Newport

We took Evie to Newport last weekend to visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium. She had a great time. Here is a photo Emily took:

Bethel Heights

Bethel Heights
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Emily took this one of Evie at I at the Bethel Heights Vineyards outside of Salem, Oregon. I've played around a bit with it in Picnik.

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Friday Night Picks

Big Buddha
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Went to form last night except for the Memphis Mizzou game - Tyreke Evans was outstanding but the Tigers got in way to big of a whole to come back in this one. Will see how Mizzou handles UConn's size tomorrow. Hell of a last minute by Fields last night for Pitt by the way.

Tonight I like:

UNC over Gonzaga (however I will cheer for the Zags because a win here for them makes it likely I win some $ in a bracket pool and a loss will make it unlikely)

Louisville over Zona - Zona is the only CInderalla left in a tourney lacking Cinderellas - of-course the idea of Zona being a Cinderella is a bit odd as they have won a championship in the modern era and are from a BCS conference

Syracuse over Oklahoma - For some reason I think Blake Griffin gets in foul trouble tonight and they will have major problems winning if that happens.

Michigan State over Kansas - The Spartans have a lot of experienced big guys led by Suton - the Hawks have Cole Aldrich and that is about it. I'll take Sparty.

My picks for tonight

Arctic Blast 2008
Originally uploaded by pete4ducks.

Pitt over Xavier
Memphis over Mizzou
Nova over Duke
UConn over Purdue

Looking forward to hopefully 4 good games tonight!