Outrage!

I can not see this year's Apple Cup on tv. It is broadcast on Fox Sports Northwest, but many of those games are shown on Fox College Sports in this area. Not the Apple Cup. It was bumped for:

Texas Tech vs Baylor,

The Collegiate Paintball Championship, and

A retrospective on the USC-Notre Dame Series.

On top of this, the jokesters at ESPNNews thought it would be good to ridicule the Apple Cup by continually saying "And Washington-Washington State are playing. Washington has a thing or two going for them . . . Wazzu - nothing. Nothing at all."

It just hurts. Oh well, Go Cougs!

Subway Stuff

When I saw this sign, I thought I could use my cell phone while in an underground station. However, it only worked at this underground stop.

It is just a couple of days before Squirrel's arrival. As a wrap to preparing for her arrival, I got her a welcome home present - a metro fare ticket for her trip to DC on Tuesday!

DRAT !

It isn't often that I get a chance to see the Cougs play in person. It is probably more rare that the Terps and the Cougs meet in sport. I could have seen both this weekend - if I knew about it earlier. Those "evil" Terps narrowly beat the Cougs 1-nil in Women's Soccer which was played here in College Park. I wish I knew about this sooner, so I could have gone root the Cougs on. A WSU blog I read had a brief note of thanks to the women's soccer team this year. At least they were better than the american football team.

Oh, well. Hopefully, I'll catch it next time.

Signage!

Given how congested roads can be in a major city, horses taking the subway to the Horse Show might be a good idea.


I was fascinated by the words "Minor Control Plan". How are the younglings going to be controlled?

Happy Commuting!

I think that many times, things work out for a reason. After I slept through meeting Squirrel at the prearranged transit stop, I met her at the one closest to her house. It rained on my way there and then cleared up shortly before her train arrived - making for some nice pictures. Good thing my cell phone takes pictures.

I Live In a Happy State!!

According to this study from Gallup. The study looked at 6 factors: Overall evaluation of their lives, emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors, and job satisfaction. Maryland ranked 6th happiest. Where does your State rank? See this link.

Christmas Ideas For Me

As I am listening to Straight No Chaser's Christmas Album, I am compiling this. Here goes:

2010 Wallowa County Calendar

Southwest Airlines Gift Card for either a rendezvous with Squirrel or a Gorillaboy trip in early 2010. I've seen these at the Safeways here.

Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 for the laptop.

A book: Oregon's Greatest Natural Disasters.

A book: Oregon Curiosities. There is also a second one too!

The National Parks - America's Best Idea was a series that was on PBS recently. The book and Blu-Ray

Oregon Splendor DVD.

Idaho an Aerial Tapestry DVD.

Discoveries America-Nevada. DVD. This is out of print and needs to be ordered through Amazon Marketplace or Ebay.

Ice Road Truckers Season 3 DVD. It is released on Dec 15 and contains the ultimate rural road - Alaska's Dalton Highway!!

Maryland Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer. They are detailed topographic maps that you would find in bookstores. I would like books for Maryland-Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (scenic drives).

Cotton body pillow covers - red, purple, or green.

Glass beer boot with an Oregon beer company label or WSU label.

Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005 DVD Set. I enjoy this comedian and would like to see his HBO specials.

I can always use more 1)Shower Gel and 2)After Shave Balm from L'Occitane (located at Washington Square and Pioneer Place). Just go to the men's shelf. The scents approved by Squirrel and I are: L'Occitan and Bavx (these are the spellings).

Gift Cards from - I think you can find these at Safeway as well

• iTunes


• Macy's - for some new shirts


• Amazon


• E-Bay

A Typical Day In The Life

Squirrel posted a series of pictures to describe her life over multiple days. Being a good DC Lemming, life can be pretty monotonous here. So, instead of multiple days, I thought I'd have a one day photo essay covering a typical day in my life.

Wake Up! Time to feed Maddie . . .
Next, clean up for work . . .
Go catch the commuter bus (aka my Napping Vehicle) . . .
Getting close to work in Downtown DC . . .
Get the afternoon's free reads before work . . .
I'm very important . . .
Time for a lunchtime time walk across the Mall. Looking to the west . . .
Looking to the east . . .
The "best" teriyaki in the area (It doesn't come close to PNW) . . .
Two DC icons - A subway station and a hot dog cart. Yes, I've snacked at a hot dog cart in DC. . .
Time to go home. I get to ride by The Capitol at night many times . . .
Time for sleep and rest for the next day . . .
It's not all bad to live in DC. Just think what you get to walk around and see where many others spend hundreds of dollars in airfare, food, and hotel to see.