Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Last night, before the Hornets game I found some of my old cards in a closet. It was really cool looking at them. I always enjoy looking at old sports cards because you make some great finds, usually of players who weren't big names at the time who are now.
One of the cards I had was an autographed Carlos Delgado rookie card. My grandmother Pat bought that for me when she was alive when I visited Jonesboro. I think that make's it 100 times cooler. I've discovered Ebay for cards now, and I see you can buy cards individually of a certain player without having to go through tons of packs of cards. I bought a Mike Dunleavy Jr. Draft day rookie card that I hope to get signed. I'm not into selling these or anything like most people, I just enjoy collecting.
I think a card I don't have that I want to get if there are any, is of my cousin Nate Hobgood-Chittick, he played in parts of 5 NFL seasons usually for a Dick Vermeil coached team. His biggest acomplishments are- Having a rating of something 51 out of 100 in madden 2001, which is almost as low as possible! His other acomplishment is winning a SUPER BOWL RING with the 1999 St. Louis Rams.
some of the cool cards I found were NHL cards with a piece of the jersey on it. THAT is really cool. I know there supposed to be "Game worn" and what really happens is the athlete puts a jersey on at a photo shoot and runs a few laps around the stadium or court to work up a "sweat" then they take off the jersey and do it again with another, however I stil think it's a neat idea.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tonight is game 5 of the Hornets-Mavs series. I like the Hornets chances in this one because Chris Paul won't have 2 bad games in a row. Jason Kidd is a thug who punched his wife and tried to break Pargo's neck. I can't wait to see him get OWNED by Chris Paul. He was a terrible pickup by the Mavs. If they hadn't gotten rid of 5 players point guard Devin Harris, center DeSagana Diop, swingman Trenton Hassell, guard Maurice Ager, Van Horn via sign-and-trade, first-round draft picks this June and in 2010 and $3 million in cash, they would have a better chance at winning.
Kidd is old and can't keep up with Chris Paul. Devin Harris and Diop would have matched up better on defense against the Hornets. So they gave up there future and have no cap space and they are stuck with kidd. I think it's dumb to give up multiple 1st round draft picks.
Here is the youtube video of the day, maybe the greatest one ever.... John Daly without a shirt on! ha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6HXfA__e14&feature=bz302
DAY 3 of my computer not working.... Its going into the shop to be fixed. I have trouble waiting for things like this, so it's hard on me. I just have to tell myself that it's going to fixed and I just have to be patient. Not easy at all though.
I have to go now to see the Horneys but tomorrow I will talk about finding my old baseball cards.
Monday, April 28, 2008

me at 275 pounds. I'm currently at 214. this was late december 2006. I don't look like the same person.
-I had my third cochlear implant mapping. I feel like I can hear better then ever. People who have been around me lately know I'm doing much better then pre-surgery. Hearing with the Cochlear implant+ hearing aid is around 80 percent I believe.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
This blog came out a little later then usual. I'm having problems with my computer I normally right my blog on, since the electricy briefly went out. It won't start up. I'm going to get it fixed sometime this week but until then I have to use my other computer which is kind of a pain.
-I played golf for one hole today before it started to rain. That was dissapointing. I was really looking forward to it. I've been carrying around this Hornet's bag full of golf balls. I must have about 50 of them in the bag.
-I cleaned out my cabinet of video game machines. I threw out my old dreamcast that doesn't work anymore. I can't tell you how painful it is to realize I won't be able to play Marvel Vs Capcom 2 for a while. That's one of the best games ever IMO. I'm going to sell my dreamcast games on ebay as well as my old wrestling figures from when I watched it. (I have so much junk)
A few random things before I post this- Richard is going to be in town from the 7th-11th of may for anyone who wants to see him. I made a picture of Chris Riess, Tricia and me and framed it on the wall. It's our "Trophy" for winning the 2007 Newman Fantasy football league. With my Computer not working for a few days I wonder how I will make it with no baseball mogul 2k9 and no Civilization 4: beyond the swords for a while.
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Books I am reading right now
Retribution- This is a great world war 2 book about the final year of combat between the USA and Japan between 1944-1945. It is one of the better WW2 books I have ever read. It explains how the US was much better equipped to handle a long war then the Japanese. One of the Under rated things that was crucial to the american victory in Japan was the blockade of merchant ships from being able to get into Japan. It goes into detail about that. ***** STARS
Browns Town 1964- This is the story of the 1964 NFL champion Cleveland Browns. They had great players like Jim Brown. What I thought was really interesting was the coach of the browns during that year had a hearing loss similar to mine before surgery and still coached them to a championship. I have no idea how anyone could do that.
Earl Weaver on strategy- This is a pretty cool book where Earl Weaver the legendary baseball manager explains strategy in an easy to understand way and he talks about how he did things and why he always played for the 3 run homer and thought bunting was a waste of an out. He had an excellent record with pitchers coaching something like 11 pitchers who had 20 game win seasons. I think it was neat how he talked about one year to save money they split the playing time between 3 left fielders who combined for as many homers as reggie jackson (37) so it was like having an all star player at the fraction of the cost.
Michael B
Friday, April 25, 2008

