Thursday, August 31, 2006

My day...

Another year and another Fantasty Football season. Last year was my first season and I totally sucked. This year in keeping with tradition I drafted another player who is out for the year. I dropped Koren Robinson and picked up Alstott as a FA afterwards so no biggie.

Here's my roster...

QB Donovan McNabb
QB Vince Young
QB David Carr
RB Reggie Bush
RB DeAngelo Williams
RB Ahman Green
RB Mewelde Moore
RB Mike Alstott
WR Randy Moss
WR Steve Smith
WR Drew Bennett
WR Brandon Lloyd
TE Alge Crumpler
TE Jermaine Wiggins
D Giants
K Jason Elam


I'm waiting on your comments.

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The new gig is pretty sweet. I'm having a good time with the kids, the job, and the other teachers. As for the drive, it's exactly 32.2 miles from my house to my school so no biggie there. This morning I stopped at the store to get my usual 3 Ham & Cheese rolls and chocolate milk and forgot to put gas in my truck.

Did I mention there is absolutely nothing between Edna and El Maton?

So I get about 10 miles out and my gas gauge starts blinking and the overhead reading shows that I have 20 miles left till empty. As i'm watching the overhead, the number starts dropping by 2 miles every 1/2 mile. I stop in the middle of nowhere. I'm 18 miles from Blessing and about 15 miles from the very small town of La Ward (pop. 45). I'm racking my brain trying to remember if there is a gas station in La Ward and decide that I have no choice - I have to risk it. I turn around and go to La Ward. About 3 miles out, my gas gauge is tapped and the overhead number has been on zero for some time. I pass the only store in town and they do not have gas pumps. But down the street I see one of those unmanned gas stations that have a pay at the pump. Sweet. It took awhile for the damn thing to read my credit card and the gas was $2.89 a gallon but no worries. I make it to school on time. Pry woulda got detention if I was late.


View from the front seat. Cotton fields everywhere.


This here is cotton...


Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Are you ready for some football?


Neither was Thomas. Shortly after this picture was taken, his team (coached by me), lost to the El Campo Ricebirds 26-0.

gg Thomas.

Monday, August 28, 2006

One more funny

Last Friday I was having dinner with a friend of mine. Stosh gets on AIM and catches me before I leave..

stosh4654: Sup Steeler
steeler: nada. about to go have dinner with a friend.
stosh4654: Wow. You have a date?
steeler: (typing smugly) Yep!
stosh4654: With a girl?
steeler: Hell yeah.
stosh4654: Human?
steeler: damnit.

Ok. I'm back

I'm back. Nuff said.

Special thanks to my Aunt Mary who, using her worst judgement, thought I really needed a woman.

Any woman.

She gives my cell number to some girl in town who calls me. Here's a few excerpts from that discussion using my best recollection of the events...

Girl: Hello? Is this steeler?

Steeler: Yes. Who's this?

Girl: You don't know me but i've seen you in town and I've wanted to meet you for some time. (now i'm thinking this may be a call i'm glad I took)

Steeler: Ok. I'm not sure i know you.

Girl: You don't. You've seen me before. Remember at the zoo about 6 months ago? A guy i was with dropped a pen and you picked it up and gave it to me.


Steeler: Sorry. I don't remember.

Girl: Really? You don't remember? You gave me the pen.

Steeler: (looking at watch) Sorry. I don't remember.

3 minutes later the conversation breaks down quickly...

Girl: So anyway I have 4 kids and i'm divorced.


Steeler: 4 kids? You just kept having kids till your uterus fell out huh. (lauging at my own joke)

Girl: (crickets)


then some more funny parts...

Girl: so anyway I really have 5 kids but I gave up my oldest son to his dad. I had him when I was 13 years old. (she's 26)

steeler: uh. wow. (now it's really uncomfortable and i'm trying to bail)

Girl: I work at McDonalds but my ex-husband's girlfriend keeps showing up talking mess to me so i'm pry gonna beat her ass the next time she comes in.

steeler: uh. ok. Listen, i have to go but it was nice talking to you.

Girl: You gonna call me back?

steeler: Uh, sure. You bet.

My aunt is off my christmas card list.