*sigh*

First Ethan falls in love with soccer… and now Gabe brings home this from Kindergarten…

Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre retires

Can’t you see that!?!?! After spending some time Saturday on the ice at a birthday party with the Barton twins, Ethan decided (with some prompting) that he wanted to “try” hockey too. They let him use one of their sticks, and he started skating pretty well with them around the rink. I on the other hand, had to sit down after a few minutes before I hurt somebody, or hurt myself. So Trisha called around and found out practice times, scrounged up some old gear, and we took him down Sunday at noon. At first he wasn’t real sure… kept real close to the wall… but after a bit he warmed up and had a good time. As we were undressing after practice, Hayden and Hunter wanted to know if he liked it or not.

Ethan replied… “No. It’s slippery on the ice and it hurts when you fall”

We’ve decided to make him stick it out for this year so he can learn to skate, interact with the other kids and get used to being “coached”… besides, the fact that I still skate like he does in these videos, tells me that some day he’ll thank me.

Ethan - Hockey Clip 1 // Ethan - Hockey Clip 2

Me, Jamie McMurray (#42), and Trisha

The entire 2005 Crusade Crew…

NASCAR.com :: features :: Power Rankings

Rusty Wallace: Since Bill Elliott’s semi-retired, no one in Nextel Cup is closer in age to Howard Dean than Wallace is. Wallace needs to fire himself up with a Dean-like speech. “Not only are we going to Daytona, we’re going to Rockingham and Vegas and Atlanta and Darlington and Bristol! And then we’re going to the Waldorf-Astoria to take back the Nextel Cup. Yeeeaaaaaaaaaah!”

ESPN.com - Page2 - Are you ready for some football?

LOL. This is hilarious.

Jim asks such important questions as…

What playing surface does the Lingerie Bowl use? Natural grass, artificial turf or Jell-o?

Will the game’s organizers test for implants? If so, can I help?

Will they fine players for not wearing their fishnet stockings high enough?

Are there incentive bonuses for making the All-Frederick’s of Hollywood Team?

And most importantly, should we refer to this as Lingerie Bowl I, Lingerie Bowl 2004 or Lingerie Bowl 38C?

Or, come to think of it (and with all apologies to that college game in the Bay Area), wouldn’t it be more accurate to call this the Silicone Valley Bowl?

Oh yeah… don’t forget to check out the “Lingerie Bowl” web site.

NASCAR.com :: features :: Power Rankings: “So Tony Stewart might get fined for not meeting with the media after Atlanta.

If he does get fined, he will be the first driver in history to rack up career fines for both meeting and not meeting with the media”

Poor Tony… why won’t they just leave the guy alone…

NASCAR.com :: features :: Power Rankings

Jeff Gordon - “Unless you were under a rock on Friday, it was announced that an alleged former girlfriend of Jeff Gordon will appear in Playboy. If officials at the magazine wanted to make some money, they’d make the magazine available in a 1:24 diecast. $159.99. Plus shipping.”

Jimmie Johnson - “He’s the only driver with more than $4 million in earnings. That would buy exactly 25,001 of those diecasts we just talked about.”

Jimmy Spencer - “Heck, we’ll put you in here anyway. Did you know that Spencer, even with the suspension, has scored more points in the last six races than Jeff Gordon? As if Jeff Gordon’s week couldn’t get any worse.”

Wow. Someone needs to give the writers at NASCAR.com a pay raise.

Hilarious… Thanks to the guys at xlab for the link.