Uncle Curtis

Well, my sister isn't quite so pregnant anymore. I would like to welcome into this world my neice, Alauna Marie. Born 9/12/2007 at 3:48 PM. A healthy 6 pound 14 oz girl.

Buff Ref

Football is back!!
Hooorraaaaayy for football!
No, not that wussie stuff you Europeans call football. That is called SOCCER.

No.. I mean the NFL, Gridiron showdowns, pigskin faceoffs, John Madden, Furbie the sideline reporter, and last but not least BUFF REF!!

There is much hoopla (yes, I just said hoopla) over buff ref. He is referee number 85. You may know him for his involved explenations of each offense including the occasional pantomime of the offending action. You probably know him better for the pythonic biceps he tries to tuck into his zebra stripes. There is much speculation in our little group of football watchers on whether or not he actually sees all the calls he makes, or if he is just looking for an excuse to flex his guns on national TV while giving the face masking signal.

Who is this man that has us all so intrigued? He is Edward G. "Ed" Hochuli. He was born in Wisconsin but graduated high school from Canyon del Oro High School in Tucson, AZ.
He went to college at the University of Texas, then came back to AZ and went to the U of A for his Juris Doctor in 1975. In 1976 he was admitted to the state bar.
Thats right ladies. Not only does he have a 6'1", 215-pound linebacker's body, not only is he a referee for the NFL.. but he is a lawyer. He is a partner in a Phoenix firm specializing in civil law; Jones, Skelton and Hochuli.
Now we know the man behind the muscle. We no longer have to call him "Buff ref." We can use better names like.. Ed.. or the Edinator.. or Ed "gonna sue you for that personal foul , 10 yards repeat the down" Hochuli. Sadly we probably won't get to see him in person. Because of his prominence in the Arizona legal system the NFL tries not to assign him to Cardinals games. Oh well, there is always HDTV.

In my research I found this sports illustrated article on his work out schedule. Man do I feel like a wuss now. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/players/01/10/nfl.workout0116/index.html

Your welcome Eve.

Shoot 'em up

To quote Phil Villarreal of the Arizona Daily Star: "Not one second of the film is anything other than ludicrous, which is exactly why it rocks."

This movie is an action comedy. Not like rush hour where there is some action and some comedy. No.. the action IS the comedy. It is so over the top, so ludicrous, so unbelievable that almost every action sequence had me laughing. Well, actually, this was only if I wasn't cringing at some horrible bit of gore.. like a carrot through a guys head but as soon as I was done cringing I was laughing again. This movie is a ridiculous film that doesn't let things like "premise" or "gravity" get in the way of fun story telling. I know some people will see this and not like the film. This is because they will be fundamentally incapable of accepting the movie for what it is or are just to prude for the standards of our roman-esque society. I guess they could lack that the 12 year old video game violence humor that drives the film, but I doubt it. Those people probably wouldn't be going to see the movie anyway.. unless maybe dragged there by a significant other, in which case the significant other is to blame and not me.

All in all there is no way this movie is 5 star material.. which is exactly why you need to go see it.
Seriously.. the guy gets into a gunfight while having sex, never stops pleasing the lady, then caps it off with a terrible one liner. What a great way to end the summer movie explosion.

Woo.. now it really was my birthday

So it was my birthday.
I turned 27.
I spent the day at school. 12 hours straight on campus. hooray. I skipped out on 2 Diamondbacks games in a row for that damned place (Tues and Wed).
Birthdays stop being fun around 19.

Birthday parties on the other hand start getting better. This last one is definately in the top 10.. maybe even the top 5. Thanks to everyone that came out and played games and ate ice cream and drank beer and played more games and ate lots of food and played more games.
Are you seeing a theme here? It was a party of games. There was Wii action, Guitar Hero 1 and 2 action, Apples to Apples, Zombies, Are you a Wherewolf, skip bo, and some other games I didn't play because I was too busy playing even more games.
I don't know about anyone else but I had a great time, and lets face it. That is all that matters.