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Nice little storms this morning. We had 1.08 inches of rain and wow is it muggy out. Dew point is 62 and temp is 62. Drove the car out of the garage and the car instantly fogged up.

Although the first thing I had to do was rescue some mammoth earth worms and toss them in the garden. They always want to crawl into the garage. I'll probably get worm flu!
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Well here we go, what most are calling the game of the year and the hype is starting. FOX has reported that they will have one camera permanently trained on Brett Favre as soon as he steps out of his personal SUV at the stadium, 100% of the time. O'Boy. I believe Channel 4 you can watch nuttin but Brett.

I was surprised that Driver came out and was talking about how the Brett WE see and the Brett the players see is different. I had heard this a number of times. The players think Aaron is more of a team player while Brett seemed to just do his own thing, never did anything with the rest of the team (according to the players).

ANYWAY - not wanting to get into the whole Brett thing there is also a game to play which is the biggest game of the year for the Packers. Win and I feel the Packers have a good chance to finishing 1st, lose and "we're" struggeling for a playoff spot.

Football Outsiders, the Gods of REAL stats (not the garbage the newspapers have, these stats take out the luck factor and factor in the defense and offense's they have played against) have the Packers as the 4th best team in the NFL and the Vikings #7.

The biggest reason for the Packers being so good is they have the #1 Defense in the League when adjusted to WHO they have played. #2 vs. the Pass and #10 vs, the run while Minnesota is #17 vs. the Pass and #5 vs. the Run. The biggest problem is Special Teams Defense which is ranked 30th.

If you take out luck the Packers should be 5-1 and the Vikings 5.2-1.8.

If you look at the upcoming schedule the Vikings will play the #1 hardest schedule the rest of the way, Packers 19th hardest.

I feel both Minnesota and the Packers are very balanced teams with one major problem. The Packers have problems protecting Rogers and the Vikings give up a TON of long plays up the middle with no CB's.

It'll be a nail biting game, for sure.

BTW - A question to any Direct TV people. When watching football do you
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WheresGeorge.

Ever get a bill with a WheresGeorge link? I always go online and enter the serial number to see where the bill has traveled. Normally bills stay within a few miles. BUT, whenever I get one I save it and spend it in some place where it might get some miles under it.

So here is my idea. If you get a WheresGeorge bill, send it to me and I will spend if for you and we can start racking up some George miles!! Sound like a plan?

On the same light and somewhat seriously - we should get a group together and pool our McDonalds or Subway or whatever game pieces we get and split the winnings somehow.

I'm not sure how the logistics would work but how much have you won in Monopoly? I never go more then 2 or 3 times per event but if we have 100 people goign 2 or 3 times . . . . . . get my drift???
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I was in the State Capitol after work getting some fill in photos and realized I had my long lens which is no good in the Cap. I had to stand like 1000 yards away from a subject to get the photo. In fact this photo was taken a few blocks down East Washington. It was crazy!

I really like this bell, it calls to me. I'm thinking I'm connected some how with it in a past life. Maybe not, who knows, it does get my attention though. I think next time I'm in the Cap I'll ring it a few times, see what happens.
The next time you are in the Cap really look in places you normally don't look. I was in some hallways trying to get farther away from subjects (not the police) and looked at the ceiling and saw all sorts of murals I bet 95% of visitors don't see.
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LOL - I was looking at the Pawnee Fire Department Website

Fire Department

Welcome to the home page of the Pawnee Fire Department. The Pawnee Fire Department is here to provide safety from fires, natural or man made disasters and medical emergencies. Eighty five per cent of the staff is volunteers and the remaining fifteen per cent are certified firefighters. There are six stations that have a total of two fully operational trucks with an eye on purchasing more.
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I'm trying to get prints into Ancora Coffee. I'm moving my way down the ladder of corporate coffee places. Some day I hope to be infamous.
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News you can use - The Columbus Athletic Booster Club is holding a Vendor and Craft Fair November 21st at the High School.

I was invited to attend and was thinking about doing some fairs but then when the woman said I could set up my booth . . . . . and then coffee came out my nose. booth?? my booth? I'm fresh out of booths! I had THOUGHT of fairs but had not really thought of the logistics involved. I have to look into what booths are made out of!

I think I'll donate something anyway to help out the Community.

BTW - this blog was written to the the tune of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade written in 1888. I might be a high Octane rock and roller (Linkin Park, Disturbed,Slipknot,Korn etc . . )but I do love Russian Classical Music. Actually I THOUGHT I had Má vlast by Smetana but . . .oops!

Have a great weekend

Rod