Back in Warsaw

Well I made it back to Warsaw early this morning from a short excursion to Deutschland. I drove over with my parents to Chemnitz to see all my freunden there. They were all very cheery and Frau, Linda, und Marion all cooked for us on Thursday night. It was scrum-diddly-umptious to say the least. I then played a lot of mafia, hung out, talked, learned German, ate Döner, slept, met a giant mouse at MiniWelt (see below), went to church, fought off tons of girls and then we drove home yesterday. Overall it was a grand old time. Muchas gracias (in no certain order) to Frau, Marion, Courtney, Ed, The Laugks, Pam, Larry, Snickers, Joey, and the Turkish Döner man for cooking for us, making us laugh, letting me sleep on your couch, singing, smiling, barking, pizza, and everything else. Oh and for teaching me "Ich bin nicht schwull." Danke schön!!

Middle Toe, Right Foot

Ok so my toenail isn't completely off right now but it's just a matter of time. I'm hoping that this will help me with the ladies since they'll know that I lost my toenail in Central Europe. I think that makes me sound rather exotic and tougher than your average Oklahoman. I did ok today despite walking all over Old Town with a busted toe. I think I'm ready to try to live in the Amazon rainforrests for 20 days with no supplies.

European Vacation

So I'm pecking this post out from the great city of Warsaw. I just ripped the toenail off the middle toe on my right foot on my parent's bathroom door. I would highly recommend this to everyone (on your own bathroom door, not my parents) if you are looking for some cheap fun. I can't really think of a better way to get this trip off on a better foot (pun intended). On the way to the airport in Dallas, I picked up a hitchhiker named Sharon. It was the second time in my life that I've done this. I think I'll do it again. It's a good way to talk about God to them because they can't really jump out of my car at 78 mph. Also, I got the middle three seats to myself on the flight from Houston to Amsterdam so I had the nicest Trans-Atlantic flight to date. Somehow I just know I won't be so lucky on the return trip. I'm bound to sit by a slightly balding, 265 pound man from Kamchatka who will breathe on me the entire flight. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though.

New Look for Blogadocious

Well I've finally done it! Blogadocious officially has a new look. I guess that's a pretty obvious statement since most likely you are reading this on my blog with the aforementioned new look. If you aren't reading this then I really don't care for you at all anyway so please continue to not read. For those of you reading this, I hope the new look is pleasing to your optic nerves.

Why Should the Fire Die

Ok so it's not really brand new but if you like music you should check out the new Nickel Creek album Why Should the Fire Die. I won't give a review, because I'm not a music critic (actually my throat just hurts and I'm lazy but that's a better excuse) but it's worth a listen. If you are a Nickel Creek fan and for some reason haven't heard it, you can expect it to sound about as different from the second album as the second album did from the first. Onward and upward.....

Frusion

Sad Day In Norman

Well, where do I begin? Actually I'm not going to go into much detail but let's just say that it was a sad day if you're a Sooner fan as we lost to the mighty Horned Frogs of TCU today, 17-10. In Norman, no less. Chuck Long called a great game though. I don't think TCU ever really got a bead on the 4 plays we ran over-and-over. At least not until the middle of the 2nd quarter. I'm also proud the that University was kind enough to raise ticket prices this year so that I could pay more to see such a great game today. Paul Thompson showed what all Sooner fans have been waiting for as well by occasionally getting a pass close to a Sooner receiver. His fumble and interception were nice too. It's a great start to the season. This harkens back to the great season of 1996 as we were able to pull off the same feat. Coincidentally we play Tulsa next week and we also lost to them in 96 also, so maybe we can accomplish that one too.

Hopefully the coaching staff can get things corrected. It's not like I haven't talked about this countless times before, but I'm just sick of Chuck's offense. It's even worse now because he doesn't have Mark Clayton, Mark Bradley, Jason White, et al to make him look good. He really laid an egg today. He never even tried to mix things up and put us in a position to be successful when it was obvious we were struggling. I guess he just figured we would eventually pull it out because our jerseys say "Sooners" on the front. Who knows? In any case, if we don't get something figured out fast, it's going to be a LONG year.... (no pun intended)

Blogger Surviving in New Orleans

The situation in New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast area is just heartbreaking. I cannot imagine the situation these people are facing. May God be will everyone during this time.

Today, while reading this article about a web firm based out of a skyscraper in New Orleans that is fighting desperately to keep things running, I found out about this blog: http://mgno.com/ which is worth a read. This guy is reporting things quickly and has lots of pictures and even some video feeds. Check it out if you get a chance.