Garage Fire on Crane and Columbia Street in Oshkosh stinks of Arson!!

Well, it's 2:40 on a Saturday April 5th, 2009 and something doesn't smell right in Oshkosh. A house that is for sale on the corner of Crane Street and Columbia Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin just had the fire department called in. If you ask me, it stinks of arson. No one has lived in this house for at least 2 months and all of a sudden a fire breaks out!!??!!

The house is currently "for sale" and up for public auction with a minimum offer of $25,000. Something tells me that the house is insured for far more. In any case, it's a sad waste of resources and money. The fire department should be using its time for legitimate fires. Nothing horribly spectacular, but here is a video of the fire trucks and rescue squads responding to the fire.

The Tupperware Cup Lives On

Today, I read an article in the Oshkosh Northwestern about the soccer matchup between the Winneconne Wolves and the Omro Foxes. In this article they referred to the match as "The Tupperware Cup". The Tupperware Cup is the name that my teammates and I thought up to counteract the China Bull Game - an award which is fought over between Omro and Winneconne in football.

While I was saddened to hear that Omro won the match, I was quite delighted to hear that the "tradition" lived on. What started off as a joke has lasted more than a decade. And believe it or not, the original Tupperware Cup still exists!

The picture features (from left to right) Josh Gross, Abe Will, and Pat Kuhl. The picture was from a game where we defeated Wrightstown in the final 90 seconds of the game - not Omro. We really didnt get to excited about games against Omro - seeing as the first Tupperware Cup we won 6-0!

Props for Usain Bolt and David Neville

Well, you read my rant about the half-hearted 100M run by Usain Bolt, but he's earned my respect back. He gave it 110% on the 200M and beat one of the best records set Michael Johnson. I still would like to see what Bolt could do if he gave 'er on the 100M, but you can only do what you can do...

David Neville...you are the man. He may not have gotten gold, or silver, but he got the most painful looking Bronze that I have ever seen. In sprint racing, you are always taught to lean forward at the finish. Not only did he do that, but he lunged his body into the air and across the finish line and provide the final piece of the U.S. Sweep in the 400 Meter. You define the Olympic spirit and the never say die mentality of a champion.

Go World.

Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt and Record Immortaility

I'm not that old, but I've seen Cal Ripken break the consecutive game streak. I've seen Brett Favre throw for the all time touchdown, yards, etc... records. I've watched mister, "I've never injected steriods" Barry Bonds break the home run record, but tonight I've seen TWO sport spectaculars top them all.

First off, Mr. Michael Phelps of the U.S. Olympics Swim Team. I say mister, because he like no other man, has earned that title. Seventeen, 17, swims, 8 finals, 8 gold medals. Most individual, a couple of team events. To me, he epidimysis what sport is. Sport is drive, determination, and unacceptance of nothing but victory. To hell with records, just win baby! Nike should be signing him to a $100 million dollar contract ( Suck on that Tiger [although I love I watching you too!]). So to you Michael, you are part of a rare group. Not those that have won gold medals, or six, or seven, or eight, but those who have realized their time and grabbed greatness by the horns and humped it into submission. Your name will for many years, if not forever, be remembered.

Onto the next member of The Bitch List...Usain Bolt. I don't throw this term around lightly, but WHAT THE FUCK! 9.69 seconds in the 100 Meter! That is sick! That is simply insane! BUT...you could have done better. You had the chance to carve your name in stone. You had the potential to put up the record that would have made you "World's Fastest Man" for generations! How can you be waving your hands around when you haven't finished the race yet?!?! "I'm not even worried about that (in terms of the potential time)." I'm USA all the way and would I've loved to see Walter Dix win gold, sure, but your are an extreme freak of nature! DESTROY THESE GUYS! Tell the world that you are not just the world's faster man, but the fastest man of all times. Every inch counts, do it Ten Commandments style.

I'm spent. I'm going to pull my gut back and eat my peanut butter cookie. My hats off to all medal winners and all Olympians. You have accomplished feats which can only be dreamed about by athletes like myself. Strive for greatness, change the world, be remembered.

Go World...
Pat