A Non Wedding Post...

RANDOM THOUGHTS
February 13, 2009(11:09am)

I'm about to turn in, but before I do, I just wanted to clear my thoughts a bit about things that are not wedding related. So I was driving down to the North Shore today with my dad, and we pass Turtle Bay. Michelle Wei is there, playing with all the other to women golfers in the world. There's a small crowd along the highway, nothing too big. And I start thinking to myself about golf. I don't play the sport at all, I think it's boring to watch, and I really don't get it. It looks really boring. All I wanna know is how the camera men track the golf balls while it's in the air. Then my dad and I start talking about sports in general. What really separates a man's sport from a regular sport. Now I'm not really knocking golf, or anything...but come on...really? Are people who play golf actually...athletes?

So after a long conversation, I finally started to determine there is one determining factor that makes a sport...a MAN'S sport...and another, just a fun hobby to be skilled at. A true MAN sport, requires the athlete to overcome fear in order to achieve his goal. Lets take the obvious...football. For those of you who have played football, there is the everlasting fear that you could get seriously hurt on any single play. A wide receiver goes up for the ball, just to get hammered the next second. Achieving the unachievable sometimes meaning risking your own health to get it done. Golf on the other hand...there is no fear involved....

So what do I consider MAN sports then?

FOOTBALL
ICE HOCKEY
NASCAR
SKATEBOARDING
SNOWBOARDING
BMX/TRIALS RIDING
SKY DIVING
BOXING
MMA
ICE SKATING...YES, IT TAKES GUTS TO DO WHAT THEY DO
GYMNASTICS
COLLEGE WOMEN'S CHEERLEADING
SUPERCROSS
BALLET

In order to get great at these sports, you have to get hurt. In fact, getting hurt is just part of the game....

So these are the sports that I consider skilled sports, accuracy sports, but do not require getting hurt in order to get better.

GOLF
BASKETBALL
TENNIS
SWIMMING
CHESS
BASEBALL
you get my drift.....

Are any of these sports better than others? Not really. But the risky sports tend to be more entertaining the skilled ones. That's why the summer Olympics can be so boring sometimes....there isn't that much man sports. But when winter comes around, you have the Luge, Bob Sled, Hot Dog, Ski Jump, sports where you say to yourself..."How in hell do you get good at that?"

My next random thought is just a cut and paste. Check out this article written by Thomas Brown, one of the top banking experts in the country. http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=61856213652&h=wv_dW&u=w__Zq

He really knows what he's talking about...and I agree with him. The article is about how the CEO's, at least the ones who were called in front of congress, really, are not the ones who we should be blaming for this crisis... Great article....

Well, talk to you all later... I'm headed to bed.