Bloggism

Now, can you imagine... I was looking forward to my NFL favorites, the Indianapolis Colts, making it to the Super Bowl. But it was not to be. They were today eliminated by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Top rated quarterback, Peyton Manning, simply did not deliver until the Colts' late surge in the 4th Quarter, when their grave was already dug.

And early in the game, especially the 4th quarter, 23 year old Ben Roethlisberger was throwing some missile-like passes and exposed some gaping holes in the Colts defense. As one of the CBS commentators said, he came to give an exposition on how to throw the football.

Anyway, I am still in good spirits, because the New England Patriots, the Super Bowl champs for the last 2 years were eliminated yesterday by Denver. That part of my wish list was satisfied, albeit one week late, because Jacksonville should have dealt with it from last Saturday.

On Friday 13th, my last day with my previous employer, I went out for several happy hours - it was also the last day for 2 of my colleagues, and the birthday of one of my colleagues.

Now, the first stop was a favourite of Trouble's for greasy English breakfast i.e. the Triple Crown Pub. It was ok I guess - as our group was quite large (and more Caribbean oriented) I did notice a few raised eyebrows from the mainly British regulars. I was enjoying their looks, and we stayed for a couple of hours, despite their oddity.

We then went to Senor Frogs. Now that was something. The birthday boy, lets call him Khalid, who despite his protests, and with the aid of his work colleagues, joined the MC on the stage, who proceeded to pour about a gallon of blue liquid, something looking like Hypnotiq, but I think it was something else, down his throat, as he laid on a fallen barstool. Lots of it spilled onto him and the floor, but lots of it obviously made its way to his brain, as later on he was completely sloshed. He emerged escorted from the restroom by his colleagues, where I assume he was worshipping the porcelain goddess and bestowing her with gooey gifts.

Then, a (nicely proportioned) female colleague and him fell flat on the floor with her face to face with him underneath, tables turned over and so on.

Then, last night, at Corner Pocket ( you have probably heard of that place before) there was a 40th birthday party for one of my former colleagues. That was nice, they gave us 2 tickets for drinks with the invite, but then they gave out more later, so it was a nice night, a DJ was playing some pretty good tunes.

This afternoon, I watched the Colts debacle, then I caught up with my boys who were attending a poolside birthday party for a class mate of my older son (6 year olds).

So it was an active weekend for my aging bones, on top of all this preparation I am doing for my new solo legal practice. I have a hectic schedule of errands for tomorrow, so hopefully I will get some work done tomorrow, to pay for this weekends fun..

Folks, have a great week, and let me know whats happening in your neck of the woods.