Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Countdown!

It's the end of a hard fought, close battle...the home team is about to win and the fans start counting down the clock. 5....4....3....2....1....yaaaaaaaay!

Has anyone else noticed, that with the advent of the 1/10 of a second showing up on clocks during the last minute of the game that the countdown is technically off by a little bit? Before the early 1990's when the 1/10 second began to show up, the crowd and the clock were right on. Now, the fans are 0.9 seconds off each time. When the fans scream "4" the clock reads "4.9," which is actually much closer to "5." When it hits "3.9" the fans yell "3." ...and so on

This leads to that awkward final 0.9 when the crowd begins the uproar about a second too soon. Obviously, the fans are reading the "seconds" digit.

Sure, this is widely insignificant, but it leads me to another countdown:

The countdown to Amarillo! We have a place to live!! I am turning in my work notice and reserving the BQ's plane ticket and a moving truck. That nervous, exciting feeling is filling our veins again. Of course, I will probably be without a job for a little while, so that is always scary, but our plan continues to progress as planned. There will be some adjustments in our lifestyle until we are all settled in, but hopefully in the long-term, it will be well worth it.

The countdown is at 21 days...


On a somber note, be very thankful for what you have. I cannot even begin to comprehend the agony that the citizens of the New Orleans, LA/Gulfport, MS are going through right now. If you think you have it bad, you have not been watching any news lately.

2 Comments:

Blogger @CoryODonnell said...

Hey Wedge-

Just a heads up...Basil is working to put together a last minute area blogger get together @ the Catfish game Labor Day.

Info on getting a free ticket to the game tomorrow at 2pm is at his blog:

www.basilsblog.net

Hope to see you there.

9/04/2005 8:54 PM  
Blogger Wedgie said...

Hey Cory...

I haven't been able to check my own blog in quite some time due to all of the packing going on on my end. I appreciate the invite, but I checked my blog too late. Thanks!

9/06/2005 8:45 AM  

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