COLONIALS AT HOME TONIGHT

The Colonial Height Colonials baseball team will open up it's season at home tonight against Thomas Jefferson and the game will start at 7pm.  Well I am already out of 1st place place in my pick em contest after 1 night of college football but there several contestants that are still undefeated.  I will be heading to the Virginia game tomorrow against Richmond.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series will be at Atlanta this weekend and the Lady in Black will be looking to claim some more victims.  Well it's my favorite day of the week it's Friday.  MICKEY

ALL THE PICKS ARE IN

Well I finally got all the picks in last night with the last one coming in at about 8:55, there for a minute I though we where going to lose one player before the contest started.  We have 26 players in this years contest which should make things interesting.  I went and saw the Colonial Heights JV football team play last night and the Colonials came away with a 28-0 win over Thomas Jefferson.  Tomorrow the varsity football team will open up its season at home against Thomas Jefferson, the game will start at 7pm.  I am heading to work.  MICKEY

ALL BUT 2 PICKS IN

Well I have all but 2 picks in for week 1 of the football contest and I hope the other 2 players will get there picks in tonight before 9pm.  I am confident that will get one of the picks and not so confident that I will get both of them.  I am going to watch the Colonials JV football team open up there season tonight at home against Thomas Jefferson.  Yesterday I went down to Newport News to make 1 stop, it was good to get out of the office for a few hours but there was allot of traffic down there.  Well I am going to work.  MICKEY

WHERE DID THE WEEKEND GO

I want to to know where did the weekend go, as fast as it got here is went away.  Well next weekend will be a good weekend with the start of high school and college football.  Speaking of football the picks for week 1 are slowly trickling in, hopefully I will receive allot more picks today and tonight.  Well I guess I better get to work.  MICKEY

TODAY IS NATIONAL DOG DAY

I forgot to mention it earlier, today is National Dog Day so in honor of Mozart I have posted his photo.  MICKEY

HAMLIN WINS A BRISTOL

Denny Hamlin won last nights race at the Bristol Motor Speedway and yes there where some tempers that where flaring quite a bit.  The biggest uprising of the night occurred between Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth came together and wrecked and Stewart showed his displeasure with Kenseth by throwing his helmet at Kenseth car when he went by.  Next week the Sprint Cup Series travels to Darlington before heading to Richmond the following weekend.  Well I have half of the entries for week 1 of college football pick em contest and I will be sending out a reminder later this morning to try to get the rest of the picks.  It looks like Tropical Storm Isaac will be become a Hurricane and make landfall in the area of the Alabama and Mississippi borders possibly as a CAT 2 hurricane.  It is to early to tell whether or not we will get any effects from Isaac yet.  MICKEY

IT'S RAINY SATURDAY MORNING

It's rainy Saturday morning here in Colonial Heights and yes I got very wet on my weekly trip to Wal-Mart this morning.  I was woke up this morning by the rain hitting the aluminum siding on the house at about 2am.  Well 1 week from today I hope to be at the Virginia vs Richmond football game if I can find somebody to go with, if I don't go there I may go to the East Carolina vs App State but would rather go to the UVA game.  In high school football action last night GW Danville beat Petersburg 16-0 and at the beach First Flight beat Atlantic Shores 35-26 and Manteo beat Cape Hatteras 37-0.  At Bristol yesterday qualifying was rained and they will lineup by the final practice speeds for tonight's race which puts Casey Mears on the pole with Brad Keselowski joining him on the front row.  Joey Logano won last nights Nationwide race at Bristol.  So far I have received 9 of the 26 entries in my college football contest, hopefully I will get a few more entries the next few days.  MICKEY

ITS FRIDAY AGAIN

Whet else can I say but its Friday again my favorite day of the week and week from today the Colonial Heights football team will open up its 2012 season.  The Nascar Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be at Bristol tonight and tomorrow night for some white knuckle racing where tempers may be flaring up a bit.  This race could make or break some drivers trying to get in the chase.  Well I running a little late this morning so I am going to head to work.  MICKEY

PICKS COMING IN

Well the picks for week 1 of the contest are continuing to trickle in, I think I have 6 peoples picks so I still allot of work to do before next Wednesday.  I am sure this weekend they will really start coming in.  The Colonial Heights football team will have its final scrimmage tonight at Patrick Henry, the Colonials will open up its season at home next Friday against Thomas Jefferson.  I am ready for football season to start.  There is a little rain in the area this morning and it looks like Isaac will be bring some more rain to our area next week.  Well I have to go to work.  MICKEY

