V - B - S

Well Vacation Bible School is over for this year and it was pretty awesome. The theme was "Jerusalem Market Place" and it was different from previous years because the kids weren't divided up by age rather all the children were put together in a giant pool and were drafted (much like a fantasy draft) into a tribe. Each tribe had kids of all ages except I think the teens kind of lost interest a little bit, but I'm sure they'll tweak it a little for next year. The crafts were different too. Instead of doing just one type of craft every night the tribe could choose whether it wanted to do pottery or carpentry stuff or basket weaving and the snacks were like fruit and cookies. Sophie and I both helped and we thought it was very well done and the kids really liked it and learned a little about Jesus, which is the most important thing.

Fantasy Update

Well the old team is starting to click. I went from 8th to 5th so far and I am within a point of 4th. Look out the Ninja Frogs are coming. Oh and Stevie is begging me now to help him with his other fantasy teams. Not because of how awesome I am, but because he is having trouble getting at them from the desert. I could have told him that, sand is a terrible modem. Don't worry brother, I'm working on a deal for Hanley Ramirez Ha Ha Ha (evil laugh).

What am I going to Spend my Stimulus Money on...

TAXES!!! That's right the old extra money from the gov't will be here just in time to pay for local taxes. YEAH!!! So I guess my stimulus money from the federal gov't will help stimulate the local gov't. It is like stealing from the rich, giving to the poor and then stealing back off the poor to give to the government. Yeah, democracy. I guess this is kind of like trickle down economics. . . and then trickle back up. Darn it a preposition, how's that get in there. Oh well at least Mom got to spend her money on a new computer. I will try and fix the old one, thanks to some tips from Stevie. It is definitely a good idea that she got herself a new computer though. She must have got one because I tried to call her and it just rang and rang and rang....

Another Fantasy Update

I pretty well bottomed out in eighth place and now it is time to start my long climb back to first. I'm up to seventh and I picked up Billy Wagner, so hopefully I can start closing the saves gap. Although Stevie's team can't blow a save. Kerry Wood comes in and ends up getting a win, and now he picks up Lohse from St. Louis. I was really considering picking him up, but not now. Well look out people here come the Ninja Frogs!

Random Thought #3

People say, 'You end too many sentences with prepositions."
I said, "What are you talking about?"

Our new Addictions

Well Sophie is addicted to the show "John and Kate plus Eight" on TLC. It follows the life of a family of sextuplets who also have twins. Anyway I can tell she is obsessed because she even set a reminder for a new episode tonight. That is why I am not fully taking advantage of my new addiction playing PS3 online. Well the blog entries will probably be a little less free flowing here for about 2 months, I'm guessing. Oh and by the way Mom, get ready to watch the show when Sophie, me and the kids come out.

T-Ball season Ends

Sampson's final game was last Thursday's double header. His game Saturday was rained out and he said good. I guess it was a long season for him, I think we ended up having more games than practice, but he really did seem to get better each game. He was really cracking the ball there at the end of the season. I think he had fun, I know it was fun for me to watch.

Fantasy DL update II

Did I mention Albert Pujols landed on the DL. Oh yeah. Figgans is finally back and hopefully Diasuke will be back by the weekend. Well as much as I can root for a Red Sox player. Mark Reynolds is batting a svelt 0.222 with a homerun, 5 rbi's, and 4 runs. Not terrible, but I'm going to need a little more Mark. thanks.

Hillary Quits and so does Barack

Well Hillary dropped out of the Democrat race on 6/7/8. I wonder if we should take that as a sign. Also Obama quit, no not the presidential race he just quit his church in Chicago. Now he'll have to find a new church, to you know, not go to on Sunday and then not listen to the pastor.

Fantasy DL update

Well Jerry Hairston Jr. managed to break his finger last night, and I'm guessing it was about the time I was making the post about the people going on the DL. So I had to drop him and pick up Mark Reynolds who is ranked 37 right now. It seems like whenever I pick someone up after they are doing decent they begin laying a series of eggs. So now we can watch Mark Reynolds' demise together. If this trend continues I will load up my roster with as many Yankee$ and Red $ox as I can.

Fantasy Disabled List

In the last 2 weeks, 3 of my 'better' players have ended up on the Disabled List. That is after 2 of the crappier players I had were on the DL. So I lost my best pitcher for at least two weeks and Figgins is back on the DL, but he is supposed to start a rehab assignment today, and Carlos Pena broke his finger. Next some body's arm will fall of or something, and to top everything off the people I have left are turning the fantasy season into a nightmare. I went from 3rd to either 5th or 6th, but these guys can't even stop the bleeding right now. Stevie is finally in first and I guess that is OK since he left for Iraq yesterday. He is going to camp "cupcake", but it doesn't look like much of a cupcake to me. Be careful bro.

sandstorm at camp "cupcake"

Peach gets sick

Peach has some type of viral throat infection. Sophie had to take her to the doctor's because she had a fever of about 102°. So if you get a chance, pray for her please. Thanks.

