The Cost of Innocence

Take a look at this sweet girl.



A picture of innocence that could do no wrong, right? Sort of. She can do wrong, but she is still innocent.

A couple of weeks ago Lydia was in my room hanging out when she decided to pull over the cup of water I had on my bed stand. The cup was half full and poured all over her and all over a stack of papers I had in the shelf compartment. I thought what was all the water had hit until I realized that I had my MacBook under my bed. Wouldn't you know, water went all over it. I freaked out, grabbed Lydia and put her on the bed, then grabbed my MacBook and immediately got the water off of it and then mopped the water off the floor.

Meanwhile Lydia was crying because of my quick reactions. I told her that she should not pull cups down from places higher than her head. I did a quick check on the Mac, opened it up and it came up with no problems, so I a standard shut down just to be safe.

Later, I opened up my computer and hit the button to fire it up and nothing happened. I plugged it in and tried it again and nothing happened. The battery was showing fully charged but nothing was happening. My stomach turned as I recalled the cup incident. I could never be mad at this girl, even if she fried my computer, but the cost of her innocence was all I could think of all night.



Forward a couple days. Took it to Mac store, they sent it away to be looked at, and about three days later they called me. I was expecting this phone call, "Hey we found water in your computer, it will be about $800 to fix and you lost all of your files". Instead they said this, "Hey, come pick your computer up it has been fixed". I was shocked. I got there to pick it up and I signed off on the return with zero charge. I took it outside and opened it up to see what would happened, and all my files were there and everything looked great. Then I realized that I was right next to the mall fountain. So I had a PFO (personal freak out) and closed my computer and held it like a baby all the way to my truck. I got lucky.

Bottom Line - Never keep your laptop on the ground, and never keep your cups in reach of beautiful innocent toddlers.

Top 3 - NFL Individuals

Since tonight is the start of the NFL season, I would like to share the Top 3 NFL individuals that I look forward to watching this year. Some would think that they are unpopular choices and would not agree. If you don't agree, tell me why.

3. The Hoodie



No matter what you think of his antics or his methods, the guy gets results. I like it when his team is on television, because I am guaranteed to get camera shots of him pacing in his hoodie screaming into the headset. He is a great coach and his team is also fun to watch because of their high octane offense that takes chances down field and is always aggressive, and also their defense is solid with guys who know the game and keep up the hoodie's aggressiveness while defending.

2. Ray Lewis



Another easy guy to hate, but you can't deny his heart and leadership. Those two things are something that lacks in about 75% of the current NFL players. I don't need to explain his influence on the defensive side of the ball. I like him because when his team is on offense, he is not sitting on the bench texting or doing twitter updates, he is up on the sideline cheering, giving assistance to the offense, and encouraging the players. This guy's worth to a team is indescribable in the current state of the common NFL player. He would be my first pick if I were running a team.

1. Brett Favre



I have always been a Brett Favre fan, and I will always be a Brett Favre fan. The guy gets beat up by the media and fans for is swaying back and forth on retirement. That does not bother me, because I know that his heart and his life is football. If I was into something that I loved, it would be hard for me to stop. He does throw a lot of interceptions, but that does not stop him from taking down field chances. I prefer the aggressive offense rather than boring safe short passes in which most quarterbacks prefer. The guy is a great example of fun.


Bottom Line - Don't be a hater of my top 3 NFLers. They really are good for the game and you know it.