Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

So I was sitting around the lunch/meeting/production/etc. table in our office eating my pizza with some co-workers shooting the breeze. You know what I am talking about, normal lunch time conversation with subjects such as: what did you do over the weekend, what are your plans this week, what are you eating, did you hear on the news..., etc. (I obviously love using .etc, which shows I am lazy and don't want to keep writing a list of things for you or it could show you that I know your time is valuable and I don't want to waste it by having you read a list of nothing because you already get the point). During the conversation (which is mostly based on the Mormon group that had been raided in Texas a couple weeks ago) about what we heard in the news, someone says "Hey, have you heard of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)?" After the shock, laughter and brainstorming of other portions of the religion that we think there might be - we get serious and he actually tells us a little about it. He gives me the web site (http://www.venganza.org/), which of course I have to peruse to see what the hell is going on. There is a whole web site on what the religion is all about. You can purchase the FSM bible through Amazon in paperback or hardback. This may not be a serious thing, however, it has my attention and I am going to waste the rest of the day on this web site laughing my butt off. You should too!!

Enjoy the photos also and have a great day!

Perfect Game

So I went to go watch my nephew’s Little League game. He is a 3 bag and a pitcher, and yesterday he was on the bump. I was sitting there more worried about his batting because he is a big kid (5′6″, 160) and should be dropping bombs on those 215′ fields. Half way through the game I realized that the other team has not had a hit the whole game. Then I started thinking harder, which those of you who know me is a site to see as it hurts my head to think, and I realized that there had not been a base runner either. I didn’t say anything, as you all know that would mess it all up, and just kept watching the game. After the game I went to the score keeper and asked to see the book…and sure enough, my nephew, Mathew Gordan Maestas, had thrown his first (and I am sure not his last) PERFECT game!

I love baseball!

And Flick, God was definitely watching baseball last night!

Work

So here i am, sitting at work listening to people complain about everything they have to do today, and I am writing a blog! Awesome right, I think so, even though I have quite a bit on my plate to do.

I just finished reading my sister's blog about my nephew picking a fight with a bigger and old kid, then getting beat up. This reminds me of a story back in kindergarten as well as when I was in 2nd grade. 1st kindergarten, so I remember being at recess and some older kids were picking on someone from my class. I don't remember saying anything just watching and the older kids turned and headed toward me. Said it was nice of me to stick up for my friend (which he was not my friend and I beat this kid up until the 5th grade because of this story) and punched me in the face. End of story, I cried all the way back to class.

In 2nd grade, another 5th grader decided to pick on me. He was yelling at me and pushing me. I tried to hit him, but as soon as I turned around, there was a fist in my face. None the less he jumped on me and kept hitting me. When he was done I walked home with a bleeding nose. Mom asked me what happened when I got home and I told her I was running home and tripped on the front porch step, hit my face against the screen door. She never knew about the fight.

Thanks for reading my stories of getting beat up! now on to the real news -

So Mexico is 63 days away. Very excited and cannot wait to get the hell out of here. There have been some moments of greatness from the Rockies, however, they are struggling to get started this season. The great thing about baseball is, there is always tomorrow...until Sept. So even though the beginning of the season is a struggle, we have more to think about with the way the Avalanche are playing. Can you believe how great of a series this has been for the Ave's? First three games ended with a score of 3-2 and all three games went into Overtime! Awesome, then last nights game was fantastic with the Ave's taking a 5-0 lead into the 3rd period and then all the fights (speaking of fights from above) WOW. So they play again on Thursday and I am very excited to see how the teams react after how aggressive the 3rd period was last night.

So I am done for the day, I bid you all ado until the next time!