incredible and uplifting feeling from today that I am? This is the most historic Martin Luther King Day celebration there will ever be. On the day before the nation swears in its first African-American President, Barack Obama was helping to paint a homeless shelter. I feel so proud that he is our President.
Winners and Losers for last week
Please accept my apologies for this tardy post. But anyway, here it goes.
Winner of the Week: Chesley B "Sully" Sullenberger III
By now, we should all know who "Sully" is. Sully did an incredible job of landing a jet into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia airport last week. All 155 people onboard survived. The preliminary cause of the downed plane has been stated as birds or geese colliding with an engine.
Sully, as the story goes, waited until every last passenger was off the plane before he left himself.
I don't know what was worse for the passengers...the thought of the plane going down or the thought of getting out into freezing water. Either way, Sully and everyone who helped rescue the 155 onboard are all winners.
Loser of the Week (from a couple weeks ago is finally getting his due): Rey Maualuga of USC
Prior to the start of the Rose Bowl, Maualuga went up to sideline reporter Erin Andrews and did a little dance. It was a classless move for which he later texted and called Andrews to apologize.
Winner of the Week: Chesley B "Sully" Sullenberger III
By now, we should all know who "Sully" is. Sully did an incredible job of landing a jet into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia airport last week. All 155 people onboard survived. The preliminary cause of the downed plane has been stated as birds or geese colliding with an engine.
Sully, as the story goes, waited until every last passenger was off the plane before he left himself.
I don't know what was worse for the passengers...the thought of the plane going down or the thought of getting out into freezing water. Either way, Sully and everyone who helped rescue the 155 onboard are all winners.
Loser of the Week (from a couple weeks ago is finally getting his due): Rey Maualuga of USC
Prior to the start of the Rose Bowl, Maualuga went up to sideline reporter Erin Andrews and did a little dance. It was a classless move for which he later texted and called Andrews to apologize.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Poor ad on a news story
A huge problem with internet news websites is that they often have ads that accompany them. For instance, if there's a story about eating right, you would see clickable ads for things like diet pills on the side of the webpage. The ads are on the website based on the content in the story. HOWEVER, sometimes just because the content is related, there are times where it doesn't quite "agree" with what's in the story.The clickable ad above from WTOL channel 11's website above is for a nursing home. Now read the story below.
Ohio pastor charged with gross sexual imposition
Posted:
Jan 14, 2009 05:14 AM EST
STARK COUNTY (WTOL) - An Ohio pastor is accused of sexually assaulting a retirement home resident. Fifty-nine-year-old Eugene Dietz works at the New Life Christian Church in Stark County. Cops say he attacked an 87-year-old woman who was bedridden and couldn't defend herself. He's charged with gross sexual imposition. Dietz has confessed to the crime. He's being held on a $25,000 bond.
Posted:
Jan 14, 2009 05:14 AM EST
STARK COUNTY (WTOL) - An Ohio pastor is accused of sexually assaulting a retirement home resident. Fifty-nine-year-old Eugene Dietz works at the New Life Christian Church in Stark County. Cops say he attacked an 87-year-old woman who was bedridden and couldn't defend herself. He's charged with gross sexual imposition. Dietz has confessed to the crime. He's being held on a $25,000 bond.
Thoughts of Dad
I have so many good memories of my Dad. As a Dad, he did so many things for me and my older brother because he loved us so much. He often shot baskets in the backyard with us on the old rim that hung over the house. He played catch countless times with us. At Christmastime, Dad knew how much we loved sports and would fill our stockings with fruit and packs of baseball cards. It was a great surprise that I looked forward to every Christmas.
The last movie Dad took me to was Star Wars in 1977. I was so excited to see it. For me, it lived up to the hype. Dad didn't get it. When we left, he said, "I didn't understand what the hell was going on." That still cracks me up. Show my Dad a good cowboy movie and he's a happy man!
Dad was always so proud of his Slovenian background. Dad's parents came over on a boat into Ellis Island. His parents then met in Cleveland and eventually moved to Warren, Ohio, where they married and had Frank. Frank was an only child. Growing up in the Strukel house meant many hours of polkas, nutbread, and blood sausage. Don't ask me about the blood sausage. I never had it and never will! Anyway, throughout his life, Dad always loved his polkas. On Thursdays, Massillon Cable broadcasts a polka show at 7 p.m. Dad always watched it. He loved it. Dad was so proud to say he's Slovenian and loved polkas.
When Dad married and had me and my brother, he was living in Massillon. He loved the outdoors. Watching birds flock to the bird feeder was fun for him. He could sit for hours and be amazed at the different kinds of birds that would visit. He also loved to garden. Growing tomatoes, onions, and sometimes concord grapes in the backyard was something he did every spring. When the tomatoes started to ripen, Dad would often say, "Check my crop"...which meant we needed to go see what we could harvest from the garden. It was a small garden but many times, it produced some pretty good stuff.
More later...
The last movie Dad took me to was Star Wars in 1977. I was so excited to see it. For me, it lived up to the hype. Dad didn't get it. When we left, he said, "I didn't understand what the hell was going on." That still cracks me up. Show my Dad a good cowboy movie and he's a happy man!
Dad was always so proud of his Slovenian background. Dad's parents came over on a boat into Ellis Island. His parents then met in Cleveland and eventually moved to Warren, Ohio, where they married and had Frank. Frank was an only child. Growing up in the Strukel house meant many hours of polkas, nutbread, and blood sausage. Don't ask me about the blood sausage. I never had it and never will! Anyway, throughout his life, Dad always loved his polkas. On Thursdays, Massillon Cable broadcasts a polka show at 7 p.m. Dad always watched it. He loved it. Dad was so proud to say he's Slovenian and loved polkas.
When Dad married and had me and my brother, he was living in Massillon. He loved the outdoors. Watching birds flock to the bird feeder was fun for him. He could sit for hours and be amazed at the different kinds of birds that would visit. He also loved to garden. Growing tomatoes, onions, and sometimes concord grapes in the backyard was something he did every spring. When the tomatoes started to ripen, Dad would often say, "Check my crop"...which meant we needed to go see what we could harvest from the garden. It was a small garden but many times, it produced some pretty good stuff.
More later...
It's NOT up to us.
Here's an idea: Why not let the future first family decide on what dog they want?
Ok, I'll go out on a limb with this...this is the start of a trend in the media. We will now see stories on polls regarding Americans' preference for whatever the first family does. I saw recently where Barack will have his mother-in-law stay at the White House. I'm waiting for the "approval" poll on whether Americans like that or not. We will probably see polls on if Americans approved of the inauguration.
AP Poll: Americans prefer a mutt for Obamas
WASHINGTON – Mr. President-elect, the votes are in: American pet owners prefer a mutt in the White House.
By more than a 2-1 margin, pet owners say the Obamas should choose a mutt for their first dog over a purebred, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll released Wednesday. People who don't have pets mostly don't care either way.
"Let's get philosophical about it: We're kind of a country of mutts," said Steve Minor, 54, of Knightdale, N.C. "I think he'd set an example if he got a dog from a shelter that needed a home."
Obama said over the weekend that the family is choosing between two breeds: a Labradoodle (a cross between a poodle and a Labrador) and a Portuguese water dog, the kind owned by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
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