Hit and run... almost

We had an interesting experience this past Sunday. We were driving home from a church, the name of which escapes us, but we do know the pastor's name was Victor Vega(we never saw that spelled so if that is incorrect you can let us know, Aunt Kara). We had a good service there and the people seemed nice then we went to their house where they fed us. Sis. Vega made really good empanadas, on which Andrew pretty much stuffed himself. Then they proceeded to bring out some kind of beets, an unknown variation of what looked like potato salad, their oldey classic tomato and lettuce salad, something similar to cole slaw, and cucumbers. But never fear, non-herbivores, or carnivores if you prefer, they then brought out chorizo, which looked a little suspicious due to the fact that they were about a tenth of the circumference of all the other chorizo we've seen down here and beef that we never hear the name of. The meal was pretty decent, but the empanadas were the best part, to quote someon from Louis L'Amour, "All things considerd it was feast." The people there seemed to be very generous and they gave Andrew, Anthony and Austin shirts that are the national Argentin soccer jerseys(I just love writing in third person).After sitting around and watching the Sponslers and them yak at each other for a while and getting in a few swigs of mate we left. That was where the real exhileration of the trip came into play. Andrew attempted to stretch out in the back, unfortunately he wasn't very successful, but he did manage to fall asleep for a while(I tell you third person writing can really get confusing). We belive Dad and Austin and Sis. Sponsler had also nodded off.We were driving down a freeway in pretty heavy traffic when suddenly Andrew and everyone else asleep were jolted awake, no that "jolted" was not meant as a colorful verb but a realistic expression of what happened. Sitting bolt upright we looked back to see a man probably in his fifties and a woman grinnig like the couple of apes that they were. Yes dear reader,(you have to love those Wally McCdoogle quotes) they had rear ended us, in case you are a little foggy on what we mean by that, Tony, here it is this rather dull fellow(can't you tell we're trying to be nice hear) came as James from Monroe would say, zippin' along about 75 mile an hour, then swerved in between us and a bus and couldn't stop in time thus running into the back the car. In your sane American mind you are probably thinking okay no biggie Bro. Sponsler and this other guy who for the sake of clearity we shall call, Bernie get out of their cars examine the damage done, exchange phone numbers, insurance information and pleasantries then we go on merrily down the road. However, there is a fly in the ointment so to speak, something to do with that whole sane American thing and the fact that we are not in America but rather Argentina where you can't tell the drunk drivers from the sober ones, either that or they're all drunk. So grinnig all the way our dear Bernie drives off. But being the great champion of truth, justice and the American way that he is and he was tired and stressed, Bro. Sponsler brilliantly feigns exiting the freeway while our man Bernie thinks everything is just peachy, and then in a surprise move swerves over accelerates and gives chase to the Bernie, without seeing the little crash you might just think he was an average Argentine driver. He rolls down his window and begins to shout something at him as our cars pull to neck and neck. Mabye they were exchanging cheerful greetings and their mothers' maiden names but that wasn't the impression we got. Anyways after much yelling and arm/hand gesticulation Bernie here decides to pull over. He gets out of his car and walks back to talk with Bro. Sponsler. As it turned out, there was no damage done probably because Bernie was driving an old Fiat tin/plastic can. Here we were chanting "fight, fight, fight" and expecting them to come to blows any minute, and all they did was exchange a few words and get back in their cars. Why after all that big, bad, burly, balding Bernie simply gets in his car and he was walkin past our car he bids Sis. Sponsler a ,"Buenos tardes, Senora." Anyway that was pretty exciting for a while, and we really didn't cotton much to Bernie.

Michael Jordan is the best

To accurately vote on this poll one must understand what all greatness entails. Stats, are big part of being a great athelete, but Michael Jordan went beyond stats. He completely rejuvinated basketball at a time when people were quickly loosing interest. He had an aura of greatness with him. From his style of play to the way he made fans feel connected to the game, he was simply great. Uncle Eli has already posted his stats, the only legitimate argument against him being the greatest player of all time is that he doesn't hold the scoring record. Kobe was not included because he is currently playing, and we honestly aren't sure he should be included in this question. In my opinion the current greatest player is probably Lebron James. While I wasn't alive or at least not very aware during Jordan's days as a basketball player, his leagacy is still present. I'm not sure about there not being good players in the 90's, Jordan's team wasn't very good. Jordan had an amazing love for the game of basketball, in one game he had the flu and Scottie Pippen literally had to carry of the court but he still competed and dominated his opponents, in his tenure with the Wizards, he scord over 50 in one game and was selected to the All-Star team, two major accomplishments for anyone, but especially when you're over 40.Kobe does not have the flash and glamour Jordan did and Lebron does. While Kobe shoots turn-arounds and fade-aways, MJ and Lebron are making defenders look silly as they drive past them for dunks and lay-ins. You don't get the nickname of His Airness for nothing. MJ was a great clutch shooter, defender and ball distributer. You also can't forget his jaunt with the Chicago White Sox, while he wasn't exactly an awesome baseball player, he was just as good as some current professionals, which is remarkable. You never see professional atheletes change sports like he did and be decent at the second sport. The Jordan brand of apparell only serves to further show his greatness, no other player in any sport that I'm aware of has had as much success selling shoes and clothing as Jordan has. I doubt any player sells as much in a year during his career as Jordan does even though his career is finished. Kobe has won a total of one championship by himself, the others were with a center named Shaquiel O'neal on his team, who was completely dominating, Robert Horry who had an uncanny knack for hitting huge three-pointers, especially against the Blazers, Derek Fisher who was also an excellent three-point shooter as well as being very capable of running the Lakers' offense and others that created more than just a supporting cast, they created a team that would have been very succesful without Kobe. Another thing is Michael Jordan didn't whine every off-season about wanting to be traded or demanding that someone else on the team be traded. Michael Jordan is by far the best, and I don't think Kobe is in the top five, probably not in the top ten. I don't think Kobe is even the best current player. The reasons Kobe isn't on the poll is one he doesn't deserve to be and two he is currently playing, we may do a poll on the best current player later in which Kobe would be included. I won't deny the fact that I don't like Kobe Bryant, I rather strongly dislike him, but as you should be able to see there are legitimate reasons why Kobe is not on the poll.
-Andrew

