Season Four - Starts this Month

Greetings Readers

It is that one time of the year that I look forward to. Shows that I watched that hopefully are returning for another season.

In this case I have been patiently waiting for It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. An FX show that will now start its fourth season. I can hardly believe that I am now in the fourth season of the show.

I am looking forward to “the Gang.” I want to see Green Man once more. I want to see Sweet Dee. I want to see what Charlie is going to do? I want to see Carmen and how she will play out with perhaps Mac. I want to see “the Waitress.” I want to see Mac. I want to see Frank and how he has to put up with his “children”. I want to see Rickity Cricket again. I want to see Dennis and how naïve he is.

More importantly I want to laugh and see how far the show will push itself on Cable TV. Believe me Readers, the show is funny and entertaining, but every now and then I find myself thinking that I should not be laughing at what is on the show. Whatever the show may be about I sometimes question whether or not I should be laughing at the topic of the show.

Well, the show is coming back and once more starting the format that it did last year – back to back episodes so we readers are treated to a full hour of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

The Vacation Aftermath

Greetings Readers

This blog entry will probably be a "I don't give a shit about this" since I am going to tell you/me everyday mundane stuff, but I think I need to remember this day so that is why I blogging about it.

As of 5:58 PM yesterday I stepped into my humble abode. My humble abode. Hmmm.

I was dreading opening the front door, but I was also looking forward to "be home" in over a week. Not that I wanted to be back so soon, but sometimes "home" is where the heart is.

I surveyed the two most important places in my humble abode that I was spending my time before vacation - the living room and the kitchen. I would like to compare these two rooms to what a "war area" might look like, but realistically I can not.

I would say the place looked like a first year campus dorm room. Trash was everywhere, dishes were scattered throughout the kitchen. My blankets were on the floor in front of the couch. The couch pillows were all over the living room. Note: This was due to me being sick and trying to get comfortable as I could while sick so I had moved to living room and eventually I wound up on the living room floor sleeping/resting. I felt comfortable while laying on the floor. Don't ask me why - how. I just was.

I did take out the trash before leaving for vacation, but I left some trash on the counter and that was not very "pretty" to see when I stepped into the kitchen. I did do a load of dishes (via dishwasher) before leaving, but I guess I still had more dishes in the sink to put in the dishwasher. I guess I never got to finish that part. Yes readers - I had to finish the dish washing last night. I had to empty the trash, which composed of tissue and Kleenex from blowing my nose and wiping my runny nose while sick. I surely did go through a lot. I had a load of clothes to wash, but never started the washer. Thank goodness otherwise those clothes would have been wrinkled beyond repair.

I had other stuff laying about the counters, dining table and in front of the TV. The spice cabinet was open due to me taking some spices to my parent's place. This is something that I do every time I go and visit my parents. Spices. Spices I take very seriously in my cooking. In my view, personal view, Spice Islands is number one. In my humble abode I have all Spice Islands and only a few McCormick spices. Years back while at my parents I ran out of a certain spice and I could not do anything else. The store is about 50 miles away so "just running to the store" has a totally different meaning. Now, I buy 2 spices at a time - one for me and one for the ranch. One may say that they all taste the same. Well yes, but I have a palette that does know the difference and once you had "the best" it is hard to change to something "less than the best"

A friend called me a "name brand wh-re", which I have to agree I am. Proud? I don't know. But, once I am used to something I really can not compromise to another brand. It is either have or not have. Any should I not have then so be it. In my view - "It was not meant to be"

All in all, before I was able to sit down and relish being home - I had to clean up. Just for peace of mind, but also it is not in my nature to "wallow" in a mess. Four laundry loads later, a dish washing, three small bags of trash, sorting of all the change I accumulated during my vacation and one serious cleaning of the refrigerator I was happily watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and enjoying a can of Vanilla Coke. Yes, happily.

Sure there was "work" to be done before being in a "happily" state, but I did not see that as work. I saw that as being home and bringing my world back into "state of normal" for me.

As you can tell I did not transfer my files from my laptop last night so I guess I will have to do that tonight so I can give you insight on my Christmas vacation tomorrow

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

Another Dead topic

Greetings Readers

"In god we trust"

Hmmm. What does this mean to you readers? What does this mean to me? Does this really matter to you or me? I do not know the answer for you readers, but I know what it means to me. Sorry, I am not going to elaborate....

