I didn't know him, but I knew of him, as did thousands of people... RIP...
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/20/obit.miles.levin/index.html

I'll write an entry about vacation later, but this is more important

bored again... one of these days i'll do a real entry, i swear

It won't be the same without him.

Not Saturday. Not ever.

Michigan and Ohio State will play a huge football game Saturday afternoon, but something profound will be missing. Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler will be missing.

One of the very few events that could mitigate the towering anticipation for this matchup between the Wolverines and Buckeyes has stunningly transpired, on the eve of the game. Bo Schembechler has died. Just when it appeared he might stubbornly live forever.

It's a flabbergasting, karmic coincidence -- the Hall of Fame coach dying the day before the biggest of all 103 games in a rivalry he helped enliven. Emotions will be in powerful conflict in Ohio Stadium on Saturday. The game will still be played at a passionate level that Bo would both demand and applaud, but there will be shadows across many hearts in two states.

It's a terribly sad loss for the winningest football school of all time.
Precious few men in the history of the game have exerted such a dominant influence over a single football program for as long as Schembechler did Michigan's. The only two living icons who come to mind are Joe Paterno at Penn State and Frank Broyles at Arkansas.

It's been Bo's Way at Michigan since he arrived in 1969. His successors have come from his family tree: former assistant Gary Moeller, followed by former assistant Lloyd Carr. The very ethos of the program remains distinctly Schembechlerian in almost every way. It's no coincidence that the man maintained an office in the athletic department to this day.

But it's a sad loss on the other side of the great rivalry, too. Anyone who's ever felt his or her pulse pound faster at the sight of maize and blue or scarlet and gray will mourn today.

Michigan-Ohio State wouldn't be Michigan-Ohio State without Bo. It will forever be a highlight moment of the football calendar, but a flame that helped heat this game like no other has flickered and expired.

The twin titans who transformed a great rivalry into the greatest rivalry both are gone now. Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes defined it, pure and simple.

Bo was the only man in the Midwest tough enough to go jaw-to-jaw with Woody -- Schembechler's coach at Miami (Ohio) in 1949-50 and boss at Ohio State in the early '60s -- and win more than his share.

The head-to-head record is Bo 5, Woody 4, with one unforgettable tie. Before Schembechler arrived, Hayes was 12-6 against Michigan.

But those are mere stats, and their personal rivalry went far beyond stats. You could persuasively argue that the Schembechler-Hayes showdowns during 1969-78 are the apotheosis of college football.

Those games embodied everything that makes the sport so compelling: sky-high stakes, immense pride, intense competition, unwavering will, extreme physical and mental toughness, great athleticism, healthy respect for the opposition and a reverence for tradition.

If you saw them, you know what I'm talking about. If you didn't, I'm sorry. Tune in to ESPN Classic, read a few books and you'll hopefully understand.

"What made the rivalry was Bo taking on his mentor," said former Michigan offensive lineman Doug James, one of the captains on Schembechler's 1984 team. "No disrespect meant to all the great Michigan and Ohio State players who went before that, but what made this rivalry special was Bo Schembechler challenging the Old Man, as Bo used to call him."

Last time I talked to Schembechler it was late August. I was writing a story about mounting pressure on coaches who had won national championships -- current Michigan coach Lloyd Carr among them. Bo was, as usual, passionate. He fiercely defended Carr, one of his former assistants.

"There isn't one [critic] out there with guts enough to come up to me and say we need to change coaches," said Schembechler, who hired Carr decades ago. "I know there's some of that talk out there, but they don't tell me.

"The guy is quite a guy, so I don't mind standing in front of him. I'm not going to let those people do that to him, and I still do have some influence with some people up here. So he'll quit when he wants to."

Schembechler's defense of Carr has been utterly vindicated in Michigan's surprising 11-0 season, though the old coach acknowledged that losing four of five to Ohio State was a mighty unfortunate thing. The mere mention of that rivalry ratcheted up the enthusiasm in Bo's voice. He talked with glee about how fun it was competing against Hayes.

That was his life's passion.

James remembers a day in the spring of 1985 when he was a graduate assistant under Schembechler. His duties included getting Bo's lunch, washing his car and driving him to the airport when needed. On this particular day he was driving Bo to the airport so he could fly to Columbus and visit Woody, who was in failing health.

