Big Apple Bound

Barb and I are headed to NY tomorrow for a long weekend.

We got a great deal on tickets, $120 on United round-trip, and are staying with a good friend of Barb's from college, Betsy, on the Upper-East Side. So we are saving a ton of money....which we'll probably spend on frivilous things like liquor, food, liquor, christmas gifts and liquor.

This is a great weekend to be in NY. All the lights for Christmas are up, the people seem so friendly this time of year too. I would highly recommend this weekend if you are planning a trip.

I think we’re going to try to go to the Today Show Friday morning so look for us if you watch J

We’re going to see Avenue Q. Basically this is a musical that stars “naughty muppets”. Instead of living on Sesame Street, these muppets live on Avenue Q. The all live in the same building, owned and managed by Gary Coleman.

Just to give you a taste of the types of songs they sing…..

If you were gay, that’s be ok
The Internet is for Porn
You can be as loud as the hell you want, when you’re making love.
Everyone’s a little bit racist sometimes

Everyone we’ve talked to who has seen it says it is hysterical. It won best new musical last year at the Tony’s and is now playing at the Wynn in Vegas too.

Check it out below
http://www.avenueq.com



Also, this weekend CU plays Texas in the Big 12 Championship. As disappointed as I am in CU, I am still pulling for an upset. You just never know what team is going to play each week so here’s hoping we can hang with them and possibly win the Big 12. It’s happened before….. never the less, I can’t bare to watch the game. GO Buffs!

Quotes from the ski house this weekend......

By popular demand, I am posting quotes from the ski house from the previous weekend, here are a couple doozies to start off with....

"Everyone wants a whore once in awhile; as long as it's not a mean whore." - Frank

"I don't need to double-click my mouse, I have Matthew" - Jenna

Thanksgiving

This weekend, before gorging myself with turkey and watching the Bronc's squeak out a win in Dallas, I ran the Turkey Trot with Barb and some friends. The race goes once around the outside of Washington Park and then continues around the inner path of the park for 4 miles. This was the first race I have ever run in that I actually got in a zone and just pushed faster and faster each mile. It was a great feeling and I as a rusult, I finished with a PR.

Friday I wasted $100 on 2 tickets to the CU-Nebraska game. Talk about a let down. We have looked fairly good all season and to come in and just get destroyed by a mediocre Nebraska team was disheartening. Our offense was anemic, but that's nothing new. However, our Defence, usually pretty solid, was letting Nebraska and their....wait for it...... West Coast Offense, throw all over us. The upside was that the day was beautiful and we were able to meet up with a bunch of college friends that were in town for the game. And even though we lost, we still somehow managed to win the Big 12 North. Talk about a division of mediocrity! Basically this win means that means we'll get to watch as Texas pummels us and then probably go to the Holiday Bowl and have Oregon pummel us too. Ah, brings back memories of the Fiesta Bowl 4 years ago :)

To top off the game loss, our fans, possibly the worst in the Big 12, took it on themselves to “decorate” the fields with garbage.

Just to give you a little taste of what the game looked like, here is a quote from John Henderson of the Denver Post


‘In 40-plus years of watching college football, I can't recall a 15 1/2-point favorite with so much on the line against a team in such shambles and looking more incompetent, disorganized and flat as Colorado in its 30-3 drubbing by Nebraska on Friday.

The only aspect worse than Colorado's play was two sections of CU students who transformed themselves into a soccer crowd in a banana republic. If you were at Folsom Field dodging the flying rubbish, bottles and sanity, it looked worse on TV. ABC play-by-play man Mike Tirico carved up the offending students, calling them "an embarrassment" and pushing the university to take action.

Then in a surreal scene right out of a war zone, Tirico urged sideline reporter Suzy Shuster to "get outta there" while she reported from a cleared-out section with some tequila-laced student ringing a cowbell.’

Friday after the game we headed up to the Mountain House for the weekend. Our place is great and everyone seems to be getting along so well. The next morning we hit Keystone early to avoid the crazy crowds this weekend. I boarded horribly. The snow was patchy and they have only groomed 2 runs so far, Mozart and Schoolmarm, both of with were jam-packed with Texans flying all over the mountain like a blind monkey driving an eighteen-wheeler down the freeway……yes, it’s worth it to pause and picture that. So avoiding the monkeys was a must and that left runs that besides being patched with icy, snow-pack or dirt, were covered in moguls. Now I am an intermediate boarder and by the end of last year I could handle some moguls, however, after about 7 straight tumbles down the mountain on my third run I was feeling some pain. In one of the numerous tumbles I took, I think I rebruised my ribs. Sucks but at least I got to get up to the mountains this weekend. It was a lot of fun to get my first day in.

