I Wanna Be Shot...

... by The Sartorialist. I've been following his blog for a while now and love the shots that he takes. People at work or just out and about. His blog is like people watching but instead of a crowded place it's right there in front of you on your 21 inch screen. What I like most about the blog is the sense of style that you're awarded from the various shots of different people.

Hopefully some random day he'll catch me and shoot me. That would be top notch.

Two Winners.

And neither of them are myself or The Wife. [Sigh] As many of you may or may not know, last night was the Mega Millions drawing and with the jackpot being even larger than expected, $380 MILLION, it caught my imagination and fueled my fantasy. And as gambling goes sometimes you win and sometime you… Well you know, and today I sit here not a winner. It just wasn’t in the cards for me, well in this case balls. It wasn’t in the balls for me. [Hmm?] Uhh yeah, you know what I mean.

I guess this will have to wait on me a little longer, along with a few other things I had in mind. I wasn’t gonna go all crazy and buy diamond encrusted toilets or anything but I would like a few (maybe more than a few) nice things. Plus I had plans for investing in my family’s future and projects. Oh well, I guess I’ll go about it the good ol American way and hustle my way to the top. Or die trying.

I’m amazed as to how quickly I jumped aboard this fantasy and I’m sure the same goes for thousands of folks out there everyday. I mean, this was our first time ever playing, we didn’t even know how to play. Yeah I had to look online to see how to pick numbers. But at the end of the day, my health is good, my body works and my mind is right. So, until I catch my “break” I’ll still wake up before the sun and head to the daily grind like the rest of you suckas, complain about rush hour, rest when I can, pinch when I have to, laugh & play as often as possible and enjoy this paradise called life.

Notre Dame -Better Than- Texas

At least that's the case this season and from the looks of things in Austin, it will be a while before Texas reaches the top tier again. I hope the same doesn't go for Notre Dame, I look forward to Brian Kelly and his squad doing big things in the future. As for Texas, they've got some foundation work to do.

By The Numbers:

Notre Dame's (8-5) Schedule featured:

-9 Teams that made it to a bowl game / 4 Losses - 3 Wins & 2 TBD.

-2 Teams with no bowls / Purdue (4-8), Western Michigan (7-6)

-1 Team with NCAA Sanctions, USC (8-5)

Texas' (5-7) Schedule featured:

-7 Teams that made it to a bowl game / 3 Wins - 3 Losses & 1 TBD

-5 Teams with no bowls / Rice (4-8), Wyoming (3-9), UCLA (4-8), Iowa State (5-7), Florida Atlantic (4-8)

The truth is in the numbers, as is the norm Notre Dame had a stronger schedule and after a slow but competitive start they picked up steam in October, fizzled out, then suffered a Quarterback loss when Dayne Crist's season ended with knee injury. Freshman, Tommy Rees stepped in and Notre Dame went  undefeated in November earning them a bowl invitation.

Notre Dame 33 - Miami 17

The Riddick - Shot by: AP-El Paso Times-Mark Lambie

Cierre Wood - Shot by: AP-El Paso Times-Mark Lambie

Michael Floyd - Shot by: AP-El Paso Times-Victor Calzada

Cierre Wood & Robert Hughes - Shot by: Ap-El Paso Times-Ruben R Ramirez

Communication:

It's what I am lacking right now, as I no longer have a functioning device. Sucks for me. 

On My Mind...

Style… Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without style. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art. Bullfighting can be an art. Boxing can be an art. Loving can be an art. Opening a can of sardines can be an art. Not many have style. Not many can keep style. I have seen dogs with more style than men. Although not many dogs have style. Cats have it with abundance. When Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun, that was style. Or sometimes people give you style. Joan of Arc had style. John the Baptist. Christ. Socrates. Caesar. García Lorca. I have met men in jail with style. I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail. Style is a difference, a way of doing, a way of being done. Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water, or you, walking out of the bathroom without seeing me.

-Charles Bukowski

First of the Month.

Happy New Year!