Update - Whoa! There goes my whole blog for today.

I was going to tell you a story about a sermon I heard on the AM radio this past Sunday that was held/broadcast from the town of Gallup, New Mexico. Basically, the guy who was leading the sermon was talking about the new dollar coins. He had stated that the new dollar coins do not have the words " In god we trust" on the coin. And I had a dollar coin on hand so I checked the coin and I did not see the words "In God we Trust" either on the coin.

To summarize the sermon - The preacher had indicated that he was in a store buying something and his change was back in dollar coins. He said to the clerk that he could not accept the coins since they did not have "In God we Trust" minted on the coins.

At that moment I thought how dare would this preacher question money. I bet if this preacher happened to receive these dollar coins in the offering plate I bet he would not think any less of the coins. Money is money. Matter of fact - if I was in the general vicinity of the church service I would make it a point to point out that I gave "a dollar coin" and see what sort of response/action I would get from the preacher. Darn right I would make a point.

Well, so much for this blog, because after further looking at the dollar coin I see that the words "In God we Trust" is printed on the side of the coin.

Not much else I can say after that, but now I am very, very tempted to point this out to the preacher.

By the way, I got caught up on most of my sleep last night so I should be able to get caught up on some entries from my vacation.

Also, I received two shipments from Amazon.com and let me tell you it was a nice surprise to come home and see some music I ordered show up. I would have to compare it to my Christmas present coming early for me. What were they? A couple of Tiesto CD Singles and one Madonna CD single. And I think I have two more coming soon.

I was able to watch some of the shows that I taped while on vacation - Nip / Tuck, Southpark, The Soprano's, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Let me see... in the same order - Oh she was hot!, "Sparkle", am I or Tony really experiencing the same type of situations, and gosh darn that was a messed up Season finale!

Xoday's picture is of the Ginny's that were just born when I went down a few weeks ago. All four are still alive and much, much bigger. They were finally let of the coop last Wednesday and all seem to be fine. Though the dogs and cats are wondering who are these "new" guys are. Kind of strange to see so many more Ginneys around the ranch.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

Another Light Rail Tale

Greetings Readers

I saw the Orange Eskimo this morning. All dressed in white and bundled up the cold, morning air. I saw her at the Light Rail station where I got on board.

Smiling away. We talked a bit, but the next Light Rail station stop was where my Orange Eskimo got off to go to work. She's was having problems with the new system at work, etc. Otherwise, same old same ole.

Now, when I boarded the train there was another bike rider on board and he just "loved" my bike. He was asking questions away and you know what readers I did not mind. I still had my ear phones out my ears since I was talk to the Orange Eskimo. We chatted for a few and he did most of the talking - his mountain bike, my bike, handle bars, weight of the bikes, cruiser bikes, hybrid bikes and him being a drummer. Another stop later he was leaving my part of the world that he crossed into and I probably will never run into again. Life.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - We viewers had a treat last night to a two parter episode - The Gang gets Whacked Part 1 & 2. Pretty messed up, more so than usual. Also, another character from the past season showed up and he fit the episode perfectly. And - uh-oh - part of the Gang appeared to have gotten themselves addicted to some different drug this time around. Too funny to mention.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

First Snow of the Season in Denver

Greetings People

Today, I have posted a picture of me after going to the store this morning. This is near an area where there is an open area, a dam, a park. My fingerless glove, my Natalie Merchant Stocking cap, my skintight full lycro bike pants, cheap sunglasses, ZZ Top Bandanna and bike bag.

Every Sunday morning I have a ritual that I do when I get up. I must be out the door before 8:00 AM in order to ride to the local restaurant that is sort of nearby and pick up the paper from the vending machine out in front of the restaurant.

Some days I am out the door at 6:00 AM other times I am out the door later.

Yet, this morning I was bit late waking up since I was loading up my brand new Black Ipod late last night, early this morning. Yes! You heard right readers I got a brand new Black Ipod on Friday. 30GB and this time it is BLACK! And thankfully not another Pink Ipod. I picked up/bought the Black Ipod through the work classified Ads. The Black Ipod had never been used and he was looking to unload the Black Ipod for a reasonable amount.

