Yes, its been awile since we last got together. Welcome to bog 1.006, the first in about a week. That is mainly because of my recent trip to Las Wages (offically Las Vegas).
For those who know gamble talk I came home down 2 bills (for those who don't understand that, -$200). Also, I don't believe that I mentioned this in bog 1.005 that this was my second trip to the Riviera. I believe that if you have a bad experience, you should go back and see if that bad experience, is just a one time thing or if it is the norm. I very rarely tell people where they should stay, but of you have a choice between, the Riviera and another another Hotel Casino (HC) in Las Vegas, choose the other HC. Both times that I have stayed at the Riviera have been very bad experiences. For example, on this trip, (I don't know about the folks who read this bog, but I'm not a big fan of being called a liar!) Christmas Eve, at around 5:00 in the early evening. I go down with my parents to get the car out of valet, and once the valet brings the vehicle around, & I get in without giving him a tip, he says to me "Do you need change?" I say no, and then he grabs the door and prevents me from closing it, he says "We have been keeping track and you haven't tiped us, since you got here." Two things bothered me about this. 1) Since when is it mandatory to TIP? and 2) I had been tipping everytime I got the car out of valet (up to that point, it had totaled $9 in less than two days).
As far as the issue of tipping, here is my theory on it, if the person that I'm tipping has done a good job, or gone above & beyond the call of duty, they get a tip, if niether of these happens, then no tip. It's plain and simple. BUT WHEN YOU START CALLING ME A LIAR, OR TELLING ME THAT TIPPING IS EXPECTED, NOT A GOOD IDEA. I didn't give a single tip thereafter.
As for my family, namely my sister. I love my sister, but what happened to originality? My sister works for Terrible's HC in the corporate area. What was her gift to me for Christmas???? A six-pack cooler with the Terrible's logo on it (Keeping in mind, that anyone that signs up for thier players club can get the same item!!!).
My Christmas had a major turn in it once we got back home, as my Mom & Dad out of no where gave me a ticket and parking pass to one of the Garth Brooks concerts in LA next month. For those who don't know me, I FREAKING LOVE GARTH!!!! I went to one of the 1996 concerts at the SDSA (Sound there SUCKS) and had a great time, now that I'm going to be listening and seeing him at Staples, holy crap it is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So long for now, as this is the end of bog 1.006. I start school in less than a week and in my next bog, I shall go over my New Year's resolutions. Til then, See Ya!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
What a wild & crazy ride
Welcome to todays episode of The Bog. In this episode, I'll write about stuff that I found intersting surrounding the Aztecs women's basketball team taking on the 2/2 Conneticut women's Huskeys.
The whole crazy ride began on Tuesday after the Navy game (which I discussed in bog version 1.004).
Wednesday, SDSU had the weekly press conference to go over all the basketball games this weekend (both men's & women's). Beth Burns (HC), Temeka Ledford, & Shanna Demus were the designated coach & players to talk to the media (3 cameras, 2 newspaper, & me). When the SDSU media realations department took questions and put them on the website for the quotes from the conference, they chose three questions that I asked (woohoo!!!!!!!).
Thursday was a special luncheon at the Hall of Champions with Geno Auriemma, Charde Houston (player on UConn from San Diego), Beth Burns, & Paris Johnson (teammate of Houston's in HS). During the question & answer portion of the luncheon Beth quoted a question that I asked during the weekly conference (another first for me).
Friday was the big day, I was able to go and watch about the first 10 minutes of the game. All of the hoopla, talk, pre-concieved notions were correct. When looking at the team from UConn, they are not all that tall (I was taller than all but 2 of the players), they were not shooting well during the pre-game warm ups, but let me tell you something. Once that ball went up for the tip-off all bets were off. UConn were really playing sloppy compared to what I've seen them play on TV, but even playing sloppy (for them) they scored 49 in the opening half.
So now the Aztecs start looking to improve as they have a couple of days to "lick thier wounds" before the Surf 'n Slam begins on the 28th. From what I saw, and have seen so far this season, the entire MWC is in for a real wakeup call as the Aztecs were the preseason pick to finish 7th in a conference of 9. The Aztecs I believe will finish in the top 5 (top half) and it wouldn't surprize me if they get into a post-season tournament.
As far as humor in this episode, lets look at the news of the weird.........