Also, just a side note, Barb is an incredible skier. She really zooms down anything so elegantly. If you are ever out here and want someone to ski hard and challenge you, talk to Barb.

The rest of the weekend I sat in a chair, drank a fair amount of liquor and waited for my entire body to stiffen up.

Overall a great Thanksgiving Weekend though.

Where in the World Day 3

Man, this is one that everyone in Denver should have figured out!



Clue for Wednesday's Location:
"The gold flowed here for a second time, after a bust in the Rocky Mountains."

Answer: Innsbruck, Austria

Explanation:

The gold flowed here for a second time.......
-Referring to Olympic Gold, Innsbruck has hosted the Winter Olympics twice,

After a bust in the Rocky Mountains......
-Denver was awarded the Winter Games in 1976, however Denver voters turned down the games due to costs. As a result, Innsbruck was awarded the games for that year.

A few facts about Innsbruck:
-Innsbruck was the host for the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics
-Was also the home of the Van Trapp Family, the inspiration for the Sound of Music
-Downhill skiing was invented in the Alps above Innsbruck



More about Innsbruck, Austria:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041544/

Here are the answers for the first two days and the clue for day three...

Clue for Monday's Location:
"The shuttle can land here in a pinch without turning any heads."

Answer: Easter Island

Explanation:

The shuttle can land here in a pinch.......
-NASA recently spent millions to lengthen the one runway on Easter Island so that in the case of an emergency, the shuttle can land on the island

Without turning heads......
-Refers to the Moai Statues, giant heads with small bodies, that the island is famous for.

A few facts about Easter Island:
-Most remote island in the world that is inhabited. Closest inhabited island is 1500 miles away, Tahiti is 2000 miles away, mainland Chili is 2500 miles away
-All Moai statues were knocked over in battles between different families on the island, resoration of the statues began in 1960.
-The island is 63 square miles and has a population of 3,791, of which 90% live in the capital city, Hanga Roa
-Is techincally part of Chili

More about Easter Island:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041544/



Clue for Tuesday's Location:
"People are still asking me about the one i got in 2002 almost 90 years after this most famous one was built."

Answer: Panama Canal

Explanation:

People are still asking me about the one i got in 2002......
-In 2002 Matt Lauer got a buzz cut because he was loosing his hair; he got a "Short Cut"

Almost 90 years after this most famous one was built......
-The Panama Canal, completed in 1915, is the world's most famous "Short Cut"

A few facts about the Panama Canal:
-Over 25,000 people died making the canal, mainly due to yellow fever.
-The French initially started the canal in the 1890’s and abandoned the project due to cost and loss of life
-The US took up the quest in 1904 and completed the canal in 1914. On January 1, 2000, Panama took over ownership of the canal. Prior to that, the canal was controlled by the US.
-The canal consists of 2 seperate sets of locks that each feed from the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean to Lake Gatun.
-The average price to go through the canal is $60,000 and can run up to $260,000, based on the weight of the ship.

More about Panama:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041544/




Clue for Wednesday's Location:
"The gold flowed here for a second time, after a bust in the Rocky Mountains."

Where in the World is Matt Lauer

I usually watch the Today Show before I leave for work in the morning. Although sometimes annoying, I think the 4 anchors, Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Ann Curry and Al Roker, are entertaining to watch. This is my favorite week to watch as it is "Where in the world is Matt Lauer" Week. This is where Matt Lauer will travel to a secret location everyday for 5 days and broadcast live from that location. At the end of each day, he gives a clue to where he is going next. I love to try and figure out where he is headed. Last Friday he gave the clue and I was actually able to figure it out. For the week, I will give you the clue from the day before and then the next day give you the location he broadcast from. If you want more information or prior locations he has broadcast from, check out the following link........

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/?ta=y

Clue for Monday's Location:

"The shuttle can land here in a pinch without turning any heads." Can you guess it?

Clue for Tuesday's Location:

"People are still asking me about the one i got in 2002 almost 90 years after this most famous one was built."

Follow-through

Sometimes I lack follow-through. Case in point, I have wanted to write in my blog for the last week and have just not done it. No reason why, I just haven't followed through on it. It’s either due to my adult-onset ADD or just the fact that I’m lazy.

Anyway, I’ve lost interest in writing, more later