A Black Ipod. Oh yes. The Black Ipod is very cool and I have been trying to load up the Black Ipod, but I got busy Friday night and basically all day Saturday. Then, this morning I was a bit lazy and took a late morning nap. Mainly, I was a bit cold and I curled up into two comforters on the sofa and turned off the TV, but left the stereo on so I could hear the TV. I think I took a hour and a half nap, but does it matter? Nope. I was nestled in my warm cocoon on the couch with the view of the snow blowing from North to South outside my balcony window.

30 GB! This is nothing compared to my Pink 4GB Ipod. Nothing. The 30 GB Black Ipod is like an artist's blank canvas. The possibilities are almost unless - well right now. Yet, I am already up to 2 GB in the past two days. And yes that is not even a quarter of the way. I now have to look for some kind of protector for the Black Ipod in order to protect my new baby.

With the new Black Ipod I decided to stay in last night so I could load up my new Black Ipod. Yet, again I got sidetracked once more. When I made the decision to stay in I went to the grocery store and picked up a few things in order to keep me busy.

I made a decision that on Sunday I was going to have beans all day. The main reason was that the weather forecasters were predicting cold weather and snow at a certain elevation. Needless to say, the snow is in Denver and Centennial once more.

I was going to have Pinto beans for breakfast Sunday morning since I wanted to start them in the crock pot and then Sunday evening I am going to have Chili. After I have my breakfast of Pinto Beans I am going to change the Pinto beans into Chili and that will be Sunday evening meal. Readers, when I typed "going to change" that means I will add stuff in order to make the beans to become chili. I can not magically change beans into Chili. Hah hah. I know that some of you readers will say something like - wow he might be Harry Potter's long lost brother.

I got the stuff (a new Spice and some ground Pork) for the Pinto Beans and then decided to make some salad while getting the beans ready. The green leaf lettuce was about 1. 29 each and I picked up two heads, some mushrooms, package of sprouts, a bunch of radishes (pretty dirty), a bunch of green onions (sorry looking green onions), and a cucumber.

As I was going here and there in the Produce part of the store I saw the Tomatoes. Tomatoes. Hmm. Yep. You guessed it readers. I thought of something else that I could make while doing the Pinto Beans and Salad.

Who knew that I could multi task at home. In the few minutes I was in the Produce area I had an outline on what I am going to do and how to do it.

I grabbed a bag of Tomatoes (I think, tomatoes on a Vine) and then I grabbed a shallot, a bunch of cilantro, a whole garlic, and a white onion.

Let me digress for a moment. Those grocery cashiers probably hate me when I go through their check out line. I usually have about 5 to 20 plastic bags with various items from the Produce department. I think about every time I go into the store I always come out from the Produce area with something I want/need.

I know that the Grocery cash register people that do not know me probably do not care for me doing this. Yet readers! Make sure that you watch the screen and what is being charged. That is where all the fuck ups happen to me. I get charged for Snow Peas when I should have been charged for Broccoli. There is a big difference most of the time. Snow Peas can be 4.99 a pound while Broccoli could be 1.49 a pound. And Broccoli weight more than Snow Peas so you can see how you could be overcharged in error.

Never-the-less I still watch the grocery cashiers I know because they still do make mistakes. I am a penny pincher, but if there is big difference then yes I will make myself heard.

Readers, just watch out when you have alot of Produce that has to be weighed and the cashier has to manually look up the numbers on the wheel/book at their register. They have fast/fat fingers and they do have the tendency to type an incorrect number. One more thing - make sure that they are not charging you for organic if you did not pick up organic vegetables.

Now, back to the story. I went from the Grocery list of Pinto Beans, Salad and Salsa and decided to head out of the Produce section and go get some sourdough bread for my Pinto Bean Breakfast on Sunday. Yummy.

Then, I saw the bag. It was red. It was on the corner end of the aisle. It was on sale. It is something that I like every once in a great while. I swear, I could smell the aroma from the sealed bag. I could literally feel the food between my thumb and forefinger. And the taste. Oh boy. (Sigh) Doritos. Yes Doritos. I am not sure how the desire came, but the craving was unavoidable. And what made it worse was that I was already planning when I could eat the Doritos while making/cooking Saturday night. Note: This is a desire for me, but not very high on the list for me, but this morning I saw the Doritos and I could not resist.

