Monday, October 24, 2011

Weekend Recap- End of Boating and Football Blues

I'm going to include Thursday night on my weekend recap because we flipped Friday and Thursday.  Friday was spent at home, watching a movie and catching up on sleep.  I may or may not have fallen asleep at 8:48 on a Friday night.

BUT!  Thursday night we ventured out with another couple to Zanie's!  My friend had purchased some tickets from a door to door salesman (yep, door to door Zanie's tickets) and they were about to expire.  We were privy to 3/4 comedians.  The first was the emcee and the first comedian.  Let's just say he probably still has a day job.  And he probably shouldn't quit that day job.  His jokes weren't clever, his delivery wasn't great, and his jokes weren't funny.  Mostly negatives if you consider what he was supposed to be doing.

The second comedian was Al Jackson.  He has apparently earned some fame lately on TV and is able to do comedy full time. You can tell why, he's funny.  He's not amazing.  He's a little crude.  But he is funny.

The third and fourth comedians, the Sklar Brothers!  Two twins that have pieced together a fantastic show that is full of clever, well written, well delivered jokes.  I actually laughed out load multiple times and a couple of their jokes were repeated all weekend by my wife and I.  I think that is the real sign of whether or not a comedian is good.

Saturday was a beautiful day and perhaps our last chance to winterize the boat in comfort.  So the wife and I used the better part of Saturday (and a little time on Sunday) to clean up and winterize the boat.  It is now safely tucked away under its cover and a massive tarp we are trying out this year.  It kills us not to put it in storage, but the cost isn't worth it to us.   I make sure to winterize it correctly and cover every inch that we can.  When spring rolls around we hope for the best!

Saturday we watched UT play a great half of football.  Then we watched them play a terrible second half.  They were playing Alabama, who is ranked #2, so we weren't expecting anything different.

Some very kind friends gave us tickets to the Titans game on Sunday- they were demolished by the Texans.  But it was amazing weather and a fun time.  More entertaining was the fact that I parked our car next to the projects.  And I literally mean the public housing projects.  It was free.  I was planning on paying for parking but we ended up seeing a spot and decided to go for it.  As we walked away from the car, two young guys that some might judge as untrustworthy eyed us and asked if we were going to the Titans game.  I thought it was pretty obvious already so I was friendly and said yes.  They asked who was playing and I told them the Texans.  Then we walked away and discussed the likely-hood of these two guys breaking into our car now that they knew we would be gone for the next 3 hours at least.  My wife suggest I go back and find another spot.  I said no, I have faith in people.  I always hope for the best.  But I also prepare for the worst.  So 3 hours later I was prepared to see broken glass and a missing tablet (the only thing of value in the car).  You'll be happy to know those two young guys didn't touch our car!  Score one of mankind.

As usual, Sunday night was a great meal with all my family at my parents house.  mmm mmm good.

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