New Address!!

In case you all haven't noticed, I have moved to a new address. I am still using blogger, so you can get to this page using blogspot.com. However, my new direct link is:

http://landsharkblog.com

Enjoy!!

Streaks...

"Every winning streak will have to end sometime."

On Sunday, Tony Stewart's sweep of all three of the Speed Week Nextel Cup races was brought to an end when he ran into the wall fairly late in the Daytona 500. He won the Bud Shootout last Sat. and his Duel 150 on Thursday. Tony has won almost every other race at Daytona, but the big one. And he had a good chance to do it on Sun. He even came back from stalling in his pit and a speeding penalty to make it back to the front of the pack with a very strong car. There's always next year Tony! And based on his performance over the weekend, I am excited to see how the whole year shakes out.

On Monday, it was the Penguins 16 game point streak that ended in a very frustrating loss to the NY Islanders. Over the last few games, and based on Michel Therrien's comments, I think that most people felt the streak would have ended sooner. I am just glad that they made up as many points as they were able to in the streak. Now I think they can regroup and come out swinging for the last part of the regular season. Fleury was a huge part of their streak, but as Therrien pointed out, he has given up a lot of goals in the last few games, taking several of them to overtime and shootout. Hopefully now he can jump up and get right back to being a brick wall in goal. I still have faith in the Flower!

Skiing!!

Part of my relaxing weekend up in PA was to hit the slopes and get back on skis. It has been almost 2 years since I was out enjoying the slopes and it was nice to do it again. I am headed to Aspen in March, so I wanted to refresh my legs and remind them what it was like to head down the hill. I know it is like riding a bicycle, you never forget how to do it, you just get a little rusty.


Mom, B, and I headed up to Seven Springs this morning to join the crowds of people. The weather was pretty good, it was just a tad below 30 and cloudy. The slopes had a little bit of ice on them, but for this area, I thought the conditions were pretty good. They have a good amount of snow up there, compared to what we have seen in DC, minus the latest storm. I have 1 more chance to get out before going to CO, so we'll see if the weather is better suited for mtn. biking or skiing that weekend and go from there. Here's to a great day of cruising downhill on the snow!!

Thank you Presidents!

Well, it's a long weekend for me. Actually it is an especially long weekend for me since I had today off of work in addition to Monday. After the last week, I definitely need a nice relaxing few days, so I decided to head back to Pittsburgh to see my family and go to a Pens - Caps game!

This past week was a lot of fun, but also incredibly tiring!! Grant came out to DC to visit from CA and we stayed very busy. Last weekend was a good time, with lots of going out and seeing different people. And we did more of it during the week. It was great. I met a few of Grants DC friends that I did not know and I saw a few others that I hadn't seen in forever. Good times all around!!

The Kansas City Penguins???

Since the Penguins have been on a tear, gaining at least 1 point in the last 13 games, I have been trying to ignore the big, huge elephant in the room, or city as it may be. There is still the real possibility that the Pens could move, and Kansas City seems to be the front runner. I am going to continue to do my best to ignore this fact while I watch them play some great hockey, but I just wanted to pass along this article that was written by a KC sports writer on the topic of sports teams leaving cities. I found what he had to say was very interesting...

It's Hockey Time in Pittsburgh!!

The Superbowl is over, the weather is nice and chilly, and there is snow on the ground, so that means it is time to turn the channel to Hockey Season!!


The Penguins had a huge game last night to extend their points streak to 11 games and their record to 27-17-9. This wasn't just any win though, it was a win against the number 1 team in the NHL, the Nashville Predators. The team that our new GM came from and hopes to model the Penguins after. This win puts us in a tie for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. And in hockey, 8 teams from each conference make it, so we are doing well. I am very excited. I have tickets to see the Pens 3 times to finish out the season.

Let's go Pens!!

Superbowl XLI

In my opinion, this wasn't as good a Superbowl as last year, but that may have had something to do with the fact that the Steelers weren't in the game. I was really just looking to see a good game and despite the rain making it a bit of a sloppy one, I think it turned out to be exciting. At least until the 4th quarter when the Colts really walked away from the Bears. I was very happy for Peyton and it was kind of fitting that he won. Considering that he took my fantasy team, The Land Sharks, to the Fantasy Blogbowl and won it all there!!


However, I was even happier for Tony Dungy. He was a former Steeler both as a player and as a coach. Not only that, but he is now only 1 of only 2 men to have played in and won a Superbowl game and been the head coach of a Superbowl Champion. Taking into account what he went through last year with his family and being such a stand-up guy off and on the field, I was thrilled to see him win the Superbowl last night.