Michael's 2008 Mock draft
Here are my predictions for the NFL Draft this sunday. This is how I think it will be in the first round.
- 1. Jake long dolphins OL they've signed him already, i think its a terrible move giving a 30 million bonus to a linemen.
- 2. Chris Long DE rams future pro bowler
- 3. Falcons DT Glen Dorsey I would like to see him in black and gold but the Falcons wouldn't trade him to the Saints.
- Raiders- Darren Mcfadden RB arkansas the best player overall
- 5. Kansas City- Vernon Gholston DE/OLB need a DE after trading Pro bowler Jared Allen
- . Jets- Matt ryan QB boston college The Jets would be thrilled if Ryan is still on the board.
- Patriots- Keith Rivers OLB patriots LB's are getting old.
- Baltimore Ravens Sedrick Ellis DT I could see them trading up maybe with Atlanta to get Matt Ryan since they need a QB after Mcnair retired.
- Bengals- Ryan Clady OT
- New Orleans- Mike Jenkins CB a risky pick but the Saints need a corner badly
- Buffalo Bills- Devin Thomas WR this is a little high but the Bills are weak at WR
- Broncos- Brendan Albert OT/G
- Panthers- Derrick harvey- DE
- Bears- Joe Flacco QB they desperately need a qb
- Lions- Rashard Mendenhall RB they are taking a rb for sure
- cards- Aqib Talib cb They could also go WR if they trade Boldin.
- KC- Chris williams OT vanderbilt
- texans- Leodis Mckelvin CB
- eagles- Dominique Rodgers- Cromartie CB
- . Bucs- Limas Sweed WR Joey galloway is 36 so they need to draft a wr.
- Redskins- James Hardy wr reskins are getting a wr, or they could trade the pick for chad johnson.
- . cowboys- felix jones rb
- . steelers- johnathan stewart rb
- Titans- Phillip Merling DE
- Seahawks- Dustin Keller TE
- JAGS- Kentwan Balmer- DT
- Chargers- Gosder Cherlius OT
- SF (Trades up with dallas) DeSean Jackson WR
- . Dallas Cowboys (from SF) Malcom Kelly WR
- Packers- Brandon Flowers CB
- New England- Pick forfeited due to spying on the jets in week 1
- New York Giants- Tyrell Johnson S arkansas state
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

I don't think these 3 things are to much for me. The third one will be a little tricky and I'm not quiet ready for it but I will someday soon.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Reviews of my favorite sites
Netflix- I like netflix a lot. I rent all my dvds from them. They are an online service which you subscribe to and they send you dvds in the mail. they have something like 6,000 movies to chose from, and they now have blue ray disc (i got to get one of those) The thing that is great about it unlike other rental services is that the shipping place is near New Orleans, so i get new dvds every other day. I wasn't a big movie watcher before my brother showed me this site. I have over 200 movies in my list that haven't been sent. I think it could take a year to go through them all, or as Chris Riess told me while I was in the hospital "You'll be dead before you go through them all" That really made me laugh. I give it a 10/10
Gamefly- I used to rent video games online from here. I stopped because It would take to long for the games to get here. They only have two factorys to ship the games from, one in Cali and one in Pittsburgh. So it took about 3 days and that was to long. And it cost 22.99 to per month. Not a good deal at all. Boh rating- 5/10
i tunes- I've just started liking to listen to music. Before my cochlear implant I really couldn't understand the song lyrics for most songs. I don't mind paying the low price for each song. Its fair enough. If anyone has any suggestions on what I should listen to please leave a coment and I will check it out. rating- 9/10
Gametap- I have not played it much recently. This thing is awesome when you have a friend over. It is an online service that has about 1,000 games that you pay 9.99 per month for. It has all the old sega systems on it and old arcade games as well as some pc games. This is where I got addicted to Civilization IV. I like playing old games like sonic the hedgehog on it. rating- 8/10
Friday, April 18, 2008
Trip to Ohio,Cleveland,CantonI found out yesterday that I will be going to Cleveland in late May to visit My dearest Sister Pat. She goes to school outside of Cleveland in H-----, Ohio (i'm not saying where in case any creepy people read this)
Me, My mom and my dad will be going to the Jake, or whatever they call it now to watch the Cleveland Indians game. I've always wanted to go there since I've always liked the Indians, even though my fav team is the Yankees. The last game I went to was an Astros game at Minute Made with my family.
After we go to the game we will visit Tricia and her school. I'm really excited to see it since its nicer then some colleges. After that my dad and I will make the 1 hour drive down to where the National Football League was born back in 1920 in Canton Ohio. We will visit the Pro football HALL OF Fame. I really am excited about that. I've been to The hockey hall of fame in toronto, I've been to the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown, ny (awesome place) but this will be even better because football is my favorite sport.
This will be my first trip with my cochlear implant so going to the airport will be different. I have to show them something to prove I have a cochlear implant because it would set off security will it being made out of metal.
MICHAEL B
Thursday, April 17, 2008
What I'm playing- current video games Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I've started taken online courses from BYU. It was my friend Marissa who gave me the idea to do online courses. I was in the hospital and I showed her my facebook page where I had listed my college on there as "none 05" - like Kevin Garnett,Tracy Mcgrady and Kobe Bryant. And that was pretty funny, and she gave me the idea about online courses. See, I thought you had to do like 5 courses at the same time and that would have been to much work for.
I get tired from doing to much work, So its good for me to have a light load. I'm taking two courses right now, Nutrition and Bowling. They are both much harder then I expected. See its not like when I did high school courses online from Abbington Hill (about the easiest HS on earth..) I would barely look over some of the notes like for 5 minutes before taking a test. And I usually was getting 85 or above. I would do an entire lesson then the test and one day. In one of the years I actually finished the entire history course for the year in 2 months. So it was easy.
This is more challenging and on my first test I tried rushing through it barely looking at my notes and got a 40....IN BOWLING...... I was stunned. But I've learned something, you need to study for test and not try to rush to far ahead in a short period of time. For each course you have 365 days to complete. Now I would like to go faster then that, espcially in Bowling but it tells me not to hurry things, wait until you know the stuff.
Michael r. BOH
the life of boh
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008

1998 Liberty Bowl
Tulane 41 - BYU 27
Dec. 31, 1998
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Coculear Implant


