Royals Baby!

So as alot of you may already know I am a die hard Kansas City Royals fan. Knowing this, it may seem fitting that on my birthday June 26th,Tuesday, I went to see my beloved Royals play Angels at Angel stadium. Going into the game the Royals at one a suprising game 1 of a three game series against one of the hottest teams in baseball. I was excited...could the Royals actually pull out a win on my birthday? You see, I have only seen the Royals win 1 out of the past 6 games I had been to. Well most of you Angels fans know the rest of this story...the Royals won on my birthday 12-4 and finished a shocking sweep of the Angels today with a 1-0 win. The reason behind my blog entry is not only to rub KC's sweep of the Angels in the faces of all the Angels fans out there, but also to pose a daring question. Can this be the year of the Royals long awaited turn around? After years of last place finishes, terrible player personal moves by ex-general manager David Glass, and starting lineups that look more suitable for a AA farm team...could this be the year in which all the promising prospects finally live up to their potential? My personal opinion? Absolutely. I would be as bold to say that my beloved Royals ride this momentum wave long enough to secure a spot in this years playoffs. Think about it...its possible. The Royals are currently 13 1/2 games out of first place. The 1995 Mariners were 13 1/2 games out of first at the begining of August before their eventual division championship 2 months later. The Royals are one month ahead of that pace! All I'm sayin' is this..you better jump on the bandwagon now because the Royals are taking off into a whole different stratosphere...

AC broken? Try a slip n' slide

So how does someone go about cooling off on a hot summer's day when the AC in their apartment is broken. They build a slip n' slide. This is percisely what my friend Ethan and I aspired to accomplish this past Saturday. A bottle of kitchen soap, a garden hose, and 3 sheets of plastic (borrowed from a youth group that was having a youth conference on our campus) later we had built our very own slip n' slide..and boy was it worth it. I hope these images and video footage of our joyous jaunt back to the days of childhood summer fun would inspire and invigorate you to continue to create new ways to have fun.





If this picture doesn't inspire you....what would inspire you?

This picture should be on CBU's hompage

This our new friend Robert.

textbook sliding form

So how does someone go about cooling off on a hot summer's day when the AC in their apartment is broken? They build a slip n' slide. This is percisely what my friend Ethan and I aspired to accomplish this past Saturday. A bottle of kitchen soap, a hose, and 3 sheets of plastic ( borrowed from a youth group that was having a Youth Conference on our campus) later we had built our very own slip n' slide, and boy was it worth it.