Tonight's the night.

I was in Wal-Mart this morning getting medicine and thought I would be creative. Instead of a fancy picture with the Kansas versus North Carolina logo, I give you this. Cheesy, I know. KU you and NC play in the Final Four Semi-Finals tonight in San Antonio. Go Hawks!

Craig the logo geek strikes again! This time the NFL!

OK, everyone that knows me well can clearly see that I am a nerd when it comes to license plates and logos. Well, here's one for you!

The National Football League is launching a makeover of its red, white and blue "NFL Shield" logo that adorns everything from player jerseys to fan T-shirts and hats. The league is creating a leaner, meaner version of the iconic logo that will debut at the NFL draft in April, 2008. The revamped shield will be slightly taller and thinner, with a new football, fewer stars and darker colors, says Lisa Baird, the NFL's senior vice president of marketing. The redesign marks the first changes to the shield since 1980.

•The new shield features eight stars (representing the eight AFC and NFC divisions) vs. 25 on the current logo. Why 25? It's a mystery. After researching the shield's origins, the designers could find no reason for 25 stars, says Jaime Weston, director of brand and creative operations. The shield logo was first used around 1940, two decades after the NFL's founding in 1920.
• The football at the center has been redesigned to resemble the ball atop the Vince Lombardi championship trophy, says Baird. It replaces the old-fashioned pigskin nicknamed the "Hamburger" inside league offices.

OK! That's enough of geeking it for tonight.

When did Glenwood get an ice rink?

I am up late tonight (Friday). I can't sleep. I still don't feel good and I am having trouble breathing. I am so congested. I was getting homesick for Colorado and decided to look at some pictures of Glenwood and the Roaring Fork Valley and stumbled upon this. Glenwood has a community center with an ice rink. Very cool! I can't wait to check it out. I really, really want to find a way to get my family out there this summer. I haven't seen Grandma for a year and a half and I miss all the family out there. I also miss the mountains. It's my goal to try and make it out there before the end of the summer, but I am not sure what is going to happen.

Royals are 3-0! WOW!

Alex Gordon and Mark Teahen each homered and Zack Greinke pitched seven solid innings, as the Royals beat the Tigers, 4-1, on Thursday afternoon.
This is only the second time the Royals have opened the season with a three-game sweep on the road. The first time? Also in Detroit, in 1977 at Tiger Stadium. That Royals club, by the way, went on to win 102 games and the division title.
Can you believe that the Royals are undefeated? What the heck?

Wingnuts fall short in "Best Logo" contest

CNBC called it the Minor League Baseball Logo Contest, but they should have called it a "Miner" contest, as the Southern Illinois Miners bested the Wichita Wingnuts, 55 percent to 45 percent, in the final matchup that ended this Wednesday morning.
There was nothing minor about this contest after all. The Miners beat out 63 other teams in a single elimination tournament for the best logo award, which was determined by the readers of the CNBC blog, who voted more 700,000 times in total. The finale alone yielded more than 165,000 votes, a CNBC.com poll record.
The Miners were given a No. 3 seed to start the tournament. Along the way, they beat the Carolina Mudcats, the West Tennessee DiamondJaxx, the Grand Prairie AirHogs and the Augusta GreenJackets before prevailing over the Wingnuts.

The Wingnuts did pretty well for not even playing a game yet!!!

Under the weather

I have been sick the last couple of days. I have had a fever of 101-102 and feel like crap. I was out of work yesterday and I am not sure about today. I don't want to go in and make anyone else sick. My mom sent me the following email. I think that she is working on her computer lingo.

"Your Dad said you sick I hope you are feeling better. lol" Mom

"lol?" Laughing out loud? She finds it humorous that I am sick? :)

License Plate dork strikes again! Here's my vote!

The state of Kansas is holding online voting for the design of the next personalized license plate. There were over 110 submissions and the state now has the top 5 to vote for. This is Design #3. It's my favorite of the bunch. What's your thoughts? You can see the other 4 and cast your votes at the following link. http://www.ksrevenue.org/apps/vote.aspx.