The Age Old Debate

Alright guys, the audience wants an encore so who is BP to deny the voice of the people (or in this case our high school class). Now let me warn you this may be a little longer one and as always I hate proof reading and can find better things to do than to proof read emails or blogs. I rather type fast and not proof read so pardon me for my mistakes :)

There has been a debate going on when a group of us, well let me just be blunt, one of my buddies disagrees with the rest of us. Now this is fine but I figure I throw it out here and see what others thought. Maybe BP is in the minority...who knows

The question concerns breaking "rules" in sports. Is this considered wordly wrong and even spiritually wrong. Yeah I know, this is going to go deep, spiritually deep.....lets take a small break so you can grab a GRAPICO and WACHAMACALLIT (spelling?? - candy bar). ........................................................................................................................................................................................
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Ok, here is the basic scenerio. Little BP isplaying football, lets say at the CB position, and daddy BP (me) is the coach. I am going to teach and tell Little BP (we will from now on refere to Little BP as LBP and coach BP as only BP) that if he gets beat on a route by the WR and the WR is going to catch the ball and score a TD...BP says pass interference the WR to save the TD. I think it is smart and a good strategy. BP would also teach LBP to slap the WR on the butt and say "Hey man, greate route and you had me beat. I had to pass interference you to save the TD".

The other view of this is that it is wrong to do pass interference on purpose. You should just let the WR score and tell him good job. This view says that we shouldn't break rules no matter the circumstance. That using a cost/benefit analyses for breaking rules in football is not the right attitude. The other view also takes this to basketball where it believes intentional fouling is not the right thing to do.

Now BP does say that intentionally hurting another player is WRONG. That is why that some rules call for ejection and suspensions. BP would never teach LBP to do something that would get ejected. BP just believes that sports rules were created with the mindset of strategy. Isn't walking a guy in baseball breaking a rule in some aspect because he gets a free base. That free base is like giving a football team 15 yards for pass inteference. We just don't view it the same way because no ref throws a flag or blows a whistle in baseball on 4 balls.

Now the other view also can go deeper to the spritituallity of right/wrong on breaking rules. I am a Christian and my life's desire is to glorify God in EVERYTHING I do. I have no problem taking this to a spiritual level because we are called by God to worship Him in everything and that means sports too. Now side note: worshiping God doesn't always mean singing hymns or listening to preaching. Worshing God is so much bigger than the walls of our church and should be how we daily live.
With that said I believe that intentionally committing pass interference is not sinning against God. Now if your pass interference means you intentionally break the WR leg then we need to talk..so let me know if you like breaking legs.

The other view says that we shouldn't break rules intentionally because that is not what Jesus would do. I TOTALLY AGREE. If a teacher tells LBP to quit talking but LBP keeps talking..HE IS IN THE WRONG and he will getting a wooping..HECK BP may even make LBP stand behind Yosemeniti(donkey) for punishment.

But i believe that rules in sports are a different scope than rules elsewhere. I believe that when the sports gurus were creating the rule book they sat around a table and discussed how these rules could be used for strategy. There is no teacher in football saying if you do this you ar bad and you get 15 yards penalty. Football simply says if you committ a penalty, that is fine but you get 15 yards for pass interference.

So do i believe Jesus is looking down on LBP and shaking his head in disgust because He intentionally committed the pass interference. Nope not at all. I think Jesus is saying, great move man..smart, now go tell the WR why you did it and give him a boost of confidence.

so give me your feedback, would BP be considered a dirty coach or a mean coach for teaching LBP this. Remember, our #1 goal is to glorify God in everything and I don't think inentional penalities denounces this...it is just good o'l strategy

man what a long blog..i wouldn't read so if you one of the peeps who just skims blogs and you catch this sentence..just POST "BP YOU ARE RIGHT AND ALSO JUST STINKIN AWESOME"

Twitter vs Text

Ok, lets compare twitter and texting. I think they are similar (key word is similar..I never say they are exactly the same). I will go as far as saying they are 80% similar.

