Super Bowl Weekend Edition

Rowan reading a book with mom this week. Rowan's had a rough week with a cold, but is getting better. It was nice hanging with her the last two mornings. We had fun...

Finally going to get around to playing this game: Super Bowl XLIV (44 for the Roman numeral illiterate)! I've been thinking about my pick for a while now. I've done pretty well so far in the Divisional round 3-1, Championship round 2-0, Pro Bowl 1-0. I'm making strictly moneyline picks, not working with the spread on these! My call for SB44 is Colts 37 - 31. [NFL.com & About.com]

Fort Wayne Fantasy Football League Super Bowl party and awards at our house on Sunday. It's a tradition, and this year I get to keep the trophy for the Fantasy Bowl. I'm going to savor that reception at halftime on Sunday. We then immediately draw for the draft order for next season. Get started right away! Of course draft day is September 3rd, so we have a long wait. [SpydeysWebb.com]

News Quiz and more after the jump...

Friday January 8th

2010 is here and so is the winter! We got over 3" yesterday in this winter and year's first significant snow fall. Shoveling was quite a task last night, knew I should have bought that snow blower! This week's pictures are from Brooke and Rowan's visit to the mall. She's on the Bob the Builder ride, tweaking his nose!

Redskins got a new coach this week, at least for them. Even Brooke had heard of Mike Shanahan before. He's got two rings, and I know for a fact that he's better than Jim Zorn. So I'm all for it. It's just like the Redskins to make news in the off-season rather than the playoffs that kick off Saturday. Maybe next year. [Washington Post & NFL.com]

One of my most favorite Cubs off all time was voted into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Andre Dawson gets in on his ninth attempt, and that's a very good thing. Still not sure what cap he'll wear: Cubs or Expos. [Chicago Tribune & Baseball Reference]

This week's News Quiz. Got my usual 70%, with a few guesses that came through for me. [Chicago Tribune]

Got my Avatar review up on the main page last weekend. We really enjoyed it. Got an average of 9/10 from the five reviewers that went with us. The way Cameron filmed this was truly ground breaking. [SpydeysWebb & LA Times]

Lots of big movies coming out this summer during blockbuster season, beginning with Iron Man 2 on May 7th. Who's in? Many of these movies will be competing against each other on the same opening weekend. Which ones and how will each do? [IMDb.com & LA Times]

I'd love to have a mistake like this happen to me...you know, buy something you didn't mean to and boom, millions of dollars. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

The Lipizzaner Stallions are putting on a show in Miami. I thought Brooke would like this article and picture. [Official Lipizzaner Site & Miami Herald]

Who's more popular, dogs or cats? [Chicago Tribune]

Try to stay warm this weekend, wherever you are. Minus zero wind chills up here in The Fort! [Journal Gazette]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Friday December 31st

Happy New Year! Have a safe and happy celebration tonight. We'll be spending it with friends and Rowan will be there too. Good times.

Rowan had an amazing Christmas this year. The whole Sheridan clan was in town for the holiday week and then a full day with the Taylors on Christmas day. Rowan cleaned up a bit! A rocking chair, an Elmo color table/chair set, clothes, Mega Blocks, an Elmo phone, wooden blocks from Santa, an Elmo puppet, shopping cart, books, her first bike...did I mention Elmo stuff?!? Time for a picture update sometime this weekend showing all this cool stuff.

Above is Rowan with Poppa Hans showing off her Butler Bulldog shirt. Notice the Butler B in the background, we didn't even plan that (picture from Poppa). Below is a group hug with Uncle Zach and Harrison (picture from Uncle Christian). What a great Christmas week!

