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First Soccer Game

Yesterday, I just played the first real soccer game of my life. I’ve coached kids plenty, and I’ve played against them, but never a serious game against adults. We lost 12-3 after scoring the first goal. I mostly played left back and I guess I played about as well as most of the guys. I didn’t hurt the team too bad, but I didn’t help much either. I am most proud of blocking a shot with my thigh. I don’t know how many days I will be sore. There is another game next week, and I hope I am recovered enough for that. We’ll see. I think I might try dribbling the ball next game. No one played mid field and tried to take the ball down. We didn’t look like a cohesive team. Whatever maybe next week we’ll be better.

9 years

9 years ago
i met you
luckiest guy in the world
you have given me everything
my life began nine years ago
when I met you
you have given me
everything that matters
i can only cry when i think
of what you mean to me
all you have to do is say hello
and all my problems go away
thank you, i love you
i won’t be with you forever
but i wish i could be
i have the feeling that
you’ll have to move on
without me one day
remember that you will
always be the best to me
thank you
i love you
always

7 years ago
i met you
luckiest dad in the world
you have given me everything
that matters to me
i can only cry when i think
of what you mean to me
all you have to do is score a goal
and all my problems go away
thank you, i love you
i won’t be with you forever
but i wish i could be
i have the feeling that
you’ll have to move on
without me one day
remember that you’ll
always be the best to me
thank you
i love you
always

Last year
I met you
luckiest dad in the world
you have given me everything
that matters to me
i can only cry when i think
of what you mean to me
all you have to do is smile at me
and all my problems go away
thank you, i love you
i won’t be with you forever
but i wish i could be
i have the feeling that
you’ll have to move on
without me one day
remember that you’ll
always be the best to me
thank you
i love you
always

Cuddly passed away this morning

Cuddly was my other hamster.  He outlived Tyler Palko by a few months.  We got them a day apart from the pet store.  I knew he was almost ready to go.  He wasn’t eating too well the past few days.  I found him the morning before he was stiff halfway out of his igloo.  My son named him Cuddly when he was 4 years old.  He lived about 3 years.  He was a gray hamster.

random thoughts

I need to be an ipv6 specialist… we are about 2 years from running out of IPs in ip4.  Read, read, read, write, blog, experiment…   With wifi phones seeming to catch on and skype, why pay for a cell phone + contract?  Phone companies are losing land line subscribers to VOIP companies like Vonage.  Their cell phone businesses will go down the same way to wifi VOIP.  Cell phones still have a big gap, but I think wifi will overtake cell phones in about 5 years.  Why have voice networks anyway?  Seems wasteful when data networks carry voice just fine.

Goodbye TP

I found my buddy Tyler P, the hamster dead yesterday in his igloo.  He wasn’t looking too well the last few weeks.  He wasn’t moving around much.  He lived a long life, over 4 years, and I enjoyed taking care of him and feeding him.  He is survived by his room mate Cuddly.  We  buried him at the tree line in the back yard and put a rock over his grave.  I wish I had a picture of him to post, but he was a yellow and white hamster.