Slap me some skin... happy NH5D everybody
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Awesomeness!
Having a beer with the lady and waiting for a Friday fish fry... but check out the mood setter... old dude rockin the keyboard... love it!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Getting Antsy!
I keep looking at my PJ20 sticker and wondering about the PJ festival this summer... just wish they'd make the announcement of where and when already!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Ready... Set... Vegas
Tickets in hand... only an hour and a half left of work for the day... then flying out to Vegas on Sunday for #EXHIBITOR2011!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I'm back.....
We'll see you soon!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
An Apology... Sort Of
My last post got some great klout and gained speed at an incredible rate. I said what I said, and for the most part I'm sticking behind my words. What I will retract is that I called Rodgers an "ass." As human beings we are always being judged by others and the good that we do is overlooked at a higher rate than our errors. This was a bad judgement call on Rodgers' part which was elevated to the level that it was mainly because it was caught on tape. If there's no video of him blowing by this lady, this isn't a story in the first place.
I got most of my information from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, and he too posted an apology. Here's what he had to say:
"Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared today on The Dan Patrick Show. During the interview, Rodgers addressed the video that appeared over the weekend on WBAY-TV in Green Bay, with Rodgers walking past Packers fan and cancer survivor Jan Cavanaugh as she sought an autograph.
"I've met Jan on previous occasions," Rodgers said. "As the video shows, I didn't see her..I didn't sign for her. It turned into something I didn't really expect."
Thee now-yanked story shows a terminal at Austin Straubel Airport containing a group of Packers fans, seeing the Packers off to Atlanta on Friday of last week. In the video, Cavanaugh explains that she has a pink hat that she hopes Rodgers will sign it. And the very next image shows Rodgers strolling by with buds in his ears and the "force field" demeanor that we often see from celebrities who are being pursued by paparazzi.
When I saw the video for the first time, I cringed. Many of you did the same. But then I did what we bloggers (or whatever we are) all too often do - I fired off a rebuke of Rodgers without considering anything else about the other things he has done, both publicly and privately, over the years.
Gregg Doyel of CBS has provided an excellent look at Rodgers' good deeds, including his work for Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer. You should read Gregg's article. It's an eye opener. And I commend Rodgers for his efforts. In many respects, he has shown his appreciation of and concern for the citizens of Green Bay and Wisconsin. If Packers fans hadn't previously embraced him like they'd embraced Brett Favre, their reaction to the criticism of Rodgers from me and others shows that they now have.
I apologize to Rodgers for painting him with an unjustifiably broad brush based on a very brief slice of his life. It was wrong to jump to conclusions about whether he treats fans properly, and whether he understands the connection between the fans who support him and the money he makes. Though some have argued that true character is revealed in those fleeting moments, the whole truth about a man falls somewhere between his best days and his worst days. For Rodgers, there's no reason to believe that the truth isn't a lot closer to the best than the worst.
I apologize to Packers fans for distracting you from the afterglow of a game that has ushered in a new golden age of Green Bay football. With a stirring win over the top-seeded Falcons and a historic postseason contest against the Bears on the horizon, you shouldn't have had to worry about an opinion that I delivered too quickly, too strongly, and too stubbornly. I allowed emotions based on my own experiences to overcome reason, and I hope in the future to be able to take a step back before sharing the full thrust of my initial reaction on these pages, especially when the reaction is fueled by emotion based on my own experiences.
I also apologize to Jan Cavanaugh. As Armando Salguero explained it earlier today during my weekly visit with WFTL in South Florida, I tried to rescue a damsel in distress before determining whether she wanted to be rescued. (Actually, that's sort of how I met my wife.) I should have realized that this would bring attention she doesn't want or need, and I would have if I hadn't shared the full thrust of my initial reaction without thinking it through or looking into the good things Rodgers has done.
No one with PFT or NBC has asked me to apologize, and no one has forced me to apologize. (We continue to have full editorial control over the content of the site, and NBC has honored that commitment since day one of our partnership.) I've had two nights to sleep on it and plenty of other time to think about it. Once my anger at being wrongfully accused of running a payola scheme subsided and my Italian nature to never give in wore off, I realized that I felt bad. And I realized that I'd only feel better if I apologized.