I caved in to my desire and bought one bag of Doritos (I think the price was 2 for $ 5.00). When I got home the bag of Doritos sat on the kitchen counter while I was getting the kitchen ready for me to cook like an Iron Chef. Before I started - I put in the DVD of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and off I went to cook.

Now - Sunday. Yes, I had my Pinto Beans with Sourdough bread this morning and I did change to Chili so I will have that probably during the Baseball Game or the Steeler's vs. Broncos game. I have two containers of salad. And the salsa I made last night had time to set and yummy oh yummy when I had a taste this morning with the bag of tortilla chips I bought this morning.

All in all this is a good weekend.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

New Southpark

Greetings Readers

I got the carpet steamed yesterday and boy oh boy - the place does look nice. I had to move all the furniture off the carpet so my humble abode seems empty like when first moved in.

It was sort of strange. I decided to leave almost everything off the carpet and took only the sofa pads that you sit on and decided that was going to be my bed. I hooked up the TV and VCR and watched some "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" Anyway, I know that may seem unordinary, but in the grand scheme of things the abode is a mess. With me sticking furniture, boxes on every surface I could so I would have the entire carpet clean. And I was able to sleep and rest without giving a second thought to cleaning up the stuff I moved the night before.

The Rockies won the first game of the playoffs against the Phillies. I paid up on one bet so I have one more bet to fulfill on my Rockies vs. Padres bet

Oh! Oh! - New Southpark Season tonight! Woo Hoo!

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

A Guilty Verdict

Greetings Readers

I will mention that on Thursday the verdict was announced on Floyd Landis. If any of you faithful readers know then it is old news, but Floyd Landis (pictured on today's post) was found guilty and will have to give up his victory of the Tour de France 2006. Landis will get the two year ban and if I were him - start it right away. Just start the ban and accept it. In reality no one cares now since he has been found guilty and to/will be stripped of the Tour de France Winner. People will remember that from here on out. No changing history. I have some thoughts, but I am not sure if I should share or not. It is irrelevent and only matters to me.

Guess what readers - I got me another bottle of Single Barrel Jack Daniels. Yes, I am so happy. Now, I do not have to conserve the bottle I have open in the fridge. Which in the past three months or longer I have had only 5 or 6 oz. of the Single Barrel.

And another morning I rode in bike shorts and a bike jersey. I really like the warm air that is being blown in from the south (Mexico jet stream). The mornings have been nice for the past few days. Of course, this will all change on Sunday when the weather will turn for the worst.

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - and last night's two new episode were also messed up. We learned a couple of new things and also did not want to learned other new things. The episode is fairly new so I will not get into the storyline in case any of my readers do watch the show, but have not gotten to watch this week's new episodes.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

And 6 days later...

Greetings Readers

Well, as the title states - 6 days later and Davenport can add another title to her career after having a baby. Let me tell you readers I did not doubt her playing. I knew her shot at winning a tennis tournament, especially this one, was pretty darn good. Way to go Lindsay. I do not have nothing else to contribute to this story. Pretty straight forward. And I know that you may know the person pictured since I have pictured her twice in a week, but I have to once more - holding the winner's trophy - Linsday Davenport.

New trailers for Nip / Tuck - Oct 30 have started running on FX this past week. Oh, I can not wait. What is in store for Christian and Sean? And how many of the cast are going to be in Nip / Tuck - LA? I do hope Liz comes with them. McNamara / Troy would not be the same without her, in my opinion.

How fucked up was It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Thursday's premiere. I was glad to see the cast once more and I was also very glad to see many of the secondary characters showing up already.

I went for a morning run this morning - 8.39 miles. I just wanted to see how out of shape on my running I am. Granted, I worked out at the CAC on Saturday. Matter of fact I think that this is going to be a regular thing that I am going to do on Saturday. I like the afternoons and basically the place is empty. When I left the club that evening I saw a pretty woman walking in and I actually raised my hand to her and waved and smiled. She smiled and waved back at me. I guess working out had raised my confidence in myself with the "opposite" sex. I will have to admit that working out regularly has raised myself to the opposite sex and I have been noticing them much, much more.