INVENTORY TODAY AT WORK

Well we will be doing inventory today at work so it could  be a very long day because we have allot of stuff we need to inventory.  We usually do it a couple of times a year and the days are usually pretty stressful.  There is a new tropical system out in the Atlantic and it's name is Isaac and we need to keep an eye on this system.  The current track of the system takes it up the East Coast on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week just in time for the start of football season.  Hopefully the system will make a turn and stay out over the Atlantic.  MICKEY

A NICE RUN

I have to say that the run I had yesterday afternoon was as good as of a run as I have had in a long time.  I ran 4.1 miles and with the temps in the upper 70's I think I could have run another 2 or 3 miles if I would have had time.  It does look like the temps will be on the rise the rest of the week so running will probably get  a bet tougher.  It looks like that I am going to be on the truck today going to Chester so it shouldn't be to bad, I sure hope this is the last week I have to be on the truck for while.  I now have 2 entries already in for week 1 of contest, we have some might confident players out there.  MICKEY

BIFFLE WINS AT ICHIGAN

Greg Biffle won yesterdays Sprint Cup race at Michigan holding off Brad Keselowski for the win.  It appeared that Jimmie Johnson was going to win but blew and engine in final laps.  Kendrick Motorsports had engine problems all day, Biffle is also the new points leader as well.  Well I already got one persons picks in for the 1st week of the contest, bot they must be feeling confident.  My treadmill may be going on the blink, last night when I was running on it the belt was slipping allot.  Hopefully if I put some silicone on it it will run better.  MICKEY

WEEK 1 GAMES

Welcome everybody to Week 1 of the Mickey's College Football Pick-Em Contest.  It looks like we have the biggest and best field yet for the contest with several newcomers looking to make splash in this years contest.  For all you newcomers remember that you cant win the contest in the first week but you sure can lose it in week 1.  I am sending out the first weeks a week ahead of time to get everybody some extra time to make there picks and I need them back by Wednesday August 29 by 9pm, feel free to send them as early as you want to though because it make it easier for me.  I wish I could have put the Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech game on the list but since it is on Monday I can't.  Well I want to wish everybody good luck.  Thanks, MICKEY

WEEK 1 GAMES

SOUTH CAROLINA AT VANDERBILT

EASTERN MICHIGAN AT BALL STATE

UCLA AT RICE

WASHINGTON STATE AT BYU

MINNESOTA AT UNLV

TENNESSEE VS N.C. STATE IN ATLANTA

BOISE STATE AT MICHIGAN STATE

NOTRE DAME VS NAVY IN IRELAND

TROY AT UAB

TULSA AT IOWA STATE

APPLACHAIN STATE AT EAST CAROLINA

NORTHWESTERN AT SYRACUSE

OHIO AT PENN STATE

WILLIAM AND MARY AT MARYLAND

RICHMOND AT VIRGINIA

MIAMI AT BOSTON COLLEGE

SOUTHERN MISS AT NEBRASKA

IOWA AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS

COLORADO STATE VS COLORADO IN DENVER

CLEMSON VS AUBURN IN ATLANTA

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT DUKE

MICHIGAN AT ALABAMA IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS

TOLEDO AT ARIZONA

WEEK 1 PICKS GOING OUT THIS MORNING

Well I will be sending out the 1st weeks pick in this years football contest this morning getting ready for week 1 of college football.  Last night I watched some of the Redskins and Bears game and I have to say the Skins offense did not look to good in the 1st half.  Mark Martin will lead the field to green at Michigan this afternoon, I am looking Dale Earnahrdt Jr. to have another good run a Michigan.  I have to say yesterdays Nationwide race ending was pretty wild at Montreal with Justin Allgaier winning after several green, white checkered restarts which where pretty wild.  I will be heading home from the beach later this morning.  MICKEY

2 MORE WEEKS TO OPENING DAY

Well 2 weeks from today the Virginia Cavaliers football team will open up the 2012 season against the Richmond Spiders and I hope to be there but if I am not I will be watching it on TV.  I will be sending out the games for the first week of the contest tomorrow to give everybody some extra time to make there picks in week 1.  In high school football action last night First Flight beat Cape Hatteras 48-0 and Manteo beat Currituck 28-14.  Mark Martin captured the pole at Michigan for this weekends Sprint Cup race edging a Carl Edwards for the top spot.  I am at the beach for the weekend and there sure wasn't a whole lot of traffic coming down last night.  MICKEY

