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Jenny Craig…. 26 lbs. for me… 95 for the fam!

Jenny Craig

 

 

 

 

Well, today was weigh-in day for Laura, Karen and me… Karen has been doing a great job shedding her ‘thrower’ weight dropping 41 lbs so far, Laura has dropped 28 lbs and I have taken off 26 lbs in this my fifth week on the program.

Hey, I am a long way from my goal weight… and that’s a secret for now… and very soon folks will be amazed that Karen was ever a shot putter…. and Laura is lookin’ great.

Next week… ah… I’ll break through a big number.

Roger Freberg

PS. If any of the folks at JC are reading this… you need to develope a ‘Pilates-type’ cd.

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Nick Sabin vs. ‘the mouth’ Urban Meyer

Nick Sabin New Head Coach at the University of Alabama.... roll tide!In Texas, we say, ” money talks and bull sh*t walks!” and “don’t tell me you love me… show me!”

Alabama showed how much they want Nick Sabin by giving him an eight year $ 32 million contract! Now… that boy Urban the Legend Meyer in Florida has a seven year $14 million dollar contract… what does that really say to you?

So , when we look down the road in the SEC for the next couple of years, Urban better get what he can this year ’cause there’re a few big boys in the league… including Steve Spurrier about 12 mil or more.

The SEC just got more exciting… and somewhere, Bear Bryant is showing a small smile.

Roger Freberg

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What’s Under those Trojan Cheerleader Skirts?

Well... she is wearing 'something'... kinda interesting actuallyHmmmmm… years ago, Grandma Frankie asked me as a little boy, “when did you learn that little girls legs weren’t attached to the bottom of their skirts?”

They’re not?

So, I was on the net the other day and some folks were talking about our ‘virtuous’ Southern California Trojan Lady Song Girls in a terrible way… it was like they went to the ‘Folle Bergeres’ in Paris ( historically, the women danced without underpants… my grandfather at the end of WWI wrote an amusing letter to his mother in Iowa saying he saw the ‘follies’ but she shouldn’t worry… as he caught no ‘cooties’… ha!)

In fact, the ‘debate’ on whether or not she was wearing something under her skirt surpassed talk about those couple of other minor and forgettable bowls this week…

My Professor & esteemed collegue Laura entered the debate by noting that the cheerleader in question was obviously wearing a ‘thong’. Which — to her — made it okay. Since Laura is seldom wrong… I decided that a deeper exploration of the issue was needed.

So after much study… it appears that she is wearing some sort of lacey something… even though I am the father of three daughters I don’t recognize it… in any event, she is wearing…’someTHING’.

Relax boys, this is about as racey as my blog gets.

Fight On! Congrats on THE Grand daddy of ALL Bowls Win… the Rose Bowl!

Roger Freberg

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Southern California Trojans Settle the Burning Question

DJ doing what he does best... pointing out to the defense that they needed to guard him better... then he made his td.Well… I remember the whining… the ‘Urbanizing’ of many blogs that said that the Trojans were unworthy to face big bad Ohio State and that Michigan should get it’s chance…. BECAUSE they really deserved it.

32-18 didn’t settle the National Championship aspirations of the Trojans… but it proved that the Trojans can play with anyone… and on their day… win!

 

“They have a great defense,
but I think we have too many weapons. Can we get to a certain spot, or stretch the field vertically?”— Dwayne Jarrett  

 

From my perspective, the Trojans had it handled easily on defense… the real question for me was whether or not the Trojan offense could get it together. The Rose Bowl made me a believer that John David Booty was coming into his own… and for the first time…  showing real leadership and calm under pressure. He stood tall in the pocket and seemingly impressed the former qb in the t.v. announcers box… and that’s not easy.

The stats didn’t say it all … because after the game was in hand, the Trojans seemed to ease back and run “student body right”… which they didn’t do previously and racked up some rushing yardage… they also let a few go by on defense that may have refelcted the lead… or too much time by the defense on the field. In any event, it wasn’t that close.

Congratulation to the Great USC football team… remember this moment, sovour this time together… it never gets any better than this.

Fight on!

Roger Freberg

PS. Now the question remains… Ohio State and Florida? This is sort of a civil war around our house… Karen is also a Florida Grad and Laura is a loyal Ohio State fan… as for me… I have already watched THE Game!

But the question remains… what would SC and Ohio State have done if they had met? … And who will Urban Meyer blame if Florida loses? Certainly, Urban is starting to crow early:

“The country wants to see the Southeast Conference champion
against a Big Ten champion.”— Florida coach Urban Meyer
after winning the SEC Championship (12/02/06) 

 

other whines:

Boisie State needs to play a real schedule
Is USC really that good?

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There’s a little “Devil wears Prada” in all of us!

Recently, I confessed one of my most private secrets… that I have always enjoyed “Pride & Prejudice” in the original and in all of it’s various and glorious forms. However, I have done something that some of my biker buddies might find amusing….

the devil and her assistant... make that... 2nd assistantI enjoyed the movie “the Devil Wears Prada”. Now, my daughters and my wife shot out and watched it the first day it came out in the theaters… and I — only reluctantly — viewed it after it came out on DVD… and only after it had dropped in price. Hey, but I loved it…. and I have watched it… well.. more times than I would like to admit.

Why did I enjoy a movie that so clearly appeals to women?

Because — although it is about fashion and the fashion industry — it is really speaks to how many businesses are run… and a lot about the people who run them. I think most people have worked for a goal obsessed, career dominated and self absorbed boss. These are not ‘people persons’… but they are useful people none-the-less… they keep America running.

So — for me — this movie began a journey that helped reduce the gap in my mind from the world I live in… and the world that the fashion industry serves…. and in some sense… manages. I did a little background work on the folks who are allegedly portrayed Anna Wintour and Chanelin the movie… Anna Wintour the very successful executive editor of Vogue Magazine and Lauren Weisberger who wrote the original “Devil Wears Prada”.

By the way, Lauren has written a second book I plan to get my hands on called “Everyone Worth Knowing” about the public relations industry in New York. From what I have read so far… whew!… Lauren skewers this industry a bit as well…. actually, I think the movie DWP was very kind and supportive of the fashion industry compared to the book.

In any event, check out the Vogue site… style.com and see if you find an appreciation as I did for the ‘clackers.’

Roger Freberg

PS… Unlike the Pope, I can’t by Prada… their men’s shoes on-line go only to size 9 or so… what can I say… Italians must have small feet?