old post follow-up

At the beginning of the baseball season, Tim posted on his website the Champaign newspaper's top ten reasons the Cardinals won't win in 2005. So, now with about a month left of the season, let's see how their reasons have played out for the 84-49 Cards.
(my commentary in parenthesis)


1. Matt Morris' shoulder (has missed 0 games)
2. Tony LaRussa's brain (his horrible brain has put him #3 on all-time wins for managers)
3. Scott Rolen's knee (actually, his shoulder)
4. Albert Pujols' heel (how many games has the MVP missed because of this?)
5. Reggie Sanders' age (before breaking his leg, he was the best player on the team besides Pujols)
6. Larry Walker's back (actually, his neck)
7. Mark Grudzielanek's glove (funny. He'll most likley win a gold glove this year)
8. Jason Isringhausen's hip (huh? All-star? What?)
9. David Eckstein's height (Edgar who?)
10. Chris Carpenter's elbow (just call him Cy Carpenter, please)

Dear News-Gazette,
I'm sorry that as of August 31, your beloved baby bears are 20.5 games behind the Cardinals. I'm sorry that Kerry Wood is not awesome. I'm sorry that unlike the Cardinals and White Sox, the Cubs could not cope with and overcome major injuries.

Love,
Jeremiah

season 4

Season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasm comes out today.

Hello, Barnes and Noble.
Oh, hello Jeremiah.
I will take one Season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, please.
Sure. Here you are.
Thank you. Point taken. And recieved.


If you guys want some fun, here's a video of Dave crossing the finish line of a tri he ran this weekend. The reason I'm not in this video is because I finished first. I swam/rode/ran so fast that they didn't get the video camera up in time.

here. here, quest softball team. here are your butts.

It's crazy that when I was in school in May, I was writing about our Men's Adult Church Softball League, and here in late August, we were still playing.

Key word there.

Were.

We went into the post-season with either a 6-4 or 7-5 record. I forget which one. I thought that was pretty good considering we were an expansion team in the league. Most of the losses we had were close and we actually should have won considering our talent. So, I went into the post-season thinking that we actually had a shot at winning the whole thing.
I also thought the Cardinals had a shot of beating the Red Sox last year, too.
Playoffs are single elimination. So, our first playoff game was against the lower seeded Faith UMC #1 (they had two teams). This is a team that we beat in the second game of the season. I don't want to go too much in detail about the game, but I will recap it in the form of a quote...


"Here, Quest Men's Church-League Softball team. We've taken the liberty of ripping your butts off. Now we are going to hand them to you. There you...ooops...don't...don't drop your butt...yeah...there you go. There. We've handed you your butts."

We got beat by the 10-run rule. Not a way to end a decent season. Not at all.



Dodgeball, anyone?

and away we go...

I told you I'd start posting once school starts. Well, school started an hour and a half ago, so here's your first post.
I got to school, and was here for 15 minutes before I got yelled at* by a fellow special-ed teacher. I used my Emotional/Behavior Disorder technique to defuse the situation.

Starring.
Looking.
Not talking.

Works every time. Listen, lady. I'm really sorry I moved your desk that was not unpacked yet in this room that we have to share with 4 other teachers. Cool down.

Cool down!!!

COOL DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This last year of teaching has gotten off to a blazing start.