ITS FRIDAY, GOING TO TO THE BEACH

What else can I say but it's Friday my favorite day of the week and I am going to the beach.  For some reason it feels like this week took for ever to go by.  The Colonial Heights football team will have it's first football scrimmage of the year tonight on the road at Nottoway and at the beach First Flight will open up it's season on the road at Cape Hatteras.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series be at Michigan this weekend and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be looking to rebound after a rough week at Watkins Glen.  Well I am going to head to work. MICKEY

I DID NOT SLEEP WELL AT ALL

Well I did not sleep very well at all last night, I woke up at 3 am and could not go back to sleep.  I slept well from 11 to 3 but after that I did not sleep at all, I guess 4 hours of sleep is better than no sleep at all.  Also I am going to be on the truck all day at work so i am sure that I am going to be extremely tired tonight, I just hope that I am not to late getting back home.  I think I may head down to the beach this weekend.  MICKEY

I AM SORE THIS MORNING

Well I was on truck yesterday and I paying for it this morning.  My thighs are very sore this morning from picking up boxes that weighed to much, didn't bother me picking them up but they sure are sore now.  There is also a mosquito in the house that has been biting me for the last 3 days and I have been unable to kill him, he can't possibly need any more of blood as many times that he has bitten me.  Have a good day.  MICKEY

NFL REFS NEEDS REGULAR REFS BACK

Well I watched about the 10 minutes of last nights Raiders and Cowboys and have come to the conclusion that the NFL needs its refs back very soon.  In the time that I watched they spotted the ball wrong twice and then there was a penalty and the ref could not find his microphone on his side, I think he founds everything he  had on him before he found it.  I don't know what they are on strike for but he NFL should meet there demands before the regular season starts.  MICKEY

AMBROSE WINS A WILD ONE

Marcos Amrbose won yesterdays Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen holding off Brad Keselowski for the win.  To say that it was wild finish may be an understatement, when they took the white flag Kyle Busch was leading but as he went into turn 1 got into some oil and spun out leaving Ambrose and Keselowski to battle it out for the win and that they did.  They both pushed each other out of the way on the final lap exchanging the lead but Ambrose got by Keselowski near the final turn and held him off for the win.  After several very ho hum races it was good to see a wild finish like that.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a rough day and fell from 1 to 4 in the point standings, Jimmie Johnson is the new points leader.  Well I am off to work.  MICKEY

A CLOUDY MORNING HERE IN THE HEIGHTS

Well it's a cloudy and a bit cool morning here in the Heights compared to what the temp has been the last several months.  This morning it was a cool 69 degrees but it is now in the 70's.  Carl Edwards won yesterday Nationwide race at Watkins Glen after bumping Kyle Busch and Joey Logano out of the way and neither of them where to pleased about it.  Juan Pablo Montoya will be on the pole for today's Sprint Cup race at the Glen.  Also yesterday Me Ma Evelyn got out of the hospital after spending the last week in there and fellow blogger Keith came home from a tough week of government work in San Antonio.  MICKEY

FOOTBALL CONTEST INFORMATION

First off I want to think everybody for participating in this years Mickey College Football Pick Em Contest.  This will be the 5th year that I have had the contest and it looks like it will be the biggest one that I had so far.  Nobody has one the contest more than once and the previous winners of the contest Mickey, Keith, The Chief, and Murph who one it last year.  I just want to go over a few things about the contest especially for all you the new players in this years contest.  I will send out each weeks games on Sunday morning and I need everybody's picks back by not later than 9pm on Wednesday night, the earlier the better for me.  I will pick 20-25 games each week and the picks are straight up, just pick who you think is going to win each game each week.  At the end of the year if there is a tie there will be few tie breakers use to break a tie.  Tiebreaker #1 is number of weekly wins a person has, tiebreaker #2 will be number of games you get correct in the bowl games and if tiebreaker #3 is the person closest to the number total points in the National Championship game and you be either over or under the final score.  If there is still a tie we will have co champions.  It looks like we will have 25 to 27 players in this years contest, if anybody knows anybody else who may to play in the contest I may have room for a couple more people, just let me know.  I will be sending out the 1st weeks games 2 weeks ahead of time to give everybody a little extra time.  Again thanks for playing.  MICKEY

FRIDAY AGAIN

Well it's my favorite day of the week it's Friday and it looks like we are going to have a pretty good chance of rain today as well.  As I went out to get the paper this morning there was a little bit of light rain falling.  I am having a hard time typing today's entry to the blog because the wireless keyboard seems to be running a bit slow this morning.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be in New York this weekend at Watkins Glen, going into this weekends race Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the point standings.  I will be sending out an update on this this years college football contest tomorrow.  MICKEY

