Cheesecake and Auto Racing, a Perfect Combination

This weekend is the finale of the 2008 Formula1 season. The championship is on the line. It's Hamilton vs. Massa, McLaren vs. Ferrari, good vs. evil. I don't want to alarm anyone, but THIS IS BIG.

Also, I still have two pieces of cheesecake sitting in my freezer. So I have made the decision that I will watch qualifying for the race on Saturday morning and have cheesecake for breakfast. And then on Sunday, I'll have another piece of cheesecake as I watch the race.

Kristin is appalled. But whatever. Seriously, what could be better than that?

(In unimportant news, Kristin will be getting overly emotional about every Texas Tech first down this Saturday evening.)

Kristin's Contribution

So Kristin decided that her contribution to this blog would be reformatting the layout. So if you've noticed a change lately, that's due to her. I don't think she's happy with these changes though, so expect more to come.

Although this is not the kind of contribution I had in mind when "we" started the blog, it's a small step in the right direction. Someday, maybe, if she gets a better attitude, she will write her own post.

I'm Ready To Be A College Football Coach

We watched a very exciting Oklahoma State-Texas game today. For a time, it looked like OSU could not be stopped on the ground. Clearly, the OSU coaching staff came in with an excellent game plan. And that's why it seemed dumb that on OSU's last real drive of the game (when they had 3+ minutes), coach Mike Gundy (and/or his offense coordinator) called a pass play on third and about 8. OSU had been getting 6-8 yards per rush throughout the whole game. The Longhorns couldn't stop them. So when they knew that it was four-down territory, and Texas was playing the pass, why not rush on third down and get most (if not all) of the yards for the first down? So that was dumb.

Second, when Texas got the ball back after that series, Gundy wasn't using his timeouts to conserve time. Also, very dumb.

(None of the above should be construed as me not rooting for Texas.)

Therefore, I am declaring that I am ready to be a college football coach. And I don't mean special teams coach or even offensive/defensive coordinator. I mean I'm ready to be a head coach.

And while we're at it, I'm noticing that McCain is still polling nationally at about 40%. That means 40% of Americans think that Palin is qualified to be Vice President (and thus qualified to be President if McCain were to keel over). And since I'm fairly confident that I have a better command of the issues than does Palin, I declare that I am qualified to be President of these United States of America. So on election day, please feel free to write me in. I thank you for your support.

Third Post of the Day

I don't have anything to add. But since it had been over a week since the last post, I figured I needed to do at least three posts today. So this is it. Even though I don't have anything new to add, you my loyal readers should be happy that I was thinking of you.

Cheesecake Is Good

Breakfast this morning consisted of mini-tacos (from Trader Joe's) and some cheesecake. It was unhealthy, but it was good, and just what I needed after a long run. (Kristin is not happy that I ate cheesecake for breakfast, but she knows that I cannot be stopped.)

Little Nicholas

This is our nephew, little Nicholas Pagano. Of course, he likes Kristin more than me, so that's lame. But otherwise, he rocks. And there is a very good chance that he'll end up kicking as much ass as his uncle.





And if you have baby pictures of your own, I'll post them as well on this awesome blog.

True Story

So I was at the jewelry store yesterday picking up Kristin's ring (I realize that I'm setting a bad precedent here), and I was dealing with senior gemologist Jw. Jw, by the way, is a dead ringer for NPH (that's Neil Patrick Harris, for you uninitiated), in more ways than one. Anyway, Jw sells me on the jewelry care plan for my ring, which has completely lost its finish. So I gave him my ring, and I've been without it since yesterday.

So today, all the ladies noticed that I was without my ring, and thinking I was still single, they couldn't help themselves. So I told them that I am in fact happily married. They all walked away very disappointed.