We actually saw a movie last week! The Sheridan family went to take in Avatar on Saturday night. It was a good movie and I should have my review up sometime this weekend. [IMDb.com & SpydeysWebb]

It was a great finish to the Fort Wayne Fantasy Football League for the Ninja Monkeys. Took home the championship in the Fantasy Bowl! I won in 1999, which was my second year in the league. I then lost my next 5 trips to the title game before my win last weekend. I'll take it! Can't wait until the Super Bowl party when I get that FWFFL Cup in my hands! [SpydeysWebb]

Lots of prediction articles out there this week. I liked this one that tries to predict what the media world will look like in 2010. [LA Times]

Remember the writer's strike from 2007? Well, most people really don't. But that little strike messed up some movies release schedules. Lots of movies shot in 2007 and early 2008 are getting their releases in Jan. and Feb. of 2010. [NY Times]

Told you about this guy after April's NFL Draft. He was the Redskins first round pick and now Brian Orakpo is the Redskins only All Pro. [SpydeysWebb & Washington Post]

Have an awesome long weekend! See you next year.

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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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Friday September 25

The Sheridan Invitational is done for another year. We had some amazing weather for the golf and the party. If you haven't seen the photos, they're on my Picasa site. Can't believe I've been doing this for 11 years...amazing. That's Rowan up there with Paul on Sunday afternoon...we watched some football together. Not a bad pairing, as I got first for the week and Paul took second. We'll need to do that again soon! [SpydeysWebb.com & Picasa]

We may actually get out to see a movie next week! It is time for a new review on the main page. Have to check the listings to see what's out there to watch...Cool report from the set of Iron Man 2. Gotta wait until May for this one though...[GeekTyrant.com]

The Redskins are in Detroit this weekend. I'd l ike to head up and see them kick some Lion tail, but I'm not sure what team will show up, not to mention the 7 hour round trip to Ford Field and back. Even though Detroit could use some of my cash money, I think I'll enjoy the NFL Ticket and the Red Zone Channel in my basement. Sounds like a plan! Prior to that, the Hoosiers invade The Big House in Ann Arbor on Saturday afternoon. I'm just hoping it's not a blowout! [Time]

Collected lots of articles for the post this week, so let's get to it.

This week's News Quiz and Pop Culture Quiz. I did pretty well on both this week...good luck to you. Try this H1N1 Swine Flu quiz, it might be just a bit tougher than you think. [Chicago Tribune & Time]

Sydney, Australia got hit with a massive dust storm this week that you could see from space. Photos from the ground make the city look more like Mars than Earth! [Wired]

Brooke and I love ourselves some Pittsburgh, PA. I think the foreign dignitaries at this week's G-20 Summit will as well. [Washington Post]

Who's more green: a New Yorker or a Green Mountain Vermonter? The answer may surprise you (but it makes sense). [Time]

A new Segway from Honda, it's a little different to say the least. [Japan Times]

Meet the new head of the Army's Drill Sergeant School: Sergeant Major Teresa L. King. [NY Times]

Some guy found a lot of gold and silver buried in England. They're calling it the Staffordshire Hoard (another link here). If you've ever been to the British Museum in London, you could compare this find with the one on display from Sutton Hoo. Brooke and I perused this on our trip there in '07. [Guardian & Wikipedia]

Website of the Week: now this is how you get your car decked out for the tailgate: SkinIt Tailgate Packs!

My Sheridan foursome: Depune, Shlater, Paul and I.

Have a good weekend...autumn is here, feels like we need to bundle up already!

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Friday August 28th

First things first, Rowan won what dad calls the Baby of the Week from channel 15 news last Friday! They do 1st year birthday announcements every day, and Rowan was announced last Tuesday. Then on Friday, they hand out a Baby of the Week ice cream birthday cake from Dairy Queen and Rowan won! See the bottom for my screen grab of her photo on the news. The news and weather guy gave her a nice shout out on Friday. Very cool.

The above picture is from this week when Rowan finally met Della. They seemed to hit it off pretty well. Rowan really liked the kitty cats at the barn, but did pet Della a few times before we left.

Redskins tonight on CBS vs. the Patriots. We'll see if QB Campbell can pull his head out and play some good football before the real games start on the 13th. I know it's just preseason, but his starts are scary bad!

