Back after a Break - Friday June 11th

Back to the blog after a bit of a break. Been saving up some good links to post in a bit, so make sure you check them out.

Been living at Chateau de Mom and Dad over the past almost three weeks. Their hospitality has been great and Rowan loves seeing poppa and grandma every morning and evening. But it's time to get the party started at the new place. Found out this afternoon that we are set to close! The papers will be signed on Monday afternoon and we'll be officially moving to the farm. Hopefully we'll have more exciting news on Brooke's horse business to follow, including a boarder...

Went to see Get Him to the Greek last Friday and we really enjoyed it. Laughed out loud several times. The last third of the movie was a little different than the first 2/3's, but I'd recommend it. Definitely worthy of a DVD viewing at home. A few weeks ago, Brooke had a ladies' night out with the girls from Sex and the City 2. It's getting blasted in the reviews, but she and her friends enjoyed it. I think fans of the show would like it. [IMDb.com & Rotten Tomatoes]

The A-Team opens today. Brooke and I were big fans of that show on TV, so we may be checking it out. Doesn't seem to be getting too many positive reviews, but it's not horrible. Brooke informed me last night that the new Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz flick, Knight and Day, is a must see for her. I sure hope it's good! [IMDb.com & Rotten Tomatoes]

World Cup 2010 starts today in South Africa. USA vs. England tomorrow at 2:30. With the lousy weather forecast, I think I'll be around a TV for this. I've been talking smack with my buddy Simon in London since the pairings came out in February. Here's a good link for following the schedule of games and teams for the next month. [official FIFA site & Marca.com]

On to the links!

This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

Customer loyalty cards via cell phone. [NY Times]

Upgrading the GPS System. [Chicago Tribune]

A BP public relations spoof is getting more hits on Twitter than the real BP account. [NY Times]

Raising kids in the new tech world. I'm guilty of this with my iPhone. By the way, new iPhone 4 coming this month! [NY Times & Apple]

Animal odd couples link from Depune. [NY Daily News]

Video of Rowan taking Butsu for a walk the other evening. She did a pretty good job!

Pool's Open - Friday March 5th

It's March. Spring can't be far behind. Rowan's ready to try out this backyard. We're learning the many different uses of brush...you  know, tooth or hair.

This month also brings out the March Madness. The Square Pool was opened this week and is filling up quickly. On Selection Sunday the brackets will be released for the Bracket Pool. Hoosier fans can still be a part of the Dance! [SpydeysWebb & College Hoops Net]

Academy Awards are Sunday. Haven't seen many, but we'll be watching the show. I think it'll come down to Avatar and The Hurt Locker for the big ones. Already saw Avatar and watching The Hurt Locker before the show (maybe Inglorious Basterds if we're ambitious) this weekend. The Hurt Locker has some serious war movies to follow if they take Best Picture. [Oscar.com & IMDb.com & SpydeysWebb & LA Times]

If you want to compete in this year's Oscar winners guessing game, then print off the ballot on Popdose's page and play along! [Popdose]

US cleaned up at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Most medals ever. Here's a rundown of those who got them. [Vancouver Game & Chicago Tribune]

News Quiz and more after the jump...

Friday January 22nd

TGIF. That's Rowan and me watching some Sesame Street this week. She's getting her hair put up in a ponytail at Matthew's House. I think it may be time for a trim...it would be her first. Early Birthday shoutout to Paul 'Tillbilly' Lang...Happy 40th bro! Just kidding, I know you're younger than I...

We're down to the penultimate football weekend with Championships Sunday. I went 3-1 last week in my picks, the Jets messed me up. Now lots are picking the Jets to mess up the Colts. Not me, Colts 27-17. I'm taking the other home team on the NFC side too, Saints over Vikings 38-34. [NFL.com]

Spring Training is just around the corner. Cubs signed up with the Cactus League for the next 25 years this week. They'll remain in Mesa, AZ. To get you going on Cubbie news (I know you're dying for it), you can find the latest Cubbie blogs to follow. I'm partial to Bleed Cubbie Blue, myself. Another article talking about the Cubs letting Maddux do his thing with the team in ST, especially the pitchers. He's got a great track record for helping guys have career years. [Yahoo.com & Chicago Sun-Times]

News Quiz and more after the jump...