The poll has been edited

Sorry to all of you who already voted, but we missed a name that must be thrown into this argument, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You must consider the all time NBA leading scorer in this argument. Again please accept our humble apologies. If you voted before Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an option you need to vote again.

A Friendly Reminder

We would like to take this opportunity to remind all of you to please leave a comment with your name, vote and reasons(optional). Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. The new poll is something that should prove interesting, and ,Loren Joseph, you had better not vote for Kobe or Magic Johnson. We will probably post something concercing our opinions later.

Ducks are Headed to the Rose Bowl

Ducks win! Ducks win! That was a very interesting game. The Ducks kept turning the ball over and the Beavers went up by nine in the second half but in the end the superior team won. LaMichael James completely outperformed Jacquizz Rodgers. Before anybody tries to dispute that make sure you saw the game stats. Jeremiah Masoli threw for over 200 yards, and rushed for 40 yards, pretty good stats, but not amazing. The thing that stands out to me is his ability to manage the offense and create his own plays on the fly. He seems to have a knack for coming up with big plays, as does James for that matter. The Oregon defense wasn't stifling but almost completely shut down the OSU running game, and Sean Canfield and his bunch weren't able to get the ball into the endzone enough. I think Mike Riley should have kicked a field goal on that fourth and fifteen play instead of trying to convert. Justin Kahut had not missed all night. I am anxiously awaiting the Oregon-Ohio State Rose Bowl game. I'm not sure about the Beavers, but the Ducks are loosing three or four starting seniors, Ed Dickson(TE), Blake Ferras(DT), WIll Tukuafu(DE) and T.J. Ward. John Boyett has already proven himself a capable replacement for T.J. Ward. Ed Dickson may leave a hole, but the O-line, Masoli, James and the recievers should all improve. Now there's a scary thought for opposing defensive coordinators. Their defense should also improve. On paper, the Ducks should be better next year, which could create another interesting Civil War matchup next year. I also find it refreshing that of all things USC isn't going to a BCS bowl game. It must have really been hard on the BCS not to put them in a BCS game. I don't know what happened to USC's palsy relations with them. Boy, roses really are quite aromatic.
-Andrew

Results of the Poll

We are quite pleased to announce that the Ducks won both polls. The who do you think will win the Civil War poll was won by the Ducks 16-4. The who do you want to win the Civil War poll was won by the Ducks 12-5. We are glad to see that the majority of you have recovered your logical faculties after the last poll:-] Speaking of the Civil War it happens tonight at the one and only Autzen Stadium. We're sure you all already know our opinions on this game. No way are you going to hear any of the it will be good for the state whoever wins junk on our blog. Rather it will be great if the Ducks win and life will go on merrily, but if the inferior Beavers win we will be moaning and crying for the next 12 days until we get home. Wait a minute, only 12 days until we get home, well by George, it seems like just yesterday we were saying 13 days until we get home and the day before that 14 days. Whew, how time flies! Back to the Civil War, we hear the Ducks are pulling out some of ye oldey retro jerseys, let us hope it has the same result as the retro garb did in the Cal game.
Go Ducks!

Yeah, that's not good

We found ourselves in the unfortunate pickle of needing a haircut. Bro. Sponsler took us down to his barber. Ughh our fine hairs of head, no wait, that would be heads of hairs will never be the same. The guy picked Austin to go first and used a #4 on his poor hair, apparently Argentine #4s are different than Amercian #4s. After doing himself proud by nearly balding poor Austin, yep he's six and balding, no we aren't exagerrating, why if he keeps up at this pace he'll be completely bald by his seventh birthday or his next Argentine haircut whichever comes first. Anyone else notice the similarities between this and a car warranty commercial? Then the big, bad, brown and balding barber, no doubt his name was Bocca(now that is vintage Wally McCdoogle right there) grabbed Andrew and started slashing undiscriminately at the head/hair. Then Anthony hair got thwacked by the little big man. After we came out you couldn't tell by looking whether a couple of crazy rodents decided to wear their teeth down on the oldey hair, or if a "barber" had cut our hair. Just in case you didn't know rodents' teeth never stop growing thus they must gnaw on things to keep their teeth from growing to the length that they can't eat. See how educational our blog can be? We ask you where would the world be today without rodents sniff sniff, heh we got all you Odyssey bluffs with that one didn't we? While we're not exactly sure what the position of global affairs would be, we're pretty sure that everyone's hair would be a lot safer, especially in Argentina. We do have to give the barber this, he was a hand with a pair of scissors and a pocket full of combs. Unfortunately, he wasn't too picky about getting both sides of the hair the same length, or even bothering with the front at all.