HypedUpSports.com Offers a Great Opportunity!

As a boy in the middle 1950's I got see my first major league baseball game in Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies played the Brooklyn Dodgers. Clem Labine pitched for the Dodgers, against the great Robin Roberts. Roy Campenella Hit a homer onto the roof in center field, but the Phillies won the game. I still have the program from that game, it is the first of a personal treasure of sports collectibles.

I have been blessed to get some very special items autographed by some of the biggest stars of several generations. I have a program from the 1968 MLB ALl Star Game autographed by Willie Mays, who scored the only run of the game. I have basketballs autographed by Wilt Chamberlain and Hakeem Olajuwan. I have a program from Mickey Mantle's funeral, and a bat signed by over thirty Hall of Fame baseball players. Maybe my favorite is a first day cover that is signed by both Nolan Ryan and President George H. W. Bush.

Knowing how much I love my autographed sports collectibles makes me believe that the opportunity being presented by HypedUpSports.com is a super duper idea. They have made arrangements with some of the truly great athletes of today to sign autographs on memorabilia sent in by fans who want to transform their pieces into true treasures. How cool would it be to have a jersey signed by either Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James or Michael Jordan?

At HypedUpSports.com you can make arrangements with them to send in your item to be signed at scheduled exclusive sessions with all four of those Hoops hierarchy, or with perhaps the greatest athlete in the world today, Tiger Woods!

Go to the website to check out the schedules and to see the simplicity with which the process is going to be. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity!

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Clemens to Jail?

It is hard to believe that Roger Clemens could go to jail. I have little doubt in my mind that he used the HGH, despite the fact that he has never tested positive for any illegal substance. But the testimony of Andy Pettitte and the idea that his wife took growth hormones without his knowledge makes it hard to believe Roger is innocent. But jail time?

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Shopping Online

Ever since my mom used to drag me with her while she was shopping, I have never really been one to comparison shop. For most of my life I would walk in to a store and find what I wanted and make the purchase. But since I began browsing the internet, I have found that seeking the best buy is a lot of fun. I seldom go shopping at a store anymore and I have not been in a mall in more than a year!

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Baseball In the Newspapers!

I was out of the country for a few days in the middle of this month. When I got home I realized one of the reasons I love late February so much. It is because baseball has started!

When I opened the newspaper this morning to the sports section, I found a whole page filled with stories about what's happening at the Astros' spring training camp. In the wintertime there are so many days without even a mention of baseball in the newspaper that it always gladdens my heart be able to open and read about the game and the players in the hopes for the season.

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My Driver Arrives!

A few weeks ago I saw an offer to give selected entrants an opportunity to review the new Taylor Made Burner driver on behalf of The World of Golf. Those who registered were asked why they should be the one selected to make the review. I registered and submitted that to be completely accurate, the reviews needed to include a hacker like myself rather than a bunch of scratch golfers. To my shock, I was one of the ones chosen!

The World of Golf sent a new club, but when it arrived it had been broken in transit. I had to return it, and the process of getting another club took nearly two weeks. But it arrived yesterday, in one piece. I can hardly believe that I have been given a Taylor Made Burner driver to keep, simply for agreeing to review it and post the review on my blog!

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A Review of My New Taylor Made Burner Driver

My Taylor Made Burner driver arrived yesterday afternoon. I would like to have waited to test it till the weather was a little nicer, not windy and drizzling rain. But the fact that I am leaving for a week's vacation tomorrow pressed me to get this review done for The World of Golf.

When we got tot the park where I most often hit a few golf balls, we went to the end that flares out into about a 350 yard empty plot. I took the head cover off my new Burner, and was still amazed at the size of the club's head, especially in light of the fact that it only weighs about fifty grams. The shaft is a flex model, something I have never used, my old driver is a stiff shaft. The loft on the club is 10.5, meaning that the trajectory of a well struck drive will be low and on a line.

When I began, I had trouble getting the feel of the club, I hit the first ball off the toe of the club, the second on the heel. Most of the swings I took were like my tendency, to top the ball, driving it into the ground. One swing I completely missed the ball! But that was not the fault of the club, it was my mechanics. My last swing was an easy stroke and the ball took off in a beautiful, straight flight, well over two hundred yards, easily further than I usually hit the ball. I am convinced that with my new Taylor Made Burner driver that I will be consistently hitting the ball much further into the woods than before!

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Bathroom Remodeling

Our new bathroom remodeling is nearly complete. We have added new custom made cabinets, new wall covering, new sinks along with some classy new Price Pfister faucets on the sinks and the tub and shower. It is beginning to look nice. The last touch will be new ceramic tile floors, which are supposed to be installed next week!

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Posture Corrector

I have recently seen an ad for a device called a posture corrector. It is a brace type contraption designed to reduce back strain and improve posture. It may or may not work, but the best posture corrector I have ever seen was my ninth grade Algebra teacher. She absolutely intended for you to sit up straight in her class and she had several creative ways to "encourage you to do her bidding.

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Education Costs

When I went away to college in 1966, I attended a private college that had what I thought was very high tuition, $31 per semester hour. Now a year at the same school can cost around forty thousand dollars. It is almost impossible to obtain a degree without some sort of financial aid; scholarships, grants, or loans. Tuition Wise is a lending institution, and a motto for a student to keep in mind.

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Donut Franchise

As a boy I worked in a donut shop near our home. It was a franchise of the Daylight Donut brand. The donuts were terrific and we had a good clientele. When I was twenty five, my old boss called and wanted to retire. He asked if I would like to buy his shop. Soon thereafter I was a small business man and the Cinnamon Roll King in my town!

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Mesothelioma

The ravages of mesothelioma are not pleasant to witness. My good friend worked in an office and never thought about the dangers of the asbestos ceiling that covered his work place. When he was diagnosed, he was the picture of health, but in the next year or so, he wasted away, despite aggressive treatment. We buried him with great sorrow.

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Signal Booster!

Our congregation is near the end of an expansion of our facilities. We have added several classrooms, as well as new office space. My new office and study is going to be nice. But I am now going to be inside a building with metal supports all around. My cell phone signal will be diminished to the point I will have to walk outside to receive or make a call. There are probably worse problems in my ministry, but it is worrisome and does not have to be. A mobile cell phone booster could be just the answer!

Signalboost Universal is a three watt unit that will work with any cell phone and any carrier to increase the signal. It is effective with mobile situations or stationary ones like in my office. It will even work to increase the signal of a wifi router. That may be important in my new office as well, since I am going to be fifty or sixty feet further away from our router!

Another important feature of this mobile cell phone booster is that it is portable. I can use it primarily in my office, but because it is quick to set up, I can take it with me when I am on the road.

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Finding a Place For the Boys

My grandmother left me a little bit of money when she passed away. I have been thinking of how I want to use it meaningfully. Since we have two young grandsons living with us now, I have thought of finding a place not too far from our residence that we could purchase. I have been looking at land for sale, with at least a few acres that has a patch of woods we could go with the boys and let them run a dog and shoot a BB gun and explore. It was one of my favorite things to do when I was a boy at Grandma's and I would love to let the boys have similar times.



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