Hoosier Hysteria! Friday October 16th

Basketball season starts tonight! Going to IU's Hoosier Hysteria with Uncle Dave this evening to check out the new Indiana Hoosiers. Should be a great time. Tomorrow is homecoming vs. Illinois and we'll have the whole family there for that one. Weather will be getting warmer, so we're ready to go. [AP & Indy Star]

Sunday is the annual Sheridan family trip to Brown County State Park for the leaves and cousin Harrison's birthday, which is Monday. We've been doing this for years, always around the time of Uncle Christian's birthday. That was last Wednesday by the way, Happy Birthday Christian! Should have some pictures of our busy weekend up sometime next week. Looking forward to it! This time Rowan might be running around with her cousin. Last year she slept through the day...

Redskins Nation is up in arms about the state of the team. Lots of anti-Snyder campaigns picking up the last week. Dan Snyder is the meddlesome owner of the Redskins. This Sunday's game has been dubbed Black Sunday by some fans. Should be interesting to see what, if anything, transpires.

We need to get out to a movie! There's one that's garnering some attention this weekend: Where the Wild Things Are. It's taken a few years to get this movie from shoot to theater, but I think it'll be a bit of a mind bender. So far the reviews I've read today are mixed. I wasn't the biggest fan of the book, kind of freaked me out, so maybe Uncle Dave can take a turn on the movie review page after he sees it. He LOVES the book, don't you Douglas? One that Brooke and I saw a trailer for a few weeks back is Whip It. It's getting decent reviews and I think that may be the one we see next. That is if I can get Brooke to skip Saw VI. ; ) [IMDb.com & AP & Wikipedia & Rotten Tomatoes]

This week's News Quiz and Pop Culture Quiz. I did pretty well on these this week...[Chicago Tribune]

Here's 25 more reasons to get an iPhone, less things to carry. [Mac Life]

Getting closer to Halloween. We bought Rowan's costume this week. Now, where can you get scared out of your wits in the Midwest? [Chicago Tribune]

Time to start thinking Olympics 2020? Some cities are ready to put their hat in the rings. [Japan Times]

New money making operation for the state of California surrounding Oaksterdam University. [Newsweek]

Rowan at last year's Brown County picnic.

Have a great weekend...enjoy the sunny fall days!

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DRAFT NIGHT! Friday September 4th

Well, the fantasy football season kicks into high gear tonight with the draft. Let's hope I do as well picking these guys as I did last year. #11 pick, so I'll have a long wait time for that first team member. Went with Ninja Monkeys as my team name this year. Go Monkeys!

Speaking of monkeys, that's Rowan in her monkey jacket from Uncle Dave. It's a 3T and fits pretty well!

With the start of fantasy, it means that the football season is officially upon us. IU needs to pick it up after barely beating a 1AA team last night at home. Play like that next week and Western Michigan will wipe the field with you. We'll be there for that game. More on that next week...

This week's News Quiz, which I did much better on this week. The Pop Culture Quiz, not so much. [Chicago Tribune]

What you should know about preparing for the flu this season, including H1N1 Swine flu. [Miami Herald]

Blogging the flu to keep track of it's spread. [Washington Post]

The Internet is having a birthday. It's 40 years old this year. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

Spider-man and Mickey Mouse are under the same roof now. [LA Times]

Hoosier astronaut awakened to IU fight song. [IU News Room]

iPhone news was out this week. Seems AT&T is close to losing it's exclusivity of iPhone by the end of 2010. However, it may be a double edged sword for whichever company gets the contract. iPhoners use copious amounts of data, and this clogs the system for phone, data, or any smartphone uses. It's a major drawback for the AT&T system...but would be the same for Verizon as well. [Brandweek & NY Times]

Rowan, September 3rd 2008

Have a great holiday weekend. Enjoy your Labor Day festivities.

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Friday August 21st

Fabulous week at the Sheridan house. Rowan celebrated her first birthday on Tuesday with new bath toys and Crayola prizes from mom and dad, plus the visit to Red Robin. On Wednesday, Brooke and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with a nice Oyster Bar dinner and a movie. A very good week. I'll have Rowan birthday party pictures up sometime this weekend. Lots of good ones.

We saw the movie (500) Days of Summer on Wednesday night. Brooke's Aunt Renee said it was a good one, and we agree (so do most other people). Both of us really enjoyed it. My buddy Travis and I determined that after seeing a movie, the more you think about the movie is directly proportional to how good it is. Even if you thought a movie was bad at first viewing, if you're still thinking about it days or weeks later, then it did a pretty good number on you. This is that type of movie, only I liked it from the get go. It's an indie flick with good writing and acting. At a breezy 97 minutes it was perfect for post dinner viewing. I'll have the full review on the main page this weekend. [IMDb.com & Rotten Tomatoes & SpydeysWebb.com]

Being an indie and romance type movie , we saw some different trailers than we're used to seeing on our action/adventure movie fare. Lots of interesting movies coming out soon, just not sure which will be next for us. We missed out on Public Enemies in the cinema and GI Joe is heading that way as well...Look to the Webb Catchers on the main page for an idea on where we may be heading. Speaking of Public Enemies, a new John Dillinger book and an exhibit in Indiana are coming soon. [IMDb.com & SpydeysWebb.com & IU News Room]

Is baseball over yet? It may well be on the north side of Chicago. What a huge disappointment this expensive group of underachievers are. Let's hope the Redskins and Hoosiers can redeem my sports fanaticism during the football season. And yes, I know that's asking a lot.

