Let’s see.  You’re stranded 10 hours over night at Pittsburgh International airport.  You’re pretty much alone there.  And you have a video camera.  What do you do?  You kill time.  And you get it all on tape!  Hey, it fights the boredom, right?

With all the traveling I have on tap over the next month, I can easily see myself being put in a similar situation.  Would I do some of this stuff?  Probably. Would I take video of it?  Don’t think so.  In fact I would avoid video all together.  Other than of course the video from the security cameras that would probably get me on some kind of “no fly” list. 

-Dave Q.

So here we are.  Lent has arrived for 2010 and I really haven’t put much thought into what I’m going to sacrifice for the next 40 days.  Last year was pretty tough with the whole beard thing.  This year, I think I’m going to simplify things.  I’ve done the “no red meat” thing before, so I think I will subscribe to that thinking again this year.  But I also feel like more needs to be done.  I was thinking that I could do something where I work out hard every day of Lent, but now I am going to be do a lot of traveling over the next month.  It will be near impossible to accomplish that.  Maybe I’ll give up cursing?  Nah.  That’s been done.  I also tried to give up sarcasm, and that worked wonders… not!

So I know it’s a little late in the game, but please feel free to send any ideas my way.  Keep it realistic.  Also feel free to buy some shares of Chick-Fil-A stock.  I’m going to be paying them quite a few visits until Easter.  Peace!

-Dave Q.

My Dad sent this video to me and other family members this week.  He is a teacher at Central Catholic high school in San Antonio.  The video features students and faculty of Central Catholic addressing Saints owner Tom Benson with the “Who Dat” New Orleans Saints battle cry.  The video is somewhat cheesy, to say the least.  I do, however, love the final score prediction on the scoreboard at the end of the video.

So I figured the reason my Dad sent it out to us was because he was in it somewhere.  But after watching it, he is nowhere to be found.  Also, why would a San Antonio high school be reaching out to Tom Benson? Is it because of Catholic Saints?  What’s the connection?  This was my father’s response to these questions…

Tom Benson, the owner of car dealerships in town, owns the New Orleans Saints and he graduated from Central back in the ’60s.  Last year he gave $3 million to the school and the stadium carries his name.  His son graduated from Central back in the ’80s and died as a young man and he gifted the school in his son’s memory.  I am not in it because I avoid exposing my mug in front of too many women.  I don’t want to hire body guards.

I love that man.  He is my hero.  GO SAINTS!

-Dave Q.

So am I to believe that after all these years of avoiding watching American Idol, that girls that look like Katherine McPhee have been the contestants?  If that’s the case, why didn’t someone tell me?

I Googled Katherine McPhee and apparently she didn’t win American Idol the year she was on there.  WTF?  Are you serious???  How can she not have won?  I mean…. look at her!  It saddens me to think what this country has come to.  It just isn’t the American way to have someone this hot not win a singing contest.    If I were Simon Cowell and Katherine McPhee came in to audition looking like this, I would have immediately handed over the trophy and asked her to marry me.

-Dave Q.

I’ve received some very nice wedding announcements over the years.  All have been in either sent through the mail or in email form.  But check this one out.  I’m not sure what this says about Jeff and Erin.  Are they super creative?  Or do they simply have too much money and time on their hands?  You be the judge.

On another note, how about that height difference, huh?  Wow.  I know a lot of girls that would not be cool with that.

-Dave Q.

I just want to make it clear who my allegiance belongs to in this late night talk show cluster fu&$%!  I’ve never found Jay Leno to be all that funny.  Conan on the other hand can be a bit cheesy at times, but compared to Leno, he’s a comedy genius. 

I hope Conan tells NBC to go to hell and moves to another network.  And then goes head to head against Jay Leno.  And kicks his ass.  That would be comedy justice.

-Dave Q.

Wow.  I can’t believe we are 2 weeks into 2010 already.  I’ve been slacking on here because my focus has been elsewhere.  So that means this is my first post of the new year.  So… Happy New Year!  Moving on…

I’m glad to have survived yet another holiday season.  It’s funny how it was so fun and stress free when I was younger.  And today it’s one huge headache.  Part of growing up, I guess.  I did score some gift cards from Home Depot to help me with my remodeling project.  Yes, the same remodeling project that started in late 2008.  I’m just as sick of it as anyone else is.  It’s difficult to complete when you only work on it during the weekends.  And then of course, football season comes along and then that cuts in to your remodeling time.  You know where I’m coming from. 

Anyway, all the difficult stuff is done.  Or at least it appears to be.  You never know.  So my focus over the last month has been my “man cave”.  Basically, it’s going to be an office, but with a personal touch.  That would include a flat screen, an X-Box, a mini fridge, and some decor that could be seen as tacky.  See dogs playing pool pic above!

I actually love that poster.  I have it in a nice frame.  Looks good.  I got it almost 10 years ago.  My girlfriend at the time hated it.  She referred to it as tacky, juvenile, and tasteless.  Yet, I loved it.  I’m pretty sure she would have taken a hammer to it if she ever had the opportunity.  I don’t remember if she ever said anything like “it’s either me or the dogs playing pool”.  All I know is that she’s not around anymore.  And the dogs are.  Rack ‘em!

-Dave Q.

I was shopping at a strip mall near my house on Saturday.  I had a wedding to go to and there was a department store conveniently located there.  Turns out, their stuff was crap.  So I went without a tie.  Anyway, as I left the department store, I heard sirens and saw an ambulance and fire truck coming my direction.  I looked to my left to see this…

I’m guessing someone got their accelerator and break confused.  Or maybe they really needed a tan.  I don’t know.  But I had to snap a couple of pictures.  I got a couple of looks from other gawkers.  I guess it’s not cool to take pics when someone crashes into a store front.  I’ll try to remember that for the next one.

-Dave Q.