Woodworking

Ok, so on the farm we are having a bit of a gopher problem. The problem is there are too many of them, and they really mess things up. So we have been trying to get rid of them, with very little success. So I am building these owl houses that will hopefully attract more owls to the area to eat more gophers. I have discovered that I'm not very good at working with wood on anything that needs extreme precision. Granted, I'm not exactly working with professional tools, but I would really like to be able to cut a straight line. It would be great if I cut 6 pieces that fit together in a cube perfectly, with all the edges perfect. No matter how hard I try, I simply can't do it. Needless to say I really admire how hard it is to do what this guy does.

We made it back from our trip. It was a lot of fun. I thought I would include a picture of one of the highlights.

This is actually really cool. Julie got to pet and feed some dolphins. Who can say they've done that?

I Feel Betrayed

Is nothing sacred anymore? The internet is ruining the world. I guess you never really know someone. The other day Julie and I went to Sea World and really enjoyed watching a couple of Beluga whales swim in their enclosure. Now, sure enough, I find out that even they have a sex video! I demand that Sea World take them off exhibit immediately. A family organization like the one that owns Sea World (Anheuser-Busch) cannot be promoting this kind of pollution of our morality. I am outraged!

Playoffs

Charger mania is gripping San Diego. All week there have literally been half a dozen huge Chargers celebrations a various locations throughout the city per day! The game doesn't start until 1:30, and there was already a huge traffic jam to get to the stadium at 7 am this morning. The gates weren't even open yet, but literally thousands of cars were lined up waiting to be allowed in to tailgate.
As for the game, I don't know who will win, but the Chargers clearly have the better team. If you look at it from a matchup perspective, the Chargers win at most positions. It remains to be seen, however, if the Patriots have a game plan to neutralize this disadvantage.
So much has been made of San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer's playoof record. For those of you who have been in a cave for two weeks, he's got 200 carrer wins (a hall of fame type number), but is only 5-12 in the playoffs with no Super Bowl Wins. Most analysts say this makes him less of a good coach, but I disagree.
Coaches get their teams ready to play on a weekly basis. Great players win playoff games. Schottenheimer has coached some less than great teams into the playoffs, but they simply didn't have the talent to win in the playoffs. Other coaches wouldn't even have gotten some of those teams into the playoffs. To me, this shows that Schottenheimer is a great coach, and I think he has the talent to at least get to the Super Bowl this year.

Woman Dies From Radio Station Contest

Can this story possibly be true? If it is, this may be the most damage a radio station contest has ever done.