Holy crap, the NFL rookie contract situation is out of control. Sam Bradford, this year’s top draft pick, just inked a six-year, $78-million deal with the St. Louis Rams. The QB out of Oklahoma will receive $50 million in guaranteed money — which means he’ll bank at least that much even if he sucks, gets [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Brookfield Zoo euthanized Leah the Bald Eagle today due to complications from respiratory issues. Leah had been at the zoo for more than three decades after having been found in Minnesota with an eye injury. Bummer… it’s always sad to hear about animals dying in captivity like this. I’m not sure what the typical lifespan [...]
I thinking about perhaps homeschooling my son next year instead of sending him to second grade at the public school. He’s behind in a couple of content areas (particularly reading and writing), and I want to take care of that before he lags even more. I think the best way to do this is to [...]
My son Alex has been begging us for a guitar and lessons ever the beginning of the year. This all started because of Guitar Hero 3 on Xbox, which he began playing during last summer vacation, and eventually became hooked on. Alex actually does pretty well on the game — not on Expert Level (or [...]
I didn’t think I’d be able to see Inception this weekend, but a couple people had to cancel on a lunch I was planning to attend, so that freed up my schedule a bit. I caught a matinee showing this afternoon and was blown away by the film!! Usually I am wary about movies that [...]
I am usually not a fan of Angelina Jolie’s films, but I have to admit that Salt looks pretty damn good! I definitely want to see it in theaters. I’m not sure when that will happen, though. I still have to see Inception, too, which I thought I was gonna do this weekend — until [...]
Like most families, we love taking photos of not only vacations and special events, but also of daily life. The problem is that we seldom get everyone in the photos because there always needs to be at least one person behind the lens. Sometimes when we’re out and about, we can ask a passerby to [...]