Monthly Archives: January 2010

Pledging Fraternities – That Time of Year

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Students are back at school; going to parties on campus; and pledging fraternities. Have fun but be safe.

Here is a film served up as a public service that offers a tutorial on the dangers of alcohol poisoning amongst young adults.

Drinking games can and do kill – almost 2,000 young adults per year.

This is a very personal and moving film. Watch it if you are a student or a parent with a young adult in school. It is quite “sobering.” It isn’t funny. Drinking in excess can kill you. Off the soapbox. Click here to watch this film.

3 in 5

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We beat the Penguins last night 6-3. It was only the first of four games we will play against them this season. We shouldn’t get too excited. But good for us. It was a fun game.

We played well. We can score a lot of goals. We are a better team than last season.

This was a tough week. We beat Philly. We beat Detroit and we beat Pittsburgh. We beat three rivals in five days. That stretch showed how mentally and emotionally tough and developed we have become. It is really difficult to “get up” for so many big and tough games in a row.

Fifty games played – 70 points garnered – 191 goals scored to date.

We are a work in progress.

This may be the best Caps team – in the regular season - in our history. We are having our best year at the gate and off the ice.

But we want to be the best team in our history and we all know what we have to do to prove that out.

Hence, I am proud of the team and of our fan base but warn everyone that we should not get hyper excited. We are focused on one goal. We have work to do. It is still early.

We are allowed to enjoy the journey though. We are given permission to be happy moment by moment so kick back and smile. We can start to worry about a letdown for Saturday’s game later tonight. Until then – Go Caps! Thank you.

Odd Scheduling

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The season is more than half over and tonight is the first time we play the Penguins. While we all look forward to the game, it has been hard to get hyped up for it this week. We played the Flyers on Sunday before a full house then we went on to play Detroit before a really loud and proud crowd. We were fortunate to get two wins so far this week.

Tonight we play the defending Stanley Cup champs on the road. On Tuesday we played the former defending Stanley Cup champs at home. And on Saturday we play the much improved Coyotes at home. Four games all in a week with some travel thrown in. Tough scheduling. All are games against very good or great teams. I wish this game had some breathing room and was spotlighted on a weekend instead of landing in such a tight space of the 3rd game out of 4 games in the same week.

Every game is competitive. Every game is a mini drama. Every game is worth two points in the standings.

We all want to win tonight but we need to put these regular season games in perspective. If we win, we won’t celebrate too much. If we lose, we won’t be down too much. We play yet again on Saturday night.

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“A Terrific Win Against a Terrific Team”

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Hoya Saxa.

The Hoyas won last night on the road in Pittsburgh against a higher ranked team.

Pittsburgh has one of the best teams in the nation and in the Big East. They may play in the best home court environment in the nation as well. That place rocks.

Georgetown is also tough and its schedule is brutal as well. We are a very good team. We play tough. We have depth and we are still young with upside. We will matter as the season plays out.

We are proud. We are Georgetown!

We play Duke on January 30th at home.

Me and Big Ken Holden at the White House

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My eBuddy, Big Ken Holden from Tampa, and I went to the White House yesterday to celebrate National Mentoring Month. We represented Best Buddies at the event.

We waited outside in the cold for 30 minutes with about 100 other mentors and mentees. We were ID checked outside. We then went to another checkpoint where we were IDed again. We then went to a third checkpoint where we were screened with metal detectors, etc. and ID checked again. Thanks “gate crashers” for making the security checks much tougher and longer than usual.

Then we walked into the White House where everyone was very open and friendly. Piano music was being played and members of the military were there to host and escort us.

Ken and I walked around. I took many photos of him in front of Presidential portraits and in several rooms. We then went to the event itself. Mrs. Obama and the POTUS both delivered wonderful speeches. Some photos were taken and then we were told we could mingle and meet other mentors and then we left.

We were in and out in 75 minutes. It was run very efficiently and very smoothly. It was a wonderful event and I am proud to have been invited. It was also wonderful to spend quality time with Ken who then took his Mom to the Wizards game and sat in my seats on the floor. All in all, it was a nice visit at the White House and a great day for Best Buddies.

Name Dropping – My Whereabouts

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I am not gate crashing. I have an invite and will be at the White House today with the President and First Lady.

It is National Mentoring Day and my Best Buddy, Ken Holden, and I have been chosen to attend a session at the White House. We are truly honored. We are thrilled to generate interest around Best Buddies and eBuddies as well from this event. Click here for more details on Best Buddies.

I will blog more about the event after its conclusion.

I was invited. I am not crashing the party. I swear. :-)