STOOPID FACTZ !!

Only the honey bee makes honey.

A honey bee dies after it stings.

Wasp nests are made of paper.

The word shark is derived from the Latin word meaning "sharp teeth."

RIDDLE

Bobby got the weekend riddle. I thought I had learned my lesson about answering his questions. Boy as I wrong about that.
ANSWER:What do you have to know to be a real estate salesman?
Lots
TODAY'S RIDDLE:
What has a head, can't think,but drives?

CHASE FOR THE NEXTEL CUP HAS GOTTEN TIGHTER

Well Jeff Burton still leads the chase for the Nextel Cup but with yesterday's turn of events he only leads the chase by 6 points over Matt Kenseth and there are three other drivers within 51 points of Burton's lead. It looks like this years chase will come right down to the last race at Homestead. Also I would like to congratulate Brian Vickers on his first win of his career. Well it looks like all the teams in NFL that most of the bloggers root for the Packers, Steelers, and Redskins all lost yesterday and it looks like all of them are in trouble to make the playoffs this year. This was expected of the Packers but the Steelers and Redskins were suppose to be top contenders in there respective conferences. Well the Cardinals beat the Padres last night and with the win move on to the second round to meet the Mets for the NL Title and in the AL it will be the Tigers vs A's, go Tigers. THE SOURCE tell me that Keith will be in Detroit this week, maybe he will go see the Tigers play or catch a Red Wings game. This is what dad has been doing at the beach this week, apparently he is getting ready for Halloween and he has hired the guy stand on the front porch with them when they give out candy this year. MICKEY

We try to grab pieces of our lives as they speed past us. Photographs freeze those pieces and help us remember how we were. We don't know these lost people but if you look around, you'll find someone just like them.
Gene McSweeney

1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut — later Yale University — was chartered.
1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
1936, the first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

Singer Jackson Browne is 58
Actress-TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 54
Actor Tony Shalhoub (''Monk'') is 53
Country singer Gary Bennett is 42
Golfer Annika Sorenstam is 36
Country singer Tommy Shane Steiner is 33
Actor Randy Spelling is 28
Actor Brandon Routh (''Superman Returns'') is 27

STOOPID FACTZ !

There are no fish living in the Dead Sea.

It is illegal to lick toads in Arizona.

The largest kidney stone weighed 14 pounds.

Frogs don't drink water.

Eric Clapton's given birth name was Patrick Clapp.

The metallic element gallium can melt in your hand.

EAST CAROLINA POUNDS VIRGINIA, GEORGIA FALLS

The East Carolina Pirates pounded the Virginia Cavaliers yesterday 31-21 in a game that the final score doesn't show how much ECU dominated UVA. Being at the game I can tell you the outcome was never in doubt and it looked like ECU moved the ball at will against the UVA defense and the UVA offense never got on track. The UVA offense has to get on track or they may not when another game this year, the defense is just on the field to long. There was a pretty good contingent of UVA fans at the game and sometime blogger John and his family were also there rooting the CAVS on, John said he was going to wear his GROH MUST GO shirt to the Maryland game next week. Also yesterday the Georgia bulldogs had a tough day falling to Tennessee 51-31, Georgia lead this game at the half 24-14 but gave up 37 points in the second half. The Georgia defense was only allowing 6.8 points a game before yesterday. Today in the NFL the Redskins play the New York Giants and it doesn't matter who the Packers are playing they are just bad. In MLB action yesterday the Tigers and Mets moved on to the second round of the playoffs, the Tigers will face the A's and the Mets will face the winner of the Cardinals and Padres series in which the Cards lead 2-1. The loss by the Yankees may have cost Joe Torre is job according AP reports this morning. Rookie David Gilliland is on the pole for today's Nextel Cup race at Talladega, he beat his teammate Dale Jarrett for the top spot, this might be highlight of the year for Robert Yates Racing having both of his cars on the front row. Today's race could go a long way in deciding who is going to win the Nextel Cup. The weather here in CH is still very dreary, after all the rain of the last few days there is a heavy mist falling this morning with the temp in the mid 50's. MICKEY

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
Lou Holtz

1869, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.
1944, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, made its debut on CBS Radio.
1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.

