Had a great meet-up/range time with some old friends and made some new.
Shot a couple things that I hadn't before, including an AK47. Nice.
Afterward, a few of us had a quick bite at a diner near the interstate ramp and I zipped home in time for kick-off.
I wish the Colts had won, but it was still a good game. I held out hope til the end, but the Saints just had more heart for it. So congrats, Who Dats, on your big Super Bowl win.
Mardi Gras this year will be the show of all shows.
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, December 05, 2008
Funny Fake
If you live under a rock, you may not be aware that the wide receiver for the New York Giants (Plaxico Burress) went club hopping with a loaded firearm in his pants and topped off his night by accidentally shooting himself in the leg.
Here's a little public service announcement that must have been part of his community service for discharging a firearm in a club inside the city limits:
Here's a little public service announcement that must have been part of his community service for discharging a firearm in a club inside the city limits:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
YEAH!!!
INDIANAPOLIS AWARDED SUPERBOWL XLVI IN 2012!!
The NFL has awarded Super Bowl XLVI to Indianapolis, which will open a new stadium for the Colts this August.
Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis is expected to seat about 73,000 for a Super Bowl. The game is scheduled to be played February 5, 2012 after the 2011 season.
LINKAGE!!
The NFL has awarded Super Bowl XLVI to Indianapolis, which will open a new stadium for the Colts this August.
Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis is expected to seat about 73,000 for a Super Bowl. The game is scheduled to be played February 5, 2012 after the 2011 season.
LINKAGE!!
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
The awesome "home walk".
If you've been a reader here (or anywhere that I post on the forums linked over there on the left), you'll know that I'm a fan of football, basketball, and a couple other things off and on (depending on who's playing).
I'm not really a fan of baseball or softball, even though I used to play.
This video turned up courtesy of sdeig and I had to share it.
It is the most awesome display of sportsmanship and good will that I've witnessed in a very long time. Even if you don't dig the game, please watch the video. You'll see why when you click it.
I'm not really a fan of baseball or softball, even though I used to play.
This video turned up courtesy of sdeig and I had to share it.
It is the most awesome display of sportsmanship and good will that I've witnessed in a very long time. Even if you don't dig the game, please watch the video. You'll see why when you click it.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
March Madness
Well, it all went down yesterday. Coach Sampson was indeed relieved of his position and he agreed to a $750,000 settlement after all. His vacated position will be filled on an interim basis by assistant coach Dakich, which is probably a good thing because any one else would have spurred the players to follow D.J. White in a boycott of further games.
Thanks for nothing Oklahoma.
Blah.
Here's an older clip:
Thanks for nothing Oklahoma.
Blah.
Here's an older clip:
Friday, February 22, 2008
Girly Sports
When I was a kid growing up in a rural area, it was expected that you were in some way connected to the ranching culture. When I say “rural”, I mean sometimes on the way to school our bus would be caught up in the middle of a cattle transfer from lot to lot. There were times that we were an hour late due to having to wait for the cowboys to get the cattle from one pasture to another via crossing the road where we needed to travel.
I don’t think I knew many kids that didn’t ride horses or participate in some sort of event with them. There were parades, 4-H, saddle clubs, and my favorite; rodeos.
People generally associate horsemanship and competition with masculinity, but did you know that barrel racing and pole bending were created as women’s sports and are generally kept that way today?
Pole bending is really fun, but I happen to suck at it. It’s a competition of speed and agility where there are six poles in a straight line about 20 feet apart. The rider and horse duo leave the start line and race in a straight line alongside the poles to the last one. Upon reaching the last one, they curve sharply around it and then weave in and out through all of them heading back toward the start line. When they reach the final pole, they curve around that one and head back through the poles weaving in and out away from the start line again. When they get back to that initial pole they started with, they curve around it and then race back in a straight line along side the poles until they get back to the start line again. If they knock a pole over it’s a five second penalty for each one. This is why I wasn’t good at it. Horrible in fact.
No, that pic isn't me.
Barrel racing is another story. In that type of competition, there are three barrels set up in a triangle with the “top” of the triangle being centered furthest away from you at the start line. You start out as fast as you can and head toward the barrel on your right making an outside turn around it. Then you cut across the middle toward the second barrel as if you were making a figure 8 in the middle between them and circle that barrel. You then head for that “top of the triangle” barrel making an outside turn and then a straight down the middle run towards where you started from. Hitting a barrel is a five second penalty with this sport, too. I didn’t seem to have the same problem with this one though. I ribboned in this competition.
No, that pic isn't me either.
Sometimes I wish we lived in a setting that would allow MiniMe to have a shot at doing stuff like that on a regular basis. And sometimes I’m glad we don’t.
I don’t think I knew many kids that didn’t ride horses or participate in some sort of event with them. There were parades, 4-H, saddle clubs, and my favorite; rodeos.
People generally associate horsemanship and competition with masculinity, but did you know that barrel racing and pole bending were created as women’s sports and are generally kept that way today?
Pole bending is really fun, but I happen to suck at it. It’s a competition of speed and agility where there are six poles in a straight line about 20 feet apart. The rider and horse duo leave the start line and race in a straight line alongside the poles to the last one. Upon reaching the last one, they curve sharply around it and then weave in and out through all of them heading back toward the start line. When they reach the final pole, they curve around that one and head back through the poles weaving in and out away from the start line again. When they get back to that initial pole they started with, they curve around it and then race back in a straight line along side the poles until they get back to the start line again. If they knock a pole over it’s a five second penalty for each one. This is why I wasn’t good at it. Horrible in fact.
No, that pic isn't me.
Barrel racing is another story. In that type of competition, there are three barrels set up in a triangle with the “top” of the triangle being centered furthest away from you at the start line. You start out as fast as you can and head toward the barrel on your right making an outside turn around it. Then you cut across the middle toward the second barrel as if you were making a figure 8 in the middle between them and circle that barrel. You then head for that “top of the triangle” barrel making an outside turn and then a straight down the middle run towards where you started from. Hitting a barrel is a five second penalty with this sport, too. I didn’t seem to have the same problem with this one though. I ribboned in this competition.
No, that pic isn't me either.
Sometimes I wish we lived in a setting that would allow MiniMe to have a shot at doing stuff like that on a regular basis. And sometimes I’m glad we don’t.
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