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This is a new advent in Hostels. For those who travel in Europe and love their hostels here is a converted Jumbo Jet into a hostel. Looks more like a novelty but if your at the airport and need a place to stay your problem is now solved. Check out the article and more pictures here.

Sunday night was a thrill ride not only for the real baseball on the field and at this moment one of my fantasy players, pitcher Gavin Floyd, is currently pitching attempting to pitch the White Sox into the post season. I would love to see the sox in the playoffs as I played for a little league team, the White Sox, out of Jessamine County. If my fantasy season was any indication Floyd will do quite well in this game as he has been out standing for the Chi-Sox. Cabrera and Dye were never taken out of my line up all year long and they have everyone’s favorite out fielder in Ken Griffey Jr.

Some know that I am a sports nut and become absolutely consumed with winning anything fantasy. Thus far I am 2-0. Granted I told myself after the football debacle a few years ago I would never do fantasy again as it ruined watching the games for me. I was talked into participating this year and a monster was created. Checking match ups multiple times a day while having Stat-Tracker a desktop staple. At the start of the season, I had one goal, make the playoffs. Then things progressed and I began to win and win some more. All my losses were not to terrible except for a couple and I shot to first place finally over taking the Zepplins and Hubert B Stompin Ass. Shortly after Dr. Mike LeVan took hold of first and my new goal was to be in the top two to receive a bye during week 1 of the playoffs. That week I realized, as I only checked things once a day, just how obsessed I had become.
Starting the playoffs .5 games behind LeVan, which turned into a blessing, as Footy4eva became a dominating team during the playoffs and upset LeVan. In a close game I overcame PWND and an epic two week match was about to ensue.

Every night I talked to Footy4eva, Mr. Christopher Mooney, about the swing back and forth of the days games. The match up was much closer than I think either of us anticipated. Mooney employed a strategy which I had discussed with Applegate and Libra. Dropping and adding pitchers to gather tons of innings and try win the Win and Strikeout categories. I became really lucky the Mets and Brewers were locked in tight races forcing Johan Santana and CC Sabathia to pitch more than usual on three days rest. My Whip and Era dramatically fell as they dominated and I picked to correct pitchers to pick up which did very well for me. I finally knew I won before all the games were played when Mooney had no one left to play and there was no possible way any category could switch to his favor such as Batting Average I cheered. I went nuts. I know its not the World Series but since April keeping tabs on baseball while making roster moves and playing the match ups was loads of fun. I know I had a great team with Pedoria and Mauer battling for the AL batting title on one team was amazing. My rotation took some hits such as Maddux, Martinez, and Marcum [the M&Ms]. The rotation still stayed very stout and got me through week to week, even having to overall my closers completely through some trades, but it worked out in the end.

Granted a big part of this is simply keeping up with your team. Over half the league did and most made the playoffs except for those frenchies. Noel McKay tried his best, digging out of a massive whole early in the season, ended 11th in the playoffs but impressively climbed to 9th in standings.
Libra was 6th in the final standings, Mooney 5th [2nd in the playoffs], Coop 4th, Overby 3rd, LeVan 2nd and finally retaking first was myself. This was a ton of fun and I hope, next year is just as great, perhaps we can have the same prize.
I could have have played a great championship game, 5-4 was the final score, but I want my Burrito Mooney.

Check out these photos of Hurricane Ike. Quite amazing at what nature can destroy.

Presented are the top 10 tailgating vehicles. Above is a massive grill, click the link to see the number 1, which every football stadium needs. Quite amazing.

You’d have to have a serious stake in steak to build a gigantic grille onto the bed of an 18-wheeler, so it is no surprise that the crew behind the “Big Taste Grill” is employed by Johnsonville Brats. The self-proclaimed World’s Largest Grill, the BTG’s grill lid alone weighs 6,000 pounds and requires hydraulics to open it. Capable of producing 440,000 BTUs of power, this meat machine is capable of cooking 2,500 brats an hour. If you have the means, and own a meat company, Bpapa9013 highly recommends it.

Born in 1898 Mr. Gershwin [died 1937] helped shape music for America, truly “American” music. Everyone has heard on of his famous songs: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Summertime, Piano Concerto in F, Porgy & Bess etc. I have played some Gershwin and it truly is a blast to play. Some music has great parts for your instrument then becomes boring waiting to play again but Gershwin is great to listen to even if you have to wait minutes between playing. One of the greatest modern composers and certainly in the same sentence as Sousa and Copeland as all time American composers.

Watch below a performance of Rhapsody in Blue. Sit back, relax, and take the great music in.
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As Applegate told me earlier today during our “No Job Comfort Society” meeting foreign policy is not come to one via osmosis. Watch and be afraid…very afraid.

Anyone who knows about offensive line play has come to the realization about the importance of the center. Offensive lineman have quickly become highly sought after commodities. Teams are over paying for these pieces. Draft boards are stocked with them as they can easily be players for 10 years with a team and their talent is evident earlier than other positions. The average pay has risen dramatically and the center is becoming a second offensive general on the field. Jeff Saturday [#63] has been out all for one game this year. The Colts line has been overwhelmed and can not give Peyton enough time to operate. Manning has even said with Jeff Saturday being hurt has limited his play calling. Usually Manning will bark audibles faster than anyone else in the league. Jeff Saturday takes what Manning says and adjusts protection accordingly. He is an amazing manager of the line and can change reads as quickly as Manning barks out new plays. With Jeff Saturday back the Colts have had more rushing yards and Manning is having more and more time to sit in the pocket to dissect the defense. A look at the last two weeks explains everything.
Colts win against Vikings Look at the rushing total. Most will say he had a ton of passing yards but Manning had to pass, pass, and pass some more to give the colts a fighting chance with an avergae of 11.9 yards per pass.
Colts lose to Jags Again look at the rushing total. A completely different game. Even though Manning and the Colts lost Manning had 14.4 yards per pass. The major difference was Jeff Saturday back to stabilize the line and bring proper reads.
Watch as the Colts improve the running game with Jeff Saturday back and Manning to dissect defenses with his help. I think this type of article [briefer than I wanted] might be a staple here about the underrated positions and their impact on the game.