Hopefully, we've all learned something from this experience. I know I have. And rather than listing, as I ordinarily would, all the other lessons that I think everyone else involved in this situation should learn, I'll shut up and move on and let folks come to their own conclusions about what they may do differently."
So there's my apology. I'll refer back to my original post and say that if I were a Packer fan, or if he were a member of the Vikings, I would love Aaron Rodgers. I'm not, and he isn't. Sorry. I hope we all can learn from this experience, especially Rodgers who has to learn that his life as a superstar will be lived in the lime-light.
I got most of my information from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, and he too posted an apology. Here's what he had to say:
"Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared today on The Dan Patrick Show. During the interview, Rodgers addressed the video that appeared over the weekend on WBAY-TV in Green Bay, with Rodgers walking past Packers fan and cancer survivor Jan Cavanaugh as she sought an autograph.
"I've met Jan on previous occasions," Rodgers said. "As the video shows, I didn't see her..I didn't sign for her. It turned into something I didn't really expect."
Thee now-yanked story shows a terminal at Austin Straubel Airport containing a group of Packers fans, seeing the Packers off to Atlanta on Friday of last week. In the video, Cavanaugh explains that she has a pink hat that she hopes Rodgers will sign it. And the very next image shows Rodgers strolling by with buds in his ears and the "force field" demeanor that we often see from celebrities who are being pursued by paparazzi.
When I saw the video for the first time, I cringed. Many of you did the same. But then I did what we bloggers (or whatever we are) all too often do - I fired off a rebuke of Rodgers without considering anything else about the other things he has done, both publicly and privately, over the years.
Gregg Doyel of CBS has provided an excellent look at Rodgers' good deeds, including his work for Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer. You should read Gregg's article. It's an eye opener. And I commend Rodgers for his efforts. In many respects, he has shown his appreciation of and concern for the citizens of Green Bay and Wisconsin. If Packers fans hadn't previously embraced him like they'd embraced Brett Favre, their reaction to the criticism of Rodgers from me and others shows that they now have.
I apologize to Rodgers for painting him with an unjustifiably broad brush based on a very brief slice of his life. It was wrong to jump to conclusions about whether he treats fans properly, and whether he understands the connection between the fans who support him and the money he makes. Though some have argued that true character is revealed in those fleeting moments, the whole truth about a man falls somewhere between his best days and his worst days. For Rodgers, there's no reason to believe that the truth isn't a lot closer to the best than the worst.
I apologize to Packers fans for distracting you from the afterglow of a game that has ushered in a new golden age of Green Bay football. With a stirring win over the top-seeded Falcons and a historic postseason contest against the Bears on the horizon, you shouldn't have had to worry about an opinion that I delivered too quickly, too strongly, and too stubbornly. I allowed emotions based on my own experiences to overcome reason, and I hope in the future to be able to take a step back before sharing the full thrust of my initial reaction on these pages, especially when the reaction is fueled by emotion based on my own experiences.
I also apologize to Jan Cavanaugh. As Armando Salguero explained it earlier today during my weekly visit with WFTL in South Florida, I tried to rescue a damsel in distress before determining whether she wanted to be rescued. (Actually, that's sort of how I met my wife.) I should have realized that this would bring attention she doesn't want or need, and I would have if I hadn't shared the full thrust of my initial reaction without thinking it through or looking into the good things Rodgers has done.
No one with PFT or NBC has asked me to apologize, and no one has forced me to apologize. (We continue to have full editorial control over the content of the site, and NBC has honored that commitment since day one of our partnership.) I've had two nights to sleep on it and plenty of other time to think about it. Once my anger at being wrongfully accused of running a payola scheme subsided and my Italian nature to never give in wore off, I realized that I felt bad. And I realized that I'd only feel better if I apologized.