Entertainment reporter Rona Barrett is 70
Rev. Jesse Jackson is 65
Comedian Chevy Chase is 63
Country singer Susan Raye is 62
Actress Sigourney Weaver is 57
Country singer-musician Ricky Lee Phelps is 53
Comedian Darrell Hammond is 51
Gospel/rhythm-and-blues singer CeCe Winans is 42
Actress Emily Procter is 38
Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 36
Actress Kristanna Loken is 27

WEEKEND RIDDLE

This is a carry over from Friday.
RIDDLE:What do you have to know to be a real estate salesman?

HEADING TO ECU TO SEE THE CAVS PLAY

Well I will be heading down to ECU to see UVA play for the first time in person in many years. It has also been a long time since UVA visited ECU. I hope the weather will be a little bit better down there for the game which kicks off at 6pm, but the forecast is calling for 70% chance of rain which isn't good. I don't know how much rain we have gotten here in CH but if I had to guess I would say we have gotten more than 3 inches since last night, the back yard is flooded as bad as I have seen it many years and it's still coming down pretty good, maybe fellow blogger Les can tell us how much water he has in his rain gauge. There are areas to our east and to our south that have received more than 8 inches of rain. All of the Central Virginia football games were washed out last night and most have been rescheduled for Monday night. Down in Georgia last night the Heard County Braves knocked of the Crawford County Eagles 34-12. At the beach Manteo beat Northside 48-0 and Columbia beat Cape Hatteras 44-6, First Flight was washed out and will play Monday night. The Oakland A's are the first team to move to the second round of MLB playoffs sweeping the Twins 3 games to none, the Tigers now lead there series with the Yankees 2-1. The NL series will resume today. They will qualify later this morning for Sundays Nextel Cup race at Talladega. THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION must have been right about Al. MICKEY

COLLEG FOOTBALL LINES
Virginia at East Carolina-6.5
Clemson-16.5 at Wake Forest
North Carolina at Miami-19
Duke at Alabama-29
Tennessee-3 at Georgia
Oregon at California-5
Texas-4 at Oklahoma
Richmond at New Hampshire-11

Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.
Albert Schweitzer

1777, the second Battle of Saratoga began during the American Revolution. (British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered 10 days later.)
1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.
1916, in the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.

Former National Security Council aide Oliver North is 63
Country singer Kieran Kane is 57
Singer John Mellencamp is 55
Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 49
Recording executive and TV personality Simon Cowell ("American Idol") is 47
Country singer Dale Watson is 44
Rhythm-and-blues singer Toni Braxton is 39
Actress Nicole Ari Parker is 36
Football Player Charles Woodson is 30

Keith's Picks

Thomas Dale 14
Meadowbrook 13

Dinwiddie 35
Col Hgts 20

Petersburg 21
Hopewell 13

Matoaca 42
Prince George 7

Heard County 35
Crawford 7

Little Professor's Picks

Andrew sees the CD game this way:

Thomas Dale 14
Meadowbrook 13

Dinwiddie 27
Col Hgts 6

Matoaca 53
Prince George 7

Petersburg 35
Hopewell 13

RIDDLE

Adding a new riddle. I had the Dead sea as a answer but not the question.
NEW RIDDLE:What do you have to know to be a real estate salesman?

Keith did it again. I think he does research to find the answers.
ANSWER:When is longhand quicker than shorthand?
On a clock

TODAY'S RIDDLE:
Where do mummies swim?

