Rough Start

Our Church league basketball team is off to an 0-2 start, precisely how a good season doesn't start off. Originally our team name was supposed to SBTB, standing for, of course, Saved By The Bell. However, the schedule refers to us as the "Young Guns."

I attribute our shortcomings to the incorrect team name.

Our team is made up of 8 guys, ages 23-27, with varying levels of competitive basketball under our belts. Me, each year from 3rd grade on, to Robert, 2nd year of Church league ball. Robert, strangely enough, also wins the award for shortest and tightest shorts on the basketball court, every game.

Updates will be coming soon...maybe after we win our first game. So, keep checking back, could be Saturday, could be next season.

Seattle

This past weekend I had the opportunity to help your friend and mine, Aslan's Mane, move to Seattle with his wife, Jessica. Luke, Aaron, Jessica and myself left Friday morning headed for Seattle. Between the four of us, we drove a moving truck towing a car and their other car. A 1300 mile journey along I-5 through California, Oregon and Washington.

We got to see a lot of interesting sites along the way, starting in the Grapvine north of Los Angeles, the ever fertile Central Valley of California, Mountain ranges in California, Oregon and Washington.

Along with that I saw some sports arenas. Arco Arena (Sacramento Kings) in Sacramento, Rose Garden Arena (Portland Trailblazers) in Portland, Key Arena (Seattle Supersonics) in Seattle, Oregon (Eugene) and Oregon State (Corvallis) football stadiums, University of Washington (Seattle) football stadium, the Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Mariners stadiums.

Also the Space Needle, the Pike St. Market famous for throwing fresh fish after they are sold, and the first ever Starbucks in downtown Seattle. We were also able to visit the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. We briefly visited the Visitor Center and the Company Store which sells Microsoft programs to employees only for dirt cheap. Can you imagine the entire Microsoft Windows XP program for $40 and the Microsoft Office Suite for $50? I can now.