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Archive for December, 2007
Ticket Of The Day: 2006 Chik-Fil-A Bowl
Georgia came back to beat Virginia Tech in a great game. I was wondering why I didn’t have any Flickr pics of this game/tailgate, until I remembered that I had a horrible 24-hour (more like 48-hour) flu that almost prevented me from going. But I sucked it up and thanks to a smuggled bottle of Pepto and MARTA, got to the Dome with plenty of time to spare before kickoff.
Thirty-One (!) Years Ago Today
To all the ladies: Please sit down before watching this video. I assume no responsibility should you keel over from the overwhelming cuteness contained within.
Ten Years Ago Today
A little bonus Christmassy goodie: Me singing off-key!
This used to be pretty common at the parents’ house around Christmas. That’s me imitating a dying goose singing, my brother Alan on drums, brother Charles on sax, nephew Daniel sitting on the steps, my sister-in-law Cindy on electric piano, her brother Rick on bass, and Rick’s son Andrew on guitar.
Merry Christmas
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
Thank God for good ol’ common sense.
And Happy Birthday, Shane. :)
More Christmas posts to follow…
A Reason For A Little Chestpufferation
I’m not what you might call a genius when it comes to sports prognosticating (I’m the guy, after all, who was certain Ryan Leaf would have a better pro career than Peyton Manning), so any time I have the opportunity to talk myself up when I am successful, rest assured I will.
And so it was the case last night. I’m in a bowl pick ‘em pool with 10 other people and I was the only one to pick Skip Holtz’s East Carolina Pirates to upset last year’s BCS-buster-movie-material-darlings Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl, and sure enough, the Pirates prevailed.
Even more delightful is the fact that a whopping 97.6% of College Bowl Mania players over at ESPN.com picked Boise State to win also. So at least for one night, I was smarter than almost 98% of all college football fans out there. I leave it up to you whether that’s saying much or not.
I also bring this all up as it gives me the chance to post this picture for the second time in a row:
*shiver*
Ticket Of The Day: 2002 SEC Championship
Georgia destroyed Arkansas 30-3 en route to its first SEC Championship since 1982. I remember it being cold tailgating with the original Tent City crew in a gravel parking lot just across the street from the World Congress Center. Michele was nice enough to accompany me. Big ups to Pops for scoring us all tickets as he’s done on several occasions now.