Courtesy of the folks at the Portland Press Herald
That is going to do it for bog episode 1.005, if I don't bog before, MERRY CHRISTMAS (please notice that I'm not afraid to say Merry Christmas, if the PC police are out there, you can find me in Las Vegas for Christmas, I'll be staying at the Riviera!).
The whole crazy ride began on Tuesday after the Navy game (which I discussed in bog version 1.004).
Wednesday, SDSU had the weekly press conference to go over all the basketball games this weekend (both men's & women's). Beth Burns (HC), Temeka Ledford, & Shanna Demus were the designated coach & players to talk to the media (3 cameras, 2 newspaper, & me). When the SDSU media realations department took questions and put them on the website for the quotes from the conference, they chose three questions that I asked (woohoo!!!!!!!).
Thursday was a special luncheon at the Hall of Champions with Geno Auriemma, Charde Houston (player on UConn from San Diego), Beth Burns, & Paris Johnson (teammate of Houston's in HS). During the question & answer portion of the luncheon Beth quoted a question that I asked during the weekly conference (another first for me).
Friday was the big day, I was able to go and watch about the first 10 minutes of the game. All of the hoopla, talk, pre-concieved notions were correct. When looking at the team from UConn, they are not all that tall (I was taller than all but 2 of the players), they were not shooting well during the pre-game warm ups, but let me tell you something. Once that ball went up for the tip-off all bets were off. UConn were really playing sloppy compared to what I've seen them play on TV, but even playing sloppy (for them) they scored 49 in the opening half.
"At halftime we talked about the fact that we scored 49 points in the first half and I do not know if we executed anything other then our fast break. I thought (SDSU) made it really hard for us and they wanted to speed up the game. It was an unusual game, it did not seem like we were up by as many points as we were." - Geno AuriemmaIf I was the SDSU Aztecs I would take that as a compliment as they were able to get "the mighty UConn train" off thier track.
So now the Aztecs start looking to improve as they have a couple of days to "lick thier wounds" before the Surf 'n Slam begins on the 28th. From what I saw, and have seen so far this season, the entire MWC is in for a real wakeup call as the Aztecs were the preseason pick to finish 7th in a conference of 9. The Aztecs I believe will finish in the top 5 (top half) and it wouldn't surprize me if they get into a post-season tournament.
As far as humor in this episode, lets look at the news of the weird.........
Courtesy of the folks at the Portland Press Herald
In November the Food and Drug Administration told Smiling Hill Farm of Westbrook, Maine, that it would have to recall all of its egg nog because it did not list "egg" as an ingredient on the label. Federal law requires the listing to protect people with egg allergies from inadvertently consuming foods that they might not have realized contain egg (even products called "egg nog").Now let me see if I got this right....if someone is allergic to EGG, and they are drinking EGGnog, I think the term DUH comes to mind. What the hell are these people thiking, "oh gee, I'm allergic to egg, but I don't see egg in the ingredients of eggnog, I guess there isn't any egg in there." These are the some people that the makers of everything have to put directions on products. Or to put it another way, it probably are the idiots that sue say McDonald's because they spilled coffee on themselves and gee, it is hot, DUH!!!!!!!!
That is going to do it for bog episode 1.005, if I don't bog before, MERRY CHRISTMAS (please notice that I'm not afraid to say Merry Christmas, if the PC police are out there, you can find me in Las Vegas for Christmas, I'll be staying at the Riviera!).
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wow, what a couple of days
Greetings and welcome to bog 1.004, this bog will be on press conferences, games, and traffic.
First press conferences, I have been to a boat load in the last couple of days. First we had the post-game conference at the SDSU men's game against Navy, then the post-game at the SDSU women's game (interesting note coming on that), and then today with the Poinsettia Bowl conference this morning, and the weekly Aztecs conference at Cox Arena (I kind of feel like I have been living there the last few days).
The note on the SDSU women's game is this. The Naval academy women's basketball team got into San Diego on Sunday. For dinner on Sunday they went to a Mexican restaurant in Mission Valley (I will not say which one on here as it would get me into trouble). The entire team, including the coaches, got food poisoning. So with that in mind, the entire team ran into the locker room after the game. For those who don't know the traditions with any service academy they always stay after the game to hear the alma mater played by the band. I had the EXTREME honor of being asked by the Capt. of the basketball team to stand in for the team during the alma mater. At the conclusion of the alma mater, I yelled as loud as I could the final two words of the song, "BEAT ARMY"! I personally went through the entire band, and thanked them for their service to the country, and they all thanked me for doing so.
