Wednesday, April 29, 2009
States I've visited
These are states that I have visited. I enjoy traveling and taking pictures of the places that I've visited. I have to admit, that I enjoy visiting some places more so than others, especially Montana and Wyoming. Although Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and South Dakota rank up there as well.
Creating Images
This week we got to practice creating images using an imaging creator. Hopefully I did it correctly. This was a picture that I had taken down in Oregon between Joseph and Enterprise. The Wallowa Mountains are in the background. This area of Oregon has many great places to visit and things to do. From hiking in the mountains to boating on lakes. These Clydesdales are right along the road.
I had submitted this picture to the Puyallup Fair and won two ribbons. A Judge's Choice and a People's Choice. Photography is a great hobby of mine. I love mainly shooting nature or animals. Followed closely by sports. I also love shooting in black and white as well as sepia, depending upon the subject matter.
The site where I created this image is http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/ A very cool site!
In an unrelated topic, but keeping with the posts theme, I went to the Sounders FC game on Saturday night against the San Jose Earthquakes. The Sounders looked much more comfortable with Kasey Keller back in net. The offense had plenty of chances, they got the first goal of the game. The game really changed when Keller made a tremendous save against a Quakes player. That save saved the game for the Sounders. Instead of beign tied at 1-1. It preserved their 1-0 lead and allowed them to put the game away when they scored their second goal. The final was 2-0. I have posted pictures from that match on my flickr site http://flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan
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Monday, April 20, 2009
UEFA Thoughts and more
I've signed up for a few RSS feeds, not exactly what I've been wanting to do, but as part of the training program I am in, I am suppose to. The reason why I don't like RSS feeds is because I am now getting a bunch of extraneous information that I really don't want nor need from sites that I enjoy visiting, but don't completely look at, as I only look at the stories that are of interest to me.
Now on to the UEFA competitions. The UEFA Cup is going to end up being a Germany versus Ukraine affair. The semifinals are going to be Hamburg versus Werder Breman and Shakhtar Donetsk versus Dynamo Kyiv. The Shakhtar/Dynamo Kyiv matches should be great ones to watch. Anytime you get two rivals playing in European competitions, it can lead to great football.
The UEFA Champions semi's are no exception. You have Chelsea and Barcelona battling it out, yet again, not only for European power, but for global superiority as when it comes to global branding. The other semi is a contest between bitter EPL rivals Manchester United, led by Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsenal led by Arsene Wenger. Not only have these teams battled the last several years over supremacy in England, the last couple of years, they have now taken it to the European stage in the Champion's League. These matches should be great to watch. The gamesmanship between the managers will be fun to follow as well. I'd love to see either a Chelsea versus Man U or Arsenal final, as that should make for a great final, but not always though, as the last final between Man U and Chelsea didn't make for an exciting match, but the ending was though.
Thanks for reading my blog. Hope you have a great day where ever you are.
Now on to the UEFA competitions. The UEFA Cup is going to end up being a Germany versus Ukraine affair. The semifinals are going to be Hamburg versus Werder Breman and Shakhtar Donetsk versus Dynamo Kyiv. The Shakhtar/Dynamo Kyiv matches should be great ones to watch. Anytime you get two rivals playing in European competitions, it can lead to great football.
The UEFA Champions semi's are no exception. You have Chelsea and Barcelona battling it out, yet again, not only for European power, but for global superiority as when it comes to global branding. The other semi is a contest between bitter EPL rivals Manchester United, led by Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsenal led by Arsene Wenger. Not only have these teams battled the last several years over supremacy in England, the last couple of years, they have now taken it to the European stage in the Champion's League. These matches should be great to watch. The gamesmanship between the managers will be fun to follow as well. I'd love to see either a Chelsea versus Man U or Arsenal final, as that should make for a great final, but not always though, as the last final between Man U and Chelsea didn't make for an exciting match, but the ending was though.
Thanks for reading my blog. Hope you have a great day where ever you are.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Random Thoughts
This is week two of my training program, thus my second blog.
I ended up going to the Sounders FC loss on Saturday night. The game was very exciting and as per more times than not when a team plays a man down, they generally have good attacking chances, which was the case with the Sounders FC. They were a man down for the last 61minutes of the match. GK Kasey Keller was given a red card for a handball outside of the 18 yard box, but the referee missed other handballs on both teams. It was a physically tough game as there were many hard fouls committed by both teams. I have posted some of the pictures that I took on my Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan The match that the Sounders have this Saturday night versus Chivas USA down at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA will be a good test for them. They will be playing without Keller who is going to have to sit out with a Red Card suspension. Either Chris Eylander or Ben Dragavon will have to play in his place. Eylander is coming off of a knee injury and is still being hampered by it. Dragavon played well in his Sounders FC debut, only giving up one goal. Hopefully with a full complement of players in front of him, he won't have to suffer through a defensive lapse like what occurred on the play when the Wizards scored the goal.
The Mariner's are off to a nice start. Hopefully it is something that they will be able to continue. The pitching is doing quite well, only one rough outing so far for the starters. The defensive speed of the M's in the outfield is quite impressive. That will hopefully give the pitching staff more confidence in letting the batters put the ball into play, knowing that the defensive players behind them will make the play and an out for them. The season is still early for the Mariner's so optimism is still running supreme, but hopefully with a new Manager and clubhouse leaders the team will keep it up.
