Like today, for example. I was tempted to delay this because they are putting the carpet in tomorrow.
Nonetheless, take a look at what they have done this past week.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
5758 Shasta Pines Way - Week 14
It's to the point now where it is difficult to decide when to post these. I'm always wanting to wait for them to complete what they are doing tomorrow, to include those changes.
Like today, for example. I was tempted to delay this because they are putting the carpet in tomorrow.
Nonetheless, take a look at what they have done this past week.
Like today, for example. I was tempted to delay this because they are putting the carpet in tomorrow.
Nonetheless, take a look at what they have done this past week.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Be Kind Rewind...
Yesterday, Jenny and I went to the movies for the first time in what seemed like ages. I went to many over the Christmas holidays and I saw one here, one there, but to the best of our knowledge, Blades of Glory was the last movie we saw together in the theatre/theater (whichever it is) with nobody else [We saw The Simpsons movie with a group, so we didn't count that].
Anywho/how/way, considering the fact that we were one of 8 people in the theatre/theater we were pleasantly surprised at our movie of choice, Be Kind Rewind.
It wasn't rated that high by the critics (although yahoo movies rated it a B), but I feel sorry for anybody who basis their movie watching based solely on what the critics say.
I want to avoid as much as possible turning this into a review. But I guess my goal here is to encourage everybody to see that movie. It's clean, creative, the plot is good, acting is good, it's really a solid movie. I'm not a fan of paying so much to see a movie on the big screen but Jenny and I both felt we got our moneys worth.
Really, I guess I just find it odd that there weren't many in the theater with us. It's not like it has been out forever.
But then again, if we all had the same taste then the world would run out of chickens to eat.
Click here to watch the Be Kind Rewind trailer.
Anywho/how/way, considering the fact that we were one of 8 people in the theatre/theater we were pleasantly surprised at our movie of choice, Be Kind Rewind.
It wasn't rated that high by the critics (although yahoo movies rated it a B), but I feel sorry for anybody who basis their movie watching based solely on what the critics say.
I want to avoid as much as possible turning this into a review. But I guess my goal here is to encourage everybody to see that movie. It's clean, creative, the plot is good, acting is good, it's really a solid movie. I'm not a fan of paying so much to see a movie on the big screen but Jenny and I both felt we got our moneys worth.
Really, I guess I just find it odd that there weren't many in the theater with us. It's not like it has been out forever.
But then again, if we all had the same taste then the world would run out of chickens to eat.
Click here to watch the Be Kind Rewind trailer.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
5758 Shasta Pines Way - Week 13
I've been meaning to post this for awhile. Winterfest and bank meetings have thrown me off. Sorry.
They've put the sinks in and a few other misc. necessities. Tile has been put it but the carpet will be the last thing they do.
Time is drawing near!
They've put the sinks in and a few other misc. necessities. Tile has been put it but the carpet will be the last thing they do.
Time is drawing near!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Point Guards are eating utensils...
The short answer...pretty valuable, duh! OK. Blog post over. Back to your regular reading schedule.
Not really.
This is something I've seen a lot of this basketball season on many levels.
One of the kids in the youth group here at Central, and a point guard for Georgia Christian school has a torn ACL and MCL received during one of the games. Since then, needless to say, the team has suffered.
The UNC Tar Heels have now played almost 3 complete games without point guard Ty Lawson. Last nights win vs. Clemson was a steal...trailing nearly the entire game and really only making it to overtime due to a Clemson scoring drought (although I'm sure some of that credit goes to UNC defense). Making matters worse was backup PG Bobby Frasor's season ending knee injury over a month ago.
In the NBA, the poor Chicago Bulls have been without Kirk Henrich (oh, and Ben Gordon and Luol Deng). I don't think I even need to say how difficult (should I use the word entertaining?) it can be to watch a team run it's offense without it's starting starting backcourt plus a forward.
So a question comes up...why is it so hard to replace a point guard? If a star scorer goes down, a team will always find someone else to take the ball to the rack. If you lose a post player that averages 12 rebounds a game then there will be 12 rebounds available for other players (be it on your team or an opponent) to pull down.
But why is a solid point guard so irreplacable? I wish I could say any old bozo can dribble the ball down the court. But I think we know better.