The games that I have been to in the last few days includes both sides of the Aztecs vs. Navy battle (both games went to SDSU, BTW).
Traffic, say, has anyone in San Diego ever thought about oh, I don't know, BEING COURTIOUS????????? I would have to say no from what I can see here lately. If the driver in front of you needs to get in, let them, who knows, maybe the next time that you need to get in you will be able to do so.
Until I type again, this is Chris signing off of bog 1.004
First press conferences, I have been to a boat load in the last couple of days. First we had the post-game conference at the SDSU men's game against Navy, then the post-game at the SDSU women's game (interesting note coming on that), and then today with the Poinsettia Bowl conference this morning, and the weekly Aztecs conference at Cox Arena (I kind of feel like I have been living there the last few days).
The note on the SDSU women's game is this. The Naval academy women's basketball team got into San Diego on Sunday. For dinner on Sunday they went to a Mexican restaurant in Mission Valley (I will not say which one on here as it would get me into trouble). The entire team, including the coaches, got food poisoning. So with that in mind, the entire team ran into the locker room after the game. For those who don't know the traditions with any service academy they always stay after the game to hear the alma mater played by the band. I had the EXTREME honor of being asked by the Capt. of the basketball team to stand in for the team during the alma mater. At the conclusion of the alma mater, I yelled as loud as I could the final two words of the song, "BEAT ARMY"! I personally went through the entire band, and thanked them for their service to the country, and they all thanked me for doing so.
The games that I have been to in the last few days includes both sides of the Aztecs vs. Navy battle (both games went to SDSU, BTW).
Traffic, say, has anyone in San Diego ever thought about oh, I don't know, BEING COURTIOUS????????? I would have to say no from what I can see here lately. If the driver in front of you needs to get in, let them, who knows, maybe the next time that you need to get in you will be able to do so.
Until I type again, this is Chris signing off of bog 1.004
Monday, December 17, 2007
SDSU Vs. Navy Basetball game
Well, win 100 @ Cox Arena for the Aztecs Men's Basketball arena came against the US Naval Academy before some 5500 folks. For the record, it was a 86-76 final in favor of SDSU. That is not what I'm going to be writing about however, what I'm writing about is (and I'm pretty leaniant when it comes to student sections) the poor sportsmanship from "The Show".
"The Show" for those who don't already know is the SDSU student section. You may have seen them when the Aztecs have been on TV, they are the ones that put up all of the face cut-outs surign the second half in an attempt to make the opponents miss thier free throws.
So, one of teh things that "The Show" does that I find actually really humorus is when Bryan Main is introducing the opponents, they are acting like they are reading the Daily Aztec. Then when Bryan is done announcing the opponents, they throw the copies of the DA in the air and start to cheer for the Aztecs. I have no problem with this, the problem that I had with "The Show" tonight was the fact that they were actually booing the Midshipman (don't call us the Middies) during the intros.
How can you boo the military?
I understand that it was the opponent for the evening, and all, but come on, its the Navy. If you really want to look at the city of San Diego, if it wasn't for the Navy & all the stuff this city does for the military in general, there wouldn't be a San Diego. And this one point to the SDSU Athletics dept. You are playing the US NAVAL academy, don't have the ARMY ROTC present the colors!!!!! That is just wrong!
So that will do it for bog post 1.003, Round two of the two round fight between SDSU & the US Naval Academy. The women will tip-off @ 7.
"The Show" for those who don't already know is the SDSU student section. You may have seen them when the Aztecs have been on TV, they are the ones that put up all of the face cut-outs surign the second half in an attempt to make the opponents miss thier free throws.
So, one of teh things that "The Show" does that I find actually really humorus is when Bryan Main is introducing the opponents, they are acting like they are reading the Daily Aztec. Then when Bryan is done announcing the opponents, they throw the copies of the DA in the air and start to cheer for the Aztecs. I have no problem with this, the problem that I had with "The Show" tonight was the fact that they were actually booing the Midshipman (don't call us the Middies) during the intros.
How can you boo the military?
