Blog 4 (4th Quarter)

So far I am enjoying my 4th quarter outside reading book. It is entitled "More than Just the Catch." The book is a co-written autobiography about David Tyree; the man who made one of the most amazing catches in Superbowl history. In this week's reading, David talked about how his life was spinning out of control. Since he was signed to the New York Giants, he constantly was late and was basically the teams' slacker. Eventually he was fined $10,000 for being constantly late and missing practices. David turned to selling weed to try and pay the fine, because he says unlike some of the big football stars, he wasn't making that much of a salary. He was soon caught by the police with some of his friends with a few ounces of marijuana and taken into custody. His name was being butchered by the bad publicity and he was worried that he would have to face time in jail. He prayed that he wouldn't and it turns out he got off the hook. At that point, David began to turn his life around. He began going to church and believing in God, because he believed only a miracle could have really gotten him out of that situation. Soon after he also made a commitment and married his wife.

Blog 3 (4th Quarter)

Today I read more about Daniel Tyree and his life growing up into the man he is today. In it he talked about his life in college and his early relationship with his future wife. David talked about how he used to see this girl and thought there was something special about her. He tried a few times to ask her out, and eventually he was successful. This part of the story was also told by his wife, which gives her perspective on the whole relationship. Together they talk about how they got involved together and eventually she got pregnant. She says in the book that David had a problem with commitment and being faithful, which eventually led to them being seperated for a time period before they eventually got married. Both David and his wife address David's problem with alcohol, and the effect it had on their relationship. His wife tells about the night that she went into labor and how David came home before she left to the hospital and he was so drunk that he tried to trip her and was laughing while she was going into labor. Eventually he was able to sober up enough for the time when his son was born.

Blog 2 (4th quarter)

Today, I read about David Tyree and his later highschool life. He talked about a serious relationship that he got into, and then realized he couldn't handle. When David was young he realized that that wasn't what he wanted, and he didn't want a girl to control his life like that again, so he resolved to be more careful when chosing a new girlfriend. In the reading, he also talked about making it through the final years in highschool and at that point having many college scholarship offerings. With his options open, he chose to go to Syracuse University. This is when he found out that he was lucky to have gotten a scholarship, because his mother did not have any money left over for college.

Blog 1 (4th quarter)

Today, I read about David Tyree and his early childhood. When he was young he went through alot of tough times. He grew up in a family that lived in a poor area. Fortunately his parents had fairly well paying jobs, but when he still young his parents were seperated and then legally divorced. David was thankful that his father was still able to be a part of his life throughout his childhood, and he gives him credit for helping him grow into a more respectable man. Even though David and his family went through tough times he says that its shaped him into a good person. Also in the first 30 pages he talks about the difficulty of peer pressure and being accepted by other kids. He talks about how he hung out with some of the tough kids and thought he was cool when they listened to gangster rap and smoked weed, just like many kids still do today. And just like people now, he said he grew out of it and is thankful for the presence of sports in his young life. He says how thankful he is for his old Coach Aleem, who always helped him when he was going through a hard time, such as when his mother died. It was also that coach who noticed David's hard work and determination.

More than Just the Catch Intro

I will be reading the book "More than Just the Catch" for my fourth quarter outside reading assignment. The book is an autobiography about the life of David Tyree and the events leading up to his drafting into the NFL and the amazing catch he made which led up to the Giants' victory against the Patriots in their Super Bowl match up. I chose to read this book because I love football, and i'm interested in reading David Tyree's life story.

iPhone update 3.0 Improvements

iPhone and iPod Touch users will now gain cut, copy and paste features, thanks to the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 update. The new software will offer over 100 new applications/features, and it is expected to be released this summer. Another big win for long-suffering iPhone users: MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service, support. This enables you to send and receive photos, contact information (using the vCard standard, which will automatically add it to your Contact list), audio files and locations. The new Messages application not only supports MMS, but it can also forward and delete messages, either individually or multiply. Landscape orientation is coming to all key applications. When you rotate the iPod Touch or iPhone sideways, the new functionality will enable you to input using a larger keyboard in Mail, Notes and SMS. The new release will be a free update for all iPhone 3G users, and will also work on the original iPhone — though Apple cautions that certain features, such as MMS and stereo Bluetooth support, will not work on the original model. A software update for the iPod Touch will cost $10, much as the 2.0 release did.

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

Space shuttle Discovery is on pace for a Sunday launch after NASA engineers repaired a leaky gas venting system. The leak had canceled a planned launch on Wednesday. NASA is hoping that the seven-member crew can take off around 7:40 p.m. Sunday on a mission to the international space station, where they will deliver supplies needed to expand the station's crew to six people. The shuttle crew will be delivering the final parts needed for an expanded solar energy power system that will allow the station to double its crew to six people. The crew will also be dropping off Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who will replace NASA's Sandy Magnus on the space station. The shuttle also will carry a replacement for a failed unit in a system that converts urine to drinkable water. The crew, led by commander Lee Archambault, is expected to board Discovery at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.