NDSU moving to the NCAA!!!!

What an accomplishment for North Dakota!! The NDSU Bison were finally eligible for the NCAA national tournament. They would have to beat Oakland to win the Summit in Sioux Falls South Dakota. It was a tough match NDSU was down most of the game but in the final minutes they put it together and had to make a last second shot to win 66-64.
The team is stacked with 5 year seniors that ended up red shirting their first year to become eligible to play in the NCAA tournament if they would make it and guess what it paid off for them. NDSU is now going to be up against coaches that get paid millions of dollars and players that are just waiting for the NBA draft. Even though the odds are against NDSU for winning their first playoff game, this will be something that the players and coaches will always be able to remember that the first year eligible they get to play in the tournament.
I think that even though we will probably get stomped in the game it is a good PR for North Dakota. We aren’t just a bunch of farmers who live in cold weather and raise cattle. This is going to show that North Dakota is going to be a competitor in the future to come with basketball. I am guessing since we made it the first year that we were eligible we will have more money in the next few years to come so maybe we will be able to get some good drafts and maybe have a shot at the title some day.
I am glad that the team worked hard and glad that the seniors now like Woodstock who was Conference player of the year that they put as much time and effort to try and give North Dakota a name for another sport.

7 tips in selling your home in a crowded market

With today’s economy people are having a hard time selling their homes in certain areas there are multiple homes on the same block that are for sale. There are 7 tips that could help sell your home in a crowded area. There are also new development areas that are being developed with several new homes that are for sale. According to bankrate.com this could actually help you sell your home. So what are the 7 tips that will help you sell your house in a crowded market. 1.) suggest a open house with your neighbors that are selling their house. 2.) Sell your entire neighborhood 3.) Give easy access to your home 4.) Price your home right 5.) use creativity to help boost buyer interest 6.) If your neighbor sells first celebrate 7.) Stage your home.
So what do these mean 1.) By doing a multiple open house you will get more potential buyers to come and look at several homes in a small area. 2.) Help promote that there is nothing wrong with the neighborhood, so show the positives of the neighborhood. 3.) Be able to show the home quickly, you don’t want to have them wait so they go to your neighbor’s house first. 7.) Decorate your home, make it look inviting and a comfortable place to live and raise a family. 4.) Make sure you are pricing your home with the current market in your neighborhood. Don’t over price. 5.) Make sure you continuously tweak your strategies in selling your home. 6.) Don’t get down that your neighbor’s house sold first, think of it this way now I am the next one on the market to sell.
Well if you are trying to sell a home I hope these tips will help you sell a home or even help you buy a home if you are looking for one. Happy selling and Happy shopping!!

"10 Things You Should Not Buy New"

I found an interesting article called the “10 things you should not buy new”. I find it very interesting because most of them I have bought new. I agree that if more people were to but things that are used we might be able to help the environment. For example just about everything that you buy has some sort of plastic on it so there is oil in it. If less people were to go and buy that product new and buy it used we could help in many ways. One we would have less waste because a lot of these items just get thrown away after so many years because nobody wants it anymore.
I also kind of disagree with some of them. For instance if I had the money or it was a great deal I would buy a new car. For many reasons, with newer technology it would probably be safe to say that a newer vehicle would be better on the environment because it would be giving off less CO2. Plus I am kind of picky on what I am going to drive.
Ok I will let you know what the 10 things you are not supposed to buy new are now that I have your attention: 1.) Books, 2.) DVD’s & CD’s, 3.) Little kids toys, 4.) Jewelry, 5.) sports equipment, 6.) Timeshares, 7.) Cars, 8.) Software and console games, 9.) Office furniture 10.)Hand tools
It does make sense if you wanted to save money especially with the economy the way it is right now more people are and should look into buying used goods to save money and help save the environment. I have never really been a “gamer” but I know a lot of my friends are and they would pay $70 or more for one game and about 8 months later a newer and better version of the game came out and you could buy the first one than for about half the price or less.
Well I hope everyone thinks about how much money they could save if they would just look a little and buy a few items used instead of new. Besides a lot of used items are just as good as new.

