1988 Dodgers World Series in RBI Baseball

So I was actually at this game in 1988, when the Dodgers won Game 1 of the World Series. I was only 9 at the time. When Kirk Gibson came out of the dugout, the whole stadium went nuts! Everyone stood up cheering and I couldn't see (the guy in front of me must have had a sombrero on, or something). Anyways, I stood up on the seat, which promptly folded in on me, causing me to fall and get stuck in the chair. So there I am; stuck in my seat, crying, while the whole stadium is going bonko for what could be a walk-off win. Well, my dad pulled me out of the chair, I was able to stand up and see Gibson launch it into the right field pavilion. Greatest baseball game I have ever seen. On a similar note, RBI Baseball is easily the greatest video game ever!

One Hundred Push Ups

So I started a new fitness program called "One Hundred Push Ups"  It is a seven week program in which the ultimate goal is to do 100 push ups.  Since I have been so into fitness with my running and dieting, I thought I might give it a try.  It doesn't seem to take a lot of time (only 3x a week).  So far I have done the first two days of week one and I think I can continue.  I can certainly feel the tightness in my shoulders and arm pits from the first day.  It is nice that they have a logger that keeps track of your progress and even links with facebook.  There is even an iPhone app (that I probably won't get since it costs $1.99 and I am too stingy to splurge).  I hope I can keep it up.

LEGO Star Wars story

So I thought this was great. Especially on Star Wars Day. "May the Fourth be with you!"

Green Level

So I made it to the Green Level in my Nike+ running yesterday!  That means I have run 250 kilometers.  I would have never thought I could do that in a thousand years.  I have one more training run tomorrow before the Run Through Redlands on Sunday.  I only need 750 more kilometers to make it to the next level.  No problem! ;-p

Running

So I have really started to run this year.  I just came across http://www.dailymile.com and I saw how it links to my Nike+ account.  Kind of cool.  You can follow along with my running here on the blog.  Hopefully I can keep at it and maybe, someday run a marathon.  Right now it is just 5K races.  I need to get ready for my next race in a week and half in Redlands.

New blog format

So I really like these new blogger layouts.  I just wish we could put our own photo for the background!

Websites

So I have been working on my company's social networking sites for a month or so getting them all set up and what not.  I feel I have finally finished the blog page (http://jdfactors.blogspot.com).  I just added some artwork to the sides of the page and it just seems slicker.  I know its not a lot and that an IT guy could have done it in five minutes but it is a little accomplishment for me.  I just hope that we can use this blog, along with our facebook and twitter pages, to do something good.  Right now, they all just say the same thing but it would be nice to get some more information on the sites.  Now I have to convince everyone that our company website needs a face-lift so it looks less like a Microsoft template and more like a professional financial website.  We just got new marketing material that the salesmen will be using and I think that the website should reflect that.  We'll see.