Success sometimes just means not crumbling when you fail

Dallas 25, Buffalo 24

This Monday Night Football game goes down as one of the worst wins in Dallas' history - but I will take it (and being a true cowboy fan, gloat anyway). Tony Romo threw 5 (FIVE!) interceptions, two returned for touchdowns. Our kickoff was returned 103+ yards for an instant score and it just didn't appear that Dallas could beat one of the worst teams in the league.

Then the unthinkable happened - Tony didn't loose it, his head still in the game even if he made some awful choices with the same, instead he drove the team down the field TWICE for a field goal and a touchdown. Two point conversion failed it would appear our first loss was coming up. After all, it should have they way we played all night. Then came Folk - a rookie kicker who not only nailed his longest of his first year career (47 yards earlier in the night) - he pulled off a perfect onside kick. Then Romo quick snapped, a catch that wasn't made and Romo still pulled off a quick release to stop the clock with :02 seconds left.

Nick Folk nailed a 52 yarder only to have it pulled back 'cuz the bills coach (lower case on purpose here folks) called time out. Icing the kicker statistically doesn't work but coaches do it anyway. A simple retry from 53 yards out - nailed it. Perfection in two seconds. Proves this - you can screw up all the way through but pull it off in the last :02 seconds and you are still a winner. Bad choices, horrid execution and all - just believe in yourself, don't give up and have a good kicker.

Oh and Pat Aquino if you are out there - sorry bub. We continue to dominate, and how did T. Thomas get in the Hall of Fame in the first place? Must have been the same deal with which we got Michael Irvin inducted.

oh, yeah, and Paris

So I neglected posting anything about Paris - but can you blame me? We were busy and didn't have time to blog from there - just too much to do. I *did* however post pics to the Picassa link (you know there on the right --->) but let me tell ya what we did:

1) Walked, we walked our arses off and there is just so much to see
2) Drank Cafe Au Lait (well, I did anyway) several times at Le Deux Magots
3) took pictures of Maddie telling me to stop taking pictures
4) Went to the worlds best Museums (D'Orsay and Louvre) and took a ton of pictures of famous art like this:
Not sure why everyone is so short, or killing each other, but gripping none the less.

5) Shopped - take my recommendation and hire a driver/car to take you to the dozens of places to buy ridiculously priced items - on our list: shoes, hand bags, scarves, wine and more shoes. And if you think America knows how to build a mall - *this* is a mall in Paris:

6) Went and looked at still more art - look at the pics in picassa for some of my favs
7) ate - and not hoity toity food but one of the best meals (Le Grand Colbert gets my recommendation) was buying a loaf of bread from the shop next door to the hotel, some butter and some wine.
8) Walked, so I can take pictures of Paris like this, Pont Alexander - note the silver gate under the bridge at the bottom - I kid you not, its a disco at night:

Anyway - we had a great time, can't wait to buy a place in the 6th district (St. Germain Des Pres thank you very much) and if you want to come visit us there - call 6 months in advance, we are out and busy! :-P



PS - yes, we brought home some nice lung issues so we are still coughing our way to recovery - but I don't blame Paris or Dublin, I blame the old airplanes. As my friend Matt says "oh, you mean the Airbus Hantavirus" (referring to the recycled air of a 20 year old plane)

Here's looking forward to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Dublin, for two

I have gone to Dublin almost a dozen times solo (almost, as with most prone to exaggeration on matters of trivial accuracy, so I suppose its more like 9~ish) so here are a few pics of Maddie and I.

Ok so really I am just going to upload some of the more cute pics as I am in a hurry...so this will have to do for now. -Cheers and see ya soon from Paris.

Look at that sweet FAAAAACE!

Maddie and I at Monart Spa and Maddie at the Waterford Crystal Factory

Maddie in Dublin