are you surprised?

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_ora_hea_los_of_nat_tee-health-oral-loss-natural-teeth

where's my walker...so i can beat you over the head with it?

monday night i began to think that i was getting old when i chose to not stop a ball going in the net and instead, prevent myself from having my head collide with the goalpost. last year and 2 concussions ago, i would have taken one for the team.

tuesday night i determined that maybe i'm not so old. a player on the opposing team threw an elbow at my head. i was pissed. i didnt' even hesitate when i swept his foot and more or less tackled the guy. needless to say, i was sent off the field for that one but so was he for throwing the elbow.

eventually, i cooled off and went and shook the guy's hand. all good. funny thing about soccer, i'm full of piss an vinegar on the field, but once off it, i'm a pretty passive guy.

i did manage to have our team's only goal tuesday night. sure, i've had a couple of assists dribbling the ball up the field, but last night, the seas parted and the moon was aligned. so i closed my eyes and ripped it as hard as i could. it bent right into the corner. i think i was more surprised than anyone else on the field.

how's that for a technical description?

looking through a whitepaper on emergency communications system interoperability, i came across the following highly technical term:

-the Hoot and Holler system

riiiiight...

sad day

103 boating hours later, it was finally time to pull 'why not' out of the water and put her to bed for the year. it's a sad day but the water is always flat...so despite the 57-61 degree water, we skied anyways.

april 26, 2008 - it's time to get our tow/lean/spray on. be ready.

ham i am

apparently, after having a beer or six, i become quite the ham for a camera. these were all taken after hours during my week of training last week. yes, i'm a dork.