LEFT FOOT VERY SORE

I woke up during the night with a very sore left foot after injuring it last night playing with Mozart.  I got up about 3am and iced it down for about 30 minutes which made it feel better but when I woke up this morning it was very sore again.  I hoping that once I start moving around a bit this morning it will start to feel a bit better.  I also got a busted lip playing with Mozart last night as well.  Well I am going to head to work.  MICKEY

THIS YEARS FOOTBALL CONTEST

I am putting the final touches on this years Mickey's College Football Pick Em Contest.  It looks like we will have 25 or 26 players this year with at least 6 people playing for the first time.  I will be sending out an e-mail this weekend with the rules of this years contest and an overview of the contest for this new players.  It looks like it is going to be a very competitive contest this year.  MICKEY

A BIT COOLER BUT ITS MUGGY

Well it's going to continue to be a bit cooler this week however the humidity will be high for most of the week and there is a pretty good chance of showers each day.  We got some rain last night and it's raining very lightly this morning.  I finally had a pretty good nights sleep last night and I am not feeling so tired this morning.  Dad celebrated his birthday all day yesterday and had plenty of ice cream and cake all day.  I forgot to mention yesterday that fellow blogger Keith is in San Antonio doing some government work.  MICKEY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

Well today is Dad's birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD enjoy your day.  Jeff Gordon won yesterdays rain shortened race at Pocono after Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth got together on a restart just before the rains came.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. still leads the point standings despite having transmission problems.  Also after the race 1 fan was killed when he was struck by lightning and several others where injured by lightning as well.  Well its Monday again which means its time to head back to work, I think I need a couple more days off.  Today is first day of football practice for the Colonials and also the Virginia Cavaliers.  MICKEY

CONTROVERSY AT THE 5K

Well Scott ran is first career 5k yesterday which is one more than I have a run and he did in 26:11 and he won his age group(45-49) with that time.  However there was a bit of controversy when the presentation of winners when they mistakenly gave his the 2nd place trophy and gave the guy who finished 2nd his first place trophy and the guy didn't say he got the wrong trophy.  However Joy got the situation corrected with race officials.  Elliott Sadler won last nights Nationwide race at the Iowa Speedway, Sadler also leads the Nationwide Series point standings by 18 over his teammate Austin Dillon.  Juan Pablo Montoya captured the pole for today's race at Pocono, Denny Hamlin will join him on the front row and points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 8th.  Well I went to bed early last night but I did not sleep very well at all, I have not slept good all week.  MICKEY 

SCOTT RUNNING 5K THIS MORNING

Down in Georgia Scott will be running is first career 5k this morning.  He has been in training for the last few months for today's event, I may have run a 5k just to keep of with Scott.  Well 4 weeks from today the Virginia Cavaliers football team will open up the 2012 season against the Richmond Spiders, I am ready for football season.  It looks like we will have between 24-26 players in this years pick-em contest.  I went down to Wal-Mart this morning at 5:30 and it was a bit more crowded than usual because of the not tax on school supplies and clothes this this weekend.  The will qualify later this morning at Pocono for tomorrows race, Dale Earnhardt Jr was the fastest in practice yesterday.  Well I hope everybody has a good day.  MICKEY

YESTERDAY JUST NOT A GOOD DAY

I have to say yesterday just was not a good day for me at work because I did not get home until after 8pm.  We are were shorthanded at work and I had to go out on a truck that was not designed to handle the amount of stuff that I had on it.  Me and another guy had 25 stops in the Midlothian area and we got caught in a thunderstorm for about an hour which had hail in it and very strong winds and it also knocked off a mirror on my truck as well.  Needless to say I sure am glad that is Friday.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be back at Pocono this weekend.  Well I hope to have an update on my football contest tomorrow.  MICKEY

NOT ALLOT GOING ON

I have to say that there just is not allot going on this week.  The only thing really happening the next few days is that the temperature will be rising into the mid 90's the next few days instead of being in the upper 80's to low 90's.  I have been very busy at work all week.  MICKEY

IT'S AUGUST

I have to say it's very hard to believe that today is August 1, the summer sure has been flying by that's for sure.  The only good thing about the summer flying by is that football season is just right around the corner.  Well I got a new Motorola sports watch last night and I am trying to figure out how to use all the features it has, Scott has also has one so I am going to call him this weekend so he can give me a class on how to use it.  I did do for a run last night with and I was very impressed with it.  I went out on the truck again yesterday but only had 10 stops so it was not to bad but all this heavy lifting the last few days has made me tired.  MICKEY