sorry.

It's not like I've been laying/sitting at my apartment for the past week with NOTHING to do. You'd think I could have blogged some. Here's a gift from me to you. An "I'm sorry" gift. Delivered in the perfect, uncompromising form of the Bluth family...



And for those Buster fans out there...

Role-model

I've never been one to believe that pro athletes should be role-models based on the fact that they're athletes. There are a lot more people out there who have done a lot more important things for kids to look up to. However, I think that if any kid says that Albert Pujols is one of their role-models, I think he or she has picked a pretty darn good one. He's a man of great faith and work ethic.

"People ask me if I believe how quickly my career has taken off. I just tell them Christ is my strength. God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for Him. That is more important than anything I could ever do in baseball."

This quote is from yesterday...

"I'll go to spring training with the same attitude I took five years ago: I want to make the team," he said following a two-hour autograph session at the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up.

"It sounds stupid because people think I'm on this team, but that's not for sure. There's somebody in the minor leagues who wants to take that job from me just like I did in 2001," Pujols said. "That's the attitude that keeps me humble and keeps me from taking things for granted. I never want to change the attitude I had six years ago in the minor leagues."

I think I'll buy my nephew, Free, a Pujols jersey for his birthday. And then a Jeremiah Cox jersey for Christmas.

can you tell me how to get..how to get to...

I know I'm about 4 years behind on this, but I just read something where the TV show Sesame Street added to its cast a Muppet who was HIV-positive. This blows me away. Her name is Kami, and they showed her scenes in South Africa and other parts of the world where 1 out of every 6 children is HIV-positive.

I know that some people probably put up a stink about this, but all it shows me is that Sesame Street is not just worried about the bottom line-money and ratings. They have worked to be relevant to the children of not only our country but in places that need help maybe even more than here.

My only beef with Sesame Street is that it introduced Elmo, who took all the thunder away from my boy, Grover. Elmo is just a baby talking, ditzy version of Grover. But I'll let stuff like that slide when they step it up with characters like Kami.

Good work, Sesame Street.
Whenever you need someone else to play "Gordon", give me a call.

Bruuuuuuuce!!!!

Yesterday, Bruce Sutter was elected into the Hall of Fame. There was some debate whether he should be inducted in The Hall as a Cub or Cardinal.
He pitched one more season with the Small Bears and won a Cy Young award with them.

He did, however, strike out the final batter in the 1982 season to win the World Series for the Cardinals.

Today, MLB.com said that Bruce Sutter will be wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat on his plaque.

Then what would he have had to do to go in the hall wearing a Cubs hat?
Maybe if he would have struck out the last batter in the 1908 World Series.



**************Part II*********************
Let's just throw this in for kicks...

Barnes-J-C- Hospital

Kortny and I went to Barnes-Jewish-Catholic Hospital in The Lou yesterday. On Sunday night around 10pm, we got to see the new Busch Stadium being worked on. I must say that I got even more pumped about the new Busch. I found these pictures from inside the stadium. The skyline view is going to be pretty darn incredible.

I'm going to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis on Monday for a second opinion.

I wonder if that's a Catholic hospital?

Thanks to Phil, (his blog link to the right) I have discovered an incredible new show called Arrested Development.

It's by far the best show I've seen on network television since Seinfeld. Fox has shown two seasons, and had ticketed this 3rd season for 22 episodes. However, that number has been cut down to 18 in preparation for not renewing the show next year. The only way it is going to be saved is if people like us watch this show and tell our friends. I'm going to have a link on the side of my page to the show's website and the website that's a grass-root movement to try and save the Bluth family.


By the way, the show airs on Monday nights at 7 on Fox.

If you live near me, let me know if you want to borrow some DVD's. I would be more than happy to help you see the light, as Phil helped me.

If you're already a fan of the show visit Save Our Bluths and sign the on-line petition.

in the hizzie

1 new pair of jeans.

1 new pair of scrubs.

8 tickets to the new Busch Stadium.

12 days off of school.

40 episodes of Arrested Development watched.

1 wedding documented by our video cameras.

2 surgeries.

1 trip to the Emergency Room.

I'm back.