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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