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Weekend Rundown

JJT — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:40:50 +0000

Yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed the Ravens victory over the Titans. On some level, it seemed to remind me of the 2000 Playoffs where the Ravens travelled to Tennessee and left victorious over a heavily favored foe. Personally, my grandfather’s last visit to Baltimore and his only Ravens football game was the Titans game back in October. I am by no means a religious man, but I am going to postulate that there was some divine intervention at play.
Throughout the weekend, I was quite productive. Many things were done around and outside the house.
Tonight, I am getting together with some friends to watch the premiere of the 7th season of 24. I am pretty pumped for the return of Jack Bauer.

Three Generations of Thomas Football Fans

JJT — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:11:01 +0000

Today, I am taking my uncle and grandfather to their first Baltimore Ravens game. I spent most of yesterday preparing for their overnight stay by tidying up the house. I had to make sure the house was up to snuff given that it has been their first visit. Last night, I took them to dinner at Nick’s Fish House.

The weather should be good, and our seats are in the west end-zone. We will be heading off to a tailgate in short order, and I know this will be a good time.

I am personally looking forward to seeing my grandfather there. He went to–and was a season ticket holder for–many Baltimore Colts football games. He was also the person who took me to what was my first (and at the time) only football game when I was a little Jason. Consequently, this event has a bit of emotional significance for me.

Here’s hoping for a good football game and a Ravens win!

Weekend End

JJT — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:34:06 +0000

A quiet weekend on all fronts, and I am not complaining about that at all. Given the week that was at the office, this weekend was blissfully quiet.

Friday night, I joined some coworkers (and friends) at Mick O’Shea’s for some Happy Hour Guinness (Guinni). Friday turned out to be a bit more busier than normal, so it was a welcome respite.
Yesterday, I puttered around the house, taking care of a couple of things in advance of going to last night’s Ravens preseason game. The only thing on my agenda yesterday was to get a haircut in the afternoon, and that was an easy mission to accomplish. Yesterday was, for the most part, a fairly lazy day for me.
Speaking of the game last night, I am still amazed by how early folks start tailgating–even during preaseason. My afternoon haircut yesterday was before 2:00 PM, and I was chuckling at some of the early tailgaters that had already set out their spreads.
My lone comment from last night’s game (as I am keeping it to just one): How about passing the ball a bit more than the Ravens did in the 1st half?
Today was spent finishing up my laundry, tidying around the inside of the house, and getting some small tasks done around the house. I also spent part of the day making a random list of things to get–a sort of macro-personal to-do list.

Any other productivity today was blunted by the wonders of a MythBusters marathon on Discovery. Thankfully, the DVR has helped with any hindrance today.

Late Christmas Gift

JJT — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:32:45 +0000

A late Christmas gift has come today to Ravens fans: Brian Billick has been fired as head coach of the Ravens. While not terribly surprising nor the only solution to the problems the Ravens had this year, I think there were too many examples his Billick’s mismanagement of this team. Poor clock management, poor offensive performance, and questionable play-calling were his death knell.

Here’s hoping that vaunted “offensive genius” has better luck being offensive elsewhere.