October 23, 2009
If the Baseball Writers of America gave me a vote I would not vote for any guy who had been caught or admitted to using steroids.
It seems like we would be keeping out some of the best hitters of all time (A-Rod, Manny and Bonds to name a few), but we really don’t know if they were among the best because they cheated.
I think that by not voting for steroid users voters give an incentive for good players to think twice about using. If they knew that if they got caught there was no chance they would get a HoF vote they might refrain.
Not voting those players in also honors the game and the players who played the right way.
October 21, 2009
TV is to Jack Bauer as Books are to __________.
If you guessed Mitch Rapp you are correct.
My freind Kevin got me started on Vince Flynn’s books about super CIA assassin Mitch Rapp. It is just like reading a novel about Jack Bauer. If you like to read and you like 24 then you will enjoy Flynn’s novels. Start with Transfer of Power.
October 19, 2009
I never thought that I was one of those people who crazy stuff happens to, but lately I have had a few strange experiences. The weirdest happened the other day. I was driving away from my work and stopped at a red light. Out of the corner of my eye I see a woman crossing the street on my left. The next thing I know there is a white VW Bug in the intersection. The bug hits the woman and throws her up into the air. She cartwheels over the hood and lands in the street. Myself and another witness run over to help and the woman was conscious but very stunned. I called 911 and the woman had me check for blood or bones sticking out. fortunately there was none. The paramedics came really quickly and I got to fill out a police report (my first one outside of school).
I don’t know if the woman is OK, but I hope so.
August 20, 2009
We got to go to dinner with our friends Jared and Rachel and their son Colton tonight. Wehad a great time. It was kind of dark but here is a picture of Caleb and colton.
July 5, 2009
For the 4th of July Mandy and I decided to do a 4 mile fun run in Monument CO. It was on the New Santa Fe Trail and it was advertised as being an easy fun run. Mandy has been a runner in the past and played soccer in high school so she doesn’t mind running. I usually hate running, but have decided that it is time to give it a try, especially if I want to do a triathlon in the future.
So we got up early, put Caleb in his jogging stroller and proceeded to run/walk 4 miles. It turned out not to be that bad. I didn’t throw up and I did finish so that was about all I could hope for. We finished in under one hour which was my goal. I am pretty sure that Mandy could have finished faster but she was either pushing Caleb or waiting on me a lot of the time.
Here are some pictures.
mandy said that my number should stand for 4 miles in 44 minutes but I wasn't quite up for that.
Mandy, happy and smiling after the race.
Mandy and I post race. She said that I had to include a picture of my face or my friends wouldn't believe me.
June 23, 2009
We stopped in a gas station in some small town in Wyoming to get gas. I walked up to the counter with a big bag of sunflower seeds and a gatorade. I intended to drink the gatorade and used the empty bottle to spit seed shells into. Instead the lady at the counter asked me if I would like a cup for my seeds. Of course I said yes and I thanked her and told her that that was really good service. She said “Only in Wyoming!”
June 20, 2009
We are in Seeley Lake, Montana for Mandy’s cousin’s wedding. Caleb had his first boat ride. 
June 17, 2009
If you want to see how Colorado is going read Mandy’s blog. Here is the link.
http://web.me.com/mandygibson
I have a baseball post. I was talking to a friend of mine before the move and he told me that he hated the St. Louis Cardinals. I have always liked the Cardinals and rooted for them in most situations. I started thinking about this and realized that there are about 6 or 7 teams that I will root for if I happen to catch them on TV. I am leaving out the Astros and the Rockies since I have some hometown bias for them. Here are the teams I root for in this general order.
Red Sox, Cardinals, Dodgers, Braves, Orioles, Mariners and Tigers. That is really about it.
I also have some teams that I root against for whatever reason. They are:
Mainly the Mets and the White Sox. I also tend to root against the Cubs, not really badly but a little.
All of the other teams are take or leave.
Anyone else have teams outside of their homes that they really like or dislike?
June 3, 2009
A big thanks to my friend Ryan for ruining all other fish tacos from here on out. Mandy and I both thought that homemade fish tacos would be OK but not as good as ones at a restaurant. Boy were we ever wrong. Thanks Ryan.
