OK one more...

I couldn't resist this one, brought to my attention by dear wife Suz:
Elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo have painted Expressionist masterpieces: Their interpretation of the Seahawk broo-haha. So that's what the animals do when they close the gates at night.
http://www.zoo.org/seahawks/seahawks.html

Stop the Insanity

Please know that, before I completely alienate everyone (except my dad), I will stop posting about the Seahawks and the superbo'. I'm not that guy. I have a couple witty and touching posts lined up that will replenish hope that Christian is a nice, sensitive, thoughtful guy. Stay tuned.

GO SEAmmmmmph

Seahawk update

The flight went well. Our boys are as comfortable as is possible:


Holmgren tried to keep the business as usual theme during the flight from Seattle.

He was so relaxed that he slept most of the way.

"We really have it rough when we travel," Holmgren said, jokingly. "The owner (Paul Allen) bought us an airplane. We have all the gadgets so that we can watch live TV or movies, whatever you want. All the seats are first class. The flight crew is the one that we've had all the time.

"The mood on the flight was like the mood of this team all year. I make it a point to go down the aisle once or twice, along with the other coaches. The guys were watching TV or doing what they usually do. Our season's not over yet. That's how they've approached every game this year."

Not everyone Ga-Ga for the Seahawks

From the Friday Seattle Times:

"I'm disgusted," said Marietta Alexander of Everett, "I hope the team loses and loses big! I hope all the sports teams decide to move to Outer Mongolia and people get serious!"

"I don't worship people; I worship the Lord," said Alexander, a substitute teacher. "It's gone beyond reason. People are outfitting themselves like freaks and spending thousands of dollars that they probably don't have to go to Detroit. All that money could have been given to the homeless and the poor."

"They aren't thinking about the fact that one day they are going to have to stand before God and account to Him what they did with their time and money."

She plans to nap during the Super Bowl.

Shouldn't she be helping the homeless and poor instead of selfishly taking a nap?
GO HAWKS!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!

Where's the new annoying slogan?

Ok, 1 week until the superbo'. Where's the latest "Refuse to Lose" or "Two outs? Who cares?" or "Raider Busters"? There's a fan rally in kirkland tomorrow. Maybe they'll unfurl it there. I need to know what the Camry will look like with its new bumper stickers and flags.

SEACHICKENS ARE NOW SEAHAWKS! GO HAWKS!!! WOOOOOO!!!!

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Nike bought ads on MSN.com yesterday, for their new Airmax360 shoe. Being a sucker, I clicked on the link, in the name of flash research.

They have an inspirational commercial about getting up early and working out, to the sound track of life's most hated sound, the alarm clock. There's a montage of some of their athletes rolling out of bed in the dark and heading to the track/pool/field to sweat and actualize their dreams and stuff.

The gimmick to get your email address on the site is that you can sign up for a "wake-up call" from one of your favorite athletes, as long as they're one of the eight listed.


Mistake #1:
In my infinite wisdom, I decided to give it a try.

I signed up to have Justin Gatlin (Athens 100m champion) give me a call at 7am. I've been wanting to work out in the morning again, but it's been difficult since Suzy was able to adjust her hours at work and get in an hour later, forcing me to sleep in, the big meanie.

Mistake #2:
I woke up with a start at 2am, and thought it was 7, until I looked over at the clock and saw it was in fact 2am. It took me an hour to go back to sleep.

Mistake #3:
I didn't think to leave the phone by the bed to grab it when it went off. When it did go off (I waited for 15 minutes in excited anticipation, since I tend to wake up at 6:45 anyway) I had to feel around for my glasses and trudge to the other room to get it, while Suzy, jolted awake from a deep sleep, exclaimed "who the hell would be calling at this hour?!"

By the time I grabbed the phone, poor Justin had hung up, and didn't even leave a voice mail. I didn't want to come back to bed right away to an angry wife, so I had a bowl of cereal and read the latest Superbowl news. Then I crawled back to bed and sat staring at the ceiling until the alarm went off.

Now I'm tired and grumpy. And a little wiser(?). I signed up for a 9:45 wake up call tomorrow morning.

Boycott Catsup!

From the Seattle times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2002760169_funrail25.html

Pittsburgh's most famous export is Heinz ketchup. As a Seahawks fan, I'm imploring all of you to boycott ketchup for a couple weeks. We'll starve 'em out! Better to eat your freedom fries naked, or with mustard, as a sign of solidarity. Who's with me?

Of course, they suggest you pour your ketchup on the side of fries, not on top, as we cultured people have done for years.

In related news, Sports Authority is selling a beautiful Tiffany-style lamp with the Seahawks logo on it. The perfect accent to our Arts and Crafts inspired livingroom!

"The Sports Authority sells NFL-licensed Seahawks items on its Web site(www.sportsauthority.com), including the Wincraft Seahawks snack helmet.Chips go in the snack bowl on top, the salsa in the removable faceguarddish.For those hoping to integrate fan-dom and fine living, it also sells aTiffany-inspired table lamp with the Seahawks logo cut into stained glass.Not only is it officially licensed ? it's imported."

I just emailed Suzy. It may be a bit of a hard-sell, but I'm sure she'll eventually be on board. Whoops, looks like she's responded to my email:

"Apparently your involvement with professional sports has lowered your IQ tothe point that you no longer comprehend taste or remember that you have a wife."

Ah well;)