How much of the 80s do you remember?  Can you remember lyrics to songs?  If so, try to beat my incredibly average score of 74.  Tell me how you did as well.

Have you ever flown a Helicopter?  If not, try your skills out here.  Oh yeah, I scored 1000 (well 988, close enough)

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Some people have worn their finger out on this.  If you are working, do not forward to your co-workers.  The rest of the day will be useless to the company.

Have you ever had a fear of Clautophobia? Being stuck for hours. Feeling helpless. This one man was stuck for 41 hours in New York.

Want to know what Clautophobia is? It’s the fear of elevators.

Check out The New Yorker’s article about his 41 hours entrapment.

This week in the magazine, Nick Paumgarten writes about the lives of elevators, and tells the story of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator in New York City’s McGraw-Hill building for forty-one hours. Here is a condensed look at White’s ordeal, as captured by the building’s security cameras.

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Last night was our the six game of the season. So far our record showed us at 0-5 this season and 0-10 for last season. So that’s 15 straight losses. We could probably add more losses from the third season. But I don’t like to count that far back.

Luckily we can start a new streak… That is right for all you blog readers ( I believe 3-4 of you) WE WON LAST NIGHT!!! No, it’s not a typo. We actually won. A come from behind, dig down deep, give it all you got, win.

The game started like normal with them scoring about eleven runs in the first inning. The scoreboard at the end of first inning showed 11-2. 9 points, how will we come from behind with a 9 point deficit. We did though. We hung in there and made it happen. My fiance overheard one of the wives note that after all the errors we made and the other team scoring 11 points, that we were doing really well and had a good chance of winning the game. She must have been there for all three seasons to know that. LOL

It was a very exciting game last night. To everyone on the team, I believe we should just quit the season now on a high, a winning streak.

But we did at least get ice cream last night

P.S.  I like to give a shout-out to Justin and the “Tribe” for a good game.  Also, I wish I had a picture of Justin “Michael Jordan” Cohen and his jump to try to snag the ball.  He almost had two inches off the ground.

I saw this on a friend’s blog but I thought I would share. Here is the link to his blog.   http://www.lawrencefamily.info/blog/el/?p=719

Now Comment and tell us your most embarrassing first date.

Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience. There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize.

She said it was midwinter… Snowing and quite cold…and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and truly had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon. They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a restroom and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow, she didn’t have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic, and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing, however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car’s fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date’s concerns about ‘what is taking so long’ with a reply that indeed, she was ‘freezing her butt off’ and in need of some assistance! He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal. Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender. As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be ‘pants down.’ And you thought your first date was embarrassing.

Jay Leno’s comment… ‘This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.’

Oh, and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.

It’s been a while since I last posted which talked about opening season.  Well I just wanted to let all the loyal fans out there know that we have done what no other team in our league has done.  That’s to be perfect.  That’s right 0-5 for the season.  So that’s makes 0-15 when you add last season.

 I will have to say that our team is getting better.  We only lost to the first place team last Tuesday by 5 points.  17-12.  For us that is really good.  I had my first triple ever.  Of course I needed an oxygen tank after stopping on third, but still felt good to round the bases.

Tuesday, April 8th I play my ex-coworker but still friend Justin.  It should be an interesting game.  A battle to the end.  We would really like to win if you are reading this Justin.  Just drop a couple here or there…haha

We play at 8:30, so come out and watch the fun.

So it’s that time of year, softball season.  That’s right, starting March 3, 2008 we will start with a clean slate.  After a perfect season last year of 0-10, we look to capitalize on our momentum and will look to win at least two games this year.  Yes, more people and teams have loftier goals, but not us.  A win would be like the world series.  Can we do it?  I believe we can.

This year we moved to Tuesday night, to a more competitive league.  Well we hope at least.

We would love the support and hope to see you all out there.  Can’t wait to play my former colleague’s team and see what happens.

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So it’s 4 days before Christmas so I thought I would blog. First I would like to wish all who view my blog a Merry Christmas and Happy New. I hope 2008 is everything you deserve and hope for. 2007 was a great year for me, I can’t wait for 2008!

I wanted to send you all into the New Year with a laugh. Here is the Top Ten list of Chuck Norris Facts. If you want to see the rest please go to the website www.chucknorrisfacts.com

1. Guns don’t kill people. Chuck Norris kills People.
2. There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.
3. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
4. The chief export of Chuck Norris is Pain.
5. There is no chin under Chuck Norris’ Beard. There is only another fist.
6. Chuck Norris has two speeds. Walk, and Kill.
7. The leading causes of death in the United States are: 1. Heart Disease 2. Chuck Norris 3. Cancer
8. Chuck Norris drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
9. Chuck Norris is my Homeboy.
10. Chuck Norris doesn’t go hunting…. CHUCK NORRIS GOES KILLING

Bonus: Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.

Almost 31 years has passed. And at this point in my life I can’t complain one bit. Today, December 10th, I turned 31. Not a very monumental birthday as birthdays go, but it’s one I will cherish. Two days ago I asked the love of my life, Ashley, to marry me.

It was perfect. We went to see Peter Pan at the Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, AL. Well before the show I took her to the festival to see the grounds. At one of the wooden bridges there is a stone hut which has a balcony looking out over the pond. Perfect setting for a proposal.

So to do this right I had to prepare for months. Start training weeks in advance. Well maybe I didn’t do that much. With the help of my friend Jim, we set this up. He went down a couple of hours earlier to set everything up. We had candles, music playing, flowers and champagne waiting for us.

Earlier I bought two champagne flutes that were engraved “Ashley & Scott”, “December 8, 2007″ .

We got to the festival right when the sun was going down so the atmosphere was very romantic. She still had no clue when we went into the hut. She thought we were bothering someone else’s’ space until I told her I wanted to do something romantic for her.

Then I asked if she wanted some champagne. She said yes and I told her to stand by the balcony while I pored. I walked over to her as her favorite song was playing “Moon River”. I asked her to read the engraving on the flutes. As she read out loud the date, I dropped to one knee and confessed my love and asked her to Marry me.

SHE SAID YES!!! of course (or I wouldn’t be telling this story…haha)

She was very happy and very surprised. I had her believing Flag Day of next year.

I am glad that it went well. More details to follow. So after being in 26 weddings with 2 more next year, I finally get to be the GROOM!!!