A bit of news that is not news worthy. However, if you live in Denver and ate out at Bennett's Barbeque Pit down in Lonetree well the place of business has closed up. There is a paper sign on the door that says the place closed down, thank you very much, etc and Sept 4 was the last day of business. The sign then directs you to the only other two places in Colorado. Kind of a sad story. Bennett's was located on Arapahoe Road and then whether or not they sold out or perhaps their rent was raised the place moved from Arapahoe to Park Meadows Drive in Lonetree. The building was a lot smaller and the place also had a different "feel". It was not the Bennett's of the 1980's. I have to say that Bennett's Fucked up when they moved the place from Arapahoe to Lonetree.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

US Open 2007 - Day 14

Greetings Readers

Let me begin with Justine Henin winning the Women's singles Championship at the 2007 US Open last night. I had no doubt. Yet, she did a little shaky after that fan yelled out on her serve for the match. I could not fucking believe it. If I remember correctly, she put a few double faults in after that incident. All is well though. A second time winner of the US Open. Pictured on my blog was her opponent - Svetlana Kuznetsova. Later today is the Men's Final. I want Djokovic to win, but it may be a long shot. Depending on the weather, in my opinion.

Alright, I have a something to share. I went out to work at Colorado Athletic Club (CAC) that I recently became a member of. Let me tell you, there were a few people, but the place was pretty much empty. I did cardio for about an hour. I was do cardio while watching the Federer vs. Davydenko match. I then used the machines for about another hour, then I did the sauna and the whirlpool. Wow. I loved it. There were a couple of member in there, but this time I was not a visitor - I am a member. What a feeling. That was about all I did on Saturday afternoon.

After CAC I knew I had to go to Best Buy since I had gone to Target earlier that day to get a couple of DVD sets. I managed to get the Limited Edition of "Nip/Tuck - Season 4" at Target, but the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season 1 & 2" was sold out. I decided that after going to workout I would make a detour and go to Best Buy. I got to Best Buy and instead of just getting what I want - I browsed around. I looked at the DVD-recorders, the discs, some music and then the computer games. About 15 minutes later I was done, so I got what I needed and proceeded to the check out area.

When I got there I noticed there was a fairly attractive girl, in my view of course, standing in line. I noticed her eyebrows and then the rest of the face. Sorry readers, I do not know why I noticed her eyebrows, but I have to say that they did look good. Well, good enough for me to get my attention. She was standing in line with a guy, I presumed her boyfriend, and they were second in line waiting for an open register. I was a bit interested so after turning some corners and stood in line I sneaked a look at her. She had on some short and her thighs were what I noticed next. Granted, the glance was about 2 or 3 seconds, but I got enough. After the quick glance I looked everywhere else but her. But. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that she was glancing at me a couple of times. I knew that she was being very, very careful so she would not draw the attention of the guy that she was with. However, I did notice. I did not want her to notice that I noticed, so I played my looking around as just waiting for the next register to become available.

Then, the girl and the guy go to the register to the right of the line. The person in front of me waited about 10 seconds and he when to the next register to the left. That left me in front of the waiting line and I was looking for the next register to open. The guy was doing the buying meanwhile the girl was next to him. But then. She steps away from him and turns to me casually. We are about 8 feet away. We lock eyes for a second or two and then she flashed me a big o smile, then it was gone just like that. I smile pretty big right back to her, knowing what she was doing. The guy finishes up and then they were headed on out. There was nothing I could do or say at that moment so I enjoyed it for what it was. She liked the way I look. Enough said. hah hah.

I forgot to mention in the past week Fall as definitely made an appearance. I actually wore my long biking pant, my long sleeve shirt and two of the past seven days I slept with my comforter as opposed to my thin bed sheet. Yes, the mornings have gotten cool. I also noticed that the sun is shining on my north wall in the morning as opposed to the West wall. You know readers - the Earth is in the orbit that make the sun go towards the south. Yesterday and today were actually mild days.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

US Open 2007 - Day 10

Greetings Readers

Today, Monica Seles is pictured on my blog. I think that we have the same hair color. =) She is getting more gorgeous than ever. She has aged very good, in my view.

