Archive for September, 2008
Chiefs Youth Movement… (Episode 4)
September 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in » KC Chiefs, My Life
Wow. What a difference a week can make. After looking absolutely HORRIBLE in an 0-3 start, my Chiefs actually looked like an NFL team today, taking their previously undefeated division rival behind the woodshed for a 33-19 whipping.
And my family and I were able to see it all from Row 26 of section 119… 
Turns out the advice my buddy Tom and I gave the team in week 2 finally paid off!
Hard to believe, isn’t it? The 0-3 Chiefs beat the 3-0 Broncos, and somewhat soundly?
I won’t bother with analysis of any sort… after a 12 game regular season losing streak, it’s nice to just be able to enjoy a win for a change.
Hopefully this is a momentum builder. We’ll see next week.
Anyway, photos from the game will be forthcoming later. My 6 year old, Jeffrey, was behind the camera most of the day, and it will be VERY interesting to see what he found worth shooting! There’s no small selection to choose from, he’s a prolific photographer… 344 photos!
Cache Bash!
September 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in » Geocaching, My Life, Pictures
Yesterday, we attended our first geocaching event… the “Jesse James Cache Bash”!
Talk about a great time… loads of good food, fun caching games, some neat people, and yes… a TON of prizes.
While we didn’t do a great job documenting the event with photos (others have, so check that out here), we did get a few new ones of our kids.
Sure made for a fun day! We’re looking forward to next year’s event already!
Chiefs Youth Movement… (Episode 3)
September 21st, 2008 | 4 Comments | Posted in » KC Chiefs
After seeing last week’s debacle versus the Raiders, I didn’t think it could get much worse.
Then I watched the first half of this weeks’ game against the Falcons. The Chiefs were almost totally inept offensively, and our defense couldn’t seem to tackle or stop big plays. Ugly football, no matter how you look at it.
Thankfully, the second half wasn’t quite so bad. We moved the ball a bit… LJ got into a bit of a groove, and Thigpen figured out how to throw to the white jersies (I’m guessing he still thought we were in red). Even the defense improved… well, maybe a bit.
Notable from the game? Tony Gonzalez. What can you say, but the guy is awesome. Today, he hit 10,000 yards for the career… he’ll surely break the TE yardage record next week at home versus the Broncos. And how about LJ? A 100 yard game… running with emotion and power. Where’d that come from?
I’m still not sure what to think of this team though. Yeah, they’re young… I expect the offense to be bad with a very green offensive line and a third string starting QB. And the defense? Sure… you’d expect problems at times, but giving up so many big plays?
I’m just not so sure youth can really explain how bad this team looks at times.
Anyway, after a second horrific performance, I’m wondering how in the world we’ll find a win this year. We couldn’t beat the Raiders at home, and the Dolphins? Well, they just beat the snot out of the Patriots… IN FOXBORO.
It’s gonna be a LONG year.
Arrrr!
September 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in » Just For Fun...
Arrr! Today be “Talk Like a Pirate Day!”
Fer ye viewing pleasure:
Fer ye land lubbers new t’ “Talk Like a Pirate Day”:
Ninja Cat…
September 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in » Just For Fun...
What can I say… this video cracks me up! The cat is one sneaky little booger!
Chiefs Youth Movement… (Episode 2)
September 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in » KC Chiefs, My Life, Pictures
Today, my beloved Kansas City Chiefs played the Raiders. Well, I say they played them, but I’m not entirely sure that it was the Kansas City Chiefs (or any other NFL team, for that matter) that actually showed up to play.
Bottom line… it was ugly. VERY ugly.
Since I was at the game today (BIG TIME props to my sister and brother-in-law… 6th row seats, baby!), I’ll summarize it with a few captioned photos.
Yes… Herm knows what I think. My friend Tom knows what I think (thanks for coming man, it was a blast even though the game stunk!). And a bunch of other Chiefs fans in section 116 know what I think.
We took a BIG step backwards today. If we play like this every week, we’ll be the first 0-16 team in NFL history.
Yes, it was THAT bad. Here’s hoping the Chiefs team that played in Foxboro last week shows up in Atlanta next Sunday.
Now I Understand…
September 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments | Posted in » Baptist Issues, Just For Fun...
You know, I’ve always wondered why there has been such opposition to “contemporary” worship, and yes, dancing, in Baptist churches.
These videos finally make it clear why.
(HT: Micah Fries.)
(HT: Tony Kummer, Said at Southern.)
Thoughts on Family Focused Faith (Part 3)
September 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in » Baptist Issues, Christian Living, Worth Reading
As many of you may know, I’m the webmaster for sbc IMPACT. How that’s relevant to this post?
Well… I started this “Family Focused Faith” series here at Toward the Goal a while back, but recently decided to continue this over at IMPACT, where I’m now serving a dual role as webmaster and contributor.
Anyway, I’m finally getting around to publishing part 3. Check it out when you get a chance.
Chiefs Youth Movement… (Episode 1)
September 7th, 2008 | 7 Comments | Posted in » KC Chiefs
So… Chiefs vs. Patriots today, a mismatch on paper if ever there were one. With that Patriots riding an eighteen game regular season win streak, and the Chiefs coming in on a nine game regular season losing streak, this didn’t figure to be pretty.
But Herm Edward’s team is almost entirely new. With 30+ players under age 25, the Chiefs are as young as they come. So who knew how they’d respond?
Turns out… pretty well. They hung in there with the Patriots today, and actually had a chance to tie it up with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter. Four chances from five yards out… and couldn’t seal the deal with a TD. So close… yet still so far away. Only one of four plays had a realistic chance of success, and that one would have paid off had Dwayne Bowe held onto the ball.
So, what do we know?
Not much. Brodie Croyle went out in the third quarter, so the words “injury-prone” will ring even louder this week. Huard performed quite well in relief, although his interception thrown into double-coverage was a VERY poor decision. I still wonder, if this season is all about finding out what we’ve got in our young players, why not go with Tyler Thigpen as the backup so he would have been available for relief? Hope someone asks Herm that question this week.
As for the other young players? It’s hard to tell. Bowe, our second year phenom receiver, had several dropped passes. And the other young players? To be honest, I didn’t even really notice they were out there. I suppose that’s good on one hand, but on the other… shouldn’t they have stood out a bit if they performed well?
In other words, we’ll just have to wait and see as this season unfolds how the Chiefs’ youth movement works out. Here’s hoping our home opener versus the Raiders results in a ‘W’.
Sarah Palin and the Media
September 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in » In the News...
Interesting news story this morning over at MSNBC covering Sarah Palin’s speech last night at the Republican National Convention (which, BTW, was INCREDIBLE!).
Check it out here.
Leave it to the media to focus not on Sarah Palin and her speech, but on navel gazing. Yes… out of a 35 minute speech, they picked the one or two minutes of it where she made comments about the media and their reaction to her vice-presidential nomination, and focused the majority of their coverage in their feature story… on themselves.