A COOL RAINY FRIDAY HERE IN CH

Well it looks like the weatherman got the forecast right, it rained pretty much all night and it is still raining this morning and looking at the radar it is going for a while and the temp is 61 right now and that's suppose to be the high for today. The blog has been pretty dead the last few days, where is everybody at? Is it true that fellow blogger Al took this week of to paint his old house, I got that from THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. The NY Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals last night 5-2 in the NHL opener for both teams and Rangers looked pretty good, the score could have been much worse if it wasn't for Olie the Goalie. In the MLB playoffs the A's, Met's, and Cardinals all have 2-0 leads in there series and could wrap them up today or Saturday. The Tigers and Yankees series is tied at 1 game a piece, GO TIGERS. In college football last night NC State upset Florida ST 24-20, the Seminoles lead this game by 10 points at one point. Well it looks like Thomas Dale made a good decision to move tonight's football game until last night, the Knights beat Meadowbrook 14-13 and with all the rain that is expected today they made good decision. Tonight CH will travel to Dinwiddie and try to stop Dinwiddie's passing attack, the Generals QB has already thrown for about 1,200 yards. Matoaca will travel to Prince George also tonight. In Georgia the undefeated Heard County Braves will visit Crawford County, the Eagles will try to extend there winning streak to 2 games. At the beach tonight First Flight will travel to Pasquotank, Northside will be at Manteo and Cape Hatteras will be at Columbia. This week the Nextel Cup Series visits Talladega and as most of you know anything can happen here, this could be a very big race in the outcome for the Nextel Cup. I have posted another old photo from the past of two fellow bloggers, the LOUD SISTERS. MICKEY

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Sir Winston Churchill

1884, the Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I.
1989, actress Bette Davis died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at age 81.
2001, Cal Ripken played his last game in the major leagues as his Baltimore Orioles lost to the visiting Boston Red Sox, 5-1.

Actress Britt Ekland is 64
Rock singer Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) is 55
Rock singer-musician David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) is 52
Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy turns 51 years old today.
Actress Elisabeth Shue is 43
Country singer Tim Rushlow is 40

MORE STOOPID TOUR DE FRANCE FACTZ !!!!

Youngest winner was Henri Cornet, 19 years 50 weeks in 1904.

Oldest winner was Lambot, 36 years four months in 1922.

Number of pedal strokes taken per rider for the three weeks: 324,000 (at 60 rpm); 486,000 (at 90 rpm)

Calories burned by a rider in the course of the Tour: 123,900 (based on 5900-per day average at 21 days of racing).

The course and total distance travelled changes every year.

4 racers have died while competing in Le Tour de France.

RIDDLE

Scott got the riddle first this time.
ANSWER:What is a sleeping bull?
BULL DOZER
TODAY'S RIDDLE:
When is longhand quicker than shorthand?

APPOMATTOX INSURANCE WINS 2 MORE

The Appomattox Insurance softball team picked up two more victories last night over the Roslyn Farms Corporation. The first games last night was a forfeit victory for AI as the Roslyn Farm team didn't have enough players. In the second game AI defeated the Roslyn Farms team 11-1, Ricky Toombs made is season debut last and the first time doubled down the left field line. I am happy to report that there were no injuries last night. In MLB the A's have taken a 2-0 lead over the Twins in there series and Mets defeated the Dodgers and now lead that series 1-0. The Yankees and the Tigers were washed out and the Cardinals and the Padres resume there series today with Cards leading it 1-0. There is a pretty big college football game in the ACC tonight when Florida St travels to Raleigh to play the NC State Wolfpack, I like FSU in this one. The weather here in CH is getting ready to make a major change around here on Friday and Saturday, on Friday it's going to be windy and rainy and the temp is going to be in the upper 50's and on Saturday is going to be windy with high's in the lower 60's and chance of rain also. MICKEY

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
Anita Roddick

Comedian Bill Dana is 82
Rhythm-and-blues singer Arlene Smith (The Chantels) is 65
Singer-musician Steve Miller is 63
Comedian Bernie Mac is 49
Auto racer Michael Andretti is 44
Hockey player Mario Lemieux is 41
Singer-actress Heather Headley is 32
Actress Kate Winslet is 31
TV personality Nicky Hilton is 23
Rhythm-and-blues singer Brooke Valentine is 21

RIDDLE

Mary ,Donna's Mom.(Weez) and Tammy had better answers then I had in my book but the King got it again.
ANSWER:Why was the photographer arrested?
Because he shot people and blew them up

TODAY'S RIDDLE:

What is a sleeping bull?

STOOPID TOUR DE FRANCE FACTZ !!!

Lance Armstrong (United States) holds the record as the only rider to have won the Tour seven times (consecutively 1999–2005); he retired after the 2005 Tour.

