Weekend Wrap

Making lists is a lazy way to blog, but it is better than not blogging at all (well maybe...). So here we go, the Weekend 10!

10. I lost my world record this weekend which sucked. In 2003, my Dad and I attended the Basketbowl between Kentucky and Michigan State. 78,127 of our closest friends also showed up setting the world record for attendance for a basketball game. The NBA All Star game on Sunday this weekend in the new Cowboys stadium blew past that record.

9. Speaking of Kentucky basketball, the ESPN Gameday Crew was a Rupp Arena on Saturday at 11AM. Digger Phelps was in the house and one of my buddies got his picture taken with Digger. Seeing a UK fan chumming it up with Digger Phelps probably has Coach Rupp, Cawood, Mr. Wildcat, and my Grandad rolling in their graves. Regardless, it was awesome to show the world UK has the best fan base, as we filled Rupp at 11AM for the gameday show then rocked Rupp for the game at 9PM with another 24K. The Cats have a great shot at the Final 4, and since it is in Indy, I've already got my tickets! Here's hoping they get there!

8. And back to the NBA All Star Game for a moment.... I always get my hopes up and then they never play defense (well until the 4th quarter... and only sometimes then). I wish they'd pay the winners 250K each so we'd get some more effort.

7. I feel bad for NASCAR. Their Super Bowl suffered through two ridiculously long red flags and then what felt like 20 cautions in the last 15 laps (one of which rendered moot a sweet pass by Kevin Harvick). Little E got me out of my seat with his 10th to 2nd in a lap move, and the end was pretty exciting, but 6 1/2 hours to finish the damn thing? Ugh.

6. I ate waaaay too much chocolate. My wife and I stopped at the Golden Turtle Chocolate Factory and I went crazy. An almond cluster, a cashew cluster, a peanut butter cup, a double dipped pretzel, and a Texas Tortoise later and I have officially OD'ed on chocolate. Yum.

5. While watching the UK-UT game at my sister's boyfriend's house, I had a lovely conversation with a Cincinnati Bearcat fan. After he said he wanted UK to lose I asked him if he remembered where he was the day Kenyon Martin broke his leg. He might still be crying.

4. My wife and I had dinner with my sister and her boyfriend at Chi-nnati's a Chicago Style pizza place in Cincy. I was too hungry to wait the 40 minutes for the deep dish, but the thin crust onion, pepperoni, mushroom, and jalapeno pizza I ordered was fantastic.

3. Was also fun to see my sister and tour her boyfriend's house. I found out that despite my sister's claims to the contrary, she can't keep up with Left Eye during the rap part of Waterfalls either.

2. Driving around the mall on Saturday was hellacious. Everyone was out since the road were finally cleared. But after multiple trips to Bed Bath and Beyond we got the shelving we needed to start work on the hardware display upstairs. Our running pictures/medals/trophies look pretty cool up in the loft. And speaking of hardware..

1. The Wife and I grabbed second place in the Married Couple Division at a Valentine's Day Race 2 Miler. I love that my wife enjoys running and it was fun lighting up suckers, knocking out chumps, smoking fools, and talking noise about it with her.