The Seahawks had their schedule released yesterday. I knew what teams that they were going to be playing, just not when. Unfortunately for me, 7 out of 8 of their home games are going to be on Sundays that I am scheduled to work. I think I 'll be using some vacation time. I'm looking forward to seeing the Jacksonville Jaguars as I've not seen them in person. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the Chicago Bears with Jay Cutler at QB. I am also looking forward to seeing the Detroit Lions play, as they were the very first team I saw the Seahawks play back in the Kingdome.
Thanks again for taking the time to read my blog. I'll try and post something more quickly the next time. Maybe a little UEFA Champion's League, as I'd love Chelsea to win it, as they are playing the Sounders FC in July at Seattle's Qwest Field.
I ended up going to the Sounders FC loss on Saturday night. The game was very exciting and as per more times than not when a team plays a man down, they generally have good attacking chances, which was the case with the Sounders FC. They were a man down for the last 61minutes of the match. GK Kasey Keller was given a red card for a handball outside of the 18 yard box, but the referee missed other handballs on both teams. It was a physically tough game as there were many hard fouls committed by both teams. I have posted some of the pictures that I took on my Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan The match that the Sounders have this Saturday night versus Chivas USA down at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA will be a good test for them. They will be playing without Keller who is going to have to sit out with a Red Card suspension. Either Chris Eylander or Ben Dragavon will have to play in his place. Eylander is coming off of a knee injury and is still being hampered by it. Dragavon played well in his Sounders FC debut, only giving up one goal. Hopefully with a full complement of players in front of him, he won't have to suffer through a defensive lapse like what occurred on the play when the Wizards scored the goal.
The Mariner's are off to a nice start. Hopefully it is something that they will be able to continue. The pitching is doing quite well, only one rough outing so far for the starters. The defensive speed of the M's in the outfield is quite impressive. That will hopefully give the pitching staff more confidence in letting the batters put the ball into play, knowing that the defensive players behind them will make the play and an out for them. The season is still early for the Mariner's so optimism is still running supreme, but hopefully with a new Manager and clubhouse leaders the team will keep it up.
The Seahawks had their schedule released yesterday. I knew what teams that they were going to be playing, just not when. Unfortunately for me, 7 out of 8 of their home games are going to be on Sundays that I am scheduled to work. I think I 'll be using some vacation time. I'm looking forward to seeing the Jacksonville Jaguars as I've not seen them in person. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the Chicago Bears with Jay Cutler at QB. I am also looking forward to seeing the Detroit Lions play, as they were the very first team I saw the Seahawks play back in the Kingdome.
Thanks again for taking the time to read my blog. I'll try and post something more quickly the next time. Maybe a little UEFA Champion's League, as I'd love Chelsea to win it, as they are playing the Sounders FC in July at Seattle's Qwest Field.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sounders FC
This is my first attempt at blogging. I'm taking a training course which requires me to post a blog, so here it is. I've not really had much of an interest in it, as I don't really have much time for it. I spend most of my time on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan/.
I have a variety of pictures on there, some are sports, mainly Seahawks, some Sounders, and a few Mariners and some Tacoma Rainiers pictures. Other pictures on there are of various places that I've been. Photography is my first love and passion, that is something that I enjoy doing and find it relaxing. The pictures you see on my site are as they were, there is no photoshop done on any of them. Only a couple have been cropped. I will attempt to check back on here once in awhile to see if people have made comments about my thoughts. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and now on to the comments.
This looks like the year that an expanision team is going to be competing for a Championship. The Seattle Sounders FC are an expansion team in the MLS, but so far, they don't look like a brand new team. With veteren leadership in all areas of the team and a Championship winning coach, the team is well on its way, in my opinion, to setting records that will be hard for other first year teams to achieve. The crowd support that they are getting is going to be of help to them as well. Other teams will dread coming to Qwest to play the Sounders FC as the noise generated by the crowd will be something that most of the other teams are not used to.
Thanks again for reading my blog. I'm new at this and hope to improve and hopefully I find the time to post new comments.
I have a variety of pictures on there, some are sports, mainly Seahawks, some Sounders, and a few Mariners and some Tacoma Rainiers pictures. Other pictures on there are of various places that I've been. Photography is my first love and passion, that is something that I enjoy doing and find it relaxing. The pictures you see on my site are as they were, there is no photoshop done on any of them. Only a couple have been cropped. I will attempt to check back on here once in awhile to see if people have made comments about my thoughts. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and now on to the comments.
This looks like the year that an expanision team is going to be competing for a Championship. The Seattle Sounders FC are an expansion team in the MLS, but so far, they don't look like a brand new team. With veteren leadership in all areas of the team and a Championship winning coach, the team is well on its way, in my opinion, to setting records that will be hard for other first year teams to achieve. The crowd support that they are getting is going to be of help to them as well. Other teams will dread coming to Qwest to play the Sounders FC as the noise generated by the crowd will be something that most of the other teams are not used to.
Thanks again for reading my blog. I'm new at this and hope to improve and hopefully I find the time to post new comments.
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