I understand that it was the opponent for the evening, and all, but come on, its the Navy. If you really want to look at the city of San Diego, if it wasn't for the Navy & all the stuff this city does for the military in general, there wouldn't be a San Diego. And this one point to the SDSU Athletics dept. You are playing the US NAVAL academy, don't have the ARMY ROTC present the colors!!!!! That is just wrong!
So that will do it for bog post 1.003, Round two of the two round fight between SDSU & the US Naval Academy. The women will tip-off @ 7.
Thanks San Fran
So I was looking through the off-beat news on the AP and I came across this story...
SAN FRANCISCO - Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers' fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code.
The parents went to court after a student was disciplined for wearing socks with the "Winnie the Pooh" cartoon character Tigger on the first day of school last year.
The district's superintendent said Thursday that the settlement money is for the plaintiffs' lawyers; the district is also on the hook to pay the lawyers it hired.
The settlement also says Redwood Middle School may no longer require students to wear only solid-color clothing.
So here is the question that I have, when did the World lose its collective mind? When I went to school there was no rule against Winnie the Pooh socks, or Superman socks, or anything even remotely close to anything a long those lines. When I was in elementary school as long as your clothes were clean, and "well maintained" everything was cool. So what happened world???????
It is not much, but who knows, I might write about the SDSU men's basketball game later, for now that is bog 1.002. Have a good day, and remember, kids laugh about 1,000 times a day, adults take 3 years to laugh that many times!
SAN FRANCISCO - Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers' fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code.
The parents went to court after a student was disciplined for wearing socks with the "Winnie the Pooh" cartoon character Tigger on the first day of school last year.
The district's superintendent said Thursday that the settlement money is for the plaintiffs' lawyers; the district is also on the hook to pay the lawyers it hired.
The settlement also says Redwood Middle School may no longer require students to wear only solid-color clothing.
So here is the question that I have, when did the World lose its collective mind? When I went to school there was no rule against Winnie the Pooh socks, or Superman socks, or anything even remotely close to anything a long those lines. When I was in elementary school as long as your clothes were clean, and "well maintained" everything was cool. So what happened world???????
It is not much, but who knows, I might write about the SDSU men's basketball game later, for now that is bog 1.002. Have a good day, and remember, kids laugh about 1,000 times a day, adults take 3 years to laugh that many times!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The Bog is born
Well, welcome to "The Bog of SV".
This is going to be alittle humor, alittle my thoughts on life, and alittle bit of everything. So sit back, and relax and keep checking out "The Bog of SV".
Our first bog: WHY????
Why is it that some of the most annoying people in everyone's lives seem to be the ones that talk to you the most, especcially when you are ignoring them? I will give you an example of what I'm talking about.
Dateline: KOGO control room, Sunday, December 16, 2007 --- 12:45am
I'm getting this bog setup, going through all the preview stuff, and in walks Heather Hurd, for those who don't know Heather be thankfull, for those of you who do know her, you know what I'm talking about. I'm completely ignoring her, and yet she continues to talk to me as if I'm actually paying attention to her, and yapping about how the bosses here at "the death star" shold be more attentive and some other stuff, I was really tring to ignore her, and she kept leaving the room to check on a recording that she was making. (some 20 minutes later) she has finally gotten the clue and has left.
So that is the first in what is my New Years resolution for 2008. A bog a day.
Yes, I know it is technically called a blog, but I like calling it a bog instead.
This is going to be alittle humor, alittle my thoughts on life, and alittle bit of everything. So sit back, and relax and keep checking out "The Bog of SV".
Our first bog: WHY????
Why is it that some of the most annoying people in everyone's lives seem to be the ones that talk to you the most, especcially when you are ignoring them? I will give you an example of what I'm talking about.
Dateline: KOGO control room, Sunday, December 16, 2007 --- 12:45am
I'm getting this bog setup, going through all the preview stuff, and in walks Heather Hurd, for those who don't know Heather be thankfull, for those of you who do know her, you know what I'm talking about. I'm completely ignoring her, and yet she continues to talk to me as if I'm actually paying attention to her, and yapping about how the bosses here at "the death star" shold be more attentive and some other stuff, I was really tring to ignore her, and she kept leaving the room to check on a recording that she was making. (some 20 minutes later) she has finally gotten the clue and has left.
So that is the first in what is my New Years resolution for 2008. A bog a day.
Yes, I know it is technically called a blog, but I like calling it a bog instead.
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