In the immortal words of recently departed Phil Rizzuto: Holy cow!

I am not a big fan of the Rangers. Heck, fan is probably stretching it a bit even... I shouldn't really say that since I know the president of the club; his daughters played soccer with my daughter the last two years. Great guy, awesome wife and really good kids. So I had to post this just because it is huge for such a perpetually underachieving team. Give the Rangers some props! Maybe this will light a fire that will help them get ready for next year. Remember that: There's always next year!

Record rout: Rangers win, 30-3 | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News

A report on Casual Gaming...

This is a great article on casual gaming that gives me a chance to introduce (re-introduce????) our casual gaming affiliation over at BigFish Games. We will also be introducing some casual gaming sites in the near future... All I have to do is convince the casual gamer in the family, ie., the wife, to write some interesting articles and reviews on casual games and gaming. Should be interesting and fun...



DailyTech - Report: Casual Gaming is Most Popular Online Entertainment Activity

A little tech/photography news to start your week...

One of these days, I'll trade in my trusty, if not old, Canon G5 for one of these beauties! The 40D, in particular, looks like a great choice for the prosumer category of enthusiast and this little snippet pretty much seals the deal (ouch):

The EOS 40D will launch in September with a price tag of $1,299 USD or $1,499 USD with the EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom lens. The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III will hit stores in October with a $7,999 USD price tag.

DailyTech - Canon Launches EOS 40D, EOS-1Ds Mark III D-SLRs

Thought this was funny...

I don't know if this is a real ad, but it's funny...

Mixed emotions...

Last weekend was full of mixed emotions... My daughter's team lost on Friday night, pretty much negating the rest of the weekend as we did not advance. Some of the teams that did, certainly deserved it, but are not "better" than my daughter's team. Sometimes it's not enough to be good; you have to be a little lucky.

After the loss, the next great debate was what secondary league to play in with the choices being Plano Premier League and Arlington Premier League. It was apparent from the seedings of the LHGCL qualifier that the Plano league teams got preferential seedings over the Arlington league teams, although it was interesting that two-thirds of the Arlington teams that tried, made LHGCL. Our initial plans were to play in Arlington, but because of this and the fact that all the other teams that failed to qualify are playing in Plano, the decision was made to play there. This should offer us the best competition, outside of LHGCL, and the opportunity to gel and get better. Our goal is still to play in LHGCL; we will just have to put that off for a year... Everything happens for a reason. I have to keep telling myself that! :D

As usual, GL&HF!

Go Sting!

This kid is sick...

This kid was signed by Manchester United to their academy... he is 9 years old!

Another big test... (Updated)

Update alert #2! The game has been rescheduled for tonight. Wish us well!

Update alert #1! Postponed due to weather! arrrggghhhh...


Today is the day of another big test for the girls of Sting West 94...

We play the make-up game, this evening, for the one that was canceled Sunday evening and it's against the team that is leading the bracket. We have to win to advance to the second round; there are other scenarios but winning is really the only option. Even then, there are no guarantees because we could end up in a tie for the bracket lead, but lose out on a tie-breaker in the bracket and points to another second place team. The girls are ready and the parents are excited, we just have to see what happens...

Wish us well!

GL&HF

Go Sting!