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Wow.  Where do I begin?  How about a quick comment about what a good time I had before I get to the game.

We arrived as soon as the parking lot was opened.  It was a good thing since:

We enjoyed ourselves with some tailgating with some friends.  Afterward, we avoided sitting in traffic by simply breaking out the food & chairs again and having a dinner of leftovers until everything cleared. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow.  It’s been 6 months since I have last posted.  Depending on your viewpoint:  sorry or you’re welcome.

Today has been quite a day.  Parker had his first work-out with his new soccer club, KC Milan, gymnastics practice, a pizza party with the gymnastics team, and Carmen had swim lessons.  All of that?  That’s normal stuff for us.  Nope, what made it quite a day was being able to attend the open training that Manchester United held at the Kansas City Wizards’ training facility in Swope Park.  I guess I have been fairly vocal in my support for Manchester United, so when a father of one of Parker’s former teammates received extra passes to this, he thought of us and offered them.

So…why was it AWESOME? Read the rest of this entry »

I am sitting here watching the Major  League Soccer (MLS) final realizing I have been watching more soccer over the last year.  I have been mainly watching the KC Wizards (the home team), Manchester United in the English Premiere League, and the US Men’s National Team (USMNT) and others in the World Cup Qualifiers. Read the rest of this entry »

There is currently a huge uproar over President Obama addressing the nation’s students on September 8th.  It seems to me most of the concern is spilling over from people’s concerns, fears, or other feelings about the state and future of healthcare in the country.

I am not wanting to get into the healthcare debate here.  That would be pointless.  It seems everyone’s minds are made up one way or the other.  No, my concern is what happened the civility and openness of debate and education. Read the rest of this entry »

I got the iPhone planning on it being a useful tool.  I didn’t realize how useful and anti-time management it would be.  I also planned on not spending ANY money on apps.  While I haven’t bought many, I have gotten some as I have found them more useful than their free versions.  My favorites?

Social

• Facebook
• Tweetdeck

Administration

• WordPress
• JAM! (Joomla administration)*
• BlogPress

Tools

• CalenGoo (Google Calendar interface)*
• Maps
• Cleartune (tuner)*
• Metronome
• Shazam
• PhoneFlicks (Netflix account)
• Concerts
• Yelp
• OpenTable

Games

• Sudoku
• Cross Light (crossword puzzles)

News

• Pro RSS
• NYTimes
• Huff Post
• iSoccer
• NPR News (simply amazing)
• KC Star

I have more, but these are the ones I use the most.  Those marked with an asterisk were paid for.

What are your favorites?