The Crying Game

Some excerpts from The President's Speech:

"...it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork."

"But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying."

"Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future."

"We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country."

That socialist commie bastard!

The nerve of him trying to encourage individual responsibility, staying in school, respect for your teachers, studying hard and doing your homework.

Debating differences in opinion are a fundamental part of Democracy.

So here's my opinion.

I think some people should have paid more attention in school - in Civics Class for instance.

And maybe they should pay a little less attention to bloviating demagogues - Glenn Beck for instance.

I also think melodramatic Crying Mom could get a better grip on reality.

The Score Is a True Indication

State's Offensive Line Lets Russell Wilson Get Sacked 6 Times

It was supposed to be a good NC State offense vs. a good S Carolina defense. And an average State defense vs. an average S Carolina offense. I expected a score of 21 -17 or there about.

What happened was a weak State offense / strong defense vs. a weak S Carolina offense / strong defense.

When neither offense can get anything going – you have a low scoring game. Both team’s offenses were awful. State’s offense sucked a little worse than S Carolina’s.

S Carolina 7 – NC State 3 is about as low a score as you can get. It sums up the game exactly.

Technically you can have a 3 to nothing game – but . . . . .

I don't think you can call it highlights - so let's just say - here's some video of the game:



Still – being there was exciting.

Carter-Finley was packed and rocking. South Carolina brought a lot of fans and filled up the visitor sections with a scattering of them elsewhere using scalped tickets. Everybody stayed till the very end.

The game may have been a sleeper to watch on TV – but in the stadium – it was still a lot of fun.

Thanks to David S and his mom for going to the game with me and the Nuke’ster.

Ready for Football

 

South Carolina at NC State - Thursday night, 7 PM on ESPN.

Early line has NC State by 4 points. Sounds about right - I expect a close, exciting game.

5 more days - I am sooooo ready for football.

Craig Anthony Miller Wingnut Asshat

Remember seeing this guy on the news?

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

He's Craig Anthony Miller; 59 years old - and guess what?

Living off the Guv' Mint.

Yep - government funded disability.

At the Town Hall Meeting he looked pretty healthy and energetic to me.

Maybe he should shut the hell up and get a job.

NCSU Ticket Math

My NCSU Football season tickets arrived today.

Also – I recently received a mailing from the Wolfpack Club alerting me that Basketball Season Ticket Renewal Packages for the upcoming season will be mailed shortly.

About this time each year I do a little math.

2009 Football Season Tickets were $1,456.00 for 4 seats per game for 8 home games (including a parking space).

2009 – 2010 Basketball Season Tickets will be $1,143.00 for 2 seats per game for 16 home games (including a parking space).

Plus, I have to pay $600.00 per year for my Life Time Rights – i.e. the “right” to keep the same seats in football and basketball year after year.

Plus, I have to “donate” $420.00 per year to the Wolfpack Club.

Anyway – it all adds up to $3,619.00 per year.


With me so far?


For football it breaks down like this –

$1,456.00 for tickets + $400.00 annual LTR payment for 4 seats + $210.00 (½ of my annual donation) = $2,066.00

$2,066.00 divided by 32 (8 games x 4 tickets per game) = $64.56 for each ticket


For basketball it breaks down like this –

$1,143.00 for tickets + $200.00 annual LTR payment for 2 seats + $210.00 (½ of my annual donation) = $1,553.00

$1,553.00 divided by 32 (16 games x 2 tickets per game) = $48.53 per each ticket


Of course, it doesn’t matter to me how it’s divvied up – I still have to pay the $3,619.00 regardless.

I'm a Get to the Point / What's the Bottom Line kind of guy.

So another way to do the math is to divide the total amount by the total number of tickets.

$3,619.00 divided by 64 tickets = $56.54 per ticket.


Chip and Nuke owe me some serious ass kissing.

At the very least they could bring me a lemonade or iced tea from the concession stand.

:-)

Waaaaay back when Boze and I graduated from State and started getting Football Season Tickets - I think it was something like $120.00 per season ticket and the Wolfpack Club Dues were $100.00 - which Dave and I split. Basically - for a long time I remember it was around $300.00 per year for football. I couldn't afford basketball tickets back then.

Now, just the parking space costs more than the Wolfpack Club Dues / tickets / everything was back then.

ROFL

Due to the Recession

My annual LTR payments and annual donation payments are drafted monthly from my checking account ($50 and $35).

Then – each year I’d have to write a big check in May for the upcoming football tickets and each September another check for the upcoming basketball tickets.

I have always wished there was a way they could draft ticket costs each month – sort of like a Christmas Club savings account thing.

Due to W’s recession / damn near depression - Starting this past spring – The Wolfpack Club offered the option to pay for season tickets in installments – 3 months for football (starting last May) and now 3 months for basketball (starting in September).

That makes it a whole lot easier than writing 2 big checks each year. Now they just charge your credit card.

Due to overwhelmingly positive response - I’ve been told that the Wolfpack Club is going to continue the installment payment plan even after the economy improves.

As Martha would say - That’s a good thing.

Sanfordstan Air Force

The B-17 Liberty Bell is in town this week. The Sanford-Lee Airport is about 2 miles from my house. So I popped over after I got home from work and took the following photos.

Click on the photos for a much better look.

From the Parking Lot

Front View

Close Up

9 Cyl Radial Engine

Pristine Restoration - Inside the Wheel Well

Control Cables Inside the Wheel Well

Rear View

Sanfordstan Air Force MIG in the Background