Nadal and "picking his shorts out of the crack of his ass" got eliminated last night. Boo-yah! And I also won my first bet of the the U.S. Open. courtesy of Justinne Henin. Double Boo-yah! Peer got eliminated today. And Davydenko, whom I have given the name "The Siberian Express" has moved onto the semi-finals. I have no idea if he came from that part of Russia, but the Siberian Express seems to fit him perfectly.

I have a bet for tonight's game - Venus vs. Jankovic and I know on paper that Jankovic is ranked 3, but Venus is much better.

Prison Break, third season, is coming back this month - I think Sept 24. Then, this week was the release of Nip/Tuck season 4 and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 1/2 together sets are now available.

Sorry about not posting regular updates about the US Open, the announcers have sort of thrown a wrench into my viewing. I am watching matches here and there, but to be honest I am listening to usopen.org radio. The announcers and the guest announcers for the day are a fresh voice and not to mention un-bias opinion on almost every player. So, watching the match is really an option when I have already listened to the matches that were broadcast over the Internet.

Time for me to go

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

An August Momentary Lapse

Greetings Readers

Yes, I have been a bit busy. A lot of things have happened the past few days. Back on Wednesday night (perhaps Tuesday night), there were loud and flashy thunderstorms that happened between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM the made it's way through the Denver metro area. I was woken up at about 1:30 AM and about 2:25 AM on that night. The lightening was loud, long, and crack-boom! sort of sounding. But then off in the distance you.. well I could here the long rolling thunder that was probably 10 to 20 miles away in the East. Once the Flashes and Lightening woke me up I was up. Though, I did not get out of bed. I was facing the East and my curtains & windows were open so I had prime view of the thunderstorms. Not to mention that I can hear the rain falling heavy and steady. I wanted to look and see how hard the rain was falling, but I was content just laying back watching the black sky. On both occasions that I woke up I was immediately up. Then, eventually I fell asleep and the next thing you know it is 5:20 in the morning. I have to say that was the type of night that I wished Jaci was over. Or maybe that is another part of me wanting that. So, when I got up I was not in the best of moods since I had an interrupted sleep throughout the night. I went to work pretty much with an attitude, but kept it to myself so I would not make anyone else suffer my misery of a morning start.

So, then... let me see... oh our little department went to the Rockies game on Thursday. We were up in the cheap seats, never-the-less I enjoyed myself. There was not going to be a repeat of last year's game when I, we, showed up at the game until the 3rd of 4th inning and then the next thing you know the game was over. So, I made sure that I caught a ride from someone else, and also left a few minutes earlier. Then, that was basically made sure that I was responsible for myself and no one else. I also sat with some other people to be sure I had a nice time, in my view. Barring that incident, I kept my head and I was also excited about the Rockies game since the Pittsburgh Pirates were playing. I have no clue who is on the Pirates these days, but at least a team I care to like was playing. As oppose to last year when it was the San Francisco Giants with Barry Bonds - Boo. Enough said on that subject. Pirates won 5-1.

I spent a lot of money, but the money and the time off (Half day from work) was worth it. After the game, I then went to a couple of shops Downtown. Since I was down in the area that was the reason that I went to look around. Also, since the RTD Light rail tickets were free I decided that I did not have to go back to Lone Tree for a bit. I bought a couple more things while downtown and not to mention the time I was down there that was when the work day was done. I saw a lot of women in Power Suits (which is a big turn on for me) and other women that were just fucking Cute in general. Those blondes. But I digress.

Let me see. There is more, but I do not want to mention those boring tidbits of info.

Nip / Tuck is schedule for October. There was another brand new teaser trailer for the show. It shows a woman's back and then the camera pans down the woman's back and you see a map of the United States and a "dotted line" goes from Miami to Los Angeles. Again not much, but oh so glad that Christian and Sean are back.

Then, the series that I got into last year - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is set for Sept 13 (FX). Charlie, Mac, "Sweet" Dee, Dennis, Frank and his ex-wife (forgot her name readers) I have seen the comericals for the show the past week and I can not help laughing my ass off with a huge smile on my face. The show's subject matter to date is sort of taboo, in a sense. Not your typical regular tv stuff. They take on Cancer, Rasicm, Steriods, Betting, Drugs, Underage Drinking, Nazi's, uh physically challenged people, doing people you really know, Transvesite, Abortion, Gay Issues, Owning a Gun, and so forth. A lot of subject matter in the past two seasons - 1st season (7 episodes) and 2nd season (10 episodes). New subject matter for this season and old characters showing up is making me so excited to see "The Gang." Who is my favorite? Very tough, but I am going say "Charlie." with Mac and "Sweet" Dee next. Pictured on today's blog is "The Gang" from the Show.

