so who still blogs?

Reading my old posts as I stumbled across my blog today. A few observations: 1. I like the Tigers a lot. 2. I like the Tigers a lot. 3. Is there a post that doesn't mention the Tigers?

new opportunity

For the first time in my life I will have a job working Monday through Friday, days. Weird but cool.

Starting January 1st, I will join the real world. Suggestions on how to adjust?

I will confide that I am not a morning person. Hopefully the transition is smooth. Coffee will become a close associate.

power play

We did get our power back, 10 days after the outage. Longest 10 days of my life. On the final evening of no power I went downtown for dinner. I had seen some trucks pull into of neighborhood and thought there a was chance we would finally have heat, lights, hot water, cable and the Internet again.

Lo and behold, by the time we got home, power had been restored. Not sure I have ever been so happy.

Things that have happened since:

1. Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP.

2. The Hawkeyes sucked. Lost to Nebraska today to finish 7-5. Losses to Minnesota, Iowa State and Nebraska should, but probably won't, put Kirk Ferentz on the hotseat.

3. The Cowboys have turned the season around. They won their fourth straight on Thanksgiving.

gimme power or gimme death

No one realizes how much they rely on electricity until they lose it, or at least I didn't.

We have been without it since Saturday. I don't really miss TV or Internet. I miss heat. I miss hot showers. Let me correct, I miss showering at my house. I have been doing so at the gym. At least I am getting some use out of that gym membership. But I digress.

Connecticut Light and Power is blaming the everyone, from the government to the weather man, for their incompetence in getting the power restored.

Hello, stop playing the blame game and get my power back on. Before I freeze.

busy, busy, busy

Yes, I am still here.

Since I last posted the Tigers season has ended. They lost last night to the Rangers, who will be heading to their second World Series in as many years. To be fair, in 50 years of the franchise, they have been there twice. So good for them.

Erin's folks are in town this week so it is better that the Tigers aren't playing. Then I would want to watch baseball, and that's not good when you have guests.

So, goodbye baseball season. Hello, to football. Go Hawkeyes and Cowboys. And Lions.

maybe one day left

Tigers got crushed, 10-1, by the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS on Tuesday night. The deciding game of the series is Thursday.

Doug Fister, one of the best pickups of the season, will pitch for the Tigers. While he was lights out during the regular season, he struggled a bit in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium.

I hate losing, but I especially hate losing to the Yankees. Let's hope Fister brings his best stuff Thursday.

GO TIGERS!

tigers suspended

Game 1 against the Yankees has been suspended -- meaning Justin Verlander will pitch only once in the series. Not good. Bad feeling about this series, even though the teams are pretty evenly matched.