On Being Married….

Workout notes Only a swim: 2200 yards: 500 warm up, 500 of drill/swim (fins), 10 x 50 (25 3g, 25 free) on the 1 (55 each), 10 x 50 fist on the 1 (mostly 48-49, a 52 and a couple of 50′s), cool down with paddles.

On being married

I’ve only been married to my wife for 13 years and 11 months. But we’ve been married long enough to have the following type of conversation: Me: “I wonder….” Her: “Yes!”. We have this conversation about 4 times a week, usually in the early evening. No: it has nothing to do with gene propagation.

8 February 2010

Workout notes: I slept in a bit and will only swim…maybe I’ll have time for a short jog (2 miles) first. I didn’t sleep well.

Illinois Politics I admit that I didn’t research the Illinois Lt. Governor candidates (though I knew the other races) and so left that spot on the ballot blank. Well, I wasn’t the only Illinois Democratic voter who didn’t do their home work; we elected a known wife-beater to the position! Fortunately, he resigned and won’t be running in the general election.

And I thought that modern day American parents were too soft on their kids…

Don’t know your abc’s? That’s right….daddy will waterboard you!

Joshua Tabor admitted to police that he used a CIA torture technique on his 4-year-old daughter because he was angry she couldn’t recite the alphabet. (h/t The Political Carnival)

As his daughter ‘squirmed’ to get away, Tabor said he submerged her face three or four times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline.

Tabor, 27, who had won custody of his daughter only four weeks earlier, admitted choosing the punishment because the girl was terrified of water.

New Friday Night Fight….what a knockout!

The left comes at 1:40 into it…it maybe traveled 6 inches..if that.

Joey Hernandez (an excellent fighter) knocked out by Ed Paredes.

Wow! Saints win 31-17.

I sure as heck did not see this coming.

For a bit of Super Bowl fun: Nate Silver said to take the points and the Saints (though he picked the Colts to in straight up) and wrote a good article on the aggressive play calling.

Trivia: I saw the Saints play the Rams this year. In 1989, I saw the 49′ers play the Cowboys, and in 1982, I saw the Redskins play the Buccaneers (note: Doug Williams started for Tampa Bay that day, and went on to quarterback the Redskins to another Super Bowl victory).

So I’ve seen three Super Bowl Champion teams in person.

Key plays: 1. Saints opened the second half (down 10-6) with an onside kick; they got a touchdown. The Colts got it back to go up 17-16 but….then the Saints went up 24-17 after a touchdown and two pointer. But then they intercepted the Colts and ran it back in for the clincher.

The Colts had it at the New Orleans 3 with about 1:30 left in the game (and two time outs) but couldn’t punch it in.