If I Can Make It There, I Can Make It Anywhere

I know this is a big holiday weekend for everyone and most have been circling your calendars for Sunday. For those who do not know what is going on this weekend, it is my birthday. Yes I will be turning the big 24 this Sunday. I know many of you are planning on showering me with gifts and making special trips out to see me in Columbus, but I hate to be the barer of bad news but I will not be here for my birthday on Sunday I will be sitting in Yankee Stadium watching the Yankees take on the Mariners. I and some high school friends are making the trip to New York to see Yankee Stadium on Sunday and Shea Stadium on Monday before they tear down the stadiums at the end of the season. I will not be back into Columbus until Tuesday so you can call me to wish me a happy birthday on Sunday and you can send your gifts to me though I will not get to them until Tuesday. I will of course have stories to tell about my trip to the big apple, but until then enjoy the Pat Thompson Birthday Weekend (aka Memorial Weekend).

Happy Mother's Day!

I would like to take time to say Happy Mother's Day to my mom and my grandmothers. I would like say thank you to them for having to deal with me as a child, but since I was such a perfect child growing up they should be the ones thanking me for being such an angel...your welcome.

In honor of the day I have decided not to make one "Your Mom" joke all day. Let me just say this is very tough, but it is worth it to all the mom's out there, but the other 364 days are fair game.

LOVE YOU MOM!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Talk Derby to Me

Well I got to check off another sporting event I had to see before I died. Last Saturday I went down to Louisville, Kentucky to catch the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. I do not know how many of you watched the Derby but if you did you probably saw me, I was the one guy in the infield of about 80,000 people at the fence of turn three and you probably could have seen me for about 2.3 seconds on NBC when the horses went by. I was the guy wearing a green shirt, and no I was not wearing a fancy hat. It is OK if you did not see me because you had a better view of the Derby than I did, let me explain with a photo essay:

This was a park we passed by on the way to Louisville it made us laugh alot.


Erica selling her hat to some guy for $20 and a Natty Light, good negotiating

Line to get in, only one line to pay with credit card, thanks Visa for not opening another line, took 2 hours to get in from this spot in line.

Jon, Tina, and I drinking our mint juleps. Those things are disgusting.


Rich kid showing off his money to the mass people below waiting in line to place a bet. I really wanted to jump security to punch this kid. This is why I hate rich people.

The mud bowl around in turn three. I would love to see the rich people in there.

And they are off!

There they go, I saw them for about 2.3 seconds.

And the fans are off, this is right after the big race, but they still ran two more races.

This was a fun trip and I am glad I can say I have been there before, do not know if I would do it again though, but we will see. If there was one thing I took away from the Derby it is that if you are a female and break your ankles they are going to kill you on the spot, so to all my lady readers out there be careful.