Great Month or Two for Sports

World Cup kicked off back on June 9th and will go until July 9th. Of course it isn't a full month of soccer, it is 64 matches, but come June 27th they will start taking two days off between matches. Just so ya know this is watched world wide by billions of people with millions actually going to the matches.
NBA Playoffs have been going on for what seems like an eternity, but the Finals started back on June 8th, and it looks as though they may go to June 22nd. Small sidebar: I hate the format for the finals 2-3-2 gives the advatage to the "lesser" team in my opinion. If they can win all three of their home games all the momentum is with them heading back to the "greater"teams homecourt.
The US Open started today June 15th with a rough start for many of the top names. As a matter a fact I guess it was rough on the whole field with only Monty finishing under par at -1 (which is good, the lower the number the better the score). Also apparently Tiger is being followed by a few guys so they can blog about what he is doing on every hole.
Tomorrow the College World Series gets underway, unfortunately LSU will not be present, but two of my readers are represented in Omaha. Miami Hurricanes (Dup) & Georgia Bulldogs (BDP) are there so... yeah I'm so happy for you guys and your teams... yeah... whhhoorahh. Okay next topic.
And this one is a sad one, le Tour de France begins July 1st and goes 3657 kilometers or 2271 miles which comes to an end on July 23rd with only 2 rest days. The reason this is sad is because Lance Armstrong won't be racing after winning it with his team for the past 7 years. :'(

Well if you are a sports fan I hope this post got you pumped.
If you like hockey or regular season (post-season as far as that goes) baseball sorry I left you out but...
And Finally if you could care less about sports and have gotten this far in this post thank you for your time and I hope I shed some light on the world of sports for ya! :P

Starting to get there

Tonight I got a washer and dryer from BDP. It has been here in storage since he moved to "That ATL" so today I got a key in the mail to his storage. So Jay and I went and got it, and now here I sit waiting for my first load to get done drying!

See this should be your goal too

See this is the great stuff that comes from actually posting

Way to go Bloggers

See all I had to do was remove them for a day and BAM!!! they blog.
And I was so impressed with what two of them had to say they made it back to my list.

Check out the big brain on Brett.

You one smart audience. Your right it is the World. And Phillip, you didn't look at all of the urls because not all of them are imports/exports. Yes Ty, your Africa is so visible due to their forest loss. These are photos from a very cool site called World Mapper: The World as you've never seen it before.
It is very interesting to check out and see what is important to what people group. For instance, the USA does not import meat products, but we do import: fish, alcohol & cigarettes, and toys. And as far as I can tell the only thing the USA exports are license fees and royalties.

What on Earth are we looking at Chris???

You tell me.

Blogging

Well I do have more to say than I actually do here on my blog. That's actually why I put my deepest thoughts here on my iMac.
And this may be what many of my blogging friends do.
But you are my BLOGGING friends, so for those of you who lack in posting on your blog (no matter how "good" the excuse) I might have removed you from my friends list, this doesn't mean we're not friends, it just means you don't blog.

Purchase of the Week

Mr. Coffee® 2-Quart Iced Tea Maker

Life...

I've been independent for as long as I can remember. Even while I was dependent on my parents for shelter and stuff there was a very independent nature to it.
But over the last few weeks I've been realizing how dependent I have been. Ty and I just moved into an apartment together and while getting ready to move I realized we were bringing nothing to the table. So for the first time ever I created accounts with Cox and Entergy. Okay that was simple enough.
So on to livingroom furniture, that stuff is expensive or ugly/uncomfortable. But wait Jenn has a couch and loveseat that she is about to get rid of for some furniture from her mom. Yes free comfortable furniture. TV (or projector) for the livingroom still needs to be purchased but no big rush on that.
Okay well now it's time to start cooking, but wait no dishes, pots, pans, silverware, spices, knives, spoons, measuring cups, flour, oil, and on and on and on. Just when I think I'm going to save some money by cooking at home I find myself at Bed, Bath & Beyond dropping a hundred dollars a day on stuff.
But it's okay because tonight I was finally able to cook meyself my favorite childhood meal, steak w/rice & gravy, just like I used to make it while living with my parents. Now that is the spot where I do have an advantage, as a wee child my two sisters and I would take turns cooking dinner because our mother worked nights, so I'm an old pro behind the stove.