History time, one of my buddies (well really 2) have a blog and they have a twitter people about it. I made fun of one of my buddies because he had a blog dissing on texting. Now BP hates reading articles on the internet and I only skim (spelling?) articles and so my skimming stopped at the title of the blog on this particular day so I didn't see why he hated it. Now BP hates texting primarily because you have to pay for it. Why is it taking so long for a cell phone company to change their primary rates to be one set fee like land line phones. I know we are getting closer because we have the GO phones now (etc) but we still have a ways to go. The first company who does tht type of billing would jump the head of the cell industry and they can thank BP for that. So back to the history, so I emailed my buddy to joke with him on his twittering. Well on the reply back he copied buddy #2 on it and said twittering has nothing to do with texting.

BP's 2 cents: Texting and Twittering are very similar for the following reasons
1) they both are "shortcut" of a larger scheme. Texting is a shortcut for calling someone and twittering is a shortcut for blogging/email mass amount of people
2) They both use abbreviations like ROLF (rolling on le floor - french version), NU (new update), BPSEXY (BP sexy)..etc
3) They are both meant to be short conversations (words to maybe sentence in length)
4) they both involve typing

now they are not the exact same but I believe you could through a hand gernade and hit both of them because they are buddies and are usually in the same location (BP's little symbolism..wait is that symbolism or is it a...crap what is the word..meow)

The 2 Buddies: now my 2 buddies state they are only 5% similar....

Audience: now to my audience..what do you think? let me know
Prize: the fact that i may not see your answer for another 6 months...wait i forgot that I get automatic emails on responses..SWEEEET


Phrase of the day: That is cooler than the other side of the pillow

BP's Is Still Alive

So it has been awhile since I have blogged because lets face it, I so often find better things to do than to let the world know what I am doing in my private life. I spend all day on my computer as a software engineer just to come home to spend more time on my computer paragraphing my thoughts or my daily actions in a small essay...NOT BP. However, call me a hypo (that is short for hypocrite for all you know BP thinking folks) because for some reason I have an itch to blog today.

So what has BP been doing besides not telling the world that I am DA MAN, well --
1) I recently took a new job at BAE Systems. It was a very smart and good move for me besides the 55 minute drive I now have.
2) I finally defeated my unicorn of going undefeated on Heisman level of NCAA football. I perfected the option offense and created a new defensive scheme that involves putting speed everywhere besides the DL (yes i have HBs at LB and WR at CB now). I won multiple National Championships with Auburn and Utep.
3) I moved on to online play for NCAA 2009 now and currently i had to let my wife hide the game from me because I went on a 9 game losing streak and started thinking bad thoughts in my head.
4) I got a donkey for Christmas. His name is Yosemenit (or Yo-yo for short). He currently is being kept in the lot because he loves to chase the cows. Even though it is funny seeing Yo-Yo run full blast and blasting his donkey noise (he-ha-he-ha) at the top of lungs as he chases a momma cow, it just not healthy for the cows. Hopefully if Erin and I can buy some land soon he can come live with us instead of possibly being sold (dad said we could neuter him but just try and picture thatNOT Happening)
5) Got a new car---sweet
6) have 2 dogs now..Cooper (aka Coop City city, Mr. Cooper, the coopster, coop) who just turned 1 year and 5 months old (gold retriver) and Paisley who just turned 1 year old (she is a shi-poo)
7)got my first and only blog comment on I HATE CHARTER and yep i still hate charter
8) i gained 30 pounds and lost 28 pounds
9) i hate politics and the whole washington DC needs to return to a high school economic class

well my blogging desire just took a hit for some reason..i have one more post to do and twittering and texting but i may have to wait awhile because i am losing the desire

joke time: what is the difference between a porkypine and a guy driving a BMW.
Answer: with the BMW, the prick is inside....HAHAHAHAHAHAH

I hate charter

So I am sitting trying to CHAT LIVE with a Charter representative trying to find out why my bill went up $4. They say my HD tier went up. What the heck is HD tier. I want to start I hate Charter club so please all sign up and lets take this beast down. I have been told 3 different things since i signed up this time and each time my bill went up. Charter is set up for people to stay with them 6 months and then disconnect just to reconnect so they can get a deal. Shouldn't it be the other way around. Should't members who have been with them for a long period of time get the deals. So tonight I have talked to Gregory, Willie, and now Shiela. Non of them know whay they are doing. They only read lines from the charter book of "what to say when a customer figures out we are skrewing them" when customers ask WHY. But what can we do, if you go to Dish Network you still almost pay the same amount but I will give them a try at the end of my deal. Oh my goodness, i am almost cussing at my computer because once again i have been disconnected. Charter sucks..chant it with me, CHARTER REALLY SUCKS. I am sorry for this boring blog post but i just haven't had time to post anything cool. Well i just found out the FCC is a networking privacy fee. You ask what does that mean. I say please call charter to find out because I don't know. I am not watching PDIDDY in a movie on TV trying to act. Wait, there is John Stamus also.

