World Cup Final

What a surprise, and what an exercise. Who would have guessed when we all sat around the table in Huntsville that science would prevail! At the end of the World Cup, I guess section A, Geoffrey pulled out all the stops and picked the right teams to win, with the right scores. He scored 96 points, edging dada by one point. Next came Brian Tyson and Alicia and Brian tied at 83 and I had a notion that the leaders were in trouble. Poor sweetheart Rosana was last with 71. We had all decided that we would give points for picking the teams that advanced from that first meeting, to aswage the defeats in choosing winners as the tournament progressed. So, I gave 2 points for picking a team to the Round of 16, 4 points for the quarterfinals, 6 points for the semi-finals, 8 points for the third place match, and 10 points for the finals. Who would have thunk that Brian Tyson and Alicia and Brian would end up with having picked the most advancing teams (certainly not I)...we they tied with 153 points each...but the Grand Winner is .... Alicia and Brian Green due to the fact that they are the only ones who picked Italy to win it all! Congrats (lucky duo). The rest of the field went this way: dada 149; Geoffrey 138; Rosana 107. It was a lot of fun...just wait until, ah, 2010!

Catching Up

Well, it has been a busy week, or so, at Beach Woebegone...or woeisyoufornotbeinghere! And a lot has happened.
First, most of the fam came down for a visit for the 4th of July...

It seems we eat a lot when we are all here...but we also toured the devasted areas, like Pass Christian at ground zero for Hurricane Katrina...

And we visited Annie's Restaurant where we had eaten a big Sunday meal with the Coast Families back in July in Henderson Point across Bay St. Louis from, well, Bay St. Louis...

We also took Jameh to the pool at my new digs for his first swim, and boy did he get a charge out of it...we all did too.....

And, speaking of my new digs, on the 10th floor of the Legacy Towers (wahoooo), I can see beyond Ship Island 12 miles out....

I will do more on my new place later today (I kinda promise).:-)

Ok, tata for now.

Sunday Dinner

Last Sunday, Jose and Mary Alice invited me over for dinner at their place in Gulfport. They had minor damage from Katrina, and are adding a slate roof right now. Well, Maria came too, as did Jose's mother (Tom was at a church meeting). Jose is an architect, but he should have been a chef, he is that much of a Cook (inside joke). Anyway, we had Alaskan Crab Legs...really, really, goood, followed with huge shrimp that were more on the order of scampi. Then we watched the World Cup game...a great afternoon, indeed!

French Fries

Wellllll, look at what Geoffrey and the French did! The French "fried" Brazil just as Geoffrey predicted, moving the Geoff into a tie with the "old coach" at 91 points in the Tyson World Cup Challenge. Geoffrey staged his amazing comeback by accurately calling the winner and winning score in Italy over Australia, Brazil over Ghana, and France over Brazil while the rest of us kinda stood on the sidelines. OK, it is on to the semi-finals. Here are the current standings:
Dada 91 points
Geoffrey 91 points
Brian 71 points
AB 68 Points
Rosana 65 Points