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Benxi, China

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An Easy Win

OK so all of this finally decided to fall this week. Yeah, in Texas this happens in the middle of winter sometimes. And instead of wasting 10-12 bags, we mulched it all up with the lawn mower. I raked. She mowed. No bags. 2 hours of work. Thankfully, my wife listened to me this year.

Lots of dust and remnants, but our yard looks 99% better, and the rest of the work will be a piece of cake. Yesterday, you couldn't see one blade of grass.

Huge oak tree - 0    :    Us - 1

Nevermind the POS car in the driveway..

Drunk Snowman

Thanks Sherry!

Winter's Grip

by Ian Plant


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Our 5-day Forecast

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It'll all be worth it if we get a little snow. But then again we haven't had considerable snowfall here since 1985.

Mark Your Calendars - A Week From Tuesday

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That's also the "first day of winter". Coincidence? Nope..

How About A Snowball Maker

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This thing would collect some serious dust before I'd be able to use it here in south Texas, but elsewhere I'm sure it would probably be a pretty handy gadget!

Create Your Own Snowflake

Click on the banner image. Wait for the new page to load for a few seconds, and then click anywhere in the window to start creating your snowflake. I've seen a few of these and this is one of the best.

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2010 Olympic Hockey Medal Bracket

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Wow that Slovakia/Sweden game was another incredible game. Both very aggressive offensive teams, it came down to the final seconds. Goals scored within seconds of each other 4 times.. Slovakia won 4-3, and have Canada next. Probably the two best teams remaining. We should be able to easily beat Finland, not that they're pushovers. But this gold will be unlikely imho. A bronze medal game has been guaranteed though, but it won't be against any easier an opponent.

Sweden and Russia are certainly the best two teams not in the final 4.

Understanding Curling - An Infographic

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Olympics, NBA Trade Deadline, And Tiger

Speed skating short track is so much more impressive than the distance skating. Even the longest distances on the short track are exciting. The jump at the gun is such an adrenaline-filled philosophical event - in 5 seconds.

Apollo Ohno just had an incredible race. But every race is a good race - and they're going at it 4 on 4. Lanes? Ehh...



The Cavs got Antawn Jamison from Washington. Serious help not named Stoudemire for King LBJ. Caron Butler was sent to Dallas, too. With Gilbert Arenas in at least a years-worth of serious legal trouble ahead of him, the Washington Wizards are now officially in rebuilding mode. Overstatement of the year, and it's only mid-February.

Dallas will continue to push the top teams in the West. Cleveland will continue on their way to a certain series for the finals. It won't be as easy as they think, though.




Pay attention Friday at 10am Central time. Tiger's gonna "break his silence".

That's in quotes because it's going to be so different than everyone expects. The media's claiming "select media" and "no questions allowed". Are you kidding me? Tiger can do nothing better for himself now than to make himself available to whoever wants to be present, and for whatever questions may exist. A limit? Of course... reasonable, like an hour.

Surely by now being the person that he is, he will have gone over this in his head a thousand times, and should be overly prepared. If he implies in any way that he still "owns" that aura he had before in his interviews, he's sadly mistaken.

My streak is at 11 right now..

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

In case you were wondering, your source for everything Olympics is HERE.

This includes of course, images, athlete information, event schedules, TV listings, results, medal count, and pretty much everything else!

I know I'm watching more of these games than any winter games in recent memory... and enjoying.