UNC's game against Clemson last night was a nightmare to watch. Without a good point guard, Clemson's full court press was way too much for us. Their pressure caused all kinds of bad passes and novice turnovers that I believe could have been prevented with a solid point player.
I imagine other teams are going to jump on that bandwagon and aggressively attack/pressure Thomas and Ginyard the way Clemson did.
I realize that I still haven't answered the question, Why are point guards so hard to replace? I'm afraid I have no answer. Obviously you can draw comparisons to other sports. From time to time all hear point guards described as quarterbacks. I can' remember which one it was, but I once heard a college football announcer talk about quarterbacks saying "You don't have to have an awesome quarterback to win it all, but you do need to have a good one to win it all."
Point Guards don't necessarily have to be the star of the show. In fact, I personally believe the best point guard aren't the star of the show. The more unselfish, the better. In that way, I imagine point guards are like silver ware, you don't really know how important they are unless you don't have one.
This past Friday Jenny and I enjoyed our weekly Fri. night date. This time we ate at Red Lobster. When eating...have you ever realized how important your silverware is? I mean, if I didn't have silverware I would not have been able to eat my meal at Red Lobster. I would have asked the waiter/tress to bring me some so that I can partake of the fish.
Again, we tend to not think about how important silverware is until we don't have it. Point guards are the spoons and fork of the offense. They don't digest the food, but they help get it there.
It'll be interesting to see how these teams manage without their starting silverware. Injuries will always be a part of the game. You don't want to eat with a flat spoon or a broken fork...but until you get something figured out it's like eating rice with chopsticks.
Not really.
This is something I've seen a lot of this basketball season on many levels.
One of the kids in the youth group here at Central, and a point guard for Georgia Christian school has a torn ACL and MCL received during one of the games. Since then, needless to say, the team has suffered.
The UNC Tar Heels have now played almost 3 complete games without point guard Ty Lawson. Last nights win vs. Clemson was a steal...trailing nearly the entire game and really only making it to overtime due to a Clemson scoring drought (although I'm sure some of that credit goes to UNC defense). Making matters worse was backup PG Bobby Frasor's season ending knee injury over a month ago.
In the NBA, the poor Chicago Bulls have been without Kirk Henrich (oh, and Ben Gordon and Luol Deng). I don't think I even need to say how difficult (should I use the word entertaining?) it can be to watch a team run it's offense without it's starting starting backcourt plus a forward.
So a question comes up...why is it so hard to replace a point guard? If a star scorer goes down, a team will always find someone else to take the ball to the rack. If you lose a post player that averages 12 rebounds a game then there will be 12 rebounds available for other players (be it on your team or an opponent) to pull down.
But why is a solid point guard so irreplacable? I wish I could say any old bozo can dribble the ball down the court. But I think we know better.
UNC's game against Clemson last night was a nightmare to watch. Without a good point guard, Clemson's full court press was way too much for us. Their pressure caused all kinds of bad passes and novice turnovers that I believe could have been prevented with a solid point player.
I imagine other teams are going to jump on that bandwagon and aggressively attack/pressure Thomas and Ginyard the way Clemson did.
I realize that I still haven't answered the question, Why are point guards so hard to replace? I'm afraid I have no answer. Obviously you can draw comparisons to other sports. From time to time all hear point guards described as quarterbacks. I can' remember which one it was, but I once heard a college football announcer talk about quarterbacks saying "You don't have to have an awesome quarterback to win it all, but you do need to have a good one to win it all."
Point Guards don't necessarily have to be the star of the show. In fact, I personally believe the best point guard aren't the star of the show. The more unselfish, the better. In that way, I imagine point guards are like silver ware, you don't really know how important they are unless you don't have one.
This past Friday Jenny and I enjoyed our weekly Fri. night date. This time we ate at Red Lobster. When eating...have you ever realized how important your silverware is? I mean, if I didn't have silverware I would not have been able to eat my meal at Red Lobster. I would have asked the waiter/tress to bring me some so that I can partake of the fish.
Again, we tend to not think about how important silverware is until we don't have it. Point guards are the spoons and fork of the offense. They don't digest the food, but they help get it there.
It'll be interesting to see how these teams manage without their starting silverware. Injuries will always be a part of the game. You don't want to eat with a flat spoon or a broken fork...but until you get something figured out it's like eating rice with chopsticks.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
A non Braves pitcher to root for...
