Still working on getting ready for my first marathon. I did a bit of a low mileage week since my body decided it wanted a bit of a rest. Next weekend I’m probably going to go for my first 20 mile run. Today was a very slow 15.
Time to run out of town for a bit of time. Grant Park and Bears..oh my.
Seems as if good the C-Ville City Home Page isn’t very friendly this afternoon. Now how will I ever pay my taxes?
Charlottesville…great place to live for all our residents who don’t like the web.
A crazy week going on here in the village. The C-Ville Weekly has not yet made an appearance in the newspaper holders (what are those things called?) despite the fact that it has made it online. I wonder if the delivery truck got a flat tire. It is causing significant confusion on the downtown mall as people look at the cover from a week ago.
In more breaking news, WCAV has FINALLY updated their site so us Mac people can watch the video stories on their site. Can you say hallelujah?
Now, back to your regularly scheduled hot and dry weather. Does anyone remember what a cloud looks like? Or a raindrop?
Police said Canada had a knife, cut one victim in the arm and assaulted two others before running from the scene. Police found Canada in Charlottesville and he is being held without bond.
Was there a more humorous crime story this weekend? The crime reports from UVA certainly aren’t funny.
I continue to be amazed that I remain a fan of the Dolphins. They are without a doubt one of the bottom few teams in the NFL. No one has ever gone 0-16, but when looking at the schedule you can easily see it happening. On the positive side, they managed to get more than 50 yards from the running game and have scored more in each game of the season thus far (13, 20, and 28). On the negative side, the D can’t stop anyone on third down. It really doesn’t matter if it is 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 42. The opposition will always be successful (or at least 80% of the time). There is no way to win if you do that.
Next week they play the Raiders. Slim chance of a win…but no matter what I keep picking them in my pool. I pick them every single week. It is almost like I give everyone else in the pool a 16 game lead. Oh well.
I had a lot of time to think about the Fins on Saturday morning when I started the day out by running a 5k race at a relatively slow pace, and then continued on for another 15 miles. 18 miles in one morning. Definitely my longest run so far. It was hot and humid. The south continues to broil. Sunday is almost over. Another week is about to begin. The village will continue in its state of stagnation.
So while Al Groh was off in the NFL did he learn how to do illicit taping activities? Seems he took a bit of a flip the bird page approach when questioned about a few suspicious statement related to the 2 point victory over the football powerhouse of North Carolina. The article started out, “The challenged field goal seen ’round the ACC still has legs.” Did anyone actually see this event? Oh well…this week UVA plays Georgia Tech, and I don’t think 3 points will make much of a difference.
I personally think the only cheating going on is the fact that as the football coach he makes $1.7mill/yr (plus all sorts of bonuses) and grad students make less than $20k/yr. UVA cares about education…sports education 
Can you believe that in Prison Break they need to break out of a prison? Any prison where you throw down a chicken foot to challenge someone to a fight to death rocks. If only work was like that. Anyway…on to the first new shows that popped up.
K-Ville (note: that is not C-Ville) cranked up on FOX. It is a traditional Starsky and Hutch sort of show with the backdrop of New Orleans. The show was better than I thought it would be, but if people would please get over all the Katrina crap. When you choose to live below sea level you should expect flooding. Duh. It should have no problem lasting through the season (of course FOX seasons are always a bit odd). I’m sure we’ll start seeing a few more “women of New Orleans” in future episodes…just to keep the 18-49 crowd in touch (so to speak).
Kid Nation, one of the most controversial new shows of the season, is a true dud. The premise was that kids get shipped off to a ghost town in the southwest and they then try to build it for forty days with no adults or supervision of any sort. Lots of stories about kids getting burnt, fractured legs, and snapped fingers started appearing. Unfortunately, the CBS idiots decided to make this Survivor with kids. They break them in to groups for challenges, give some phone calls home, others get rewards at tribal council meetings, and the host of the show is always telling the kids what tasks must get done. They should rename the show Mr. Babysitter. Since all episodes have already been filmed, and a few idiots are still paying for commercial time, I have a feeling CBS will air all episodes. However…I really think they should pull the plug just like they did with Pirate Master half way through the season (I never did watch the online version to see who won…it may have been the worst reality show of all time).
Now, back to the 90’s with Back To You (aka Frasier does TV News). FOX has gone with yet another sitcom that follows the traditional sitcom script with traditional sitcom characters and traditional sitcom lines. The show is a snoozer, but on FOX it will last for the year, but will probably get moved around a bit as the odd FOX season rolls along (as does almost every FOX show other than Idol). When does Idol start this year?
FOX continues to start earlier than the other networks with Nashville and Kitchen Nightmares. Nashville has country accents in it. I hear enough of that here in Virginny and can’t take it. Since a good chunk of the country loves country music I assume it will survive. Plus it is on Friday when no one watches TV, so they won’t care if no one sees it. Kitchen Nightmares lets the Donald Trump of the chef world run around loose in restaurants owned by others. He yells and screams and tells people they are f*cking idiots. Many stories have popped up about how some of the scenes were faked (reality is all reality….right?), but does it really matter? I love seeing Chef R run around yelling at people while holding a knife. The show will have no problem running throughout the odd FOX season (have I mentioned the oddness often enough?). If like other kitchen-related shows, it probably only has a dozen episodes or so for the complete season.
Next week is the big one for new shows…my TIVO’s will be busy.
So yet another year of the traditional network television season has begun (for those that missed it, Flight of the Conchords was the best new show of the summer on HBO). Last year I batted 100% on which shows would make it and which wouldn’t. How well will I do this year?
Unlike others, I never make a call until I have seen the show…and with HD TIVO I don’t always see things right away. As I catch up on every single new show I’ll give the one sentence summary.
Are you ready for Kid Nation? Cavemen? Dirty Sexy Money? 2007 has arrived.
Back in the ‘good old boy’ days Lee would have used skills and tactics to send slaves after the people that have now moved in to his park. In just two months there have been 80 calls for crime in the one tiny block in downtown C-Ville (last time this got reported it was 70 calls in 50 days). It seems as if people like being drunk and are trying to live in the park.
The solution…shut down the park at an earlier hour. Anyone in the park while it’s closed can be arrested on the spot for trespassing. I sure hope no one walks through to get home at 9:01pm. Perhaps it is just time to seal all parks in the city with large gates that are properly opened from 9 to 5. What about just putting up a gigantic wall around the downtown mall, and you need to get a special ID card to get in to the Free Zone.
I’m sure this will reduce the number of calls related to the park, but where will the ‘drunk people’ now go to live? I guess the calls will shift to the new location….wherever that is. What is the park next to the historic courthouse? There is some other southern hero statue there. Perhaps that can be the new hangout for drunks that want to live next to a southern hero.
The Fins are continuing the same trend as the past seven years. They always seem to have just a bit of hope during the game, but they ALWAYS manage to lose. A critical error here, a critical error there. Critical errors everywhere.
Being a fan of the Fins is just like living in Charlottesville. You always think there might be a bright side, but when you get to the heart of the matter, the whole thing is just a pile of shit sitting inside a burning bag. And like a ludicrously stupid local I just keep stomping on the bag.
It is somewhat comical that the day I moved here is the day the Fins became the least feared team in the NFL.
