Nucksy's Daily Teleincision

Eight starters lost to injury this season......Your 4th string quarterback(also your No. 1 receiver) throwing for a -3 yards passing for the whole game in a must win final versus Marshall. Sounds like a recipe for a 2-9 team or worse doesn't it? Well, not for the University of Memphis Tigers!!!! Yesterday, Dad and I were among the 46,000 or so fans at the Liberty Bowl that witnessed one of the greatest feats in the programs history. A third straight season in which the team will go to a bowl game, following a 26-3 victory over The Thundering Herd from Marshall. This 6-5 season was probably the most sweet of the three due to the incredible injuries that started to mount on the 3rd play of the season when 1st string quarterback Patrick Byrne broke his leg, and continued until Maurice Avery, the team's #1 wide receiver and senior, was pressed into service behind center and the offense was modified for him. Let me give you a little background about The University of Memphis' il...

Back again so soon, you ask? Well, it is Thanksgiving week which allows me to get some much needed rest from work and also to catch up on things like family and my blog. I had two Thanksgiving dinners this year, one here at my temporary home(Granny's) and also one at my Grandma and Pappaw's farm. I am tired of eating =). The festivities started out on Thursday with a traditional feast of Turkey and dressing and all of your other favorite foods for the holiday. Granny went out of her way to make a great dinner, as usual. We(Granny, Dad, Justin, and I) ate dinner and caught the occasion on video tape for future viewing. Afterwards I caught some football and pretty much chilled the rest of the day. Friday afternoon, it was off to the farm to see my other grandparents and also Mom. It was good to be back there, as I had not been up in quite a while. It was also the first time that I had seen my Pappaw since he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The meal was lacking the traditional...

Monday was Dad's 57th birthday, or what I dubbed "Meatstravaganza 2005." That was because we(myself and Justin) took him to Texas de Brazil at Peabody Place to eat. None of us had ever been before and all wanted to go so we decided what better time than then. Anticipation was high as all we had heard was good things about the restaurant. Well, we were not dissapointed! To start, there is a 40 item salad bar. This is not your traditional salad bar, but one that includes smoked salmon and sushi. The salad bar alone would be worth the trip, but is hardly what makes Texas de Brazil unique. What makes this place so different is that you have a card on your table that has a green side and a red side. When the card is on the red side, you are not offered any meat. When you turn the card to green, gentlemen like the one pictured saunter by the table with a variety of meats on skewers ranging from filet mignon to lamb. Every piece of meat that I sampled was extraordinary, as was t...

Well, here I am again. Things just seem to be getting very mundane and boring in my life at the moment. I so want my own place to live and another job. I hardly get any rest here and have no privacy. I am thankful that I had somewhere to go but after almost 7 months here, I am close to losing my sanity. I hope that I can find another job that pays enough for me to get my own place. Justin found a place and is moving out on the first of December. He is hardly here anyway. Well, that is all for now...... Nucksy

Well, it has been a little while since I have been here to pen, or type rather, my thoughts. There are lots of things going on at the moment. I had a roommate lined up for the first of the year, but he has decided to move to New Jersey. It looks like I will be either moving into a place by myself, or maybe moving in with Dad. For now, I am staying here. Once my bills get settled, I should be able to save a large nestegg. Nothing on the dating front.....lol.....as if there would be with all of the other turbulence going on. In time it will happen. Saw "Jarhead" this weekend....good movie. Not one that you want to see if you want to be uplifted. Very realistic war picture. I also saw "The Transporter 2". Movie was not that good, although I like Jason Statham. He would have made a perfect James Bond. Well, that is about it at the moment..... Later, Nucksy