This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Jan
31
2013
I wonder why navy seals get all the publicity.
I think gray seals are just as good.
But if you think seals should be blue, here are some other options in the blue-ish family:
Cyan Seals:
Royal Blue Seals:
Aqua Seals:
And, my favorite name, Teal Seals:
It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.
Job 38:14
Jan
29
2013
Since Beta enjoyed last season’s hockey game so much, we scheduled another one for this year. We expanded and brought Gamma too.
This year’s event was a little more eventful than last year’s – overtime and shootout just like two years ago.
It is our tradition that, during the first intermission, Beta gets a cup of hot chocolate. This year was no different, except I got Gamma a cup of hot chocolate too. Most of the second period was spent blowing on his hot chocolate so that it would be cool enough for him to drink.
I got a soft pretzel and shared it with the boys. That worked out well, much better than the overpriced almonds last year.
Another tradition is that we sit by the Zamboni entrance. That way the kids can watch closely as it drives by.
Jan
24
2013
Transcript:
Officer: I’m pulling you over for reckless driving.
Driver: It’s true I haven’t had any accidents…but I didn’t expect a commendation.
Officer: Commendation? No! It’s a ticket.
Driver: A fine? For not having any wrecks?
Officer: No, for reckless driving.
Driver: Right, wreckless driving.
Driver: Just what is “reck” anyway?
Officer: ?!?
Driver: I mean, I know what a wreck is and why I don’t want one.
Driver: But why do I want more reck?
Officer: They don’t pay me enough for this.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
2 Corinthians 3:1
Jan
22
2013
I thought I would see if there were any correlation between margin of victory (MOV) in the NFL playoffs and victory in the Super Bowl.
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooo.
Real answer: Maybe.
I went back over the last 15 years and found that the team that wins the divisional round by the most points (not scores the most points but has the highest margin of victory of the 4 divisional-round games) goes on to win the Super Bowl about 33% of the time.
This year, that was the 49ers. So they have only a 30% chance of winning the Super Bowl.
Then I wondered about the conference round. The team that has the highest margin of victory in the conference round goes on to win the Super Bowl about 30% of the time.
This year, that was the Ravens. So they have only a 30% chance of winning the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl Odds:
33% chance the 49ers will win
33% chance the Ravens will win
33% chance left over – apparently it’s a 1 in 3 shot that no one will win.
But since that can’t happen, I checked what happens when the Super Bowl pits the team with the best MOV in the divisional round against the team with the best MOV in the conference round. That has happened 3 times in the last 15 years – once the division round won and twice the conference round won.
So I guess that means the Ravens will (likely) win the Super Bowl. But since that was only 3 samples, I doubt there is much in the way of correlation there.
As a Michigan fan, I was cheering for Tom Brady. I know he lost, but there is still hope since there is another former Michigan quarterback in the Super Bowl – Harbaugh.
I haven’t decided yet for whom I will cheer in the Super Bowl. Probably the Ravens, but I don’t know why. I don’t have a strong inclination either way. I just hope it’s a good game and the ads are appropriate for all ages.
But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the Lord brought about a great victory.
2 Samuel 23:12
Jan
17
2013
Inspired by Lance Armstrong’s news from a couple days ago, I have updated the list of the last several years of cycling world champions.
It seems that every winner is eventually accused of doping or otherwise using performance-enhancing drugs, so this is what the list of champions should look like. The cycling world can save some time by immediately stripping the next winner of his title, right after after they award it to him.
May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Psalm 69:28
Jan
15
2013
Transcript:
Underling: Sir, we have a problem!
Boss: What is it?
Underling: Our production lines are leaking so our factories are flooded and we can’t make any shipments so we are losing more money than we can afford.
Boss: Wait, are you telling me that we are … insolvent?
But since he [x]did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.
Matthew 18:25
Jan
10
2013
I’m a little behind the times, as usual, but various sportswriters have produced their end-of-the-season rankings for NFL quarterbacks. I found one of them for the top 10, and I updated it slightly. See if you can figure out what I changed.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew 25:21, KJV
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