Day: January 6, 2007

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The Gators THINK they’ve already beat Ohio State… here’s the proof!

Gators Only THINK they have already won!Well…. I’ll admit to filling in the sleeves a bit in photoshop… but this is what the Gators are presenting to their fans…

Sounds to me like they THINK they already have it in the bag?

Now — if it were up to me — and we all know how Urban Meyer listens to every word I write… I would have held back a bit before I would let any pictures of this stuff out in the open.

Hey… I mean… if some loyal Buckeye’s got a hold of these pictures… well… they might post them in their football locker room and get the troops all worked UP! Hey, then they might actually win?!!!

I wonder what the folks are doing at the Big Buckeye Blogs now-a-days? Oh, they must be saying… we can’t beat Urban Meyer… he’s too smart for us.

As for me…. I already watched THE Game (Trojans killed the team O.S. squeeked by)… but the Buckeye fan in our house wasn’t happy when she saw this … and I sleep with her and not Urban.

Fight On…

Roger Freberg

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Love in the OOOOO’s… it never really changes

Do I know You? Were YOU the one that gave me this?

 

There’s a fun movie… an old one (1935)… that has been a family favorite around here for … well.. a very long time.

It is based on the light opera the ‘Merry Widow’ and stars in the film adaptation with Jannette MacDonald as the ‘widow’ and Maurice Chevalier as ‘the lover’.

The story is an old one… and forgetting about the overall plot for a moment … it really addresses the question… can a career playboy really settle down?

In the movies… yes… in real life… no.

However, it is worth the watch as it will make you smile. The Merry Widow actually won an Oscar… which is surprising given the fact that most Oscar winning movies have fallen into the dust bin of time. The humor is priceless… here the king is worried about a revolution:

King Achmet: So they’re blaming me, huh?
Valet: For everything. They’re even telling jokes about your majesty.
King Achmet: Are they funny?
Valet: No.
King Achmet: That’s bad.

Some may find this movie to be less real in the world of today… Even in  Britney & Paris‘s circles … and in the wake of the partying McKinney High school cheerleaders… redemption, love and marriage are not totally lost or forgotten…. possibly… just hibernating.

Besides, if a lasting relationship is what you want… Love and marriage is as strong and durable as any two people wish to make it.

One of the best researchers into relationships is John Gottman of the University of Washington… the last I heard he was interested in how successful relationships maintain themselves… as opposed to just reparing those that break up. You can read more here.

Roger Freberg