This week's News Quiz took me to the cleaners. Bad guesses I suppose. I actually did better on the Pop Culture Quiz. Good luck. [Chicago Tribune]

Today in History: Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream. [NY Times]

No Hollywood ending for these slumdogs not quite millionaires. [Miami Herald]

A little help from IU football...now go to the games! [IUHoosiers.com]

The next great Hoosier basketball player? Let's hope so. [2K Sports]

Chat session with Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White. [LA Times]

Website of the Week: Get High Now. It's not what you think.

Here's Rowan Sheridan, Baby of the Week for August 17-21!

Feels like Fall this weekend...must be football season.

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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 August 14th

Well, the week long celebration of Rowan's first birthday started yesterday with her second trip to Wrigley Field. Too bad the Cubs didn't show up! We should have packed it into a crazy weekend, cause they're leading 17-2 in the fourth inning today. The Chicago Air and Water Show is happening this weekend on the lakefront, so the Thunderbirds are buzzing the stadium.

Oh well. We have lots to prepare for! The birthday party is tomorrow afternoon and it looks like 30+ are going to help us celebrate. A nice cookout on the back porch with hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, mac & cheese, baked beans and of course cake and ice cream. Lots of pictures next week, I'm sure. The one above is Rowan getting sized for shoes at Toenges Shoes last weekend. She's getting to be such a big kid!

Nothing much to say about the Redskins first preseason game other than it's the preseason. No where to go but up...

This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

The super active baby mind. [Time]

New brides and changing their names. [Chicago Tribune]

Rowan, 5 days old.

Have a great weekend!
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Friday August 7th

The Friday blog is back. We had a great vacation last week. Hope you got a look at the Picasa albums page and YouTube video I made. We did close to 2,100 miles and visited 8 states and the District of Columbia. Rowan has now been to 12 states + DC, and she's only 11 months old! She was a champ in the car. We had travel times of 9, 7.5, 6, and 8 hours. A great time was had by all! Of course, Muki and Butsu really missed us and we were happy to be back home on Sunday.

Tomorrow is the Family Centered Services Duck Race in Bluffton. Hope everyone picked up their Quack Sacks from Grandma Brenda or Brooke. I also hope your ducks do well with this list of prizes, but not as well as Rowan's for the $1K grand prize! Grandma Brenda is quoted in that attached blog article. [Family Centered Services & Bluffton blog]

No movies this week, but Berles says he's in for the GI Joe flick. So we'll probably get out to that one soon, it opens today. The trailers for Julie & Julia have me thinking it may be pretty good. Critics seem to be up on the latter and down big on the former. No surprise there. John Hughes passed away this week. He made a lot of the movies I grew up with as a teenager...many, many classics. [IMDb.com & Rotten Tomatoes & TVGuide.com]

NFL training camps opened last week, so fantasy season must be right around the corner. Don't have my team name yet...draft is in 4 weeks. Here's a good article on the newest Washington Redskin, Jeremy Jarmon. [Washington Post]

This week's News Quiz is back. I aced it, so it's easy. Right? [Chicago Tribune]

Now this is how you crash a party. The party being the Pittsburgh Penguins post Stanley Cup win party! [Dayton Daily News]

5 good ways to get the most out of your online music collection. [Mashable]

Google maps and the stairway to heaven...in Brooklyn? [NY Times blog]

Going to be hot and muggy this weekend. Summer makes a visit. Golf could be sticky on Sunday...

