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Friday, January 15

Friday January 15th


Spring-like weather this week! I know that winter will blast us again, but it was nice to be above 32 degrees for the last couple of days. I know Butsu enjoyed it more outside as well. That's Rowan up there in her new rocking chair from her Omoe. She really likes rocking away!

Uncle Dave got me and my buddy Jason some killer seats for the Pacers/Suns game this last Wednesday. Check out our view in the bottom photo! Like I told a few friends via text that night, our feet were ON the floor. Very sweet seats and an even better victory for the Pacers. [NBA.com]

Big football weekend starting tomorrow...I'm taking all the home teams this round: Saints over Cardinals 45-35, Colts over Ravens 31-20, Vikings over Cowboys 24-21, and Chargers over Jets 31-17. [NFL.com]

This week's News Quiz, I only missed the Teddy Pendergrass one. [Chicago Tribune]

Award season kicks off this weekend with the Golden Globes. That can only mean the Oscars are right around the corner. I plan on doing my Oscar pick 'em again this year, so study up with this per-Oscar award show rundown of potential winners. [Golden Globes & LA Times]

The movie Avatar keeps doing boffo box office. Have you seen it yet? There's yet another article this week that asks if the way it was made will change the movie industry. [IMDb.com & Box Office Mojo & NY Times]

The Spider-Man movies that we've known are no more. They've decided to go in a different direction. Not yet sure what I think about this. [LA Times]

Cubs in the news again this week with the hiring of future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux to the front office. Great move in my humble opinion, only 79 days until Opening Day (Spring Training begins Feb. 17th)! [Chicago Tribune]

Set your DVRs as Day 8 of the show 24 kicks off with the first two hours of Jack's day on Sunday night. [Fox TV]

Haven't played football in Wrigley since the Bears left in 1970, but there could be some games there as soon as this fall. [Chicago Tribune]

Some good news for Type 1 Diabetics from the money raised on our Walk to Cure Diabetes from last October. [JDRF]

Enjoy the warm weekend!

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