>New place in White Plains, just a short train ride down to all the jazz clubs in Manhattan
>New FIOS connection, 75 and 75 down
>MVP renewed, 11 years in a row
>Progress report from Katy's kindergarten from Sept - Dec: smart and sweet little girl.
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>Lots to be thankful for.
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>There's only one thing to make this complete - Oregon getting Alabama in the National Title game next week.
>Oregon looks like they have the Florida State game. Hope they get to play the Tide. Don't want Ohio State, that's too easy.
>Want to see Oregon make Nick Saban cry! :)

You were saying? ;-) I finally got to watch the game on the DVR after a lot of time over New Year's with a new GF. What a wild game. Not what I expected at all. I don't know if it was a matter of Ohio State's offense or Alabama's defense but the Buckeyes pushed them up and down the field. One of the announcers made a very good point. He said the Big Ten is not a speed conference, it's a strength conference, but Ohio State plays with SEC level speed. Call me pleasantly surprised. Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised. OSU has about a dozen guys who are going to be playing on Sundays. As does Alabama.

It's going to take a lot for them to beat Oregon. The Ducks are clicking on all cylinders.

Big Ten Mike

PS -- Congrats on the 11 MVPs in a row. I hit 5 and then petered out.