Hopefully, we've all learned something from this experience. I know I have. And rather than listing, as I ordinarily would, all the other lessons that I think everyone else involved in this situation should learn, I'll shut up and move on and let folks come to their own conclusions about what they may do differently."
So there's my apology. I'll refer back to my original post and say that if I were a Packer fan, or if he were a member of the Vikings, I would love Aaron Rodgers. I'm not, and he isn't. Sorry. I hope we all can learn from this experience, especially Rodgers who has to learn that his life as a superstar will be lived in the lime-light.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Aaron Rodgers: Rude Dude
It's no secret that I'm a huge Vikings fan. I was born and raised in Minnesota and without fail, I bleed purple and gold. That's why this was one tough weekend of football to watch for me. Packers won yesterday and then earlier today the Bears won as well.
But back to the title of this post. Aaron Rodgers is an ass. Now, some of this disdain comes from the fact that I can't stand the Packers. Some comes from jealousy. He's really good and if he wore purple I'd be his number one fan. The main reason for this post, though, is because A-Rodg pulled the "I'm too good for you" card and played it at the worst time. Packer nation will have nothing of this, but it's true. Rodgers is NOT that humble.
Jan Cavanaugh, a cancer patient who is a huge Packer fan, was looking for an autograph at the airport where the Pack were... and "Mr. Humble" wouldn't even give her the time of day. That's just rude. If you're a star in a league that acknowledges and pushes for a cure of breast cancer (you know that entire month where pink infiltrates every NFL stadium) the least you can do is stop and sign a damn autograph for a lady who has no hair and is wearing pink from head to toe. To drive home the point even further, Rodgers and ALL the Packers KNEW Ms. Cavanaugh was going to be there. The stewardess on their plane informed them upon their arrival that she was, and had been, waiting for them to land.
WBAY is Green Bay had the story and realized after posting the video to their website that it probably wasn't a fantastic idea to show the "face" of the Packers acting the role of a fool. Soon they took down the video, but thanks to YouTube everybody can still see Rodgers being an ass.
**Side note** Clay Matthews stopped and acted like a true star (and human being) and signed an autograph for Jan.
But back to the title of this post. Aaron Rodgers is an ass. Now, some of this disdain comes from the fact that I can't stand the Packers. Some comes from jealousy. He's really good and if he wore purple I'd be his number one fan. The main reason for this post, though, is because A-Rodg pulled the "I'm too good for you" card and played it at the worst time. Packer nation will have nothing of this, but it's true. Rodgers is NOT that humble.
Jan Cavanaugh, a cancer patient who is a huge Packer fan, was looking for an autograph at the airport where the Pack were... and "Mr. Humble" wouldn't even give her the time of day. That's just rude. If you're a star in a league that acknowledges and pushes for a cure of breast cancer (you know that entire month where pink infiltrates every NFL stadium) the least you can do is stop and sign a damn autograph for a lady who has no hair and is wearing pink from head to toe. To drive home the point even further, Rodgers and ALL the Packers KNEW Ms. Cavanaugh was going to be there. The stewardess on their plane informed them upon their arrival that she was, and had been, waiting for them to land.
WBAY is Green Bay had the story and realized after posting the video to their website that it probably wasn't a fantastic idea to show the "face" of the Packers acting the role of a fool. Soon they took down the video, but thanks to YouTube everybody can still see Rodgers being an ass.
**Side note** Clay Matthews stopped and acted like a true star (and human being) and signed an autograph for Jan.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
British humor FINALLY gets funny
Sorry for the absence, been busy as of late with the house renovation and wedding planning.
But it was easy today to devote a bit of time to share this little nugget of pure gold. We all know that the Brits are famously known for horrible food and even worse teeth. What they're not usually famous for is their comedy. Until now. Nothing funnier in this world than talking animals, and the boys from the UK have delivered. Watch and enjoy!
But it was easy today to devote a bit of time to share this little nugget of pure gold. We all know that the Brits are famously known for horrible food and even worse teeth. What they're not usually famous for is their comedy. Until now. Nothing funnier in this world than talking animals, and the boys from the UK have delivered. Watch and enjoy!
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