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Friday May 1st

Happy May Day! Rowan getting a little belly time in this week with dad. She's not crawling yet, but we're working on it! [Wikipedia]

Very happy with the Redskins first round pick last Saturday. Maybe my bro-in-law Ryan will become a Redskin fan, as they picked former Texas Longhorn DE Brian Orakpo with the 13th pick overall. The other 4 picks were pretty blah, but this one was the right one. He and Haynesworth on the defensive frontline will cause some havoc next season. Already looking forward to it. [Sporting News]

It's Wolverine Friday, and I think we'll be going next week. It's getting questionable reviews, but sounds like most are comparing it to the Spider-Man and Batman movies, which are classics. I think this will be standard comic book movie fare. I'm looking forward to it. [IMDb.com]

This week's News Quiz. I jammed it out this week with solid 100%. How'd you do? [Chicago Tribune]

A fictionalized version of Barack Obama's Facebook page after 100 days. [Slate]

Following Tom Crean on Twitter, and he's getting lots of publicity for his use of the service. [Indy Star]

Lots of coaches and teams are using Twitter. LSU coach Les Miles says he's going to Twitter during games next season. [USA Today]

Apple considers Twitter a triumph of humanity! That could be because the Twitter offices use Macs, exclusively. [Apple.com]

The Dead, remnants of the Grateful Dead after Jerry's passing, are on tour this summer, again. [NY Times]

Website of the week: This one, how cute is that kid!?!

"You lookin' at my Cheerios!?!"

Have a great weekend...

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Friday April 24th

Rowan had lots of daddy time this week. I stayed home on Monday, which was a planned day off since I thought I'd be getting home late from the Sunday night Cubbie game. No game, but took the day anyway. We had lots of fun. Tuesday was barn night for mom, so dad was in charge again. This pic is from one of our times playing together.

Like the new color scheme of the blog? I've been looking for a new template all week and finally just changed the colors of the one I currently have. Seemed all the other templates I used would erase half the widgets I have on the right side! That would be no good. I'll keep looking, any comments are welcome. [BTemplates]

NFL Draft this weekend. I can only hope the Redskins are kidding about going for another QB, which would be a new QB, which would be even more time before we're a serious contender for a Super Bowl. We have more pressing concerns (OL or LB or DB), and Campbell's getting better. I know this is too much Redskins talk for everyone, but I had to vent a little cause it they trade to get Sanchez tomorrow, I may need to find a new favorite team! (But I know I won't...I own too many team clothes) [NFL.com & Washington Redskins]

I'm following coach Tom Crean on Twitter now. Very cool inside dish updates from Coach. Got a new commit this week for the Class of '10. Forward from Jacksonville, FL named David Williams. Hadn't heard much about him, but he looks like he's getting better as he gets older. I'll have to trust the staff on this one...By the way, you can follow me on Twitter if you like, I go by SpydeysWebb on there. [Twitter & Indy Star]

Got out to see State of Play last night or as I told people what movie we were seeing, "the new Russell Crowe one". We really enjoyed it and the review will be up on the main page sometime this weekend. Brooke said at the theater that it'd been a while since we'd seen a movie like this, and it's true. We stick mostly to comedies or comic book/super hero flicks! Speaking of comics, Wolverine comes out a week from today. Not sure if it's an opening night trip, but sometime in the first week we'd like to check this one out. I think Wolverine's opening is the start of summer movie season, previewed here by Rotten Tomatoes. Gets earlier every year! [IMDb.com & SpydeysWebb & Rotten Tomatoes]

This week's News Quiz. How'd you do (comments section is open!)? [Chicago Tribune]

The Great Wall of China is getting greater. They've discovered that it's longer than previously thought. [AP]

Interesting article about Chinese government and citizen's names. There are a lot of Chinese characters but not all of them are recognized by the government for personal names. Yours not recognized? Then you'll have to change your name! [NY Times]

Space shuttle's next mission will be the last trip to work on the Hubble telescope. This week scientists found a few Earth size planets out there..[NASA & AP]

How to save Flint, Michigan? Tear it down. [NY Times]

Web site of the week: Redskins blog I found searching for info on the draft. Hogs Heaven.

Hot this weekend! We're getting out in the yard to enjoy it. Rowan's already beaten me to it...maybe she mowed the lawn this afternoon? Have a good one!

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