Sweet seats

Over Easter weekend we were down in San Diego visiting Kirsten's parents and friends. We had the chance to go to the Padre's game in the dug out seats!

This is a photo of the golden glove award, which they were giving to Padre player that night.

Back at it, Beast sighting!

Well, it's been a couple months since I posted here. Got out of the groove I guess, busy with other things so the blog slipped...

But then I spotted this beast the other day, and it all came back. Purpose restored, faith refreshed, goals set.

Sure a '96 Viper doesn't carry the same cache it did back in it's prime, but this machine is still pure grit and muscle. V12 engine up front, no door handles in back. The rocker warning labels say extra preventive maintenance is required if consistent race track use. Serious Nasty!

Chargers vs Colts

Plenty of football this holiday season. This was the only pro game I went to, but it sure was a good one. Playoff game with San Diego at home vs. the Colts. Went into overtime, with a touchdown run right into the end zone in front of our seats! Alas, no jumping high fives from Scroles.

Rose Bowl 2009

I started this blog with the 2008 Rose Bowl, so I had to make sure and get a couple snaps from this years game for the blog.

We sat on the other end of the bowl this year, but pretty much every seat in the house is decent views.

We were at the VERY top row, but we had the wall behind us to lean on, and no knees in our back, so a solid trade off.

The game of course rocked, and USC looked solid as ever.

Went with Kirsten, but saw a couple other TKE's and friends at the game. Overall good times.

Poinsettia Bowl 2008

This is a snap from Peters seats. 45 yard line. Not to shabby, but see below why I settled for seats farther back.






TCU vs Boise St. with TCU squeaking out a win in the last two min.

We also had some tix for the Qualcomm box suite, so caught most the game up there. It was help yourself to the fridge.

Off the sidelines!

Well with all the turmoil were are hearing about in the markets, it may seem like a bad time to dabble in speculating. It probably is...
But, cash is king right now, and so with that, I opened a brokerage account last week to try my hand.
Ameritrade, with a month of free trades. Once that goes away, it's going to force me to pick longer term positions to cover my service costs since my investment size is still junior league.

fat dog - USC game

Saw this dog at one of the home games. Tried getting a shot with better perspective, but the dog was not standing, and everyone was kneeling down. Anyway, it was cool in person, and thought it was something fun.