Well...pitchers and catchers have reported to camp already and I can already feel baseball fever in my blood. Once again, I'll be going down to catch some spring training action in March.
Really, for a Braves fan, this will be one of the more boring Spring trainings we've had in awhile. We pretty much know what the roster will look like on opening done. The only thing spring training will determine this year is who gets the 5 spot in the rotation (but nearly every team can say the same thing. The battle for the end of the rotation is probably one of the most overrated baseball topic. Every team does it, fans and bloggers analyze it to death, yet the 5 spot will hardly have an impact on how well the season goes, with the exception of some major breakthrough performance. But enough of that soap box).
I'd also expect the runner up in that battle to also have a bullpen slot. The only other thing to watch is this spring is the battle for backup catcher. Whoever the choice is, once again, probably won't have a huge impact on the season.
So Braves fans will be watching the 5th starter battle (everyteam has those) and the backup catcher battle (boring).
Something (or someone) else I will have my eye on this spring (or...summer) is a name that isn't the most popular name among minor league pitchers, but is someone I've been rooting for since my sophomore year of college.
In 2002, fellow Ooltewah High School 2002 graduate Adam Howard was drafted by the Pirates in the 34th round. Adam turned down the offer to pitch college ball. Two years later, in 2004, the Arizona Diamondbacks drafted him in the 44th round and Adam became a minor league pitcher.
Fast forward three years to last season, 2007. Last season Adam climbed the ladder from Low-A all the way to Triple-A Tucson.
This season I will be rooting hard for Adam. To the best I can figure out, he isn't one of the Diamondbacks non-roster invites. But being at AAA Tucson, he doesn't have far to go (literally!) With injuries to pitchers these days and with a good, solid showing at AAA I'd love to see a fellow classmate on a majorleague mound, pitching for the same team as Webb, Haren, and Randy Johnson.
I faced Adam twice in little league. He struck me out both times but I did manage to make contact once, fouling it to the backstop. After facing him that day, I knew there was something special about Adam's arm. Even at such a young age he was clearly a better/faster/more accurate thrower than anyone around.
Oh, and he quarterbacked our High School football team.
We're rooting for you Adam!
Really, for a Braves fan, this will be one of the more boring Spring trainings we've had in awhile. We pretty much know what the roster will look like on opening done. The only thing spring training will determine this year is who gets the 5 spot in the rotation (but nearly every team can say the same thing. The battle for the end of the rotation is probably one of the most overrated baseball topic. Every team does it, fans and bloggers analyze it to death, yet the 5 spot will hardly have an impact on how well the season goes, with the exception of some major breakthrough performance. But enough of that soap box).
I'd also expect the runner up in that battle to also have a bullpen slot. The only other thing to watch is this spring is the battle for backup catcher. Whoever the choice is, once again, probably won't have a huge impact on the season.
So Braves fans will be watching the 5th starter battle (everyteam has those) and the backup catcher battle (boring).
Something (or someone) else I will have my eye on this spring (or...summer) is a name that isn't the most popular name among minor league pitchers, but is someone I've been rooting for since my sophomore year of college.
In 2002, fellow Ooltewah High School 2002 graduate Adam Howard was drafted by the Pirates in the 34th round. Adam turned down the offer to pitch college ball. Two years later, in 2004, the Arizona Diamondbacks drafted him in the 44th round and Adam became a minor league pitcher.
Fast forward three years to last season, 2007. Last season Adam climbed the ladder from Low-A all the way to Triple-A Tucson.
This season I will be rooting hard for Adam. To the best I can figure out, he isn't one of the Diamondbacks non-roster invites. But being at AAA Tucson, he doesn't have far to go (literally!) With injuries to pitchers these days and with a good, solid showing at AAA I'd love to see a fellow classmate on a majorleague mound, pitching for the same team as Webb, Haren, and Randy Johnson.
I faced Adam twice in little league. He struck me out both times but I did manage to make contact once, fouling it to the backstop. After facing him that day, I knew there was something special about Adam's arm. Even at such a young age he was clearly a better/faster/more accurate thrower than anyone around.
Oh, and he quarterbacked our High School football team.
We're rooting for you Adam!
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