More Odds And Ends, A Day After Giving Thanks

My wife had to choose between a turkey that was “too small” and a turkey that was “too big.”  Since she loves turkey leftovers she chose the too big turkey.  I don’t mind turkey sandwiches while watching Nebraska defeat Colorado in football the day after Thanksgiving.  Warmed up turkey and reheated mashed potatoes are OK for supper tonight.  Turkey sandwiches on Saturday are OK too, but that is the point that I lose my desire for turkey for 360 odd days.

A big difference between men and women-housekeeping.  I thought our house looked perfect early yesterday.  Seeking additional kitchen passes to be banked for a later day, I said exactly that to Jane.  She looked at me like I was incredibly stupid and said “there is no way I am going to be able to everything done that needs to be done.”  While I may be incredibly stupid, I was not so stupid as to ask hours later if she got everything done.

I am so old that I can remember when football on Thanksgiving meant one game only, the Detroit Lions vs. the Chicago Bears.  Yesterday you got watch any or all of five games-well, if you get ESPNU and the NFL Channel on cable you could have watched five games.  We get ESPNU, but I wonder if anyone gets the NFL Channel.  I did watch parts of the four games we got, but watched only the Texas vs. Texas A & M game “seriously,” and that only until I fell asleep in the third quarter.

In typical cable TV overkill, not only could you watch any or all of five football games on Thanksgiving, you could also watch eleven basketball games.  I watched parts of Creighton vs. Michigan when my wife didn’t have me striving to attain something beyond a perfectly clean household.

From Matt, 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa has USAC Midget and non-wing 410 sprint car show scheduled for June 21, 2010.  The track also has the Lucas Oil super late models scheduled for May 21^st.  This track is on my bucket list, though it means a drive clear across Iowa to reach it.  Matt and I had already been talking about the Lucas Oil show as a road trip.  Maybe a promoter like Roger Hadan of Eagle Raceway could schedule a USAC show the day before or day after the Burlington show.  I know there are several open wheel fans who read this blog, and this would be a fantastic show for Eagle, far better than a WoO sprint car show.  How about it Roger?  Matt says it is even cheaper than WoO.

For modified fans-and I am one of them-from Team JLS racing:

Subject: NEW! Wild West Modified Tour website.

The NEW! Wild West Modified Tour website is now up. Just to let you know it is now www.wildwestmodifiedtour.com instead of wildwestmods.com

 

Latest from bleacherreport.com:

-Jeremy Mayfield is just stupid.  Won’t get any argument from me on that.

-Is Jimmy Johnson even that great of a driver?  A question I have asked myself many times.

-Rick Hendrick’s top priority-getting Junior back on track.  Yeah think.  Three teammates finished 1-2-3 and Dale Jr. finished 25^th. Something doesn’t add up.

-Does Danica Patrick really add anything to NASCAR?  More of a circus atmosphere that is for sure.

-Fixing the championship formula.  Amen.  Too bad it won’t happen.

-No contract extension for Knaus.  As arrogant as this self-admitted “not nice guy” is, he probably wants half of Rick Hendrick’s business interests, and I am not talking just half of Hendrick’s racing.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I wish every weekend was a four day weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.
 

 

 

~ by Ron Meyer on November 27, 2009.