Thurston Blogging

Rob Parker or Rod Marinelli - Who should be fired first?

Here is the YouTube video of the infamous Rod Marinelli presser, where Detroit News columnist Rob Parker asks if he wishes Marinelli's daughter married a better defensive coordinator.  You can read Parker's follow-up column here, and Rod's rebuttal here.  You decide who is the bigger idiot - the coach on the verge of history, or the reporter who drew fire for the comments.  Only in Detroit.

When, Fanboys, when?

When  Fanboys going to be released into the theatres?  For Pete's sake, this movie has been in the can for nearly two years.  It has a brilliant premise and a home run cast.  Get it, into my local Celebration Cinema.  Now.

The Vacation of Jay - Day 5

Today had all the potential in the world to royally stink.  Ada got buried under a foot of snow, causing me to snowblow twice.  The made me cancel my trip to my grandparents farm with Audrey?  And Audrey?  She got sick, and had to leave day care at 10 AM.  So, luckily I was already home and Sharon was working out of the house today as well.

This illness is a fever and runny nose, in some part brought on by the 4 + new teeth popping out, in addition to the one tooth that has already shown itself.  Since she is sick, we had to cancel our sitter for this evening, and skip a party hosted by some friends across town.  Next year.

I decided to switch phone and Internet providers today.  Comcast currently provides our Internet service and Vonage provides our phone service.  We're moving back to DSL and an unlimited phone package from AT&T.  I will save us over $20 each month, so we'll give it a go.

I did manage to play some more Call of Duty on the XBOX 360 today.  It's a fun way to shoot people and not serve hard time.

Also, many thanks to Dallas Clark for coming through with sixteen fantasy points.  For the second week in a row, he went over 100 yard and caught a touchdown.  Tomorrow, I would like Tony Romo to light up the Baltimore Ravens Defense for 4 + touchdowns, to offset Payton Manning's huge night Thursday.

The Vacation of Jay - Day 4

Day has been very awesome.  Took Aud to daycare, and went back to sleep.  Until 10:00 AM!  For me, that is unheard of.

Afterwards, I took an old television and computer & monitor to Goodwill, and went shopping.  Came back home and played with the dogs, Wrigley and Kennedy, for a while.

For dinner, I treated the family to one of the recipes that is in my wheelhouse - stuffed bell peppers.

Just finished giving the baby a bath, and now it's time to depart to the Black Out Tavern and pour myself a cold beer and watch the Colts-Jaguars game on the NFL Network.  With any luck, Dallas Clark will repeat last Sunday's performance against the Lions.  I have him in the Fantasy Football finals.

The Vacation of Jay - Day 3

Day 3.  Today was great.  I started out by working on an old PC and bringing it back to life.  Had a wonderful lunch - split pea and ham soup that I made yesterday.  I read a little bit of this month's Vanity Fair.

But the highlight of the day was spending the afternoon with Audrey.  She and I went to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum.  Most of the activities were for children  older than Aud, but we still had a great time.  After the museum, she and I went for a cold one at the local Irish Pub - O'Tooles.  I had a beer, and she had an orange juice.  Once we got home, Aud slept on the couch for over an hour.

Here are a few photos from our day at the museum:

  

The Vacation of Jay - Day 2

It's day 2 of the Jaycation.  That word is soon to be copyrighted so don't steal it.So far, it's been a slow morning.  Got Audrey dressed and sent her off to daycare.  I put a blue hair-clip in Aud's hair, which she pulled out as soon as she got to daycare. 

The big news is, I have advanced to the finals in my Fantasy Football Leagues.  I have two very tough match-ups this week.  I'm hoping for a few wins, but I'll report next week on how things went.

Here are the brackets from both leagues:

The Vacation of Jay - Day 1

Today is the first day of my vacation.  Each day, I have decided to chronicle the relaxing and enjoyable time away from the office.  Today's activities included:
* a breakfast of scambled eggs, apple cinnamon pancakes and scrambled eggs
* watched more of Season 1 of Mad Men
* checked my Fantasy Football stats
* listened to Howard Stern
* drove to Lansing to have lunch with my Dad at a Mexican restaurant, where I had a fantastic wet burrito
* went to Sears

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Playoffs

It's here, I'm in and ready to party.  I'm in two leagues, and I've managed to get positioned into the playoffs.  It's been a long and surprising season, and now this is where legends are born.

Here are my two league playoff brackets: