Eric Is Back!
Posted on January 15, 2009
Filed Under GENERAL, IN THE NEWS, POLITICS, SPORTS
Well, really I never went away, other than the fact that I stopped posting on my blog. Why? Well, a number of reasons. 1) I had a rush of other safety consulting work pile up in the fall of 2008, and 2) I was training to run a marathon. No, seriously, I ran the Las Vegas Marathon in 5:01:25.
Now that might seem like a ridiculously slow time, but consider a few things. First, Las Vegas is very dry, so it’s really hard to stay hydrated for 26.2 miles in that type of climate. Second, I weigh 210 pounds; I’m not one of these skinny Skeletor guys like Lance Armstrong. They even have a classification for it: the Clydesdale division. So, I’m pretty proud of it, although it did take a huge amount of time to train for the race. Anyway, my New Years Resolution is to keep the website current, so I will do the best I can on that end. Even though I haven’t been here in 3 months, people keep posting and emailing me, so somebody must be finding this place.
What’s happened in the last 3 months? Only the most momentous occasion in the last 25 years! No, I’m not talking about the stupid election, more on that in a minute. I’m talking about the Philadelphia Phillies! The Phillies, who have delivered us from 25 years of Philadelphia sports hell. Fantastic. I went to the parade, along with 2 million of my closest friends.
In politics, we have our first Hawaiian-American President, Barack Obama. I didn’t vote for the guy, but then again I didn’t vote for McCain either, as I really don’t think either one will be a good President. Both of them want to spend us into the poorhouse, so I guess we taxpayers just have to wait until the bill comes due. Nevertheless, I wish Obama well, as we’re all in the same boat now, like it or not. I just hope he doesn’t take my guns and Rush Limbaugh away.
Back to sports, it was another failed year for the BCS in college football. This year, it crowned the wrong team! The champion is the undefeated Utah Utes, who ended their season by whipping Alabama, on an SEC field. Yet the BCS crowned a one-loss Florida (who I did pick at the beginning of the year to win the National Championship. I will not take credit for that one, since Utah is the champion).
In the NFL, my Eagles somehow have moved within striking distance of winning the Super Bowl. Unbelieveable, after 25 years of futility, we could go back-to-back in the span of 3 months. I can’t get a feel for Sunday’s game yet. The Eagles should kill the Cardinals, but that home field worries me.
All in all, sports season is winding down, work season is beginning, so I’ll be pounding the keyboard, bringing you safety and compliance tips, and otherwise trying to entertain you.
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