The tallest rider was Johan van Summeren at 1.98 meters or 6' 5.5".

The shortest was Samuel Dumoulin at 1.58 meters or 5' 2".

The heaviest rider was Magnus Backstedt at 95 kgs or 209.5 lbs.

The lightest was Leonardo Piepoli at 57 kgs or 125.7lbs.

Chris Horner and Laurent Lefevre shared the lowest resting heart rate, 35 beats per minute.

The "average" rider in 2005 was 1.79 meters (5' 10.5") tall, weighed 71 kgs (156.5 lbs), and had a resting heart rate of 50 beats per minute.

THE NHL OPENS IT'S SEASON TONIGHT

The National Hockey League opens it's season tonight and there are three games on the slate for opening night. The two teams that I follow the most the Rangers and Capitals have there opener Wednesday when the play each other, the Rangers are my #1 team followed by the Caps. In MLB yesterday the Cardinals, A's and Yankees all one game 1 in there series, the Dodgers and the Mets have there first game today. The Appomattox Insurance softball team will be back in action tonight at 6:30pm when it plays Roslyn Farm Corporation, tonight opponent is just one game behind us for 1st place in the league. AF might be a little short handed in the 1st game tonight and might have to bring Toombs out of retirement to play tonight, stay tuned for updates on this situation. I have posted an old slide of me and Al and it looks like it might have been taken at Colonial Willamsburg. MICKEY

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
Andre Agassi

1777, George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pa., resulting in heavy American casualties.
1931, the comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its debut.
1970, rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room.
1980, some 520 people were forced to abandon the cruise ship Prisendam in the Gulf of Alaska after the Dutch luxury liner caught fire; no deaths or serious injury resulted.

Actor Charlton Heston is 83
Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 77
Actor Eddie Applegate is 71
Actress Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 65
Actress Susan Sarandon is 60
Actor Alan Rosenberg is 56
Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 46
Singer Jon Secada is 45
TV personality John Melendez ("The Tonight Show") is 41
Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 36
Actress Alicia Silverstone is 30
Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 27

STOOPID FACTZ !!

The word ALPHABET is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet - ALPHA and BETA.

The word vaccine originates from the Latin word for cow - VACCA from which they were first derived from.

The maximum prize one could earn on a single day of Jeopardy! is $566,400.

Ice is a mineral.

97% of the Earth's water is in the oceans.

RIDDLE

I don't need to tell any one who got the riddle yesterday but his initials are KG.
ANSWER:What do you call an apple with a short temper?
Crab apple
TODAY'S RIDDLE:
Why was the photographer arrested?

PACKERS ARE STILL NOT VERY GOOD

Well it looked pretty promising for the Green Bay Packers last night in the first half of the game but unfortunately the have to play two halves, the Packers lead 9-7 at the half but ending up losing to the Eagles 31-9. I thought that the Packers might be better than last year but in reality they are still not a very good football team. The MLB playoffs start today and I have decided to root for the Tigers and the Dodgers this year. I like the Tigers because of all there local connections to the Richmond are and the Dodgers because of Grady Little, he really got a bum deal in Boston and he sounds like a good manager when you hear him on the radio and TV and he also use to manage the Richmond Braves. After we ate supper last night we rode around CH for a little while and we went by fellow bloggers house which is under construction in the north end of the city and it looks like they are making pretty good progress on the house. Also while down in the north end we noticed a Les Fryar political sign that looked like it had been run over by something and it was in a fellow bloggers yard, maybe this blogger can tell us the real story about what happened to the sign. MICKEY

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
Joe Paterno

1863, President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.
1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca in the "shot heard 'round the world."
1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial announced its verdicts, finding the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. (However, Simpson was later found liable in a civil trial).

Basketball hall-of-famer Marques Haynes is 80
Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 65
Magician Roy Horn is 62
Blues singer Keb' Mo' is 55
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield is 55
Actor Jack Wagner is 47
Rock musician Tommy Lee is 44
Singer Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) is 37
Actress Neve Campbell is 33
Actress Alanna Ubach is 31
Actress Shannyn Sossamon is 28
Actress-singer Ashlee Simpson is 22

STOOPID FACTZ !