This week's News Quiz, which I jammed out, and a Pop Culture Quiz, which I most definitely did not jam out. [Chicago Tribune]

Exactly how many rounds of golf do I need to play to get this hole in one? I'm dreading it may be too many. Thanks for the link Christian. [NY Times]

Never thought I could make my own Apple App, but there are companies making that a better possibility. [Time]

Get ready to pay more for your frou-frou Starbucks drinks (and less for your brewed coffee). [Chicago Tribune]

Tributes to a great comic strip: Calvin and Hobbes. [USA Today]

Rowan at 11 weeks old.

Have a great weekend...cooler temps as football season approaches.
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Friday July 17th

I'm cribbing these photos off my Picasa site. There's some really good ones on there!

Still haven't gotten out to see Transformers yet. We're really slacking. Maybe a matinee this weekend? Iron Man 2's coming out next year and has some star power in the baddie roles. [Entertainment Weekly]

This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

It's official, the wha'chu talkin' 'bout Willis Tower. [Chicago Tribune]

Regarding last week's story on snakes in Florida, seems they're ready to send out the posse. [Miami Herald]

This week's Twitter story...some guy is going to publish is novel, 140 characters at a time. [Tech Crunch]

Fort Wayne's getting more and more a hot spot for college soccer. The Big Ten is going to increase their involvement starting in 2010. [News Sentinel]

Interesting, the new Under Armour post workout recovery suit. [CNBC]

Daylighting, finding old urban waterways and making them viable once more. [NY Times]

Human brain rewires instantly. [New Scientist]

Apple App Store creating fame and fortune for the right apps. [Wall Street Journal]

Web Site of the Week: total time waster of funny cat photos and videos on icanhascheezburger.com.

Much cooler this weekend...where's the summer heat?

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Friday June 12th

Rowan says, "peas, please!" We've had a great week with Rowan. As you saw in the last post, she's clapping and crawling and soon will be getting into things. It's awesome. She's also getting her own little personality, and I see a bit of myself in it. Hopefully, she can have a bit more patience than the old man. She can get that from mom.

Some Happy Birthdays this Sunday. To my nieces in Texas, Grace and Ella celebrating their 3rd, my buddy Steve Lyng celebrating his 39th (!!!), and my good friend Simon Cook in the UK with his, what? 36th, I think. Oh yeah, and a Happy Flag Day to everyone else.

Saw The Hangover this week and the review is posted on the main page. I liked it, Brooke was more of a meh on it. As I predicted a few weeks ago, it trounced Land of the Lost, which finish 3rd for the week and will be on DVD by August 1 I think. Next big flick, if we don't see Up soon, is the new Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen. Need to avoid the extra trailers and sneak peeks on that. I want to be surprised for some of these movie! [IMDb.com & LA Times]

Well they unveiled the new iPhone 3G S on Monday. Video comes to the iPhone, a nice one too. It's as good as the one on my camera. The updated lens gives it a pretty sweet camera on there too. Biggest problem with the new iPhone? You're still stuck with AT&T service! If we are to upgrade ours, I think it will be after Apple allows other carriers to get in on the iPhone business. Then, we'll move on too, maybe...it is a pretty sweet upgrade I think. Time to move on over Christian! [Chicago Tribune]

This week's News Quiz. A workable 70% for me this week, how'd you do? [Chicago Tribune]

This week's new Pop Culture quiz. A bit tougher as my 50% showed. [Chicago Tribune]

One more...even harder than the previous two: Wine Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

Medical beliefs and others busted by the IU School of Medicine. For instance, the 5 second rule or swallowing gum or heat loss through the head. [IU News Room]

Good news for asthma sufferers...it's caffeine! [IU News Room]

Architecture article for everyone, but mostly Christian. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is building a scale model of downtown Chicago. The pic in the article is worth a click. [Chicago Tribune]

Website of the Week: Found one on a list of sites you should be wasting time on. This is interesting to say the least: My Milk Toof.

Another of the many faces of Rowan.

Have a great weekend!

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