Worm Inflation

Well even worm prices are getting ridiculous. Yesterday for the fishing derby we got 2 dozen worms at the bargain price of $2.09 . . . per dozen. That's right we spent about $4.48 (after tax, that's right there is tax on worms) for worms. Where will the madness end. People are worried about $4/gallon gas, but $2.09 for worms! This worm inflation may be the straw that breaks the camel's proverbial back. I mean come on congress, we need some legislation, now. Hurry right your congressmen today. Tell 'em we won't stand for these prices and they need to step in and subsidize the worm market for goodness sake. This could be the wedge issue that decides where the candidates take their final stand. It's clear and simple people, cheaper worms or high priced ones, who you gonna vote for. And don't fall for that fuel surcharge B.S. either, worms already run on bio fuel.

Covered In Fish Poop, but I still had fun

Yesterday was the parent child fishing derby that my church puts on the Sunday before Father's Day. I fished with Sampson and Peach and I gotta admit when I was fishing with Peach she was carrying the team. Sampson also got to fish with Uncle Bo who caught the largest fish of the tournament. Sampson had the smallest, but we had to leave and someone else caught an even smaller fish. You get to fish 15 minutes and there are awards for Largest, Smallest and Most Inches. The first group caught 27 between the parent and child. I think we caught 11 or so, but the first group really has an advantage in this category because the fish are so hungry. The dad in the first group broke his line and just start casting the line out without the rod and I think he caught about 7 or 8 that way. So while the other groups are fishing I try and help. I'll take the fish off the hook and measure it and then is when one of 'em got me. I guess I squeezed him a little too hard and some poop came out. Or at least some type of fish waste. It just happened that the child that was fishing right then was a girl so the next one she caught I tried to spray her with the fish "waste". That'll teach 'em to try and catch more fish than me and Sampson. Anyway Sampson and Uncle Bo get their pictures taken next week at church. The fishing derby is definitely my favorite event that the church puts on.

Kirk_Helfen makes Debut

Well with DSL I'm am able to play PS3 online. See that is why I didn't fight Sophie when she wanted to get DSL. Anyway this will be the summer of Resistance and if anyone wants to battle just look me up under Kirk_Helfen I am part of the 'Last Spartans' Clan. I was part of another clan before, but they gave me the boot.

MMA over the weekend

Well MMA or Mixed Martial Arts for some of you, made its debut over the weekend on network TV. If you missed you are really lucky, because maybe just maybe you still have a chance to like MMA. They had the fights on CBS on Saturday night and it was an eliteXC card. As far as MMA goes eliteXC is like a regional NASCAR series if there was nothing else on, sure you would watch but it is nothing like the Sprint Cup (UFC) or even Nationwide/Busch (WEC). And the last thing that would happen is someone would televise it on network TV. I thought the fights were terrible especially compared to the live WEC event that was held on Sunday Night. Sophie's brothers Hans and Ricco came up and watched the fights on Sunday and they were some of the best I had seen. I have been following MMA for about the last 4 months and can't get enough. Enough good fights that is, I could definitely do without the crapfest that was CBS's poor attempt at displaying the sport. Here was a sport that was right on the verge of blowing up and now it is set back a couple of years. If CBS likes the ratings they could have another fight night, but they really have some work to do. First you introduce the fighters ONCE, not twice, there is no need all this does is waste time. Two, schedule the fights so that there is more than a minute of action in the first 40 minutes of the show. Two B) if the show is going to have such a small amount of fighting have the show end when it is scheduled. I don't want to see some crappy dancers and I don't need Frank Shamrock showing me different holds, people will pick it up as you go, I did. You don't explain the rules of football before every game. Three, actually schedule some MMA fighters to be on the show. The main event looked terrible and I thought Kimbo tapped too. It really did look like they wouldn't let Kimbo lose and maybe he is getting better, but right know it looks like he would get beat by legit welter weights. I would like to see Carlos Condit fight him. I would also like to see Condit fight Georges St. Pierre. Four, Let 'em fight. The guy gets an accidental thumb in the eye and they stop the fight. This was turning out to be a legit MMA fight and the doctor comes in and stops it?!? Give the guy a minute, let him shake it off and if he says he can go, let him fight. That is what happened in the first WEC fight on Sunday. Then two of the best fights I've seen back to back to end the show. Two title fights and if you ever get the chance to see the reply of the Torres - Maeda fight you gotta watch it, I get goose bumps just thinking about it. They were trading kicks and punches and then it went to the ground and at one point both fighters had each other in an ankle lock at the same time. And the crowd was yelling and applauding both fighters when they would get back up. The fight finally ended after Torres swelled Maeda's eye shut and the ref had to step in, but in a true show of class Maeda lifted up Torres' arm after the fight. Then the headline fight of Pulver vs. Faber. I have never seen Faber have to go past the second round before he either knocked his opponent out or made 'em submit, and Pulver had never been beaten in the Feather weight class. Well it went all 5 rounds and came down to a decision, but it was still a great fight because of the back and forth. Faber did enough to win every round, but every time he tried to take Pulver down Jens just through him off or stood back up to neutral. Pulver just never took to fight to Uriah and I think that is ultimately what cost him. It seemed like he was just trying to react and counter punch, but I thought if Pulver would have been more aggressive and maybe tried to take Faber down that he could have won. Either way it was still pretty great. I can't wait 'til August 3rd to see the next live fight on WEC, as for CBS . . . I can wait.