We have about 7 weeks to the IFC World Championships and little has changed in the past week. I have talked to the coaches for the coed team, but no reportable progress on the all-girl team. The coed team has the potential to be legendary. All of the alumni I talked to are interested in participating, even moving forward despite the uncertainty. My guess is there will need to be significant progress over the next 2 weeks otherwise we will have to start working towards Germany in 2009, forgetting about Finland.

So far things have been moving pretty slow, but at least things are moving. I’ve had a few conversations with USCF head, Stephanie French, and Marcel Hammond, one of the board members. We are in agreement on the direction we need to head if things are going to work out. I’ve talked to 2 of the 6 coaches I believe need to get involved and have left messages for one of the others. Hopefully he will get back with me this weekend so we can make significant strides before my 7 week update.

Just in case you haven’t seen it, and I wouldn’t have if it weren’t for a phone call; my good friend Josh Jones is one of the finalist in the Captain Morgan Pose Off. Please visit the Captain Morgan website and vote for him. From what I could tell the goal was to take an interesting picture of people doing the Captain Morgan pose, with the most interesting winning a trip to Vegas. Josh and company, being cheerleaders, decided to do 1-arm libs with the girls and guys doing the pose.

In completely unrelated news, Andre Woodson is up for the AT&T college football player of the week. Please visit the ESPN website to learn how vote for him.

The United States is sending teams to compete in the World Cheerleading Championships in November and I may get involved with the organization. The teams are sponsored by the Unites States Cheerleading Federation, chaired by Stephanie French. The Championships will be held in Helsinki, Finland in November. I’ll update my site when I have more information.

Please take a number.

If you are open minded follow the link below and take one or some of the tests. Don’t do it if you are stubborn, it will just piss you off.

Harvard IAT

A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun said, “Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, “Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest apologized “Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.” Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, “Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.”

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

A nun, badly needing to use to the restroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while “the lights would turn off.” Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers. However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent. She walked up to the bartender, and asked, “May I please use the restroom?”

The bartender replied, “OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf.”

“Well, in that case I’ll just look the other way,” said the nun. So, the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant. After a few minutes, she came back out, and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause.

She went to the bartender and said, “Sir, I don’t understand. Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?”

“Well, now they know you’re one of us,” said the bartender, “Would you like a drink?”

“But, I still don’t understand,” said the puzzled nun. “You see,” laughed the bartender, “every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out. Now, how about that drink?”

This was supposed to be posted a long time ago, but here are a few videos Fred Mullins is in. They can be found on CMT.com, but they won’t let us link to them.

• Letters From Home by John Michael Montgomery
• Missing Years By Little Texas
• The More I Drink by Blake Shelton

This is some very interesting art. Enjoy.