The World of NCAA

Is there anything in your life that for the amount of time that you playing/doing it that you are able to act like a fool and a dork and really don't care. Is there anything in your life where you can have 48 people in your life that you know by name and know their history (high school, abilities) and can even yell at them an have no repercusions (spelling?). Is there anything in your life where all your troubles can be taken away with a small thing called power button (even though I never use that method)? Let me introduce you to NCAA football for the XBOX. Sure it is the thing that may break up most relationships and usually the first thing that may go in a marriage unless you want to lose it in a divorce case just to see your ex-wife throw it off a 5 story building to destroy it when in reality all she would have to do is kick it really hard because the XBOX is pretty sensitive but what else in your life can make you go into a small depression when your XBOX blows up or your game gains a small scratch. I consider my NCAA football game in my top five list of things I would run into a burning house to gain. This list includes my wife, a large portion of money, my donkey because he fell asleep while watching Mr. Ed and we all know donkeys are sound sleepers and my house shoes. With NCAA i can yell at the top of my lungs while my beautiful wife walks by and gives me the "I can't believe you are yelling at the TV" look but yet she understands because it is NCAA football and Kodi Burns should of spin moved away from the All American DE and then thrown the ball 50 yards off his right foot while throwing it across his body with the other All American LB diving for him and then as the ball is tipped 5 times Kodi runs and catches the ball and runs for a touch down. Now in reality we know that we should have sympathy for Kodi for a play like and just be happy if he could throw the ball away but no in NCAA football XBOX style. In XBOX are you not only expecting players (your players) to play beyond computer capablity and anything that is less than a 50 yard gain is unacceptable but you are also living out your High School, College, and Pro life through this machine and IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO win the National Championship every year and the years you don't requires a small yelling fit that should take place in a locker room but since XBOX has no locker room, the living room of your house will do. I must say there have been nights that I would get out of bed at 2:30 in the morning just to make my team pay for inability to get me a win against the spread offense (the offense that has become my unicorn). But thanks to my wonderful life that still lets me pursue my dream of going undefeated on Heisman level (yes guys that is right, I have never went undefeated on Heisman levelm -- there is always that one game for me) but I will continue to love my wife and run the option and become the best.

Wedding Date

Woops..wedding date was Dec 29, 2007

Thanks Erin for proof reading it

Day 1 of Blogging: Get to know us

Day 1 of blogging and BP's mind is blank.  Mrs. Payne (Erin) is currently brushing her teeth.  We are about to watch the movie Invisible which is our FIRST NETFLIX movie. Sad thing is that I (BP), tore the free return envelope for the DVD to go in because I wasn't paying attention.

How I see this blog going is just random thoughts of things thay may happen throughout my days and updates for future events.

A little about the Payne's:  We just recently got married on Dec 20, 2007 and live in Arab. I am 27 while my amazing new wife is 22.  I graduated from Auburn and her from Alabama.  I am not a great speller but work as a Project Software Manager while my beautiful wife is looking for a job. She will one day (hopefully fairly soon) quit her new job to stay home on the CHICKEN FARM-----MY DREAM.  I am in the market for land and a donkey.  I have already started my cattle farm with my following lovely ladies:  BOOTS, SUMMER, AUTUMN, SHASTA, SAVANAH, MASSY, LIBY, CHARLOTTE, WEB (the baby of CHARLOTTE) and our new baby calf born last Sunday DAISEY.  And don't forget our bull calf who doesn't get named because he will be in our tummies one day.  Sure Erin is not too happy about all the bad smells a chicken farm brings but her not working is a perferct counter to that argument.  I love TOP 5 lists and here is one now

TOP 5 THINGS I said I would never do:

1)  Blog

2) Facebook

3) Be friends with a guy named BULL

4) run 8 miles

5) own an NYSNC cd (it came from my wife -- her cds are my cds)

The Payne's own around 650 music CDs and we LOVE JESUS!!!

There is a little about the Payne's and more to come soon!!!