"Bo was talking about the Old Man," James recalled. "He was so competitive with Woody, even in those days. He said, 'Woody's wife loves me. She always told me I'm one of her three favorite people in the world. Cary Grant is No. 1, Thomas Jefferson is No. 2, and Bo Schembechler is No. 3.'"

Schembechler laughed.

"'Woody didn't even make the top three.'" Schembechler undoubtedly relished the opportunity his old team has Saturday: undefeated but still an underdog against No. 1 Ohio State, which comes in riding an 18-game winning streak.

It's strikingly similar to Bo's first Ohio State-Michigan game as coach of the Wolverines, when the defending national champion Buckeyes were on a 22-game winning streak. Michigan scored a 24-12 upset, and the rivalry was transformed.

"It's disappointing he's not going to be here for the game," James said. "But I guess he's going to have a better seat than all the rest of us."

Detroit Tigers
2006 ALDS Champions

Thanks boys, for one hell of a ride so far and for keeping me sane this summer and into the fall...

on to the A's, and god knows you can't script october

this is random but amused me for some reason.
you guys will get a real entry or two to describe my rather awful summer...

but for now:

WOMAN'S POEM
Before I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man, who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong.
One who loves to listen long,
One who thinks before he speaks,
One who'll call, not wait for weeks.
I pray he's gainfully employed,
When I spend his cash, won't be annoyed.
Pulls out my chair and opens my door,
Massages my back and begs to do more.
Oh! Send me a man who'll make love to my mind,
Knows what to answer to "how big is my behind?"
I pray that this man will love me to no end,
And always be my very best friend.

MAN'S POEM

I pray for a deaf-mute nymphomaniac with huge boobs who owns a liquor store
and a golf course. This doesn't rhyme and I don't give a shit . 

kind of awful, i know
the slightly scary thing is this is a forward from my grandmother...

You Are Most Like Charlotte!

You are the ultimate romantic idealist You've been hurt before, but that hasn't caused you to give up on love. If anything, your resolve to fall in love is stronger than ever. And it's this feminine optimism that men find most appealing about you. Romantic prediction: That guy you are seeing (or crushing on)? Could be very serious - if you play your cards right!

no kidding. same as everyone says...

okay everyone do me a favor, esp if you haven't looked @ my journal in a bit, go back to the first line of songs post and see if you can get anymore. i'll post the answers sooon (behind a cut, for those of you who don't like spoilers) maybe i'll try and come up with hints first though, i can think of a couple for some of them...

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1) Whenever i'm from time to time depressed...
2) I've been a girl with her skirt pulled high, been the outcast now running with mascara eyes...
3) The day you pissed me off I told Mike to pick me up
4) The ball is tipped, and there you are
5) Another day I call and never speak
6) Velvet I can wish you, for the color of your coat and fortune smiling all along your way.
7) I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes...
8) Greeting cards have all been sent, the Christmas rush is through...
9) Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts
10) You and I got something but it's all and then it's nothing to me
11) Look, if you had, one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it, or just let it slip?
12) When I am down, and oh, my soul so weary
13) You're the kind of friend who always bends when I'm broken
14) Chemistry was crazy from the get go, neither one of us knew why so i had to change this one cuz i had NO idea what song it was i had in here formerly, and even "cheating" i couldn't figure it out
15) Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound
16) She thinks I walk on water, she thinks I hung the moon
17) I've been searching for a reason, and I'm running out of time
18) Each morning I get up I die a little
19) For you, there'll be no crying
20) And now I'm all alone again nowhere to turn no one to go to

moi? volez ceci?! c'est impossible!!!!

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List four neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

October 12
Events
1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia
1775 - The United States Navy is formed.
1968 - 1968 Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, Mexico
1999 - The Day of 6 Billion: The 6 billionth human in the world is born.

Births
1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor
1975 - Marion Jones, American athlete
(i actually knew both of these... weird)

Death
1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b. 1936)

You Are 22 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

hmm maybe bryan and those random people at the hotel were right...

i found this cool thing about movies where you tick every one you have seen and if you tick 70+ you are a movie whore, or at least that's what the last person who i stole this from said...

and i am feeling procrastinatoy and out of it
( so here you guys go )

my new layout makes me happy.
and yes that's all i have to say in this entry, probably headed to sleep rather soon to get up for practice