Lake Baikal in the south central part of Siberia is 5,712 feet (1.7 kilometers) deep. It's about 20 million years old and contains 20 percent of Earth's fresh liquid water.

On average, there are about 100 lightning strikes every second worldwide.

There is a glacier at the equator on Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador.

Reno, Nevada is further West than Los Angeles, California.

Howie Mandel was the voice of Gizmo in the movie Gremlins.

RIDDLE

Donna got the weekend riddle this weekend. See beat Donna.
ANSWER:How did James legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?
He was a justice of peace

TODAY'S RIDDLE:What do you call an apple with a short temper?

REDSKINS WIN IN OT, PACKERS PLAY TONIGHT

The Washington Redskins defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in OT 36-30 yesterday in a game that was suppose to be an defensive struggle which turned out to be an offensive explosion. This was a very good football game that a plenty of lead changes and lots of big plays, the Skins are now 2-2. Tonight the Green Bay Packers will travel to Philadelphia to play the Eagles, hopefully the Pack can pull this one out, it will be for the Pack to do so with there weak defense. The MLB playoffs start tuesday, in the AL it will be the Tigers vs Yankees and A's vs Twins, in the NL the Cardinals vs Padres and the Dodgers vs Mets. I haven't decided who I will be rooting for yet, I will let yall know tuesday. I know it may be hard for yall to believe but I made a mistake about when Gary's birthday is, I thought it was yesterday but I found out it is really Oct 10, I guess we will have to celebrate it again then. I have posted a link to some photos that I took yesterday morning at White Bank, some of them came out pretty good but the sun wasn't cooperating much. MICKEY

WHITE BANK PHOTOS
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/white-bank-park-10-1-06/

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.
Sharon Salzberg

1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River.
1919, President Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
1950, the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, was first published in nine newspapers.

Country singer-musician Leon Rausch (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys) is 79
Former Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is 74
Singer-songwriter Don McLean is 61
Cajun/country singer Jo-el Sonnier is 60
Country musician Greg Jennings (Restless Heart) is 52
Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 48
Folk-country singer Gillian Welch is 39
Country singer Kelly Willis is 38
Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa is 36
Singer Tiffany is 35

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY

Well today is fellow bloger Gary Fox birthday and all I know is that he is older than me. I believe he is 50 something and I had did deep into the archives to come up with these photos of Gary back in his younger years, well again HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY. Well UVA's defense looked pretty good in the 37-0 victory over Duke but the offense still looked a little sluggish, the only time they really scored was when they had a short field and didn't have to drive far. Next week UVA visits East Carolina, this game could go either way and I will have to decide whether I am going to wear my UVA shirt or not. Va Tech fortunes were not as good yesterday, they feel down 21-0 very quickly and were unable to recover in losing to Georgia Tech 38-27. The Georgia Bulldogs continued to live dangerously pulling out a 14-9 win over Mississippi, but I guess it doesn't matter how you win as long as you win. Today the Washington Redskins have a very tough task ahead of them as they play host to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Jaguars have looked good all season. The Packers don't play until Monday night when they play the Eagles. RCR continued it's dominance of the Bush and Nextel Cup Series yesterday with Kevin Harvick winning the Busch race at Kansas, I wouldn't bet against RCR today in the Nextel Cup race. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY. MICKEY

CHHS VS THOMAS DALE FOOTBALL PHOTOS
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_athletics/chhs_football/chhsvsthomasdale93006/


Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
George Burns

1896, the U.S. Post Office established Rural Free Delivery.
1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market.
1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run during a 162-game season, compared to Babe Ruth's 60 home runs during a 154-game season.
1971, Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Fla.

Actor James Whitmore is 85
Former President Jimmy Carter is 82
Pianist Roger Williams is 82
Actor Tom Bosley is 79
Actress-singer Julie Andrews is 71
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Rod Carew is 61
Actor Randy Quaid is 56
Hockey fight fan Gary Fox is 5?
Singer Howard Hewett is 49
Actress-model Cindy Margolis is 41
Actress Jurnee Smollett is 20

WEEKEND RIDDLE

This is the weekend riddle that I hope will keep you guessing for a while.

How did James legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?