What I Am Thankful For.

Here a small list of what I am Thankful for.
The good report from my heart doctor Monday when I went in for my quarterly visit.
My laptop and my wireless system.
My fathers good health.
My flu shot and the fact I haven't been ill so far this winter.

Dallas Cowboys Win

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
Dallas Cowboys 38

This game started with a Buccaneer touchdown very early in the game. By the end of the first quarter the game was tied 7 to 7. In the second quarter Tampa Bay scored 3 points and the Cowboys 14 points. From there on the Cowboys gained control. They scored 14 points and in the final quarter they managed 3 points.

A good Thanksgiving Day game.

Cowboys Break Colts Winning Streak

Dallas Cowboys 21
Indianapolis Colts 14

Peyton Manning has still to win in the Texas Stadium. The Colts 13 consecutive wins streaks was ended today.
In a tight back and forth game the Cowboys beat the Colts by five points.

Cowboys Win & The Cardinal show their class.

Dallas Cowboys 27
Arizona Cardinals 10

In a lopsided game The Cowboys grabbed an early lead and never let go.
In excellent NFL moment the Cardinals saluted former safety, Pat Tillman, who left the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Airborn Rangers and was killed in Afghanistan.
The Cardinals dedicated an area outside the stadium known as "Pat Tillman Freedom Plaza."
It includes a 500-pound, 8-foot tall bronze statue of Tillman including a 42-foot-long wall, symbolic of Tillman's number at Arizona State. There are 40 oak trees west of the memorial, symbolizing the number 40 he wore with the Cardinals, he also set the team record of 200 tackles.

Great game and class act by the Cardinals.

Cowboys Lose

Dallas Cowboys 22
Washington Redskins 19

In a very tight game the Cowboys lost to a last second 47 yard field goal by Nick Novak.

Boom Goes The Website

From Buzzzle.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/114890.html

The American government has closed down a website it created this year after inadvertently uploading information that could be used for building a nuclear bomb. The site was set up in March as a showcase for reams of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The idea came from congressional Republicans who wanted to use the internet to highlight the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. But the plan appears to have backfired when the site posted documents that amounted to a basic guide to building a nuclear bomb. The Bush administration closed down the website last night after questions were raised by the New York Times.

And we can't take liquids on the airplane?
We can however take a laptop with us as long as you check it in as luggage and they can store it in the cargo hold.

Cowboys Win

Dallas Cowboys 25
Carolina Panthers 14

In a game who's first quarter gave the Panthers a 14 point lead, then the game changed directions in the Cowboys favor. The Boys scored 10 points in the second quarter. In the third quarter neither team made any scores. In the final quarter the Cowboys scored 25 points and broke the Panthers grip.
This was Tony Romos first game as a starting quarterback. He trow a 270 yards and a touchdown.

Good work Cowboys!!

Cowboys receive a Giant ass kicking.

Cowboys 22
New York Giants 36

In a very lopsided game the Giants took a very early lead and the Cowboys never caught up.
The Cowboys defense could not hold the Giants who attacked Bledsoe at will.
Tony Romo replaced Bledsoe in the second half but was intercepted early on.

Are you sitting down?

It is 65 degrees outside!!
We are expecting a high of 68 and a low a of 58.

Oh Crap Not Again.

Yesterday about noon I went to the Emergency room with a high heart rate. My heart was at 140 at noon and by the time I got to the ER it was at 95. They did a bunch of blood work and an xray. The ER doctor gave me a high blood pressure pill and sent all the info they had to my heart doctor. He said I didn't need to move up my appointment with the other doctor as the problem fixed itself for the most part and there was no long term damage. I see my cardiologist next month and my GP hopefully next week.
It my may be in the high 90s here today. I can't wait for winter.

Cowboy Win Again

Dallas Cowboys 36
Houston Texans 6

In a game that started with four calls against the Cowboys of face mask pulls the action once started was fast.
Terrel Owens caught to touchdown downs passes.
This game was fun to watch.

