Mike's Corner

Linda Carter has really let herself go, hasn't she? It's a shame, too. She used to be the sexiest superhero...

Fully Committed

Directed by Alan Kilpatrick

An out-of-work actor (Bill Murphey, pictured) is the receptionist at a swank New York restaurant. We follow him through a “typical” evening, as he portrays 40 characters he has to deal with—including a Park Avenue socialite, Naomi Campbell’s personal assistant, the chef, a low-level mobster, a food critic and a tourist. A riotous one-man show!

Shannon and I took Shannon's parents to see this hilarious show on Sunday afternoon (for Shannon's mother's birthday). The Theatre in the Square is a very small theatre in downtown Marietta (it only seats 225 people). We had brunch earlier in the day at the Marietta Conference Center (pictured) with Shannon's oldest brother, David, his wife, Jill, and their two kids, Brian and Andrea. After the play, we checked out this amazing costume/magic/gag shop on the square (Eddie's Trick and Novelty Shop, pictured). In case you need anything for Halloween (fake vomit, gigantic spiders, wigs, gladiator costume, clown makeup, flash powder, etc.), now you know where to look. What a great time! Mike

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) Clinton Portis did cartwheels. LaVar Arrington was close to tears. Joe Gibbs' paranoia about a possible upset faded quickly.
After five nail-biting games to start the season, the Washington Redskins unloaded their psychological baggage on the hapless San Francisco 49ers. All that had gone wrong went right Sunday in a 52-17 victory over the NFC's worst team.
The Redskins (4-2) led 35-7 at halftime, piled up 448 yards and scored on seven of their first nine possessions to snap a two-game losing streak. Mark Brunell completed 13 of 20 passes for 252 yards and three touchdowns. Mike Sellers caught scoring passes of 2 and 19 yards. Santana Moss had a 32-yard TD reception and maintained his torrid start with five passes for 112 yards, his fourth 100-yard game in five weeks.
Portis ran 19 times for 101 yards and scored his first three touchdowns of the season, a huge relief to a player who put some self-effacing humor into a scoreless season at practice last week by donning a wig and glasses that made him resemble Doc Brown from "Back to the Future." Portis did little jigs after his first and third TDs and performed two cartwheels after his 1-yard score that made it 21-7 late in the second quarter.
There were equal - if not greater - cheers for Arrington, the three-time Pro Bowl linebacker whose benching created as much distraction as quarterback controversy. Arrington didn't play a down on defense the last two weeks, but assistant coach Gregg Williams rewarded the popular player's recent improvement in practice by using him mostly in long-yardage situations. Arrington had a team-high nine tackles, including a 7-yard loss when he stopped receiver Rasheed Marshall on a reverse.
The points were the most for the Redskins since a 56-17 win over Atlanta on Nov. 10, 1991. They forced two turnovers, their first since the opening game of the season. They had five sacks - doubling their number for the entire season.

I got in touch with two of the local elementary schools in Austell about having some sort of pumpkin decorating contest. I donated a pumpkin to each of the 20 classrooms (1st and 2nd grade) and gave them one week to decorate them for Halloween. They are now covering up the lobby of the restaurant. I was very impressed by the amount of creativity displayed. My favorite is the "Mike" from the animated movie Monsters, Inc. (4th photo, top right corner) Another favorite of the guests in the restaurant has been Pumpkin Bob Square Pants (1st photo).

Here's a site that my brother sent me on carving pumpkins:
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/pumpkin_carve.asp

Enjoy!

I'm just sick over what happened Saturday afternoon... Five missed field goals? Imagine if they had made one of those. First of all, Marc Tillis probably would have called me by now to rub it in my face, but alas, my phone has not been ringing (I checked to make sure I hadn't inadvertently turned it on "silent mode"). Secondly, Auburn would have moved up in the rankings. Guess that's not going to happen... Of course, I'm not exactly bragging about the performance of my beloved Tide. Defense was great, but where was our offense? Ken Darby only had 86 yards! The Vols' defense showed up ready to play if that was all he could muster. At least it's a W!!!