Beware the Ides of March....

Would Miss Evans be happy to hear us discuss Julius Ceasar and the Ides of March. Just think, we had her teaching us all that latin before computers were in use as they are today. Here is a link that will explain the Ides of March in case you forgot all about those latin classes.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0311_040311_idesmarch.html

Four years on the water and more to come...

March 5, 2009
Why is this such as special day. I have enclosed a link to Dick and Libby Mills blog site so you can all check it out.Click on the link...

http://dickandlibby.blogspot.com/

and you will see for yourself !

Florida tops Vanderbilt ...

I had the opportunity to watch the Florida /Vanderbilt game yesterday at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center (the O' Dome). I have bought tickets before from the Gator's ticket office so if any become available, they email with the opportunity to purchase them. I sat 10 rows from the court behind the basket. Really a great seat. It's about a 2 hour drive but well worth the trip. If you ever have the chance to eat at a McAlister's Deli, Please try it, you won't be disappointed. I stop when I go for football or basketball in Gainesville. http://www.mcalistersdeli.com/. With less than a month to go, college basketball is heating up as teams hope to go to the "big dance". Another thing I like about Florida basketball is when you leave the building, sort of like Elvis did, it's fairly warm as opposed to those northern cities. Upper 60's yesterday. Jack Youngblood, all pro NFL was also there yesterday. Send me some news, notes or nonsense.

The pictures above are the campus, basketball dome, and the student section waving their pom-poms.K

FM Basketball Coach

I just thought you may be interested in this article if you were a player or cheerleader or just attended the Friday night basketball games at the Manlius Military Academy back in the sixties. Or, perhaps you played a little "hall ball" at IC Church!!!

http://highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-461867094/f-ms-blackford-reaches-400th-career-victory/

Were You There???

The link below will take you to the inauguration on Jan. 20th. Use the scroll bar or your mouse wheel to move into a closeup and find yourself at the inauguration. Well, if you were there.

http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15374&window_height=720&window_width=1217

College football season ends...

Well, another college football season has ended and as I look back it was probably one of the best for me. It started when I saw Syracuse play Akron in the Carrier Dome followed by a visit to Memorial Stadium to watch Clemson host North Carolina State. Jay Adcook and I, along with our wives, attended the Syracuse-South Florida game in Tampa in October. I then journeyed to South Bend to enjoy Syracuse's win over Notre Dame in freezing weather. The University of Central Florida moved to it new stadium last year and I went to two games there this year. It is a good stadium which was built for a mild 55 million dollars. As I watched the Univ of Alabama- Birmingham defeat UCF, history in this new stadium was already being made in that it was the first game in the new Brighthouse Stadium where no touchdown was scored. That will be a trivia question in 2062!!!

As the season came to a close I enjoyed the Florida State / Wisconsin game in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando. The above pictures show the Florida State Seminole mascot as he and his horse roam the sideline. Next, Florida State throws a first quarter pass.

The final game for me this season was the Georgia / Michigan State Capital One Bowl on New Years Day. Pictured is "UGA" the Georgia mascot posing for pregame pictures and the Georgia "Red Coat" marching band. Another interesting trivia fact. The week before the Michigan State / Michigan game at E Lansing, several members of the marching band camp out at the Spartan statute to keep Wolverine fans from spraying it yellow and blue.

That's it for now, anyone with information to post send it along. Happy belated New Year to all.

On the road, actually water ways...

If you have been following Dick and Libby's blog, he mentioned going to the "Rod and Gun Club" to eat and I have a link posted here which will take you to the website. It also makes for interesting reading.

http://www.evergladesrodandgun.com/

this is Dick and Libby's blog: http://dickandlibby.blogspot.com/