Cowboys Lose

Dallas 24
Philadelphia 38

In a wild back and fourth game the Cowboys lost.

Cowboys Wins and Titans Behave Like Criminals

Dallas Cowboys 45
Tennessee Titans 14

The 6-foot-6, 320-pound Albert Haynesworth's stomped on the head of Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode's.

Gurode needed 30 stitches to repair the cuts left by the tackle's cleats, and he plans to talk with his family about whether or not to press charges.

The league suspended Haynesworth for five games without pay.

During 2003 Titans training camp, Haynesworth kicked center Justin Hartwig

I hope Gurode press charges and sends Haynesworth to jail.
Hayneswoth actions where those of a criminal and he should be treated as such.

Cowboy Wins.

Dallas Cowboys 27
Washington Redskins 10

Here We Go Again.

Well the Dallas Cowboys are at it again. They had a good first half as usual then folded in the second half of the first game of the season.
They have a game tonight against the Washington Redskins.

Come on Boys kick some ass.
Please.

Dallas Cowboys Lose First Game

Dallas 17
Jacksonville 24

Well hopefully they will do better.

No Saints Here

I have been playing the X Box 360 game "Saints Row."

First of this is an adult game.

Much like the Grand Theft Auto series of games there is plenty of gun play, running over pedestrians, car stealing, drug dealing, and playing driver for some hooker and their Johns.

The graphics are nicely done and the audio is well done. The game play is easy to follow. The is not a very difficult game but does require you to try different solutions to missions.

You play a mute member of a gang called the Saints.

You help your fellow gang members drive off or flat out kill member of other gangs.

The bad news is this game is VERY buggy. There all several problems with the graphics of the game, the game is also infamous for freezing and items such as cars, cloths, and weapons disappearing.

In short the game was rush to released and the makers did not take their time testing the game.
This is sad.

Hopefully they will learn a lesson and take more care with the next game.

Honer Among Texans

The store I bought my X Box 360 from replaced it after much hand ringing and foot dragging. Much noise was made over how Microsoft frowned on such things as helping your customers.
However I have the replacement system.
The new system makes far less noise than the previous one.
All in all I am happy with the way my local vendor dealt with me, but thinks Microsoft needs a few million lessons in how to treat their customers.

Shame on Microsoft.

Microsoft "We have your money, screw you!"

My Xbox 360 stopped working today. I followed all the instructions on the page...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907534 .

I followed the advice they give on their page.
Unplugging and replugging the unit entirely as stated in their page only resulted in tripping the circuit breakers in my house.
I then disconnected the hard rive and this did nothing to solve the problem.
I then called customer support only to be told after five minutes of a call I have no doubt I will be charged for even though it is an eight hundred number, that they claim it was never registered. I know I filled out the paperwork.

The 360 is now in the trash.
It will stay there.
Microsoft has once again found way to screw a customer.

NSA Wiretaps Found Unconstitutional

From Eweek.com:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2005330,00.asp


Federal Court Finds NSA Wiretaps Unconstitutional
By Wayne Rash August 18, 2006

A federal judge in Detroit has rejected the Bush administration's argument that the National Security Agency's wiretap program, which has been conducted for nearly five years, is allowed by the U.S. Constitution.
In a sharply worded statement that cites precedents from as far back as the late 18th century, and quotes extensively from the Framers of the Constitution, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, said: "We must note that the Office of the Chief Executive has itself been created, with its powers, by the Constitution. There are no hereditary Kings in America, and no powers not created by the Constitution."

The judge rejected the administration's claims that the defendants did not have the standing to sue the government, saying that they had each suffered in their ability to carry on communications protected by the First Amendment. She also rejected the administration's claims that the activity was protected because it was a state secret. She said that the information provided by the President of the United States in a series of public statements about the NSA surveillance program was itself sufficient for the plaintiffs to make their case.