My Current Biloxi Digs

I came to the Coast with the understanding that I would be staying in a Condo on a Golf Course in Ocean Springs...which turned into a two bedroom flat at a golf course north of Gautier 35 minutes away from work in Biloxi. Then I was moved to a "two room villa off the beach." Here is the living room of my "villa" ...

And the spacious delux kitchen...

The bedroom is the same size, different furniture. I do have a wide view of the Gulf, since everything else was claimed by the hurricane...

Came back from time-to-time as I move around. :-)

Round of 16 is on the Pitch

It looks like the dada would have to go to sleep to fall behind in the Tyson Family World Cup challenge...and it will be a challenge for the prognosticators at 12012 and Auburn to catch up. Good luck (hehehehehehe)! Here are the current standings going into todays matches:
Tim 72
Brian 61
Rosana 53
AB 52
Geoffrey 51

Today is the BIG match!

So, going into today's big match for OUR side, there are patterns developing for the Tyson family world cup standings. The chief pattern, DADDY IS WAYYYYYYY AHEAD, hahahahahahaha!
Tim 64 Points
Brian 52 Points
AB 49 Points
Rosana 42 Points
Geoffrey 36 Points
Good luck "fam", catch me if you can!

Closing In On The Round of 16

... Wellllllll, what a day. Rosana and the dada, ironically the ONLY former coaches in the poll...really gained yesterday. Brian picked up some important points, too. But, here are the current "unverified" standings:
Tim: 56 points
Brian: 47 points
AB: 41 points
Rosana: 41 points
Geoffrey: 30 points.

Latest on the World Cup

OK, family and friends, here are the latest results from the pitch! As of Saturday (the score personage took the day off for Father's Day), here are the current standings with the dada taking his rightful place at the top based on three correct final scores:
Tim 37 Points
AB 29 Points
Geoffrey: 27 Points
Brian: 26 Points
Rosana: 16 Points

Biloxi Blues

This is the end of week one in Biloxi on FEMA duty. I finally got out to the beach about 5:40 this morning. Sticky, already too warm for this time of year, and a lenghtly drought. But hopefully the old sailors saying might hold true...red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.

A few steps further and I had wandered into a nesting area for the Least Tern...so after a few minutes of being dive-bombed....

... I returned to the relative safety of my little abode...it was, indeed, the Least I could do.:-)

World (Tyson) Cup Update

Well, it has been a busy, and disappointing week for me at the polls. I will update the standings during today's games. (I promise) :-)
Here are the current standings:
Family Standings:
Geoffrey: 14 points
Brian: 9 point
Alicia & Brian Green: 8 points
Rosana: 3 point
Tim: 3 point

1 pt. for picking the winner
3 pts. for closest score
5 pts. for exact score
Max. 6 pts. per match.

For all you breathless soccer fans, here are the projections for Sunday:
June 11
Match 6 PROJECTIONS
Serbia & Montenegro vs. Netherlands
Geoffrey: Netherlands, 3-1
AB: Serbia & Montenegro, 1-0
Brian: Netherlands, 1-0
Rosana: Netherlands: 2-1
Tim: Netherlands, 3-0

Match 7 PROJECTIONS
Mexico vs. Iran
Geoffrey: Mexico, 3-0
AB: Mexico, 2-0
Brian: Mexico 4-1
Rosana: Mexico 4-2
Tim: Mexico 2-1

Match 8 PROJECTIONS
Angola vs. Portugal
Geoffrey: Portugal 4-0
AB: Angola 1-0
Brian: Portugal 3-0
Rosana: Portugal 3-0
Tim: Portugal 3-0

World (Tyson) Cup

Well, con gratulations to Geoffrey for finding some modicum of success that he only slightly lorded over everyone when Argentina got robbed of a goal in the first half and were called errantly off-sides on a goal in the second held against Ivory Coast. Argentina only won 2-1, thus Geoffrey gets more points!

Here are the current standings:
Family Standings:
Geoffrey: 14 points
Brian: 9 point
Alicia & Brian Green: 8 points
Rosana: 3 point
Tim: 3 point

1 pt. for picking the winner
3 pts. for closest score
5 pts. for exact score
Max. 6 pts. per match.

Match 1
Germany 4 Costa Rica 2
Alicia & Brian(hereafter referred to as "AB): Germany 4-1
Brian: Germany 2-1
Tim: Germany 3-0
Rosana: Germany 1-0
Geoffrey: Costa Rica 1-0 (hahahahaha)

Match 2 (Friday)
Equador 2 Poland 0
AB: Equador 1-0
Geoffrey: Equador 1-0
Rosana: Poland 2-1
Brian: Poland 1-0
Tim: Poland 2-0

Match 3 (Saturday)
England vs Paraquay
Geoffrey: England 1-0
Brian: England 1-0
Rosana: England 2-0
Tim: England 2-0
AB: Paraguay 1-0

Match 4 (Saturday)
Trinidan & Tobago vs Sweden 0-0 (no points given)
Brian: Sweden 3-0
AB: Sweden 2-0
Tim: Sweden 2-0
Geoffrey: Sweden 2-1
Rosana: Sweden 1-0

Match 5 (Saturday) Argentina 2-1
Argentina vs Ivory Coast
Geoffrey: Argentina 2-0
Tim: Argentina 3-0
Rosana: Argentina 1-0
Brian: Ivory Coast 2-0
AB: Ivory Coast 2-1

Biloxi Fever

It is the time of the season (yedda yedda, yedda). FEMA has called me to duty, and thus I will be experiencing the joys of assisting the fine folks of the Mississippi Gulf Coast through service with the disaster agency. I will be going to Biloxi June 11 for a while to help with public information. The blogs should get more interesting, perhaps. You can still find me electronically anyplace I go. Let's all pray that the Gulf Coast is allowed to recover from 2005! There wasn't any room for me in Biloxi or Gulfport, so I'll have to stay in Ocean Springs. They found a nice place with a view.....

More later .....

Da Vinci Code

Well, it happened, I finally allowed myself to be subjected to the "Code". Diana and Danesh treated R and I to the movies last night at the Rave. I didn't have an issue with Tom H. as the lead as some did...I kinda like actors my own age. :-) But, then again, I haven't read the book (although my Catholic background and parochial school, and study of other religions as a Baha'i, already gave me a lot of history of the Catholic demonination). I was not spellbound by the movie. I thought there should have been more detail of the "Code" and less emphasis on the killing. I know it was not supposed to be a movie about spirituality, but it could have been a lot more. I think the producers cut down on some of the movie to do more in the studio and less on location. Too bad. It was a one-shot wonder for me. In regard to the Rave, I have had more comfortable airliner seats in Business and First ... sorry movie goers! Thanks D & D for the movie...I had a good time, really. Next time, my treat.:-) P.S.A. (Post Script All) Remind me to tell you about my trip to the Da Vinci museum in Milan some time.