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Jul 21, 2008
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Greg Norman was the greatest golfing sporting story this past weekend. It will be one of the best stories for the rest of the year leading into April of 2009.

With his top four finish (after another final day collapse), he sealed himself a spot for the Masters in Augusta next April. I've been a Greg Norman fan ever since I was young and I was glued to the TV this weekend watching him back in top form. You always have to cheer on the underdog, but for what Greg has gone through in his professional career, you hoped even more that he could hoist the Claret Jug one last time.

No matter what happens next year, he'll definitely be a headliner and will be great publicity for the game of golf. Collapse or not, the fans will love to have him back. Getting to watch him again this weekend reminded me what he stood for all of those years ago. From Bob Tway's bunker shot to Faldo's comeback, Norman reminds us all why he's been so beloved: He's a true sportsman that can lose with grace.
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Jack or Heath?

Jul 19, 2008
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Christi and I saw The Dark Knight this evening, so it gives me a chance to weigh in on a question I've been waiting to answer: Does Jack or Heath play a better Joker?

As kids, Erica and I used to pop in the original Batman movie at least a handful of times every year. From watching it so often, you become familiar with a role and the person who plays it.

Before I begin, anyone who sees this movie has to be saddened by the untimely death of Heath Ledger. His acting was absolutely amazing and it is uncanny to think that someone could look at a character and portray it in such a sick, sadistic, but somehow very believable manner. Christi brought up an excellent point that during the whole movie, you never thought it was actually Heath up there, and you bought into the portrayal. Since this is a new darker Batman movie, Heath played the Joker perfectly. Every time that he came on screen, it was an enjoyable part that kept your attention to the fullest.

All in all, I still liked Jack a little bit better. It's tough since both of them did such a good job in the eras that their movies were shot. I think the only reason I put Jack above is because of the laugh. I'm not a huge Batman fan by any means, but there was the way he laughed throughout the entire movie made the character come to life. Plus, Jack's just a crazy enough guy to be the ideal actor to play the part.

The Dark Knight is one of the best all around movies that I've seen in quite some time. From Heath's Oscar winning performance (should be a given) to hearing Christian Bale try to talk as low as Hal Douglas, watching this movie should be on everyone's to-do list before the end of the year.
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Our Resilient Dog

Jul 15, 2008






Above is a clip of Stanley ... 15 minutes after we turned the sprinkler on. No matter if we're watering the garden or washing our cars, anytime that he sees water, he tries to attack it until he wears himself out.

For more Stanley online, I finally got around to posting some pictures of him.
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Update on the 4th and my car damage

Jul 7, 2008
It was great to spend another 4th in Seward after missing it last year out in the mountains. I'm biased since I grew up there, but I love seeing my hometown go from 6,000 to 60,000 people in one day. Plus, it's dad's birthday, so that always makes it a little more special.

The only part of the day that was a little disappointing was the lack of local "celebrities" at the parade. For years, we get the usual suspects and everyone trying to earn those extra votes to get into Congress like Ben Nelson and Tom Osborne. So who was there to replace these big wigs? We were graced by the presence of Jeff Fortenbarry and the parade's Grand Marshal, Sam Koch.

To make the weekend it even better, I learned the famous mint julep recipe and got to play 9 holes of golf with my parents.

Once we returned to Omaha, it was time to get the car looked at after all of the hail damage from the big storm that blew through Omaha (check the previous post). Luckily(?) for me, State Farm Catastrophe response team said that my car had some of the most extensive damages that they've seen so far. To put it lightly, if you took what my car was worth a few minutes before the hail started hitting it, the damages totaled 43% of it's entire value. Here's to finding a body shop that will be able to make it look like new.
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