Tomorrow - The US Open begins! Woo Hoo.

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

2007 Spring Vernal Equinox - 6:07 PM

Greetings Readers

I thought about calling this blog "Respect in Lonetree", but alas I decided to go with something a little less "Stuck up"

In the past, before the big winter storms hit back to back to back, I have a couple of stops that I make in the morning while going to work. Usually their deal and/or prices are better than buying at work from the vending machine.

So, I headed into the local 7-11 got my litre of Coca-Cola and headed to the counter. I could not help noticing the girl that I know. Well, loosely know. I know of her and she knows of me but only in my previous morning stops from last year. I headed to her register and got checked out by her. No readers I do not mean "checked out", but ringed up at the register. She said "Gosh I have not seen you in a long time" I said "yeah because of the ice and snow that I have not been biking" She laughed lightly and smiled at me. I of course smiled right back. Of course readers, I smiled for all it was worth. Why? Well - recognition baby! As you can see I have a positive effect on people and not always the negative effect nor do I always get the "oh shit. Not this guy again." LOL. I do "touch" people in some ways that are positive and when I can bring a smile to their face or at least get them to talk more than just a customer. Well, that's a bonus for both of us. No, that does not mean I want to sleep with her. Or any of other women I know at different places. Although there is this one King Soopers employee that I know, and trying to get to know, but I still can not get the "read" on her. I digress once more.

Have you readers seen that new show that just started on FX? "The Riches" with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. I think it is a pretty interesting show so far. Only two episodes have been shown, but I think that the show's concept is good. The concept is believable to a certain extent. Yet, while watching the show I was actually thinking about the possible questions I would raise as the show goes further into its run. Again I was already analyzing the show. Yet what has intrigued me is the "problems" that the family has or yet to come. Whether to them personally or someone else. The picture in this blog entry is of "the house". P.S - there is a character from the other FX Show - It Always sunny in Philadelphia - that has shown up in episode 2 of the Riches.

Prison Break was a dud - I understand the "need" for all the cast members in the show to perhaps get together, but it does not make sense. I mean for almost 7/8 of the season all these cast members (who are still alive) have had their own plot lines and may have intertwined with some of the others, but largely have kept apart. Then, Michael getting all emotional about Sarah - I mean "come on". Then Michael saying there is only one thing to do "Run". Again - "Come on" - they have been running since the first season's last episode. Anyway, two episodes left.
Sorry readers about the "Come on", but if you true SP fans know why I quoted this then you know why it so fit this paragraph. And this is not the L Hewitt's "Come on!" quote.

Spring is so close and you can see the green starting to come up from the ground. I do not think the green will sprout from the trees soon, but I am thinking about two weeks for the first wave.

I just found out that NIP / TUCK is coming back for a fifth season. Woo Hoo! What would I do without McNamera / Troy? Well, nothing. But these "plastic surgeons" have made me care about them even though they are just TV characters.

until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete

Brand New Sunday in January 2007

Greetings Readers

Today is... well, was now, my final eye appointment and I was given a good, clean bill of health. Everything has cleared up, but I still do have to be careful for the next months to be sure I do not have a re-occurrence of my situation with my eyes. January 7, a few days before my birthday I am very happy to be out of the red zone. The danger of this happening again is still there, but my doctor and myself did what we could since October to correct my situation and we did a total remission with a minute scarring on the lower part of the eye.

Dallas Cowboys lost last night on a "Romo" fumble. Urgh. Although, yes to me too, the ball looked shiny (wet).

Readers, I am not really into blogging today, but thought to write something down.

Another show that I did not catch the first time around, but the second season was "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" This is one messed up show, but damn funny. I do recommend this FOX show.

This Picture was taking during a period of rain that fell over a 24 hour period and after this ride I was soaked, basically a drowned rat. Anyway, I do not think that I have uploaded this image to this blog site and I really do not have a perfect place to place this so I am going to insert the picture here

Until the next time

Daryl Charley
The Fallen Athlete