Football Epilogue

I just signed my kids up for one of the first kids oriented uniball floor hockey leagues in the area. This is a fast-paced evolution from old-school plastic puck floor hockey. The game is fast paced and largely non-contact. And importantly, compared to ice hockey, is not nearly as resource intensive (resourse = time, money, equipment, ice, zamboni). There is an adult floorball league in the area. I'm thinking about going and playing in an open night or two just to get more familiar.  In the meantime here is a YouTube video or two I found on the sport and a link to the US Floorball official website:   USA Floorball

What better for warming up the brain than a (continued) game of Monopoly over breakfast? Me having Boardwalk and Park Place! Muahaha :)

The days are getting noticeably shorter and the temperatures are starting to cool. That said, my daughter's soccer season is winding down. So let me ask:

From http://brickellmensproducts.com/blogs/grooming-manual/66267203-top-5-anti-aging-tips-for-men I was originally going to write about the football successes of the weekend. It was a good weekend for "my" teams. Obviously, the Vikings and Minnesota Gophers have a larger stage and it was good to see them win. It was exciting for me to see the Hamline Pipers get their first win over Gustavus Adolphus since 2005 and for the Champlin Park Rebels to beat the Blaine Bengals.  Instead of attempting analyst detail on these games I think I'll go another way. I'm realizing I'm dwelling on something from week 1 of the football season. It was a fact an announcer said and it put who I am in perspective. The oldest offensive lineman in the NFL is 35! That is younger than me (by 3 years at this writing). I don't think this was really the stuff of mid-life crisis generating profoundness. I already know 40 is a matter of months away for me and have had to square with a...

I don't know where I'd be, without your dark and roasted bean and let's not forget the caffeine You pick me up in the morning But keep my up and moving Insides churning, outsides grooving And I take you with a little cream Who am I kidding, a lot of cream And need constant refill it would seem If there there's no Coffeemate to be had Then on to the half-and-half and with a touch of Splenda you taste splendid Although I'd drink you straight from the carafe I used to use a Keurig  machine But I found the portion quite lean So now on the weekend I make a full pot Still that doesn't last as long as I thought In the evening I switch to decaf So I can sleep at night Then awaken again tired and groggy Until I pour another caffeinated flight ©2016

I run anywhere between a 9 minute mile and a 12 minute mile depending on conditions and how I'm feeling. I don't feel there to be much reason to run more than a 5k. I have friends who run a lot more, but I figure I'm a big guy and I might need my knees and hips when I'm 70. I also run into issues when I run too much (and not enough stretching) with sciatic verve pain, aka sciatica , where I can feel nerve pain running from my lower back to the bottom of my right foot. There are also the grade school memories of having to run the mile. For a fat kid with asthma (I'll have to dig up my 4th grade basketball picture for confirmation) this was akin to a death March. Enough so that I seriously question the utility of this tradition along with all the other tests that seem only the elite athlete/gymnasts of those age groups can complete to any level of confidence building satisfaction. "Yep, I still mostly walk and wheeze a 15 minute mile". "Yep, I still...