Tigers Newborn Baby

Tiger s newborn baby
Tigers wife gave birth a baby boy on February 8th. Tiger announced that the family is doing well and everyone is excited. Tiger has had a bumpy road the last year since he has undergone knee surgery. His caddie states that he will make a full comeback and is hoping that he will perform in the match play this week. People are already talking about Tigers newborn boy “Charlie” they say that he only has 2 years until he can pick up a club like his dad did. Tiger was a prodigy since he has been a child. He went through some rough times because he and his father could not play on a lot of courses in California because they were black. Times have changed now and he is the number one golfer in the world and has been for a long time. He has broke many many records that will take a long time for someone if someone will ever be able to accomplish was he has.
I think there are going to be a lot of people talking in a couple of years and now if Tiger will push his son the way that his dad pushed him. If he does will he be able to accomplish was his dad has. I am a Tiger Woods fan and I think he is going to come back this year and kick butt. Better watch out he will have many winning streaks this season if he is truly 100%.

Bye Bye Favre

Favre informs Jets that he’s retiring
By: Jay Glazer
Brett Favre has announced his retirement from the NY Jets after 18 seasons in the league. He has set a lot of records throughout his football career, the 18 seasons being one of them. We will have to see if he is actually going to retire this time or not. I think last year he just used it as a publicity act to get more rating. I do agree that he is one of the best QB in the league, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying that he is the best ever. People argue well just look at the stats, but yea when you have played for 18 you are going to have a lot of the records, if I am not mistaking he has every record for interceptions: most thrown in a game, season, and career.
I think he is going to be done for good now. I really think he should have retired about 4 years ago, but the media kept pushing and pushing and saying that he is the best and he still has it he can still play. I think that got to his head and he thinks he can play as good as he used to but really cannot compete with the athletes today.
Some people say that this year’s season with the Jets was one of his Best, I really don’t think so, when I watched the games I thought he was struggling getting down the field, just didn’t feel all that comfortable. But, what do I know.
In the long run he had some really good years and some not so hot. The thing that I think he was looking for was one more super bowl attempt. He came close a couple years ago and that is why I think that encouraged him to keep playing. It is time to hang the towel up and move on Brett.

Tucson AZ sees porn during Super bowl 2009

I was talking to a friend the other day and he asked me if I had heard anything about a porn clip that interrupted super bowl 2009. I said I have not heard anything about it. He told me that you can view it on you tube. Well I thought this would be interesting so I did some research on this.
If you watched the super bowl in 2004, you might have caught a glimpse of Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction when Justin Timberlake tore her top. Well this year Comcast in Tucson AZ area somehow aired a 15 sec to 30 sec clip of porn. It happened shortly after 7:30 when the Cardinals scored their last touchdown to take the lead.
The channel starts to get fuzzy and you see a woman unzipping a man’s pants, to make him fully nude and then some graphic material after words. They are saying it is a clip from Club Jenna. Which, is an adult TV channel featuring one of the world’s top porn stars Jenna Jameson. Some people might have thought it was just another commercial until they saw him nude. There were a lot of people that took it very offensive and want answers of how this could happen on the super bowl. One of the most viewed programs for the whole year. They are doing investigations to find out how this happened and Comcast did make an apology stating we will give you answers.
I would say that this is a big PR issue for Comcast they are going to have to inform all of their customers of how something like this could happen. I guess I am thinking that someone hit the wrong switch to go to commercial or something. NOTE: if you want to watch it, there is no nudity in it on you tube they have it blacked out.

Has Patrick Swayze given up hope?

Patrick Swayze has been in the spot light his whole life for acting. He has come out with some of the best movies of all times, like Dirty Dancing, Road House, and has starred in TV series as well. About a year ago he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He had had it for awhile and didn’t even know about it. When they finally figured out what it was it was too late it had already spread to his lungs. He tried to keep it as quiet as he could but the word got out and it hit the headlines. Most of the headlines were saying that Swayze only has a few months to live. He said that he is stubborn and is not ready to die. Well after proving the News and Doctors wrong going strong for over a year fighting this vigorous cancer he decided to go back to acting being the star in “The Beast”. There were a lot of people who thought he would not have the strength to do acting again with all of the treatments he has been going through, but than again he proved them wrong. Patrick and his wife finally went public about a month ago they did an interview on TV telling the World about his fears of fighting this cancer. It seemed pretty hard for him to talk about it.
The latest in the headlines is that Patrick quit treatment because he was being hospitalized for pneumonia a few weeks ago. But his publicist is denying that and states he is still in treatment. Everyone is saying that they cant believe how long Swayze has lasted with his cancer. Doctors say that with stage 4 pancreatic cancers you usually only live a few months. Well I hope he fights it as long as he can and does not give up hope.